Patent ID: 6359602
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A head-mounted display device comprising:a display device for emitting image display light, an optical system for changing the light path of the display light in order to direct the light towards an eye of an observer enabling the observer to see an image formed by the image display light with only one eye, and a drive signal generating device for the display device, are worn on a head of the observer, wherein the display device is located in such a manner that the display light is emitted in a forward direction from a position separated radially from the visual axis of the observer when looking straight ahead; the optical system is located in front of the display device with an interval; and the drive signal generating device is located in a position that is separated radially from the visual axis and separated with an interval from the display device optical system, wherein the drive signal generating device is located behind said display device with an interval, beside a side of the head of the observer.