Support member for wearable device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9977249-B2
Application number	US-201715494987-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 24, 2017
Priority date	Dec 15, 2014
Publication date	May 22, 2018
Grant date	May 22, 2018

Abstract

A support member for a wearable device includes first and second contact portions coming into contact with a temporal region of a head, a frame portion interposed along a frontal region of the head between the first and second contact portions, and first and second connection portions respectively connecting the first and second contact portions and the frame portion to each other. In a top view, in the first connection portion, a first extension portion extending from the first contact portion and a first frame extension portion are branched ahead of an ear from the frame portion, and in the second connection portion, a second extension portion extending from the second contact portion and a second frame extension portion are branched ahead of the other ear from the frame portion. At least one of the first and second frame extension portions includes a support portion supporting a wearable device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A support member for a wearable device comprising:
a first contact portion that is configured to come into contact with one of a right or a left temporal region of a head of a user;
a second contact portion that is configured to come into contact with an other of the right or the left temporal region of the head;
a frame portion that is configured to be interposed along a frontal region of the head of the user between the first contact portion and the second contact portion;
a first connection portion that is configured to connect the first contact portion and the frame portion to each other; and
a second connection portion that is configured to connect the second contact portion and the frame portion to each other,
wherein the first connection portion has a first extension portion which is configured to extend toward a front of the user from the first contact portion along the one of the right or the left temporal region of the head of the user, and a first dividing portion which is configured to be located forward from an ear of the user and which is configured to connect the first extension portion and the frame portion to each other so as to form a first frame extension portion configured to extend toward a rear of the user from the frame portion, and in a top view, the first extension portion and the first frame extension portion each extend from the first dividing portion with the first extension portion being inside the first frame extension portion in a direction towards the head of the user so that the first extension portion and the first frame extension portion are offset from each other in the direction towards the head of the user as the first extension portion and the first frame extension portion extend from the first dividing portion toward the rear of the user,
wherein the second connection portion has a second extension portion which is configured to extend toward the front of the user from the second contact portion along the other of the right or the left temporal region of the head of the user, and a second dividing portion which is configured to be located forward from the ear of the user and which is configured to connect the second extension portion and the frame portion to each other so as to form a second frame extension portion configured to extend toward the rear of the user from the frame portion, and in the top view, the second extension portion and the second frame extension portion each extend from the second dividing portion with the second extension portion being inside the second frame extension portion in the direction towards the head of the user so that the second extension portion and the second frame extension portion are offset from each other in the direction towards the head of the user as the second extension portion and the second frame extension portion extend from the second dividing portion toward the rear of the user, and
wherein one or more of the first frame extension portion and the second frame extension portion includes a support portion which is configured to support a wearable device.

2. The support member for the wearable device according to claim 1 ,
wherein in a side view, the first extension portion and the first frame extension portion each extend from the first dividing portion in the first connection portion, and
wherein in the side view, the second extension portion and the second frame extension portion each extend from the second dividing portion in the second connection portion.

3. The support member for the wearable device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first frame extension portion is attachable to and detachable from the first dividing portion, and
wherein the second frame extension portion is attachable to and detachable from the second dividing portion.

4. The support member for the wearable device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a third contact portion that is connected to the frame portion, and that is configured to come into contact with the frontal region of the head of the user.

5. The support member for the wearable device according to claim 1 ,
wherein in a state of wearing the support member, a center position in a longitudinal direction of each of the first contact portion and the second contact portion is configured to be located rearward from the ear of the user.

6. The support member for the wearable device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the third contact portion is movable in a vertical direction.

7. The support member for the wearable device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an occipital region band that is attached to the first frame extension portion and the second frame extension portion, and that is configured to come into contact with the head along an occipital region of the head of the user.

8. A support member for a wearable device comprising:
a first contact portion that is configured to come into contact with one of a right or a left temporal region of a head of a user;
a second contact portion that is configured to come into contact with an other of the right or the left temporal region of the head; and
a frame portion that is configured to be interposed along a frontal region of the head of the user between the first contact portion and the second contact portion,
wherein the frame portion has a first dividing portion and a second dividing portion on respective end sides, the first dividing portion and the second dividing portion each being configured to be located forward from an ear of the user, and in a top view, two extension portions extend from each of the first dividing portion and the second dividing portion,
wherein one of the extension portions extending from the first dividing portion along the one of the right or the left temporal region of the head of the user is connected to the first contact portion, and in the top view, the two extension portions extending from the first dividing portion are offset from each other in a direction towards the head of the user as the two extension portions extending from the first dividing portion extend from the first dividing portion toward a rear of the user,
wherein one of the extension portions extending from the second dividing portion along the other of the right or the left temporal region of the head of the user is connected to the second contact portion, and in the top view, the two extension portions extending from the second dividing portion are offset from each other in the direction towards the head of the user as the two extension portions extending from the second dividing portion extend from the second dividing portion toward the rear of the user, and
wherein one or more of an other one of the extension portions extending from the first dividing portion and an other one of the extension portions extending from the second dividing portion includes a support portion which is configured to support a wearable device.

9. The support member for the wearable device according to claim 1 , wherein the wearable device is detachably connected to the support member for the wearable device.

Assignees

• Olympus Corp

Inventors

• Tatsuta Seiji
• Tomita Teruo
• Iba Yoichi

Classifications

• G02B27/028 Primary

  characterised by the supporting structure · CPC title

• G02B27/02

  Viewing or reading apparatus (stereoscopic systems G02B30/00) · CPC title

• H04N5/64

  Constructional details of receivers, e.g. cabinets or dust covers (furniture aspects {of television cabinets} A47B81/06) · CPC title

• G02B2027/0152

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

• G02B27/0176 Primary

  characterised by mechanical features · CPC title