# US 8,542,316 B2 · Electronic device and imaging apparatus with sound emitting device

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- Number: US 8,542,316 B2
- Document ID: US8542316B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/765,147
- Filed: 2010-04-22
- Published: 2010-10-28
- Granted: 2013-09-24
- Earliest claimed: 2009-04-23
- Assignees: Panasonic Corporation
- Applicants: Yoshio Ohtsuka
- Inventors: Yoshio Ohtsuka
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8542316B2

## CPC

- H04N 23/51: Housings
- H04N 5/772: {the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure}
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

An electronic device (e.g., an imaging apparatus) is implemented to obtain excellent sound effects while miniaturization and slimming down are achieved. An electronic device (e.g., an imaging apparatus) has a casing; a sound emitting device that has a sound emitting portion and is provided inside the casing; a movable member provided to the casing to have a gap between the movable member and the casing; and a communicating portion that communicates between the sound emitting portion of the sound emitting device and the movable member inside the casing.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electronic device comprising:
a casing;
a sound emitting device that has a sound emitting portion and is provided inside the casing;
a movable member provided to the casing to have a gap between the movable member and the casing; and
a communicating portion provided inside the casing that communicates between the sound emitting portion of the sound emitting device and the gap between the movable member and the casing, wherein:
the gap communicates between the communicating portion and an outside of the casing; and
a sound emitted from the sound emitting portion is outputted to the outside of the casing through the gap between the movable member and the casing via the communicating portion.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a storage portion, wherein
the movable member is an openable lid that covers the storage portion.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the storage portion stores at least one of a battery or a storage medium.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising an external connection terminal, wherein
the movable member is an openable lid that covers the external connection terminal.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the movable member is an operating switch.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a securing member that is arranged on an audio output side of the sound emitting device to secure the sound emitting device; and
a first sealing member that is sandwiched between the sound emitting device and the securing member to hermetically seal the communicating portion.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The electronic device according to claim 6, further comprising a second sealing member that is arranged between the securing member and the casing to hermetically seal the communicating portion.

### Claim 8

An imaging apparatus for capturing a subject to generate image data, comprising:
a casing;
a sound emitting device having a sound emitting portion and being provided inside the casing;
a movable member provided to the casing to have a gap between the movable member and the casing; and
a communicating portion provided inside the casing that communicates between the sound emitting portion of the sound emitting device and the gap between the movable member and the casing, wherein:
the gap communicates between the communicating portion and an outside of the casing; and
a sound emitted from the sound emitting portion is outputted to the outside of the casing through the gap between the movable member and the casing via the communicating portion.