Patent ID: 7699466

Claim:
A visual training device, which training includes changing a line of vision and looking to areas adjacent a visual point, comprising: a screen arranged facing a subject with a visual impairment and visible to a third party; a line of vision detection unit that detects the line of vision of the subject and outputs line of vision signals indicating the line of vision; a visual field data storage unit that stores visual field data indicating a specific visible area that the subject can see completely and a specific area of visual impairment that the subject cannot see completely or partially; a response signal receiving unit that receives response signals indicating the response from the subject viewing the screen; and a screen control unit that displays on the screen a specific image for visual training in the specific visible area and prevents the display of an image in the specific area of visual impairment, the screen control unit moving the specific visible area based on the visual field data in correspondence to the movement of the line of vision of the subject specified by the line of vision signals, wherein the screen control unit enables the third party to view the specific image for visual training in the specific visible area and to view the area of visual impairment superimposed over the specific image, wherein the screen control unit displays on the screen the specific image represented in a virtual space where the specific image imitates an actual scene that the subject would experience in real life, the virtual scene image is moved corresponding to the response signals relating to the directional indications received by the response signal receiving unit from the subject, and the subject is allowed a pseudo-moving experience within the visual space while the third party simultaneously views the relationship of the specific image and the area of visual impairment.