VR Controller Lanyard With Battery-Door Anchoring and Sticky Pads
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current VR headset applications lack appropriate strappings for controllers, leading to insecure attachment during high mobility immersive activities, which can result in controller loss and damage.
Innovation Solution
A lanyard system with a strap anchored on a battery case lid and a clip anchored to an opening pin, utilizing stretchable fabric and sticky pads for secure attachment to the user's hand, allowing for comfortable and secure operation of hand controllers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If strong straps and lanyards are added ad-hoc to secure controllers, then controller attachment security is improved, but the user interface operation is impeded
Solution Approach 1:
The lanyard is divided into distinct functional segments: a rigid opening pin for secure attachment to the controller, a flexible strap for hand securing, and adhesive pads for additional fixation. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function without interfering with controller buttons and controls.
Solution Approach 2:
The strap incorporates adhesive pads at specific locations to provide localized securing force on the hand, while the main strap body remains flexible and non-obtrusive. This localized approach ensures secure attachment without the entire strap interfering with finger access to controller inputs.
2Reliability
If ad-hoc strong straps are added to secure controllers, then controller attachment security is improved, but the straps get in the way of finger buttons and controls
Solution Approach 1:
The adhesive securing function is extracted from the main strap body and implemented as separate adhesive pads. This allows the strap to maintain its primary function of secure attachment while the adhesive pads provide additional fixation without adding bulk or obstruction to the controller's input mechanisms.
3Reliability
If a lanyard system with multiple components is implemented, then secure attachment is achieved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple securing functions (mechanical attachment via opening pin, flexible securing via strap, and adhesive bonding via pads) are merged into a single integrated lanyard component that attaches to the controller as one unit, simplifying the overall system despite the multifunctional nature of the attachment mechanism.
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 lanyard system provides a secure and comfortable attachment of hand controllers to the user's hands, preventing loss and damage during vigorous activities, while allowing seamless operation of input mechanisms.
Implementation Method 1
multiple sticky pads on an outer face that adhere to the stretchable fabric when the strap is looped around the clip
Data Source
AI summary
A lanyard to hold a controller for a headset is provided. The lanyard includes a strap anchored on a top portion of a lid for a battery case of the controller, and a clip anchored to an opening pin in a bottom portion of the lid for the battery case of the controller. The strap includes a stretchable fabric and multiple sticky pads on an outer face that adhere to the stretchable fabric when the strap is looped around the clip. A headset using a controller that includes a lanyard as above, and the controller, are also provided.