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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2013
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Toshihisa Nabata, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Mizuta, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoaki Miyano, Mie, JP;
Kiyokazu Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Akio Kihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Shun Kazama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Katayama, Kanagawa, JP;
KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
The content of sound leakage from a vibrating plate that vibrates due to a piezoelectric element is made difficult to recognize. An electronic device () according to the present invention includes a piezoelectric element () and a vibrating plate () that vibrates due to the piezoelectric element (), the electronic device () causing the vibrating plate () to generate air-conducted sound and vibration sound that is transmitted by vibrating a part of a human body. The electronic device () also includes an air-conducted sound reducing unit that makes a portion or all of the air-conducted sound difficult to hear.