STRUCTURES FOR DYNAMICALLY TUNED AUDIO IN A MEDIA DEVICE
Techniques associated with structures for dynamically tuned audio in a media device are described, including a housing, a driver mounted to the housing and configured to produce acoustic energy, a hybrid radiator mounted to the housing and formed at least in part using a material configured to change one or more properties in response to an application of an external stimulus, and a source configured to apply the external stimulus to the hybrid radiator.
1 . A system, comprising:
a housing;
a driver mounted to the housing and configured to produce acoustic energy;
a hybrid radiator mounted to the housing and formed at least in part using a material configured to change one or more properties in response to an application of an external stimulus; and
a source configured to apply the external stimulus to the hybrid radiator.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the material comprises an electrorheological fluid.
3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the material comprises an electroactive polymer.
4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the material comprises a magnetorheological fluid.
5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the external stimulus comprises an electric field.
6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the external stimulus comprises an electric current.
7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the external stimulus comprises a magnetic field.
8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more properties includes yield stress.
9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more properties includes surface tension.
10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more properties includes viscosity.
11 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more properties includes shape.
12 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the change to the one or more properties is configured to tune a response of the hybrid radiator to a range of frequencies.
13 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a dynamic tuning application configured determine a magnitude associated with an electric field in relation to a target frequency response.
14 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a dynamic tuning application configured to determine a magnitude associated with an electric current in relation to a target frequency response.
15 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a dynamic tuning application configured to determine a magnitude associated with a magnetic field in relation to a target frequency response.
16 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the hybrid radiator comprises a surface having a three-dimensional pattern.
17 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the hybrid radiator comprises a surface having a pattern configured to change an amount of acoustic energy being transferred through the surface.
18 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises a surface having a pattern configured to change an amount of acoustic energy being transferred through the surface.