Rotatable VR Frame for Seamless AR-VR Switching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face the economic burden of purchasing separate devices for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) experiences, and there is a hassle in switching between these modes as existing devices are not designed to provide both seamlessly.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a main frame, a display unit, and a virtual reality frame that can rotate to expose a lens, allowing users to switch between VR and AR modes by positioning the frames to either align or deviate from each other, enabling recognition of either VR or AR images through a single device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If separate electronic devices are used for virtual reality and augmented reality, then each device can be optimized for its specific function, but users face economic burden and hassle to replace devices when switching between modes
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic device is designed to provide both virtual reality and augmented reality modes through a single unified structure. The main frame includes a display unit and a rotatable virtual reality frame with a lens, allowing the device to switch between VR and AR functions by rotating the virtual reality frame to different positions, eliminating the need for separate dedicated devices for each mode.
Solution Approach 2:
The virtual reality frame is rotatably coupled to the main frame, enabling dynamic reconfiguration of the device. By rotating the virtual reality frame between a first position (for VR mode) and a second position (for AR mode), the device can transition between different operational states. This dynamic adjustment allows a single device to adapt its optical path and component arrangement based on the desired mode.
2Ease of operation
If a single device provides both VR and AR modes, then cost is reduced and mode switching is simplified, but the device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The virtual reality frame is rotatably coupled to the main frame, enabling dynamic reconfiguration of the device. By rotating the virtual reality frame between a first position (for VR mode) and a second position (for AR mode), the device can transition between different operational states. This dynamic adjustment allows a single device to adapt its optical path and component arrangement based on the desired mode.
Solution Approach 2:
The device is divided into distinct functional modules: a main frame containing a display unit, and a rotatable virtual reality frame containing a lens. This segmentation allows each module to be optimized for its specific function while enabling flexible reconfiguration when assembled together. The modular structure facilitates ease of manufacturing and maintenance despite the overall system's multi-functionality.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This solution allows for a single device to provide both VR and AR experiences, reducing costs and simplifying mode switching without the need to attach or detach separate units, offering a hassle-free transition between virtual and augmented reality modes.
Implementation Method 1
the electronic device may further include a reflection member reflecting the image of the display unit at the fourth location and transferring the reflected image to eyes of the user through the first opening
Implementation Method 2
a virtual reality frame movably coupled to the main frame and having a second opening to which a first lens is coupled, in which when the virtual reality frame moves to a first location where the first opening and the second opening are arranged side by side in a sight direction of a user, the user is capable of recognizing an image of the display unit as a virtual reality image through the first lens
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AI summary
Disclosed is an electronic device. An electronic device according to the present invention includes: a main frame having a first opening; a display unit connected to the main frame and having a display area which may be exposed through the first opening; and a virtual reality frame movably coupled to the main frame and having a second opening to which a first lens is coupled, in which when the virtual reality frame moves to a first location where the first opening and the second opening are arranged side by side in a sight direction of a user, the user is capable of recognizing an image of the display unit as a virtual reality image through the first lens, and when the virtual reality frame moves to a second location deviated from the first location, the user is capable of recognizing the image of the display unit as an augmented reality image. An electronic device according to the present invention may be associated with an artificial intelligence module, robot, augmented reality (AR) device, virtual reality (VR) device, and device related to 5G services.