Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Speaker for generating sound based on digital signal
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Application No.: US15577257Application Date: 2016-05-23
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Publication No.: US10104477B2Publication Date: 2018-10-16
- Inventor: Kenji Ogata , Akihiko Hosaka , Yoshiyuki Watanabe
- Applicant: DAI-ICHI SEIKO CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto
- Assignee: DAI-ICHI SEIKO CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: DAI-ICHI SEIKO CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto
- Agency: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC
- Priority: JP2015-110980 20150530
- International Application: PCT/JP2016/065205 WO 20160523
- International Announcement: WO2016/194683 WO 20161208
- Main IPC: H04R1/32
- IPC: H04R1/32 ; H04R17/00 ; H04R7/04 ; H04R7/06 ; H04R3/00

Abstract:
To respond to an n-bit digital signal, a speaker (1) is provided that includes an sound pressure generator (10) including 2i−1 piezoelectric elements (51, 52, and 53) for an i-th bit, and a total of 2n−1 stacked piezoelectric elements (51, 52, and 53). Due to divided vibration of the piezoelectric elements (51, 52, and 53), the speaker (1) has low directionality. Planar electrodes (80, 81, 82, and 83), to which voltage is applied, are provided between the piezoelectric elements (51, 52, and 53). By this means, all the piezoelectric elements can be driven using similar voltages, and high sound quality can be obtained without a problem of unit-to-unit differences between voltage sources.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180167743A1 SPEAKER Public/Granted day:2018-06-14
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