Head-mounted electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10042168-B2
Application number	US-201615058913-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 2, 2016
Priority date	Aug 19, 2015
Publication date	Aug 7, 2018
Grant date	Aug 7, 2018

Abstract

The present application refers to a head-mounted electronic device including a headphone and a display portion. The headphone includes a C-shaped elastic belt and has two connection ends, and two sound generators connected to the connection ends respectively. The display portion includes a main body configured for generating and projecting images, and two connection members which are connected to opposite ends of the main body respectively and are rotatably connected to the sound generators respectively. Each connection member arranged between the corresponding sound generator and the main body defines a notch. When the display portion is rotated relative to the headphone, possible distortion of the display portion is limited to the connection member where the notch is defined, protecting the main body and the sound generator from deformation, and thus facilitating the display portion to rotate relative to the headphone.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A head-mounted electronic device, comprising:
a headphone comprising an elastic belt and two sound generators, wherein the elastic belt is C-shaped and has two connection ends, wherein each of the two sound generators includes a periphery and a body, and each sound generator is connected to one of the two connection ends at the periphery of the sound generator; and
a display portion comprising a main body and two connection members connected to opposite ends of the main body and rotatably connected to the sound generators, respectively, wherein the main body is used for generating and projecting images to both eyes of a user of the head-mounted electronic device, and a portion of each connection member between a corresponding sound generator and the main body has a notch, and wherein the display portion is configured to rotate with respect to the sound generators to reach a folded position in which the headphone overlaps and hugs around the display portion.

2. The head-mounted electronic device as described in claim 1 , wherein each connection member comprises a movable member rotatably connected to the corresponding sound generator and a connection sheet, the notch is defined in the connection sheet and filled with rubber material.

3. The head-mounted electronic device as described in claim 1 , wherein the headphone further comprises two movable members, each movable member is rotatably connected to a corresponding connection end around a first axis, each sound generator is rotatably connected to the corresponding movable member around the axis, the axis including a second axis; the second axis and the first axis define a first angle; each connection member is rotatably connected to a corresponding sound generator around a third axis; and the two third axes define a second angle.

4. The head-mounted electronic device as described in claim 3 , wherein each sound generator comprises an inner wall through which the sound propagates and an outer wall opposite to the inner wall, a corresponding third axis extending from the outer wall toward the inner wall.

5. The head-mounted electronic device as described in claim 4 , wherein the movable member comprises a first end rotatably connected to a corresponding connection end around the first axis and a second end rotatably connected to a corresponding movable member around the second axis, and an arc-shaped curve portion is formed between the first end and the second end.

6. The head-mounted electronic device as described in claim 5 , wherein for each sound generator further, the periphery further comprises a side wall extending from an edge of the outer wall toward the inner wall, and the movable member is rotatably connected to the side wall around the corresponding movable member.

7. The head-mounted electronic device as described in claim 5 , wherein each connection end comprises one of a group of a first protruding post and a first through hole, the first end of each movable member comprises the other one of the group of a first protruding post and a first through hole, the first protruding post is rotatably latched onto the first through hole, and the first protruding post defines the first axis.

8. The head-mounted electronic device as described in claim 5 , wherein each connection end comprises one of a group of a second protruding post and a second recess portion, the second end of each movable member comprises the other one of the group of a second protruding post and a second recess portion, the first protruding post is rotatably latched onto the first through hole, and the second protruding post defines the second axis.

9. The head-mounted electronic device as described in claim 6 , wherein the side wall of each sound generator is a cylindrical wall and defines the third axis, and the connection member is rotatably connected to the sidewall around the third axis.

10. The head-mounted electronic device as described in claim 9 , wherein an end of each connection member adjacent to a corresponding sound generator comprises a second cylindrical surface, the second cylindrical surface rotatably engages the side wall of the sound generator around the third axis.

11. The head-mounted electronic device as described in claim 3 , wherein the third axis of each sound generator is substantially perpendicular to the first axis and the second axis.

12. The head-mounted electronic device as described in claim 3 , wherein the second angle is between 100 degrees and 170 degrees.

13. The head-mounted electronic device as described in claim 6 , wherein the first angle is between 30 degrees and 150 degrees.

14. The head-mounted electronic device as described in claim 3 , wherein each movable member is translatably connected to the main body or the sound generator, and the movable member is movable to a first position adjacent to the main body or the sound generator and to a second position away from the main body or the sound generator.

15. The head-mounted electronic device as described in claim 3 , wherein each movable member is translatably connected to the connection end, and the movable member is capable of moving to a first position adjacent to the elastic belt and a second position away from the elastic belt.

Assignees

• Shenzhen Royole Technologies Co Ltd
• Shenzhen Royole Technologies Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang Songling
• Chen Songya
• Jiang Chao

Classifications

• G02B27/0176 Primary

  characterised by mechanical features · CPC title

• H04R2499/15

  Transducers incorporated in visual displaying devices, e.g. televisions, computer displays, laptops · CPC title

• H04R5/0335

  Earpiece support, e.g. headbands or neckrests (for monophonic headphones H04R1/105) · CPC title

• H04R1/105

  Earpiece supports, e.g. ear hooks (for stereophonic headphones H04R5/0335) · CPC title

• H04R1/1008

  Earpieces of the supra-aural or circum-aural type · CPC title