Multi-channel headphone
View Patent ↗A multi-channel headphone has a housing, multiple independent sound channels formed in the housing, and at least one speaker unit mounted inside the housing. The at least one speaker unit produces sound directly passing through one of the sound channels and refracted through the rest of sound channels. As the refracted sound is slower than the directly travelling sound, multiple layers of auditory feeling can be provided and a stereo sound effect can be generated for users to enjoy better auditory feeling.
1. A multi-channel headphone, comprising:
a housing having multiple audio output holes formed in the housing; and
a speaker unit mounted inside the housing and having multiple sound-generating parts mounted in the speaker unit, wherein sound produced by one of the sound-generating parts directly travels through one of the audio output holes, and sound produced by at least one another sound-generating part indirectly travels through the respective audio output hole;
wherein the housing has: a compartment formed on and recessed inwards from an inner side of the housing; and
a canal insertion tube formed on the housing and having a sound-guiding channel formed inside the canal insertion tube, wherein a first end of the sound-guiding channel communicates with the compartment, and the other end of the sound-guiding channel is located inside the canal insertion tube;
the audio output holes include
a first audio output hole formed in an inner end of the canal insertion tube; and
a second audio output holes and a third audio output hole oppositely formed through a peripheral wall of the canal insertion tube and communicate with the sound-guiding channel, wherein sound produced by one of the sound-generating parts directly travels through the first audio output hole, and sound produced by the other sound-generating part travels through the second audio output hole, the third audio output hole and the sound-guiding channel;
wherein the sound-guiding channel has:
a dividing wall formed on an inner wall and at the second end of the sound-guiding channel, and having two bevel surfaces formed on two sides of the dividing wall, wherein the openings of the second audio output hole and the third audio output hole respectively face the bevel surfaces of the dividing wall; and
two blocking walls respectively formed on the bevel surfaces of the dividing wall;
wherein the canal insertion tube has a cap mounted around the inner end of the canal insertion tube, made of rubber and having openings formed through the cap to respectively correspond to the first audio output hole, the second audio output hole and the third audio output hole.
2. The multi-channel headphone as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the audio output holes include a first audio output hole and a second audio output hole, wherein sound produced by one of the sound-generating parts directly travels through the first audio output hole; and
the housing has
a compartment formed on and recessed inwards from an inner side of the housing; and
a sound wall formed on a position on an inner wall of the compartment corresponding to the other sound-generating part, which produces sound refracted by the sound wall and then travelling through the second audio output hole.
3. The multi-channel headphone as claimed in claim 2 , wherein
the housing is cylindrical and having a curve surface; and
the first audio output hole and the second audio output hole are formed on and recessed inwards from the curve surface of the housing, and are spaced apart from each other.