Speaker drive unit, speaker apparatus, and speaker driving method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11477572-B2
Application number	US-201917277789-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 3, 2019
Priority date	Oct 1, 2018
Publication date	Oct 18, 2022
Grant date	Oct 18, 2022

Abstract

A speaker drive unit includes a control signal generation unit and a signal processing unit. The control signal generation unit generates a control signal on the basis of detection signals generated by a plurality of detection units that is disposed in one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of actuators that vibrates a diaphragm, and detects vibration conditions. The signal processing unit includes a plurality of signal systems corresponding one-to-one to the plurality of actuators. The signal systems provide a drive signal to the corresponding actuators on the basis of the same audio signal. The drive signal generated by at least one signal system of the signal systems is controlled by the control signal.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A speaker drive unit, comprising:
a control signal generation unit configured to:
generate, based on detection signals generated by a plurality of detection units, a control signal to make the detection signals uniform, wherein
the plurality of detection units is in one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of actuators that vibrates a diaphragm, and
the plurality of detection units detects vibration conditions of the diaphragm; and

a signal processing unit that includes a plurality of signal systems corresponding one-to-one to the plurality of actuators, wherein
each of the plurality of signal systems is configured to provide a drive signal to a corresponding actuator of the plurality of actuators based on the same audio signal, and
the drive signal provided by at least one signal system of the plurality of signal systems is controlled by the control signal.

2. The speaker drive unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the control signal generation unit is further configured to generate the control signal for each of the plurality of signal systems, and
the drive signal of each of the plurality of signal systems is controlled by the control signal in the signal processing unit.

3. The speaker drive unit according to claim 1 , wherein the control signal is a signal to control a gain of the drive signal of the at least one signal system.

4. The speaker drive unit according to claim 1 , wherein the control signal is a signal to control a frequency response of the drive signal of the at least one signal system.

5. The speaker drive unit according to claim 1 , wherein the control signal generation unit is further configured to generate the control signal for feedback control, based on the detection signals of acceleration of vibrations produced by the plurality of actuators.

6. The speaker drive unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the control signal generation unit is further configured to determine an average value of the detection signals of the plurality of detection units; and
generates the control signal based on the average value.

7. The speaker drive unit according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of actuators drives the same diaphragm.

8. The speaker drive unit according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of actuators drives a different diaphragm.

9. The speaker drive unit according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of actuators vibrates an image display panel in a configuration in which the image display panel is used as the diaphragm.

10. The speaker drive unit according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of detection units is a plurality of acceleration detection units.

11. The speaker drive unit according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of detection units is a plurality of drive current detection units for the plurality of actuators.

12. The speaker drive unit according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of detection units comprises bridge circuits provided in drive signal paths for the plurality of actuators.

13. A speaker apparatus, comprising:
a diaphragm;
a plurality of actuators configured to vibrate the diaphragm;
a plurality of detection units in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of actuators,
wherein the plurality of detection units is configured to:
detect vibration conditions of the diaphragm; and
generate detection signals;

a control signal generation unit configured to generate, based on the detection signals generated by the plurality of detection units, a control signal to make the detection signals uniform; and
a signal processing unit that includes a plurality of signal systems corresponding one-to-one to the plurality of actuators, wherein
each of the plurality of signal systems is configured to provide a drive signal to a corresponding actuator of the plurality of actuators based on the same audio signal, and
the drive signal provided by at least one signal system of the plurality of signal systems is controlled by the control signal.

14. A speaker driving method, comprising:
generating, based on detection signals generated by a plurality of detection units, a control signal to make the detection signals uniform, wherein
the plurality of detection units is in one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of actuators that vibrates a diaphragm, and
the plurality of detection units detects vibration conditions of the diaphragm; and

controlling, by the control signal, a drive signal of at least one signal system of a plurality of signal systems corresponding one-to-one to the plurality of actuators, wherein each of the plurality of signal systems provides the drive signal to a corresponding actuator of the plurality of actuators based on the same audio signal.

15. A speaker drive unit, comprising:
a control signal generation unit configured to:
determine an average value of detection signals of a plurality of detection units, wherein
the plurality of detection units is in one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of actuators that vibrates a diaphragm,
the plurality of detection units detects vibration conditions of the diaphragm; and

generate a control signal based on the average value; and

a signal processing unit that includes a plurality of signal systems corresponding one-to-one to the plurality of actuators, wherein
each of the plurality of signal systems is configured to provide a drive signal to a corresponding actuator of the plurality of actuators based on the same audio signal, and
the drive signal provided by at least one signal system of the plurality of signal systems is controlled by the control signal.

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Kamata Masaki
• Shinmen Naoki
• Yoneda Michiaki
• Kuroda Yoshiyuki

Classifications

• H04R9/06

  Loudspeakers · CPC title

• H04R3/04 Primary

  for correcting frequency response · CPC title

• H04R7/02

  characterised by the construction · CPC title

• H04R7/04 Primary

  Plane diaphragms · CPC title

• H04R1/1041

  Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements (switches in general H01H) · CPC title