US 12,474,877 B2
Output apparatus
Naoki Shinmen, Tokyo (JP); Go Igarashi, Tokyo (JP); Kohei Asada, Tokyo (JP); Yoshiyuki Kuroda, Tokyo (JP); and Masaki Kamata, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/246,628
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 30, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/036083
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 24, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/075168, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 14, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-170137 (JP), filed on Oct. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0367531 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 1/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/14 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1605 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); H04R 1/02 (2013.01); H04R 2440/05 (2013.01); H04R 2499/15 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An output apparatus, comprising:
at least one display panel configured to display an image;
a support member that includes a support portion configured to support the at least one display panel;
an actuator section between the at least one display panel and the support portion, wherein
the actuator section is configured to vibrate the at least one display panel, and
the actuator section includes at least one actuator;
a detection section configured to detect a vibration state of the at least one display panel; and
a drive control section configured to:
generate a drive signal based on the detected vibration state; and
drive the at least one actuator based on the generated drive signal.