Hand-held information processing apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9906856-B2
Application number	US-201514958332-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 3, 2015
Priority date	Dec 26, 2014
Publication date	Feb 27, 2018
Grant date	Feb 27, 2018

Abstract

A non-limiting example information processing apparatus comprises a housing, and a left speaker and a right speaker are provided in a left end portion and a right portion of the housing and in an inside of this housing. Each speaker is arranged such that a vibration direction of a diaphragm becomes in a direction perpendicular to a plane surface of a display panel that is provided in the front of the housing. Sound emission portions for emitting sounds from the speakers are formed in both end portions of the housing and on a side surface at near side or this side that the speakers are arranged. Therefore, sounds are emitted toward a side of a player who holds the information processing apparatus. A vibrator that is provided between the two speakers is driven simultaneously with the speakers or in a predetermined order.

First claim

What we claimed is:

1. A hand-held information processing apparatus, comprising:
a housing;
two speakers provided in left and right of an inside of the housing with an interval;
a vibrator provided in the inside of the housing, and vibrated with a pattern according to an arbitrary input waveform; and
a speaker control device configured to operate the two speakers such that a volume of sound that is output from the two speakers is changed while the vibrator is vibrating,
wherein the speaker control device is further configured to operate the two speakers such that the volume of the sound that is output from one speaker is gradually decreased and the volume of the sound that is output from the other speaker is gradually increased.

2. The hand-held information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the vibrator is arranged in a place except left and right end portions of the housing.

3. The hand-held information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the speakers are arranged in or near the left and right end portions.

4. The hand-held information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the vibrator is arranged between left and right end portions of the housing.

5. The hand-held information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the vibrator is arranged between the two speakers.

6. The hand-held information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the vibrator is arranged in a position that overlaps with one of the speakers between the two speakers.

7. The hand-held information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the vibrator includes a linear motor.

8. The hand-held information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
two operating portions provided on left and right of the housing with an interval; and
a vibration control device configured to vibrate the vibrator according to an operation of at least each of the two operating portions.

9. The hand-held information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the speaker control device is configured to operate the two speakers such that while the volume of the sound that is output from one speaker is being gradually decreased, the volume of the sound that is output from the other speaker is gradually increased.

10. The hand-held information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a vibration control device configured to vibrate the vibrator with a magnitude in proportion, or inverse proportion, to the volume of the sound that is output from at least one of the two speakers.

11. A hand-held information processing system, comprising:
a housing having at least a left portion and a right portion;
a first speaker provided in the left portion of the housing;
a second speaker provided in the right portion of the housing;
a vibration device provided inside of the housing and vibrated with a pattern according to an input waveform; and
a speaker control device configured to operate the first and second speakers such that a volume of sound that is output from the first and second speakers is changed while the vibration device vibrates, the speaker control device further configured to operate the first and second speakers such that the volume of the sound that is output from the first speaker is gradually decreased while the volume of the sound that is output from the second speaker is gradually increased.

Assignees

• Obana Kazutoshi
• Nintendo Co Ltd

Inventors

• Obana Kazutoshi
• Kawai Kochi
• Miyatake Junichiro
• Masubuchi Shoji
• Aoki Takafumi
• Yamashita Kei
• Inami Masahiko
• Minamizawa Kouta

Classifications

• H04R2430/01

  Aspects of volume control, not necessarily automatic, in sound systems · CPC title

• H04R3/12

  for distributing signals to two or more loudspeakers {(specially adapted for hearing aids H04R25/407)} · CPC title

• H04R2460/07

  Use of position data from wide-area or local-area positioning systems in hearing devices, e.g. program or information selection · CPC title

• H04R1/2842

  for loudspeaker transducers · CPC title

• H04R5/02

  Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers · CPC title