With Furniture, Clothing, Or Image Presentation Means Patents (Class 381/333)
  • Patent number: 12147272
    Abstract: A disclosed apparatus includes a panel configured to vibrate, a vibration generator configured to vibrate the panel, a first rear cover configured to support the vibration generator, a second rear cover configured to cover at least a portion of the first rear cover and the vibration generator, and a sound generator between the panel and the second rear cover. The second rear cover is configured to support a rear surface of the vibration generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JeongMan Lee, Sunho Park
  • Patent number: 12141361
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel including a plurality of display surfaces having a closed-loop structure and configured to display images in different directions, a plurality of vibration generating devices configured to vibrate the plurality of display surfaces, and a vibration support surrounded by the plurality of display surfaces and configured to support the plurality of vibration generating devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seeun Kim, Taehyung Kim, HakMo Hwang
  • Patent number: 12114445
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device. The display device of the present disclosure includes: a display panel; a module cover disposed at a rear of the display panel; a back cover disposed at the rear of the module cover and coupled to the module cover; a board coupled to the module cover at a position between the module cover and the back cover, and having a plurality of input/output units; and a bracket adjacent to the plurality of input/output units and covering a portion of the board, wherein an end of the back cover is adjacent to the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jihyo Yoon, Sanghoon Kim, Seokwoo Kwon
  • Patent number: 12088982
    Abstract: A display apparatus may include a display panel including a display area configured to display an image, and a non-display area, an optical module on a rear surface of the display panel, at least one first sound generator on a rear surface of the optical module, and at least one second sound generator in the non-display area and between the display panel and the optical module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: DongGeun Lee, KyuSung Han
  • Patent number: 12075203
    Abstract: Disclosed is a speaker assembly. The speaker of the present disclosure may include a first housing in which a first speaker is mounted; a second housing in which a second speaker is mounted, and which is adjacent to the first housing; and a plate which protrudes from the first housing toward the second housing, and to which the second housing is movably coupled, wherein a portion of the plate may be bent between the first housing and the second housing, when the second housing moves away from the first housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sungphil Hwang, Yongjun Je
  • Patent number: 12058491
    Abstract: An electronic device (1) includes a touch panel display (2), a speaker (3), and a piezo actuator (4). The speaker (3) outputs a sound based on a first sound signal corresponding to a range of a prescribed frequency or more. The piezo actuator (4) is provided on the touch panel display (2), and is deformed in response to at least one of a second sound signal corresponding to a range of less than the prescribed frequency and a control signal for haptics feedback based on a predetermined vibration pattern to vibrate the touch panel display (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Misawa, Akito Hoshi
  • Patent number: 12035105
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a vibration member, a vibration apparatus at a rear surface of the vibration member and configured to vibrate the vibration member, and a curved supporting member between the vibration member and the vibration apparatus, wherein the curved supporting member includes a first surface adjacent to the vibration apparatus and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the first surface includes a curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: SangWoo Jin, Minjung Kim, Jaewon Hwang, Jaeyoung Lim
  • Patent number: 11991496
    Abstract: A display panel, a fabricating method and a control method thereof and a display device are provided. Display panel includes a display assembly and sound generation assemblies. Display assembly includes a display assembly substrate and pixel components disposed on a side of display assembly substrate. Each sound generation assembly includes a vibrating membrane, an exciter, and a support structure. Support structure is disposed on a side of vibrating membrane and has a cavity. Exciter includes a motion part in contact with vibrating membrane and a drive part disposed in cavity. Drive part drives motion part to vibrate, and motion part vibrates to drive vibrating membrane to vibrate. Display assembly substrate and vibrating membrane are the same structure, and pixel components are disposed on a side of vibrating membrane facing away from support structure. Display device includes the display panel above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yaqian Ji, Xue Dong, Wei Sun, Yingming Liu, Wenchao Han, Xiaoliang Ding, Xiufeng Li, Yanling Han, Lianghao Zhang, Chenyang Zhang, Yuzhen Guo, Peixiao Li, Yue Gou
  • Patent number: 11985444
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display panel including: a display area configured to display an image, and a non-display area, at least one first sound generator in the display area, and at least one second sound generator in the non-display area, wherein each of the at least one first sound generator and the at least one second sound generator is configured to vibrate the display panel to generate sound toward a front of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungtae Lee, SeYoung Kim, KwanHo Park, Yeongrak Choi, Kwangho Kim, Sungsu Ham
  • Patent number: 11914778
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image; and a vibration generating device configured to vibrate the display panel to generate sound, wherein the vibration generating device includes: a first sound generating device at a rear surface of the display panel, and outputting a first sound; and a second sound generating device around the first sound generating device, and outputting a second sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: SeYoung Kim, Sungsu Ham, Joongsup Han
  • Patent number: 11902698
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a display apparatus that can more reliably suppress effects of heating. Provided is a display apparatus that includes a signal processing section, a panel section, and a vibration section. The signal processing section processes a video image signal and a sound signal. The panel section is in a plate shape and displays a video image corresponding to the video image signal. The vibration section is arranged on a back face side of the panel section and vibrates the panel section according to the sound signal. The signal processing section calculates a correction value for suppressing an amount of light emitted by the panel section on the basis of the sound signal and controls a level of the video image signal on the basis of the calculated correction value. The present technology is applicable, for example, to a television receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshioka, Tomohiro Suzuki, Daisuke Miki, Masao Zen, Tetsuo Ikeyama
  • Patent number: 11829533
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel including a plurality of display surfaces having a closed-loop structure and configured to display images in different directions, a plurality of vibration generating devices configured to vibrate the plurality of display surfaces, and a vibration support surrounded by the plurality of display surfaces and configured to support the plurality of vibration generating devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seeun Kim, Taehyung Kim, HakMo Hwang
  • Patent number: 11800285
    Abstract: The display device is provided which includes a signal processing unit that processes an image signal and a sound signal, a plate-like panel unit that displays an image according to the image signal, and a vibration unit that is deployed on the rear face side of the panel unit and causes the panel unit to vibrate in response to the sound signal. The vibration unit includes a plurality of vibrators, and the signal processing unit outputs the sound signal not only to a sound output vibrator that is a vibrator of an output target of the sound signal from among the plurality of vibrators but also to a dispersion sound output vibrator that is a vibrator of a dispersion target of the sound signal. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a television receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshioka, Tomohiro Suzuki, Daisuke Miki, Masao Zen, Tetsuo Ikeyama
  • Patent number: 11785368
    Abstract: A display apparatus may include a display panel including a display area configured to display an image, and a non-display area, an optical module on a rear surface of the display panel, at least one first sound generator on a rear surface of the optical module, and at least one second sound generator in the non-display area and between the display panel and the optical module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: DongGeun Lee, KyuSung Han
  • Patent number: 11736858
    Abstract: A panel vibration type sound generating display device is disclosed. The display device includes a display panel for displaying an image; a sound generating actuator connected to the display panel and configured to vibrate the display panel to generate sound; a support structure spaced apart from the display panel with an air gap between the support structure and the display panel; and a baffle part disposed between the support structure and the display panel to surround the air gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: YeongRak Choi, ChangHo Oh, KwanHo Park, Sungtae Lee
  • Patent number: 11706567
    Abstract: A display apparatus is capable of outputting a stereo sound. The display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image; a sound generating device on a rear surface of the display panel; a rear cover on the rear surface of the display panel and configured to support the sound generating device; a partition member between the rear surface of the display panel and the rear cover and configured to divide the display panel into first, second, third, fourth and fifth areas; and first, second, third, fourth, and fifth sound generating devices attached to the rear surface of the display panel and configured to vibrate the display panel. The first, second, third, fourth and fifth sound generating devices are in the first, second, third, fourth and fifth areas, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungsu Ham, YeongRak Choi, Sungtae Lee, Joongsup Han
  • Patent number: 11689861
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sound production device, a display device, and a terminal. The sound production device includes a first electrode layer arranged on a display substrate; an insulating layer arranged on a side of the first electrode layer away from the display substrate; an electromagnetic coil arranged on a side of the insulating layer away from the first electrode layer; a magnetic diaphragm arranged on a side of the electromagnetic coil away from the insulating layer and configured to vibrate and produce sounds in response to a magnetic field generated by the electromagnetic coil, wherein a vertical projection of the electromagnetic coil on the display substrate and a vertical projection of the magnetic diaphragm on the display substrate falls on a non-opening area, the insulating layer defines a via, and the electromagnetic coil and the first electrode layer are electrically connected through the via.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Zehua Fan, Zhijia Cui, Le Yang
  • Patent number: 11647337
    Abstract: A display panel according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a flexible organic electroluminescent panel, and one or a plurality of piezoelectric films provided on a rear surface of the organic electroluminescent panel and vibrating the organic electroluminescent panel as a flat speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshio Ohashi, Hiroshi Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 11647336
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display module including a display panel configured to display an image and a sound generating module on a rear surface of the display panel, the sound generating module includes a vibration generating device, a circuit board on a lower surface of the vibration generating device, a first adhesive member between the circuit board and the vibration generating device, and a second adhesive member between the vibration generating device and the display panel, an elastic modulus of the second adhesive member differing from an elastic modulus of the first adhesive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyounghwan Kim, MinHo Sohn, KiDuk Kim, Sung-Jin Kang, Jeonggoo Kang, JaiHyuk Lee
  • Patent number: 11616928
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display panel including: a display area configured to display an image, and a non-display area, at least one first sound generator in the display area, and at least one second sound generator in the non-display area, wherein each of the at least one first sound generator and the at least one second sound generator is configured to vibrate the display panel to generate sound toward a front of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungtae Lee, SeYoung Kim, KwanHo Park, YeongRak Choi, Kwangho Kim, Sungsu Ham
  • Patent number: 11599327
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel including a first substrate and a pixel array layer disposed on a first surface of the first substrate, a first sound generation device disposed on a second surface of the first substrate opposing the first surface, and configured to vibrate the display panel and output first sound, and a circuit board disposed on the second surface of the first substrate, in which the first sound generation device includes a bobbin fixed on one surface of the first substrate, a voice coil surrounding a side surface of the bobbin, a magnet disposed on the bobbin and spaced apart from the bobbin, and a plate disposed on the magnet and fixed to the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byeong Hee Won, Keun Kyu Song, Yi Joon Ahn, Sung Chan Jo
  • Patent number: 11564037
    Abstract: The present application provides a display device, a sounding control method and a sounding control device. The display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of display pixel groups, wherein each display pixel group includes at least one pixel unit; a plurality of sounding units arranged in an array at one side of the display panel away from a display screen; and sound transmission channels in spacing regions between adjacent ones of the display pixel groups. Sound produced by the sounding units is output from the display panel through the sound transmission channels, and sound produced by different ones of the sounding units is output through different ones of the sound transmission channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanling Han, Yingming Liu, Yaqian Ji, Xiufeng Li, Wenchao Han, Lianghao Zhang, Peixiao Li, Yuzhen Guo, Yue Gou, Chenyang Zhang, Xiaoliang Ding, Jing Yu
  • Patent number: 11533551
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image by emitting light, and a sound generation device including a vibration generation module configured to vibrate the display panel. The vibration generation module includes a vibration element on a rear surface of the display panel, and a vibration reflecting member on the rear surface of the display panel and spaced apart from the vibration element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taehyung Kim, YoungYoon You, GeunChang Park
  • Patent number: 11483662
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image; a plate on a rear surface of the display panel; a rear structure on a rear surface of the plate and configured to support the display panel; a vibration member configured to vibrate the plate; and a first supporting member between a periphery of the plate and the rear structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kwangho Kim
  • Patent number: 11477554
    Abstract: A display apparatus may include a display panel including a display area configured to display an image, and a non-display area, an optical module on a rear surface of the display panel, at least one first sound generator on a rear surface of the optical module, and at least one second sound generator in the non-display area and between the display panel and the optical module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: DongGeun Lee, KyuSung Han
  • Patent number: 11412322
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display module including a display panel configured to display an image, a rear cover on a rear surface of the display module, and a sound generating module at the rear cover and configured to vibrate the display module to generate sound, and a rear surface of the sound generating module is covered by the rear cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungtae Lee, Teh Hyeon Kim, YeongRak Choi, Seungwan Ryu, KwanHo Park
  • Patent number: 11381672
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display module having a display panel configured to display an image; a sound generating device on a rear surface of the display panel and including a first side and a second side perpendicular to the first side and an adhesive member in a partial region of the sound generating device, the adhesive member having a size smaller than one of the first side and the second side of the sound generating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seon Man Kim, MinHo Sohn, JunSeok Oh, Sung-Jin Kang, Kyounghwan Kim, Jeonggoo Kang, JaiHyuk Lee
  • Patent number: 11375305
    Abstract: An integrated audio-visual system is disclosed for delivering an event to one or more spectators. The integrated audio-visual system includes one or more loudspeakers that are positioned behind one or more visual displays to be effectively behind the one or more visual displays to be shielded from the field of view of the one or more spectators. The one or more visual displays are specially designed and manufactured to allow sound associated with the event to propagate from the one or more loudspeakers with minimal acoustical distortion and/or minimum acoustical vibration while presenting a visual representation of the event to the one or more spectators. Moreover, the one or more loudspeakers and the one or more visual displays are situated to be a predetermined displacement from each other to further minimize acoustical distortion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: MSG Entertainment Group, LLC, Holoplot GmbH
    Inventors: Erik Hockman, Alex Luthwaite, Emad Yacoub Hanna
  • Patent number: 11363381
    Abstract: A display apparatus is capable of outputting a stereo sound. The display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image; a sound generating device on a rear surface of the display panel; a rear cover on the rear surface of the display panel and configured to support the sound generating device; a partition member between the rear surface of the display panel and the rear cover and configured to divide the display panel into first, second, third, fourth and fifth areas; and first, second, third, fourth, and fifth sound generating devices attached to the rear surface of the display panel and configured to vibrate the display panel. The first, second, third, fourth and fifth sound generating devices are in the first, second, third, fourth and fifth areas, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungsu Ham, YeongRak Choi, Sungtae Lee, Joongsup Han
  • Patent number: 11310576
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel which displays an image and a vibration member attached to a surface of the display panel, where the vibration member receives a sound signal, generates a vibration in response to the sound signal, and transfers the vibration to the display panel to allow the display panel to output a sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi Joon Ahn, Yongchang Park, WonSang Park, Jongin Baek, Yong-Suk Yeo, Taehee Lee
  • Patent number: 11212602
    Abstract: The invention provides a screen sounding device, including a frame; a screen installed on the frame; and a driving device arranged between the frame and the screen for driving the screen to generate sound. The driving device includes a magnetic circuit system fixed on the screen and an electromagnet for driving the magnetic circuit system. The magnetic circuit system includes a connection covering plate fixed on the screen and a magnet fixed on a side of the connection covering plate away from one of the screen, and the magnet is arranged around the electromagnet. By virtue of the configuration, the driving force is greater and the sound performance is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhaoxian Chen, Lubin Mao
  • Patent number: 11201194
    Abstract: The display device comprises: a display panel; a sound generator under the display panel; a frame disposed under the display panel and the sound generator; and a porous layer disposed adjacent to the sound generator between the display panel and the frame and having a plurality of air pockets, wherein the porous layer has a porosity of about 90% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Hun Noh, Yi Joon Ahn, Jae Woo Im
  • Patent number: 11185170
    Abstract: Furniture such as a mattresses and beds containing mattresses include transducers disposed within the furniture and exposed from external surfaces of the furniture to deliver sounds or ranges of sonic frequencies in a sonic wave vibration format through the furniture to the occupant of the furniture and audible format through external speakers to an area around the furniture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: PPJ, LLC
    Inventors: Philip Reid Sherman, Horace Robert Eskridge, III, Philip Woods McCarty
  • Patent number: 11154905
    Abstract: A system may include a vibrating surface, a first mechanical transducer mechanically coupled to the vibrating surface, a second mechanical transducer mechanically coupled to the vibrating surface at a location different than that of the first mechanical transducer, a first signal path for driving the first mechanical transducer, wherein the first signal path comprises a first amplifier and a first filter having a first frequency response, a second signal path for driving the second mechanical transducer, wherein the second signal path comprises a second amplifier and a second filter having a second frequency response, and a control subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Lindemann
  • Patent number: 11122361
    Abstract: Provided are display devices and methods of driving the same. A display device may include: a display panel, a main sound generator and a sub-sound generator disposed on a surface of the display panel. The main sound generator outputs sound in a first directional mode, and each of the main sound generator and the sub-sound generator outputs sound in a second directional mode. Each directional mode may be a mode in which sound is directed towards a particular viewer's location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Ran Son, Jin Oh Kwag, Jee Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 11115747
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a processor configured to detect biological information measured at a head and control a volume of an ambient sound output from a speaker provided in a device which is worn so as to cover an ear according to the detected biological information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Agama-X Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motofumi Baba, Kengo Tokuchi
  • Patent number: 11089395
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel; a sound generation device disposed on one surface of the display panel, where the sound generation device vibrates the display panel based on sound driving voltages to output sound; and a sound driving circuit which generates the sound driving voltages, which is compensated based on an ambient temperature of the sound generation, based on sound data and supplies the sound driving voltages to the sound generation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Tae Kim, Sang Wook Yoo
  • Patent number: 11073866
    Abstract: An foldable electronic device and method are disclosed. The device includes: a foldable housing rotatable about a hinge, enabling folding of a flexible display. The device further includes a touch sensor, a first processor and a second processor. The processors implement the method, including: by the first processor, detecting an external object contacting the flexible display and requesting activation of the second processor based on the detection; and by the second processor: activating and outputting a notification warning of potential damage to the flexible display if the device is folded closed with the external object present on the flexible display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minuk Kim, Jiyong Kim, Jongdae Park, Keunsik Lee, Hoondo Heo, Changryong Heo
  • Patent number: 11076225
    Abstract: Microphones are located between pixel display elements (e.g., micro-LEDs and OLEDs) in a display. Display-integrated microphones allow displays to have thinner bezels. Audio processing components can also be incorporated into the display and allow audio processing offloading from processors external to the display. Arrays of microphones allow for the beamforming of received audio signals to enhance the detection of sound from remote audio sources. Piezoelectric elements can also be integrated into a display to allow for localized haptic feedback. Integrated piezoelectric elements can act as speakers and beamforming techniques can be used to activate sets of piezoelectric elements in coordination to direct sound to a specific location external to the display. Piezoelectric elements can aid in display thermal management by creating acoustic waves to move heated air within a display to create a more uniform thermal profile within the display or to remove excess heat from the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Vivek Paranjape, Satish Prathaban, Vishal Ravindra Sinha, Ramon C. Cancel Olmo, Kunjal S. Parikh
  • Patent number: 11064277
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus for transferring an accurate sound. The display apparatus includes a display module including a display panel configured to display an image, a panel guide configured to support a rear periphery portion of the display panel, a rear cover configured to support the panel guide and to cover a rear surface of the display module, a first vibration generating module in a first portion of the rear cover, the first vibration generating module being configured to vibrate a center portion of the display panel, and a second vibration generating module in a second portion of the rear cover, the second vibration generating module being configured to vibrate a periphery portion of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: JungHyun Lee, SuYoung An
  • Patent number: 11064286
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vibrator apparatus and an electronic device. The vibrator apparatus is fixed in the body of the electronic device. The vibrator apparatus includes a plurality of vibrators separately disposed in the body and configured to vibrate to generate sound, and the vibrator includes a bonding face configured to be bonded to the body. Two or more vibrators of the plurality of vibrators have at least one of the following different qualities: thicknesses, different areas of the bonding faces and different shapes of the bonding faces. The thickness of the vibrator is a dimension measured along a direction perpendicular to the bonding face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jing Chen, Jianglin Gu
  • Patent number: 11064276
    Abstract: A panel bottom member includes a light absorbing member, a top bonding layer which is positioned at the top of the light absorbing member, a first vibration sound element which is positioned below the light absorbing member and bonded to the light absorbing member, a buffer member which is positioned below the light absorbing member and does not overlap with the first vibration sound element, and an interlayer bonding layer which is positioned between the light absorbing member and the buffer member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi Joon Ahn, Sung Chul Kim, Jung Hun Noh, Keun Kyu Song, Hye Yong Chu
  • Patent number: 11056469
    Abstract: A multimedia device has a multimedia substrate, a magnetic substrate and a pixel array. The multimedia substrate has a magnetic induction portion and a cavity portion. The magnetic substrate is disposed under the cavity portion of the multimedia substrate. The pixel array is disposed on the multimedia substrate. At least an active switching element of the pixel array is electrically connected to the magnetic induction portion of the multimedia substrate and at least a display medium module of the pixel array. The magnetic induction portion changes its current to generate a force of attraction and repulsion so as to vibrate the multimedia substrate and/or the magnetic substrate to generate sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventor: Shih-Hsien Tseng
  • Patent number: 11019430
    Abstract: A display apparatus is capable of outputting a stereo sound. The display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image; a sound generating device on a rear surface of the display panel; a rear cover on the rear surface of the display panel and configured to support the sound generating device; a partition member between the rear surface of the display panel and the rear cover and configured to divide the display panel into first, second, third, fourth and fifth areas; and first, second, third, fourth, and fifth sound generating devices attached to the rear surface of the display panel and configured to vibrate the display panel. The first, second, third, fourth and fifth sound generating devices are in the first, second, third, fourth and fifth areas, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungsu Ham, YeongRak Choi, Sungtae Lee, Joongsup Han
  • Patent number: 11019425
    Abstract: A panel vibration type sound generating display device is disclosed. The display device includes a display panel for displaying an image; a sound generating actuator connected to the display panel and configured to vibrate the display panel to generate sound; a support structure spaced apart from the display panel with an air gap between the support structure and the display panel; and a baffle part disposed between the support structure and the display panel to surround the air gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: YeongRak Choi, ChangHo Oh, KwanHo Park, Sungtae Lee
  • Patent number: 11009906
    Abstract: An information handling system display couples a sound bar to a bottom portion with magnetic connectors of the sound bar coupled to ferromagnetic material pieces disposed in the display bottom portion. A fixed position magnetic connector at one end of the sound bar couples in a static manner to an associated ferromagnetic material piece. An adaptive magnetic position connector at an opposite end of the sound bar couples in a dynamic manner to an associated ferromagnetic piece with motion in all three dimensions so that both magnetic position connectors have a minimal gap with adjustments to the relative orientation of the display and sound bar by the adaptive magnetic position connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Wong Hin Loong Justin, Boon Kwang Koh
  • Patent number: 11012769
    Abstract: A display apparatus may include a display panel including a display area configured to display an image, and a non-display area, an optical module on a rear surface of the display panel, at least one first sound generator on a rear surface of the optical module, and at least one second sound generator in the non-display area and between the display panel and the optical module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Donggeun Lee, Kyusung Han
  • Patent number: 10993026
    Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a display includes a housing comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The second surface comprises a transparent material covering the second surface and the housing includes two or more microphone ports disposed along a parting line between the first surface and the second surface exterior to the transparent material. The housing further includes two or more microphones coupled with the two or more microphone ports. A microphone signal processing system may be utilize to increase directional sensitivity of the two more microphones toward an audio source. An angle detector to detect an angle of the may be utilized to accommodate the directional sensitivity provided by the microphone signal processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Jacobs
  • Patent number: 10966042
    Abstract: A loudspeaker system composed of a flexible panel with an affixed array of force actuators, a signal processing system, and interface electronic circuits is described. The system described is capable of creating a pattern of standing bending waves at any location on the panel and the instantaneous amplitude, velocity, or acceleration of the standing waves can be controlled by an audio signal to create localized acoustic sources at the selected locations in the plane of the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
    Inventors: Michael C. Heilemann, Mark F. Bocko
  • Patent number: 10932031
    Abstract: A displayer is provided, including a display module, a speaker and a displayer housing. The speaker includes a fixing support configured to fix the speaker to the displayer and anti-vibration pads, and the displayer housing includes a body and a speaker fixing member on the body. The speaker fixing member includes anti-vibration members configured to restrain a vibration of the speaker, and the anti-vibration members are in contact with the anti-vibration pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian Xu, Jianbo Xian, Yong Hu