Inter-Lens Structure Color Matching for HMD Visual Interference
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Solution Overview
Problem
Head-mounted displays (HMDs) often cause discomfort due to structural components entering the user's field of view, disrupting immersion in the displayed image.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating an inter-lens structure with a light-emitting unit that emits a color matching or brighter than human skin tones, which is applied to or integrated within the HMD's casing, nose pad, or partition members to minimize visibility and enhance user immersion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If structural components (inter-lens structure, nose pad, partition members) are added to the HMD, then the device functionality and structural support are improved, but the user's field of view is blocked and immersion is disrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The inter-lens structure is configured to have a skin tone color that matches or is brighter than human skin. This color matching causes the structural components to blend with the user's facial features, making them less noticeable in the user's field of view and reducing visual interference while maintaining structural support functionality
2Strength
If the inter-lens structure is made more visible or prominent, then structural support and positioning are improved, but user comfort and immersion are reduced due to increased visibility in field of view
Solution Approach 1:
By configuring the inter-lens structure with skin tone coloration, the patent makes the structurally important component visually blend with the user's face. This allows the structure to maintain its positioning and support strength while becoming less intrusive to user comfort and immersion experience
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution allows users to maintain immersion in the displayed image without discomfort, even when structural components partially obstruct their view, by matching the color of these components to the user's skin tone, thereby reducing visual interference.
Implementation Method 1
The inter-lens structure includes a light emitting unit configured to emit light in an intended color
Data Source
AI summary
A head mounted display is worn on a head of a user. The head mounted display includes a display device configured to display image; a casing that houses the display device; a right-eye lens and a left-eye lens attached to the casing; and an inter-lens structure disposed between the right-eye lens and the left-eye lens. The head mounted display causes the user to recognize a color of at least a part of the inter-lens structure as a color that is equal to or brighter than a skin color when the user wears the head mounted display.