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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Inventor:
Tomohiro Sudo, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H03G 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 17/00 (2006.01); H04M 19/04 (2006.01); H04R 7/04 (2006.01); G08B 5/00 (2006.01); H03G 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 7/00 (2013.01); G08B 5/00 (2013.01); H03G 5/16 (2013.01); H04M 19/047 (2013.01); H04R 7/045 (2013.01); H04R 17/00 (2013.01); H04M 2250/22 (2013.01); H04R 2400/03 (2013.01); H04R 2430/01 (2013.01); H04R 2460/13 (2013.01); H04R 2499/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to an aspect, an electronic device includes: a piezoelectric element; a sound generating unit that is vibrated by the piezoelectric element and generates a vibration sound to be transmitted while vibrating part of a human body; and a detection unit that detects contact of the part of the human body with the sound generating unit. A volume of the vibration sound is changed corresponding to a detection result of the detection unit.