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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2010
Applicants:
Koray Ozcan, Farnborough, GB;
Timothy Mellow, Surrey, GB;
John Samuels, Lancashire, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/02 (2013.01); G06F 1/1637 (2013.01); G06F 1/1688 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); H04M 1/0266 (2013.01); H04M 1/03 (2013.01); H04M 2250/22 (2013.01);
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.