H04R17/005

PASSIVE INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT OF AN IMPLANTABLE DEVICE
20230070821 · 2023-03-09 ·

A medical device prosthesis, including a housing and a piezoelectric transducer including a piezoelectric component, wherein the piezoelectric transducer is supported in the housing via at least one spring. In some embodiments, the medical device prosthesis is a bone conduction device, such as a transcutaneous passive or active bone conduction device.

Display device
11622181 · 2023-04-04 · ·

A display device includes a display panel which includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a light emitting element layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and outputting light toward the second substrate, a first sound generator which is disposed on the first substrate and outputs a first sound by vibrating the display panel, a source circuit board which is disposed on the first substrate, and a first sound circuit board which connects the first sound generator and the source circuit board.

Flexible piezoelectric acoustic sensor fabricated integrally with Si as the supporting substrate, voice sensor using thin film polymer and voice sensor with different thickness and voice sensing method using same

Provided is a voice sensor comprising a piezoelectric material layer includes a substrate, a support layer, a metal layer, a piezoelectric material layer on the metal layer and an electrode on the piezoelectric material layer, and the substrate integrally supports a device layer of the voice sensor by exposing a part of a thin film including the piezoelectric material layer, the electrode and a polymer layer.

THIN FILM LOUDSPEAKER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH LOUDSPEAKER
20230132801 · 2023-05-04 ·

A loudspeaker includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer arranged opposite to the first electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The first electrode layer is configured for receiving a first driving voltage. The second electrode layer is configured for receiving a second driving voltage. The piezoelectric layer having an outer contour that is smooth. The piezoelectric layer is configured for making sound by generating mechanical vibration according to the first driving voltage and the second driving voltage.

POLYMER COMPOSITE PIEZOELECTRIC BODY, ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCTION FILM, AND ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER
20170373243 · 2017-12-28 · ·

Provided are a polymer composite piezoelectric body in which the conversion efficiency between electricity and sound is increased and thus the sound pressure level is improved, an electroacoustic transduction film, and an electroacoustic transducer. The polymer composite piezoelectric body includes a viscoelastic matrix formed of a polymer material having a cyanoethyl group, piezoelectric body particles which are dispersed in the viscoelastic matrix and have an average particle diameter of more than or equal to 2.5 μm, and dielectric particles dispersed in the viscoelastic matrix, in which the dielectric particles are formed of a material different from that of the piezoelectric body particles and have an average particle diameter of less than or equal to 0.5 μm and a relative permittivity of more than or equal to 80.

SOUND APPARATUS AND APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME

A sound apparatus includes a first vibration member, a second vibration member adjacent to the first vibration member, a third vibration member adjacent to the second vibration member, a first vibration apparatus configured to vibrate the first vibration member and the second vibration member and output a sound of a first pitched sound band and a sound of a second pitched sound band which differ, and a second vibration apparatus disposed at a rear surface of the third vibration member and configured to vibrate the third vibration member and output a sound of a third pitched sound band which differs from the sound of the first pitched sound band.

ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER AND ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCTION SYSTEM
20170366902 · 2017-12-21 · ·

Provided are an electroacoustic transducer capable of stably reproducing a sound with high acoustic quality and widening a frequency band that is able to be reproduced, and an electroacoustic transduction system. In the electroacoustic transducer including: an electroacoustic transduction film including a polymer composite piezoelectric body in which piezoelectric body particles are dispersed in a viscoelastic matrix formed of a polymer material having viscoelasticity at a normal temperature, and two thin film electrodes laminated on both surfaces of the polymer composite piezoelectric body; and an elastic supporter which is disposed to be closely attached to one principal surface of the electroacoustic transduction film so as to cause the electroacoustic transduction film to be bent, a bent portion of the electroacoustic transduction film has a quadrangular shape, a length of a short side of the bent portion is less than or equal to 10 cm, and a length of a long side thereof is greater than or equal to 30 cm.

Acoustic Transducers in Haptic Systems

Described is a screen surface layer comprising a plurality of light-emitting pixels including a plurality of red pixels, a plurality of green pixels and a plurality of blue pixels; a transducer layer comprising a plurality of acoustic transducers, wherein the transducer layer is affixed below the screen surface layer; and a cover layer having a plurality of cylinder-shaped perforations, wherein the cover layer is affixed above the screen surface layer. In addition, an average “transducer model” describing a phasor distribution in space may be produced describing the output signal at the carrier frequency in the air at a known spatial offset from an averaged transducer. Further, phased array systems may have numerous individual transducer elements that will likely fail before the product incorporating the transducers reaches end-of-life. By detecting such failed transducers, the transducer array may function at peak performance by working around the missing transducer output.

DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME

Display panel and display apparatus including the same. A display panel includes a first substrate including a display portion configured to display an image, a second substrate attached to the first substrate by an adhesive member, and a vibration generating module within the adhesive member to overlap the display portion. The vibration generating module is surrounded by the second substrate and the adhesive member.

Acoustic generator, acoustic generation device, and electronic apparatus

There are provided an acoustic generator capable of generating a high-quality sound having little distortion, and an acoustic generation device and an electronic apparatus using the same. An acoustic generator has a vibration body, a first exciter, a second exciter, a first damping material and a second damping material. The vibration body has two surfaces which are positioned with a gap therebetween in a first direction. The first exciter and the second exciter are disposed on the vibration body. The first damping material is disposed on the vibration body and has a first portion which overlaps the first exciter when viewed in the first direction. The second damping material is disposed on the vibration body and has a second portion which overlaps the second exciter when viewed in the first direction.