Adaptive Ear Cup Support for Eyeglass Temple Contact
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional headsets often fail to maintain a good contact with the temple of a wearer's spectacles, leading to inefficiencies and increased costs.
Innovation Solution
The headset incorporates adaptive and variable ear support systems, such as strap-type and plunger-type ear cup shapers, which adjust to accommodate temple pieces of eyeglasses, and includes sensors to detect changes in the acoustic environment, allowing for real-time audio adjustments to compensate for gaps caused by the eyeglasses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional headsets use fixed ear cup structures, then manufacturing is simple, but they cannot accommodate eyeglass temples effectively
Solution Approach 1:
The ear cup incorporates a plunger mechanism that can be adjusted between different positions to create variable depression depths, transforming a static structure into a dynamic one that adapts to different temple piece thicknesses and shapes
Solution Approach 2:
The ear cup is divided into functional zones: a depression area for accommodating temple pieces and a surrounding sealing area, allowing each zone to serve its specific purpose independently
2Adaptability or versatility
If ear cup shapers are added to accommodate eyeglasses, then adaptability improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The plunger mechanism is designed to be manually adjustable by the user, allowing self-adjustment without requiring external tools or complex automated systems
Solution Approach 2:
The plunger creates a localized depression only in the specific area where temple piece accommodation is needed, leaving the rest of the ear cup structure unchanged and simple
3Reliability
If sensors and real-time audio adjustments are added, then audio quality compensates for gaps, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses sensors to detect the presence of eyeglass temples and the resulting acoustic changes, then automatically adjusts audio parameters in real-time to compensate for the gaps created
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically changes audio parameters such as equalization settings or volume compensation based on detected acoustic environment changes caused by eyeglass accommodation
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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.