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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2001

Filed:

Feb. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:

Akira Sato, Shiga-Ken, JP;

Assignee:

Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 ;
Abstract

A display apparatus displays an image based on image data and distance data concerning each pixel. The display apparatus has a detector, a display data generator. The detector detects a visual range from a viewer's eye to the viewer's point of regard. The generator produces display data based on the image data, the distance data and the visual range. The display apparatus further has an image display, projector and controller. The image display displays an image based on the display data. The projector projects the displayed image as a virtual image. The controller controls a projection distance of the virtual image so that the virtual image is projected onto the point of regard.


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