Microphone device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9247333-B2
Application number	US-201414486446-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 15, 2014
Priority date	Sep 30, 2013
Publication date	Jan 26, 2016
Grant date	Jan 26, 2016

Abstract

There is provided a microphone device with which an operation state of the microphone device may be easily checked and that may effectively reduce noise to be played back, the noise being caused by vibration that has propagated through a table or the like. A microphone device is configured such that a microphone case 2 in which a microphone unit 3 for converting a speech wave into a speech signal is housed is supported by a stand arm 25 via a coupling member 11 formed of a light-transmissive elastic material, and light emitted from a light source (LED) 14 housed in the microphone case 2 or the stand arm 25 is projected to an outside through the coupling member. Control is performed such that the light source 14 is lit in an on state in which a speech signal is output from the microphone unit 3.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A microphone device comprising:
a microphone unit,
a microphone case in which the microphone unit for converting a speech wave into a speech signal is housed,
a coupling member formed of a light-transmissive elastic material and connected to the microphone case,
a stand arm for supporting the microphone case to be self-stood via the coupling member, and
a light source housed in the microphone case or the stand arm,
wherein the coupling member is arranged between the microphone case and the stand arm such that the light-transmissive elastic material effectively shuts off a vibration propagating through the stand arm to the microphone unit, and a light emitted from the light source is projected to an outside through the coupling member.

2. The microphone device according to claim 1 , wherein the light source is lit in an on state in which the speech signal is output from the microphone unit.

3. The microphone device according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling member includes a first coupling portion to be fitted into and coupled to a portion provided on one side where the microphone case is provided, a second coupling portion to be fitted into and coupled to a portion provided on another side where the stand arm is provided, and an optical display portion that is positioned between the first and second coupling portions and that projects, to the outside, the light emitted from the light source.

4. The microphone device according to claim 2 , wherein the coupling member includes a first coupling portion to be fitted into and coupled to a portion provided on one side where the microphone case is provided, a second coupling portion to be fitted into and coupled to a portion provided on another side where the stand arm is provided, and an optical display portion that is positioned between the first and second coupling portions and that projects, to the outside, the light emitted from the light source.

5. The microphone device according to claim 3 , wherein the optical display portion is positioned at a central portion of the coupling member and formed to have a larger diameter than the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion.

6. The microphone device according to claim 4 , wherein the optical display portion is positioned at a central portion of the coupling member and formed to have a larger diameter than the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion.

7. The microphone device according to claim 3 , wherein a shaft hole is formed in a shaft core portion extending over the first coupling portion, the optical display portion, and the second coupling portion of the coupling member, the shaft hole being a hollow through hole.

8. The microphone device according to claim 4 , wherein a shaft hole is formed in a shaft core portion extending over the first coupling portion, the optical display portion, and the second coupling portion of the coupling member, the shaft hole being a hollow through hole.

9. The microphone device according to claim 5 , wherein a shaft hole is formed in a shaft core portion extending over the first coupling portion, the optical display portion, and the second coupling portion of the coupling member, the shaft hole being a hollow through hole.

10. The microphone device according to claim 6 , wherein a shaft hole is formed in a shaft core portion extending over the first coupling portion, the optical display portion, and the second coupling portion of the coupling member, the shaft hole being a hollow through hole.

11. The microphone device according to claim 1 , wherein the microphone device is a gooseneck microphone device.

12. The microphone device according to claim 1 , further comprising a mounting adapter connecting the coupling member and the stand arm,
wherein the microphone case includes a case opening and the mounting adapter includes an adapter opening; and
the coupling member includes a first coupling portion fitted into the case opening, a second coupling portion fitted into the adapter opening, and an optical display portion arranged between the first and second coupling portions and protruding annularly outwardly over outer peripheries of the microphone case and the mounting adapter to project the light emitted from the light source to the outside though the coupling member.

13. The microphone device according to claim 12 , further comprising a substrate arranged inside the case opening,
wherein the light source is mounted on the substrate in the microphone case, and the coupling member has a shaft hole penetrating therethrough so that when the coupling member is accommodated in the microphone case, the light source is disposed in the shaft hole of the coupling member.

14. The microphone device according to claim 13 , wherein the light-transmissive elastic material is a silicon rubber.

Assignees

• Audio Technica Kk

Inventors

• Akino Hiroshi

Classifications

• F21V33/0056

  Audio equipment, e.g. music instruments, radios or speakers · CPC title

• F21Y2101/02

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• H04R1/08 Primary

  Mouthpieces; {Microphones;} Attachments therefor · CPC title

• H04R2499/15

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

• H04R1/028

  associated with devices performing functions other than acoustics, e.g. electric candles · CPC title