Sony Corporation

Sony Group Corporation

Jo Kamada

Asako Kawamura

Atsuto Ohashi

Yasuhiro Onogi

Ryuya Koike

Kazuhiro Sekine

Masataka Ozawa

Issei Yamazaki

Provided is an ear-hole open type sound reproducing apparatus which can obtain good sound quality over a wide band while adopting a bone conduction system. A first equalizerremoves a high range component which is difficult to be reproduced by a vibration speakerand is hard to be conveyed by bone conduction. Then, the vibration speakeroutputs the sound over a low range to a middle range by bone conduction sound. By equalizing processing of the first equalizer, it is also possible to reduce sound leakage of the high range. On the other hand, a second equalizerremoves components over the low range to the middle range. Then, an air conduction speakeroutputs high quality sound of the high range component by air conduction sound.

Sound reproducing apparatus

Provided is a sound output apparatus that includes an insertion portion inserted into an earhole for outputting sound to an earhole, and a fingerprint sensor that is exposed to the outside of the earhole for detecting fingerprint information. This configuration allows even a compact apparatus to perform a desired operation in response to operations, thereby achieving miniaturization of the apparatus and improving the user's convenience.

Sound output apparatus and method of executing function of sound output apparatus

This headphone type acoustic apparatus includes a pair of housing blocks each including a headphone unit, a headband section that supports the housing blocks at both ends and includes a pair of speaker units, one or more sensors that obtain information for estimating a mounted state achieved by a user, and a control unit that estimates the mounted state based on outputs of the one or more sensors and controls, based on the estimated mounted state, outputs of the pair of headphone units and the pair of speaker units.

Headphone type acoustic apparatus and control method therefor

This headphone type acoustic apparatus includes a headband, a pair or slider blocks including one end portions that are slidably attached to both end portions of the headband, a pair of housing blocks that are coupled to other end portions of the pair of slider blocks via coupling portions and each include a headphone unit, and a speaker unit that is disposed in each of the pair of slider blocks.

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Tokyo, Japan

Jo Kamada