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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2016
Applicant:
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shinichi Honda, Saitama, JP;
Shinichiro Kondo, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignees:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 29/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2013.01); H04R 1/028 (2013.01); H04R 17/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
To provide a technology for offering new communication and entertainment options using speakers that are flexible enough to change their shapes. There is provided an electroacoustic transducer including an oscillator formed in a film shape, a detection section adapted to detect the apparent change in shape of the oscillator resulting from a user's act, and an audio output section adapted to output audio based on audio data stored in a given storage area via the oscillator if the change in shape is detected.