Olympus Optical Company, Ltd.

Ryotaro Hanayama

Hirotoshi Ichikawa

Taro Endo

Fuminori Ueno

Nobuo Miyairi

Takanori Ishizawa

Seiji Nakashima

A display system includes a host apparatus having a video interface circuit and a display apparatus operated by feed of a video image and power from the host apparatus, and also has a communication function for receiving and transmitting data between the host apparatus and the display apparatus. In the display system, the display apparatus transmits power consumption data thereof stored in an EEPROM to the host apparatus and processes the power consumption data thereof which is received by the host apparatus, thus controlling power of the display system including the host apparatus and the display apparatus.

Display system and microdisplay apparatus

A one-eye viewing type head-mounted image display device ( ) that is compact and comfortably wearable consists mainly of a viewer ( ) and an elastic member ( ). The viewer includes an LCD ( ), a main prism ( ), a see-through prism ( ), a frame ( ), and a microphone ( ). The main prism conducts an image, which is displayed on the LCD, to make the image viewable with either the user's right eye or left eye. The see-through prism is bonded to the main prism, transmits extraneously light, and conducts the light to a users eye. The frame bears the LCD at a predetermined position relative to the prisms. The microphone is mounted in the frame. The elastic member includes a nose rest ( ) which supports the viewer so that the viewer will be located at a predetermined position in front of the user's eye.

Head-mounted image video display

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Sagamihara, Japan

Ryotaro Hanayama