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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2010
Timothy J. Mellow, Farnham, GB;
Zoran Radivojevic, Cambridge, GB;
Leo Mikko Johannes Karkkainen, Helsinki, FI;
Koray Ozcan, Farnborough, GB;
Johan Lars Bergquist, Tokyo, JP;
Timothy J. Mellow, Farnham, GB;
Zoran Radivojevic, Cambridge, GB;
Leo Mikko Johannes Karkkainen, Helsinki, FI;
Koray Ozcan, Farnborough, GB;
Johan Lars Bergquist, Tokyo, JP;
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
An apparatus including an electronic display and a stationary part, the stationary part configured to overlie the display face of the electronic display such that the display face of the electronic display is positioned behind the stationary part, the electronic display/display face configured to vibrate with respect to the stationary part, vibration of the electronic display/display face configured to displace air adjacent to the plane of the electronic display to generate sound waves in the direction of the stationary part, wherein the stationary part is substantially acoustically transparent and configured such that the sound waves generated by the vibrations are able to radiate through the stationary part.