Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Myungcheol Lee

Kiwon Kim

Joonrae Cho

Taeeon Kim

Hochul Hwang

Woojin Cho

Byounghee Lee

Changshik Yoon

Seongkwan Yang

Myeungseon Kim

Youngbae Park

Sunghoon Kim

Donghyun Yeom

Jiwoo Lee

Choonghyo Park

Hunki Lee

Changjin Song

Seongho Cho

Ho-Chul Hwang

Seonmi Kim

Juhee Chang

Myoungsung Sim

Incheol Baek

Sangju Lee

Joohan Kim

Jihoon Song

Janghoon Kang

Sunghan Park

Hwangyun Cho

Seungnam Kim

Minsu Rhee

Minyoung Gwak

Hyeonhak Kim

Jongjin Jeong

Woojong Jeong

Jaehee You

Myeungsoon Kim

Jinju Bae

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a front plate, a rear plate disposed to be spaced a predetermined distance apart from the front plate in parallel, and a side plate surrounding a space formed between the front plate and the rear plate, an opening disposed between an upper edge of the front plate and the side plate, a speaker including a sound radiation part in a direction of being directed toward the front plate and disposed inside the housing, a support member disposed to extend from the sound radiation part toward the upper edge of the front plate, and a pipeline including a space formed between the front plate and the support member. The pipeline may include a first structure disposed adjacent to the sound radiation part and a second structure disposed adjacent to the opening, and the second structure may be disposed to be spaced a predetermined length apart from the first structure in a direction of forming an acute angle with respect to a reference line orthogonal to the upper edge.

Electronic device including pipeline structure through which sound propagates

An electronic device comprises a speaker module which includes a speaker unit and a first speaker housing that is coupled to the speaker unit in a first direction. The first speaker housing accommodates the speaker unit, and is arranged in the inner space of the electronic device. An opening for radiating sound allows the inner space of the electronic device to communicate with the outside, and an acoustic passage connects the opening for radiating sound and a portion from which a sound is radiated by the speaker unit of the speaker module. The speaker module can further include an airtight member for sealing a gap between the speaker module and the acoustic passage so that the sound radiated from the speaker unit is transmitted to the acoustic passage.

Speaker module and electronic device including speaker module

An electronic device including a speaker with a porous sheet, a speaker is provided. The electronic device includes a main body, a sound generator, which includes a voice coil, a sound body surrounding the voice coil, and a terminal that is at least partially exposed to an outside of the sound body, a printed circuit board (PCB) connected to the terminal and extending outwardly from the main body, and a porous sheet inserted into the main body and spaced apart from the terminal.

Speaker with porous sheet and electronic device including the same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a speaker module. The speaker module includes an enclosure including a first housing and a second housing and a speaker driver included in the first housing. The second housing includes an adsorption cavity forming a back volume of the speaker driver, a variable structure included in at least a part of the second housing, at least one vent hole for ventilation between the adsorption cavity and an external environment, and a housing cover fixed to the variable structure. The adsorption cavity is filled with an adsorptive filler.

Speaker module and electronic device including the same

In various embodiments, an electronic device includes: a diaphragm, a speaker module including a speaker configured to output a sound through a vibration of the diaphragm, and a housing accommodating the diaphragm and the speaker module therein and including a first space provided in a first direction from the speaker module and a second space provided in a second direction opposite the first direction. The electronic device further includes an air adsorption member comprising an air adsorbing material disposed in the first space and having a volume ratio of 90% or less of the first space, the air adsorption member configured to reduce air resistance to the diaphragm disposed above the speaker module without limiting the vibration of the diaphragm.

Electronic device including air adsorption member and speaker module

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing comprising a front plate facing a first direction, a back plate facing a second direction that is opposite the first direction, and an outer wall which encompasses the space between the front plate and the back plate and in which a pipe passage extending to the outside is arranged, a speaker module positioned in the space, which is adjacent to the pipe passage, a printed circuit board arranged along at least a part of the side surface of the speaker module and formed along the periphery of the region between the outer wall, having the pipe passage, and the speaker module, and a first sealing member arranged between the back plate and a bracket and formed into a closed loop along the edge of the speaker module.

Speaker module mounting structure and electronic device comprising same

In various embodiments, a speaker module includes: an air adsorption member, and an electronic device includes the speaker module. The speaker module may include a yoke defining one surface of the speaker module, a magnet attached to the yoke through a first surface of the magnet, a plate attached to a second surface of the magnet, a frame providing a lateral surface of the speaker module and combined with the yoke at a first end of the frame, a voice coil disposed to be spaced apart from the magnet, and a diaphragm combined with the voice coil at an inner surface of the diaphragm. At least one of the yoke, the magnet, the plate, and the frame may include at least a portion of an air adsorption member comprising an air adsorption material configured to adsorb air in the speaker module based on the diaphragm vibrating.

Speaker module including air adsorption member, and electronic device including the same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first plate disposed to face a first direction, a second plate disposed to face a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side member enclosing at least part of a space between the first and second plates and having at least one speaker hole constructed thereon, and a speaker device disposed between the first and second plates to emit a sound through the speaker hole. The speaker device may include: a speaker unit including a yoke disposed to a first face facing the first direction and a diaphragm disposed to a second face facing the second direction, wherein the diaphragm is disposed to face the second direction, and is disposed to face at least part of the second plate, an enclosure shaped to enclose at least part of the speaker unit and disposed between the first and second plates, an acoustic duct constructed between the enclosure and the second plate and extending towards the at least one speaker hole, and a ferromagnetic material disposed between the first plate and the yoke.

Electronic device having speaker

An electronic device including multiple speakers is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including at least one sound outlet, a first speaker disposed inside the housing, at least one sound transmission path configured to guide first sound produced by the first speaker toward the at least one sound outlet, and at least one second speaker located on the at least one sound transmission path configured to produce second sound. The at least one sound transmission path emits the first and second sounds, mixed on the at least one sound transmission path, to an outside area through the at least one sound outlet. Other various embodiments are possible.

Electronic device including a plurality of speakers

An electronic device and sound output method thereof are provided. The electronic device may include: an input unit comprising input circuitry configured to sense an input from outside of the electronic device; a plurality of piezo drivers including a first piezo driver and a second piezo driver; and a processor functionally connected with the input unit. The processor may be configured to detect an input through the input unit, to use a first piezo driver set including the first piezo driver to output sounds when the detected input corresponds to a first input, and to use a second piezo driver set including the second piezo driver to output sounds when the detected input corresponds to a second input.

Electronic device and sound output method thereof

The present disclosure discloses a wearable device with a sound sealing structure. The disclosed device may include a housing having at least one or more sound holes, at least one or more substrates fixed inside the housing, and at least one or more sound element portions disposed in the housing to face a 1direction(+) and including a sound path comprising a duct structure for connection to the sound hole. At least one or more coupling structures on which a coupling force is exerted in a 2direction facing a vertical direction of the 1direction may be formed between the housing and the sound element portion, and the sound element portion may be prevented from and/or resist being moved back in a 1direction(&#x2212;) due to the at least one or more coupling structures.

Wearable device with sound sealing structure

A method and an apparatus for acquiring and using biometric information of a user in an electronic device are provided. According to an example embodiment of the present disclosure, the method may include executing a call function using a communication module included in the electronic device, outputting a voice signal depending on the execution of the call function through a sound output device included in the electronic device, and acquiring, by a sensor included in the electronic device, biometric information of the user of the electronic device while the call function is executed.

Electronic device and method for acquiring biometric information thereof

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Myungcheol Lee