Mobile telephone
First Claim
1. A mobile telephone having a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall partly continuous with a side face, and a side wall, the mobile telephone comprising:
- a vibration-absorbing member between the top wall and each of the rear wall and the side wall;
a cartilage conduction vibration source on an inner side of the top wall; and
a display unit,wherein opposite corner parts of the top wall partly continuous with the side face each serve as a cartilage conduction unit,wherein frequency characteristics of an audio signal that drives the cartilage conduction vibration source are determined based on a language of the audio signal, andwherein the frequency characteristics of the audio signal that drives the cartilage conduction vibration source are changed automatically according to a display language on the display unit.
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Abstract
A mobile telephone has a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall partly continuous with a side face, and a side wall, and includes a vibration-absorbing member between the top wall and each of the rear wall and the side wall, and a cartilage conduction vibration source on the inner side of the top wall. Opposite corner parts of the top wall partly continuous with the side face each serve as a cartilage conduction unit. Or a mobile telephone has a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall, and a side wall, and includes a cartilage conduction vibration source that has a thin shape, that vibrates in a direction perpendicular to the thin shape, and that is affixed to the middle, in the left/right direction, of the inner side of the top wall in a direction parallel to the thin shape.
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20 Claims
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1. A mobile telephone having a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall partly continuous with a side face, and a side wall, the mobile telephone comprising:
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a vibration-absorbing member between the top wall and each of the rear wall and the side wall; a cartilage conduction vibration source on an inner side of the top wall; and a display unit, wherein opposite corner parts of the top wall partly continuous with the side face each serve as a cartilage conduction unit, wherein frequency characteristics of an audio signal that drives the cartilage conduction vibration source are determined based on a language of the audio signal, and wherein the frequency characteristics of the audio signal that drives the cartilage conduction vibration source are changed automatically according to a display language on the display unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A mobile telephone having a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall partly continuous with a side face, and a side wall, the mobile telephone operable based on language selection, the mobile telephone comprising:
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a vibration-absorbing member between the top wall and each of the rear wall and the side wall; a cartilage conduction vibration source on an inner side of the top wall; and an adjusting means for adjusting intensity of vibration of the cartilage conduction vibration source at least between a first intensity and a second intensity, wherein opposite corner parts of the top wall partly continuous with the side face each serve as a cartilage conduction unit, the mobile telephone generates air-conduction sound whose volume changes as the intensity of the vibration changes, the first intensity is an intensity sufficient to generate air-conduction sound with a volume required in a measurement method conforming to a standard for a common mobile telephone, and the second intensity is an intensity insufficient to generate air-conduction sound with the volume required in the measurement method conforming to the standard for a common mobile telephone, the second intensity being such that a sound pressure inside an external auditory meatus as measured with the mobile telephone in contact with an ear cartilage with the vibration at the second intensity is higher than a sound pressure inside the external auditory meatus as measured with the mobile telephone out of contact with but close to an entrance of the external auditory meatus with the vibration at the first intensity. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A mobile telephone having a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall and a side wall, the mobile telephone comprising:
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an audio vibration source, wherein vibration of the audio vibration source is transmitted to the mobile telephone for conduction to an ear; and a display unit, wherein frequency characteristics of an audio signal that drives the audio vibration source are determined based on a language of the audio signal, and wherein the frequency characteristics of the audio signal that drives the audio vibration source are changed automatically according to a display language on the display unit. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A mobile telephone having a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall and a side wall, the mobile telephone operable based on language selection, the mobile telephone comprising:
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an audio vibration source; and an adjusting means for adjusting intensity of vibration of the audio vibration source at least between a first intensity and a second intensity, wherein; the vibration of the audio vibration source is transmitted to the mobile telephone for cartilage conduction, the mobile telephone generates air-conduction sound whose volume changes as the intensity of the vibration changes, the first intensity is an intensity sufficient to generate air-conduction sound with a volume required in a measurement method conforming to a standard for a common mobile telephone, and the second intensity is an intensity insufficient to generate air-conduction sound with the volume required in the measurement method conforming to the standard for a common mobile telephone, the second intensity being such that a sound pressure inside an external auditory meatus as measured with the mobile telephone in contact with an ear cartilage with the vibration at the second intensity is higher than a sound pressure inside the external auditory meatus as measured with the mobile telephone out of contact with but close to an entrance of the external auditory meatus with the vibration at the first intensity. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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