The present invention relates to an image display apparatus, and more particularly, to an image display apparatus for reducing acoustic interference between a first sound directed in a front direction and a second sound directed in a ceiling direction.
As it transmits digital audio and video signals, digital broadcasting offers many advantages over analog broadcasting, such as robustness against noise, less data loss, ease of error correction, and the ability to provide high-definition, clear images. Digital broadcasting also allows interactive viewer services, compared to analog broadcasting.
Along with user demands for sounds that offer a feeling of presence, the performance of a speaker has been improved in image display apparatuses.
Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an image display apparatus for reducing acoustic interference between a first sound directed in a front direction and a second sound directed in a ceiling direction.
In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, the above and other objects can be accomplished by the provision of an image display apparatus including a display, a first speaker unit to output a first sound in a front direction, and a second speaker unit to output a second sound in a ceiling direction. The second speaker unit includes an array speaker with a plurality of speakers.
In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image display apparatus including a display, a first speaker unit to output a first sound in a front direction, and a second speaker unit to output a second sound in a ceiling direction. The second speaker unit includes an array speaker with a plurality of speakers, and a frequency band of the second sound is higher than a frequency band of the first sound.
The above and other objects, features and other advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the attached drawings.
The terms “module” and “unit” used to signify components are used herein to help the understanding of the components and thus they should not be considered as having specific meanings or roles. Accordingly, the terms “module” and “unit” may be used interchangeably.
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The signal processor 300 may process a video signal and output the processed video signal to the display 180.
The signal processor 300 may also process an audio signal and output the processed audio signal to the first speaker unit 185a and the second speaker unit 185b.
Meanwhile, the signal processor 300 may conceptually include a broadcasting receiver 105, a memory 140, a controller 170, a user input interface 150, and a power supply 190 illustrated in
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The first sound from the first speaker unit 185a is output toward a user, whereas the second sound from the second speaker unit 185b is output toward a ceiling, reflected from the ceiling, and then reaches the user.
The first sound and the second sound are directed in different directions, and it is preferred that acoustic interference does not occur between the first sound and the second sound.
Accordingly, to improve particularly the directivity of the second sound, the second speaker unit 185b includes the array antenna SHa with the plurality of speakers Sa1 to Sa7 in the present invention.
While the array speaker SHa includes 7 speakers Sa1 to Sa7 in
The directivity of an array antenna is more excellent than that of a general speaker, as described later with reference to
The directivity of the second sound may be improved by setting the frequency band of the second sound from the second speaker unit 185b to be narrower than the frequency band of the first sound from the first speaker unit 185a, thereby reducing the acoustic interference between the first sound directed in the front direction and the second sound directed in the ceiling direction.
Particularly, if the gain of a power amplifier in the second speaker unit 185b is set to be larger than the gain of a power amplifier in the first speaker unit 185a, the user may listen to the second sound farther from the user, uniformly together with the first sound.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, the image display apparatus 100 includes the display 180, the first speaker unit 185a for outputting a first sound in a front direction, and the second speaker unit 185b for outputting a second sound in a ceiling direction. The second speaker unit 185b includes the array speaker SHa with the plurality of speakers Sa1 to Sa7. As the frequency band of the second sound is higher than the frequency band of the first sound, acoustic interference between the first sound in the front direction and the second sound in the ceiling direction may be reduced.
Particularly, the second speaker unit 185b outputs a high-frequency, high-directivity sound, thereby reducing the acoustic interference between the first sound in the front direction and the second sound in the ceiling direction.
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The broadcasting receiver 105 may include a tuner unit 110, a demodulator 120, and a network interface 135. As needed, the broadcasting receiver 105 may be configured so as to include only both the tuner unit 110 and the demodulator 120 or only the network interface 135.
The broadcasting receiver 105 may be configured to include the external device interface 135, differently from in
The tuner unit 110 selects a Radio Frequency (RF) broadcast signal corresponding to a channel selected by a user or an RF broadcast signal corresponding to each of pre-stored channels from among a plurality of RF broadcast signals received through an antenna and downconverts the selected RF broadcast signal into a digital Intermediate Frequency (IF) signal or an analog baseband Audio/Video (A/V) signal.
For example, if the selected RF broadcast signal is a digital broadcast signal, the tuner unit 110 downconverts the selected RF broadcast signal into a digital IF signal, DIF. On the other hand, if the selected RF broadcast signal is an analog broadcast signal, the tuner unit 110 downconverts the selected RF broadcast signal into an analog baseband A/V signal, CVBS/SIF. That is, the tuner unit 110 may be a hybrid tuner capable of processing not only digital broadcast signals but also analog broadcast signals. The analog baseband A/V signal CVBS/SIF from the tuner unit 110 may be directly input to the controller 170.
The tuner unit 110 may sequentially select a number of RF broadcast signals corresponding to all broadcast channels previously stored in the image display apparatus 100 by a channel add function from a plurality of RF signals received through the antenna and may downconvert the selected RF broadcast signals into IF signals or baseband A/V signals.
The tuner unit 110 may include a plurality of tuners for receiving broadcast signals on a plurality of channels. Alternatively, the tuner unit 110 may be implemented into a single tuner for simultaneously receiving broadcast signals on a plurality of channels.
The demodulator 120 receives the digital IF signal DIF from the tuner unit 110 and demodulates the digital IF signal DIF.
The demodulator 120 may perform demodulation and channel decoding on the digital IF signal DIF, thereby obtaining a stream signal TS. The stream signal TS may be a signal in which a video signal, an audio signal and/or a data signal are multiplexed.
The stream signal TS may be input to the controller 170 and thus subjected to demultiplexing and A/V signal processing. The controller 170 outputs the processed video and audio signals to the display 180 and the audio output unit 185, respectively.
The external device interface 130 may transmit data to or receive data from a connected external device. For data transmission and reception, the external device interface 130 may include an A/V Input/Output (I/O) unit (not shown) and/or a wireless communication module (not shown).
The external device interface 130 may be connected to an external device such as a Digital Versatile Disk (DVD) player, a Blu-ray player, a game console, a camera, a camcorder, a computer (e.g. a laptop computer), or a set-top box, wirelessly or by wire. Then, the external device interface 130 may transmit and receive signals to and from the external device.
The A/V I/O unit of the external device interface 130 may receive video and audio signals from the external device. The wireless communication module of the external device interface 130 may perform short-range wireless communication with other electronic devices.
The network interface 135 serves as an interface between the image display apparatus 100 and a wired/wireless network such as the Internet. For example, the network interface 135 may receive contents or data from the Internet or from a Contents Provider (CP) or a Network Provider (NP) over a network.
The memory 140 may store programs necessary for the controller 170 to process and control signals, and may also store processed video, audio, and data signals.
The memory 140 may also temporarily store a video, audio and/or data signal received from the external device interface 130. The memory 140 may store information about broadcast channels by the channel-add function such as a channel map.
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The user input interface 150 transmits a signal received from the user to the controller 170 or transmits a signal received from the controller 170 to the user.
For example, the user input interface 150 may receive user input signals such as a power-on/off signal, a channel selection signal, and a screen setting signal from a remote controller 200, provide the controller 170 with user input signals received from local keys (not shown), such as inputs of a power key, a channel key, a volume key, and a setting key, transmit a user input signal received from the sensor unit (not shown) for sensing a user gesture to the controller 170, or transmit a signal received from the controller 170 to the sensor unit.
The controller 170 may demultiplex the stream signal TS received from the tuner unit 110, the demodulator 120, or the external device interface 130 into a number of signals and process the demultiplexed signals into audio and video data.
The video signal processed by the controller 170 may be displayed as an image corresponding to the video signal on the display 180. The video signal processed by the controller 170 may also be transmitted to an external output device through the external device interface 130.
The audio signal processed by the controller 170 may be output to the audio output unit 185. Also, the audio signal processed by the controller 170 may be transmitted to the external output device through the external device interface 130.
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In addition, the controller 170 may provide overall control to the image display apparatus 100. For example, the controller 170 may control the tuner unit 110 to select an RF broadcast signal corresponding to a user-selected channel or a pre-stored channel.
The controller 170 may control the image display apparatus 100 according to a user command received through the user input interface 150 or according to an internal program.
The controller 170 may also control the display 180 to display an image. The image displayed on the display 180 may be a Two-Dimensional (2D) or Three-Dimensional (3D) still image or video.
The controller 170 may control a particular 2D object in the image displayed on the display 180 to be rendered as a 3D object. For example, the particular 2D object may be at least one of a linked Web page (e.g. from a newspaper, a magazine, etc.), an Electronic Program Guide (EPG), a menu, a widget, an icon, a still image, a video, or text.
The 3D object may be processed so as to have a different sense of depth from that of an image displayed on the display 180. Preferably, the 3D object may be processed to look protruding, compared to the image displayed on the display 180.
The controller 170 may locate the user based on an image captured by a camera unit (not shown). Specifically, the controller 170 may measure the distance (a z-axis coordinate) between the user and the image display apparatus 100. In addition, the controller 170 may calculate x-axis and y-axis coordinates corresponding to the position of the user on the display 180.
The image display apparatus 100 may further include a channel browsing processor (not shown) for generating thumbnail images corresponding to channel signals or external input signals. The channel browsing processor may extract some of the video frames of each of stream signals TS received from the demodulator 120 or stream signals received from the external device interface 130 and display the extracted video frames on the display 180 as thumbnail images. The thumbnail images may be output to the controller 170 after they are decoded together with a decoded image to a stream. The controller 170 may display a thumbnail list including a plurality of received thumbnail images on the display 180.
The thumbnail list may be displayed on a part of the display 180 with an image displayed on the display 180, that is, as a compact view, or the thumbnail list may be displayed in full screen on the display 180. The thumbnail images of the thumbnail list may be updated sequentially.
The display 180 generates drive signals by converting a processed video signal, a processed data signal, an On Screen Display (OSD) signal, and a control signal received from the controller 170 or a video signal, a data signal, and a control signal received from the external device interface 130.
The display 180 may be various types of displays such as a Plasma Display Panel (PDP), a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) display, and a flexible display. The display 180 may also be a 3D display.
For 3D visualization, the display 180 may be configured into an auto-stereoscopic 3D display (glasses-free) or a traditional stereoscopic 3D display (with glasses).
Auto-stereoscopy is any method of displaying 3D images without any additional display, for example, special glasses on the part of a user. A lenticular scheme and a parallax barrier scheme are examples of auto-stereoscopic 3D imaging.
The traditional stereoscopy requires an additional display as a viewing device (not shown) besides the display 180 in order to display 3D images. The additional display may be a Head Mount Display (HMD) type, a glasses type, etc.
As special 3D glasses, polarized glasses operate in a passive manner, whereas shutter glasses operate in an active manner. Also, HMD types may be categorized into passive ones and active ones.
The viewing device (not shown) may be 3D glasses that enable the user to view 3D images. The 3D glasses (not shown) may be passive-type polarized glasses, active-type shutter glasses, or an HMD type.
The display 180 may also be a touch screen that can be used not only as an output device but also as an input device.
The audio output unit 185 may receive a processed audio signal from the controller 170 and output the received audio signal as voice.
As described before, the audio output unit 185 may include the first speaker unit 185a and the second speaker unit 185b. The second speaker unit 185b may include the array speakers SHa and SHb each including a plurality of speakers.
The camera unit (not shown) captures a user. The camera unit may include, but not limited to, a single camera. When needed, the camera unit may include a plurality of cameras. The camera unit may be embedded above the display 180 in the image display apparatus 100, or may be separately configured. Image information captured by the camera unit may be provided to the controller 170.
The controller 170 may sense a user's gesture from a captured image received from the camera unit or from signals received from the sensor unit (not shown) alone or in combination.
The power supply 190 supplies power across the whole image display apparatus 100. Particularly, the power supply 190 may supply power to the controller 170 which may be implemented as a System On Chip (SOC), the display 180 for displaying an image, and the audio output unit 185 for outputting an audio signal.
Specifically, the power supply 190 may include a converter for converting Alternating Current (AC) power to Direct Current (DC) power, and a DC/DC converter for converting the level of DC power.
The remote controller 200 transmits a user input to the user input interface 150. For the transmission of a user input, the remote controller 200 may operate based on various communication standards such as Bluetooth, RF communication, IR communication, Ultra WideBand (UWB), and ZigBee. In addition, the remote controller 200 may receive a video signal, an audio signal and/or a data signal from the user input interface 150 and may output the received signal as an image or sound.
The above-described image display apparatus 100 may be a fixed or mobile digital broadcast receiver.
The block diagram of the image display apparatus 100 illustrated in
Unlike the configuration illustrated in
The image display apparatus 100 is an example of an image signal processing apparatus that processes an input or stored image. In another example, the image display apparatus 100 may be implemented into a set-top box without the display 180 and the audio output unit 185 illustrated in
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The DEMUX 310 demultiplexes an input stream. For example, the DEMUX 310 may demultiplex an MPEG-2 TS into a video signal, an audio signal, and a data signal. The input stream signal may be received from the tuner unit 110, the demodulator 120, or the external device interface 130.
The video processor 320 may process the demultiplexed video signal. For video signal processing, the video processor 320 may include a video decoder 325 and a scaler 335.
The video decoder 325 decodes the demultiplexed video signal and the scaler 335 scales the resolution of the decoded video signal so that the video signal may be displayed on the display 180.
The video decoder 325 may be provided with decoders that operate in conformance to various standards.
The decoded video signal processed by the video processor 320 may be a 2D video signal, a 3D video signal, or a combination of both.
For example, it may be determined whether an external video signal received from an external device or a video signal included in a broadcast signal received from the tuner unit 110 is a 2D signal, a 3D signal, or a combination of both. Accordingly, the controller 170, particularly the video processor 320 processes the video signal and outputs a 2D video signal, a 3D video signal, or a combination of both.
The decoded video signal from the video processor 320 may be a 3D video signal in any of various available formats. For example, the decoded video signal may be a 3D video signal with a color image and a depth image or a 3D video signal including multi-viewpoint image signals. The multi-viewpoint image signals may include, for example, a left-eye image signal and a right-eye image signal.
For 3D visualization, available 3D formats are a side-by-side format, a top/down format, a frame sequential format, an interlaced format, and a checker box format. A left-eye image L and a right-eye image R are arranged side by side in the side by side format. The left-eye image L and the right-eye image R are stacked vertically in the top/down format, while they are arranged in time division in the frame sequential format. In the interlaced format, the left-eye image L and the right-eye image R alternate line by line. The left-eye image L and the right-eye image R are mixed on a box basis in the checker box format.
The processor 330 may provide overall control to the image display apparatus 100 or the controller 170. For example, the processor 330 may control the tuner unit 110 to tune to an RF broadcasting corresponding to a user-selected channel or a pre-stored channel.
The processor 330 may also control the image display apparatus 100 according to a user command received through the user input interface 150 or an internal program.
The processor 330 may control data transmission through the network interface 135 or the external device interface 130.
The processor 330 may control operations of the DEMUX 310, the video processor 320, and the OSD generator 340 in the controller 170.
The OSD generator 340 generates an OSD signal autonomously or according to a user input. For example, the OSD generator 340 may generate signals by which a variety of information is displayed as graphics or text on the display 180, according to user input signals. The OSD signal may include various data such as a User Interface (UI), a variety of menus, widgets, and icons. Also, the OSD signal may include a 2D object and/or a 3D object.
Further, the OSD generator 340 may generate a pointer to be displayed on the display 180 based on a pointing signal received from the remote controller 200. Especially, the pointer may be generated from a pointing signal processor (not shown), which may reside in the OSD generator 340. Obviously, the pointing signal processor may be configured separately from the OSD generator 240.
The mixer 345 may mix the decoded video signal processed by the video processor 320 with the OSD signal generated from the OSD generator 340. The OSD signal and the decoded video signal each may include at least one of a 2D signal and a 3D signal. The mixed video signal is provided to the FRC 350.
The FRC 350 may change the frame rate of an input video signal or simply output the video signal without frame rate conversion.
The formatter 360 may arrange left-eye and right-eye video frames of the frame rate-converted 3D image. The formatter 360 may also output a synchronization signal Vsync for opening the left and right lenses of a 3D viewing device (not shown).
The formatter 360 may receive the mixed signal, that is, the OSD signal and the decoded video signal in combination from the mixer 345 and may separate a 2D video signal from a 3D video signal.
The formatter 360 may change the format of the 3D video signal. For example, the formatter 360 may convert a 3D image into one of the foregoing various formats.
Meanwhile, the formatter 360 may convert a 2D video signal to a 3D video signal. For example, the formatter 360 may detect edges or a selectable object from the 2D video signal and generate a 3D video signal with an object based on the detected edges or the selectable object. As described before, the 3D video signal may be arranged separately as a left-eye image signal L and a right-eye image signal R.
A 3D processor (not shown) may further be provided after the formatter 360, for processing a signal to exert 3D effects. For enhancing 3D effects, the 3D processor may adjust the brightness, tint, and color of a video signal. For example, the 3D processor may process a video signal in such a manner that a short-distance area may become clear and a long-distance area may become blurry. Meanwhile, this functionality of the 3D processor may be incorporated into the formatter 360 or the video processor 320.
The audio processor 370 of the controller 170 may process the demultiplexed audio signal, or an audio signal of specific contents. For the audio signal processing, the audio processor 370 may have a plurality of decoders.
The audio processor 370 of the controller 170 may also adjust the bass, treble, and volume of the audio signal.
The data processor (not shown) of the controller 170 may process the data signal obtained by demultiplexing the input stream signal. For example, if the demultiplexed data signal is a coded data signal, the data processor may decode the coded data signal. The coded data signal may be an EPG which includes broadcast information specifying the start time, end time, and the like of a scheduled broadcast TV or radio program.
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The block diagram of the controller 170 illustrated in
Especially, the FRC 350 and the formatter 360 may be configured as separate components or as a single component, outside the controller 170.
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The user may move or rotate the remote controller 200 up and down, side to side ((b) of
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A sensor of the remote controller 200 detects the movement of the remote controller 200 and transmits motion information corresponding to the result of the detection to the image display apparatus. Then, the image display apparatus may determine the movement of the remote controller 200 based on the motion information received from the remote controller 200, and calculate the coordinates of a target point to which the pointer 205 should be shifted in accordance with the movement of the remote controller 200 based on the result of the determination. The image display apparatus then displays the pointer 205 at the calculated coordinates.
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With the predetermined button pressed in the remote controller 200, the up, down, left and right movements of the remote controller 200 may be ignored. That is, when the remote controller 200 moves away from or approaches the display 180, only the back and forth movements of the remote controller 200 are sensed, while the up, down, left and right movements of the remote controller 200 are ignored. Unless the predetermined button is pressed in the remote controller 200, the pointer 205 moves in accordance with the up, down, left or right movement of the remote controller 200.
The speed and direction of the pointer 205 may correspond to the speed and direction of the remote controller 200.
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The wireless communication module 420 transmits signals to and/or receives signals from one of image display apparatuses according to embodiments of the present invention. One of the image display apparatuses according to embodiments of the present invention, that is, the image display apparatus 100 will be taken as an example.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the wireless communication module 420 may include an RF module 421 for transmitting RF signals to and/or receiving RF signals from the image display apparatus 100 according to an RF communication standard. The wireless communication module 420 may also include an IR module 423 for transmitting IR signals to and/or receiving IR signals from the image display apparatus 100 according to an IR communication standard.
The remote controller 200 transmits motion information regarding the movement of the remote controller 200 to the image display apparatus 100 through the RF module 421 in the embodiment of the present invention.
The remote controller 200 may also receive signals from the image display apparatus 100 through the RF module 421. The remote controller 200 may transmit commands, such as a power on/off command, a channel switching command, or a sound volume change command, to the image display apparatus 100 through the IR module 423, as needed.
The user input unit 430 may include a keypad, a plurality of buttons, a touch pad, or a touch screen. The user may enter commands to the image display apparatus 100 by manipulating the user input unit 430. If the user input unit 430 includes a plurality of hard-key buttons, the user may input various commands to the image display apparatus 100 by pressing the hard-key buttons. If the user input unit 430 includes a touch screen displaying a plurality of soft keys, the user may input various commands to the image display apparatus 100 by touching the soft keys. The user input unit 430 may also include various input tools other than those set forth herein, such as a scroll key and/or a jog key, which should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
The sensor unit 440 may include a gyro sensor 441 and/or an acceleration sensor 443. The gyro sensor 441 may sense the movement of the remote controller 200.
For example, the gyro sensor 441 may sense motion information about the remote controller 200 in X-, Y-, and Z-axis directions. The acceleration sensor 443 may sense the moving speed of the remote controller 200. The sensor unit 440 may further include a distance sensor for sensing the distance between the remote controller 200 and the display 180.
The output unit 450 may output a video and/or audio signal corresponding to a manipulation of the user input unit 430 or a signal transmitted by the image display apparatus 100. The user may easily identify whether the user input unit 430 has been manipulated or whether the image display apparatus 100 has been controlled based on the video and/or audio signal output from the output unit 450.
For example, the output unit 450 may include a Light Emitting Diode (LED) module 451 which is turned on or off whenever the user input unit 430 is manipulated or whenever a signal is received from or transmitted to the image display apparatus 100 through the wireless communication module 420, a vibration module 453 which generates vibrations, an audio output module 455 which outputs audio data, or a display module 457 which outputs an image.
The power supply 460 supplies power to the remote controller 200. If the remote controller 200 is kept stationary for a predetermined time or longer, the power supply 460 may, for example, reduce or cut off supply of power to the remote controller 200 in order to save power. The power supply 460 may resume supply of power if a specific key on the remote controller 200 is manipulated.
The memory 470 may store various programs and application data for controlling or operating the remote controller 200. The remote controller 200 may wirelessly transmit signals to and/or receive signals from the image display apparatus 100 in a predetermined frequency band through the RF module 421. The controller 480 of the remote controller 200 may store information regarding the frequency band used for the remote controller 200 to wirelessly transmit signals to and/or wirelessly receive signals from the paired image display apparatus 100 in the memory 470 and may then refer to this information for use at a later time.
The controller 480 provides overall control to the remote controller 200. For example, the controller 480 may transmit a signal corresponding to a key manipulation detected from the user input unit 430 or a signal corresponding to motion of the remote controller 200, as sensed by the sensor unit 440, to the image display apparatus 100 through the wireless communication module 420.
The user input interface 150 of the image display apparatus 100 may include a wireless communication module 411 which wirelessly transmits signals to and/or wirelessly receives signals from the remote controller 200, and a coordinate calculator 415 which calculates coordinates representing the position of the remote controller 200 on the display screen, which is to be moved in accordance with the movement of the remote controller 200.
The user input interface 150 may wirelessly transmit RF signals to and/or wirelessly receive RF signals from the remote controller 200 through an RF module 412. In addition, the user input interface 150 may wirelessly receive IR signals from the remote controller 200 through an IR module 413 according to the IR communication standard.
The coordinate calculator 415 may receive motion information regarding the movement of the remote controller 200 through the wireless communication module 411 and may calculate coordinates (x, y) representing the position of the pointer 205 on a screen of the display 180 by correcting the motion information for possible errors or user hand tremor.
A signal received in the image display apparatus 100 from the remote controller 200 through the user input interface 150 may be transmitted to the controller 170. Then, the controller 170 may acquire information regarding the movement of the remote controller 200 and information regarding a key manipulation detected from the remote controller 200 from the signal received from the user input interface 150, and may control the image display apparatus 100 based on the acquired information.
In another example, the remote controller 200 may calculate the coordinates of a position to which the pointer is to be shifted in correspondence with its movement and output the coordinates to the user input interface 150 of the image display apparatus 100. In this case, the user input interface 150 may transmit information about the pointer coordinates which was not corrected for possible errors or user hand tremor to the controller 180.
In a further example, unlike the configuration of the remote controller 200 illustrated in
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To reduce the acoustic interference, the present invention provides a method for increasing the directivity of a sound output from the second speaker unit 185b.
For this purpose, the second speaker unit 185b may include the array speakers SHa and SHb each including the plurality of speakers Sa1 to Sa7.
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The first speaker unit 185a may include a first amplifier 620a for amplifying the first audio signal, and a speaker 630a for outputting a first sound based on the audio signal amplified by the first amplifier 620a.
The second speaker unit 185b may include a filter 610 for filtering the first audio signal, a second amplifier 620b for amplifying the filtered first audio signal, and a speaker 630c for outputting a second sound based on the audio signal amplified by the second amplifier 620b. Each of the speakers Sa1 to Sa7 may correspond to the speaker 630c.
The filter 610 may be a high-pass filter. Therefore, the frequency band of the second sound output from the second speaker unit 185b may be narrower than the frequency band of the first sound output from the first speaker unit 185a.
Meanwhile, the gain of the second amplifier 620b in the second speaker unit 185b may be larger than the gain of the first amplifier 620a in the first speaker unit 185a. As a consequence, the user may listen to the second sound farther from the user and the first sound nearer to the user together uniformly.
Meanwhile, the audio processor 370 may include an audio decoder 602 for performing audio decoding on the contents, and a down-mixer 604 for outputting a first audio signal of a second channel by down-mixing an audio signal of a first channel received from the audio decoder 602.
The audio signal of the first channel may be a 5.1-channel audio signal, and the second channel may be 2 channels. Thus, the down-mixer 604 may output a 2-channel first audio signal.
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The filter 610 may output a filtered second audio signal by filtering a first audio signal.
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The first speaker unit 185a may include the first amplifier 620a for amplifying the first audio signal, and the speaker 630a for outputting a first sound based on the audio signal amplified by the first amplifier 620a.
The second speaker unit 185b may include the second amplifier 620b for amplifying the second audio signal, and the speaker 630c for outputting a second sound based on the audio signal amplified by the second amplifier 620b. Each of the speakers Sa1 to Sa7 corresponds to the speaker 630c.
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In this case, it is preferred that the gain of the second amplifier 620b of the second speaker unit 185b is larger than the gain of the amplifier 620a of the first speaker unit 185a.
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Because the frequency band of the second sound output from the second speaker unit 185b is narrower than the frequency band of the first sound output from the first speaker unit 185a, the directivity of the second sound is improved. Consequently, acoustic interference may be reduced, as illustrated in
According to another embodiment of the present invention, the image display apparatus 100 may include the audio processor 370 for outputting a first audio signal, the first speaker unit 185a, and the second speaker unit 185b.
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The first speaker unit 185a may include the first filter 611 for filtering the first audio signal received from the audio processor 370, the first amplifier 620a for amplifying the filtered first audio signal, and the speaker 630a for outputting a first sound based on the audio signal amplified by the first amplifier 620a.
The second speaker unit 185b may include the second filter 612 for filtering the first audio signal received from the audio processor 370, the second amplifier 620b for amplifying the filtered first audio signal, and the speaker 630c for outputting a second sound based on the audio signal amplified by the second amplifier 620b. Each of the speakers Sa1 to Sa7 may correspond to the speaker 630c.
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Since the frequency band of the second sound output from the second speaker unit 185b is higher than the frequency band of the first sound output from the first speaker unit 185a, the directivity of the second sound is improved. Consequently, acoustic interference may be reduced as illustrated in
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The second speaker unit 185b, that is, the array speaker SHa may be arranged in parallel to the ceiling 500.
In this state, to steer the second sound in a direction between the front and the ceiling 500, the first and second speakers Sa1 and Sa2 of the first group G1 output a sound at a first time t1, the third, fourth, and fifth speakers Sa3, Sa4, and Sa5 of the second group G2 output a sound at a second time t2 after the first time t1, and the sixth and seventh speakers Sa6 and Sa1 of the third group G3 output a sound at a third time t3 after the second time t2 in the present invention.
For this purpose, a first electrical signal esa is applied to the first and second speakers Sa1 and Sa2 of the first group G1 at the first time t1, a second electrical signal esb is applied to the third, fourth, and fifth speakers Sa3, Sa4, and Sa5 of the second group G2 at the second time t2, and a third electrical signal esc is applied to the sixth and seventh speakers Sa6 and Sa1 of the third group G3 at the third time t3, as illustrated in
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Herein, the second speaker unit 185b, that is, the array speaker SHa is kept parallel to the ceiling 500.
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As a rear part of the array speaker SHa is raised for tilting, the second sound is output in a direction between the front and the ceiling 500 from the array speaker SHa.
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Therefore, the second sound is output in a direction between the front and the ceiling 500 from the array speaker SHa.
Even though the frequency of the sound from the general speaker increases from 500 Hz to 5 KHz, the sensitivity of the sound changes little within the space. That is, the sound from the general speaker has a low directivity.
Meanwhile, the first speaker unit 185a may include a speaker illustrated in
If the frequency of the sound from the array speaker increases from 500 Hz to 5 KHz, the sensitivity of the sound changes within the space.
Accordingly, it is noted that if the frequency of a sound from the array speaker is high, a directivity is produced.
As described above, since the array speaker SHa with the plurality of high-directivity speakers Sa1 to Sa7 is used, acoustic interference between the first sound in the front direction and the second sound in the direction of the ceiling 500 may be reduced.
Particularly, as the second speaker unit 185b outputs a high-frequency sound with an improved directivity, the acoustic interference between the first sound in the front direction and the second sound in the direction of the ceiling 500 may be reduced.
As is apparent from the foregoing description, an image display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a display, a first speaker unit to output a first sound in a front direction, and a second speaker unit to output a second sound in a ceiling direction, and the second speaker unit includes an array speaker with a plurality of speakers. Therefore, acoustic interference between the first sound in the front direction and the second sound in the second direction can be reduced.
Particularly since an array speaker with a plurality of high-directivity speakers is used, the acoustic interference between the first sound in the front direction and the second sound in the second direction can be reduced.
As the frequency band of the second sound from the second speaker unit is set to be narrower than the frequency band of the first sound from the first speaker unit, the directivity of the second sound is further improved. Consequently, the acoustic interference between the first sound in the front direction and the second sound in the second direction can be reduced.
Particularly since the gain of an amplifier in the second speaker unit is set to be larger than the gain of an amplifier in the first speaker unit, a user can listen to the second sound farther from the user, uniformly together with the first sound nearer to the user.
An image display apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a display, a first speaker unit to output a first sound in a front direction, and a second speaker unit to output a second sound in a ceiling direction, the second speaker unit includes an array speaker with a plurality of speakers, and the frequency band of the second sound is higher than the frequency band of the first sound. Therefore, acoustic interference between the first sound in the front direction and the second sound in the second direction can be reduced.
Particularly since the second speaker unit outputs a high-frequency, high-directivity sound, the acoustic interference between the first sound in the front direction and the second sound in the second direction can be reduced.
A method for operating the image display apparatus according to the foregoing exemplary embodiments may be implemented as code that can be written on a computer-readable recording medium and thus read by a processor. The computer-readable recording medium may be any type of recording device in which data is stored in a computer-readable manner. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disc, an optical data storage, and a carrier wave (e.g., data transmission over the Internet). The computer-readable recording medium can be distributed over a plurality of computer systems connected to a network so that computer-readable code is written thereto and executed therefrom in a decentralized manner.
While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the following claims.
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10-2016-0123136 | Sep 2016 | KR | national |
Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §119, this application claims the benefit of earlier filing date and right of priority to Korean Application No(s). 10-2016-0123136, filed on Sep. 26, 2016, and also claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 62/366,640, filed on Jul. 26, 2016, the contents of which are all incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.
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62366640 | Jul 2016 | US |