CN116767976A - Wearing device and VR equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a wearing device and VR equipment, wherein the wearing device comprises: a bracket on which a rotating shaft is provided, the rotating shaft being rotatable relative to the bracket around its own axis; the fastening belt is fixedly connected with the rotating shaft, the rotating shaft rotates to adjust the length of the fastening belt wound on the rotating shaft, the length of the fastening belt wound on the rotating shaft is increased, the wearing length of the fastening belt is reduced, the length of the fastening belt wound on the rotating shaft is reduced, and the wearing length of the fastening belt is increased; the driving piece is in transmission connection with the rotating shaft and is used for driving the rotating shaft to rotate. According to the technical scheme, the rotating shaft fixedly connected with the fastening belt and the driving piece in transmission connection with the rotating shaft are arranged on the bracket, so that the free adjustment of the wearing length of the fastening belt is realized. The wearing device has the advantages of simple structure, light weight, low cost and the like.

Description

Wearing device and VR equipment

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of VR (virtual reality), in particular to a wearing device and VR equipment.

Background

Virtual Reality (VR) display devices, commonly referred to as head-mounted virtual reality display devices, also referred to as VR glasses and VR helmets, use a head-mounted display to seal human vision and hearing from the outside, guide an experimenter to feel a body in a virtual environment, and display the images of left and right eyes on left and right eye screens respectively according to the display principle of the head-mounted Virtual Reality (VR) display device, so that the eyes can obtain the information with difference and then generate a stereoscopic impression in the brain.

Traditional wear-type VR equipment is spacing to its and head through the elastic cord mostly, and adopts the elastic cord to have following problem as the wearing device of VR equipment: (1) The head of the user is easy to be scratched in the using process, and the user experience is poor; (2) The display screen is easy to fall off from the head of a user in the use process, so that the display screen is damaged; (3) the tightness of the elastic band can not be adjusted in the using process; (4) Under long-time used repeatedly, the elastic band can relax ageing to lead to VR equipment to dress inadequately, influence the use of VR equipment.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to a wearing device, and aims to solve at least one of the above-mentioned problems.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a wearing device, comprising:

a bracket on which a rotating shaft is provided, the rotating shaft being rotatable relative to the bracket around its own axis;

the fastening belt is fixedly connected with the rotating shaft, the rotating shaft rotates to adjust the length of the fastening belt wound on the rotating shaft, the length of the fastening belt wound on the rotating shaft is increased, the wearing length of the fastening belt is reduced, the length of the fastening belt wound on the rotating shaft is reduced, and the wearing length of the fastening belt is increased;

the driving piece is in transmission connection with the rotating shaft and is used for driving the rotating shaft to rotate.

In an embodiment, the device further includes a control module disposed on the support, and the control module is electrically connected to the driving element and is used for controlling the driving element to operate.

In an embodiment, the control module comprises a pressure sensing module and a main control module which are electrically connected, wherein the pressure sensing module is used for sensing the pressure between the fastening belt and the head of the user, and the main control module controls the operation of the driving piece according to the pressure sensed by the pressure sensing module.

In an embodiment, the control module further includes an operation key, an output end of the operation key is electrically connected with an input end of the main control module, and the operation key is used for manually adjusting the wearing length of the fastening belt.

In an embodiment, still be provided with spacing subassembly on the support, spacing subassembly with the pivot is followed the length direction interval setting of fastening area, spacing subassembly includes two rotary drums, fastening area part presss from both sides locates two between the rotary drum, the extending direction of rotary drum with the extending direction of pivot is unanimous, the fastening area is along with the rotation of pivot drives the rotary drum is together rotated.

In an embodiment, the number of the limiting assemblies is multiple, and the multiple groups of limiting assemblies are arranged on two sides of the rotating shaft at intervals along the length direction of the fastening belt.

In an embodiment, the device further comprises a cover body, wherein the cover body and the bracket enclose a containing cavity, the rotating shaft, the driving piece and the limiting component are arranged in the containing cavity, and the fastening belt part is arranged in the containing cavity.

In an embodiment, two ends of the fastening strap extend outwards from the left end and the right end of the accommodating cavity respectively and are connected into a ring shape.

The invention also provides VR equipment, which comprises the wearing device and a display.

In an embodiment, the master control module is a host of the VR device, and the host is electrically connected to the display.

According to the technical scheme, the rotating shaft fixedly connected with the fastening belt and the driving piece in transmission connection with the rotating shaft are arranged on the bracket, so that the free adjustment of the wearing length of the fastening belt is realized. In the technical scheme of the invention, the driving piece drives the rotating shaft to rotate so as to adjust the length of the fastening belt wound on the rotating shaft, thereby realizing the adjustment of the wearing length of the fastening belt. The wearing device has the advantages of simple structure, light weight, low cost and the like.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are required in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings may be obtained according to the structures shown in these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is another view angle schematic of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a partial exploded view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is another partial exploded view of FIG. 1;

fig. 5 is an enlarged view of a portion a of fig. 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the male seat of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is another view angle schematic of FIG. 6;

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of the VR device of the present invention in one embodiment.

Reference numerals illustrate:

reference numerals	Name of the name	Reference numerals	Name of the name
				10	VR device	100	Display device
200	Wearing device	211	Support frame
				213	Cover body	220	Fastening belt
231	Rotating shaft	233	Driving piece (Motor)
				235	Rotary drum	250	Control module
251	Main control module (Main unit)	253	Pressure sensing module
				255	Operation key	270	Connector with a plurality of connectors
271	Female seat	2711	Limiting ring
				27111	Clamping groove	27113	Stop block
273	Male seat	2731	Shell body
				27311	Spacing post	27312	Clamping block
2733	Contact pin	275	Sealing ring

The achievement of the objects, functional features and advantages of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in conjunction with the embodiments.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made clearly and fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is evident that the embodiments described are only some, but not all embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.

It should be noted that, if directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, and rear … …) are included in the embodiments of the present invention, the directional indications are merely used to explain the relative positional relationship, movement conditions, etc. between the components in a specific posture (as shown in the drawings), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indications are correspondingly changed.

In addition, if there is a description of "first", "second", etc. in the embodiments of the present invention, the description of "first", "second", etc. is for descriptive purposes only and is not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, if the meaning of "and/or" is presented throughout this document, it is intended to include three schemes in parallel, taking "a and/or B" as an example, including a scheme, or B scheme, or a scheme where a and B meet simultaneously. In addition, the technical solutions of the embodiments may be combined with each other, but it is necessary to base that the technical solutions can be realized by those skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, the combination of the technical solutions should be considered to be absent and not within the scope of protection claimed in the present invention.

Traditional wear-type VR equipment is spacing to its and head through the elastic cord mostly, and adopts the elastic cord to have following problem as the wearing device of VR equipment: (1) The head of the user is easy to be scratched in the using process, and the user experience is poor; (2) The display screen is easy to fall off from the head of a user in the use process, so that the display screen is damaged; (3) the tightness of the elastic band can not be adjusted in the using process; (4) Under long-time used repeatedly, the elastic band can relax ageing to lead to VR equipment to dress inadequately, influence the use of VR equipment.

The present invention proposes a wearing device 200, and the wearing device 200 can be used in VR equipment to solve the above technical problems.

Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 3, in the embodiment of the present invention, the wearing device 200 includes a bracket 211, a fastening strap 220 and a driving member 233, wherein a rotating shaft 231 is disposed on the bracket 211, and the rotating shaft 231 can rotate around its own axis relative to the bracket 211; the fastening belt 220 is fixedly connected with the rotating shaft 231, the fastening belt 220 is made of a flexible material, the rotating shaft 231 is driven to rotate so as to adjust the length of the fastening belt 220 wound on the rotating shaft 231, the length of the fastening belt 220 wound on the rotating shaft 231 is increased, the wearing length of the fastening belt 220 is reduced, the length of the fastening belt 220 wound on the rotating shaft 231 is reduced, and the wearing length of the fastening belt 220 is increased.

Specifically, the driving member 233 is a motor 233, the inner peripheral side or the outer peripheral side of the fastening belt 220 is partially fixedly connected with the rotating shaft 231, the rotating shaft 231 extends along the width direction of the fastening belt 220, and the total length of the fastening belt 220 is equal to the wearing length thereof plus the length wound on the rotating shaft 231. In use, when the wearing length of the fastening band 220 needs to be shortened, the motor 233 is caused to drive the rotating shaft 231 to rotate in the first direction (clockwise or counterclockwise), and the length of the fastening band 220 wound around the rotating shaft 231 is increased so that the wearing length thereof is shortened; when it is desired to increase the wearing length of the fastening band 220, the motor 233 is caused to rotate the rotation shaft 231 in the opposite direction to the first direction, and the fastening band 220 is released from the rotation shaft 231 to increase the wearing length of the fastening band 220.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, in an embodiment of the invention, the wearing device 200 further includes a cover 213, the cover 213 and the bracket 211 enclose a receiving cavity, the rotating shaft 231 and the driving member 233 are both disposed in the receiving cavity, and the fastening strap 220 is partially disposed in the receiving cavity. The cover 213 and the bracket 211 are both arc-shaped to fit the brain of the user, in particular, the outer surface of the cover 213 is in a smooth curved surface shape, the widths of the bracket 211 and the cover 213 gradually decrease from the middle to the left and right ends thereof, and the two ends of the fastening strap 220 respectively extend outwards from the left and right ends of the accommodating cavity and are connected in a ring shape.

The wearing device 200 of the present invention is not limited to VR devices, but may be used in other head wearing devices, and this is not illustrated.

According to the technical scheme, the rotating shaft 231 fixedly connected with the fastening belt 220 and the driving piece 233 in transmission connection with the rotating shaft 231 are arranged on the bracket 211, so that the free adjustment of the wearing length of the fastening belt 220 is realized. In the present invention, the driving member 233 drives the rotating shaft 231 to rotate to adjust the length of the fastening belt 220 wound around the rotating shaft 231, so as to adjust the wearing length of the fastening belt 220. The wearing device 200 of the invention has the advantages of simple structure, light weight, low cost and the like.

Further, the wearable device 200 further includes a control module 250 disposed on the support 211, where the control module 250 is electrically connected to the driving member 233 and is configured to control the operation of the driving member 233.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, in an embodiment, the control module 250 includes a pressure sensing module 253 and a main control module 251 electrically connected, the pressure sensing module 253 is configured to sense a pressure between the fastening strap 220 and the head of the user, and the main control module 251 controls the operation of the driving member 233 according to the pressure sensed by the pressure sensing module 253. Specifically, when the pressure between the fastening strap 220 and the user's head sensed by the pressure sensing module 253 exceeds a preset value, the main control module 251 controls the motor 233 to rotate in the first direction (clockwise or counterclockwise) so that the wearing length of the fastening strap 220 increases until the pressure between the fastening strap 220 and the user's head reaches the preset value; on the contrary, when the pressure between the fastening strap 220 and the user's head sensed by the pressure sensing module 253 is less than the preset value, the main control module 251 controls the motor 233 to rotate in the opposite direction along the first direction, so that the wearing length of the fastening strap 220 is shortened until the pressure between the fastening strap 220 and the user's head reaches the preset value. According to the technical scheme, the pressure sensing module 253 electrically connected with the main control module 251 is adopted, so that the automatic adjustment of the wearing tightness of the fastening belt 220 is realized.

Referring to fig. 1, further, the control module 250 further includes an operation key 255, an output end of the operation key 255 is electrically connected to an input end of the main control module 251, and the operation key 255 is used for manually adjusting a wearing length (wearing tightness) of the fastening strap 220. The operation keys 255 include "+" key, "-" key and "+" keyA key; when the fastening belt 220 needs to be loosened, the "-" key may be pressed, so that the main control module 251 controls the driving piece 233 to drive the rotation shaft 231 to rotate so as to release the fastening belt 220; when the fastening belt 220 needs to be tightened, the "+" key can be pressed, so that the main control module 251 controls the driving piece 233 to drive the rotating shaft 231 to rotate so as to further wind the fastening belt 220; said->The key is a function switching key by +.>The key may switch the operation key 255 to a function other than "adjust the wearing length of the fastening tape 220", and the specific switching function is not particularly limited. The invention realizes the manual adjustment of the wearing tightness of the fastening belt 220 by arranging the operation keys 255 connected with the main control module 251.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the tightness of the fastening belt 220 is adjusted, the manual adjustment mode is preferred over the automatic adjustment mode, and generally, when the automatic adjustment mode cannot meet the user's requirement, the manual adjustment mode is selected again to meet the user's requirement.

Referring to fig. 3, in an embodiment, the support 211 is further provided with a limiting assembly, the limiting assembly is disposed in the accommodating cavity and is disposed along a length direction of the fastening belt 220 with the rotating shaft 231, the limiting assembly includes two drums 235, the fastening belt 220 is partially sandwiched between the two drums 235, an extending direction of the drums 235 is consistent with an extending direction of the rotating shaft 231, and the fastening belt 220 drives the drums 235 to rotate along with the rotation of the rotating shaft 231. The tightening strap 220 between the drum 235 and the stop assembly approaches a straightened state, the stop assembly prevents the tightening strap 220 near the shaft 231 from stacking to affect the winding or releasing of the tightening strap 220 on the shaft 231; in addition, since the fastening band 220 is interposed between the two drums 235 of the limiting assembly, friction between the fastening band 220 and the bracket 211 and the cover 213 can be reduced, thereby reducing the wear rate of the fastening band 220.

In the above embodiment, specifically, the number of the limiting assemblies is multiple, and multiple groups of the limiting assemblies are disposed on two sides of the rotating shaft 231 at intervals along the length direction of the fastening belt 220, and because the fastening belts 220 on two sides of the rotating shaft 231 are wound around the rotating shaft 231 in a superimposed manner, the number of the limiting assemblies is at least two, and two groups of the limiting assemblies are disposed on the left and right sides of the rotating shaft 231 at intervals respectively.

Referring to fig. 4, in an embodiment, the host 251 and the pressure sensing module 253 are connected through a connector 270, the connector 270 includes a male seat 273 and a female seat 271 that are adapted, one of the two is electrically connected to the host 251, the other is electrically connected to the pressure sensing module 253, and the male seat 273 or the female seat 271 is integrally formed with the bracket 211. In an embodiment, the female seat 271 is formed together with the bracket 211, the pressure sensing module 253 is electrically connected with the female seat 271, the host 251 is disposed on the male seat 273 and is electrically connected with the male seat 273, the male seat 273 is circular, and the operation key 255 is disposed on the male seat 273.

In one embodiment, the outer surface of the bracket 211 is provided with a limiting ring 2711 protruding around the female seat 271, the male seat 273 comprises a housing 2731 and a pin 2733 arranged on the housing 2731, and the pin 2733 passes through the limiting ring 2711 and is inserted into the insertion hole of the female seat 271; the side wall of the limiting ring 2711 is concavely provided with a clamping groove 27111, the housing 2731 is convexly provided with a limiting column 27311, the extending direction of the limiting column 27311 and the extending direction of the pin 2733 are consistent, and the limiting column 27311 is clamped in the clamping groove 27111.

In one embodiment, the clamping groove 27111 is formed by recessing a middle portion of an inner sidewall or an outer sidewall of the limiting ring 2711, and during installation, the male seat 273 is inserted into the female seat 271, and then the male seat 273 is rotated relative to the female seat 271 until the limiting post 27311 is clamped into the clamping groove 27111, and the clamping groove 27111 restricts rotation of the male seat 273 relative to the female seat 271 and restricts extraction of the male seat 273 from the female seat 271.

Referring to fig. 5, 6 and 7, in another embodiment, the clamping groove 27111 is disposed on an outer side wall of the limiting ring 2711, the clamping groove 27111 penetrates through front and rear sides of the limiting ring 2711 to limit the male seat 273 from rotating around the female seat 271 in an axial direction, the housing 2731 is sleeved on the limiting ring 2711, a clamping block 27312 is disposed on the housing 2731, a stop 27113 is disposed on an outer side wall of the limiting ring 2711 away from one end of the bracket 211, and the clamping block 27312 is located between the bracket 211 and the stop 27113. During the installation process, the male seat 273 is inserted into the female seat 271, the clamping block 27312 is located at the circumferential side of the stop 27113 and is dislocated with the stop 27113, and then the male seat 273 is rotated relative to the female seat 271, so that the clamping block 27312 enters between the stop 27113 and the bracket 211, and the limiting post 27311 is clamped into the clamping groove 27111.

Referring to fig. 8, the present invention further provides a VR device 10, where the VR device 10 includes a display 100 and a wearing apparatus 200, and the specific structure of the wearing apparatus 200 refers to the above embodiment, and since all the technical solutions of all the embodiments are adopted in the VR device 10, at least all the beneficial effects brought by the technical solutions of the embodiments are provided, and will not be described in detail herein. Wherein the display 100 is a pair of display glasses or a display helmet. In an embodiment, the main control module 251 is a host 251 of the VR device 10, and the host 251 is electrically connected to the display glasses or the display helmet. Further, the wearing device 200 is detachably connected with the display glasses or the display helmet, and a camera is disposed on the wearing device 200 and electrically connected with the host 251 to transmit the image captured by the camera to the host 251. The user can use the wearing device 200 alone to perform real-time shooting and image transmission, when the user performs some limit exercises, the user cannot wear devices such as display glasses or display helmets for shielding the sight, if the host 251 is arranged on the display glasses or the display helmets, the user cannot use the VR device 10 to perform real-time shooting and image transmission, and the wearing device 200 in the VR device 10 can be used for image transmission alone, so that the application limitation of the existing VR device 10 is broken through.

The foregoing examples are illustrative only and serve to explain some features of the method of the invention. The appended claims are intended to claim the broadest possible scope and the embodiments presented herein are merely illustrative of selected implementations based on combinations of all possible embodiments. It is, therefore, not the intention of the applicant that the appended claims be limited by the choice of examples illustrating the features of the invention. Some numerical ranges used in the claims also include sub-ranges within which variations in these ranges should also be construed as being covered by the appended claims where possible.

Claims (10)

1. A wearable device, comprising:

a bracket on which a rotating shaft is provided, the rotating shaft being rotatable relative to the bracket around its own axis;

the fastening belt is fixedly connected with the rotating shaft, the rotating shaft rotates to adjust the length of the fastening belt wound on the rotating shaft, the length of the fastening belt wound on the rotating shaft is increased, the wearing length of the fastening belt is reduced, the length of the fastening belt wound on the rotating shaft is reduced, and the wearing length of the fastening belt is increased;

the driving piece is in transmission connection with the rotating shaft and is used for driving the rotating shaft to rotate.

2. The wearable device of claim 1, further comprising a control module disposed on the support, the control module being electrically connected to the driving member for controlling operation of the driving member.

3. The wearable device according to claim 2, wherein the control module comprises a pressure sensing module and a main control module which are electrically connected, the pressure sensing module is used for sensing the pressure between the fastening strap and the head of the user, and the main control module controls the operation of the driving piece according to the pressure sensed by the pressure sensing module.

4. The wearable device of claim 3, wherein the control module further comprises an operation key, an output end of the operation key is electrically connected with an input end of the main control module, and the operation key is used for manually adjusting the wearing length of the fastening belt.

5. The wearing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a limit assembly is further provided on the support, the limit assembly and the rotating shaft are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the fastening belt, the limit assembly comprises two drums, the fastening belt is partially clamped between the two drums, the extending direction of the drums is consistent with the extending direction of the rotating shaft, and the fastening belt drives the drums to rotate together with the rotation of the rotating shaft.

6. The wearable device of claim 5, wherein the number of the limiting assemblies is multiple, and the multiple limiting assemblies are arranged at two sides of the rotating shaft at intervals along the length direction of the fastening belt.

7. The wearable device of claim 6, further comprising a cover enclosing the housing with the bracket, wherein the shaft, the driving member, and the limiting assembly are disposed in the housing, and wherein the fastening strap portion is disposed in the housing.

8. The wearable device of claim 7, wherein both ends of the fastening strap extend outward from the left and right ends of the receiving cavity, respectively, and are connected in a loop shape.

9. VR device characterized by comprising a wearing means as claimed in any of claims 1 to 8 and a display.

10. The VR device of claim 9, wherein the master control module is a host of the VR device, the host being electrically connected to the display.