Head-Mounted Display Frame With Sliding Sensor-Display Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing head-mountable display devices face challenges in providing a comfortable and adjustable fit, as well as effective integration of multiple sensors and displays, which can limit user experience and functionality.
Innovation Solution
A head-mountable display device with a structural frame featuring cantilever arms and adjustable display assemblies, coupled with sensors and displays that can slide along guide-rods, allowing for flexible positioning and enhanced user interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If a fixed rigid frame structure is used, then structural stability is improved, but adaptability and comfort for different users deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic adjustability through movable mounting brackets that can reposition along the frame, and flexible retention bands that can adapt to different head shapes and sizes. This allows the display device to maintain structural stability while accommodating various user anatomical features, resolving the contradiction between rigidity and adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame structure is divided into modular segments with independent adjustment capabilities. The mounting brackets can be independently positioned on each side of the frame, and the retention bands can be adjusted separately, allowing customized fit while maintaining overall structural integrity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple sensors and displays are integrated, then functionality is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple sensors (depth sensor, infrared sensor, camera) and display assemblies are merged into a single integrated head-mountable display device. The guide-rod mechanism serves as a common structural element that supports and positions all components, reducing the need for separate mounting systems and simplifying the overall device architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The guide-rod structure serves multiple functions: it provides a mounting path for display assemblies, acts as a support for sensors, and enables adjustable positioning for all components. This multi-functional design reduces the number of separate structural elements needed, thereby reducing device complexity while maintaining high functionality.
3Manufacturing precision
If fixed positioning of display assemblies is used, then manufacturing precision is improved, but ease of operation and adjustability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The display assemblies are designed to be dynamically repositionable along the guide-rod structure while maintaining precise alignment. The mounting brackets can be adjusted to different positions, and the retention bands can be reconfigured, allowing users to easily modify the display positioning without compromising manufacturing precision or requiring complex adjustment mechanisms.
Data Source
AI summary
A head-mountable display device can include a structural frame, where a first mounting bracket can be coupled to a first side of the structural frame. In some examples, the first mounting structure can include a cantilever arm. A second mounting bracket can be coupled to a second side of the structural frame opposite the first side, where the second mounting bracket can include a mounting arm, a sensor coupled to the cantilever arm, and a display assemble slidably coupled to the mounting arm.