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;
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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;
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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.