IP Library Granted Patent US 9,736,341
Granted Patent B2
US 9,736,341 · App. 14/987,037 · Granted Aug 15, 2017

Electroacoustic transducer and information processor

Inventors: Shinichi Honda (Saitama, JP); Shinichiro Kondo (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignees: SONY CORPORATION; SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
H04N5/225H04R1/028H04R17/00
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Patent No.
US 9,736,341
App. No.
14/987,037
Granted
Aug 15, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a technology for offering new communication and entertainment options using speakers that are flexible enough to change their shapes. There is provided an electroacoustic transducer including an oscillator formed in a film shape, a detection section adapted to detect the apparent change in shape of the oscillator resulting from a user's act, and an audio output section adapted to output audio based on audio data stored in a given storage area via the oscillator if the change in shape is detected.

Claims (44)

1. An electroacoustic transducer comprising:

an oscillator formed in a film shape;

a detection section adapted to detect the apparent change in shape of the oscillator resulting from a user's act; and

an audio output section adapted to automatically output audio file from data stored in a given storage area via the oscillator after the change in shape is detected.

2. The electroacoustic transducer of claim 1 , wherein

the detection section detects the change in shape of the oscillator resulting from the tearing or folding of the oscillator by the user.

3. The electroacoustic transducer of claim 1 , wherein

the detection section detects a point where the oscillator changes its shape, and

the audio output section outputs the audio file proportional to the point.

4. The electroacoustic transducer of claim 1 , wherein

the audio output section outputs the audio file if the change of the oscillator into a predetermined specific shape is detected.

5. The electroacoustic transducer of claim 4 , wherein

the audio output section outputs a first audio file if the change of the oscillator into a first shape is detected, and outputs a second audio file different from the first audio file if the change of the oscillator into a second shape different from the first shape is detected.

6. An electroacoustic transducer comprising:

an oscillator formed in a film shape;

a detection section adapted to detect the apparent change in shape of the oscillator resulting from a user's act;

an audio recording section adapted to store given audio data in a given storage area if the change in shape is detected; and

an audio output section adapted to output audio based on audio data stored in the storage area via the oscillator if a given condition is satisfied.

7. The electroacoustic transducer of claim 6 , wherein

the audio recording section communicates with a given external device so as to store audio data, provided by the external device, in the storage area.

8. The electroacoustic transducer of claim 6 , wherein

the audio recording section acquires audio data based on surrounding audio via the oscillator so as to store the audio data in the storage area.

9. The electroacoustic transducer of claim 6 , wherein

the audio recording section stores given audio data in the storage area if the change of the oscillator into a first shape is detected, and

the audio output section outputs audio based on audio data stored in the storage area if the change of the oscillator into a second shape different from the first shape is detected.

10. An electroacoustic transducer comprising:

an oscillator formed in a film shape;

a reception section adapted to receive information about the change in shape transmitted from an external device that has detected the apparent change in shape of the oscillator resulting from a user's act; and

an audio output section adapted to output audio based on audio data stored in a given storage area via the oscillator if information about the shape change is received.

11. The electroacoustic transducer of claim 10 further comprising

an audio recording section adapted to store given audio data in the given storage area if information about the shape change is received.

12. An information processor comprising:

an acquisition section adapted to acquire imaging data from an imaging device adapted to image an electroacoustic transducer that includes an oscillator formed in a film shape;

a detection section adapted to detect the apparent change in shape of the oscillator resulting from a user's act based on the imaging data; and

a notification section adapted to cause the electroacoustic transducer to output audio based on given audio data via the oscillator by transmitting, to the electroacoustic transducer, information about the change in shape if such a change is detected.

13. An electroacoustic transducer comprising:

an oscillator formed in a film shape;

a reception section adapted to receive information about the change in shape transmitted from an external device that has detected the apparent change in shape of the oscillator resulting from a user's act;

an audio recording section adapted to store given audio data in a given storage area if the information about the change in shape is detected; and

an audio output section adapted to output audio based on audio data stored in the storage area via the oscillator if a given condition is satisfied.

14. An information processor comprising:

an acquisition section adapted to acquire imaging data from an imaging device adapted to image an electroacoustic transducer that includes an oscillator formed in a film shape;

a detection section adapted to detect the apparent change in shape of the oscillator resulting from a user's act on the basis of the imaging data; and

a notification section adapted to cause the electroacoustic transducer to store given audio data to be output via the oscillator if a given condition is satisfied by transmitting, to the electroacoustic transducer, information about the change in shape if such a change is detected.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 043761/0975 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2017
From: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042411/0468 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 4, 2017
From: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 042240/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 4, 2016
From: HONDA, SHINICHI; KONDO, SHINICHIRO
To: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 037401/0001 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-006585 · Jan 16, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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