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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/178 (2006.01); H04R 1/08 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 1/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/17881 (2018.01); H04R 1/08 (2013.01); H04R 1/10 (2013.01); H04R 1/345 (2013.01); G10K 2210/1081 (2013.01); G10K 2210/3026 (2013.01); G10K 2210/3027 (2013.01); G10K 2210/3028 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sound output device according to an embodiment includes: an acoustic path () and a microphone (). The acoustic path connects a first space () formed on a front surface of a driver unit () and the outside of a housing () including the driver unit separately from a second space () formed on a back surface of the driver unit. The microphone is disposed in the vicinity of an opening where the acoustic path is connected to the outside of the housing.