Mountable Virtual Reality Station With Booth Privacy And UVC Sterilization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing virtual reality equipment for public use lacks privacy, convenience, and safety, and users experience sensory discrepancies that affect the VR experience and presence.

Innovation Solution

A mountable virtual reality station with a booth and integrated system, featuring a touch screen, headset mounting, sterilization unit, and sensors, providing a controlled environment for enhanced VR experience and reducing sensory discrepancies.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If virtual reality equipment is stored in a portable container for public use, then the equipment is portable and accessible, but users lack privacy and safety

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveportabilityVSAvoidlack of privacy and safety

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system is divided into separate functional modules: a portable VR equipment unit, a sterilization unit, and a mounting system. This segmentation allows the equipment to be transported conveniently while being deployed in a fixed booth structure that provides privacy and safety during use.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

A booth structure serves as an intermediary between the portable VR equipment and the user. The booth provides the necessary privacy and safety boundaries, while the mounting system acts as an intermediary to securely connect the equipment to the booth structure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If virtual reality equipment is used in an open space, then the equipment is easily accessible, but the experience lacks immersion and presence

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveaccessibilityVSAvoidVR experience quality

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The booth creates a localized private space with specific acoustic and visual properties that enhance VR immersion. The mounting system positions the equipment at optimal locations within the booth to maximize the VR experience while maintaining overall system accessibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

3Ease of operation

If virtual reality equipment is used without sterilization, then the equipment is easier to use, but hygiene standards are compromised for multi-user equipment

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of useVSAvoidhygiene contamination

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The sterilization unit is integrated into the system to perform preliminary sterilization of the VR equipment between uses. This preliminary action ensures hygiene standards are met for multi-user equipment while maintaining ease of use during actual VR sessions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

4Object-affected harmful factors

If a fixed booth structure is used for VR equipment, then privacy and safety are improved, but portability is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprivacy and safetyVSAvoidportability

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system separates the portable VR equipment unit from the fixed booth structure through the mounting system. This segmentation allows the equipment to be easily transported and repositioned while the booth provides the necessary fixed structure for privacy and safety during use.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The mounting system provides a dynamic connection between the portable equipment and the fixed booth, allowing for easy installation and removal while maintaining structural stability during operation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

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 station enhances user privacy and convenience, ensuring a safer and more immersive VR experience by minimizing sensory discrepancies and allowing multiple users to access the equipment efficiently.

Implementation Method 1

The sterilization unit preferably includes a UVC light configured to clean and store a virtual reality headset

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectUVC light sterilization: Radiation

Data Source

PatentUS20250335004A1Mountable virtual reality station and system

Publication Date: 2025.10.30 BLACK DAVID

AI summary

A virtual reality station includes a booth having at least one side wall and a mountable virtual reality system. The booth is configured to have an entrance and an inner chamber that can house at least one person. The mountable virtual reality system is arranged on at least one side wall of the booth and includes a unit body having a plurality of walls. The unit body has a front side and a back side, with a touch screen and a headset mounting display arranged on the front side and a power source which connects to the unit body. Preferably, the unit includes a system indicator display, wherein the system indicators are at least one of a power indicator, a Wi-Fi indicator, and a Bluetooth indicator.