Camera Handle With Adjustable Finger Indentations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing handles for devices like video cameras are not adaptable to varying finger sizes, leading to discomfort and inefficiency, as they require multiple handles or partial replacements to accommodate different users, without the ability for fine adjustments.
Innovation Solution
A handle with adjustable indentations and integrated haptic elements, utilizing a screw-based adjustment system that allows for continuous and reversible modification of indentation width to fit individual finger sizes, ensuring proper alignment of fingers with haptic elements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If standard width indentations are provided in handles, then the handle structure is simple and manufacturing is easy, but the handle cannot accommodate different finger widths of various users
Solution Approach 1:
The handle incorporates an adjustable mechanism that allows the indentation width to be dynamically modified according to different users' finger sizes. The deformation element can be adjusted between multiple positions to change the spacing between indentations, transforming a static handle structure into a dynamic one that adapts to various hand dimensions.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the physical parameter of indentation width by utilizing a deformation element that can alter the spatial configuration of the handle. This allows the same handle to provide different indentation widths suitable for children, women, and men without requiring multiple separate handles.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple handles of different sizes are provided for different users, then adaptability to different finger sizes is improved, but the quantity of parts and cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The handle is designed as a universal device that can serve multiple users with different hand sizes. By integrating the adjustment mechanism, a single handle can be configured to fit children, women, and men, eliminating the need to manufacture, store, and distribute multiple handles of different sizes.
Solution Approach 2:
The dynamic adjustment capability allows one handle to replace multiple static handles, as it can be reconfigured for different users. This reduces the quantity of physical handles needed in inventory and simplifies logistics.
3Adaptability or versatility
If partial replacement of handle parts is used to adapt size, then the number of parts is reduced, but fine adjustment between standard dimensions is not possible
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustment mechanism provides continuous or near-continuous variability in indentation width, allowing fine-tuned adjustments rather than discrete size steps. This enables precise adaptation to individual user needs while maintaining a relatively simple manufacturing process through modular design.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a handle (1) for actuating a device such as a video camera. The handle includes indentations (3) for accommodating the fingers of the user. An adjustment system (5, 7, 8, 9, 11) enables the width (11, 12, 13, 14) of at least a portion of said indentations to be modified in order to adapt it to the width of the user's fingers.