Speaker and operation method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsEui-han Yoon, Seung-won Kang
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Abstract
A speaker is provided. The speaker includes a sound output unit comprising sound output circuitry having a sound emission hole disposed at one side, a sound reflector disposed at a lower side of the sound output unit and being spaced apart from the sound output unit, the sound reflector having a convex form upper side, and a support having one end fixed to the sound reflector and another end rotatably supporting the sound output unit, wherein the sound output unit is positioned in one of a first posture in which the sound emission hole faces the upper side of the sound reflector and a second posture in which the sound emission hole does not face the upper side of the sound reflector.
Claims19
A speaker comprising:
- a sound output unit comprising sound output circuitry and including a sound emission hole disposed at one side;
- a sound reflector disposed at a lower side of the sound output unit and being spaced apart from the sound output unit, the sound reflector having a convex dome-shaped upper side;
- and
- a support having one end fixed to the sound reflector and another end rotatably supporting the sound output unit;
- wherein the sound output unit is configured to be selectively moveable by being swiveled about a vertical axis and rotated about a horizontal axis, and to be selectively moveable from a first posture in which the sound emission hole faces the upper side of the sound reflector and a second posture in which the sound emission hole does not face the upper side of the sound reflector, and vice versa.
A speaker comprising:
- a sound output unit comprising sound output circuitry and including a sound emission hole disposed at one side;
- a sound reflector disposed at a lower side of the sound output unit and being spaced apart from the sound output unit, the sound reflector having a convex form upper side;
- and
- a support having one end fixed to the sound reflector and another end rotatably supporting the sound output unit;
- wherein the sound output unit is configured to be selectively moveable from a first posture in which the sound emission hole faces the upper side of the sound reflector and a second posture in which the sound emission hole does not face the upper side of the sound reflector, and vice versa;
- a driver configured to drive the sound output unit to rotate;
- a controller configured to control the driver to position the sound output unit in at least one of the first posture and the second posture;
- wherein the driver includes a first motor and a second motor configured to drive the sound output unit to rotate, and
- wherein the controller is configured to control the first motor to position the sound output unit in one of the first posture and the second posture by tilting the sound output unit, and to control the second motor to swivel the sound output unit in a horizontal direction in the second posture.
A speaker comprising:
- a sound output unit comprising sound output circuitry and including a sound emission hole disposed at one side;
- a sound reflector disposed at a lower side of the sound output unit and being spaced apart from the sound output unit, the sound reflector having a convex form upper side;
- and
- a support having one end fixed to the sound reflector and another end rotatably supporting the sound output unit;
- wherein the sound output unit is configured to be selectively moveable from a first posture in which the sound emission hole faces the upper side of the sound reflector and a second posture in which the sound emission hole does not face the upper side of the sound reflector, and vice versa;
- a driver configured to drive the sound output unit to rotate;
- a controller configured to control the driver to position the sound output unit in at least one of the first posture and the second posture;
- a communicator comprising communication circuitry,
- wherein the controller is configured to control the sound output unit to output a received signal based on a signal that includes the sound being received via the communicator, and to control the driver to position the sound output unit in the second posture based on a location of an electronic apparatus that provides the signal.
A method for operating a speaker that includes a sound output unit comprising sound output circuitry having a sound emission hole disposed at one side, a sound reflector disposed at a lower side of the sound output unit and being spaced apart from the sound output unit, the sound reflector having a convex dome-shaped upper side, and a support having one end fixed to the sound reflector and another end rotatably supporting the sound output unit, the method comprising:
- emitting sound by the sound output unit which is positioned in any one of a first posture in which the sound emission hole faces the upper side of the sound reflector and a second posture in which the sound emission hole does not face the upper side of the sound reflector;
- positioning the sound output unit in another one of the first posture and the second posture and emitting the sound based on an occurrence of a predetermined event;
- and
- swiveling the sound out unit about a vertical axis, and rotating the sound output unit about a horizontal axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.