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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2000
Kazuhiko Ikeuchi, Takatsuki, JP;
Tomio Shiota, Takatsuki, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In video equipment, a video equipment speaker device that is almost invisible from a viewer and capable of placing, toward the front of the center portion of the screen, an acoustic image from a speaker provided on at least either an upper or lower portion of a screen is provided. A speaker device includes the speaker , a sound duct positioned forward of the speaker to externally output sound, a speaker baffle provided in the vicinity of edges forming an opening of the sound duct and formed to outwardly reflect the sound, a fin provided forward of the speaker baffle , sound space formed between the speaker baffle and the fin , and slits outwardly opened from the sound space