Integrated Connection Compartment for Compact Night Vision Imaging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Night vision devices have large size due to separate battery compartments and signal connectors, which hinder miniaturization efforts.
Innovation Solution
An image processing device with a connecting compartment that integrates a power supply and data communication circuit, allowing a single compartment to function as either a power supply assembly or a communication assembly, using a detachable external connecting assembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If separate battery compartment and signal connector are used, then power supply and data communication functions are achieved, but device size increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the battery compartment and signal connector into a single integrated connecting compartment. The internal connecting assembly contains both power supply contacts and data communication contacts, allowing both functions to share the same physical space. This merging eliminates the need for separate compartments and connectors, directly reducing device volume while maintaining both power supply and data communication capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The connecting compartment is designed with multi-functionality, serving both as a power supply interface and a data communication interface. The internal connecting assembly includes multiple sets of contacts that can simultaneously or alternatively provide power supply, data transmission, and charging functions. This universal design allows a single compartment to replace multiple specialized components, achieving miniaturization without sacrificing functional versatility.
2Reliability
If multiple separate components are used for power and communication, then functional reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple separate components (battery compartment, signal connector, charging port) into a single integrated connecting compartment with an internal connecting assembly. This assembly contains multiple independent contact groups that maintain functional independence while sharing common structural support, wiring, and housing. The integration reduces the number of separate components and assembly steps, simplifying device structure while preserving functional reliability through the modular contact design.
3Reliability
If dedicated battery compartment is provided, then power supply stability is ensured, but product miniaturization is hindered
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the dedicated battery compartment functions with the signal connector functions into a single connecting compartment. The internal connecting assembly maintains separate, stable electrical contacts for power supply while integrating them into a compact unified structure. This merging preserves the stability of power supply connections by using dedicated contact points within the integrated assembly, while simultaneously reducing overall product size by eliminating redundant structural elements.
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AI summary
An image processing apparatus and an electrical connection mechanism, the image processing apparatus comprising an apparatus body, wherein the apparatus body is provided with a connection compartment, and the connection compartment is provided with an internal connecting assembly, the internal connecting assembly being electrically connected to both a power supply circuit and data communication circuit of the apparatus body. The image processing apparatus further comprises an external connecting assembly for detachably connecting to the connection compartment, the external connecting assembly being a power supply assembly or communication assembly. When the power supply assembly connects to the connection compartment, the power supply assembly electrically connects to the power supply circuit of the apparatus body by means of the internal connecting assembly and supplies power to the power supply circuit; when the communication assembly connects to the connection compartment, the communication assembly electrically connects to the data communication circuit of the apparatus body by means of the internal connecting assembly and performs data communication with the data communication circuit. While realizing the basic functions of power supply and data communication, the present invention can expand product usage forms, and also enables the product size to be minimized, thereby realizing a miniaturized product design.