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US 10,757,492 B2Granted
Speaker apparatus and reproduction apparatus
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsTakashi Tsurumoto, Yoshikazu Ohura
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Abstract
There is provided a speaker apparatus that includes a pair of speaker boxes attached on both ends of an attached band having a curved surface, the pair of speaker boxes substantially facing each other, a pair of speaker units attached on one surface of the respective speaker boxes in such a way that an axial direction is directed inward or outward and a sound guiding unit that converts a radiation direction of a sound reproduced from each of the speaker units.
Claims8
A speaker apparatus, comprising:
- a band having a first curved surface;
- a pair of speaker boxes, wherein
- a first speaker box of the pair of speaker boxes is on a first end of the band and a second speaker box of the pair of speaker boxes is on a second end of the band,
- the first speaker box faces the second speaker box, and
- each of the pair of speaker boxes comprises:
- a speaker unit configured to produce sound, wherein
- the speaker unit is on a first surface of a respective speaker box of the pair of speaker boxes, and
- an axial direction of the speaker unit corresponds to a radiation direction of the sound produced from the speaker unit;
- and
- a sound guiding unit configured to convert the radiation direction of the sound produced from the speaker unit, wherein
- the sound guiding unit includes a wall unit, an aperture unit, and a sound guiding space enclosed by the wall unit and the aperture unit,
- the wall unit tilts from a second surface of the respective speaker box of the pair of speaker boxes to a third surface of the respective speaker box of the pair of speaker boxes,
- the wall unit is in direct contact with each of the second surface and the third surface, and
- the second surface is opposite to the third surface.
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A reproduction apparatus, comprising:
- a signal processing unit configured to process an audio signal;
- and
- a speaker apparatus, wherein
- the speaker apparatus includes
- a band having a curved surface;
- a pair of speaker boxes, wherein
- a first speaker box of the pair of speaker boxes is on a first end of the band and a second speaker box of the pair of speaker boxes is on a second end of the band,
- the first speaker box faces the second speaker box, and
- each of the pair of speaker boxes comprises:
- a pair of speaker unit configured to produce sound, wherein
- the speaker unit is on a first surface of a respective speaker box of the pair of speaker boxes, and
- an axial direction of the speaker unit corresponds to a radiation direction of the sound produced from the speaker unit;
- and
- a sound guiding unit a configured to convert the radiation direction of the sound produced from the speaker unit, wherein
- the sound guiding unit includes a wall unit, an aperture unit, and a sound guiding space enclosed by the wall unit and the aperture unit,
- the wall unit tilts from a second surface of the respective speaker box of the pair of speaker boxes to a third surface of the respective speaker box of the pair of speaker boxes,
- the wall unit is in direct contact with each of the second surface and the third surface, and
- the second surface is opposite to the third surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.