Detachable Focusing Assembly for VR Head-Mounted Displays

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current VR display devices require complex disassembly and assembly processes to remove foreign matters like dust from the focusing assembly, affecting the display effect and user experience.

Innovation Solution

A focusing assembly with a detachable barrel retaining ring and guiding portions that allow for easy disassembly and assembly, along with dust-proof members to prevent contamination, simplifying maintenance and ensuring clear vision.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the focusing assembly is designed with a fixed structure to maintain stability and sealing, then the display quality is preserved, but the complexity of disassembly and assembly increases when foreign matters need to be removed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay qualityVSAvoiddisassembly and assembly complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The focusing assembly is divided into multiple detachable components including the barrel, barrel retaining ring, lens assembly, and display screen assembly. The barrel retaining ring with thread structure allows the barrel to be separated into distinct sections, enabling access to the interior for foreign matter removal while maintaining structural integrity during normal operation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The lens assembly and display screen assembly are designed to be extractable from the barrel through the detachable connection structure. This allows the interior of the focusing assembly to be accessed and cleaned of foreign matters without requiring complete disassembly of the entire device, thus simplifying maintenance while preserving display quality

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Object-affected harmful factors

If the focusing assembly is sealed to prevent contamination, then foreign matters are kept out, but the complexity of disassembly increases when maintenance is needed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontamination preventionVSAvoiddisassembly complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The barrel retaining ring is pre-equipped with a thread structure that enables detachable connection. This preliminary design feature allows the focusing assembly to be quickly separated for maintenance when foreign matters enter, without requiring complex disassembly procedures, thus balancing contamination prevention with ease of maintenance

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11947181B2Focusing assembly and head-mounted display device
Publication Date: 2024.04.02 BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONCIS TECH CO LTD
  • US11947181B2 patent drawing
  • US11947181B2 patent drawing
  • US11947181B2 patent drawing

AI summary

Provided is a focusing assembly including a focusing barrel and a barrel retaining ring; the focusing barrel includes a first sleeve, a second sleeve, and a third sleeve that are sequentially sleeved from inside to outside of the focusing barrel; the first sleeve is provided with a lens mounting portion for mounting a focusing lens, a first end of the second sleeve is provided with a display screen mounting portion for mounting a display screen, a second end of the second sleeve is detachably connected to the barrel retaining ring, the first end and the second end being opposite ends of the second sleeve; and the lens mounting portion and the display screen mounting portion are configured such that the relative position thereof in a focusing direction of the focusing assembly is adjustable.