Patent ID: 11882399
Assignee: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A height channel speaker for transmitting sound waves to be reflected off an upper surface of a listening environment, comprising:
an enclosure having a first side and a second side joined by an inclined surface, wherein the first side has a lower vertical height than the second side;
a transducer installed on the inclined surface and positioned to radiate acoustic energy along a radiant axis that is perpendicular to a plane defined by the inclined surface;
an acoustic reflector attached to the lower side and configured to direct, shape, and focus the radiated acoustic energy to the upper surface of the listening environment; and
a wall structure attached to the second side and extending above the enclosure substantially parallel to the acoustic reflector.