Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Goertek Inc.

Seongkwan Yang

Hochul Hwang

Kiwon Kim

Byounghee Lee

Joonrae Cho

Taeeon Kim

Woojin Cho

Choonghyo Park

Myungcheol Lee

Myeungseon Kim

Jihoon Song

Changshik Yoon

Myoungsung Sim

Hunki Lee

Jonghwan Kim

Chulmin Choi

Jaeha Park

Changtaek Kang

Sunyoung Lee

Peng Zhang

Taewoo Kim

Guodong Zhao

Kyoungho Bang

Seungyoon Heo

Incheol Baek

Jeock Lee

Yonghoon Lee

Sungsoo Jun

Kwanhee Han

Seungnam Kim

Jaehee You

Kyudong Kim

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 is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a camera perpendicular to a first edge of the electronic device, disposed inside the housing, a speaker disposed on one side of the camera inside the housing, a receiver disposed on another side of the camera inside the housing, and a structure disposed between the first edge and the camera inside the housing. The housing includes a first opening formed on the front surface, and a plurality of second openings formed on a side surface. The structure may shield some of the plurality of second openings such that a first sound output from the speaker is output to other second openings or at least one of the first openings, and a second sound output from the receiver is output to the first opening.

Electronic device comprising acoustic component

An electronic device includes a display, a bracket for supporting at least a part of the display, and an acoustic actuator. The acoustic actuator is arranged under the display and includes a vibrating portion for transferring waves to the display and a fixed portion of which at least a part is fixed by the bracket. and the electronic device further includes at least one recess structure of which at least a part is arranged to be spaced from the acoustic actuator. The recess structure is formed to have an acoustic impedance that differs from the acoustic impedance of the bracket which is adjacent to the recess structure.

Electronic device including acoustic actuator

A wearable device outputting a sound for an object of interest and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a wearable device may comprise at least one microphone, at least one speaker, and at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to identify an object of interest of a user wearing the wearable device, obtain a sound signal generated from the identified object of interest using the at least one microphone, and output the sound signal generated from the object of interest through the at least one speaker or output a sound related to the object of interest through the at least one speaker, based on a sensitivity of the obtained sound signal.

Wearable device outputting sound for object of interest and method for controlling the same

An example speaker module includes a speaker housing including a conduit extending to an internal space; a speaker component positioned in a first area of the internal space adjacent to the conduit; a vent hole spaced apart from the speaker component and passing through at least part of the speaker housing; a sound absorbing material disposed in a second area of the internal space to be positioned adjacent to the speaker component to absorb a sound generated from the speaker component; and a guide structure disposed to surround the vent hole and including at least one protrusion protruding towards the internal space.

Speaker module and electronic device including the same

A wearable electronic device according to an embodiment may comprise a plurality of speakers, a plurality of vibration devices, and at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to identify a first object corresponding to a first sound and a position of the first object in a virtual space of VR content displayed through the display. The at least one processor may be configured to obtain a second sound corresponding to the movement of the first object based on the first sound and the position of the first object. The at least one processor may be configured to output the second sound through the plurality of speakers. The at least one processor may be configured to determine one or more vibration devices corresponding to the movement of the first object among the plurality of vibration devices. The at least one processor may be configured to control the one or more vibration devices to vibrate while the second sound is output through the plurality of speakers.

Method for providing vibration and wearable electronic device supporting 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.

A speaker and/or an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes the same may include a diaphragm, a yolk disposed to face the diaphragm and including an avoidance groove formed on a surface thereof facing the diaphragm, a coil mounted to one surface of the diaphragm and disposed between the diaphragm and the yolk, and a first magnet mounted to the yolk and disposed to be surrounded by at least part of the coil or a second magnet disposed to surround at least part of the coil. The coil may be disposed to make a surface thereof facing the yolk correspond to the avoidance groove and configured to linearly reciprocate the diaphragm by receiving an electric signal.

Speaker with improved BL characteristics 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 disclosed, including a housing including a first surface, a second surface facing away from the first surface, and a side surface structure at least partially surrounding a space formed between the first surface and the second surface, an acoustic hole formed in the housing and configured to emit a sound in a direction the first surface faces, a speaker disposed in the housing, and a first acoustic waveguide and a second acoustic waveguide together providing an acoustic path between the speaker and the acoustic hole, wherein the second acoustic waveguide is different from the first acoustic waveguide.

Electronic device including acoustic waveguide

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a multi-channel speaker system, and an electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes a housing, a display which is attached to the housing to be seen from the outside, an actuator which is attached to a back surface of the display to vibrate the display and to generate a sound of a first frequency band, a hole which is formed on one side surface of the housing, and a speaker which is positioned on a region adjacent to the hole to generate a sound of a second frequency band different from the first frequency band through the hole. The actuator includes a first actuator which is attached to a certain region of the back surface of the display to vibrate the display, and a second actuator which is attached to a back surface of the display spaced apart from the first actuator by a designated distance to vibrate the display.

Electronic device including multi-channel speaker system

A mobile communication device is provided. The mobile communication device includes a display, a supporting member disposed under the display and having a hole, and a vibration actuator attached to the supporting member, where the vibration actuator does not overlap the hole when seen substantially perpendicular to the display, and where at least a portion of a region surrounding the hole of the supporting member is vibrated by vibration generated from the vibration actuator, whereby a sound signal having a predetermined frequency to be used for voice communication is generated.

Electronic device including a display panel speaker

According to various examples of the present invention, an electronic device including a speaker can comprise: a first housing; a second housing located in an inner space of the first housing and accommodating a speaker; a separation means for separating the inside of the second housing into a first space opened to the outside of the second housing in the front surface direction of the speaker and a second space in the rear surface direction of the speaker; and opening formed in the separation means and allowing the first space to communicate with the second space; and a separation member coupled to the opening, and having a sound blocking function between the first space and the second space while enabling air permeation between the first space and the second space. Other examples are possible.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Seongkwan Yang