Sound output apparatus, display apparatus and method for controlling the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11051103-B2
Application number	US-201816102150-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 13, 2018
Priority date	Aug 23, 2017
Publication date	Jun 29, 2021
Grant date	Jun 29, 2021

Abstract

A sound output apparatus, a display apparatus and a method for controlling the same are provided. The sound output apparatus includes a housing; and at least one speaker provided on a side of the housing, wherein the housing includes an accommodation portion provided with an insertion groove to which the at least one speaker is inserted and mounted, wherein the at least one speaker includes a sound generator configured to generate a sound; and a guide tube that has a cross sectional area that changes from a first end of the guide tube to a second end of the guide tube, and wherein the guide tube receives the generated sound via the first end, and the guide tube includes an outer surface having a plurality of radiation apertures arranged in at least one row.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sound output apparatus comprising:
a housing; and
at least one speaker provided on a surface of the housing,
wherein the housing comprises an accommodation portion provided with an insertion groove to which the at least one speaker is inserted and mounted,
wherein the at least one speaker comprises:
a sound generator configured to generate a sound; and
a guide tube that has a cross sectional area that changes from a first end of the guide tube to a second end of the guide tube,

wherein the guide tube receives the generated sound via the first end, and the guide tube comprises an outer surface having a plurality of radiation apertures arranged in at least one row,
wherein the at least one speaker is provided on at least one of an upper portion of the surface of the housing, a middle portion of the surface of the housing, and a lower portion of the surface of the housing, and
wherein the second end of the guide tube is in contact with or adjacent to one of a side end boundary and an upper end boundary of the surface of the housing.

2. The sound output apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one speaker is provided on the surface of the housing such that the outer surface of the guide tube having the plurality of radiation apertures extends in a direction in parallel to the surface of the housing, a direction inclined with respect to the surface of the housing or a direction normal to the surface of the housing.

3. The sound output apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the guide tube extends in a direction parallel to the upper end boundary or the side end boundary of the surface of the housing.

4. The sound output apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the accommodation portion provided with the insertion groove comprises at least one of:
a first accommodation portion provided with a first insertion groove to which the at least one speaker is inserted and mounted, wherein the first insertion groove protrudes from the surface of the housing;
a second accommodation portion provided with a second insertion groove to which the at least one speaker is inserted and mounted, wherein the second insertion groove is recessed in the surface of the housing, formed to be in parallel to the surface of the housing, or formed to be inclined with respect to the surface of the housing; and
a third accommodation portion provided with a third insertion groove to which the at least one speaker is inserted and mounted, wherein the third insertion groove is formed to be inserted into the surface of the housing.

5. The sound output apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the first insertion groove faces an upper end of the housing, a side end of the housing, or a lower end of the housing.

6. The sound output apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the second insertion groove faces in a direction inclined with respect to the surface of the housing, a direction normal to the surface of the housing or a tangential direction of the surface of the housing.

7. The sound output apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a processor configured to distribute an audio signal comprising a signal of at least one channel, to the at least one speaker.

8. The sound output apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform at least one of up-mixing and down-mixing on the audio signal.

9. The sound output apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the at least one speaker comprises at least two speakers provided on the housing.

10. The sound output apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to distribute the audio signal to the sound generator of the at least two speakers.

11. A sound output apparatus comprising:
a housing;
at least one speaker provided on a first surface of the housing, and
a display panel provided on a second surface of the housing opposite to the first surface of the housing,
wherein the housing comprises an accommodation portion provided with an insertion groove to which the at least one speaker is inserted and mounted,
wherein the at least one speaker comprises:
a sound generator configured to generate a sound; and
a guide tube that has a cross sectional area that changes from a first end of the guide tube to a second end of the guide tube, and

wherein the guide tube receives the generated sound via the first end, and the guide tube comprises an outer surface having a plurality of radiation apertures arranged in at least one row.

12. The sound output apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the display panel comprises a rigid display panel or a flexible display panel.

13. The sound output apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of radiation apertures faces in a direction toward an upper end of the housing, a direction opposite to a direction to which the display panel is directed, a side surface direction of the housing, a direction toward of a lower end of the housing, or a direction in a range between the direction toward the upper end of the housing and the direction opposite to the direction to which the display panel is directed.

14. A control method of a sound output apparatus comprising:
obtaining an audio signal composed of a signal of at least one channel;
distributing the audio signal to at least one speaker, wherein the at least one speaker is provided on a surface of a housing of the sound output apparatus; and
radiating a sound from the at least one speaker,
wherein the at least one speaker comprises:
a sound generator configured to generate the sound; and
a guide tube that has a cross sectional area that changes from a first end of the guide tube to a second end of the guide tube,

wherein the guide tube receives the generated sound via the first end, and the guide tube comprises an outer surface having a plurality of radiation apertures arranged in at least one row,
wherein the at least one speaker is provided on at least one of an upper portion of the surface of the housing, a middle portion of the surface of the housing, and a lower portion of the surface of the housing, and
wherein the second end of the guide tube is in contact with or adjacent to one of a side end boundary and an upper end boundary of the surface of the housing.

15. The control method of claim 14 , further comprising:
performing at least one of up-mixing and down-mixing on the audio signal.

16. The control method of claim 15 , further comprising:
performing sound processing by applying a predetermined algorithm to the audio signal.

17. A display apparatus comprising:
an exterior housing;
a display panel installed on a first surface of the exterior housing; and
at least one speaker provided on at least one of a second surface opposite to the first surface of the exterior housing and a side surface of the exterior housing,
wherein the exterior housing comprises an accommodation portion provided with an insertion groove to which the at least one speaker is inserted and mounted,
wherein the at least one speaker comprises:
a sound generator configured to generate a sound; and
a guide tube that has a cross sectional area that changes from a first end of the guide tube to a second end of the guide tube, and

wherein the guide tube receives the generated sound via the first end, and the guide tube comprises an outer surface having a plurality of radiation apertures arranged in at least one row.

18. The sound output apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the surface of the housing is a rear surface of the housing, an upper surface of the housing, or a side surface of the housing.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jung Dong Hyun
• Ko Sang Chui
• Park Dong-Kyu
• Lee Sang Moon
• Cheon Byeong Geun
• Park Hae Kwang
• Kim Young Tae

Classifications

• H04R2499/15

  Transducers incorporated in visual displaying devices, e.g. televisions, computer displays, laptops · CPC title

• H04R3/00

  Circuits for transducers (arrangements for producing a reverberation or echo sound G10K15/08; amplifiers H03F) · CPC title

• H04R1/30 Primary

  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

• G06F1/1605 Primary

  Multimedia displays, e.g. with integrated or attached speakers, cameras, microphones · CPC title

• G10K11/22

  for conducting sound through hollow pipes, e.g. speaking tubes · CPC title