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Video equipment speaker device with acoustic lens

US6533063B1 · kind B1 · utility

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18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 5, 2000
Grant dateMar 18, 2003
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Expiry dateJul 8, 2020

Classification

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

Abstract

In video equipment, a video equipment speaker device that is almost invisible from a viewer and capable of placing, toward the front of the center portion of the screen, an acoustic image from a speaker 2 provided on at least either an upper or lower portion of a screen is provided. A speaker device 1 includes the speaker 2, a sound duct 3 positioned forward of the speaker 2 to externally output sound, a speaker baffle 4 provided in the vicinity of edges forming an opening of the sound duct 3 and formed to outwardly reflect the sound, a fin 5 provided forward of the speaker baffle 4, sound space 6 formed between the speaker baffle 4 and the fin 5, and slits 7 outwardly opened from the sound space 6.

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