Head-Mountable Device Stabilization via Counterweight Boom Pivot
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing head-mountable devices lack effective stabilization systems that facilitate and enhance user movement during capture operations, leading to suboptimal recorded media quality.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a case that engages the head-mountable device, providing a wide range of movement (e.g., pan and tilt) while guiding movement within the range, through the use of a base with wheels, a rotatable post, and a counterweight balanced across a boom pivot.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a head-mountable device is worn by a user to display visual information, then the user can observe visual information within the field of view, but the device lacks effective stabilization systems leading to suboptimal recorded media quality
Solution Approach 1:
A case is introduced as an intermediary component between the head-mountable device and the user's head. The case engages with the head-mountable device and provides stabilization while allowing a wide range of movement. This intermediary structure resolves the contradiction by adding stabilization functionality without requiring direct modification to the head-mountable device itself, thus improving media quality while maintaining relatively simple device architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The stabilization system incorporates a counterweight mechanism that balances the head-mountable device during movement. The counterweight compensates for the weight and momentum of the device, providing stabilization that enhances recorded media quality. This approach adds stabilization capability without requiring complex active control systems, as the passive counterweight mechanism naturally balances the device during user movement.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the device provides a wide range of movement (pan and tilt), then user movement is facilitated and enhanced, but stabilization becomes more difficult to achieve
Solution Approach 1:
The stabilization system employs dynamic mechanisms including a rotatable post and a boom with pivot points that allow the case to move with the user's head while maintaining stabilization. The system transitions from static stabilization to dynamic stabilization that adapts to user movement, enabling both wide range of motion and stable recording. The dynamic structure follows the user's movements while the counterweight and pivot mechanisms maintain proper orientation and balance throughout the range of motion.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The system effectively stabilizes the head-mountable device, allowing users to capture media with enhanced movement capabilities, resulting in improved media quality with desired features upon playback.
Implementation Method 1
a counterweight balanced across a boom pivot
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and devices of the present disclosure can include stabilization features that support the head-mountable device to both facilitate and enhance movement during capture. The systems can include a case that engages the head-mountable device and provides a view to an external environment. The support provided by the system can provide the user wearing the head-mountable device with a wide range of movement (e.g., pan and tilt) while also guiding movement within the range.