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US 10,537,796 B2Granted
Collapsible virtual reality headset
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSteven Manuel, Jody Fu, Curtis Aumiller, Chengyuan Wei
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Abstract
An apparatus for viewing virtual reality content is discussed in the present application. The apparatus may include a collapsible body and a pair of collapsible hood elements that are coupled to the body. The body may include a pair of lenses. Each of the hood elements may be collapsible into or onto the body. In a collapsed configuration of the apparatus, the hood elements may be collapsed into or onto the body, and a combined body structure that includes the body and the collapsed hood elements may be collapsed into or onto itself.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a collapsible body comprising:
- a first body portion comprising a pair of lenses;
- and
- a collapsible second body portion coupled to the first body portion and to a collapsible third body portion;
- and
- a pair of collapsible hood elements coupled to the first body portion, each of the hood elements being collapsible into or onto the first body portion,
- wherein:
- in a collapsed configuration, the hood elements are collapsed into or onto the first body portion, the first body portion is collapsed into the collapsible second body portion, the collapsible second body portion is collapsed into the collapsible third body portion, and the collapsible third body portion is collapsed;
- and
- in an uncollapsed configuration, the first body portion sits above the collapsible second body portion and the collapsible second body portion sits above the collapsible third body portion.
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A method comprising:
- forming a collapsible body comprising:
- a first body portion comprising a pair of lenses;
- and
- a collapsible second body portion coupled to the first body portion and to a collapsible third body portion;
- forming a pair of collapsible hood elements coupled to the first body portion, each of the hood elements being collapsible into or onto the first body portion;
- wherein:
- the body and the collapsible hood elements are formed such that, in a collapsed configuration, the hood elements are collapsed into or onto the first body portion, the first body portion is collapsed into the collapsible second body portion, the collapsible second body portion is collapsed into the collapsible third body portion, and the collapsible third body portion is collapsed;
- and
- in an uncollapsed configuration, the first body portion sits above the collapsible second body portion and the collapsible second body portion sits above the collapsible third body portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.