Head mount display apparatus

Abstract

A head mount display apparatus includes display section; eyepiece optical member for guiding light from display section to eyeball of wearer of the apparatus; and support substrate for supporting eyepiece optical member, support substrate being formed in a shape corresponding to outer shape of edge surfaces of eyepiece optical member and integrated with eyepiece optical member. Herein, edge surfaces of eyepiece optical member include plural slant surfaces in contact with support substrate. The plural slant surfaces include: light reflecting slant surface for reflecting light from display section toward eyeball of wearer, formed such as to be closer to an optical axis, as farther from an eyepiece surface and closer to surface opposite to eyepiece surface; and slant surface, other than reflecting slant surface, formed such as to be farther from the optical axis, as farther from eyepiece surface and closer to surface opposite to eyepiece surface.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates an external view of a HMD of the present invention.

FIG. 2 illustrates a side-cross sectional view of the display unit of the HMD of the present invention.

FIG. 3 illustrates a perspective view of the outer shapes of the eyepiece optical system and a transparent substrate of the HMD of the present invention.

FIG. 4 illustrates a cross sectional view of the connection structure of the eyepiece optical system and the transparent substrate of the HMD of the present invention.

FIG. 5 illustrates a perspective view of another example of the eyepiece optical system of the HMD of the present invention.

FIG. 6 illustrates a perspective view of the outer shapes of the eyepiece optical system and a transparent substrate of a conventional HMD.

Claims

1. A head mount display apparatus comprising: a display section for displaying an image; an eyepiece optical member for guiding light from the display section to an eyeball of a wearer of the head mount display apparatus to provide the image displayed on the display section; anda support substrate for supporting the eyepiece optical member such that the eyepiece optical member faces the eyeball, in a vicinity of the eyeball of the wearer, the support substrate being formed in a shape corresponding to an outer shape of edge surfaces of the eyepiece optical member and integrated with the eyepiece optical member;wherein the edge surfaces of the eyepiece optical member include a plurality of slant surfaces in contact with the support substrate; andwherein the plurality of slant surfaces include:a light reflecting slant surface for reflecting the light-from the display section into a direction of the eyeball of the wearer, the light reflecting slant surface being located at a position off an optical axis perpendicular to an eyepiece surface and inclined with respect to the optical axis, a direction of inclination of the light reflecting slant surface being oriented such that an edge of the light reflecting slant surface adjacent to a surface opposite to the eyepiece surface is closer to the optical axis than an edge of the light reflecting slant surface adjacent to the eyepiece surface; anda slant surface other than the reflecting slant surface, the slant surface being located at a position off the optical axis and inclined with respect to the optical axis, a direction of inclination of the slant surface being oriented such that an edge of the slant surface adjacent to the surface opposite to the eyepiece surface is farther from the optical axis than an edge of the slant surface adjacent to the eyepiece surface.

2. The head mount display apparatus of claim 1, wherein a HOE is arranged on the light reflecting slant surface.

3. The head mount display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the eyepiece optical member is integrated with the support substrate by adhesion.

4. The head mount display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the support substrate is transparent.

5. The head mount display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the eyepiece optical member comprises a thick section for introducing light.

6. The head mount display apparatus of claim 5, wherein the support substrate is provided with an opening section facing upward in a state where the wearer wears the head mount display apparatus and the thick section sticks out from the opening section.

7. The head mount display apparatus of claim 1, wherein a part of a slant surface other than the light reflecting slant surface is formed such as to slant the same as the light reflecting slant surface.

8. The head mount display apparatus of claim 7, wherein the part of the slant surface slanting the same as the light reflecting slant surface is located in a vicinity of the light reflecting slant surface.

9. The head mount display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is provided with a pair of the display sections, eyepiece optical members, and support substrates.

10. A head mount display apparatus comprising: a display section for displaying an image; an eyepiece optical member for guiding light from the display section to an eyeball of a wearer of the head mount display apparatus to provide the image displayed on the display section; anda support substrate for supporting the eyepiece optical member such that the eyepiece optical member faces the eyeball, in a vicinity of the eyeball of the wearer, the support substrate being formed in a shape corresponding to an outer shape of edge surfaces of the eyepiece optical member and integrated with the eyepiece optical member,wherein the edge surfaces of the eyepiece optical member includes a plurality of slant surfaces in contact with the support substrate; andwherein each of the plurality of slant surfaces is located at a position off an optical axis perpendicular to an eyepiece surface and inclined with respect to the optical axis, a direction of inclination of the slant surface being oriented such that an edge of the slant surface adjacent to a surface opposite to the eyepiece surface is either closer to or farther from the optical axis than an edge of the slant surface adjacent to the eyepiece surface.

11. The head mount display apparatus of claim 10, wherein a slant surface of the plurality of slant surfaces that is located at a position off the optical axis and inclined with respect to the optical axis, the direction of inclination of the slant surface being oriented such that the edge of the slant surface adjacent to the surface opposite to the eyepiece surface is closer to the optical axis than the edge of the slant surface adjacent to the eyepiece surface, is a light reflecting slant surface for reflecting the light from the display section into a direction of the eyeball of the wearer.

12. The head mount display apparatus of claim 11, wherein a HOE is arranged on the light reflecting slant surface.

13. The head mount display apparatus of claim 11, wherein at least one of the plurality of slant surfaces is a combination slant surface including a slant surface of which direction of inclination is oriented such that the edge of the slant surface adjacent to the surface opposite to the eyepiece surface is closer to the optical axis than the edge of the slant surface adjacent to the eyepiece and a slant surface of which direction of inclination is oriented such that the edge of the slant surface adjacent to the surface opposite to the eyepiece surface is farther from the optical axis than the edge of the slant surface adjacent to the eyepiece surface.

14. The head mount display apparatus of claim 13, wherein the slant surface, of the combination slant surface, of which direction of inclination is oriented such that the edge of the slant surface adjacent to the surface opposite to the eyepiece surface is closer to the optical axis than the edge of the slant surface adjacent to the eyepiece is provided in a vicinity of the light reflecting slant surface.

15. The head mount display apparatus of claim 10, wherein at least one of the plurality of slant surfaces includes a slant surface of which direction of inclination is oriented such that the edge of the slant surface adjacent to the surface opposite to the eyepiece surface is closer to the optical axis than the edge of the slant surface adjacent to the eyepiece and a slant surface of which direction of inclination is oriented such that the edge of the slant surface adjacent to the surface opposite to the eyepiece surface is farther from the optical axis than the edge of the slant surface adjacent to the eyepiece surface.

16. The head mount display apparatus of claim 10, wherein the eyepiece optical member is integrated with the support substrate by adhesion.

17. The head mount display apparatus of claim 10, wherein the support substrate is transparent.

18. The head mount display apparatus of claim 10, wherein the eyepiece optical member comprises a thick section for introducing light.

19. The head mount display apparatus of claim 18, wherein the support substrate is provided with an opening section facing upward in a state where the wearer wears the head mount display apparatus and the thick section sticks out from the opening section.