Patent Application
20180107005
The present disclosure relates to a wearable electronic apparatus, and particularly to a wearable electronic apparatus having connecting structures rotatable with respect to one another.
At present, a wearable electronic apparatus becomes more and more popular because of its great visual experience effect. The wearable electronic apparatus usually includes a video part and an audio part. In order to achieve a great audio effect, some wearable electronic apparatus adopt a head-mounted headphone. In this case, the video part is rotatably connected to the head-mounted headphone. When the wearable electronic apparatus is not in use, the video part is rotated to a position where the video part is substantially coincided with the head-mounted headphone for a convenient storage. When the wearable electronic apparatus is needed to be used, the video part is rotated to a position defining an included angle of substantially 90 degrees between the video part and the head-mounted headphone. Accordingly, when the wearable electronic apparatus is put on, the video part is located in front of eyes.
In the process that a user puts on the wearable electronic apparatus, the head-mounted headphone needs to be expanded firstly so as to be worn on the head. However, when expanding the head-mounted headphone, the video part is also expanded along with the head-mounted headphone. The resilience of the deformed video part increases the strength required for expanding the headphone, which is unbeneficial for operation. Meanwhile, after being used many times, the video part tends to be damaged, thus reducing a service life of the product.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a wearable electronic apparatus which is convenient to operate and beneficial to improve service life of the product.
The wearable electronic apparatus includes: a head-mounted headphone having two sound generators and an elastic headband connected to the two sound generators; a display assembly having two end parts and a central part located between the two end parts; and two connecting mechanisms, wherein each of the two connecting mechanisms is connected to one of the two sound generators corresponding to the connecting mechanism and connected to one of the two end parts of the display assembly corresponding to the connecting mechanism, so that the end part of the display assembly is configured to deflect with respect to the sound generator.
In the present disclosure, by providing the connecting mechanism, the end part of the display assembly may deflect with respect to the sound generator, so that, the end part of the display assembly will not be bent or deformed in the deformation process. Thus, a deformation resilience which increases the strength required for expanding the headphone is not generated, and hence it is convenient for the user to use.
The following accompanying drawings are used for illustrating various embodiments of the present disclosure in detail in combination with specific embodiments. It should be understood that various elements illustrated in the accompanying drawings do not represent actual sizes and scale relations, and the accompanying drawings are only schematic views intended for clear illustration. Thus, the accompanying drawings should not be construed to limit the present disclosure.
In order to make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the present disclosure more definite and clear, the present disclosure is further illustrated in detail in combination with a plurality of embodiments and accompanying drawings. It should be understood that, the specific embodiments described herein are only used for explaining the present disclosure and not for limiting the present disclosure. It must be noted that, the “connection” between two elements mentioned in the present disclosure does not necessarily refer to a direct connection, it may be an indirect connection achieved through a third element.
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The head-mounted headphone 20 includes two sound generators 22 and an elastic headband 24 connected with the two sound generators 22. The elastic headband 24 has a substantially C shape, and the two sound generators 22 are fixedly connected to two ends of an opening of the C shape of the elastic headband 24. The two sound generators 22 can be clamped over the ears through an elastic force of the elastic headband 24. There is not much difference between a structure of the head-mounted headphone 20 and a structure of a head-mounted headphone in the related art, and thus the structure of the head-mounted headphone 20 will not be repeated here. The display assembly 30 includes two end parts 32 and a central part 34 located between the two end parts. The central part 34 may also be substantially C-shaped, and an optical unit and a display unit configured for near-eye display (not illustrated in the drawings) are provided at a middle portion of the central part 34. The two end parts 32 are connected to the two sound generators 22 via the connecting mechanisms 40 respectively. As illustrated in
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The second connecting piece 44 is a second rotating shaft including a first shaft sleeve 48 and a second axis 45, and the first shaft sleeve 48 is configured to be fitted over the first connecting piece 42. In the embodiment, the first shaft sleeve 48 is an opening formed in a first end of the second connecting piece 44 and located in the first end of the second connecting piece 44. Certainly, in other embodiments, the first shaft sleeve 48 may be a shaft sleeve in other forms. An included angle of a certain degree is formed between the first shaft sleeve 48 and the first connecting piece 42 when the first shaft sleeve 48 is fitted over the first connecting piece 42. In the embodiment, the included angle is about 90 degrees. Certainly, it may be understood that the included angle is not limited to this. At this moment, the second connecting piece 44 may rotate around the first axis 43 of the first connecting piece 42.
The third connecting piece 46 is a third rotating shaft including a second shaft sleeve 47 configured to be fitted over the second connecting piece 44. In the embodiment, the second shaft sleeve 47 is an opening formed in a first end of the third connecting piece 46. A second end of the third connecting piece 46 without the second shaft sleeve 47 is fixed to the end part 32 of the display assembly 30. In a similar way, in other embodiments, the second shaft sleeve 47 may be a shaft sleeve in other forms. The second shaft sleeve 47 is fitted over a second end of the second connecting piece 44 without the first shaft sleeve 48. Accordingly, the third connecting piece 46 may rotate around the second axis 45 extending from the first connecting piece 42 to the third connecting piece 46, and an included angle of a certain degree is formed between the third connecting piece 46 and the second axis 45. In the embodiment, the included angle is about 90 degrees. In a similar way, the included angle may be other degrees in other embodiments.
In the absence of external forces, a schematic view in which the end part 32 of the display assembly 30 is connected to the sound generator 22 by means of the connecting mechanism 40 is illustrated in
In addition, in the above deformation process, an included angle between the two sounding surfaces 25 also changes. However, as the second connecting piece 44 may rotate around the first axis 43 of the first connecting piece 42, the two end parts 32 of the display assembly 30 will not incline along with the sound generators 22 to twist in the above deformation process. Thus, the strength of the user required for pulling the two sound generators 22 away from each other is reduced, and it is convenient for the user to use.
Preferably, the end part 32 is provided with a protruding block 33, the third connecting piece 46 is fixed to the protruding block 33, so that each of the first connecting piece 42, the second connecting piece 44 and the third connecting piece 46 has a distance from an inner surface of end part 32, thus increasing a range convenient for a deformation of the sound generator 22.
It may be understood that, an implementation of the technical objective of the present disclosure is not limited to the connecting mechanism 40 in the first embodiment mentioned above. For example, the technical objective of the present disclosure may be also implemented by a connecting mechanism 402 in a second embodiment as illustrated in
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Preferably, in the above first and second embodiments, the central part 34 may also include a main body 34a for display, connecting portions 34b respectively located at two opposite ends of the main body 34a, and an elastic piece 34c. Specific structures are same with those described in the preceding paragraph and thus will not be repeated here. In these two embodiments, the elastic piece 34c is stretchable and retractable in a direction extending from the main body 34a to the connecting end 34d. As a distance between the two sound generators 22 will increase when the two sound generators 22 are moved outwards, a characteristic that the elastic piece 34c is stretchable and retractable adapts the elastic piece 34c to its own change in the deformation process, so that the deformation required for the display assembly 30 is further reduced, hence further facilitating operations of the user.
It may be known from the plurality of above embodiments that the technical effect to be implemented in the present disclosure can be achieved if the connecting mechanism has the function of rotating around any one of the first axis 43 or the second axis 45 in the first embodiment. In the specification and claims, cases that the end part 32 rotates around the first axis 43, or rotates around the second axis 45, or rotates around both the first axis 43 and the second axis 45 simultaneously, are collectively called as that the end part 32 deflects with respect to the sound generator 22.
Certainly, in various embodiments described above, the connecting mechanisms 40, 402, 403, 404 each may also be an elastic piece described above, which may allow the end part 32 to deflect with respect to the sound generator 22 as mentioned in the preceding paragraph, or may be stretchable as mentioned above. The objective of the present disclosure may also be achieved by this kind of embodiment.
The above descriptions are only preferable embodiments of the present disclosure and are not intended to limit the present disclosure. Any modifications, equal alternatives, and improvements made within the spirit and principle of the present disclosure should be included in the protection scope of the present disclosure.
The present application is a Section 371 U.S. National Stage Application of International Application No. PCT/CN2015/078150, filed on Apr. 30, 2015, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, and published as WO 2016/172988 A1, on Nov. 3, 2016, not in English.
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/CN2015/078150 | 4/30/2015 | WO | 00 |
