Wearable Computer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016004084-A1
Application number	US-201414771699-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 3, 2014
Priority date	Mar 11, 2013
Publication date	Jan 7, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A wearable computer includes a computer, a display unit, first and second casings, temples, a holding member and an adjustment mechanism. The second casing houses the computer. The temples are respectively connected to one end and, through a connection member, the other end of the first casing in a longitudinal direction. The holding member extends downward from the connection member and holds a nose pad and a translucent member. The display unit extends downward from the first casing and to outside of an installation space of the translucent member to face one eye of a wearer. The adjustment mechanism adjusts a relative position of the display unit and the nose pad. The wearable computer is wearable with the first casing being held above the one eye by the temples, the connection member and the nose pad.

First claim

1 . A wearable computer comprising:
a computer; a transmissive display as an image display monitor of the computer; a first casing which houses a part of the transmissive display; a second casing which is formed as a separate element from the first casing and houses the computer; a pair of temples which are respectively connected to one end of the first casing in a longitudinal direction and, through a connection member, the other end of the first casing in the longitudinal direction; and a holding member which extends downward from the connection member and holds a nose pad and a translucent member facing an eye of a wearer, wherein:
a transmissive display unit of the transmissive display extends downward from the first casing and to outside of an installation space of the translucent member so as to face one of a right eye and a left eye of the wearer through the translucent member,
the wearable computer further comprises a position adjustment mechanism which adjusts a relative position of the display unit and the nose pad, and
the wearable computer is wearable with the first casing being held above the one of the eyes of the wearer by the temples, the connection member and the nose pad.

2 . The wearable computer according to claim 1 , wherein the holding member is fixed to the connection member so as to be detachable.

3 . The wearable computer according to claim 1 , wherein the translucent member faces both of the eyes of the wearer.

4 . The wearable computer according to claim 3 , wherein a part of the translucent member, the part facing the one of the eyes of the wearer, has a size larger than a size of the one of the eyes of the wearer.

5 . The wearable computer according claim 1 , wherein the second casing doubles as the connection member.

6 . The wearable computer according to claim 1 , wherein a lower end part of the first casing has a round-shaped outer wall part which curves around an axis in the longitudinal direction so as to be convex outward.

7 . The wearable computer according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first casing is located on one side of a right eye side corresponding to the right eye and a left eye side corresponding to the left eye, the one side where the display unit is disposed, holds the display unit and houses at least a drive circuit for the display unit to display a video image, and the second casing is located on the other side of the sides and houses a CPU-mounted substrate of the computer.

8 . The wearable computer according to claim 1 , wherein a lower end of the first casing is disposed higher than a lower end of the second casing.

9 . (canceled)

10 . The wearable computer according to claim 1 , wherein the position adjustment mechanism adjusts a position of the first casing with respect to the nose pad.

11 . The wearable computer according to claim 7 , wherein:
the second casing defines a recess part at approximately a center part of the first casing and the second casing in the longitudinal direction, the recess part facing downward, and an upper end part of the holding member is disposed in the recess part.

12 . The wearable computer according to claim 11 , wherein an outer wall part of the second casing, the outer wall part defining a side from an upper vertex to one lower end of the recess part, is formed in a staircase shape or a slope shape.

13 . The wearable computer according to claim 12 , wherein:
the upper vertex of the recess part is located toward the one side where the display unit is disposed from a center of the first casing and the second casing in the longitudinal direction, and the second casing is formed to be longer than the first casing.

14 . The wearable computer according to claim 11 , wherein the CPU-mounted substrate has an end part disposed in the second casing right above the recess part and is disposed with the end part as an upper end part so as to incline with respect to the longitudinal direction.

15 . The wearable computer according to claim 14 , wherein:
a lower end part of the second casing has a round-shaped outer wall part which curves around an axis in the longitudinal direction so as to be convex outward, and a lower end part of the CPU-mounted substrate is formed in a boat shape so as to be fit for an inner round surface of the round-shaped outer wall part.

16 . The wearable computer according to claim 14 , wherein the second casing houses one or more other circuit substrates, each of which is electrically connected to the CPU-mounted circuit.

17 . The wearable computer according to claim 16 , wherein the CPU-mounted substrate and the one or more other circuit substrates are connected to each other through a connector mounted on the CPU-mounted substrate.

18 . The wearable computer according to claim 16 , wherein:
as the other circuit substrate, a wireless communication substrate on which a wireless communication device is mounted is provided, the wireless communication substrate extends in the longitudinal direction, end parts of the wireless communication substrate in the longitudinal direction are separately disposed as a close end part which is close to the CPU-mounted substrate and a far end part which is far from the CPU-mounted substrate, and an antenna of the wireless communication device is disposed toward the far end part.

19 . The wearable computer according to claim 1 , wherein the first casing houses an optical system to display the video image on the display unit.

20 . The wearable computer according to claim 1 , wherein, when the wearable computer is placed on a plane, tips of the temples and a lowermost end of the translucent member hold the wearable computer such that a lowermost end of the display unit is apart from the plane.

Assignees

• Konica Minolta Inc

Inventors

• Ishikawa Tetsuya
• Tajima Naoki
• Iwaki Kazuhiko
• Hirose Satoru

Classifications

• G02B2027/0161

  characterised by the relative positioning of the constitutive elements · CPC title

• G02B2027/0152

  involving arrangement aiming to get lighter or better balanced devices · CPC title

• G02B2027/0158

  with adjustable nose pad · CPC title

• G02B17/08

  Catadioptric systems {(used in non-imaging applications G02B19/00)} · CPC title

• G02B27/0176 Primary

  characterised by mechanical features · CPC title