Sound control apparatus of image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshimitsu Nakane
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Abstract
A sound control apparatus of image forming apparatus includes a sound-transmitting channel in which the sound in the image forming apparatus can be transmitted to the outside of the image forming apparatus, a sound-collecting portion which is provided at the sound-transmitting channel and collects sounds, and a speaker which is provided at the outside of the apparatus to the sound-collecting portion in the sound-transmitting channel and outputs sounds corresponding to the sounds collected by the sound-collecting portion, where a channel length between the sound-collecting portion and the speaker in the sound-transmitting channel is longer than a linear distance between the sound-collecting portion and the speaker.
Claims12
A sound control apparatus of image forming apparatus comprising:
- a sound-transmitting channel in which the sound in the image forming apparatus can be transmitted to the outside of the image forming apparatus;
- a sound-collecting portion which is provided at the sound-transmitting channel and collects sounds;
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- a speaker which is provided at the outside of the apparatus to the sound-collecting portion in the sound-transmitting channel and outputs sounds corresponding to the sounds collected by the sound-collecting portion;
- wherein a channel length between the sound-collecting portion and the speaker in the sound-transmitting channel is longer than a linear distance between the sound-collecting portion and the speaker.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a channel to connect an inside of an image forming apparatus body to outside air;
- a sound-collecting portion which collects sounds at a first position in the channel;
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- a speaker which outputs sounds corresponding to the sounds collected by the sound-collecting portion at a second position in the channel,
- wherein the second position is nearer to the outside air than the first position;
- wherein a channel length of between the first position and the second position in the channel is longer than a linear distance between the first position and the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.