Improved visibility of monocular head-mounted displays through the bright control of backlighting

Takashi Yamazoe; Shinsuke Kishi; Takashi Shibata; Takashi Kawai

doi:10.1109/JDT.2010.2052785

Improved visibility of monocular head-mounted displays through the bright control of backlighting

Takashi Yamazoe^*, Shinsuke Kishi, Takashi Shibata, Takashi Kawai

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School of Fundamental Science and Engineering

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Abstract

Monocular head-mounted displays (HMDs) will be a major tool for ubiquitous computing. However, monocular HMD visibility causes a decrease in the light received from the environment. Fluctuating light from the environment strongly affects the visibility of images presented on the monocular HMD. In the present study, we have studied a method for controlling HMD backlighting to improve visibility at the wearing a monocular HMD under variable lighting conditions. Three backlight control patterns were developed from Experiment I as psychophysical measurements, and their validities were subjectively evaluated in Experiment II. The results suggest increased visibilities at wearing a monocular HMD when controlling the backlight. Moreover, the rules for backlighting control are based on psychophysical theory.

Original language	English
Article number	5540241
Pages (from-to)	367-373
Number of pages	7
Journal	IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology
Volume	6
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JDT.2010.2052785
Publication status	Published - 2010 Aug 9

Keywords

Backlighting
binocular
control
evaluation
head-mounted display (HMD)
perception
psychophysics
visibility
vision

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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