Bridge Device for Optical Gear With Sliding Pods
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing bridge devices for connecting receiving devices to optical and imaging gear lack the ability to provide complex motion and interpupillary positioning adjustability, limiting their versatility and adaptability to different users and applications.
Innovation Solution
The bridge device features a central rail with independently slidable and lockable pods, allowing for infinite horizontal positioning and rotational adjustments, along with interchangeable auxiliary arms and gear attachments, enabling complex movement and precise positioning of optical and imaging devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed mounting position is used for optical and imaging gear, then the device structure is simple, but the adaptability to different users with different head sizes is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The bridge device is divided into modular components: a central rail, multiple pods that can be independently positioned, and interchangeable auxiliary arms. This segmentation allows each component to be adjusted or replaced independently, enabling adaptation to different users while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The pods are designed to be slidable along the central rail rather than fixed, providing dynamic positioning capability. This allows the optical and imaging gear to be repositioned horizontally to accommodate different interpupillary distances and head sizes, transforming a static structure into an adaptive one.
2Measurement precision
If traditional bridge devices provide only basic positioning, then the device structure is simple, but the ability to provide complex motion and optimal positioning is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The bridge device incorporates motion in multiple dimensions: horizontal sliding along the central rail for interpupillary adjustment, and rotational movement of the pods for angular positioning. This multi-dimensional movement capability enables precise positioning of optical and imaging gear while maintaining a relatively simple rail-based structure.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the optical and imaging gear are fixed to the bridge device, then the structure is stable, but the interchangeability of different gear types is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The bridge device employs universal mounting interfaces on the pods that can accommodate various types of optical and imaging gear. The auxiliary arms are designed with standardized connection points, allowing different gear types to be interchanged while maintaining stable and reliable attachment through consistent mounting mechanisms.
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AI summary
A bridge device for attachment to a receiving device (mounting assembly) to provide imaging and optical equipment attachment and articulation and to provide interpupillary positioning adjustability and complex movement, including in-sight and out-of-sight movement, and including reciprocal lateral movement from one eye to the other, which bridge device comprises: a central bridge rail with sufficient length for lateral movement of the imaging and optical equipment from one eye to the other eye of a user; a receiving device connector attached to the central bridge rail for connection of the bridge device to the receiving device; at least one pod slideably and lockably attached to the at least one track of the central bridge rail, the pod having the ability to slide along or lock at any position on the track to provide interpupillary positioning adjustability, the pod having a rotational component for attachment and rotation of an auxiliary arm.