EYEGLASS-TYPE WEARABLE DEVICE, AND FRONT PART AND TEMPLE PART OF EYEGLASS-TYPE WEARABLE DEVICE

• US 20150042544A1
• Filed: 10/24/2014
• Published: 02/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2012
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Inventors: SUGIHARA, Ryohei, TATSUTA, Seiji, TOMITA, Teruo
• Granted Patent: US 10,288,888 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/8
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0176 characterised by mechanical features
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 11/10 Electronic devices other than hearing aids
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 5/14 Side-members

Abstract

An eyeglass-type wearable device includes a first temple part that is positioned along one temporal region of a user, a second temple part that is positioned along the other temporal region of the user, and a front part that is positioned in front of the face of the user, when the eyeglass-type wearable device is worn by the user. The first temple part includes a first electrical unit, and the second temple part includes a second electrical unit. The front part includes a first connection section to which the first temple part is connected, a second connection section to which the second temple part is connected, and a connection line that electrically connects the first electrical unit of the first temple part and the second electrical unit of the second temple part when the first temple part and the second temple part are connected to the front part.

Claims

1. An eyeglass-type wearable device comprising:

a first temple part that is positioned along one temporal region of a user when the eyeglass-type wearable device is worn by the user;

a second temple part that is positioned along the other temporal region of the user when the eyeglass-type wearable device is worn by the user; and

a front part that is positioned in front of a face of the user when the eyeglass-type wearable device is worn by the user,

the first temple part including a first electrical unit,

the second temple part including a second electrical unit, and

the front part including;

a first connection section to which the first temple part is connected;

a second connection section to which the second temple part is connected; and

a connection line that electrically connects the first electrical unit of the first temple part and the second electrical unit of the second temple part when the first temple part and the second temple part are connected to the front part.

2. The eyeglass-type wearable device as defined in claim 1,

the first connection section of the front part being a connection section to which the second temple part can be connected instead of the first temple part, and

the second connection section of the front part being a connection section to which the first temple part can be connected instead of the second temple part.

3. The eyeglass-type wearable device as defined in claim 2,

the first temple part being connected to the first connection section in a state in which a first side faces in a first direction, and a second side opposite to the first side faces in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and connected to the second connection section in a state in which the first side faces in the second direction, and the second side faces in the first direction, and

the second temple part being connected to the second connection section in a state in which a first side faces in the second direction, and a second side opposite to the first side faces in the first direction, and connected to the first connection section in a state in which the first side faces in the first direction, and the second side faces in the second direction.

4. The eyeglass-type wearable device as defined in claim 2,

the first connection section including a first terminal and a second terminal,

the second connection section including a third terminal and a fourth terminal,

the first temple part including:

a first temple-side terminal that is connected to the first terminal of the first connection section when the first temple part is connected to the first connection section, and connected to the fourth terminal of the second connection section when the first temple part is connected to the second connection section; and

a second temple-side terminal that is connected to the second terminal of the first connection section when the first temple part is connected to the first connection section, and connected to the third terminal of the second connection section when the first temple part is connected to the second connection section, and

the second temple part including;

a third temple-side terminal that is connected to the third terminal of the second connection section when the second temple part is connected to the second connection section, and connected to the second terminal of the first connection section when the second temple part is connected to the first connection section; and

a fourth temple-side terminal that is connected to the fourth terminal of the second connection section when the second temple part is connected to the second connection section, and connected to the first terminal of the first connection section when the second temple part is connected to the first connection section.

5. The eyeglass-type wearable device as defined in claim 2,

when temple parts that are identical in type have respectively been connected to the first connection section and the second connection section, the front part electrically disconnecting electrical units respectively included in the temple parts that are identical in type.

6. The eyeglass-type wearable device as defined in claim 1,

the front part including a first connection line and a second connection line as the connection line,

the first connection line electrically connecting the first electrical unit of the first temple part and the second electrical unit of the second temple part when the first temple part has been connected to the first connection section, and the second temple part has been connected to the second connection section, and

the second connection line electrically connecting the first electrical unit of the first temple part and the second electrical unit of the second temple part when the second temple part has been connected to the first connection section, and the first temple part has been connected to the second connection section.

7. The eyeglass-type wearable device as defined in claim 6,

the first connection section of the front part including:

a first terminal that is connected to the first connection line; and

a second terminal that is connected to the second connection line,

the second connection section of the front part including;

a third terminal that is connected to the first connection line; and

a fourth terminal that is connected to the second connection line,

the first electrical unit of the first temple part and the second electrical unit of the second temple part being electrically connected through the first terminal of the first connection section, the first connection line, and the third terminal of the second connection section, when the first temple part has been connected to the first connection section, and the second temple part has been connected to the second connection section, and

the second electrical unit of the second temple part and the first electrical unit of the first temple part being electrically connected through the second terminal of the first connection section, the second connection line, and the fourth terminal of the second connection section, when the second temple part has been connected to the first connection section, and the first temple part has been connected to the second connection section.

8. The eyeglass-type wearable device as defined in claim 7,

the first electrical unit of the first temple part including an electrical part,

the second electrical unit of the second temple part including a battery that supplies power to the electrical part,

power supplied from the battery included in the second temple part being supplied to the electrical part included in the first temple part through the first terminal of the first connection section, the first connection line, and the third terminal of the second connection section, when the first temple part has been connected to the first connection section, and the second temple part has been connected to the second connection section, and

power supplied from the battery included in the second temple part being supplied to the electrical part included in the first temple part through the second terminal of the first connection section, the second connection line, and the fourth terminal of the second connection section, when the second temple part has been connected to the first connection section, and the first temple part has been connected to the second connection section.

9. The eyeglass-type wearable device as defined in claim 1, further comprising:

a display device that is provided to the first temple part,

the display device including;

a display section;

an eyepiece optical system that allows the user to observe an image displayed on the display section as a virtual image; and

a support section that supports an eye piece of the eyepiece optical system in front of the front part.

10. The eyeglass-type wearable device as defined in claim 1, further comprising:

a detection section that detects a type of a temple part connected to the front part; and

a processing section that performs a process based on a detection result of the detection section.

11. The eyeglass-type wearable device as defined in claim 10, further comprising:

at least one of a display device that displays an image to the user and an imaging device that captures an image,

the processing section performing image processing based on the detection result of the detection section on the image displayed to the display device or the image captured by the imaging device.

12. An eyeglass-type wearable device comprising:

a first temple part that is positioned along one temporal region of a user when the eyeglass-type wearable device is worn by the user;

a second temple part that is positioned along the other temporal region of the user when the eyeglass-type wearable device is worn by the user; and

a front part that is positioned in front of a face of the user when the eyeglass-type wearable device is worn by the user,

the front part including a first connection section and a second connection section,

at least one of the first temple part and the second temple part including an electrical unit, and

the first temple part and the second temple part being able to be attached to and removed from the first connection section and the second connection section of the front part.

13. The eyeglass-type wearable device as defined in claim 12,

the at least one of the first temple part and the second temple part including a battery as the electrical unit,

the battery being provided to a temple tip part of the at least one of the first temple part and the second temple part,

the at least one of the first temple part and the second temple part including:

the temple tip part in which the battery is provided; and

a connection section to which the temple tip part is removably connected.

14. The eyeglass-type wearable device as defined in claim 12,

the first connection section of the front part being a connection section to which the second temple part can be connected instead of the first temple part, and

the second connection section of the front part being a connection section to which the first temple part can be connected instead of the second temple part.

15. The eyeglass-type wearable device as defined in claim 14,

the first temple part being connected to the first connection section in a state in which a first side faces in a first direction, and a second side opposite to the first side faces in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and connected to the second connection section in a state in which the first side faces in the second direction, and the second side faces in the first direction, and

the second temple part being connected to the second connection section in a state in which a first side faces in the second direction, and a second side opposite to the first side faces in the first direction, and connected to the first connection section in a state in which the first side faces in the first direction, and the second side faces in the second direction.

16. The eyeglass-type wearable device as defined in claim 14,

the first connection section including a first terminal and a second terminal,

the second connection section including a third terminal and a fourth terminal,

the first temple part including:

a first temple-side terminal that is connected to the first terminal of the first connection section when the first temple part is connected to the first connection section, and connected to the fourth terminal of the second connection section when the first temple part is connected to the second connection section; and

a second temple-side terminal that is connected to the second terminal of the first connection section when the first temple part is connected to the first connection section, and connected to the third terminal of the second connection section when the first temple part is connected to the second connection section, and

the second temple part including;

a third temple-side terminal that is connected to the third terminal of the second connection section when the second temple part is connected to the second connection section, and connected to the second terminal of the first connection section when the second temple part is connected to the first connection section; and

a fourth temple-side terminal that is connected to the fourth terminal of the second connection section when the second temple part is connected to the second connection section, and connected to the first terminal of the first connection section when the second temple part is connected to the first connection section.

17. The eyeglass-type wearable device as defined in claim 14,

when temple parts that are identical in type have respectively been connected to the first connection section and the second connection section, the front part electrically disconnecting electrical units respectively included in the temple parts that are identical in type.

18. The eyeglass-type wearable device as defined in claim 12, further comprising:

a display device that is provided to the first temple part,

the display device including;

a display section;

an eyepiece optical system that allows the user to observe an image displayed on the display section as a virtual image; and

a support section that supports an eye piece of the eyepiece optical system in front of the front part.

19. The eyeglass-type wearable device as defined in claim 12, further comprising:

a detection section that detects a type of a temple part connected to the front part; and

a processing section that performs a process based on a detection result of the detection section.

20. The eyeglass-type wearable device as defined in claim 19, further comprising:

at least one of a display device that displays an image to the user and an imaging device that captures an image,

the processing section performing image processing based on the detection result of the detection section to the image displayed on the display device or the image captured by the imaging device.