User terminal apparatus

• US 9,537,527 B2
• Filed: 08/14/2015
• Issued: 01/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Huh, Jae-young, Bae, Yu-dong, Cho, Shi-yun
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Huyen D
• Application Number:
  US14/826,317
• Publication Number:
  US 20160191097A1
• Time in Patent Office: 508 Days
• Field of Search: 381/306, 381/332, 381/333, 381/334, 381/336, 381/152, 381/182, 381/186, 381/339, 381/340, 381/343, 381/345, 381/386, 381/388, 379/420.02, 379/430, 379/433.02, 379/432, 361/679.01
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3888 Arrangements for carrying or protecting transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0269 mounted in a fixed curved configuration, e.g. display curved around the edges of the telephone housing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/38 Displays
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/025 Arrangements for fixing loudspeaker transducers, e.g. in a box, furniture
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/30 Combinations of transducers with horns, e.g. with mechanical matching means , i.e. front-loaded hornshorns in general G10K; transducer enclosures or mountings using a back-loaded horn H04R1/2861; application of horns as guiding means to obtain a predetermined directivity characteristic H04R1/345
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/323 for loudspeakers H04R1/34 and H04R1/40 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/345 for loudspeakers
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2201/34 Directing or guiding sound by means of a phase plug
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2400/01 Transducers used as a loudspeaker to generate sound aswell as a microphone to detect sound
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2400/03 Transducers capable of generating both sound as well as tactile vibration, e.g. as used in cellular phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2460/13 Hearing devices using bone conduction transducers
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/11 Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/15 Transducers incorporated in visual displaying devices, e.g. televisions, computer displays, laptops
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/02 Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers

Abstract

A user terminal apparatus is provided. The user terminal apparatus includes: a flexible display including: a main area; and a sub area comprising a curved portion and extending from the main area to a side portion of the user terminal apparatus; a housing configured to enclose the flexible display; a sound output hole provided between the flexible display and the housing and configured to output a sound from a call function; and a sound input hole configured to receive an input sound.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a display comprising;

a first area; and

a second area including a curved portion extended from the first area;

a bezel comprising a bezel area corresponding to the second area of the display; and

a sound output hole disposed at the bezel area corresponding the second area of the display;

wherein the sound output hole is outputting a sound related to a call function.

2. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second area is provided at a first end part of the electronic apparatus.

3. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the sound output hole is provided at a boundary between a first end part of the bezel and a first end part of a housing surrounding the bezel, the first end part of the bezel and the first end part of the housing corresponding to the first end part of the electronic apparatus.

4. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the sound output hole comprises a plurality of sound output holes, and

wherein at least one of the plurality of sound output holes is disposed at a boundary between a first side part of the bezel and a first side part of a housing surrounding the bezel and remaining of the plurality of sound output holes are disposed at a boundary between a second side part opposite to the first side part of the bezel and a second side part opposite to the first side part of the housing.

5. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the display further comprises an additional second area which is provided at a second end part opposite to the first end part of the electronic apparatus.

6. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 5, further comprising:

an additional sound output hole provided at a boundary between a second end part of the bezel adjacent to the second display area and a second end part of a housing surrounding the bezel.

7. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the sound output hole and the additional sound output hole are provided at a first position and a second position, respectively, intersecting a virtual vertical central line of the display.

8. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the sound output hole and the additional sound output hole are provided at a first position and a second position, respectively, offset from a virtual vertical central line of the display.

9. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the sound output hole and the additional sound output hole are provided to be symmetrical to each other with respect to a virtual horizontal central line of the display.

10. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the sound output hole comprises a plurality of sound output holes,

wherein at least one of the plurality of sound output holes is provided at a boundary between a first side part of the bezel and a first side part of a housing surrounding the bezel and at least one of remaining of the plurality of sound output holes is disposed at a boundary between a second side part opposite to the first side part of the bezel and a second side part opposite to the first side part of the housing, and

wherein the at least one of plurality of sound output holes and at least one of remaining of the plurality of sound output holes are disposed in a diagonal direction with respect to a virtual vertical central line of the display.

11. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the sound output hole comprises:

a first sound output hole and a third sound output hole which are provided at a boundary between a first side part of the bezel and a first side part of a housing surrounding the bezel; and

a second sound output hole and a fourth sound output hole which are provided at a boundary between a second side part opposite to the first side part of the bezel and a second side part opposite to the first side part of the housing,

wherein the first and the second sound output holes are provided at an first end part of the housing corresponding to the first end part of the electronic apparatus, and

wherein the third and the fourth sound output holes are provided at a second end part opposite to the first end part of the housing.

12. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first sound output hole is symmetrically provided from the second sound output hole with respect to a virtual vertical central line of the display, and

the third sound output hole is symmetrically provided from the fourth sound output hole with respect to the virtual vertical central line of the display.

13. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the sound output hole comprises a plurality of sound output holes, and

wherein the plurality of sound output holes are provided at a boundary between a first side part of the bezel and a first side part of a housing surrounding the bezel or provided at a boundary between a second side part opposite to the first side part of the bezel and a second side part opposite to the first side part of the housing contact each other.

14. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein at least one of the plurality of sound output holes is provided at a first end part of the housing corresponding to the first end part of the electronic apparatus and at least one of remaining of the plurality of sound output holes are provided at a second end part opposite to the first end part of the housing corresponding to the second end part of the electronic apparatus.

15. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a proximity sensor,

wherein the proximity sensor is provided adjacent to the sound output hole.

16. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sound output hole comprises a long hole extending in a direction perpendicular to a thickness direction of the electronic apparatus and having a length corresponding to a length of a side of the electronic apparatus.

17. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 16, further comprising a plurality of receiver modules provided inside the electronic apparatus and configured to output the sound to the long hole,

wherein the plurality of receiver modules are provided at a predetermined interval along the length of the long hole and selectively output the sound based on a posture of the electronic apparatus.

18. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a display comprising;

a first area provided on a front surface of the electronic apparatus; and

a second area extended from the first area and provided on a first end part of the electronic apparatus;

a bezel comprising a bezel area corresponding to the second area of the display;

a housing configured to enclose the bezel; and

a sound output disposed at the bezel area corresponding the second area of the display,

wherein the sound output hole for outputting a sound related to a call function.

19. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein the display further comprises a third area which is provided at a second end part opposite to the first end part of the electronic apparatus.

20. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a display comprising;

a first area; and

a second area comprising a curved surface extended from the first area;

a bezel comprising a bezel area corresponding to the second area of the display; and

a sound output unit comprising;

a sound output hole disposed at the bezel area corresponding the second area of display; and

a receiver module comprising;

a receiver configured to output the sound; and

a sound guide configured to guide the sound output from the receiver to the sound output hole,

wherein the sound guide comprises;

a first portion connected to the receiver; and

a second portion extending from the first portion and connected to the sound output hole,

wherein the sound output hole is for outputting a sound related to a call function.

21. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 20, wherein the second portion of the sound guide extends toward an exposed surface of the display, and

wherein the second portion of the second guide is inclined with respect to a plane extending in a thickness direction of the electronic apparatus.

22. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 21, wherein the second portion of the second guide is inclined toward a center of the display with respect to the plane extending in the thickness direction of the electronic apparatus.

23. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 20, wherein the sound output hole is provided at a boundary between a first end part of the bezel and a first end part of the housing, the first end part of the bezel and the first end part of the housing corresponding to a first end portion of the electronic apparatus.

24. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 20, wherein the sound output hole comprises a plurality of sound output holes, and

wherein at least one of the plurality of sound output holes is disposed at a boundary between a first side part of the bezel and a first side part of the housing and at least one of remaining of the plurality of sound output holes is disposed at a boundary between a second side part opposite to the first side part of the bezel and a second side part opposite to the first side part of the housing.

25. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 20, wherein the display further comprises a third area which is provided at a second end portion opposite to a first end portion of the electronic apparatus.

26. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 25, further comprising:

an additional sound output hole provided at a boundary between a second end part of the bezel adjacent to the third area and a second end part of the housing.

27. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 26, wherein the sound output hole and the additional sound output hole are provided at a first position and a second position, respectively, intersecting a virtual vertical central line of the display.

28. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 26, wherein the sound output hole and the additional sound output hole are provided at a first position and a second position, respectively, offset from a virtual vertical central line of the display.

29. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 20, further comprising:

an air temperature controller configured to control air temperature around the sound output hole,

wherein the air temperature controller comprises;

a low temperature block provide on a first surface of the sound guide; and

a high temperature block provide on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the sound guide.

30. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a display comprising;

a first area; and

an second area continuously extended at an inclined angle from the first area;

bezel comprising a bezel area corresponding to the second area of the display;

a sound output hole disposed at the bezel area corresponding the second area of display; and

wherein the sound output hole is for outputting a sound related to a call function.