Adaptive Ear Cup Shaper for Eyewear Accommodation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional headsets often struggle to efficiently accommodate eyewear, leading to costly and inefficient solutions.
Innovation Solution
The development of an eyewear accommodating headset with adaptive and variable ear support, featuring adjustable strap-type ear cup shapers that deform the foam to create space for temple pieces, and retractable structures or openings within the ear cups to accommodate eyeglasses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional headsets use fixed ear cup designs, then manufacturing is simple, but they cannot accommodate eyewear and cause discomfort
Solution Approach 1:
The ear cup incorporates a movable temple piece support structure that can dynamically adjust between different positions to accommodate eyewear or not, transforming a static design into a dynamic one that adapts to user needs
Solution Approach 2:
The ear cup is divided into separate functional components including a temple piece support element that can be independently positioned, allowing the structure to be segmented and reconfigured for different usage scenarios
2Adaptability or versatility
If ear cup shaper creates depression for eyewear, then eyewear accommodation improves, but air leaks increase and bass response deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
A temple piece support element acts as an intermediary structure that provides the necessary depression for eyewear accommodation while maintaining the seal integrity of the ear cup, preventing air leaks from compromising bass response
Solution Approach 2:
The ear cup employs different foam densities in different regions - softer foam in the temple piece support area to accommodate eyewear while maintaining the seal, and firmer foam in other areas to preserve bass response and prevent air leaks
3Adaptability or versatility
If adjustable strap-type ear cup shaper is used, then eyewear accommodation flexibility improves, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The ear cup uses a dynamic temple piece support structure that can be adjusted between different positions to accommodate eyewear or not, transforming a static design into a dynamic one that adapts to user needs
Solution Approach 2:
The support structure allows for parameter changes in position and configuration, enabling the ear cup to adapt to different eyewear sizes and styles without requiring complex adjustable mechanisms
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution allows for comfortable and secure wear of headsets with eyewear, maintaining sound quality and reducing air leaks that affect bass response, while also enabling adjustments to audio settings based on the ear cup shaper configuration.
Implementation Method 1
compressing against the wearer's head to create an enclosed acoustic environment
Implementation Method 2
deform the foam to create space for temple pieces
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods are provided for an eyewear accommodating headset with adaptive and variable ear support. An example headset may comprise an ear cup with two or more distinct sections that differ in one or more characteristics. A first section is adaptively configured to accommodate a temple piece of a pair of eyeglasses of a wearer of the headset, and a second section is configured to maintain contact with a temple of the wearer of the headset. The different sections may comprise different foams (or different parts of foam, each with different characteristics). The characteristics may comprise hardness and/or density. Another example headset may comprise an ear cup with a divot that accommodates the temple piece of the eyeglasses.