Patent ID: 8494212
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: G02B,G06F,G06T

Abstract:
1. A head mounted display comprising: a display unit which is configured to project image light corresponding to display information onto an eye of a user thus allowing the user to visually recognize an image corresponding to the image light while allowing an external light to pass therethrough; an imaging unit which is configured to image at least a portion of a range of the viewing field of the user; an identifying object detection unit which is configured to detect identifying objects within an imaging area defined by the imaging unit; an associated information storage unit which is configured to store associated information associated with the respective identifying objects; an identifying object selection unit which is configured to select the identifying object about which the associated information associated with the selected identifying object is displayed by the display unit based on a result detected by the identifying object detection unit; and a display control unit which is configured to perform a control of allowing the display unit to display the associated information which is stored in the associated information storage unit and is associated with the identifying object which is selected by the identifying object selection unit in association with the identifying object which is visually recognized by the user through the display unit in a see-through manner, wherein the identifying object selection unit is configured to set a selection range of the identifying object about which the associated information associated with the identifying object is displayed within the imaging area based on a positional relationship between the identifying object detected by the identifying object detection unit and the user, and is configured to select at least any one of the identifying objects within the selection range as the identifying object about which the associated information is displayed, and the identifying object selection unit is configured to select the identifying object about which the associated information is displayed by setting a distance between the identifying object detected by the identifying object detection unit and the user as the positional relationship.