JPH07184290A - Electronic device with speaker - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the electronic device with speaker with excellent design feature in which the speaker does not attract notice. CONSTITUTION:Plural sound holes 3a are provided to a protection plate 3 protecting a diaphragm 1a mechanically and the shape of the sound holes 3a is formed to be a part of a pattern drawn on the protection plate 3. Furthermore, an unwoven cloth 4 is arranged between the diaphragm 1a and the protection plate 3 and each color tone of the diaphragm 1a, the unwoven cloth 4 and an outer package member 2 overlapped with the protection plate 3 is in matching with a basic color tone of the pattern of the protection plate 3. Thus, the speaker is concealed, and this system offers the electronic device with speaker not destroying the atmosphere of the electronic device using a sound for an auxiliary function.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a speaker storage technique in electronic equipment with a speaker.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional electronic device with a speaker, a speaker is arranged near a pointer display part and a digital display part like an electronic timepiece with a recording / reproducing function disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 60-193487. There was one that set up and inputs and outputs voice.

The electronic timepiece with a recording / reproducing function disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Sho 60-193487 has a case body in which a cover plate having sound emitting holes for a speaker and a cover cloth adhered to the cover plate are adhered to each other. The speaker is housed from the case back side of the case body, and is held inside the case body by an O-ring. In order to emphasize the recording / playback function, the cover plate has a sound emission hole so that the presence of the speaker can be clearly seen.

[0004]

That is, the sound output hole of the cover plate is designed to emphasize the presence of the speaker under the sound output hole, and is disclosed in JP-A-60-19348.
It is good when designing a sound function such as the electronic timepiece with recording / playback function of Japanese Patent No. 7 publication, but in the case of an electronic device that uses sound as an auxiliary function, when the existence of the speaker itself becomes clear, it is originally assisted. There was a drawback that the speaker, which should be a function, was distracted and the design was lost.

The present invention relates to an electronic device with a speaker,
It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic device with a speaker that does not get distracted by the speaker and has a good design.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems The gist of the present invention for achieving the above object is to provide a speaker for vibrating a diaphragm to emit sound, an exterior member for housing the speaker, and the diaphragm mechanically. In the electronic device having a protective plate for protection, a plurality of sound emitting holes are provided in the protective plate, and the shape of the sound emitting hole is formed so as to be a part of the pattern drawn on the protective plate. To do.

Further, a non-woven fabric is arranged between the vibrating plate and the protective plate, and each color tone of the vibrating plate, the non-woven fabric, the protective plate and the exterior member which overlaps with the protective plate matches the basic color tone of the design of the protective plate. It is characterized by

[0008]

In the speaker-equipped electronic device according to the present invention, the sound output hole of the speaker is made unconscious by forming the sound output hole so as to form a part of the pattern drawn on the protective plate. Further, the speaker is under the protective plate by matching the color tones of the diaphragm, the nonwoven fabric, the protective plate, and the exterior member to be polymerized with the basic tone of the design of the protective plate.

[0009]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. The same elements will be denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the surface of the electronic device with the speaker of the present invention. 10 is an electronic device with a speaker,
In the present embodiment, there is shown an electronic clock for kimono that informs the alarm time with the tone of the koto. Reference numeral 2 is an exterior member of the electronic device with a speaker 10, 11 is a dial of an electronic clock, 7 is an hour hand, 8 is a minute hand, 9 is a second hand, and the time is 10: 9: 3.
It shows that it is 5 seconds.

Reference numeral 2a denotes a barrel of the exterior member 2, 6 denotes transparent glass, and the glass 6 is fixed to the barrel 2a with an adhesive or the like.
Prevents dust from entering the inside. Reference numeral 2e designates a carrying ring portion fixed to the body 2a of the exterior member 2 and 2d is a crown. When the crown 2d is pulled out by one stage, the hour hand 7 and the minute hand 8 are driven by a module 5 of the timepiece of FIG. 1 described later. , The alarm set time is indicated, and the second hand 9
Is fast-forwarded to the position of 0 second and stopped there to indicate that it is in the alarm time setting mode.

When the crown 2 is rotated in this state, the crown 2
Detection of the forward rotation direction or the reverse rotation direction and the discrimination of the 1-step hand movement or the fast-forward hand movement are controlled by the module 5 of the timepiece according to the rotation direction and speed of the, and the alarm time is set by using the hour hand 7 and the minute hand 8. Can be done.
The alarm ON / OFF is set by pushing the crown 2d when it is in the normal position. The alarm ON / OFF is switched each time the crown 2d is pushed, and the alarm ON / OFF is determined. Can be identified by the number of times the sound is produced.

When the crown 2d is pulled out from the normal position by two steps, the time correction mode is set, the hour hand 7 and the minute hand 8 are stopped at the time position when they are pulled out, and the second hand 9 is fast-forwarded to the position of 0 second and stopped there. To do. As in the case of pulling the crown 2d one step, the detection of the forward rotation direction or the reverse rotation direction and the determination of the one-step movement or the fast-forward movement are controlled by the timepiece module 5 according to the rotation direction and speed of the crown 2. , The time can be adjusted. After the time is adjusted, when the crown 2d is pushed to the normal position in accordance with the minute and second of the time, the hour hand 7, the minute hand 8 and the second hand 9 are started to be driven so that the time can be adjusted to the correct time. .

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the back surface of the electronic device with the speaker of the present invention. 3 is a speaker 1 shown in FIG. 1 which will be described later.
It is a protective plate that mechanically protects the diaphragm 1a of the above. For the protective plate 3, a pattern based on "Matsushima" is selected from the conventions of traditional crafts by the lacquer craft technique which is one of the traditional crafts of Japan. It is drawn and drawn, and has a design and finish suitable for the electronic watch 10 for kimono.

Reference numeral 3a designates a plurality of sound output holes provided in the protective plate 3, and the number of the sound output holes 3a is determined so that the sound pressure frequency characteristics of the speaker 1 are not deteriorated.
The shape of the sound output hole 3a is formed so as to be a part of the "wave" portion of the "Matsushima" pattern drawn on the protective plate 3,
Unlike the conventional electronic device with a speaker, it does not have a shape that makes it clear that it is a sound output hole.
It is not noticed that a part of the pattern of the sound emitting hole 3a is itself, and the speaker 1 is provided on the lower surface of the protective plate 3 due to the shape effect of the sound emitting hole 3a.
Makes us unaware that there is.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a non-woven fabric arranged between the vibration plate 1a and the protection plate 3, and the non-woven fabric 4 is selected so as not to deteriorate the sound pressure frequency characteristics of the speaker 1. The black non-woven fabric 4 having the same color tone is used so as to match the black color which is the basic color tone of "Matsushima". Further, the diaphragm 1a of the speaker 1 is also black, and by matching the color tone of the diaphragm 1a, the presence of the speaker 1 can be camouflaged by the effect of color, so that the existence of the speaker 1 can be further understood. I am letting you.

Reference numeral 2c denotes a screw for fixing the body 2b and the body 2a of the exterior member 2, and by tightening the screw 2c, the body 2
The b and the body 2a are fixed, and dust is prevented from entering between the body 2b and the body 2a. In this embodiment, for the sake of explanation,
The size of the sound output hole 3a is shown to be very large with respect to the design. However, if the size of the sound output hole 3a is not made excessively large by reducing the size of the design, the presence of the non-woven fabric 4 is completely eliminated. You can get confused.

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of an electronic device with a speaker of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 denotes a speaker and 1a denotes a diaphragm of the speaker 1, which emits sound by vibrating the diaphragm 1a. In this embodiment, the speaker 1 is an electrodynamic speaker. Reference numeral 12 denotes an O-ring. By winding the O-ring 12 around the outer periphery of the speaker 1 and pushing it into the body 2b of the exterior member 2, the O-ring 12 is compressed, and the O-ring 12 is fixed inside the body 2b of the speaker 1 and the speaker 1. Dust is prevented from entering from the surroundings into the body 2b.

As described above, the color of the diaphragm 1a of the speaker 1 is black so as to match the black which is the basic color tone of "Matsushima" of the protective plate 3 drawn using the lacquer technique, and vibrates. By matching the color tone of the plate 1a and the color tone of the protective plate 3, the presence of the speaker 1 is camouflaged,
I try not to understand more. Furthermore, non-woven fabric 4
By making the color tone of the body portion 2f of the body 2b of the exterior member 2 that overlaps with the protective plate 3 match the basic color black, the non-woven fabric 4 and the body portion of the lower surface of the protective plate 3 are colored. 2f is also camouflaged to obscure the body 2f of the body 2b of the exterior member 2.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a timepiece module of the electronic device 10 with a speaker, which has two motors, an hour hand 7 minute hand 8 drive motor and a second hand 9 drive motor.
This is a module of a general pointer type electronic timepiece in which the minute hand 8 and the minute hand 8 or the second hand 9 can be driven independently of each other, and details thereof will be omitted. 5a is the terminal 1 of the speaker 1.
The contact springs 5b of the timepiece module 5 for making electrical connection with b are the winding stems of the timepiece module 5, and the crown 2d is fixed to the tip of the winding stem 5b.

Reference numeral 13 denotes an O arranged between the cylinders 2b and 2a.
The ring 14 is a middle frame, and the middle frame 14 is arranged on the outer peripheral portion of the timepiece module 5, and the O-ring 13 is compressed by tightening the screw 2c, and dust enters from between the body 2b and the body 2a. And the timepiece module 5 is fixed to the insides of the case bodies 2a and 2b by the inner frame 14. Further, as a result, the contact spring 5a of the timepiece module 5 and the speaker 1 are
The terminal 1b is pressed and electrically connected to the speaker 1 and a circuit block (not shown) of the timepiece module 5, and the set alarm time is notified by a koto sound suitable for an electronic watch for kimono. Is able to.

As described above, the electronic device with a speaker 10 which is an electronic clock for wearing kimono is constructed. Although the speaker 1 is an electrodynamic type in the present embodiment, an electromagnetic speaker or a piezoelectric speaker is used as the electronic device with a speaker 10.
It is obvious that it can be applied to.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, the shape of the sound emitting hole does not have a shape which makes it clear that it is a sound emitting hole unlike the conventional electronic device with a speaker, but is used as a protective plate. Protective plate 3 because it is formed to be a part of the picture drawn
The speaker does not recognize that there is a speaker on the lower surface of the protective plate 3 without noticing that a part of the picture is a sound emitting hole itself, and uses the shape effect of the sound emitting hole to camouflage the speaker. It is possible to provide an attached electronic device.

Further, since a non-woven fabric is arranged between the diaphragm and the protective plate of the speaker, and the respective color tones of the diaphragm and the non-woven fabric and the exterior member superposed on the protective plate are matched with the basic color tone of the design of the protective plate, By the effect of color, it becomes possible to camouflage the speaker and the exterior member to completely eliminate the existence of the speaker and the exterior member, and to create an atmosphere of electronic equipment that incorporates sounds such as an electronic clock for kimono as an auxiliary function. An electronic device with a speaker that does not break can be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of an electronic device with a speaker of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a surface portion of the electronic device with a speaker of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a back surface portion of the electronic device with a speaker of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Speaker 2 Exterior member 3 Protective plate 4 Nonwoven fabric 1a Vibration plate 3a Sound emission hole 10 Electronic device with speaker

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Tomomi Ikegami 840 Takeno, Oita, Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An electronic device comprising: a speaker that vibrates a diaphragm to emit sound; an exterior member that houses the speaker; and a protective plate that mechanically protects the diaphragm.
An electronic device with a speaker, wherein a plurality of sound emission holes are provided on a protective plate, and the shape of the sound emission holes is formed as a part of a pattern drawn on the protective plate. 2. A non-woven fabric is arranged between the vibration plate and the protection plate, and each color tone of the exterior member that overlaps with the vibration plate and the non-woven fabric and the protection plate is matched with a basic color tone of the design of the protection plate. The electronic device with a speaker according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is equipped with a speaker.