Patent ID: 9645396
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G02B,G06F,G09G

Claim:
1. A peripheral vision head-mounted display system for imparting information to a user without distraction, comprising: a flexible boom; at least one light display element located proximate a distal end of the flexible boom, wherein the flexible boom is configured to position the at least one light display element to direct non-reflected illumination into peripheral vision of the user's eye such that a non-textual illumination pattern is visually imparted to the user without repositioning or refocusing, the at least one light display element comprising a plurality of light display elements formed as a linear one-dimensional array, a subject light display element of the plurality of light display elements configured to emit light at a fixed wavelength based upon a position of the subject light display element; and a microcontroller coupled with the light display element for processing information from one or more sensors to determine the illumination pattern based upon the information and for controlling the light display element to display the illumination pattern.