World-Locked See-Through Displays with Dynamic Peripheral Content Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing see-through computer display systems face challenges in optimizing user experience due to complex content presentation, particularly in head-mounted displays (HMDs) that require improved systems and methods for presenting content while ensuring clarity and comfort.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of focus and vergence adjustment systems in head-worn computing systems, including compact optical modules with polarized light sources, DLP displays, and light traps to manage stray light, along with integrated sensors and control technologies for context-aware operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If content presentation is enhanced in see-through displays, then user experience is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display system is segmented into multiple functional zones including a central display area and peripheral content areas. The peripheral content is divided into multiple segments that can be independently controlled and adjusted, allowing complex content presentation while maintaining manageable system architecture through modular zone-based control.
2Adaptability or versatility
If peripheral content is added to enhance immersion, then user engagement is improved, but visual clarity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Different regions of the display are assigned different qualities and characteristics. The peripheral content areas have adjusted properties such as reduced brightness, modified contrast, or altered content density compared to the central display area. This local differentiation maintains visual clarity in critical viewing zones while adding engaging peripheral content where it complements rather than competes with the primary view.
3Ease of operation
If focus adjustment is implemented to improve comfort, then user comfort is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements dynamic focus adjustment capabilities that can adapt to different viewing distances and content types. The focus parameters are dynamically modified based on detected user interaction patterns, environmental conditions, or content characteristics, allowing the system to maintain optimal comfort without requiring complex manual adjustment mechanisms.
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
Enhances user experience by providing high-resolution, high-contrast digital content overlay on the environment with reduced stray light, ensuring comfort and efficient interaction through contextually aware control.
Implementation Method 1
compact optical modules with polarized light sources
Implementation Method 2
light traps to manage stray light
Data Source
AI summary
Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for the see-through computer display systems with an extended field of view.