Modular Smart Glasses Assembly for Compact Storage and Charging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing smart glasses are inconvenient to store and carry due to their large size and cannot be worn and charged simultaneously, limiting user experience.
Innovation Solution
A smart head-mounted device design with detachable eyepieces and a nose bridge, allowing each eyepiece to be used independently while charging, and a foldable temple structure for compact storage, combined with a modular accommodating box for each component.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If smart glasses are designed with fixed eyepiece frames and temples to provide stable structure and functions, then the device can maintain structural stability and functionality, but the device size becomes large and inconvenient to store and carry
Solution Approach 1:
The smart glasses are divided into separate modules: left eyepiece frame, right eyepiece frame, nose bridge, left temple, and right temple. These modules can be detached and stored separately in the accommodating box, reducing the volume occupied during storage while maintaining structural stability during use.
Solution Approach 2:
The temples are designed to be foldable, allowing them to change from an extended state during use to a folded state during storage. This dynamic structure reduces the overall device volume when not in use while maintaining the necessary structure during operation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If smart glasses are designed as integrated fixed structure to ensure functionality, then the device can provide complete functions, but the device cannot be worn and charged simultaneously, reducing user experience
Solution Approach 1:
The eyepiece frames are separated into independent left and right modules, each capable of being worn and charged independently. This segmentation allows users to wear one eyepiece while charging the other, enabling simultaneous use and charging functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The accommodating box serves multiple functions: it stores the detached eyepiece frames and temples, and simultaneously provides charging capability to the eyepiece frames when placed inside. This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction between maintaining complete functionality and enabling simultaneous wear and charge.
3Volume of moving object
If smart glasses are designed with detachable components to reduce storage size, then the device becomes more convenient to carry, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The smart glasses are segmented into standardized modules with connecting portions that facilitate easy assembly and disassembly. The connecting portions use simple connection mechanisms that reduce the complexity of the detachment process while enabling compact storage configuration.
Data Source
AI summary
A smart head-mounted device includes a first sub-eyepiece, a second sub-eyepiece, and a nose bridge. The first sub-eyepiece includes a first eyepiece frame and a first temple, and the first eyepiece frame has a first connecting portion; the second sub-eyepiece includes a second eyepiece frame and a second temple, and the second eyepiece frame has a second connecting portion; the nose bridge has a third connecting portion and a fourth connecting portion; and the first eyepiece frame is detachably connected to the nose bridge via the first connecting portion and the third connecting portion, and the second eyepiece frame is detachably connected to the nose bridge via the second connecting portion and the fourth connecting portion.