Eyewear Display Interconnection System for Media Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Portable media devices face challenges with small displays that hinder usability and require cumbersome cables and connectors for connectivity with eyewear displays, affecting portability and miniaturization.
Innovation Solution
A system for interconnecting media devices with eyewear displays in a power-efficient and ergonomic manner, using a two-part interface with remountable connectors to minimize cables and integrate electronics, allowing for seamless compatibility and reduced size and power consumption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional cables and connectors are used to connect media devices with eyewear displays, then connectivity is achieved, but device complexity and portability are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions (video transmission, audio transmission, power supply, data communication) into a single integrated connector interface. This merging of functions reduces the number of separate cables and connectors needed, thereby reducing hardware complexity while maintaining comprehensive connectivity between media devices and eyewear displays.
Solution Approach 2:
The connector is designed with multi-functionality to handle various signal types (video, audio, power, data) through a unified interface. This universal connector can adapt to different media devices and eyewear displays, providing versatile connectivity without requiring multiple specialized connectors, thus reducing overall system complexity.
2Volume of moving object
If integral video displays are removed from media devices to enable miniaturization, then device size is reduced, but display functionality is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The display function is extracted from the media device and relocated to the eyewear display. This extraction allows the media device to be miniaturized by removing the bulky integral video display, while the display functionality is preserved in the eyewear component that the user wears, thus maintaining ease of operation without compromising device size.
Solution Approach 2:
The display interface is moved from a two-dimensional screen on the media device to a different spatial dimension by integrating it into the eyewear. This dimensional shift allows the display to be positioned closer to the user's eyes, providing an immersive viewing experience while enabling the media device itself to be much smaller.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple cables and connectors are used for connectivity, then comprehensive functionality is achieved, but portability is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple separate cables and connectors for video, audio, power, and data are merged into a single integrated connector assembly. This consolidation significantly reduces the total weight of the system while maintaining all necessary functional compatibilities between media devices and eyewear displays.
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AI summary
An eyewear display and media device interconnection system enables a user to connect various media devices and various eyewear or other displays to each other, by using a common interface. The integrated system offers improved ergonomics, lower size, lower power consumption and lower cost.