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Granted Patent B2
US 11,228,842 · App. 16/833,296 · Granted Jan 18, 2022

Electronic device and control method thereof

Inventor: Rongbin Xiao (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
H04R17/00H04R1/24H04R1/2803H04R3/04
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Patent No.
US 11,228,842
App. No.
16/833,296
Granted
Jan 18, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device is provided, including a display screen; actuators configured to drive the display screen to vibrate; and a controller configured to control at least one of the actuators to operate and drive the display screen to produce a sound through vibration.

Claims (44)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a display screen;

actuators configured to drive the display screen to vibrate, each having a different operating frequency range; and

a controller configured to identify at least one of the actuators based on a frequency band of an audio source and operating frequency ranges of the actuators and to control at least one of the actuators to operate and drive the display screen to produce a sound through vibration,

wherein the display screen is driven to produce sounds in different operating frequency ranges of the actuators when different numbers of the actuators are operating.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:

the controller is further configured to control at least two of the actuators to operate at different frequencies to produce synthesized vibrations in the frequency band of the audio source.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:

the controller is configured to control at least two of the actuators to operate according to the audio source, wherein the operating frequency ranges of the at least two actuators are partially different and overlap at a first frequency range;

vibrations produced by the at least two actuators include a synthesized target frequency band signal corresponding to the first frequency range; and

attributes of the synthesized target frequency band signal are higher than attributes of a frequency band signal corresponding to the first frequency range in the audio source.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:

the operating frequency ranges of the actuators are different,

a frequency band of a sound signal produced by the display screen driven by a first number of the actuators wider than a frequency band of a sound signal produced by the display screen driven by a second number of the actuators, and

the first number is greater than the second number.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:

two or more amplifiers each connected to one of the actuators in operation, and configured to amplify one of two or more sub-band signals of the audio source,

wherein the actuators connected to the two or more amplifiers vibrate based on the respective operating frequency ranges to synthesize at least the two or more sub-band signals of the audio source.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , further comprising:

two or more frequency dividers, each connected to the controller and one of the two or more amplifiers, and configured to divide the audio source based on the frequency band of the audio source to obtain the two or more sub-band signals.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:

the actuators are disposed at different positions of the display screen, and the controller is configured to activate an actuator disposed near a center position of the display screen to operate before activating an actuator disposed further away from the center position of the display screen.

8. A control method, applied to an electronic device including a display screen and actuators comprising:

providing each of the actuators having a different operating frequency range;

identifying at least one of the actuators based on a frequency band of an audio source and operating frequency ranges of the actuators;

controlling at least one of the actuators to operate and drive the display screen to produce a sound through vibration,

wherein the display screen is driven to produce sounds in different operating frequency ranges when different numbers of the actuators are operating.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

controlling at least two of the actuators to operate at different frequencies to produce synthesized vibrations in the frequency band of the audio source.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

controlling at least two of the actuators to operate according to the corresponding audio source, wherein the operating frequency ranges of the at least two actuators are partially different and overlap at a first frequency range;

vibrations produced by the at least two actuators include a synthesized target frequency band signal corresponding to the first frequency range; and

attributes of the synthesized target frequency band signal are higher than attributes of a frequency band signal corresponding to the first frequency range in the audio source.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the operating frequency ranges of the actuators are different,

a frequency band of a sound signal produced by the display screen driven by a first number of the actuators wider than a frequency band of a sound signal produced by the display screen driven by a second number of the actuators, and

the first number is greater than the second number.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

amplifying, by two or more amplifiers, two or more sub-band signals of the audio source, each amplifier being connected to one of the actuators in operation; and

synthesizing at least the two or more sub-band signals of the audio source by vibrating the actuators connected to the two or more amplifiers based on the respective operating frequency ranges.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

dividing the audio source based on the frequency band of the audio source to obtain the two or more sub-band signals.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the actuators are disposed at different positions of the display screen, and the method further comprises:

activating an actuator disposed near a center position of the display screen to operate before activating an actuator disposed further away from the center position of the display screen.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2020
From: XIAO, RONGBIN
To: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910245112.6 · Mar 28, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200314554A1 · Oct 1, 2020