Apparatus for outputting sound comprising multiple receivers and a common output channel
AssigneeSonion Nederland B.V.
InventorsAart Zeger van Halteren, Sietse Jacob van Reeuwijk
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Abstract
A receiver or loudspeaker having a plurality of sound generators each having a housing and a sound output. An oblong channel is formed by a channel-forming element and parts of the housings. The sound outputs are positioned on one side of a middle of the channel and a outlet of the channel is positioned on the other side of the middle of the channel so that the channel has a length adapted to acoustically alter the sound. The use of the housings for forming the channels provides a more compact structure.
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An apparatus for outputting sound, the apparatus comprising:
- a first sound generating means having a first housing, a first sound output, a first diaphragm and a first means for driving the first diaphragm on the basis of a received signal,
- a second sound generating means having a second housing, a second sound output, a second diaphragm and a second means for driving the second diaphragm on the basis of the received signal,
- a channel forming element having one or more surface parts defining, together with one or more outer surface parts of the housings of the sound generating means, a channel having an output, the sound outputs being positioned so as to open into the channel,
- wherein the channel is oblong, the sound outputs and the channel output being positioned on either side of a middle of the channel along a longitudinal axis thereof.
An apparatus for receiving sound, the apparatus comprising:
- a first sound detector having a first housing, a first sound input, a first diaphragm, and a first means for detecting movement of the first diaphragm and outputting a corresponding signal;
- a second sound detector having a second housing, a second sound input, a second diaphragm and a second means for detecting movement of the second diaphragm and outputting a corresponding signal;
- a channel forming element having one or more surface parts defining, together with one or more outer surface parts of the housings of the sound detectors, a channel having an input, the sound inputs being positioned so as to open into the channel;
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- wherein the channel is oblong, the sound inputs and the channel input being positioned on either side of a middle of the channel along a longitudinal axis thereof.
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