Convertible Headband for Rotating Audio and Visual Modes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional head-mounted display devices for VR/AR are cumbersome due to bulky straps and heavy electronic components, causing user discomfort and distraction from the immersive experience.
Innovation Solution
A convertible headphone/visual experience apparatus with rotatable earpieces and a headband that can be adjusted from a headphone position to a visual experience position, allowing for both audio delivery and immersive visual content, with integrated speakers and a display device that can be repositioned for comfort and convenience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a head-mounted display device is designed to provide VR/AR experience, then immersive visual experience is improved, but device weight and bulk increase causing user discomfort
Solution Approach 1:
The apparatus is divided into separate functional modules: audio speakers integrated in earpieces and a display device that can be independently positioned. This segmentation allows the heavy display component to be separated from the earpiece structure, distributing weight more evenly and reducing the bulk associated with conventional head-mounted displays while maintaining VR/AR capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The headband is designed with rotatable members that allow dynamic repositioning between a first position (for audio-only use) and a second position (for visual experience). This dynamic configuration enables the display device to be moved to different locations on the user's head, optimizing comfort and weight distribution based on the intended use mode.
2Stability of the object's composition
If conventional head-mounted display devices use bulky straps and heavy electronic components, then structural stability is improved, but user comfort and ease of operation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The headband incorporates rotatable members that enable the structure to adapt its configuration dynamically. The headband can rotate between a first configuration optimized for audio comfort and a second configuration for visual experience, allowing the same structure to serve multiple functions without requiring bulky straps or fixed heavy components.
Solution Approach 2:
The apparatus serves multiple functions through a single integrated design: it can operate as audio-only headphones with the headband in the first position, or as a VR/AR device when the headband rotates to the second position. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate bulky head-mounted displays, improving comfort while maintaining structural stability.
3Ease of manufacture
If the headband is fixed in a single position, then manufacturing simplicity is improved, but adaptability to different use modes deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The headband is designed with rotatable members that allow it to assume different stable positions rather than requiring a completely reconfigurable structure. This dynamic design with discrete stable positions (first position for audio, second position for visual) maintains manufacturing simplicity while enabling adaptability to different use modes through straightforward rotational movement.
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AI summary
An apparatus has a left earpiece having one or more left audio speakers integrated therein, and a left rotatable member that rotates about an axis of the left earpiece while the left earpiece is stationary. The apparatus also has a right earpiece having one more right audio speakers integrated therein, and a right rotatable member that rotates about an axis of the right earpiece while the right earpiece is stationary. The apparatus has a headband that is operably connected to the left rotatable member and the right rotatable member. The headband is rotated to a headphone position on top of a head of a user during operation of the apparatus as a set of headphones, whereas the headband is rotated to a visual experience position at an eyebrow position of the user. The apparatus also has a display device that is operably connected to the headband.