Electronic apparatus including loudspeaker system
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsShuji Saiki, Sawako Usuki, Tetsuo Murakami
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Abstract
The present invention provides an electronic apparatus including a touch pad. The electronic apparatus also includes a housing and a mechanical acoustic transducer. The housing supports an outer circumferential portion of the touch pad via a suspension to provide a space for sound emission between the housing and the touch pad. The electromechanical acoustic transducer is connected to the housing, and emits sound into the space. When the electromechanical acoustic transducer emits the sound into the space, an energy of the sound emitted causes the touch pad to vibrate and thereby to output sound outside the electronic apparatus.
Claims7
An electronic apparatus including a touch pad, comprising:
- a case for supporting an outer circumferential portion of the touch pad via a suspension to provide a space for sound emission between the case and the touch pad;
- and
- an electromechanical acoustic transducer for emitting sound into the space, the electromechanical acoustic transducer being connected to the case,
- wherein when the electromechanical acoustic transducer emits the sound into the space, an energy of the sound emitted causes the touch pad to vibrate and thereby to output sound outside the electronic apparatus.
A touch pad unit to be attached to an electronic apparatus, comprising:
- a touch pad;
- a unit case for supporting an outer circumferential portion of the touch pad via a suspension to provide a space for sound emission between the case and the touch pad;
- and
- an electromechanical acoustic transducer for emitting sound into the space, the electromechanical acoustic transducer being connected to the unit case,
- wherein when the electromechanical acoustic transducer emits the sound into the space, an energy of the sound emitted causes the touch pad to vibrate and thereby to output sound outside the touch pad unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.