Cascading Pivotal Visor for Mobile Device Glare Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing portable electronic device visors and privacy shields are inadequate in providing effective glare reduction and privacy due to their design limitations, which hinder their ability to adapt to varying light sources and device sizes.
Innovation Solution
A variably deployable cascading pivotal visor assembly with a plurality of shroud members that can be pivotally coupled to an attachment member, allowing for sequential deployment and retraction to form a nested arrangement, providing adjustable glare protection and privacy by engaging with the device's back and side surfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of moving object
If prior art privacy screens and visors are used on smaller portable electronic devices, then device portability is improved, but glare protection and privacy effectiveness deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The visor is divided into multiple deployable panels that can be segmented to match the viewing angle requirements, providing effective glare protection on compact devices without compromising portability
Solution Approach 2:
The visor employs a dynamic deployment mechanism that allows the panels to pivot and adjust to different angles, enabling effective glare protection while maintaining a compact form factor for portability
2Ease of manufacture
If a fixed visor design is used, then manufacturing simplicity is improved, but adaptability to varying light sources deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The visor incorporates pivotable panels with friction-fit connections that allow dynamic adjustment to different angles, enabling adaptation to varying light sources while maintaining a relatively simple manufacturing process
Solution Approach 2:
The visor is segmented into multiple independent panels that can be manufactured separately and assembled, providing adaptability to different light angles without significantly increasing manufacturing complexity
3Reliability
If multiple adjustable visor panels are implemented, then glare protection effectiveness is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The visor panels are designed to nest within each other when retracted, providing effective glare protection when deployed while minimizing the space required when stored, thereby reducing overall structural complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The visor is divided into multiple independent but interconnected panels that can be manufactured and assembled separately, reducing overall structural complexity while maintaining effective glare protection
4Adaptability or versatility
If the visor is designed to be variably deployable, then adaptability to different viewing angles is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The visor employs a dynamic pivot mechanism with friction-fit connections that allow smooth adjustment to different viewing angles while maintaining position once set, balancing adaptability with ease of operation
Solution Approach 2:
The nested panel design allows the visor to be deployed and adjusted with a single motion, improving ease of operation while maintaining adaptability to different viewing angles
Data Source
AI summary
A visor assembly may clip onto a mobile electronic device, and may broadly include: an attachment member securable to the device; at least one hinge secured to the attachment member; and a plurality of cascading shroud members, each pivotally coupled to the attachment member using the hinge. Adjacent shroud members are selectively interconnected. Rotational movement of a first shroud member from a retracted position to a first angular displacement, correspondingly drives a second shroud member to rotate in unison. Continued rotation of the first shroud member successively drives remaining shroud members to co-rotate, until it has been rotated to a second angular displacement, and the plurality of shroud members are each then deployed into a respective fully extended position. A friction fit at the interconnection between adjacent shroud members is sufficient to releasably inhibit movement resulting from only a weight of the shroud members and the orientation of the device.