JPH10333078A - Head-mounted display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a head-mounted display device easy to mount to a head and having a good sense of fitness. SOLUTION: This device is provided with a head phone 10 connecting two speaker parts 5, 5, provided with a pad 5a covering a user's ear, by means of a head band 6, a forehead supporting part 3 connected to a display part 2 and being in contact with the user's forehead and a connecting part 4, whose length is adjustable, connecting the display part 2 and both speaker parts 5, 5, respectively. The head phone 10 is provided with a band member 7 being bent at the time of mounting on a user's head and having an abutting part 7b abutting on the top of the head. The abutting part 7b is connected to the head band 6 by a freely expansible/contractible connecting piece 7a.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a head-mounted display device used by mounting it on a user's head.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a head mounted display (HMD) has been provided which is mounted on a user's head and displays an image on a display unit located in front of the user. This type of display device allows a user to enjoy an image alone by viewing a three-dimensional stereoscopic image or a two-dimensional image projected on a display unit, and provides a user with virtual reality. ).

A conventional head-mounted display device of this type is provided with a structure as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. The head-mounted display device shown in FIG. Forehead contact part 3 connected to 2
Is brought into contact with the forehead, and is fixed (mounted) on the head by tightening the head with a stretchable band 8 attached to the vine unit 14 provided continuously with the display unit 2. Therefore, the head mounted display device shown in FIG. 8 is mainly fixed to the head by the force of pressing the forehead 3 in the direction toward the back of the user and the force of the band 8 tightening the head. Is done.

The head-mounted display device shown in FIG. 9 has a headband 9 for connecting portions of the two vine portions 14 located near the user's ear to the configuration shown in FIG. It is more stably fixed to the head.

[0005]

However, when the head-mounted display device having the above-mentioned conventional structure is mounted, the space A surrounded by the display unit 2, the two vine units 14, and the band 8 is provided with an arrow A. Since the head had to be inserted in the direction, it was often felt that the mounting method was cumbersome. In some cases, the band 8 can be attached to and detached from the hanging part 14. However, when the band 8 is attached after detaching one end of the band 8 from the hanging part 14, the band 8 is fixed in a state where the view is blocked by the display unit 2. Have to do
Also in this case, it was often felt that the mounting method was cumbersome.

In addition, in the head-mounted display device shown in FIG. 8, the display unit 2 cannot be supported only by the above two forces due to the weight of the display unit 2, and a load is applied near the nose of the user. In addition, there was a problem that the wearing feeling was not good. In addition, the conventional configurations shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 provide only a video to the user, and it is difficult to give the user a rich sense of realism and immersion.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a head mounted display device which can be easily mounted on the head and has a good mounting feeling.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a headphone in which two speaker units each having a pad for covering a user's ear are connected by a headband. A display unit that is located in front of the eye and projects an image, a forehead contact unit that is connected to the display unit and contacts the forehead of the user, and a connection unit that can support and adjust the length of the display unit and both speaker units. Prepared,
The headphone is characterized by being provided with a stretchable band member which is connected to the inner peripheral surface of both ends of the headband and abuts near the top of the user's head when worn, and is connected to the display unit. The device can be fixed to the head by contacting the user with the provided forehead, speaker, and band member. Become. In addition, the presence of the headphones can enhance the sense of presence and immersion.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. The head-mounted display device according to the present embodiment includes a headphone 10 in which two speaker units 5, 5 each having a pad 5a covering a user's ear are connected by a headband 6, and an image located in front of the user's eyes. A display unit 2 to be projected, a forehead contacting unit 3 connected to the display unit 2 and in contact with the user's forehead, and a connecting unit 4 capable of connecting and supporting the display unit 2 and the two speaker units 5 and 5 to adjust the length. And

The headphone 10 has the same structure as a closed headphone or a semi-closed headphone as an audio device. In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, both ends of a substantially C-shaped headband 6 are provided. A substantially C-shaped band member 7 connected to the inner peripheral surface side of the portions 6a, 6a is provided. The band member 7 includes a contact portion 7b that comes into contact with the vicinity of the top of the user's head when the headphones 10 are worn. The contact portion 7b is connected to the headband 6 by a connecting piece 7a formed of, for example, soft plastic. I have. One end of the connecting piece 7a
It is inserted into the contact portion 7b and is slidable. Therefore, the headphone 10, which is in the state shown in FIG.
When b head contacts the band member 7 is bent so as to approach the headband 6 (bent into the direction of arrow D ₃ in FIG. 3 (a)), both end portions 6a of the headband 6, the distance 6a (Both ends 6a, 6a are respectively shown in FIG.
(Spreads in the direction of arrows D ₁ and D _{2 in} the middle.) As a result, in the headphone 10, the top of the user comes into contact with the contact portion 7b in a state where the band member 7 is bent as shown in FIG.
The speaker unit 5 is located at both ears of the user. Here, when the band member 7 comes into contact with the top of the head of the user, the device itself is pulled up by an upward force. Also,
In the headphone 10, a force acts in a direction in which the speaker units 5 and 5 approach each other (a direction opposite to the above-mentioned arrows D ₁ and D ₂ ), so that the speaker units 5 and 5 can be fastened to the head. I have.

The speakers 5 and 5 are provided with pads 5a having cushioning properties and covering the user's ears.
When the headphones 10 are worn, no pain is felt due to the tightening of the speaker units 5,5. The display unit 2 includes a liquid crystal panel for presenting an image to each eye, a backlight, an optical lens for enlarging a liquid crystal screen, and the like, and also includes a driving circuit for driving the liquid crystal panel and the backlight. Since the configuration of the display unit 2 is well known, a detailed description is omitted.

The connecting section 4 can adjust the distance between the display section 2 and the speaker section 5 to a desired length. That is, as shown in FIG. 4 to FIG. 7, for example, the connecting portion 4 is
4, one end of the spring 44 is fixed to the base end of a shaft 43a protruding in the moving direction of the connecting member 43, and the other end is formed with a hole 42a into which the shaft 43a is inserted. Member 4
2, the distance between the display unit 2 and the speaker unit 5 can be adjusted to a desired length by sliding both connecting members 42 and 43. Further, the connecting part 4 is connected to the connecting part 4 centering on the connecting part with the video display part.
(A direction of an arrow F in FIG. 1). The structure of the connecting portion 4 is not limited to the structure using the spring 44, but may be any structure that can adjust the length.

In the present embodiment, after the headphone 10 is worn, by adjusting the length of the connecting portion 4 appropriately, a force is generated by the forehead contact portion 3 for pushing the forehead toward the back of the head. However, in the present embodiment, the device is fixed to the head by bringing the forehead contact portion 3, the speaker portions 5, 5 and the band member 7 connected to the display portion 2 into contact with the user, respectively. Therefore, the mounting of the device is simplified as compared with the related art. In addition, since the device itself is pulled up by the upward force by the band member 7, a load is applied to the vicinity of the user's nose by the weight of the display unit 2 as in the related art (part of the display unit 2 is placed near the nose). Contact) and the feeling of wearing is improved.

Note that the display unit 2 can be rotated in the direction of arrow E in FIG. 1 around the connection point between the headband 6 and the speaker unit 5 so that the display unit 2 can be moved closer to the headphones 10 before wearing. If it is rotated to the position, the headphone 10 is mounted on the head in the same manner as general headphones (in this case, the speaker unit 5 can be brought into contact with the ear without any adjustment work and the band The member 7 can be brought into contact with the head), and then the display unit 2 is rotated to a position in front of the eyes, and the distance between the display unit 2 and the speaker unit 5 is adjusted by the connection unit 4. In such a case, since the general headphone mounting method is the first step of the mounting procedure, the mounting is easy, and the user does not feel that the mounting method is cumbersome. More likely to be accepted.

Further, in the present embodiment, since the headphone 10 is provided, the user can enjoy the sound together with the image on the display unit 2, so that the sense of presence and immersion can be enhanced as compared with the related art.

[0016]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a headphone in which two speaker units each having a pad for covering a user's ear are connected by a headband, a display unit positioned in front of the user and displaying an image, and a display. A forehead contact portion connected to the forehead of the user and a connecting portion capable of connecting and supporting the display portion and the two speaker portions to adjust the length, and the headphones are provided at both ends of the headband. A telescopic band member that is connected to the peripheral surface and abuts near the top of the user's head at the time of wearing is provided, so the forehead contact part, the speaker part, and the band member connected to the display part are used. Since the device can be fixed to the head by abutting the user, the mounting of the device is simplified and the feeling of mounting is improved as compared with the related art.
In addition, the presence of the headphones can enhance the sense of presence and immersion.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an embodiment.

FIGS. 2A and 2B show the headphones in the above, wherein FIG. 2A is a front view and FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the headphones in the above.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a main part of the above.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a main part of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of another main part of FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of another main part of FIG. 4;

FIG. 8 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a conventional example.

FIG. 9 is a schematic configuration diagram showing another conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Display part 3 Forehead contact part 4 Connecting part 5 Speaker part 5a Pad 6 Headband 7 Band member 7b Contact part

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A headphone in which two speaker units each having a pad covering a user's ear are connected by a headband, a display unit positioned in front of the user and displaying an image, and a user connected to the display unit and connected to the user. The headphone is connected to the inner peripheral surface of both ends of the headband, and the headphone is attached. A head-mounted display device comprising an elastic band member that is sometimes brought into contact with the vicinity of the top of the user's head.