IP Library Granted Patent US 12,058,491
Granted Patent B2
US 12,058,491 · App. 17/414,320 · Granted Aug 6, 2024

Electronic device

Inventors: Yusuke Misawa (Tokyo, JP); Akito Hoshi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
H04R1/2811B06B1/06G06F3/016H04R3/14H04R17/00H04R2400/03H04R2499/11H04R2499/15
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Patent No.
US 12,058,491
App. No.
17/414,320
Granted
Aug 6, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device ( 1 ) includes a touch panel display ( 2 ), a speaker ( 3 ), and a piezo actuator ( 4 ). The speaker ( 3 ) outputs a sound based on a first sound signal corresponding to a range of a prescribed frequency or more. The piezo actuator ( 4 ) is provided on the touch panel display ( 2 ), and is deformed in response to at least one of a second sound signal corresponding to a range of less than the prescribed frequency and a control signal for haptics feedback based on a predetermined vibration pattern to vibrate the touch panel display ( 2 ).

Claims (28)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a touch panel display;

a speaker that outputs a first sound based on a first sound signal corresponding to a range of a prescribed frequency or more; and

a piezo actuator that is provided on the touch panel display and that vibrates the touch panel display to output a second sound and haptic feedback, wherein

the piezo actuator is deformed in response to a second sound signal, corresponding to a range of less than the prescribed frequency, to vibrate the touch panel display to output the second sound, and

the piezo actuator is deformed in response to a control signal based on a predetermined vibration pattern to vibrate the touch panel display for the haptic feedback.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a signal control circuit that modulates the second sound signal so that a vibration of the touch panel display based on the control signal is prioritized over a vibration of the touch panel display based on the second sound signal when a composite signal obtained by combining the second sound signal with the control signal, is input to the piezo actuator.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the signal control circuit suppresses an output level of the second sound signal so that an amplitude of the second sound signal is smaller than an amplitude of the control signal.

4. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the signal control circuit limits a band of the second sound signal so as to attenuate low frequencies of frequency components included in the second sound signal.

5. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the signal control circuit suppresses an output level of the second sound signal so that an amplitude of the second sound signal is smaller than an amplitude of the control signal, and limits a band of the second sound signal so as to attenuate low frequencies of the second sound signal.

6. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the signal control circuit makes a playback time of the control signal longer than a playback time of the second sound signal.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the piezo actuator is provided on a back face of a display of the touch panel display, the back face facing a display face of the display.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the piezo actuator is provided at a position where a vibration of the display is maximized.

9. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the piezo actuator is provided near a center of the back face of the display.

10. An electronic device, comprising:

control circuitry configured to

control a speaker to output a first sound based on a first sound signal corresponding to a range of a prescribed frequency or more;

control a piezo actuator, which is provided on a display, to vibrate the display to output a second sound in response to a second sound signal, the second sound signal corresponding to a range of less than the prescribed frequency; and

control the piezo actuator to vibrate the display to output haptic feedback in response to a control signal based on a predetermined vibration pattern.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10 , further comprising the speaker.

12. The electronic device according to claim 10 , further comprising the piezo actuator.

13. The electronic device according to claim 10 , further comprising the display.

14. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to modulate the second sound signal so that a vibration of the touch panel display based on the control signal is prioritized over a vibration of the touch panel display based on the second sound signal when a composite signal obtained by combining the second sound signal with the control signal is input to the piezo actuator.

15. The electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to suppress an output level of the second sound signal so that an amplitude of the second sound signal is smaller than an amplitude of the control signal.

16. The electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to limit a band of the second sound signal so as to attenuate low frequencies of frequency components included in the second sound signal.

17. The electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to suppress an output level of the second sound signal so that an amplitude of the second sound signal is smaller than an amplitude of the control signal, and limits a band of the second sound signal so as to attenuate low frequencies of the second sound signal.

18. The electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to control a playback time of the control signal to be longer than a playback time of the second sound signal.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2021
From: MISAWA, YUSUKE; HOSHI, AKITO
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056558/0526 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 16, 2021
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056598/0320 →
Continuity (1)
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