Patent ID: 6480174
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A display apparatus comprising:a frame, the frame including a cross-bracket, a left ear piece, and a right ear piece, wherein the left ear piece is coupled to an end of the cross-bracket and the right ear piece is coupled to another end of the cross-bracket; a display pod mounted to the cross-bracket, the display pod including an electronic video image generator and optics for creating a virtual image of an image generated by the electronic video image generator; and a personalized module rigidly and removably coupled to the cross-bracket, wherein the personalized module includes an adjustment mechanism; and wherein the adjustment mechanism allows a user, when wearing the apparatus, to adjust a position of the display pod with respect the eyes of the user, and wherein the adjustment mechanism includes a cam, the cam resting against a portion of the frame so as to adjust a position of either the left or the right ear piece with respect to the display pod, thereby adjusting a pitch and or a roll angle of the display pod with respect to the eyes of the user.