VR/AR Rapid Deployment Headpiece with Magnetic Fastening

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing virtual and augmented reality systems for amusement rides are cumbersome and time-consuming to deploy and remove, which can extend total ride time and make their use financially unviable.

Innovation Solution

A rapid deployment system featuring a head-mounted VR/AR system with a scaffolding system that includes a single-piece headpiece with adjustable fastening mechanisms, allowing for toolless mating and uncoupling with VR/AR display systems and supporting non-VR/AR headgear, enabling faster donning and doffing while seated in a passenger vehicle.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional VR/AR systems are used in amusement rides, then immersive visual experiences are provided, but deployment and removal time increases total ride time

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveimmersive experience qualityVSAvoiddeployment and removal time

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The VR/AR system is divided into separate modular components: a headpiece that remains on the passenger and a display system that can be quickly attached and detached. This segmentation allows the heavy computational and display components to be rapidly deployed without requiring removal of the entire VR system, thus reducing deployment time while maintaining immersive experience quality.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The display system is extracted as a separate removable component from the headpiece. This allows the display system to be quickly attached when needed and removed when not needed, separating the permanent headwear component from the temporary display component, thereby reducing the time required for deployment and removal operations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Adaptability or versatility

If VR/AR systems are deployed on passenger vehicles, then special effects are generated, but the complexity of fastening and unfastening increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvespecial effects capabilityVSAvoidfastening mechanism complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Traditional complex mechanical fastening systems are replaced with magnetic attachment mechanisms. The magnetic system provides secure attachment of the display system to the headpiece while allowing for rapid one-handed attachment and detachment, significantly reducing the complexity of the fastening mechanism while maintaining adaptability for various special effects capabilities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS11307424B2Virtual reality/augmented reality rapid deployment system

Publication Date: 2022.04.19 UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS LLC

AI summary

A system includes a head-mounted virtual reality/augmented reality (VR/AR) display system, comprising a processor, wherein the processor is configured to display an image on a graphical display of the head-mounted VR/AR display system. The system further includes a scaffolding system comprising a headpiece configured to be worn by a user; wherein the headpiece comprises at least one fastener configured to fasten and unfasten the head-mounted VR/AR display system to the headpiece, and configured to fasten and unfasten a headgear to the headpiece.