Wearable Visualization Device with Retractable Cover
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing amusement park attractions lack effective solutions to enhance the immersive experience for guests by integrating virtual features seamlessly with real-world environments, while also protecting wearable visualization devices from damage.
Innovation Solution
A wearable visualization device with a retractable cover that adjusts between extended and retracted configurations based on sensor data, allowing for the integration of virtual features with real-world environments and protecting the device from damage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a retractable cover is added to protect the lenses, then the device protection is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cover is positioned in advance to cover the lenses before the device is fully assembled or before potential damage can occur. The cover system is pre-configured to automatically extend when the device is removed from the interface device, preventing damage before it happens.
Solution Approach 2:
The cover system operates automatically based on sensor detection of the device's coupling state with the interface device. When the wearable visualization device is removed from the interface device, sensors detect this state and automatically trigger the actuator to extend the cover, eliminating the need for manual operation.
2Ease of operation
If the cover automatically adjusts based on sensor data, then the ease of operation is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses sensors to automatically detect when the wearable visualization device is coupled to or removed from the interface device, and the controller automatically activates the actuator to adjust the cover position accordingly, making the system self-regulating without user intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
Sensors provide real-time feedback about the coupling state of the device to the controller, which then adjusts the cover position based on this feedback. This closed-loop control system ensures the cover is in the correct position without requiring manual input from the user.
3Reliability
If the cover extends over the lenses, then the device protection is improved, but the visualization quality may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The cover is designed to be dynamically adjustable between extended and retracted positions. When protection is needed, the cover extends over the lenses; when visualization is needed, the cover retracts to expose the lenses fully, allowing the system to adapt to different operational states.
Solution Approach 2:
The cover is positioned in advance to protect the lenses during storage or transport, but is automatically retracted before the device is used for visualization, ensuring that protection and visualization quality are both optimized at different times.
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AI summary
A wearable visualization device includes a housing, one or more lenses coupled to the housing and configured to display virtual features for visualization by a user of the wearable visualization device, and a cover coupled to the housing and configured to adjust between an extended configuration in which the cover extends over at least a portion of the one or more lenses and a retracted configuration in which the cover does not extend over at least the portion of the one or more lenses. The wearable visualization device also includes a controller and one or more sensors. The controller is configured to receive sensor data from the one or more sensors and to provide control signals to an actuator to adjust the cover between the extended configuration and the retracted configuration based on the sensor data.