IP Library Granted Patent US 8,150,071
Granted Patent B2
US 8,150,071 · App. 12/376,602 · Granted Apr 3, 2012

Voice output unit

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,150,071
App. No.
12/376,602
Granted
Apr 3, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An appliance is provided which can be easily assembled, assures quality and reliability, and can be downsized. A voice output unit includes: a power source supplying power; a signal processing module which processes voice signals received from an external source, and amplifies the processed voice signals processed; a speaker module transmitting the amplified voice signals as voice signals; and a stereoscopic circuit board on which the power source, signal processing module, and speaker module are assembled, and includes electrodes which are in electric contact with electrodes of the foregoing components.

Claims (12)

1. A voice output unit, comprising:

a power source that supplies power to the voice output unit;

a signal processing module that processes voice signals received from an external source;

an amplifier module that amplifies the voice signals processed by the signal processing module;

an output module that transmits the amplified voice signals as voices; and

a stereoscopic circuit board on which the power source, the signal processing module, the amplifier module and the output module are assembled, and that includes electrodes which are in electrical contact with electrodes of the power source, the signal processing module, the amplifier module and the output module when assembled,

wherein at least one of the power source, the signal processing module, the amplifier module and the output module includes a projection,

wherein the stereoscopic circuit board has at least one recess configured to receive one of the power source, the signal processing module, the amplifier module and the output module, and

wherein the projection is fitted with the at least one recess such that at least two surfaces of the at least one recess contact the projection.

2. The voice output unit defined in claim 1 further comprising a sound collector which collects voice signals from the external source, wherein the signal processing module processes the collected voice signals.

3. The voice output unit defined in claim 1 further comprising a radio receiver which receives radio waves transmitted from the external source, wherein the signal processing module processes voice signals which are superimposed on the received radio waves.

4. The voice output unit defined in claim 1 , further comprising a loading module to which a memory, storing voice signals, is attached, wherein the signal processing module reads the voice signals from the memory, and processes the voice signals.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Feb 26, 2012
From: PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO.,LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027763/0744 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2009
From: KOBAYASHI, MITSURU
To: PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022218/0009 →