JP2006135884A - Video display device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a video display device for displaying a video image easy to watch for a user even if a display portion is shaken by unexpected vibration of walking and camera shake. <P>SOLUTION: A video display device 1 detects a device swing in a vibration detection unit 90 based on outputs from an elevation angle sensor 91, a horizontal angle sensor 92, a pressure sensors 93L, 93R, imaging unit 50 or the like, trims and displays an image to be displayed in image information in accordance with the state of the detected swing. The video display device 1 also corrects and displays colors from relative swinging states of the device and the user. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a video display device.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an image display device has been devised as a visual assistance device for a visually impaired person who interferes with general life such as night blindness.
As an example of a visual assistance video display device, a head-mounted display device (for example, Patent Document 1), a low-sight eyeglass device or the like (for example, Patent Document 2) as an auxiliary device used for a weak eyesight, and the like have been proposed. .
In addition, the above-described visual assistance video display device is generally carried and used by persons with visual impairments, and thus measures against vibrations caused by walking or the like are necessary. For this purpose, a posture sensor is attached to detect the angle of the head-mounted display (head-mounted display device) tilted from the horizontal to rotate the display image (see Patent Document 3), and vibration is detected. A technique for determining whether or not a person is walking and controlling image display (see Patent Document 4), a camera (see Patent Document 5) including an elevation angle correcting means as shake correction, and the like are known.
JP-A-7-288754 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-192164 JP 2000-31319 A JP-A-9-212382 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-254007

However, when a user uses a video display device using the above technique during walking, it is difficult to provide an easy-to-see image with respect to vibration during walking in a configuration in which the display image is rotated, and display / non-display by vibration There was a problem that the configuration of switching between cannot be used during walking.
In addition, the configuration with the elevation angle correction means generally increases the weight, so when carrying it for a long time, the burden on the user is heavy, and at the same time, it is effective against camera shake. However, it has no effect on blur correction when displaying a pre-stored image.
For this reason, it has been desired to develop a video display device that can be easily used even when the user is walking.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an image display device that displays an image that is easy for the user to see even when the display portion is shaken due to sudden vibration such as walking or camera shake.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that display means for displaying an image of the outside world and a display image in a display area for displaying an image so that the user can simultaneously view the image, and the display means. And a control means for controlling the image corrected according to the rocking state so that the image can be displayed in the display area.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided display means for displaying an image of the outside world and a display image in a display area for displaying an image so that the user can simultaneously view the image, and the line of sight of the user and the display on the display means Detection means for detecting a relative displacement with respect to the area, and control means for controlling the display area so that an image obtained by correcting the display position of the display image corresponding to the relative displacement can be displayed in the display area. It is characterized by having.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided display means for displaying an image of the outside world and a display image in a display area for displaying an image so that the user can simultaneously view the image, and the line of sight of the user and the display on the display means Detection means for detecting a relative displacement with respect to the area, and control means for controlling to display an image obtained by correcting the color of the display image corresponding to the relative displacement in the display area. It is characterized by that.

  The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the detection means is a horizontal angle sensor and an elevation angle sensor or a depression angle sensor.

A fifth aspect of the present invention provides the lens according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the lens includes the display unit;
A mounting portion including a nose pad attached near the center of the lens in the left-right direction and in contact with the nose, and a pair of temples attached near both ends in the left-right direction of the lens and in contact with the ear, temporal region, or occipital region The apparatus further comprises spectacles-type wearing means, and the detecting means is a pressure sensor provided in the nose pad.

  The invention according to claim 6 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising an image pickup means integrated with the display means for picking up an image of the outside world, and the detection means comprises: The state of swinging of the display means is detected based on the image of the outside world.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, the display means is a reflective or diffractive hologram display.

  The invention according to claim 8 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the transmittance of the display means is 30% or more.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the swing of the display means for displaying the image to the user is detected and the image to be displayed is corrected according to the swing state, the user can Even when the display unit is shaken due to sudden vibration such as when used during walking, it is possible to provide an image that is easy to see without blurring.
Further, even when an image is displayed on the display portion in accordance with the image of the outside world, the image of the outside world and the image of the display portion can be displayed without deviation.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the relative swing between the user's line of sight and the display area of the display means is detected and corrected, it is particularly effective for swing such as walking. Therefore, it is possible to provide a user with a stable and easy-to-view video.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the color correction is performed by detecting the relative fluctuation between the user's line of sight and the display area of the display means. Even when a display having a different color reproducibility at an angle is used during walking, accurate color reproducibility can be maintained.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the present invention can be implemented using a horizontal angle sensor and an elevation angle sensor or depression angle sensor.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the present invention can be implemented with a configuration in which the pressure sensor is provided in the nose pad portion of the glasses-type image display device. It is valid.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the present invention can be effectively implemented in a device having a configuration for capturing an image of the outside world. For this reason, the present invention can be implemented by effectively utilizing the conventional configuration in a video display device that provides visual assistance with captured images.

  According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the present invention can be implemented in a configuration including a reflective or diffractive hologram display.

  According to the eighth aspect of the invention, since the display means has a transmittance of 30% or more, it is possible to check the image of the outside world more clearly. Moreover, it does not prevent the user and the person facing each other from confirming their eyes.

[First Embodiment]
Hereinafter, although the embodiment of the video display device of the present invention will be described, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. The embodiment of the present invention shows the most preferable mode of the present invention, and the terminology of the present invention is not limited to this.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an external appearance of a video display device. The video display device 1 according to this embodiment includes one display unit 10, an imaging unit 50, an image processing unit 60, a control unit 70, a data input unit 80, a vibration detection unit 90, a pair of left and right prisms 20L and 20R, and a nose. It consists of a pad 31 and a pair of left and right temples 32L and 32R, and is mounted in front of the observer's face so that the prisms 20L and 20R are positioned in front of the left and right eyes.
Note that an elevation angle sensor 91 and a horizontal angle sensor 92 which are sensors for detecting the swing of the video display device 1 are connected to the vibration detection unit 90 as a detection unit via a cable 94.

  In FIG. 1, the elevation angle sensor 91 and the horizontal angle sensor 92 detect the swing of the absolute position of the video display device 1, but as shown in FIG. 2, pressure sensors 93L and 93R provided on the nose pad 31 are used. It may be configured to detect the swing of the video display device 1 with respect to the observer.

3, the image processing unit 60, the control unit 70, the data input unit 80, and the vibration detection unit 90 are integrated into the apparatus unit 200, and the imaging unit 50 and the display unit 10 are further connected by the cable 201. Power may be supplied to the elevation angle sensor 91 and the horizontal angle sensor 92 via the cable 94 to transmit and receive signals.
In this case, the vibration detector 90 is also provided with an elevation angle sensor and a horizontal angle sensor in the vibration detection unit 90 held by the observer to detect the swing, so that the vibration detection unit 90 side together with the swing of the absolute position of the video display device 1 is detected. The swing of the image display device 1 with respect to the observer can also be detected based on the difference from the swing detected in step (1).

  The nose pad 31 is attached to the prisms 20L and 20R and connects them. The temples 32L and 32R are attached to the ends of the prisms 20L and 20R, respectively. At the time of wearing, the nose pad 31 hits the nose and the temples 32L and 32R hit the ear, temporal region or occipital region, and the video display device 1 is supported by these three parts. The temples 32L and 32R can be rotated around a vertical axis (not particularly shown) provided in the vicinity of the prisms 20L and 20R, and can be folded inward when not in use.

  The display unit 10 is attached to the right prism 20R. A cross section including the display unit 10 is shown in FIG. The display unit 10 includes an LCD 11, which is a transmissive liquid crystal display, a housing 12, a prism 13, an LED 14, and a lens 15. The LCD 11 displays an image to be displayed to the observer, and modulates the irradiation light by the displayed image. The housing 12 accommodates and holds the LCD 11, the LED 14, and the lens 15. The LED 14 is a light source for illuminating the LCD 11, and the lens 15 is an illumination optical system for uniformly guiding light emitted from the LED 14 to the entire surface of the LCD 11.

  The display of the image on the LCD 11 and the light emission of the LED 14 are controlled by the control unit 70, the image information captured by the imaging unit 50 is processed by the image processing unit 60, and power and video are supplied.

  The prism 13 has a flat plate shape and is made of transparent glass or resin. The prism 13 guides the light from the LCD 11 to the observer's eye E and displays a virtual image of the image displayed on the LCD 11. The upper end portion of the prism 13 has a wedge shape whose edge is thicker than the inner side, and the housing 12 is attached to the prism 13 so as to sandwich the wedge-shaped upper end portion.

  The prism 20L has a flat plate shape and is composed of a single member. The prism 20R is also flat, but is not a single member but is composed of a prism 13 and a prism 21. The prism 20L and the prism 21 are made of the same material as the prism 13, and there is no difference in refractive index between these three. The prism 13 and the prism 21 constituting the prism 20R have complementary shapes, and are joined so that there is no gap and the surface is continuous. Except for the prism 13 having a wedge-shaped upper end, the prisms 20L and 20R are symmetrical as in general glasses. An observer wearing the video display device 1 in front of his / her face observes the outside through the prisms 20L and 20R.

  The lower end portion of the prism 13 is formed so that the front surface (surface farther from the eye E) approaches the rear surface (surface closer to the eye E) toward the edge, and has a wedge shape. The front surface of the wedge-shaped portion, that is, the joint surface with the prism 21 is a flat surface, and the hologram element 22 is formed on the flat surface. The hologram element 22 is positioned immediately in front of the eye E when worn. The prism 13 and the hologram element 22 constitute the eyepiece optical system 16.

  The prism 13 guides light from the LCD 11 to the inside of the end face of the upper end, and guides it to the hologram element 22 while totally reflecting the light multiple times on the front and rear faces. The hologram element 22 as display means diffracts the guided light to make it enter the eye E while making it a light flux close to parallel light. Thereby, the observer can recognize the virtual image of the image displayed on the LCD 11. The hologram element 22 hardly acts on the light from the outside world, and the virtual image is observed while overlapping the central portion of the outside world image.

  The hologram element 22 is manufactured by a two-beam interference method in which two light beams interfere with each other with RGB three-color lasers and the interference fringes are recorded on the hologram light-sensitive material so as to increase the diffraction efficiency of each color of the LED 14 that is incident light. Is done. The hologram sensitive material may be silver salt or heavy chromium gelatin, but a photopolymer that can be used in a dry process is most preferable. Further, the film thickness of the hologram light-sensitive material having a transmitted light amount of 30% or more is desirably 5 μm to 100 μm, and more preferably 15 μm to 80 μm. When the film thickness is less than 5 μm, a sufficient image virtual image cannot be obtained, and when the film thickness exceeds 100 μm, the amount of transmitted light is rapidly attenuated.

  In the video display device 1, since the light from the LCD 11 is guided to the hologram element 22 while being reflected inside the prism 13, the prism 20R can be enlarged. Although the lower end of the prism 13 is wedge-shaped, it is joined to the prism 21 made of the same material, so that light from the outside that passes through the lower end of the prism 13 is not refracted. Therefore, the video display device 1 can display a high-quality image without the central portion of the image in the outside world being distorted or discontinuous.

  The LCD 11 has a rectangular shape that is long in the left-right direction, and can display one to several lines of character strings in which dozen characters are arranged in the horizontal direction. For this reason, the observer can obtain a lot of information from the video at a time. In this embodiment, the video is displayed on the right eye, but of course, the video may be displayed on the left eye.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a configuration in which a pair of display units 10 are provided and an image is displayed on both the left and right eyes may be employed. For example, the prisms 20L and 20R may have power so that the user's visual acuity can be corrected. In this case, the configuration of the left and right display units 10 is the same as that of the display unit 10 described above except that the prism 13 has a curvature.

  And in the structure which can correct a user's visual acuity, the power of prism 20L and 20R is set according to a user's visual acuity. By giving negative power to the prisms 20L and 20R, myopia can be corrected, and by providing positive power, hyperopia can be corrected. The joining surface with the prism 21 at the lower end of the prism 13 is a flat surface, and the hologram element 22 can be easily formed.

  Next, a configuration for displaying image information obtained by imaging on the display unit 10 of the video display device 1 as a video will be described with reference to FIG. 6 which is a schematic configuration diagram of the video display device 1.

  The display unit 10 is configured as shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, and includes a display that displays a video of processed image information, and an eyepiece that guides light from the display to the eye and displays a visible image to an observer. And an optical system. The imaging unit 50 as an imaging unit performs imaging using, for example, a CCD camera, and performs focus control, aperture control, viewing angle control, zoom control, gradation control, and the like according to a control command from the control unit 70, and controls the subject. Take an image. Such control information is sent to the control unit 70 as necessary.

  The control unit 70 as control means includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that controls the entire control, a ROM (Read Only Memory) that stores a control program, a RAM (Random Access Memory) that temporarily stores data, a battery, and the like. . Moreover, you may make it supply electricity with a power cable etc. as a battery separately. The battery of the control unit 70 is a power source for the display unit 10, the storage unit 40, the imaging unit 50, the image processing unit 60, the data input unit 80, and the vibration detection unit 90. The control unit 70 sends image information obtained by imaging by the imaging unit 50 to the image processing unit 60 and receives processed image information subjected to image processing by the image processing unit 60. The control unit 70 receives environmental information such as a focus state, an aperture state, a zoom state, temperature and humidity according to the status of the display unit 10, and sends processed image information subjected to image processing to the display unit 10.

  The image processing unit 60 includes a CPU that controls the entire image processing, a ROM that stores an image processing program, a RAM that temporarily stores data, and the like, and cuts out an image according to the correction amount calculated by the vibration detection unit 90. Perform image processing such as changing the position and magnification. In addition, image processing such as gradation conversion, color conversion, sharpness processing, and image extraction is performed within a range that does not impair the effects of the present invention. In this manner, the image processing unit 60 performs image processing so that image information obtained by imaging can be displayed as a video. The data input unit 80 inputs line-of-sight information, environmental information such as temperature and humidity, or an operation start instruction, and sends it to the display unit 10 and the control unit 70. The display unit 10 obtains line-of-sight information, environmental information such as temperature and humidity, and sends it to the data input unit 80, and sends it from the data input unit 80 to the control unit 70.

  The storage unit 40 includes an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable ROM) which is an electrically erasable and rewritable nonvolatile memory, a flash memory, and the like, and various types of the video display device 1 used during control processing by the control unit 70. Stores setting data, a processing program, image data of a moving image or a still image displayed on the display unit 10, and the like.

  The data input unit 80 includes a key input unit that receives an operation instruction from the user, and an image input unit that receives an image signal such as a video image, a moving image, and a still image from the outside. Various operations on the video display device 1 from the user are performed. An instruction and image information to be displayed on the display unit 10 are received.

  The elevation sensor 91 is a sensor that detects the angular velocity in the elevation angle or depression direction of the video display device 1, and this output is input to the vibration detection unit 90 after being amplified by an amplifier (not shown). The horizontal angle sensor 92 is a sensor that detects an angular velocity in the horizontal angle direction of the video display device 1, and this output is also amplified by an amplifier and then input into the vibration detection unit 90. The elevation angle / horizontal angle sensor may be configured by a piezoelectric element, a mercury switch, or the like, and may be configured to detect acceleration in addition to speed.

  The pressure sensors 93L and 93R are sensors for individually detecting the pressure (acceleration) when the video display device 1 is pressed against the user's nose in the nose pad 31 by the electric resistance of conductive rubber (elastomer). . This output is also amplified by the amplifier and then input into the vibration detector 90. Thereby, the force (acceleration) in the elevation direction can be detected from the pressure applied, and the horizontal force (acceleration) can be detected from the output difference between the left and right sensors.

  The vibration detection unit 90 incorporates an A / D converter (not shown) that digitally converts the input from each sensor, integrates the input angular velocities in each direction, and converts them into angular displacements. Calculation of pixel movement (distance corresponding to f × tan θ) due to shaking of the imaging unit 50 according to the angular displacement, that is, the swing angle θ in each direction and the focal length f of the optical system (lens group), or the hologram element 22 The amount of pixel movement corresponding to the amount of movement is calculated.

In addition, when the acceleration information in the elevation angle / horizontal angle direction is input from the pressure sensors 93L and 93R, the vibration detection unit 90, the acceleration information in the elevation angle / horizontal angle direction determined in advance, the hologram element 22 and the eye E, The amount of pixel movement corresponding to the relative shift between the hologram element 22 and the eye E is calculated from the relationship with the relative shift amount between the two.
The calculation of the amount of pixel movement corresponding to the relative shift between the hologram element 22 and the eye E described above was provided on the elevation angle sensor 91 and the horizontal angle sensor 92 provided on the video display device 1 and on the user side. It may be configured to perform output from a horizontal angle / elevation angle sensor (when the user holds the device unit 200 in FIG. 3 and each sensor is provided inside the vibration detection unit 90).

  Further, the detection of the swing of the image display device 1 is not limited to the elevation angle sensor 91, the horizontal angle sensor 92, and the pressure sensors 93L and 93R, but the contour is obtained by sharpening processing from the image of the outside world captured by the imaging unit 50. May be extracted at a predetermined cycle and detected from the amount of change.

  FIG. 7 is an operation ladder chart of the video display device 1. In this video display device 1, status information is requested from the control unit 70 to the imaging unit 50 and the display unit 10 in a predetermined cycle, and status information is transmitted from the imaging unit 50 and the display unit 10 to the control unit 70 (dotted line unit). . Then, in accordance with an image display instruction input from the data input unit 80, an image information transmission table is performed to the imaging unit 50, and image information obtained by imaging the subject from the imaging unit 50 is sent to the control unit 70.

  The control unit 70 sends image information and image processing information obtained by imaging the subject to the image processing unit 60. The image processing unit 60 performs image processing so that the image information can be displayed as a video based on the image processing information, and sends the processed image information to the control unit 70. Here, as the image processing information, basically, image processing information according to user information (for example, hyperopia) is set, and enlargement processing, gradation change, sharpness enhancement, etc. are performed by this image processing information. Done.

  The control unit 70 sends image information on which image processing has been performed to the display unit 10, thereby enabling the user to simultaneously view the image of the outside world and the image processing image of the display area on the display unit 10.

  Next, the control unit 70 requests the storage unit 40 for a processing program for performing the correction process and preset data necessary for the processing, and receives the data.

  The image processing instruction information output to the image processing unit 60 from the control unit 70 for adjusting the display on the display unit 10 according to the state of the video display device 1 or the setting of the user is basically the user's Information is set, but the set image processing instruction information can be changed. The vibration detection unit 90 detects the swing of the video display device 1 and outputs it as vibration information to the control unit 70. The control unit 70 performs the above-described correction processing based on the vibration information from the vibration detection unit 90, and the trimming position. Is included in the image processing instruction information and output.

Here, with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 9, correction processing performed by the control unit 70 designating a trimming position for an image captured by the imaging unit 50 based on information detected by the vibration detection unit 90 will be described. explain.
This correction process is started together with a process of displaying an image captured by the imaging unit 50 as an image on the hologram element 22 in accordance with an imaging start instruction input by the user from the data input unit 80, and the operating frequency of the control unit 70 This is done by interrupting at an integer multiple of the frequency period.

  First, the control unit 70 performs A / D sampling on the output of each sensor taken into the A / D converter of the vibration detection unit 90 to convert it into an angular velocity signal, and the cutoff frequency is fixed to the angular velocity signal. An AC component angular velocity signal is obtained by performing a bypass filter processing or the like. Then, band limiting processing is performed on the angular velocity signal (step S11).

  In this band limiting process, it is possible to variably set the cut-off frequency, and by changing the cut-off frequency from a low range to a high range, it is possible to perform a desired band limit and vibration correction. . The set cut-off frequency can be set as variable depending on the zoom magnification, the walking mode, and the like.

  After step S11, an integration process is performed on the band-limited angular velocity signal to calculate an angular displacement (step S12). The calculated angular displacement corresponds to the swing angle θ applied to the video display device 1.

  After step S12, a correction amount is calculated from the angular swing angle θ and the focal length f of the optical system in order to calculate the correction amount according to the calculated swing angle θ and the limit amount (step S13). ). Here, the calculated correction amount is represented by, for example, f × tan θ in the case of pixel movement due to the shaking of the imaging unit 50.

Next, based on the correction amount calculated in step S13, the display image is corrected by changing the trimming position (Vi, Hi) (output of the trimming command) in a direction to eliminate the image shift due to the swing (step). S14).
Specifically, target position coordinates (Vi, Hi) indicating the trimming position of the image captured by the imaging unit 50 are calculated. The target position coordinates have a relationship in which the displacement amounts are (Vi−V0) and (Hi−H0) with respect to (V0, H0) which is the origin when there is no swing.

  The calculation formulas in this embodiment are, for example, (Vi−V0) = V0 × elevation angle correction amount / vertical image size, (Hi−H0) = H0 × horizontal angle correction amount / horizontal image size as an approximate expression, and blur correction. Thus, Vi and Hi can be obtained. Note that the horizontal and vertical blur amounts are normalized by the vertical value for the horizontal and the horizontal value for the vertical, respectively, and the actual displacement is multiplied by the characteristic coefficient specific to the device for smoother trimming. It may be. Further, a configuration may be used in which coefficients such as those calculated by emphasizing the blur in the elevation direction peculiar to the eyeglass-type video display device are multiplied. In addition, strictly speaking, the displacement pixel amount may be calculated and corrected in consideration of the imaging distance between the display unit and the eye E.

  Here, FIG. 10 shows an outline in which the entire screen 104 is output as the display screen of the hologram element 22 from the entire imaging screen region 101 of the imaging unit 50 by the above-described correction processing.

When there is no swing as shown in (a) with respect to the entire imaging screen area 101 imaged by the imaging unit 50, the area 102 is trimmed by showing the point 103 of the origin as the trimming position, and (b). As shown, the image captured by the imaging unit 50 is displayed on the hologram element 22 as a full screen 104.
When the swing shown in (c) is detected, the region 102a is trimmed by indicating (Vi, Hi) calculated by the above-described processing as the trimming position, and the entire screen 104 of the captured image is displayed. Is displayed on the hologram element 22.

  As a method of extracting and displaying the area 102a shown in (b), the image of the entire imaging screen area 101 is temporarily stored using the internal RAM or the storage section 40 in the control unit 70, and all the images are read while reading only the image of the area. High-density, high-pixel type CCD (Charge-Coupled Device) with a method that performs enlargement processing to the size of the imaging screen and a region that satisfies the number of scanning lines necessary for video signals of a predetermined standard in advance ) As an image sensor.

  Then, the image processing unit 60 is instructed to instruct the trimming position calculated in the above processing as the cutout position, and the image processing result is sent to the hologram element 22 on the output side.

  Note that the cutoff frequency in the above-described processing is preferably set so as to be changed according to the magnification of the electronic zoom. In this case, the limit amount for the correction amount, that is, the cutoff frequency is set to change according to a predetermined characteristic, and the characteristic is changed according to the enlargement ratio of the electronic zoom function. In addition, the switching is not a discontinuous switching that changes discretely, such as a switching by threshold comparison, but a switching that changes continuously. In addition, the optimum panning speed (camera operation slower than when the focal length is set to the telephoto side) at the time of enlarging the screen by electronic zoom is also optimally limited. Therefore, a smooth panning operation can be performed, and the effect of preventing shaking can be stably obtained.

  Based on the image information and image processing instruction information sent from the control unit 70, the image processing unit 60 performs image processing so that the image information can be displayed on the display unit 10 as a video, and sends the processed image information to the control unit 70. . The conditions for changing the image processing information depend on the correction amount by the vibration detection unit 90 and the captured image information.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the video display device 1 according to this embodiment is mounted in front of the user's face so that the user can view the image of the outside world and the image processed image of the display area A at the same time in the display area A. It is possible to display a video of image information subjected to image processing in the display area A.

  Image information that is mounted in front of the user's face and is image-processed so that the image information obtained by imaging can be displayed as a video, and the image of the image information that has been subjected to image processing in the display area A of the normal person's field of view by the display unit 10 Since the relative positional relationship between the display unit 10 and the user is detected and corrected to prevent blurring and display, the user can stably view even when walking. Moreover, since the external image and the image-processed image in the display area A can be simultaneously viewed by the user on the display unit 10, the actual scenery can be confirmed, and even when the user is visually impaired, the user is wearing it. As well as being able to confirm the user's eyes from the treatment side, the user's eyes can be seen and spoke even from the person who talks face-to-face in general life. Since it is not shaped, it can be used without a sense of incongruity in general life.

  Further, even in the case where the image of the outside world and the display image are displayed so as to overlap each other, the displacement amount of the absolute position of the video display device 1 is detected and corrected, so that the occurrence of deviation is prevented. be able to.

  In addition, the display area A shown in FIG. 8 is set to be long in the horizontal direction by attaching the display unit 10 to the upper part 20R2 of the prism 20R in the horizontal direction, but in this case, both sides of the display area A are masked. In the display area A1, the vertical direction can be set longer than the horizontal direction. The display area A is not limited to a rectangle, but may be an oval shape or the like. Also in this elliptical display area A, the vertical direction is set longer than the horizontal direction at the ratio of the circumscribed rectangle. Moreover, the structure which attaches the display part 10 to the upper part 20R2 of the prism 20R in the vertical direction may be sufficient.

  The transmittance of the display area A is within 40% compared to the transmittance of the display area A2 of the display area A. When the image is not displayed, the display area A functions as a normal glass ball, and a partner such as a doctor who faces the person can observe the eye movement of the observer, thereby enabling more accurate diagnosis.

  The control unit 70 extracts information on the visual field necessary for display from the imaging visual field of the imaging unit 50 by the vibration detection unit 90, and performs image extraction from the entire imaging screen region 101 such as the region 102 and the region 102a to make it easy to see. It becomes possible.

  The image processing unit 60 can display the image information as a video based on the image processing information, perform image processing for preventing blurring (vibration), and perform auxiliary display for easy viewing by the user. If the range does not impair the effects of the present invention, the outline of an object in the outside world can be easily captured by, for example, enhancing the outline by image processing for frequency correction. Further, in the image processing for color tone correction, a specific color is emphasized and displayed in black and white so that it can be easily viewed by a user having a visually impaired person such as color blindness. In addition, colors that have not been distinguished in the case of color weakness or the like are subjected to color conversion processing on the screen and displayed with different densities or colors, so that it is easy to see. In addition, in the image processing of the luminance compression due to the visual impairment of the user, it is possible to make it easy to see by logarithmically converting and displaying it with a reduced contrast, or to make it easy to see by increasing the luminance as a whole.

  As described above, various image processes such as a process of enlarging / reducing, a process of correcting lightness, a process of correcting color, and a process of enhancing contours can be employed for a captured image. Further, at least one of these image processes may be executed, or two or more processes may be performed together.

  In addition to this embodiment, it is also possible to perform correction using a large or ultra-high pixel type CCD that does not require enlargement control, or an optical correction means.

  In the present embodiment, the configuration is such that the swing of the user walking or the like is detected and the captured image is corrected by the imaging unit 50. However, an image corresponding to the entire imaging screen area 101 is obtained from the data input unit 80. The video image to be input, the image stored in the storage unit 40, and the like may be used when the image is displayed on the display unit 10.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. For simplification, the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. Hereinafter, a configuration related to characteristic color correction in the second embodiment will be described.

In the configuration in which an image is displayed by the hologram element 22, since the diffraction phenomenon is used, the relative color between the user and the display unit 10 is shifted due to walking or the like, so that the color of the image is different from the actual color. There is a risk of being recognized by the user. Therefore, for example, when the display unit 10 is attached to the upper portion and an image is displayed on the hologram element 22 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, it is necessary to correct the vertical shift.
Therefore, in the present embodiment, an image processing instruction sent from the control unit 70 to the image processing unit 60 based on the relative swing between the user detected by the vibration detection unit 90 and the video display device 1. Information relating to color correction is added to the information, and the image processing unit 60 performs image processing based on the image processing instruction information and displays the information.

The color correction performed under the control of the control unit 70 is performed, for example, by detecting a swing in the elevation angle direction by the vibration detection unit 90 and calculating by a predetermined formula according to the hologram element 22. Specifically, the center value O (x0, y0) that is the white point with the lowest saturation and recognized as white shown in FIG. 11 is x0 = −0.004 × according to the rotation angle d in the elevation direction. Correction is made along the line L where d + 0.313 and y0 = 0.018 × d + 0.329.
Thus, the color shift amount at each chromaticity (xi, yi) shown in FIG. 11 is calculated as Δx = xi × x0 and Δy = yi × y0, and correction is performed by subtracting the shift amount.

  The configuration for calculating the center value O is given as an example, and is not limited to this. The configuration may be set in advance at the time of factory shipment in accordance with the characteristics of the hologram element 22 and the like. .

Although the above-described correction may be performed on all the pixels in the same manner, the color shift is individually calculated and corrected for each pixel (px, py) having the origin at the center of the line of sight. It is more preferable.
In this case, when the vertical length of the hologram element 22 is XL, the number of pixels in the vertical direction is X, and the distance at which the image projected from the hologram element 22 is formed is L, the deviation angle from the center at px is Each pixel is calculated by adding the calculated value to the rotation angle d in the elevation angle direction calculated by arctan ((XL / X × px) / L) and detected by the vibration detection unit 90, and performing the color correction described above. Correction in the vertical direction at. The horizontal direction can be similarly performed.

In addition, as long as the effect of the present invention is not impaired, a configuration may be adopted in which the color correction is calculated and corrected using a weight function based on sensory evaluation or an approximate expression.
Further, correction can be performed using a color appearance model, and conversion can be performed in accordance with CIECAM 97 of the CIE standard.
Further, the relationship between the deviation of each physical quantity and the angle in the Lab color may be obtained in advance and used instead of white balance to correct the color balance. Further, it is possible to always correct the same direction as the projection direction on the diffractive display, and in particular, it is particularly preferable to correct the color balance corresponding to the shift according to the relationship obtained in advance in the same way as the axial direction orthogonal thereto. .

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the video display device 1 is configured to perform color correction in accordance with the swing detected by the vibration detection unit 90. Therefore, when the user uses the device while walking or the like. Even accurate color reproducibility can be maintained.

  This invention can be viewed stably in general life without inconvenience, for example, by a user with visual impairment such as cataract, glaucoma, macular degeneration, night blindness and the like being equipped in front of the eyes and provided with vibration prevention due to vibration. Applicable to video display devices.

It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the video display apparatus 1 which is this invention. It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the video display apparatus 1 provided with the pressure sensors 93L and 93R. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an external appearance of a video display device 1 in which an image processing unit 60, a control unit 70, a data input unit 80, and a vibration detection unit 90 are integrated into a device unit 200. 1 is a cross-sectional view including a display unit 10 of a video display device 1. It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the video display apparatus 1 provided with the display part 10 on either side. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating a functional configuration of a video display device 1. FIG. 3 is an operation ladder chart of the video display device 1. It is a figure which shows a display area. 5 is a flowchart showing a correction process performed on an image displayed on the hologram element 22 based on the swing detected by the vibration detector 90. It is a figure which illustrates the outline | summary of a correction process. It is a CIExy chromaticity diagram explaining the color correction in the second embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Video display apparatus A, A1, Display area A2 Perimeter E Eye 10 Display part 11 LCD
12 Housing 13, 20, 20L, 20R, 21 Prism 14 LED
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 15 Lens 16 Eyepiece optical system 20R1 Outer part 20R2 Upper part 22 Hologram element 31 Nose pad 32L, 32R Temple 40 Storage part 50 Imaging part 60 Image processing part 70 Control part 80 Data input part 90 Vibration detection part 91 Elevation angle sensor 92 Horizontal angle sensor 93L, 93R Pressure sensor 94 Cable 101 Full imaging screen area 102, 102a Area 103, 103a Point 104 Full screen 200 Device unit 201 Cable

Claims (8)

Display means for displaying an image of the outside world and a display image in a display area for displaying an image so that the user can view the image simultaneously;
Detecting means for detecting a swinging state of the display means;
Control means for controlling the image corrected in accordance with the state of swinging so as to be displayed in the display area;
A video display device comprising: Display means for displaying an image of the outside world and a display image in a display area for displaying an image so that the user can view the image simultaneously;
Detecting means for detecting a relative displacement between the user's line of sight and the display area of the display means;
Control means for controlling the display area so that an image in which the display position of the display image is corrected corresponding to the relative displacement is displayed in the display area;
A video display device comprising: Display means for displaying an image of the outside world and a display image in a display area for displaying an image so that the user can view the image simultaneously;
Detecting means for detecting a relative displacement between the user's line of sight and the display area of the display means;
Control means for controlling an image in which the color of the display image is corrected corresponding to the relative displacement so as to be displayed in the display area;
A video display device comprising:   The video display device according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit is a horizontal angle sensor and an elevation angle sensor or a depression angle sensor. A lens comprising the display means;
A nose pad attached near the center of the lens in the left-right direction and in contact with the nose;
The apparatus further comprises spectacles-type mounting means including a mounting portion that is attached near both left and right ends of the lens and includes a pair of temples that contact the ears, the temporal region, or the back of the head,
The video display device according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit is a pressure sensor provided in the nose pad. An image pickup means integrated with the display means for picking up an image of the outside world;
The video display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit detects a swinging state of the display unit based on the video of the outside world.   The video display device according to claim 1, wherein the display unit is a reflection type or a diffraction type hologram display.   The image display device according to claim 1, wherein a transmittance of the display unit is 30% or more.

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