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Apparatus and method for a sound generating device combined with a display unit

US10966006B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY · FI

Inventors

Koray Ozcan · Farnborough, GB
Timothy J. Mellow · Mickleham, GB
John Samuels · Longridge, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 31, 2010
Grant date	Mar 30, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 17, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04R2499/15
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an embodiment an apparatus includes a display panel and a speaker module. The panel has a display layer for displaying images and defines a plurality of apertures penetrating through at least the display layer. The speaker module includes a diaphragm arranged substantially parallel to the display layer. Sound from the speaker diaphragm is directed outside a device through the apertures and the display layer is configured for displaying at least one virtual image in relation to generated sound waves wherein the display panel is acoustically transparent.

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