DEVICE-MOUNTING SUPPORT MEMBER

• US 20120081658A1
• Filed: 09/30/2011
• Published: 04/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Inventors: SUGIHARA, Ryohei, TATSUTA, Seiji, IBA, Yoichi
• Granted Patent: US 8,777,406 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 351/158
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0176 characterised by mechanical features
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 11/00 Non-optical adjuncts; Attachment thereof G02C7/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 2200/22 Leaf spring
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 9/04 by fitting over or clamping on

Abstract

Provided is a device-mounting support member (100) for mounting a wearable device (W) onto an eyeglass frame, including: an eyeglass attachment portion (101) having a first pressing portion (101a) to be pressed against a temple portion (T) of the eyeglass frame; a support frame portion (102) to be attached with the wearable device (W) which extends from the eyeglass attachment portion (101) substantially parallel to the temple portion (T); and a head abutment portion (103) which is coupled to the support frame portion (102) and to be abutted to a head of a wearer, in which: the support frame portion (102) is arranged on the outside of the temple portion (T); the head abutment portion (103) is arranged on the inside of the temple portion (T); and the support frame portion (102) and the head abutment portion (103) are coupled to each other via a support bridge portion (104).

Claims

1. A device-mounting support member for mounting a wearable device onto an eyeglass frame, comprising:

an eyeglass attachment portion having a first pressing portion to be pressed against a temple of the eyeglass frame;

a support frame portion to be attached with the wearable device, the support frame portion extending from the eyeglass attachment portion substantially parallel to the temple of the eyeglass frame; and

a head abutment portion which is coupled to the support frame portion and to be abutted to a head of a wearer, wherein

the support frame portion is arranged on the outside of the temple of the eyeglass frame;

the head abutment portion is arranged on the inside of the temple of the eyeglass frame and prevents rotation about the temple; and

the support frame portion and the head abutment portion are coupled to each other via a support bridge portion that straddles the temple of the eyeglass frame.

2. The device-mounting support member according to claim 1,

wherein the head abutment portion has a pivot point portion that comes into contact with the temple of the eyeglass frame;

and

the head abutment portion is pushed out to the outside by the head of the wearer, when the eyeglass frame attached with the support member is worn by the wearer, so that the first pressing portion is pressed against the temple of the eyeglass frame from the outside to the inside of the temple with the pivot point portion serving as a pivot.

3. The device-mounting support member according to claim 2, wherein the first pressing portion and/or the pivot point portion are in a shape that follows a side surface shape of the temple of the eyeglass frame.

4. The device-mounting support member according to claim 1,

wherein the first pressing portion of the eyeglass attachment portion is arranged on the inside of the temple of the eyeglass frame;

the head abutment portion has a second pressing portion to be pressed against the inside of the temple of the eyeglass frame;

the eyeglass attachment portion further has an outside attachment portion coupled to the support frame portion and arranged on the outside of the temple of the eyeglass frame and an attachment bridge portion for coupling the first pressing portion and the outside attachment portion across the temple of the eyeglass frame; and

the support frame portion exerts an elastic force, when the support member is attached to the eyeglass frame, so as to cause the first pressing portion to be pressed against the temple from the inside to the outside of the temple of the eyeglass frame, and the second pressing portion to be pressed against the temple from the inside to the outside of the temple of the eyeglass frame.

5. The device-mounting support member according to claim 1,

wherein the first pressing portion of the eyeglass attachment portion is arranged on the inside of the temple of the eyeglass frame;

the head abutment portion has a second pressing portion to be pressed against the inside of the temple of the eyeglass frame;

the eyeglass attachment portion further has an outside attachment portion coupled to the support frame portion and arranged on the outside of the temple of the eyeglass frame, and an attachment bridge portion for coupling, across the temple of the eyeglass frame, the first pressing portion to one of the outside attachment portion and the support frame portion; and

the attachment bridge portion exerts an elastic force, when the support member is attached to the eyeglass frame, so as to cause the first pressing portion to be pressed against the temple from the inside to the outside of the temple of the eyeglass frame.

6. The device-mounting support member according to claim 4, wherein the first pressing portion and/or the second pressing portion are in a shape that follows a side surface shape of the temple of the eyeglass frame.

7. The device-mounting support member according to claim 4, wherein the attachment bridge portion straddles above the temple of the eyeglass frame.

8. The device-mounting support member according to claim 1, further comprising a movement prevention portion for preventing the device-mounting support member from moving in one of a vertical direction and a lateral direction when the support member is attached to the eyeglass frame.

9. The device-mounting support member according to claim 1, wherein the head abutment portion has a leading end portion curved to the inside of the temple of the eyeglass frame, the leading end portion being subjected to one of branching and bending in a plurality of directions along the head of the wearer.

10. The device-mounting support member according to claim 1, wherein the support bridge portion straddles above the temple of the eyeglass frame.

11. The device-mounting support member according to claim 1, wherein the support frame portion has coupling means for attaching the wearable device so that the wearable device is made adjustable in posture thereof.

12. The device-mounting support member according to claim 11, wherein the coupling means has a mechanism capable of rotating the wearable device in at least one of a pitch direction and a roll direction with respect to the extending direction of the temple of the eyeglass frame.

13. The device-mounting support member according to claim 4, wherein the attachment bridge portion directly couples the first pressing portion and the outside attachment portion to each other across the temple of the eyeglass frame.

14. The device-mounting support member according to claim 1, wherein the head abutment portion is an ear hook portion to be hooked onto an ear of the wearer.

15. The device-mounting support member according to claim 14, wherein the support frame portion is arranged between the eyeglass attachment portion and the ear hook portion.

16. The device-mounting support member according to claim 14,

wherein the first pressing portion of the eyeglass attachment portion is arranged on the inside of the temple of the eyeglass frame;

the eyeglass attachment portion has an outside attachment portion coupled to the support frame portion and arranged on the outside of the temple of the eyeglass frame and an attachment bridge portion for coupling the first pressing portion to one of the outside attachment portion and the support frame portion; and

the support frame portion is arranged on the outside of the temple of the eyeglass frame.

17. The device-mounting support member according to claim 16, wherein the support frame portion exerts an elastic force, when the support member is attached to the eyeglass frame, so as to cause the first pressing portion to be pressed against the temple from the inside to the outside of the temple of the eyeglass frame and the ear hook portion to be pressed against the temple from the inside to the outside of the temple of the eyeglass frame.

18. A device-mounting support member, comprising:

at least three contact portions including a first contact portion, a second contact portion, and a third contact portion;

a coupling portion for coupling the first contact portion, the second contact portion, and the third contact portion to one another; and

a device attachment portion provided to one of the coupling portion and the contact portion, for attaching a device;

wherein, when attached to an eyeglass temple, the third contact portion is arranged, in a direction along the eyeglass temple, between the first contact portion and the second contact portion, the coupling portion has a spring property at least in part thereof, and the spring property causes the first contact portion, the second contact portion, and the third contact portion to elastically abut to side surfaces of the eyeglass temple, the first contact portion and the second contact portion being arranged on an opposite side to the third contact portion across the eyeglass temple.

19. The device-mounting support member according to claim 18, wherein the coupling portion extends, when attached to an eyeglass temple, along the eyeglass temple.

20. The device-mounting support member according to claim 18, wherein the coupling portion directly couples the first contact portion and the third contact portion to each other, and the distance between the first contact portion and the third contact portion is twice as large as a width of the eyeglass temple clamped between the first contact portion and the third contact portion and between the second contact portion and the third contact portion.

21. The device-mounting support member according to claim 18, wherein the coupling portion directly couples the first contact portion and the second contact portion to each other, and also couples the third contact portion and one of the first contact portion, the second contact portion and a portion therebetween to each other.

22. The device-mounting support member according to claim 18, wherein the coupling portion attached to the eyeglass temple extends, in part that has the spring property, in an extending direction of the eyeglass temple in a position at substantially the same height as the eyeglass temple when viewed laterally.

23. The device-mounting support member according to claim 18,

wherein the coupling portion attached to the eyeglass temple extends, in the part that has a spring property, in an extending direction of the eyeglass temple on one of an upper side and a lower side of the eyeglass temple, when viewed laterally;

and

at least one of the first contact portion, the second contact portion, and the third contact portion has a canopy portion at an end thereof, which is opposite in the vertical direction to the part having the spring property with respect to the eyeglass temple, so as to restrict the movement with respect to the eyeglass temple.

24. The device-mounting support member according to claim 18,

wherein the coupling member includes a torsion spring, in the part that has the spring property, between the first contact portion and the third contact portion and between the second contact portion and the third contact portion;

and

the first contact portion, the second contact portion, and the third contact portion are caused to elastically abut to either side of the eyeglass temple due to a torsion moment about a central axis of the torsions spring.

25. The device-mounting support member according to claim 18, wherein the coupling portion couples, when attached to the eyeglass temple, between the first contact portion and the third contact portion and between the second contact portion and the third contact portion, across the eyeglass temple, on one of the upper side and the lower side of the eyeglass temple so as to be arranged on different sides from each other.

26. The device-mounting support member according to claim 18, wherein the contact portions each have, when attached to the eyeglass temple, a width of 5 mm to 20 mm in a vertical direction with respect to the extending direction of the eyeglass temple.

27. The device-mounting support member according to claim 18, wherein the device attachment portion includes an adjustment mechanism for adjusting an attachment posture of a device to be attached to the device attachment portion, with respect to the device attachment portion.

28. The device-mounting support member according to claim 18, wherein at least one of the contact portions has, when attached to an eyeglass temple, a shape that follows an abutment surface with respect to the eyeglass temple.

29. The device-mounting support member according to claim 18,

wherein the coupling portion attached to an eyeglass temple abuts to the eyeglass temple at least at one point thereof;

and

the coupling portion has an abutment surface with respect to the eyeglass temple which forms an acute angle, when viewed in a direction along the eyeglass temple, with respect to an abutment surface formed between any one of the contact portions coupled by the coupling portion and the eyeglass temple.

30. The device-mounting support member according to claim 18,

wherein the coupling portion includes a first coupling portion for coupling the first contact portion and the third contact portion to each other, and a second coupling portion for coupling the second contact portion and the third contact portion to each other;

the first coupling portion attached to the eyeglass temple is shorter than the second coupling portion in a direction along the eyeglass temple; and

the part that has a sprint property is arranged in the vicinity of the third contact portion of the second coupling portion.

31. The device-mounting support member according to claim 18, further comprising a fourth contact portion located behind the second contact portion when attached to the eyeglass temple,

wherein the coupling portion includes a first coupling member for directly coupling between the first contact portion and the second contact portion and a second coupling member for directly coupling between the third contact portion and the fourth contact portion, the second coupling member having a spring property;

the first coupling member and the second coupling member are coupled to each other via a rotary coupling member having a rotation axis in substantially a vertical direction when attached to eyeglass temple;

the fourth contact portion is elastically abutted to a side surface of the eyeglass temple, on the same side as the third contact portion; and

a length of the second coupling member, along the eyeglass temple, between the rotary coupling portion and the third contact portion is smaller than a length of the second coupling member, along the eyeglass temple, between the rotary coupling portion and the fourth contact portion.

32. The device-mounting support member according to claim 31,

wherein the first coupling member couples between the first contact portion and the second contact portion;

and

the second coupling member is coupled to the third contact portion and to the fourth contact portion across the eyeglass temple on one of the upper side and the lower side thereof in one of front and back of the rotary coupling portion, respectively.

33. The device-mounting support member according to claim 32, wherein the second coupling member intersects with the eyeglass temple as being tilted forward, between the rotary coupling portion and the third contact portion, when viewed vertically.