This Application claims priority of Taiwan Patent Application No. 108141865, filed on Nov. 19, 2019, the entirety of which is incorporated by reference herein.
The present invention relates to a head-mounted device, and in particular to a head-mounted device capable to adjust the tightness of the headband thereof.
A conventional head-mounted device includes a horizontal headband. The user can adjust the tightness of the horizontal headband to make himself comfortable. However, if the head-mounted device (such as a head-mounted display device) becomes too heavy, the horizontal headband will no longer be able to support the entire weight of the head-mounted device. A longitudinal headband is therefore needed in the head-mounted device to share the weight of the head-mounted device. Conventionally, the tightness of the horizontal headband is adjusted by the horizontal adjustment mechanism, the tightness of the longitudinal headband is adjusted by the longitudinal adjustment mechanism, and the location of the horizontal adjustment mechanism differs from the location of the longitudinal adjustment mechanism on the head-mounted device. However, the user who wears the head-mounted device cannot see the horizontal adjustment mechanism and the longitudinal adjustment mechanism, and the conventional design can be inconvenient.
In one embodiment, a head-mounted device is provided. The head-mounted device includes a longitudinal headband, a horizontal headband unit and a headband adjustment mechanism. The headband adjustment mechanism is connected to the longitudinal headband and the horizontal headband unit. In a first configuration, the headband adjustment mechanism is adapted to adjust the tightness of the horizontal headband unit. In a second configuration, the headband adjustment mechanism is adapted to adjust the tightness of the longitudinal headband.
In one embodiment, the horizontal headband unit comprises a first horizontal headband and a second horizontal headband, the headband adjustment mechanism comprises a horizontal adjustment unit, a longitudinal adjustment unit and a knob unit, the horizontal adjustment unit is connected to the first horizontal headband and the second horizontal headband, the longitudinal adjustment unit is connected to the longitudinal headband, wherein the knob unit is selectively connected to the horizontal adjustment unit and the longitudinal adjustment unit, or is connected to the horizontal adjustment unit and the longitudinal adjustment unit simultaneously, wherein the position of the first horizontal headband relative to the second horizontal headband and the position of the longitudinal headband relative to the longitudinal adjustment unit can be modified using the knob unit, and the knob unit has only one rotation axis.
In one embodiment, the headband adjustment mechanism further comprises a bracket, at least a portion of the horizontal adjustment unit is disposed on one side of the bracket, and the longitudinal adjustment unit is disposed on the other side of the bracket.
In one embodiment, the horizontal adjustment unit comprises a first gear, a first restriction wheel, and a transmission member, the transmission member is connected to the knob unit, the transmission member is connected to the first restriction wheel, the first gear is affixed to the first restriction wheel, the first horizontal headband comprises a first rack, the second horizontal headband comprises a second rack, the first gear meshes with the first rack and the second rack, the bracket comprises a ratchet ring, and the first restriction wheel is adapted to be connected to the ratchet ring.
In one embodiment, the first restriction wheel comprises a restriction wheel base and a horizontal restriction member, the horizontal restriction member is flexibly connected to the restriction wheel base, a first slot is formed on the horizontal restriction member, a second slot is formed on the restriction wheel base, the transmission member comprises a first post and a second post, the first post is connected to the first slot, the second post is connected to the second slot, and the horizontal restriction member is adapted to be wedged into the ratchet ring.
In one embodiment, the horizontal restriction member comprises a restriction ratchet, the first slot comprises a first slot end and a second slot end, and when the first post is in the first slot end, the restriction ratchet is wedged into the ratchet ring, and when the first post is in the second slot end, the restriction ratchet becomes separated from the ratchet ring.
In one embodiment, the longitudinal adjustment unit comprises a longitudinal restriction member, a second gear, and a second restriction wheel, the longitudinal restriction member is disposed on the bracket, the second gear is affixed to the second restriction wheel, the longitudinal headband comprises a third rack, the second gear meshes with the third rack, and the longitudinal restriction member restricts the second restriction wheel.
In one embodiment, the knob unit comprises a horizontal adjustment knob and a longitudinal adjustment knob, the horizontal adjustment knob is connected to the horizontal adjustment unit, the position of the first horizontal headband relative to the second horizontal headband is modified by rotating the horizontal adjustment knob, the longitudinal adjustment knob is connected to the longitudinal adjustment unit, the position of the longitudinal headband relative to the longitudinal adjustment unit is modified by rotating the longitudinal adjustment knob, and the rotation axis of the horizontal adjustment knob is collinear with the rotation axis of the longitudinal adjustment knob.
In one embodiment, the second gear comprises a gear wedging portion, the longitudinal adjustment knob comprises a first knob wedging portion, and the first knob wedging portion is wedged into the gear wedging portion.
In one embodiment, the longitudinal adjustment knob is disposed between the longitudinal adjustment unit and the horizontal adjustment knob, the longitudinal adjustment knob comprises a second knob wedging portion, the horizontal adjustment knob comprises a third knob wedging portion, wherein in the first configuration, the second knob wedging portion becomes separated from the third knob wedging portion, the horizontal adjustment knob is adapted to rotate the first gear independently, and the longitudinal adjustment knob is adapted to rotate the second gear independently, wherein in the second configuration, the second knob wedging portion is wedged into the third knob wedging portion, and the horizontal adjustment knob and the longitudinal adjustment knob rotate the first gear and the second gear simultaneously.
In one embodiment, the second restriction wheel comprises a restriction wheel wedging portion. The knob unit comprises a first clutch member, a second clutch member, a wedging ring, an inner button, an outer button, and a major knob. The first clutch member is affixed to the transmission member. The second clutch member is affixed to the inner button. The outer button is affixed to the wedging ring. In the first configuration, the major knob is connected to the inner button and the second clutch member is connected to the first clutch member to rotate the first gear. In the second configuration, the major knob is connected to the outer button and the wedging ring is connected to the restriction wheel wedging portion and rotates the second gear.
In one embodiment, the knob unit comprises an inner spring and an outer spring. One end of the inner spring abuts the major knob and the other end of the inner spring abuts the inner button. One end of the outer spring abuts the major knob and the other end of the outer spring abuts the outer button. The inner button comprises an inner button hook. The outer button comprises an outer button hook. When the knob unit is switched from the second configuration to the first configuration, the inner button hook pushes the outer button hook, and the outer spring moves the outer button. When the knob unit is switched from the first configuration to the second configuration, the outer button hook pushes the inner button hook, and the inner spring moves the inner button.
In one embodiment, the second restriction wheel comprises a restriction wheel wedging portion. The knob unit comprises a first clutch member, a second clutch member, an inner button, an outer button, and a major knob. The first clutch member is affixed to the transmission member. The second clutch member is affixed to the inner button. In the first configuration, the major knob is connected to the inner button and the second clutch member is connected to the first clutch member to rotate the first gear. In the second configuration, the major knob is connected to the outer button and the outer button is connected to the restriction wheel wedging portion, rotating the second gear.
In one embodiment, the knob unit comprises a slider, and the slider comprises a first slider-inclined surface and a second slider-inclined surface. The inner button comprises an inner button abutting portion. The outer button comprises an outer button abutting portion. When the knob unit is switched from the second configuration to the first configuration, the inner button abutting portion pushes the first slider-inclined surface to move the slider, and the second slider-inclined surface pushes the outer button abutting portion to move the outer button. When the knob unit is switched from the first configuration to the second configuration, the outer button abutting portion pushes the second slider-inclined surface to move the slider, and the first slider-inclined surface pushes the inner button abutting portion to move the inner button.
In one embodiment, a head-mounted device is provided. The head-mounted device includes a first horizontal headband, a second horizontal headband, a longitudinal headband and a headband adjustment mechanism. The headband adjustment mechanism includes a horizontal adjustment unit, a longitudinal adjustment unit and a knob unit. The horizontal adjustment unit is connected to the first horizontal headband and the second horizontal headband. The longitudinal adjustment unit is connected to the longitudinal headband. The knob unit is selectively connected to the horizontal adjustment unit and the longitudinal adjustment unit, or is connected to the horizontal adjustment unit and the longitudinal adjustment unit simultaneously, wherein the position of the first horizontal headband relative to the second horizontal headband and the position of the longitudinal headband relative to the longitudinal adjustment unit can be modified using the knob unit, wherein the knob unit has only one rotation axis.
In the embodiment of the invention, the tightness of the first horizontal headband, the second horizontal headband and the longitudinal headband can be adjusted by the knob unit with only one rotation axis. The user can adjust the tightness of the headbands easily. Additionally, in the embodiment of the invention, the tightness of the first horizontal headband, the second horizontal headband and the longitudinal headband can be adjusted simultaneously, and it is convenient to user for adjusting the tightness of the headbands.
A detailed description is given in the following embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The present invention can be more fully understood by reading the subsequent detailed description and examples with references made to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
The following description is of the best-contemplated mode of carrying out the invention. This description is made for the purpose of illustrating the general principles of the invention and should not be taken in a limiting sense. The scope of the invention is best determined by reference to the appended claims.
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In this embodiment, the first gear 11 is integrally formed with the first restriction wheel 12. However, the disclosure is not meant to restrict the invention. The first gear 11 can also be wedged into the first restriction wheel 12, or connected to the first restriction wheel 12 in other ways. Additionally, the first horizontal headband 91 and the second horizontal headband 92 can also be parts of one headband.
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In the embodiment of the invention, the tightness of the first horizontal headband, the second horizontal headband and the longitudinal headband can be adjusted by the knob unit with only one rotation axis. The user can adjust the tightness of the headbands easily. Additionally, in the embodiment of the invention, the tightness of the first horizontal headband, the second horizontal headband and the longitudinal headband can be adjusted simultaneously, and it is convenient to user for adjusting the tightness of the headbands.
Use of ordinal terms such as “first”, “second”, “third”, etc., in the claims to modify a claim element does not by itself connote any priority, precedence, or order of one claim element over another or the temporal order in which acts of a method are performed, but are used merely as labels to distinguish one claim element having a certain name from another element having the same name (but for use of the ordinal term).
While the invention has been described by way of example and in terms of the preferred embodiments, it should be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. On the contrary, it is intended to cover various modifications and similar arrangements (as would be apparent to those skilled in the art). Therefore, the scope of the appended claims should be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similar arrangements.
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