KR102081384B1 - Sound Bar With Lights and Sound Coming in the Same Path - Google Patents

Abstract

An aspect of the present invention relates to a sound bar device and, more specifically, to a sound bar device technology which can maximize space efficiency by being formed for lighting and sound to come in the same path. According to an embodiment of the present invention, provided is a sound bar device, which can be efficiently applied to a space of a narrow PC room or a home computer desk while performing a mood lighting function as lighting and sound come in the same path.

Description

Sound Bar with Lights and Sound Coming in the Same Path}

One aspect of the present invention relates to a soundbar device, and more particularly, to a soundbar device technology configured to maximize space efficiency by being configured to emit light and sound along the same path.

The contents described in this section merely provide background information on the embodiments of the present invention and do not constitute a prior art.

The sound bar is a type of lighting device and speaker that is generally named as formed long in the longitudinal direction.

In recent years, with the proliferation of USB gaming headsets for PCs, products with colorful LEDs attached to the housing have been developed for the trend, and there are attempts to make the speaker function as a mood light.

However, due to power problems and lack of space to design additional PCBs inside the housing, there is still a need to develop a technology in which LEDs are applied inside PC desks and general PC speakers to perform mood lamp functions.

There are many products that can be used as visual effects and interior materials that are displayed on the front of LED, which is a characteristic of gaming gears (computer peripherals), which are being recently trended.

However, due to the narrow installation size, no speaker has a structure that allows LED light and sound to pass simultaneously through the front of the speaker. Therefore, it is urgent to develop a multifunctional LED speaker capable of performing a mood light function, etc. according to market needs.

On the other hand, sound bars, which are PC room and home PC audio output devices, have started to add various functions in addition to sound source output through power supply. A 3.5 Φ (mm) I / O connector was added to the speaker, and a USB port acting as a USB hub was added.

But the USB port is just for mobile phone power.

When the sound source is output to 3.5Φ (mm) stereo speaker from a normal home PC, to switch the sound source to the USB output device (mostly the headset), select the default output device in “Control Panel-> Sound-> Play” in the window. The output can be switched only after switching.

In the case of a PC room, there is a one-touch method made by a PC room management company. In other words, you can change the output device target with the register change button that is made by the PC management company on the desktop. For example, switching from a 3.5 mm (mm) stereo device to a USB output device or from a USB output device to another USB output device.

However, this method is inconvenient to install the software one by one, especially when watching a game or video is also inconvenient for the user because the media must be switched by pressing the button after stopping or ending.

Accordingly, one aspect according to the present invention is proposed to solve the above-mentioned problems, the object of the present invention is to perform a mood light function by the light and sound coming out of the same path, even in a narrow PC room or home The present invention provides a sound bar device that can be efficiently applied to a space of a computer desk.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a sound bar device capable of controlling various functions of the USB output device by one touch.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is not limited to the technical problem mentioned above, and other technical problems not mentioned above may be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description. will be.

In order to achieve the above object, an aspect of the present invention is a housing; An illumination generation unit located inside the housing and generating illumination;

A sound generation unit located inside the housing and generating sound; A front cover attached to the front surface of the housing and outputting the lights and the sound;

A sound illumination movement passage formed in the housing and disposed inside the front cover to provide a path for passing the lights and the sound together and simultaneously toward the front cover; And

It may provide a sound bar device that includes a lighting and sound, including a control unit for controlling the lighting generation unit and the sound generation unit rides on the same path.

According to an embodiment, the sound generating unit and the lighting generating unit may be disposed on one side of the sound lighting movement passage.

According to an embodiment, the lighting generation unit may include a plurality of LEDs and a PCB bar on which the LEDs are mounted, and the plurality of LEDs may be arranged in a row at intervals on the PCB bars.

According to an embodiment, the front cover, the sound light moving passage and the sound generating unit are arranged to be aligned with respect to the same virtual line C, and only the lighting generating unit is based on the virtual line C. And arranged to be misaligned.

According to an embodiment, the sound light movement passage is characterized in that the light diffuser for forming a fine space therein so that the sound can pass through and the illumination is arranged.

According to an embodiment, the plurality of LEDs may be arranged in parallel along the longitudinal direction L of the light diffuser so as to uniformly illuminate the entire area of the light diffuser.

According to an embodiment, the PCB bar on which the plurality of LEDs are mounted is installed on an upper surface of the sound lighting moving passage.

According to an embodiment, the control unit may include an output conversion switch exposed to the outside of the housing, and a USB multi hub to which a USB input / output device may be connected.

According to an embodiment, the control unit,

When the output conversion switch is turned off and the USB input / output device is connected to the USB multihub, the USB multihub supplies power for charging so that the PC does not recognize the USB input / output device connected to the USB multihub. Control other functions not to perform, the sound generator to operate,

When the output conversion switch is turned ON and the USB input / output device is connected to the USB multihub, the USB multihub supplies power for charging so that the PC recognizes the USB input / output device connected to the USB multihub. In addition to the control function to perform other functions, and if the USB input and output device is a USB headset, the sound generation unit is characterized in that not to operate.

According to an embodiment, the lighting generation unit, unlike the sound generation unit is characterized in that it is controlled to operate regardless of the on or off state of the output conversion switch.

In addition, according to another aspect of the invention, the sound generating unit for generating a sound; An illumination generator for generating illumination; And

A sound lighting movement passage connected to the opening is formed therein so that the sound and the illumination travel in the same path and radiate to the outside through the opening, and have an opening opened at one side thereof. One side of the sound generating unit is installed, the other side may provide a sound bar device including a; housing is installed.

As described above, according to one embodiment of the present invention, the sound and the sound can be efficiently applied to the space of a narrow PC room or home computer desk while performing a mood light function by coming out of the same path. Provide a bar device.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the interior effect is increased due to the LED effect on the front of the speaker, and provides a sound bar device that can be utilized as a mood light.

In addition, there is no need for a separate setting or program for switching the sound output of the PC room and personal PC, anyone can provide a sound bar device that can easily switch the sound output through the one-touch button.

In addition, there is no need to develop sound source output switching software for a PC room and a general PC, thereby providing a sound bar device with reduced cost and ease of use.

In addition, the effects of the present invention have a variety of effects, such as having excellent versatility depending on the embodiment, such effects can be clearly seen in the description of the embodiments described later.

The following drawings attached to this specification are illustrative of one embodiment of the present invention, and together with the detailed description of the invention serve to further understand the technical spirit of the present invention, the present invention is a matter described in such drawings It should not be construed as limited to.
1 shows a sound bar device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is an exploded view of the configuration of the soundbar device of FIG. 1.
3 is a view illustrating a spot lighting shown in the front cover of the sound bar of FIG. 1.
Figure 4 shows a cross-sectional view of the side of the sound bar device of FIG.
5 shows direct illumination and reflected illumination in a cross-sectional view of the side of FIG. 4.
FIG. 6 illustrates a location where the sound bar device of FIG. 1 is installed.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail through exemplary drawings.

In adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are used to refer to the same components as much as possible, even if displayed on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, if it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, the size or shape of the components shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience of description. In addition, terms that are specifically defined in consideration of the configuration and operation of the present invention are only intended to describe embodiments of the present invention, and do not limit the scope of the present invention.

1 shows a sound bar device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is an exploded view of the configuration of the soundbar device of FIG. 1.

3 is a view illustrating a spot lighting shown in the front cover of the sound bar of FIG. 1.

Figure 4 shows a cross-sectional view of the side of the sound bar device of FIG.

5 shows direct illumination and reflected illumination in a cross-sectional view of the side of FIG. 4.

FIG. 6 illustrates a location where the sound bar device of FIG. 1 is installed.

The sound bar device 100 (hereinafter, referred to as a sound bar device) in which lighting and sound are taken along the same path according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a housing 110; An illumination generator 140 positioned inside the housing 110 to generate illumination;

A sound generator 150 positioned inside the housing 110 and generating sound; A front cover 120 attached to the front surface of the housing 110 and out of the lights and the sound;

Is formed inside the housing 110, is disposed inside the front cover 120, the sound light movement toward the front cover 120 to provide a path for passing the lights and the sound together and simultaneously Passage 170; And

And a controller 130 that controls the lighting generator 140 and the sound generator 150.

Herein, the lighting generation unit 140 may be any device that can generate lighting. For example, it may include an LED device.

The sound generator 150 may be any device that can generate a sound. According to the embodiment, it may be configured to include a woofer and a speaker. A holder may be formed inside the housing 110, and may be assembled inside the housing 110 by being inserted into or installed in the holder.

The front cover 120 may be installed on the front of the housing 110 in a manner of closing the opening formed in the front of the housing 110. The front cover 120 may include a grill member in which a plurality of through holes are formed to emit sound and lighting.

The housing 110 preferably has no other hole through which sound and light will leak out, and the sound and light may be emitted to the outside only through the front cover 120 which closes the opening of the housing 110.

The sound lighting movement passage 170 is a passage formed inside the housing 110 and may be a passage through which sound and lighting pass. The sound lighting movement passage 170 may be formed to be connected to the opening of the housing 110 and may be formed as one space inside the housing 110 so that the sound and the light move along one path.

The controller 130 may include various switches and USB ports exposed to the outside of the housing 110, and a PCB electrically connected to the switches and the USB port, which will be described later.

According to an embodiment, the sound generator 150 and the illumination generator 140 may be disposed on one side of the sound lighting movement passage 170. According to the exemplary embodiment, the sound lighting movement path 170 is a space formed inside the housing 110, and a sound generating unit 150 is disposed at one side of the space and a front cover 120 is disposed at the other side. . The lighting generator 140 may be disposed between the sound generator 150 and the front cover 120.

According to an embodiment, the lighting generation unit 140 includes a plurality of LEDs 142 and a PCB bar 141 on which the LEDs 142 are mounted, and the plurality of LEDs 142 are spaced apart from the PCB bar 141. It may be configured in a form that is placed and arranged in a line.

According to an embodiment, the front cover 120, the sound light movement passage 170 and the sound generating unit 150 may be arranged to be aligned on the basis of the same virtual line (C), in this case the illumination generation Only the unit 140 may be arranged to be misaligned with respect to the virtual line C.

According to an exemplary embodiment, a light diffuser 160 may be disposed in the sound lighting movement path 170 to form a fine space therein such that the sound may pass and the illumination may be diffused. The light diffuser 160 may be disposed or installed in a form of closing the cross section of the sound lighting movement passage 170. Since the light diffuser 160 has a fine space, sound may pass through the space, and the light diffuser 160 may be configured to diffuse and radiate to the outside so as to function as a mood light to the user. The light diffuser plate may comprise, for example, a sponge form.

According to an embodiment, the PCB bar 141 on which the plurality of LEDs 142 are mounted may be installed on the upper surface 180 on the sound lighting movement passage 170. Here, the upper surface may mean a surface on which the PCB bar 141 is installed as a surface formed on the upper side of the inner surface of the housing 110. The cross section of the sound lighting movement passage 170 may have a rectangular shape, and at one end of the sound lighting movement passage 170, a sound generating unit 150, that is, a speaker and a woofer, may be installed. Can be installed. In this structure, the PCB bar 141 may be installed on the upper surface 180 of the sound lighting movement passage 170. In this case, the plurality of LEDs 142 may be mounted on the PCB bar 141 to protrude downward. Can be.

The PCB bar 141 is installed on the upper surface 180 of the sound light movement passage 170, a part of the light generated by the light generating unit 140 is moved directly to the light diffuser 160, Most of them are reflected on the sound lighting movement path 170 to move to the light diffuser 160 so as to implement indirect lighting rather than direct lighting to function as mood lights. In order to ensure that the light is well reflected from the sound movement path 170, a specific material may be applied or coated on the inner surface of the sound movement path 170.

The sound bar device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be installed between a computer desk such as a PC room and a monitor. In this case, when the user sits in front of the computer desk and uses the PC, the sound bar device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention is installed on the computer desk, but installed below the monitor placed on the desk, so that the position is lower than the eye height of the user. Will be deployed. Therefore, the user looks at the sound bar device 100 with the eyes facing down, wherein the upper surface 180 of the housing 110 (ie, more specifically, the upper surface of the sound lighting movement passage) By blocking the plurality of LED 142 elements themselves from within the user's line of sight, the user cannot directly see the plurality of LEDs 142 so that the function of a soft mood light is performed.

That is, since the height of the user's eyes is located higher than the height of the LED 142 element, the upper surface 180 of the housing 110 is blocked at a straight distance between the user's eyes and the LED element. The device becomes invisible and performs a function such as a mood light.

According to an embodiment, the plurality of LEDs 142 may be arranged in parallel along the longitudinal direction L of the light diffuser 160 to uniformly illuminate the entire area of the light diffuser 160. Can be.

In the sound bar device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the arrangement relationship between the light diffuser 160 and the illumination generator 140 is very important. Since the plurality of LEDs 142 are arranged in parallel with respect to the light diffusing body 160 in the lighting generation unit 140, the lighting is too far from the distance between the plurality of LEDs 142 and the light diffusing body 160. If the light diffuser 160 is not sufficiently cut out, the function as illumination is weakened, and if the distance is too close, the LED light is not uniformly diffused on the light diffuser 160 as a whole, and thus the overall area of the light diffuser 160 is reduced. Subtle lighting diffusion does not occur sufficiently, so that a plurality of spot lights S by each of the plurality of LEDs 142 are generated in the light diffuser 160. The plurality of spot lights S are generated at intervals along the longitudinal direction L of the sound bar, and the plurality of spot lights S eliminates the aesthetic feeling and eventually weakens as a mood light. Therefore, the light diffuser 160 and the plurality of LEDs 142 are designed to be arranged as a set distance d in order to prevent spot illumination S from occurring.

In addition, the illumination (a) that moves directly to the light diffuser 160 in one LED 142 and the light that is reflected on the side and bottom of the sound light movement passage 170 and moves to the light diffuser 160 ( b) spot illumination is also formed at intervals along the height direction H of the soundbar, due to the difference in position reaching the light diffuser 160 between. Since the spot illumination formed in the height direction H is half the effect of uniform light diffusion, the distance d between the light diffuser 160 and the LED 142 should be set in consideration of this point as well. In order to suppress spot illumination along the length and height directions of the sound bar, the light diffuser 160 and the plurality of LEDs 142 should be disposed at a set distance in consideration of this point.

According to an embodiment, the controller 130 may include an output conversion switch exposed to the outside of the housing 110 and a USB multi hub to which a USB input / output device can be connected. Herein, the USB input / output device may mean a USB keyboard, a USB mouse, a USB memory stick, a USB headset, or the like according to an embodiment.

Hereinafter, the control contents of the controller 130 will be described.

In the sound bar device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the controller 130 may perform the following control. With the Soundbar connected to your PC and ready to deliver sound output from your PC,

When the output switching switch is turned off and the USB input / output device is connected to the USB multihub, the control unit 130 does not recognize the USB input / output device connected to the USB multihub by the PC. Other functions than the supply function may be controlled not to be performed, and the sound generator 150 may be operated to generate sound.

In addition, when the output conversion switch is turned on and the USB input / output device is connected to the USB multihub, the USB multihub is charged with a power supply function so that the PC recognizes the USB input / output device connected to the USB multihub. In addition to controlling other functions, that is, the data transmission function, and if the USB input and output device is a USB headset, the sound generation unit 150 can be controlled to not operate so that sound information can be output through the USB headset. have.

In this case, the lighting generator 140 may operate independently of the sound generator 150. That is, according to the embodiment, the lighting generator 140, unlike the sound generator 150 may be controlled to operate regardless of the on or off state of the output conversion switch.

On the other hand, according to another aspect of the invention, the sound generating unit 150 for generating a sound; An illumination generation unit 140 generating illumination; And

A sound lighting movement passage 170 connected to the opening is formed therein so that the sound and the illumination are radiated to the outside through the opening by moving the same path with the opening opened at one side, and the sound lighting One side of the movement passage 170 is provided with the sound generating unit 150, the other side may be provided with a sound bar device 100 including a housing 110 is installed. .

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art may make various modifications and variations without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. It belongs to the scope of the present specification.

The embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments.

The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

100: soundbar device
110: housing
120: front cover
130: control unit
140: lighting generation unit
141: PCB Bar
142: LED
150: sound generator
160: light diffuser
170: sound lighting movement path
L: longitudinal direction
H: height direction
C: imaginary line
d: length
180: top surface

Claims (8)

housing;
An illumination generation unit located inside the housing and generating illumination;
A sound generation unit located inside the housing and generating sound;
A front cover attached to the front surface of the housing and outputting the lights and the sound;
A sound illumination movement passage formed in the housing and disposed inside the front cover to provide a path for the illumination and the sound to pass together and simultaneously toward the front cover; And
And a controller configured to control the lighting generator and the sound generator.
The lighting generation unit includes a plurality of LEDs and the PCB on which the LED is mounted, the plurality of LEDs are arranged at intervals on the PCB,
The sound bar device of the sound light movement path is the light bar and the light diffuser is disposed on the same path that the sound can pass through and the light diffuser is formed inside the space so that the light can be diffused. The method of claim 1,
The sound generating unit and the light generating unit is a sound bar device that lights and sounds ride on the same path, characterized in that disposed on one side of the sound light movement passage. delete The method of claim 1,
The front cover, the sound light movement path and the sound generating unit are arranged to be aligned with respect to the same virtual line (C), the only light generating unit is arranged to be misaligned based on the virtual line (C). Soundbar device characterized in that the light and sound coming out of the same path. delete The method of claim 1,
The plurality of LEDs are arranged in parallel along the longitudinal direction (L) of the light diffuser so as to uniformly illuminate the entire area of the light diffuser, sound and sound coming out of the same path Bar device. The method of claim 1,
The control unit is a sound bar device that lights and sounds coming out of the same path, characterized in that it comprises an output switching switch exposed to the outside of the housing and a USB multi-hub that can be connected to the USB input and output device. A sound generator to generate a sound;
An illumination generator for generating illumination; And
A sound lighting movement passage connected to the opening is formed therein so that the sound and the illumination travel in the same path and radiate to the outside through the opening, and have an opening opened at one side thereof. And a housing in which the sound generation unit is installed at one side and the illumination generation unit is installed at the other side.
The lighting generation unit includes a plurality of LEDs and the PCB on which the LED is mounted, the plurality of LEDs are arranged at intervals on the PCB,
And a light diffuser disposed in the sound light moving passage to form a fine space therein so that the sound can pass and the light can be diffused.

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