Acoustic output device and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10158945-B2
Application number	US-201715606646-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 26, 2017
Priority date	Jun 30, 2016
Publication date	Dec 18, 2018
Grant date	Dec 18, 2018

Abstract

An acoustic output device and a control method thereof are provided. The acoustic output device includes: at least one first speaker configured to output a first sound range; a plurality of second speakers configured to output a second sound range that is different from the first sound range; a first crossover circuit connected to the first speaker and one of the plurality of second speakers; a second crossover circuit connected to the first speaker and another of the plurality of second speakers; and a processor configured to control the first and second crossover circuits to provide acoustic signals to the first speaker and the plurality of second speakers, wherein a frequency band of an acoustic signal provided to the first speaker connected to the first crossover circuit is at least partially different from a frequency band of an acoustic signal provided to the first speaker connected to the second of crossover circuit, and wherein a frequency band of an acoustic signal provided to the one of the plurality of second speakers connected to the second crossover circuit is at least partially different from a frequency band of an acoustic signal provided to the other of the plurality of second speakers connected to the second of crossover circuit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An acoustic output device comprising:
at least one first speaker configured to output a first sound range;
a plurality of second speakers configured to output a second sound range that is different from the first sound range;
a first crossover circuit connected to the first speaker and one of the plurality of second speakers;
a second crossover circuit connected to the first speaker and another one of the plurality of second speakers, wherein the first and second crossover circuits are audio crossover circuits; and
a processor configured to control the first and second crossover circuits to provide acoustic signals to the first speaker and the plurality of second speakers,
wherein a frequency band of an acoustic signal provided to the first speaker connected to the first crossover circuit is at least partially different from a frequency band of an acoustic signal provided to the first speaker connected to the second crossover circuit, and
wherein a frequency band of an acoustic signal provided to the one of the plurality of second speakers connected to the first crossover circuit is at least partially different from a frequency band of an acoustic signal provided to the other one of the plurality of second speakers connected to the second crossover circuit.

2. The acoustic output device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least two of the acoustic signals reproduced by the plurality of second speakers are configured to output acoustic signals have different frequency bands.

3. The acoustic output device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of second speakers are configured to output acoustic signals of different channels.

4. The acoustic output device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first speaker is configured to output acoustic signals of a plurality of channels corresponding to each of the plurality of second speakers.

5. The acoustic output device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the first crossover circuit is connected to the first speaker and a second speaker among the plurality of second speakers that reproduces a first channel among the plurality of channels, and configured to divide an acoustic signal of the first channel by a reproduction range, and
the second crossover circuit is connected to the first speaker and a second speaker among the plurality of second speakers that reproduces a second channel among the plurality of channels, and configured to divide an acoustic signal of the second channel by the reproduction range, and
wherein the processor is configured to control the first and second crossover circuits so that the second speaker that reproduces the second channel reproduces a frequency band wider than a frequency band reproduced by the second speaker that reproduces the first channel.

6. The acoustic output device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein a second speaker among the plurality of second speakers that reproduces a first channel among the plurality of channels and a second speaker among the plurality of second speakers that reproduces a second channel among the plurality of channels have different structures.

7. The acoustic output device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the second speaker that reproduces the second channel comprises a speaker unit that includes a horn, and the second speaker that reproduces the first channel comprises speaker unit that does not include a horn, and
wherein the processor is configured to control the second speaker that reproduces the second channel to reproduce a frequency band that is wider than a frequency band of the second speaker that reproduces the first channel.

8. The acoustic output device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the processor is configured to control the first crossover circuit to provide a first frequency band of the first channel to the first speaker and provide frequency bands other than the first frequency band to the one of the plurality of second speakers, and control the second crossover circuit to provide a second frequency band of the second channel to the first speaker and provide frequency bands other than the second frequency band to the other one of the plurality of second speakers, and
the first frequency band is at least partially different from the second frequency band.

9. The acoustic output device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the first speaker comprises a midrange speaker that are configured to output an acoustic signal having an intermediate frequency band, and the plurality of second speakers comprise a plurality of tweeters that are configured to output an acoustic signal having a high frequency band, and
wherein the processor is configured to control the first crossover circuit to provide at least one intermediate frequency band of left and right channels to the first speaker and provide a high frequency band to the one of the plurality of second speakers, and control the second crossover circuit to provide an intermediate frequency band of a center channel to the first speaker and provide the high frequency band to the other one of the plurality of second speakers, and
the high frequency band of at least one of the left and right channels is at least partially different from the high frequency band of the center channel.

10. The acoustic output device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein a second speaker among the plurality of second speakers that reproduces a first channel among the plurality of channels and a second speaker among the plurality of second speakers that reproduces a second channel among the plurality of channels have a same structure, and
wherein the processor is configured to control the first crossover circuit and the second crossover circuit so that each of the second speaker that reproduces the first channel and the second speaker that reproduces the second channel reproduce different frequency bands based on an effective upper bound frequency at which each of beam signals corresponding to the first channel and the second channel maintains preset first and second directivities.

11. A control method of an acoustic output device including at least one first speaker configured to output a first sound range, a plurality of second speakers configured to output a second sound range that is different from the first sound range, wherein the first and second crossover circuits are audio crossover circuits, a first crossover circuit connected to the first speaker and one of the plurality of second speakers, and a second crossover circuit connected to the first speaker and another one of the plurality of second speakers, the control method comprising:
receiving an input signal;
controlling the first and second crossover circuits to provide acoustic signals to the first speaker and the plurality of second speakers; and
reproducing the acoustic signals by the first speaker and the plurality of second speakers,
wherein a frequency band of an acoustic signal provided to the first speaker connected to the first crossover circuit is at least partially different from a frequency band of an acoustic signal provided to the first speaker connected to the second of crossover circuit, and
wherein a frequency band of an acoustic signal provided to the one of the plurality of second speakers connected to the first crossover circuit is at least partially different from a frequency band of an acoustic signal provided to the other one of the plurality of second speakers connected to the second crossover circuit.

12. The control method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the acoustic signals reproduced by the plurality of second speakers output have different frequency bands.

13. The control method as claimed in claim 11 , wher

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jung Dong-Hyun
• Park Dong-Kyu
• Lee Yoon-Jae
• Song Young-Suk
• Lee Woo-Jung
• Park Hae-Kwang

Classifications

• H04R3/14 Primary

  Cross-over networks · CPC title

• H04R5/02

  Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers · CPC title

• H04R3/06

  of electrostatic transducers · CPC title

• H04R1/2811

  for loudspeaker transducers · CPC title

• H04R1/30

  Combinations of transducers with horns, e.g. with mechanical matching means {, i.e. front-loaded horns}(horns in general G10K; {transducer enclosures or mountings using a back-loaded horn H04R1/2861; application of horns as guiding means to obtain a predetermined directivity characteristic H04R1/345}) · CPC title