Hinge mechanism and head-mounted display including this hinge mechanism
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorTakaaki Yoshida
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Abstract
[Object] To provide a hinge mechanism that allows a head-mounted display to be made more compact, and a head-mounted display including this hinge mechanism. [Solving Means] A hinge mechanism includes: a shaft portion; and a cable passing portion. The shaft portion supports a housing portion and a temple portion of the head-mounted display in such a way that the temple portion is capable of rotating about one axis between a closed position and an open position relative to the housing portion. The cable passing portion is adjacent to the shaft portion in a direction of the one axis, and allows a cable to pass therethrough in a direction orthogonal to the one axis.
Claims9
A hinge mechanism, comprising:
- a shaft portion that supports a housing portion and a temple portion of a head-mounted display in such a way that the temple portion is capable of rotating about one axis between a closed position and an open position relative to the housing portion, wherein the shaft portion includes first and second shaft portions that are symmetrical to each other across an axis orthogonal to the one axis;
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- a cable passing portion that is adjacent to the shaft portion in a direction of the one axis, and allows a cable to pass therethrough in a direction orthogonal to the one axis.
A head-mounted display, comprising:
- a housing portion;
- a temple portion;
- a shaft portion that supports the housing portion and the temple portion in such a way that the temple portion is capable of rotating about one axis between a closed position and an open position relative to the housing portion, wherein the shaft portion includes first and second shaft portions that are symmetrical to each other across an axis orthogonal to the one axis;
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- a cable passing portion that is adjacent to the shaft portion in a direction of the one axis, and allows a cable to pass therethrough in a direction orthogonal to the one axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.