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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2020
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a sound output apparatus including a functional mechanism that performs a specified function; an oscillation providing mechanism that oscillates, as an oscillation-provision-target member, a member included in the functional mechanism; and an oscillation controller that controls an oscillation operation performed by the oscillation providing mechanism, on the basis of sound information. The oscillation providing mechanism includes an actuator, a support member, and a biasing member. The actuator generates oscillation along a specified oscillation axis, and includes a rear end that is situated opposite to the oscillation-provision-target member in an axial direction of the oscillation axis. The biasing member is provided around the support member as viewed along the oscillation axis and of which at least a portion is arranged closer to the oscillation-provision-target member than the rear end of the actuator in the axial direction of the oscillation axis, the biasing member biasing the support member toward the oscillation-provision-target member.