Virtual reality glasses

• US 9,785,190 B2
• Filed: 09/01/2016
• Issued: 10/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Pico Technology Co., Ltd (Qingdao PICO Technology Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Beijing Pico Technology Co., Ltd (Qingdao PICO Technology Company Limited)
• Inventors: Liu, Guanghui
• Primary Examiner(s): Sternbane, Larry
• Application Number:
  US15/254,166
• Publication Number:
  US 20170115689A1
• Time in Patent Office: 404 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1605 Multimedia displays, e.g. with integrated or attached speakers, cameras, microphones
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1635 Details related to the integration of battery packs and other power supplies such as fuel cells or integrated AC adapter
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1662 Details related to the integrated keyboard
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00

Abstract

A virtual reality glasses is disclosed, comprising a main control handle and a head-mounted device comprising a video processing interface unit, a controller, a USB interface and a video interface, the USB interface'"'"'s power line supplies power to a power-consuming part of the device via a power converting unit, USB differential signal pins of the USB interface are connected to the controller, the video interface is connected to a display module via the video processing interface unit; the main control handle comprises an application processor, a power unit, and a USB interface and a video interface connected to the processor, and the power unit supplies power to a power-consuming part of the handle. The glasses can improve portability and enhance user experience.

Claims

1. Virtual reality glasses comprising:

a head-mounted device comprising

a video processing interface unit,

an audio processing unit comprising

a headphone interface, and

an audio signal input interface,

a controller comprising an audio signal output end connected to the audio signal input interface,

a power converting unit,

a display module,

a headphone socket connected to the headphone interface,

a head-mounted side USB interface comprising

a power line supplying power to a power-consuming part of the head-mounted device via the power converting unit, and

USB differential signal pins connected to the controller, and

a head-mounted side video interface connected to the display module via the video processing interface unit; and

a main control handle comprising

an application processor,

a power unit configured to supply power to a power-consuming part of the main control handle,

a storage unit connected to the application processor,

a handle side input unit connected to the application processor,

a handle side USB interface corresponding to the head-mounted side USB interface and connected to the application processor, and

a handle side video interface corresponding to the head-mounted side video interface and connected to the application processor.

2. The virtual reality glasses of claim 1, wherein the head-mounted device further comprises a posture sensor unit, the posture sensor unit comprises:

a posture signal output end being connected to the controller; and

at least one of a triaxial gyroscope, a triaxial acceleration sensor, and a triaxial magnetic induction sensor.

3. The virtual reality glasses of claim 1, wherein the head-mounted device further comprises a proximity sensor, a signal output end of the proximity sensor being connected to the controller.

4. The virtual reality glasses of claim 1, wherein the head-mounted device further comprises:

a head-mounted side input unit connected to the controller; and

at least one of a key input unit and a touch control input unit.

5. The virtual reality glasses of claim 1, wherein the main control handle further comprises at least one of a Bluetooth module and a WIFI module, wherein the at least one of the Bluetooth module and the WIFI module are connected to the application processor.

6. The virtual reality glasses of claim 5, wherein the head-mounted device further comprises a posture sensor unit, the posture sensor unit comprises:

a posture signal output end being connected to the controller; and

at least one of a triaxial gyroscope, a triaxial acceleration sensor, and a triaxial magnetic induction sensor.

7. The virtual reality glasses of claim 5, wherein the head-mounted device further comprises a proximity sensor, a signal output end of the proximity sensor being connected to the controller.

8. The virtual reality glasses of claim 5, wherein the head-mounted device further comprises:

a head-mounted side input unit connected to the controller; and

at least one of a key input unit and a touch control input unit.

9. The virtual reality glasses of claim 1, wherein in addition to the handle side USB interface, the main control handle further comprises at least one USB interface connected to the application processor.

10. The virtual reality glasses of claim 9, wherein the head-mounted device further comprises a posture sensor unit, the posture sensor unit comprises:

a posture signal output end being connected to the controller; and

at least one of a triaxial gyroscope, a triaxial acceleration sensor, and a triaxial magnetic induction sensor.

11. The virtual reality glasses of claim 9, wherein the head-mounted device further comprises a proximity sensor, a signal output end of the proximity sensor being connected to the controller.

12. The virtual reality glasses of claim 9, wherein the head-mounted device further comprises:

a head-mounted side input unit connected to the controller; and

at least one of a key input unit and a touch control input unit.

13. The virtual reality glasses of claim 1, wherein the storage unit comprises at least one of an embedded memory, a double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory, and a memory card holder.

14. The virtual reality glasses of claim 13, wherein the head-mounted device further comprises:

a posture sensor unit comprising

a posture signal output end being connected to the controller, and

at least one of a triaxial gyroscope, a triaxial acceleration sensor, and a triaxial magnetic induction sensor;

a proximity sensor, a signal output end of the proximity sensor being connected to the controller;

a head-mounted side input unit connected to the controller; and

at least one of a key input unit and a touch control input unit.

15. The virtual reality glasses of claim 1, wherein the handle side USB interface and the handle side video interface are provided by a handle side Type-C interface, and the head-mounted side USB interface and the head-mounted side video interface are provided by a head-mounted side Type-C interface.

16. The virtual reality glasses of claim 15, wherein the head-mounted device further comprises:

a posture sensor unit comprising

a posture signal output end being connected to the controller, and

at least one of a triaxial gyroscope, a triaxial acceleration sensor, and a triaxial magnetic induction sensor;

a proximity sensor, a signal output end of the proximity sensor being connected to the controller;

a head-mounted side input unit connected to the controller; and

at least one of a key input unit and a touch control input unit.

17. The virtual reality glasses of claim 1, wherein the handle side input unit comprises at least one of a key input unit and a touch control input unit.

18. The virtual reality glasses of claim 17, wherein the head-mounted device further comprises:

a posture sensor unit comprising

a posture signal output end being connected to the controller, and

at least one of a triaxial gyroscope, a triaxial acceleration sensor, and a triaxial magnetic induction sensor;

a proximity sensor, a signal output end of the proximity sensor being connected to the controller;

a head-mounted side input unit connected to the controller; and

at least one of a key input unit and a touch control input unit.

19. The virtual reality glasses of claim 1, wherein the head-mounted device further comprises a microphone connected to a microphone interface of the audio processing unit, wherein an audio signal output interface of the audio processing unit is connected to an audio signal input end of the controller.

20. The virtual reality glasses of claim 19, wherein the head-mounted device further comprises:

a posture sensor unit comprising

a posture signal output end being connected to the controller, and

at least one of a triaxial gyroscope, a triaxial acceleration sensor, and a triaxial magnetic induction sensor;

a proximity sensor, a signal output end of the proximity sensor being connected to the controller;

a head-mounted side input unit connected to the controller; and

at least one of a key input unit and a touch control input unit.