Abstract:
An object is to provide an audio circuit in which flow of excessive current through a capacitive speaker and a drive circuit thereof can be prevented while degradation of sound quality of high-pitched tones is suppressed. The audio circuit for driving a capacitive speaker includes: a weighting circuit for performing weighting in conformity with frequency components of an audio signal; and a signal-voltage limiting compression circuit for compressing a signal, which is input to the drive amplifier or which has been output from the drive circuit, at a prescribed compression ratio in accordance with a difference voltage between the output signal of the weighting circuit and a preset threshold voltage when the weighted signal exceeds the threshold voltage. Alternatively, the audio circuit is provided with a signal-voltage limiting compression circuit for passing, with amplitudes unchanged, signal components below a prescribed frequency contained in the signal reproduced by the capacitive speaker and compressing amplitudes of signal components not less than the prescribed frequency at a prescribed compression ratio.
Abstract:
An object is to provide an audio circuit in which flow of excessive current through a capacitive speaker and a drive circuit thereof can be prevented while degradation of sound quality of high-pitched tones is suppressed. The audio circuit for driving a capacitive speaker includes: a weighting circuit for performing weighting in conformity with frequency components of an audio signal; and a signal-voltage limiting compression circuit for compressing a signal, which is input to the drive amplifier or which has been output from the drive circuit, at a prescribed compression ratio in accordance with a difference voltage between the output signal of the weighting circuit and a preset threshold voltage when the weighted signal exceeds the threshold voltage. Alternatively, the audio circuit is provided with a signal-voltage limiting compression circuit for passing, with amplitudes unchanged, signal components below a prescribed frequency contained in the signal reproduced by the capacitive speaker and compressing amplitudes of signal components not less than the prescribed frequency at a prescribed compression ratio.
Abstract:
An acoustic processing system for an electronic device includes: an equalizer processor which boosts or cuts a digital signal which has been subjected to an acoustic process for each of frequency components; a low-pass filter which extracts a low-range signal from the signal from the equalizer processor and outputs the signal; a high-pass filter which extracts a high-range signal from the signal from the equalizer processor and outputs the signal; a high-frequency compressor which compresses the high-range signal; an adder which generates an addition of the low-range signal and the compressed high-range signal; and a speaker which outputs a sound in accordance with the addition of the signal.
Abstract:
A viscoelastic body is interposed between a vibrating membrane vibrating in association with a piezoelectric vibrator composed of a piezoelectric element and a base and a support member supporting the vibrating membrane. The viscoelastic body attenuates vibration transmitted from the support member to the vibrating membrane and converts vibration of the vibrating membrane in the surface direction parallel to its main surfaces to vibration of the vibrating membrane in the direction nearly perpendicular to the surface direction. The vibrating membrane is annular with an opening at the center, and the base is joined to the vibrating membrane coaxially with opening.
Abstract:
One object of the present invention is to an achieve increase of amplitude of vibrations and/or flattening of frequency dependence of the amplitude of a piezoelectric actuator. Piezoelectric actuator (100) has first piezoelectric vibrator (102), second piezoelectric vibrator (104), and vibrating membrane (106). First piezoelectric vibrator (102) includes first pedestal (116) and first piezoelectric element (112) connected to the first pedestal. Second piezoelectric vibrator (104) includes second pedestal (118) and second piezoelectric element (114) connected to the second pedestal. Vibrating membrane (106) has opening (108). First piezoelectric vibrator (102) is connected to one surface of vibrating membrane (106) straddling opening (108) of the vibrating membrane. Second piezoelectric vibrator (102) is connected to another surface of vibrating membrane (106) straddling opening (108) of the vibrating membrane.
Abstract:
One object of the present invention is to an achieve increase of amplitude of vibrations and/or flattening of frequency dependence of the amplitude of a piezoelectric actuator. Piezoelectric actuator (100) has first piezoelectric vibrator (102), second piezoelectric vibrator (104), and vibrating membrane (106). First piezoelectric vibrator (102) includes first pedestal (116) and first piezoelectric element (112) connected to the first pedestal. Second piezoelectric vibrator (104) includes second pedestal (118) and second piezoelectric element (114) connected to the second pedestal. Vibrating membrane (106) has opening (108). First piezoelectric vibrator (102) is connected to one surface of vibrating membrane (106) straddling opening (108) of the vibrating membrane. Second piezoelectric vibrator (102) is connected to another surface of vibrating membrane (106) straddling opening (108) of the vibrating membrane.
Abstract:
A piezoelectric acoustic device comprises: at least two piezoelectric actuators; a support body that supports the at least two piezoelectric actuators; and a signal input unit that drives the at least two piezoelectric actuators at respective arbitrary times. At least one pair of piezoelectric actuators among the at least two piezoelectric actuators is arranged in such a manner that their sound radiation surfaces face each other with a predetermined gap.
Abstract:
Arrangement of an internal component (not shown) arranged in the vicinity of the top side is different from that of the hinge side of an image element protective screen (2). An actuator (5) is fixed to the top side of the image element protective screen (2) and an actuator (4) is fixed to the hinge side of the image element protective screen (2). Since Arrangement of the internal component in the vicinity of the actuator is different, different sound pressure frequency characteristics or the like are experienced when each actuator is driven independently. When the actuators (4, 5) are driven simultaneously, sound pressure frequency characteristics and vibration frequency characteristics can be flattened. Isolation between the vibration speed of a vibrator near one actuator and the vibration speed of a vibrator in the region near the other actuator that are produced by respective actuators is set at 10 dB or above.
Abstract:
A piezoelectric acoustic device comprises: at least two piezoelectric actuators; a support body that supports the at least two piezoelectric actuators; and a signal input unit that drives the at least two piezoelectric actuators at respective arbitrary times. At least one pair of piezoelectric actuators among the at least two piezoelectric actuators is arranged in such a manner that their sound radiation surfaces face each other with a predetermined gap.
Abstract:
A viscoelastic body is interposed between a vibrating membrane vibrating in association with a piezoelectric vibrator composed of a piezoelectric element and a base and a support member supporting the vibrating membrane. The viscoelastic body attenuates vibration transmitted from the support member to the vibrating membrane and converts vibration of the vibrating membrane in the surface direction parallel to its main surfaces to vibration of the vibrating membrane in the direction nearly perpendicular to the surface direction. The vibrating membrane is annular with an opening at the center, and the base is joined to the vibrating membrane coaxially with opening.