US 12,460,811 B2
Speaker and control method thereof
Sungil Bang, Suwon-si (KR); Junpyo Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jigwang Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Jeewon Kim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/950,979.
Application 18/950,979 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/009500, filed on Jul. 1, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0061114 (KR), filed on May 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0075897 A1, Mar. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. F21V 33/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); F21Y 113/00 (2016.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC F21V 33/0056 (2013.01) [H04R 1/028 (2013.01); F21Y 2113/00 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A speaker, comprising:
a sound outputter;
a housing;
a first LED array disposed in a vertical direction at a left end of a first side surface among a plurality of side surfaces comprised in the housing;
a second LED array disposed in the vertical direction at a right end of the first side surface;
a third LED array disposed in the vertical direction at a left end of a second side surface among the plurality of side surfaces;
a fourth LED array disposed in the vertical direction at a right end of the second side surface; and
at least one processor configured to:
control the first LED array, the second LED array, the third LED array, and the fourth LED array based on a light emitting method corresponding to a mode of the speaker among a plurality of light emitting methods, and
control the sound outputter to output sound,
wherein the first side surface is formed with a protrusion pattern for reflecting light emitted from the first LED array and the second LED array, and
wherein the second side surface is formed with a protrusion pattern for reflecting light emitted from the third LED array and the fourth LED array.