Eyewear Temple Battery Charging Through Swappable Frame Modules
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional eyeglasses lack the ability to incorporate electrical components effectively due to design constraints and the difficulty in adding or removing components, limiting their functionality and user experience, especially in wireless communication scenarios.
Innovation Solution
The integration of electrical components into temple arrangements and adapters for eyeglasses, allowing for swappable parts that provide various functionalities such as wireless communication, sensors, and power provision without compromising the aesthetic design, enabling after-market modifications and enhancements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If electrical components are integrated into traditional eyeglasses, then functionality is improved, but design constraints and manufacturing difficulty worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the eyeglass system into separate functional modules: a temple component, a lens component, and a charging component. The battery is embedded in the temple while the charging contacts are integrated into the lens component, allowing independent manufacturing and assembly of each module. This segmentation enables traditional eyeglass manufacturers to produce optical components while specialized manufacturers produce the electrical components, resolving the manufacturing difficulty while maintaining enhanced functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal interface system where the lens component serves multiple functions: optical correction, wireless communication via embedded contacts, and battery charging. The temple component similarly serves as both a structural element and a power source housing. This multi-functionality allows a single pair of eyeglasses to perform traditional optical functions while also providing wireless communication and charging capabilities without requiring separate devices.
2Adaptability or versatility
If electrical components are added to eyeglasses, then user experience is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the electrical system into distinct functional units: a battery module in the temple, wireless communication contacts in the lens component, and charging contacts that interface with both. This segmentation allows each electrical function to be independently controlled and maintained, reducing the overall system complexity while enabling enhanced user experience through wireless communication and charging capabilities.
3Use of energy by moving object
If battery is embedded in temple, then power provision is improved, but weight distribution worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent embeds the battery specifically in the temple component rather than distributing it across the entire frame or placing it in the lens component. This segmentation concentrates the weight in the temple area, which is already designed to bear some weight and is positioned away from the eye, thereby minimizing the impact on weight distribution and comfort while providing sufficient power for wireless communication and charging functions.
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AI summary
Techniques for providing eyewear or other head-worn personal electronic apparatus with electrical components are disclosed. The electrical components can provide electrical technology to eyewear or other head-worn personal electronic apparatus without having to substantially compromise aesthetic design principles. The electrical components can be partially or completely internal to eyewear or other head-worn personal electronic apparatus. The electrical components can operate independently or together with other electrical components provided elsewhere. Apparatus for presenting after-market electrical components are also disclosed.