Electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9253557-B2
Application number	US-201113824121-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 9, 2011
Priority date	Nov 1, 2010
Publication date	Feb 2, 2016
Grant date	Feb 2, 2016

Abstract

Disclosed is an electronic device including: a housing ( 110 ) in which at least one sound hole ( 113 ) and at least one sound hole ( 114 ) are formed; an oscillator ( 120 ) that is provided inside the housing ( 110 ) and outputs a modulated wave for a parametric loudspeaker; a sound demodulation unit ( 130 ) that is not provided in the sound hole ( 113 ) but provided in the sound hole ( 114 ) and demodulates the modulated wave; and a sound hole opening and closing unit ( 112 ) that is mounted to the housing ( 110 ) and opens and closes the sound hole ( 113 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing in which at least one first sound hole and at least one second sound hole are formed;
an oscillator that is provided inside the housing and outputs a modulated wave for a parametric loudspeaker;
a sound demodulation unit that is not provided in the first sound hole but provided in the second sound hole and configured to demodulate the modulated wave; and
a sound hole opening and closing unit that is mounted to the housing and opens and closes the first sound hole.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the sound hole opening and closing unit is fixed on an outer surface of the housing and is able to slide with respect to the housing, and
wherein as the sound hole opening and closing unit slides with respect to the housing, the first sound hole is opened and closed.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the sound hole opening and closing unit is fixed to a rotating shaft provided on an outer surface of the housing and is able to mutually rotate around the rotating shaft, and
wherein as the sound hole opening and closing unit rotates, the first sound hole is opened and closed.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein an oscillation frequency of the ultrasonic wave in the parametric loudspeaker is equal to or higher than 20 kHz.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the piezoelectric element has a stacking structure in which a piezoelectric layer and an electrode layer is alternately stacked.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the electronic device is provided as a mobile phone.

7. An electronic device comprising:
a housing in which at least one first sound hole and at least one second sound hole are formed;
an oscillator that is provided inside the housing and outputs a modulated wave for a parametric loudspeaker;
a sound demodulation unit that is not provided in the first sound hole but provided in the second sound hole and configured to demodulate the modulated wave;
a sound hole opening and closing unit that is mounted to the housing and opens and closes the first sound hole; and
a semi-permeable membrane that is disposed between the oscillator and the second sound hole,
wherein a part of the modulated wave output from the oscillator that is reflected from the semi-permeable membrane is output through the first sound hole, and the other part thereof that passes through the semi-permeable membrane is output through the second sound hole.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the sound hole opening and closing unit is fixed on an outer surface of the housing and is able to slide with respect to the housing, and
wherein as the sound hole opening and closing unit slides with respect to the housing, the first sound hole is opened and closed.

9. The electronic device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the sound hole opening and closing unit is fixed to a rotating shaft provided on an outer surface of the housing and is able to mutually rotate around the rotating shaft, and
wherein as the sound hole opening and closing unit rotates, the first sound hole is opened and closed.

10. The electronic device according to claim 7 ,
wherein an oscillation frequency of the ultrasonic wave in the parametric loudspeaker is equal to or higher than 20 kHz.

11. The electronic device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the piezoelectric element has a stacking structure in which a piezoelectric layer and an electrode layer are alternately stacked.

12. The electronic device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the electronic device is provided as a mobile phone.

Assignees

• Kishinami Yuichiro
• Onishi Yasuharu
• Komoda Motoyoshi
• Kawashima Nobuhiro
• Murata Yukio
• Kuroda Jun
• Satou Shigeo
• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Kishinami Yuichiro
• Onishi Yasuharu
• Komoda Motoyoshi
• Kawashima Nobuhiro
• Murata Yukio
• Kuroda Jun
• Satou Shigeo

Classifications

• H04R17/00

  Piezoelectric transducers; Electrostrictive transducers (piezoelectric or electrostrictive elements in general H10N30/00; details of piezoelectric or electrostrictive motors, generators or positioners {H10N30/00}) · CPC title

• H04R2499/11

  Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's · CPC title

• H04R1/345

  for loudspeakers · CPC title

• H04R2217/03

  Parametric transducers where sound is generated or captured by the acoustic demodulation of amplitude modulated ultrasonic waves · CPC title

• H04M1/035 Primary

  Improving the acoustic characteristics by means of constructional features of the housing, e.g. ribs, walls, resonating chambers or cavities · CPC title