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US 9,438,990 B2Granted
Electronic device
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorsTomoaki Miyano, Tomohiro Inagaki, Shun Kazama, Akio Kihara
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Abstract
Provided is an electronic device that generates, by vibrating a vibration body, vibration sound by the vibration. The electronic device executes a side tone function by using sound collected by a microphone 7 during the vibration of the vibration body. When an open/close detector 100 detects a closed state, the electronic device also stops the side tone, improving usability of the electronic device.
Claims23
An electronic device comprising:
- a pair of housings configured to be in an opened state and a closed state;
- an open/close detector configured to detect the opened/closed state of the pair of housings;
- a vibration body disposed in one of the pair of housings and having a piezoelectric element and a panel;
- and
- a microphone disposed on another one of the pair of housings, wherein
- the vibration body is vibrated in the opened state, generating vibration sound that conducts through a portion of a user's body by the vibration,
- wherein a side tone is executed during the vibration body being vibrated by using sound collected by the microphone,
- wherein when the open/close detector detects the closed state, the side tone is stopped or interrupted,
- wherein the piezoelectric element is attached to the panel, and the panel is joined via a first joining member to one of the pair of housings,
- wherein one side of the first joining member is in contact with the one of the pair of housings and another side of the first joining member is in contact with the panel,
- wherein the first joining member is disposed on a periphery of the panel, and
- wherein the piezoelectric element is disposed inwardly from the first joining member in a planar view of the panel.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a pair of housings configured to be in an opened state and a closed state;
- an open/close detector configured to detect the opened/closed state of the pair of housings;
- a vibration body disposed in one of the pair of housings;
- and
- a microphone disposed on another one of the pair of housings,
- wherein the vibration body is vibrated in the opened state, executing a speaker function of generating vibration sound that conducts through a portion of a user's body by the vibration,
- wherein a side tone function is executed during the execution of the speaker function by using sound collected by the microphone,
- wherein when the open/close detector detects the closed state, the side tone function is stopped or interrupted,
- wherein the vibration body includes:
- a piezoelectric element;
- and a panel configured to support the piezoelectric element,
- wherein the panel is held by the one of the pair of housings, and
- wherein the panel is bent by the piezoelectric element such that an area of the panel above the piezoelectric element protrudes higher than other areas of the panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.