VR Docking Station Bezel Antennas for Stable Wireless Coverage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional VR docking stations are limited by wired connections, restricting user mobility and causing signal jitter or delay due to limited wireless antenna coverage, which affects seamless multimedia content rendering and interactive experiences.
Innovation Solution
A wireless VR docking station with two folded array antennas positioned on a bezel for omnidirectional signal transmission and reception at 60 GHz using the WiGig protocol, allowing wide coverage and seamless data exchange, enabling free user movement and enhanced virtual experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If wired connection is used to connect VR docking station to VR devices, then data transmission stability is improved, but user mobility is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical wired connection system with a wireless electromagnetic field-based communication system. The VR docking station uses wireless antennas to transmit multimedia content and data to VR devices without physical cables, eliminating the mechanical constraint while maintaining data transmission through electromagnetic waves.
2Device complexity
If wireless antenna coverage is limited, then device complexity is reduced, but signal jitter and delay increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the wireless communication system into multiple segments: a first wireless antenna for initial connection and a second wireless antenna for enhanced coverage. This segmentation allows the system to extend wireless coverage without creating a single complex antenna structure, thereby maintaining signal transmission quality while managing device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines multiple wireless antennas (first and second antennas) into a unified wireless communication system. By merging the functionality of multiple antennas, the system achieves extended coverage and reduced signal jitter while distributing the complexity across separate antenna components rather than requiring a single complex antenna.
3Ease of operation
If wireless antenna coverage is extended, then user mobility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the antenna system into multiple separate wireless antennas instead of using a single complex omnidirectional antenna. This segmentation extends wireless coverage to improve user mobility while keeping each individual antenna component relatively simple, thereby managing overall device complexity.
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AI summary
The present subject matter relates to a wireless virtual reality (VR) docking station. In an example implementation of the present subject matter, the wireless VR docking station includes a first array antenna and a second array antenna disposed on a bezel of the wireless VR docking station. Each of the first array antenna and the second array antenna has an omnidirectional radiation pattern and is folded into two parts such that a first part transmits signals on one side of the bezel and a second part transmits signals on another side of the bezel.