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US 8,027,491 B2Granted
Contact speaker
AssigneeTactile Sound Systems, Inc.
InventorRobert D. LeDonne
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Abstract
A tactile sound speaker transmits sound-generated vibrations to a user through a touchpad to provide a tactile sound experience. The tactile sound speaker can include a speaker driver, a speaker cone, and a touchpad. The touchpad can be coupled to the speaker cone by transmission shafts that transmit vibrations generated by the speaker driver's output. A user may experience tactile sound by contacting the touchpad with a hand, foot, or other body part while listening to music or other sound.
Claims19
A tactile sound speaker comprising:
- a speaker having a speaker driver and a speaker cone;
- at least three vibration transmitter shafts;
- and
- at least one touchpad,
- wherein each vibration transmitter shaft is operably coupled between the speaker cone and the touchpad such that sound generated by the speaker driver is transmitted to the touchpad as vibrations through the at least one vibration transmitter shaft.
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A method for providing a tactile sound experience to a user comprising:
- providing a tactile sound speaker having a speaker driver, a speaker cone, at least three vibration transmitter shafts and at least one touchpad;
- transmitting a sound generated by the speaker driver as vibrations to the touchpad through the at least three vibration transmitter shafts;
- interfacing the user with the touchpad to communicate the vibrations to the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.