KR101549074B1

KR101549074B1 - Smart glass and connecting gender thereof

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Publication number: KR101549074B1
Application number: KR1020130153775A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 안준범
Original assignee: (주)대한특수금속
Priority date: 2013-12-11
Filing date: 2013-12-11
Publication date: 2015-09-02
Also published as: KR20150068043A

Abstract

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile terminal comprising: a lens frame interlocked with a smart device to provide a corresponding function; A wrist strap connection part for connecting a wrist strap to the lens frame; And a lens barrel disposed on one side surface of the lens frame positioned between the lens frame and the wristwatch connection part so as to be hidden or exposed according to whether the lens frame and the wristwatch connection part are coupled to each other, And an interface unit electrically connected to the display unit.

Description

Smart glasses and connecting gender < RTI ID = 0.0 >

The present invention relates to smart glasses and genders, and more particularly, to smart glasses and interfaces for power communication and data communication. The smart glasses are mounted on a side surface of a lens frame of smart glasses to which a pair of glasses are connected. To a smart goggles and a gender connected thereto through which a power source and a data communication can be performed through a small gender connected thereto when the interface is exposed.

Generally, a smart device such as a smart phone or a tablet PC is a type of mobile electronic device, which enables remote and short-range wireless communication, which is convenient to use and has excellent portability.

In addition, in recent years, a 'Google Glass' or a 'Google Glass' which can perform a function in place of a smart device without being directly used by a smart device in a state of being worn as a spectacle type on the face of a user through wireless communication with the smart device Smart glasses such as 'sports glasses' are gaining popularity.

Here, the smart glasses include a lens frame and a pair of glasses legs connected to the lens frame, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 30-2013-0011832. In this case, a projector having a camera function formed on one side of the lens frame The corresponding information is provided from the smart device to provide the corresponding function, and a peripheral device such as an earphone or the like is formed on the eyeglass leg.

However, in the conventional smart glasses, in filling the components including the projector, the charging connector for charging and data communication and the charging connector for data communication are electrically connected to the end of the cable extending from the eyeglass leg to the 'head strap' And the like are exposed.

As described above, since the interface part of the smart glasses, that is, the contact terminals for charging and communication, is exposed to the outer side of the spectacles, when the contact terminals come into contact with rainwater or the like during use from outside, The smart glasses are malfunctioning, the aesthetic appearance is not good, and the use of the smart glasses is inconvenient.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a smart eyeglass that is configured such that the power source and interface for data communication of the smart glasses are formed on the side surface of the lens frame of the smart glasses to which the eyeglass legs are connected and exposed or hidden depending on whether the lens frame and the eyeglass legs are magnetically coupled And to provide a smart eyeglass capable of preventing problems caused by contact with liquids.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a gender connected to smart glasses that enables power and data communication through a small gender easily accessible when the interface of the smart glasses is exposed.

Meanwhile, the object of the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

According to the present invention, there is provided a projector comprising: a lens frame constituted by a projector interlocked with a smart device to provide a corresponding function; A spectacle leg rotatably connected to the lens frame through a spectacle leg connection; And an interface unit which is formed on one side surface of the lens frame and has a state of being hidden or exposed depending on whether the lens frame and the eyeglass are engaged or not and an interface in which an interface for data communication of the external device or an interface of the gender is electrically connected at the time of exposure, / RTI >

In this case, it is preferable that the contact surfaces of the lens frame and the eyeglass leg configured by the interface unit are magnetically coupled or released from each other in a state where they are rotated so as to rotate at a predetermined angle to each other, so that the interface unit is hidden and exposed.

Preferably, the eyeglass leg is configured such that a waterproof washer is integrally or removably attached to a contact surface that is in contact with one side surface of the lens frame in which the interface unit is configured.

The interface unit may include a contact terminal formed on a side surface of the lens frame and non-inserted into a contact terminal of a gender or a contact terminal of a charging connector; And a magnetic force coupling member formed on one side of the contact terminal and magnetically coupled to the magnetic force coupling member of the gender or the magnetic force coupling member of the charging connector.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable terminal comprising: a housing having a front case and a rear case coupled to each other; A mounting block mounted inside the housing; A contact terminal formed on the front surface of the mounting block and exposed to the outside of the housing and electrically connected to the contact terminal of the smart glasses; A magnetic force coupling member formed on the front surface of the mounting block and magnetically coupled to the smart glasses; A back plate provided on a back surface of the mounting block for securing magnetic force linearity of the magnetic force coupling member; And a PCB that is configured on the back surface of the mounting block and is connected to the contact terminal at one end and exposed at the rear surface of the housing at the other end.

Preferably, the front case of the housing has a curvature portion whose upper and lower side surfaces of the contact surface, on which the contact terminal is exposed, extend to a predetermined length and curvature.

Preferably, the contact terminal is a non-inserted contact terminal having a state in which the contact terminal is mounted inside the one side of the mounting block and is exposed to the outside of the front case of the housing.

Therefore, according to the present invention, in the smart glasses, the interface for charging and data communication is formed on one side of the lens frame, which is the contact area between the lens frame and the eyeglass leg, It is possible to make charging and data communication possible through electrical connection through a gender or a charging connector when the battery is exposed or hidden by a liquid such as rain or the like Shorting or corrosion can be prevented.

Further, in the case of the gender connected to the smart glasses, one side of the small housing is electrically connected to the interface part of the smart glasses in a state in which they are exposed through the above-mentioned operation by using the magnetic force, And the volume can be minimized, so that the portability can be greatly improved.

On the other hand, the effects of the present invention are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description of the claims.

1 is a perspective view of a smart eyewear according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a view showing an interface exposed or hidden according to the rotation and magnetic coupling of a spectacle leg connected to a lens frame in the smart glasses of FIG. 1; FIG.
FIGS. 3 and 4 illustrate a gender connected to smart glasses according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG. And
5 and 6 are a perspective view and an exploded perspective view, respectively, of a gender connected to a smart watch according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing smart glasses according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a view showing an interface exposed or hidden according to rotation and magnetic force coupling of a spectacle leg connected to a lens frame in the smart glasses of FIG. And FIGS. 3 and 4 are views showing a gender connected to smart glasses according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, respectively. 5 and 6 are a perspective view and an exploded perspective view showing a gender connected to a smart watch according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, respectively.

1 to 4, the smart glasses 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention include a lens frame 110 constituting a projector which is interlocked with a smart device to provide a corresponding function, And a lens frame 110 disposed between the lens frame 110 and the eyeglass leg 130. The lens frame 110 is rotatably connected to the lens frame 110 through the eyeglass leg 120, And an interface unit 140 for enabling charging and data communication by electrically connecting an interface for data communication of the device and an interface of the gender 200. The interface unit 140 includes a lens frame 110, The eyeglass legs 130 are pivotally connected to the eyeglass legs 120 at a predetermined angle so that the eyeglasses legs 130 are magnetically coupled to each other or hidden so that the interface unit 140 is hidden or exposed The.

The lens frame 110 and the eyeglass leg 130 are connected to each other through the eyeglass leg connecting portion 120 so that the eyeglass leg 130 can be rotated at a predetermined angle with respect to the lens frame 110 Since the operation has already known configurations and functions, such as an ordinary spectacle assembly, a detailed description will be omitted. Also, the eyeglass leg connecting portion 120 may have a state in which the eyeglass leg connecting portion 120 can be separated and coupled through a known detachable structure of the lens frame 110.

In addition, since the projector configured in the lens frame 110 and the components for linking the projector with the smart device also have already known configurations and functions such as 'Google Glass' or 'Smart Glasses' It will be omitted.

It is preferable that the eyeglass leg 130 be formed with a magnetic force coupling member 131 that allows a magnetic force to be applied to a portion of the lens frame 110, A magnetic force coupling member 142 for magnetic force coupling is formed on one side surface of the interface unit 140 or the lens frame 110 so as to stably maintain the magnetic force coupling state good.

Here, the magnetic force coupling member 131 of the spectacle leg 130 may be formed of a magnetic member or a peculiar member when the interface unit 140 or the magnetic force coupling member 142 of the lens frame 110 is a magnetic member And the magnetic force coupling member 142 of the interface unit 140 or the lens frame 110 is a magnetic member, it is preferable that the magnetic member is a magnetic member.

The lens frame 110 and the eyeglass leg 130 are configured such that one side of the lens frame 110 having the interface unit 140 and the eyeglasses legs 130 are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined angle The interface unit 140 is hidden when the magnetic force is coupled, so that shorting or corrosion due to contact with liquid or the like can be prevented without being exposed to the outside, and when the magnetic force is released, The interface unit 140 is exposed, so that the gender 200 and the charging connector of the auxiliary device described later can be electrically connected to perform power supply and data communication.

The eyeglass leg 130 may be integrally or separately provided with a waterproof washer 133 on a contact surface contacting the one side surface of the lens frame 110 in which the interface unit 140 is configured. Is sealed by the waterproof washer 133, a waterproof function may be provided.

The interface unit 140 may be formed on one side of the lens frame 110 positioned between the lens frame 110 and the eyeglass legs 130 to provide a data communication interface for an external device, And is connected to the contact terminal 230 of the gender 200 and the contact terminal of the charging connector, which are formed on one side of the lens frame 110 and which will be described later, A contact terminal 141 for allowing power supply and data communication between the contact terminals 141 and the contact terminals 141 so as to be connected to the magnetic force coupling member 240 of the gender 200 and the magnetic force coupling member of the charging connector And a magnetic force coupling member 142 that is magnetically coupled to stably maintain the electrical non-insertion contact state of the contact terminals.

Here, the contact terminal 141 may be integrally formed on a printed circuit board provided on one side of the lens frame 110 by a plating method, or may be mounted on the lens frame 110 ) Of the outer surface of the first housing.

The contact terminals 141 may be arranged in various numbers on one side of the lens frame 110, that is, on a contact surface where the charging connector of the charger is contacted with the gender 200 described later, A flat terminal having a groove and a resilient terminal which is elastically biased by a spring provided at an end of the flat terminal and is recurrently inserted into the printed circuit board side or only an end portion thereof is bent and bent toward the printed circuit board, The terminals are configured to have a structure in which a terminal is recessed in a through hole formed in a contact surface, or a structure corresponding to a plane of the through hole, and the elastic terminal has a structure in which a terminal is protruded to the outside of a through hole formed in a contact surface.

That is, the contact terminal 141 is preferably configured as a resilient terminal when the gender 200 or the contact terminal 230 of the charging connector is a flat terminal, and the gender 200 or the contact terminal 230 is a resilient terminal, it is preferable that it is composed of a flat terminal.

The magnetic force coupling member 142 may be positioned on the one side of the lens frame 110 on which the contact terminal 141 is formed with various shapes and areas, It is preferable that the magnetic member is at least one of an electromagnet, a permanent magnet, a unipolar or a multipolar magnet, and in the case of a magnetic member, a metal or a ferromagnetic material capable of magnetically coupling to the magnetic member is preferably included.

That is, the magnetic force coupling member 142 is preferably a magnetic member or a magnetic member when the gender 200 or the magnetic force coupling member 240 of the charging connector is a magnetic member, and the gender 200, It is preferable that the magnetic force coupling member 240 of the magnetic member is a magnetic member.

Here, when the magnetic force coupling member 142 is a magnet, the magnets may be manufactured as upper and lower unipolar, two-pole and quadrupole polarizers through physically separated equipment without using a magnetizer so as to have various numbers of polarities, , The metal body may be positioned at at least one of the left or right side portions or the left and right side portions or the upper and lower side portions of the magnet so that magnetic force can be improved through securing the linearity of the magnetic force. In the magnetic coupling between the magnets, The gender 200 (or the charging connector) and the lens frame 110 may be in contact with each other while being oriented.

Therefore, according to the interface unit 140, when the lens frame 110 and the spectacle leg 130 are exposed through the magnetic force release, the gender 200 and the charging connector described below are electrically connected to each other through the magnetic force Non-insertion contact.

Here, the magnetic force coupling member 142 of the interface unit 140 may be magnetically coupled to the magnetic force coupling member 131 of the eyeglass leg 130. In this case, The structure of the magnetic force coupling member formed on one side of the magnet 110 may be omitted.

Therefore, according to the smart glasses 100 described above, the interface part 140 for charging and data communication is provided at the contact portion between the lens frame 110 and the eyeglass leg 130, which are magnetically coupled and released, The lens frame 110 is exposed and hidden at one side of the lens frame 110, thereby enabling charging and data communication through electrical connection through the gender 200 or a charging connector, which will be described later, when exposed, It is possible to prevent short-circuit or corrosion by liquid such as rainwater or the like.

1 to 6, a small gender 200 connected to the smart glasses 100 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes the interface unit 140 of the smart glasses 110 as described above, The front case 211 and the rear case 212 are connected to each other so as to allow mutual electrical contacts when the charging connector is a plug-in type connector, A mounting block 220 mounted on the inside of the housing 210 and exposed to the outside of the housing 210 on the front surface of the mounting block 220, A contact terminal 230 electrically connected to the contact terminal 141 of the lens frame 110 and a contact terminal 230 electrically connected to the magnetic force coupling member 142 of the lens frame 110, A magnetic force coupling member 240 to be coupled, A back plate 250 formed on the back surface and secured to the magnetic force coupling member 240 to secure the magnetic force of the magnetic force coupling member 240 and a back plate 250 formed on the back surface of the mounting block 220, And a PCB 270 configured to expose a micro terminal 260 for inserting and connecting an insertion type contact terminal of the charging connector to the rear surface of the housing 210.

Here, the front case 211 of the housing 210 has a curved portion 211a formed by extending a predetermined length and curvature in the upper and lower side surfaces of the contact surface, and when the contact surfaces are brought into contact with each other for charging or data communication, 140 may surround the contact surface of the smart glasses 110 so that a stable connection state can be maintained even if an external force of a predetermined size is generated.

The mounting block 220 is a mounting member configured to be installed inside the housing 210 so that the contact terminal 230 and the magnetic force coupling member 240 and the back plate 250 are accommodated and configured at the corresponding positions. So that the components can be easily configured and assembled in the housing 210 even if the housing 210 has a small space.

The contact terminal 230 is connected to the PCB 270 and is exposed to the outside of the front case 211 of the housing 210 in a state where the contact terminal 230 is provided inside the one side of the mounting block 220 .

The contact terminals 230 may be arranged in a number corresponding to the contact terminals 141 of the interface unit 140 formed on the contact surface of the lens frame 110 and may have a flat or concave A flat terminal and an elastic terminal which is elastically inserted into the PCB 270 side with elasticity by the spring provided at the inside of the flat terminal and which is bent toward the PCB 270 with elasticity only at the end, The terminal has a structure in which the terminal is recessed in the through hole formed in the contact surface or a structure corresponding to the plane of the through hole, and the resilient terminal has a structure in which the terminal protrudes to the outside of the through hole formed in the contact surface.

That is, it is preferable that the contact terminal 230 is formed of a resilient terminal when the contact terminal 141 of the lens frame 110 is a flat terminal, and the contact terminal 141 of the lens frame 110 is resilient It is preferable that it is composed of a flat terminal.

The magnetic force coupling member 240 is positioned so as to correspond to the magnetic force coupling member 142 of the lens frame 110 to the mounting block 220 constituting the contact terminal 230. In the case of the magnetic force coupling member 240, It is preferable that the magnetic member is at least one of an electromagnet, a permanent magnet, a unipolar or a multipolar magnet, and in the case of a magnetic member, a metal or a ferromagnetic material capable of magnetically coupling to the magnetic member is preferably included.

The magnetic force coupling member 240 may be a magnetic member or a magnetic member when the magnetic force coupling member 142 of the lens frame 110 is a magnetic member, It is preferable that the magnetic member is a magnetic member.

Here, when the magnetic force coupling member 240 is a magnet, the magnets may be manufactured as upper and lower unipolar, two-pole and quadrupole polarizers through a facility such as a magnetizer without physically dividing the magnet, so as to have various numbers of polarities. The back plate 250 may be positioned at least at one of the left and right side portions or the upper and lower side portions of the magnet so that magnetic force can be improved through securing the linearity of the magnetic force. So that the lens frame 110 and the gender 200 can be in contact with each other while having a directivity.

The micro terminal 260 has a structure corresponding to the insertion type connector to allow the power source and the insertion type connector of the communication device to be inserted into the gender 200 and its construction and operation are well known in the art. A description thereof will be omitted.

In the gender 200 according to the present invention, the PCB 270 is further provided with a short-circuit prevention part, which prevents short-circuiting of the non-insertion type contact terminal 230 by an external conductive material And a voltage short-circuit preventing a current supplied to the lens frame 110 when a short circuit occurs in a power supply line of V-BUS and GND.

On the other hand, guiding means (not shown) are provided on the contact surfaces of the smart glasses 100 and the gender 200 so that the non-insertion contact points of the contact terminals due to the magnetic force coupling of the magnetic force coupling members are accurately formed Through which the reverse insertion can be prevented.

Here, the guide means may be formed of any one of a relief guide formed to protrude and surround the rim of the contact surface, and an intaglio guide formed to be recessed.

That is, when the guide means of the smart glasses 100 is an embossed guide, it is preferable that the guiding means of the gender 200 is configured as an intaglio guide, and when the guiding means of the gender 200 is an embossed guide, It is preferable that the guide means of the engaging member is constituted by the engraved guide.

Therefore, according to the gender 200, when the interface unit 140 of the smart glasses 110 is exposed, when the magnetic force coupling members 142 and 240 are magnetically coupled, the contact terminals 141 and 230 are not in contact with each other, And may be supplied with the operating power provided from the charging connector connected to the micro terminal 260 to the contact terminal 230.

In addition, when the constituent units are configured inside the small housing 210, the smart glass 100 is exposed to the user through the interface by using the magnetic force to the interface unit 140 of the smart glasses 100 with one side of the housing 210 being exposed through the above- So that the charging process can be simplified and the volume can be minimized and the portability can be greatly improved.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the specific embodiments, various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the scope of the invention is not to be determined by the embodiments described, but should be determined by equivalents of the claims and the claims.

Claims

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A lens frame 110 constituted by a projector which is interlocked with a smart device and provides a corresponding function;
A spectacle leg 130 rotatably connected to the lens frame 110 through a spectacle leg connection 120; And
The lens frame 110 may be hidden or exposed depending on whether the lens frame 110 and the eyeglass frame 130 are coupled to each other or may be exposed to the outside through a data communication interface of an external device or an interface And an interface unit (140) electrically connected to the control unit
The contact surface of the lens frame 110 and the contact surface of the eyeglass leg 130, which are configured by the interface unit 140,
So that the interface unit (140) is concealed and exposed by being magnetically coupled or disengaged from each other in a connected state so as to be rotated at a predetermined angle with respect to each other.

The eyeglass foot according to claim 2,
Wherein the magnetic force member (131) is configured to be magnetically coupled to one side surface of the lens frame (110) constituting the interface unit (140).

The method of claim 3,
And a magnetic force coupling member (142) for magnetically coupling the magnetic force member (131) is formed on one side of the interface unit (140) or the lens frame (110).

The eyeglass foot according to claim 2,
Wherein a waterproofing washer (133) is integrally or removably attached to a contact surface which is in contact with one side surface of the lens frame (110) constituting the interface unit (140).

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the interface unit (140)
A contact terminal 141 formed on one side surface of the lens frame 110 and non-inserted into a contact terminal of the gender 200 or a contact terminal of the charging connector;
And a magnetic force coupling member (142) formed on one side of the contact terminal (141) and magnetically coupled to the magnetic force coupling member (240) of the gender (200) and the magnetic force coupling member of the charging connector.

A housing 210 in which the front case 211 and the rear case 212 are coupled to each other;
A mounting block 220 mounted inside the housing 210;
A contact terminal 230 formed on the front surface of the mounting block 220 and exposed to the outside of the housing 210 and electrically connected to the contact terminal of the smart glasses;
A magnetic force coupling member 240 formed on the front surface of the mounting block 220 and magnetically coupled to the smart glasses 220;
A back plate 250 formed on a rear surface of the mounting block 220 to secure a magnetic force linearity of the magnetic force coupling member 240; And
And a PCB 270 formed on the rear surface of the mounting block 220 and having a first end connected to the contact terminal 230 and a second end exposed at a rear surface of the housing 210 Gender connected to smart glasses that feature.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the front case (211) of the housing (210)
And a curved portion (211a) having upper and lower side surfaces of a contact surface on which the contact terminal (230) is exposed is formed to extend to a predetermined length and curvature.

8. The connector according to claim 7, wherein the contact terminal (230)
Is a non-insertion contact terminal which is connected to the PCB 270 in a state of being provided inside the one side of the mounting block 220 and has an end exposed to the outside of the front case 211 of the housing 210. [ Gender connected to smart glasses.