Adjustable Tablet Support With Optical Reflector Alignment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing multimedia tablet supports are not versatile enough to accommodate different tablet sizes and configurations, particularly limiting their use in augmented reality applications where precise positioning and stability are crucial.

Innovation Solution

A multimedia tablet support with a movable support portion and optical reflector element, allowing adjustable positioning to align with the tablet's optical member, combined with a friction portion for stability and magnetic elements for precise adjustment, enabling compatibility with various tablet sizes and configurations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a fixed tablet support is used, then the structure is simple and manufacturing cost is low, but the support cannot accommodate different tablet sizes and configurations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompatibility with various tablet sizesVSAvoidsupport structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The support portion is made movable along the first direction instead of being fixed, allowing dynamic adjustment to accommodate different tablet sizes and configurations while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The support device is designed to work with multiple types of multimedia tablets regardless of size or configuration by providing adjustable positioning mechanisms that can adapt to various tablet dimensions

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If the support portion is made movable for adjustment, then adaptability to different tablets is improved, but the stability of the tablet position may be compromised

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadjustability to tablet configurationsVSAvoidtablet position stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The support portion can move along the first direction to accommodate different tablets, but once positioned, it provides stable support for the tablet during use, achieving both adjustability and operational stability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The support device is divided into movable and fixed portions, where the support portion can adjust along the first direction while the base remains fixed, allowing independent optimization of both adaptability and stability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Manufacturing precision

If the optical reflector element is positioned precisely for augmented reality, then application performance is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoptical alignment precisionVSAvoidpositioning mechanism complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The optical reflector element is made movable along the second direction to enable precise alignment with the tablet's optical member for augmented reality applications, while the overall positioning mechanism remains relatively simple

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The optical reflector element has specialized positioning capabilities along the second direction to achieve the precise alignment required for optical components, while other parts of the device maintain simpler structures

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The support provides stable and precise positioning for augmented reality applications, ensuring optimal usability across different tablet sizes and configurations, while maintaining a simple and robust structure with low manufacturing costs.

Implementation Method 1

a reflective element (17) configured to be arranged facing the optical member (9)

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectReflection: Reflection

Data Source

PatentEP3695589B1Support for multimedia tablet
Publication Date: 2022.03.23 SOCIETE BIC SA
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AI summary

A support (1) for a multimedia tablet, a screen and an optical member, the support (1) comprising a bearing portion (11) configured to interact with the tablet, the bearing portion (11) extending in a first direction (D1) and in a second direction (D2) transverse to the first direction (D1), the bearing portion (11) comprising a base (13) configured to be mounted on a mounting surface (15), an optical reflector element (17) configured to be arranged facing the optical member, and a support portion (19) configured for supporting the tablet, the reflector element (17) and the support portion (19) being carried by the bearing surface (11) such that, considered in the first direction (D1), the support portion (19) is arranged between the base (13) and the reflector element (17), the support portion (19) being movable in the first direction (D1), and the reflector element (17) being movable in the second direction (D2).