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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2022
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiyuki Yanagisawa, Matsumoto, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A projector includes an exterior enclosure having an intake port and a discharge port, a heat source, a fan that causes a cooling gas to flow to the heat source, a loudspeaker that is disposed between one of the two openings, and the fan in the channel of the cooling gas and outputs a sound wave according to a drive signal inputted to the loudspeaker, a characteristic data storage section that stores frequency characteristic data on the frequency characteristics of discrete frequency noise, broadband noise, and in-apparatus environmental noise, and a control section that generates the drive signal, and the control section includes a characteristic acquisition section that acquires the frequency characteristic data corresponding to the rotational speed of the fan per unit time, a waveform generation section that generates the waveform of an interference sound, and a signal output section that outputs the drive signal.