An Information Layout Method for an Optical See-through HMD Considering the Background

In wearable computing environments, an optical see-through head mounted display (HMD) is one of the most suitable wearable devices for displaying information. Although the HMD can display information without interfering with the user´s view, the displayed information is difficult to see when the HMD background is too complex or too bright. We have created an information layout method for the optical see-through HMD that takes the background into account. It determines the ideal area for displaying objects by evaluating the HMD background captured by a camera.