Wireless earphone, method of controlling wireless earphone, and storage medium

Abstract

The application provides a wireless earphone, which comprises a first wireless transceiver configured to perform wireless communication with a first terminal based on a first communication protocol; and a second wireless transceiver configured to perform wireless communication with a second terminal based on a second communication protocol different from the first communication protocol. The wireless earphone can solve the problem that the current wireless communication mode of the wireless earphone cannot meet the use requirements of users.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application belongs to the field of wireless headphones, and particularly relates to wireless headphones, methods for controlling wireless headphones, and computer-readable storage media. Background Technology

[0002] Currently, wireless headphones typically use the Bluetooth standard for wireless transmission. However, the Bluetooth standard is quite complex, with a large protocol stack and high compression / decompression levels for voice codecs, which can easily lead to significant transmission latency. For example, in applications such as video games, transmission latency in wireless headphones can cause audio and video to become out of sync, resulting in a poor user experience and failing to meet user needs. Summary of the Invention

[0003] This application provides wireless headphones, a method for controlling wireless headphones, and a computer-readable storage medium, which can solve the problem that the current wireless communication methods of wireless headphones cannot meet the user's needs.

[0004] In a first aspect, embodiments of this application provide a wireless earphone, comprising:

[0005] A first wireless transceiver, the first wireless transceiver being used to wirelessly communicate with a first terminal based on a first communication protocol;

[0006] A second wireless transceiver is used to communicate wirelessly with a second terminal based on a second communication protocol, which is different from the first communication protocol.

[0007] Secondly, embodiments of this application provide a method for controlling wireless headphones, which can be applied to the wireless headphones described in the first aspect, the method comprising:

[0008] When the wireless earphone is in the first communication mode based on the first wireless transceiver, if a preset trigger information is received, a first notification instruction is generated. The first notification instruction is used to synchronously notify the wireless earphone and other wireless earphones paired with the wireless earphone to set the wireless communication mode to the second communication mode based on the second wireless transceiver.

[0009] According to the first notification instruction, the wireless communication mode of the wireless earphone is switched from the first communication mode to the second communication mode.

[0010] Thirdly, embodiments of this application provide a wireless headset, including a memory, a control chip, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the control chip. The wireless headset further includes a first wireless transceiver and a second wireless transceiver. When the control chip executes the computer program, it implements the method described in the second aspect.

[0011] Fourthly, embodiments of this application provide a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program that, when executed by a control chip, implements the method described in the second aspect.

[0012] Fifthly, embodiments of this application provide a computer program product that, when run on a wireless headset, causes the wireless headset to perform the method described in the second aspect.

[0013] The beneficial effects of this application embodiment compared with the prior art are as follows: In this application embodiment, the wireless headset may include a first wireless transceiver and a second wireless transceiver. The first wireless transceiver is used to wirelessly communicate with a first terminal based on a first communication protocol, and the second wireless transceiver is used to wirelessly communicate with a second terminal based on a second communication protocol. The second communication protocol is different from the first communication protocol. Therefore, through the wireless headset in this application embodiment, different communication protocols can be used for wireless communication with the first terminal and the second terminal respectively to adapt to the needs of different application scenarios, meet the user's usage needs, and improve the user experience. Attached Figure Description

[0014] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of this application, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of this application. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative effort.

[0015] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of a wireless earphone 1, a first terminal 2, and a third terminal 3 provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0016] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram illustrating an information interaction method between a wireless earphone 1 and a first terminal 2 according to an embodiment of this application;

[0017] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of an information interaction method between a wireless earphone 1 and a second terminal 3 provided in an embodiment of this application.

[0018] Figure 4This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a wireless earphone 1 provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0019] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of another structure of the wireless earphone 1 provided in one embodiment of this application;

[0020] Figure 6 This is a flowchart illustrating a method for controlling wireless headphones according to an embodiment of this application;

[0021] Figure 7 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a wireless earphone 1 provided in an embodiment of this application. Detailed Implementation

[0022] In the following description, specific details such as particular system architectures and techniques are set forth for illustrative purposes and not for limitation, in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments of this application. However, those skilled in the art will understand that this application may also be implemented in other embodiments without these specific details. In other instances, detailed descriptions of well-known systems, apparatuses, circuits, and methods have been omitted so as not to obscure the description of this application with unnecessary detail.

[0023] It should be understood that, when used in this application specification and the appended claims, the term "comprising" indicates the presence of the described features, integrals, steps, operations, elements and / or components, but does not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integrals, steps, operations, elements, components and / or a collection thereof.

[0024] It should also be understood that the term “and / or” as used in this application specification and the appended claims means any combination of one or more of the associated listed items and all possible combinations, and includes such combinations.

[0025] As used in this application specification and the appended claims, the term "if" may be interpreted, depending on the context, as "when," "once," "in response to determination," or "in response to detection." Similarly, the phrase "if determined" or "if detected [the described condition or event]" may be interpreted, depending on the context, as meaning "once determined," "in response to determination," "once detected [the described condition or event]," or "in response to detection [the described condition or event]."

[0026] References to "one embodiment" or "some embodiments" as described in this specification mean that one or more embodiments of this application include a specific feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with that embodiment. Therefore, the phrases "in one embodiment," "in some embodiments," "in other embodiments," "in still other embodiments," etc., appearing in different parts of this specification do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment, but rather mean "one or more, but not all, embodiments," unless otherwise specifically emphasized. The terms "comprising," "including," "having," and variations thereof mean "including but not limited to," unless otherwise specifically emphasized.

[0027] Example 1

[0028] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of a wireless earphone 1, a first terminal 2, and a second terminal 3 provided in an embodiment of this application. Figure 1 As shown, the wireless earphone 1 in this embodiment includes:

[0029] The first wireless transceiver 101 is used to wirelessly communicate with the first terminal 2 based on the first communication protocol.

[0030] The second wireless transceiver 102 is used to conduct wireless communication with the second terminal 3 based on a second communication protocol, which is different from the first communication protocol.

[0031] The wireless earphone 1 can be of various types, such as a regular wireless earphone or a true wireless stereo (TWS) earphone, etc.

[0032] The specific form of the wireless earphone 1 can be determined according to actual needs.

[0033] For example, in daily use, a user might use a pair of paired earphones, which includes a left earphone and a right earphone. The wireless earphone 1 in this embodiment can be one of these paired earphones; that is, the wireless earphone 1 can be either the left or right earphone in a pair. There is also another wireless earphone 4 paired with the wireless earphone 1. The wireless earphone 1 can transmit information wirelessly with the paired wireless earphone 4 without requiring a wired connection. The other wireless earphone 4 paired with the wireless earphone 1 may have the same or different functions as the wireless earphone 1.

[0034] Of course, in some cases, the wireless earphone 1 can be used alone as a left or right earphone without pairing with other wireless earphones 4.

[0035] Furthermore, the specific structure of the wireless earphone 1 can also be determined according to the specific needs of the scenario, and no restrictions are imposed here.

[0036] For example, in addition to the first wireless transceiver 101 and the second wireless transceiver 102, the wireless earphone 1 may also include other components. These may include one or more of the following: a control chip 103, a housing, earphone buttons (such as mechanical or touch buttons), a microphone 108, a speaker 109, an antenna 104, and a battery. The earphone buttons may have a raised portion on the surface of the wireless earphone 1 for easy user contact, and there may be one or more such buttons; while components such as the microphone 108, control chip 103, speaker 109, antenna 104, and battery may be housed inside the housing. In some embodiments, the wireless earphone 1 may include a control chip 103, which can be used to control the wireless earphone 1 to communicate wirelessly via the first wireless transceiver 101 and / or via the wireless transceiver 102.

[0037] The first wireless transceiver 101 can perform one-way or two-way information transmission with the first terminal 2 based on the first communication protocol. The first communication protocol can be a general protocol or a standard communication protocol, such as Bluetooth. For example, the first terminal 2 can be a mobile phone, tablet computer, desktop computer, wearable device, etc.

[0038] The second wireless transceiver 102 can perform one-way or two-way information transmission with the second terminal 3 based on the second communication protocol. The second communication protocol may differ from the first communication protocol; that is, the channel bandwidth or communication frequency band of the second communication protocol may differ from the first communication protocol. In some examples, the second communication protocol can be a proprietary communication protocol, also known as a custom communication protocol. Unlike standard communication protocols, the protocol specifications of a proprietary communication protocol are often custom specifications. The specific content of the second communication protocol can be set by the R&D personnel, thus often being simpler than standard communication protocols. The transmission latency of wireless transmission through this proprietary communication protocol is often very low, thereby achieving ultra-low latency wireless transmission. If the second communication protocol is a proprietary communication protocol, the second terminal 3 can pre-deploy the second communication protocol. For example, the second terminal 3 can be a wireless transmitter 5, etc. In some examples, the second terminal 3 can also be electrically connected to other terminals. In this case, the other terminals can wirelessly communicate with the wireless headset 1 through the second terminal 3.

[0039] The specific information interaction method between the wireless earphone 1 and the first terminal 2 and the second terminal 3 can be determined according to the type of the wireless earphone 1 and the types of the first terminal 2 and the second terminal 3.

[0040] In some embodiments, the first communication protocol is the Bluetooth communication protocol, the second communication protocol is a proprietary communication protocol, and the second terminal 3 is a wireless transmitter 5, which is used to electrically connect with the first terminal 2.

[0041] In this embodiment, the channel bandwidth of the proprietary communication protocol may be different from that of the Bluetooth communication protocol to avoid mutual interference between information streams. The communication frequency band of the proprietary communication protocol may be the same as or different from that of the Bluetooth communication protocol. In some examples, both the first communication protocol and the Bluetooth communication protocol operate in the 2.4 GHz frequency band.

[0042] Since private communication protocols do not require a large-scale protocol stack or complex transmission standards, wireless communication based on these private communication protocols generally has lower latency, thus enabling ultra-low latency data transmission.

[0043] In some examples, the wireless transmitter 5 can be a portable device. In this case, the wireless transmitter 5 is easy for the user to carry and is used for electrical connection with the first terminal 2, enabling the first terminal 2 to wirelessly communicate with the wireless earphone 1 using the second communication protocol via the wireless transmitter 5. Therefore, if the second terminal 3 is the wireless transmitter 5, in the wireless connection mode based on the first communication protocol, the first terminal 2 can transmit information with the wireless earphone 1 through the first wireless transceiver 101; while in the wireless connection mode based on the second communication protocol, the first terminal 2 can transmit information with the wireless earphone 1 through both the wireless transmitter 5 and the second wireless transceiver 102. In this case, when performing operations such as online gaming or live streaming through the wireless earphone 1 and the first terminal 2, ultra-low latency data transmission between the wireless earphone 1 and the first terminal 2 can be achieved through the wireless transceiver, thereby improving the user experience.

[0044] The following is a specific example illustrating a particular implementation of an embodiment of this application.

[0045] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of an information interaction method between the wireless earphone 1 and the first terminal 2.

[0046] like Figure 2 As shown, in one example, the first terminal 2 can be a mobile phone. The wireless earphone 1 can be paired with other wireless earphones 4, wherein the wireless earphone 1 can be the right earphone, and the other wireless earphone 4 can be the left earphone. The other wireless earphone 4 can have the same function as the wireless earphone 1. For user convenience, the structure of the other wireless earphone 4 can be symmetrical to the structure of the wireless earphone 1.

[0047] When not in use, the wireless earphone 1 and the other wireless earphones 4 can be stored in the storage box.

[0048] After the wireless earphone 1 and the other wireless earphone 4 paired with the wireless earphone 1 are taken out of the storage box, the wireless earphone 1 and the other wireless earphone 4 can wirelessly communicate with the mobile phone via Bluetooth communication protocol (i.e., the first communication protocol in this example) to transmit audio data. For example, the mobile phone can transmit the audio corresponding to the video and the audio received through the cellular network during the call to the wireless earphone 1 and / or the other wireless earphone 4, while the wireless earphone 1 and / or the other wireless earphone 4 can transmit the audio received by the mobile phone transmitter microphone 108.

[0049] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of an information interaction method between the wireless earphone 1 and the second terminal 3.

[0050] like Figure 3 As shown, in one example, the first terminal 2 can be a mobile phone. The wireless earphone 1 can be paired with other wireless earphones 4, wherein the wireless earphone 1 can be the right earphone, and the other wireless earphone 4 can be the left earphone, and the other wireless earphone 4 can have the same function as the wireless earphone 1.

[0051] The second terminal 3 can be a wireless transmitter 5. The wireless transmitter 5 can be a portable wireless transmitter 5, which is convenient for users to carry and is used to electrically connect with the first terminal 2, so that the first terminal 2 can communicate wirelessly with the wireless earphone 1 through the wireless transmitter 5.

[0052] For example, the wireless transmitter 5 can connect to the first terminal 2 via a preset interface (such as a Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface) to obtain audio signals from the mobile phone. Furthermore, the wireless transmitter 5 can transmit signals to the wireless headset 1 via a proprietary communication protocol, thereby reducing the information transmission delay between the first terminal 2 and the wireless headset 1.

[0053] In some embodiments, the wireless earphone 1 includes a control chip 103, the first wireless transceiver 101 is located in the control chip 103 of the wireless earphone 1, and the second wireless transceiver 102 is located outside the control chip 103.

[0054] In this embodiment, the control chip 103 can have various specific structures and functions. For example, if the first communication protocol is the Bluetooth communication protocol, the control chip 103 can be used as a Bluetooth chip. In this case, the first wireless transceiver 101 is located in the control chip 103, and therefore the information transmission of the first wireless transceiver 101 can be controlled by control modules such as the host controller 107 in the control chip 103. Exemplarily, the control chip 103 may include at least one of the following: a low-dropout linear regulator 106, a battery management unit 109, an analog-to-digital converter 110, a digital-to-analog converter 111, a microphone input interface 112, a host controller 107, and a Bluetooth MAC protocol controller 113.

[0055] The second wireless transceiver 102 may be located outside the control chip 103 to reduce interference between different controls of the first wireless transceiver 101 and the second wireless transceiver 102, thereby improving control efficiency. In some embodiments, the second wireless transceiver 102 is an integrated chip. For example, the second wireless transceiver 102 may include at least one of the following: a slave controller 114 (such as a Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) slave controller 1141 and / or an Inter-IC Sound (I2S) slave controller 1142), a wireless transceiver controller 115, an audio digital compression / decompression unit 116, and a microcontroller unit 117 (MCU).

[0056] In some embodiments, a switching switch 105 and an antenna 104 are included;

[0057] The switching switch 105 is used to electrically connect to the antenna 104 and the control chip 103;

[0058] The switching switch 105 is also used to electrically connect to the second wireless transceiver 102 and the first wireless transceiver 101 respectively, so as to control the antenna 104 to be electrically connected to the second wireless transceiver 102 or to be electrically connected to the first wireless transceiver 101 according to the control chip 103.

[0059] In this embodiment, the type of the switching switch 105 can be determined according to requirements. In some examples, the switching switch 105 can be an RF switch. Through the switching switch 105, the antenna 104 can be electrically connected to the second wireless transceiver 102 or electrically connected to the first wireless transceiver 101. In this case, the switching switch 105 can control the connection and disconnection states of the first wireless transceiver 101 and the second wireless transceiver 102 with the antenna 104 through time-division multiplexing and other control strategies, thereby conveniently controlling the wireless communication method used by the wireless headset 1 when conducting wireless communication. Furthermore, the first wireless transceiver 101 and the second wireless transceiver 102 can share a single antenna 104, thereby improving the compactness of the wireless headset 1 structure, reducing hardware costs, and decreasing the size of the wireless headset 1.

[0060] In some embodiments, the control chip 103 includes a low-dropout linear regulator 106, which is used to output a DC voltage to the second wireless transceiver 102.

[0061] In this embodiment, the low-dropout linear regulator 106 can output one or at least two sets of DC voltages to the second wireless transceiver 102 as a power source for the second wireless transceiver 102. In this case, the control chip 103 can control not only the power supply of the first wireless transceiver 101 located within the control chip 103, but also the power supply of the second wireless transceiver 102 located outside the control chip 103. This reduces hardware costs and circuit area, allowing the wireless headset 1 to achieve at least two wireless communication methods without increasing power consumption or hardware size excessively.

[0062] In some embodiments, the control chip 103 further includes a battery management unit 109, which can be electrically connected to the battery of the wireless earphone 1 to realize the charging and discharging control of the battery.

[0063] In some embodiments, the control chip 103 includes a host controller 107, which is electrically connected to the slave controller 114 of the second wireless transceiver 102 for transmitting audio data and / or control data.

[0064] For example, the host controller 107 may include an SPI host controller 1071 and / or an I2S host controller 1072. The SPI host controller 1071 in the control chip 103 can be electrically connected to the SPI slave controller 1141 of the second wireless transceiver 102 for transmitting audio data and / or control data. The I2S host controller 1072 in the control chip 103 can be electrically connected to the I2S slave controller 1142 of the second wireless transceiver 102 for transmitting audio data.

[0065] In some embodiments, the storage space of the control chip 103 includes a sub-storage space, which is used to store program information and / or configuration information of the second wireless transceiver 102.

[0066] In this embodiment, the storage space of the control chip 103 can be of various types. For example, the storage space can be a read-only memory (ROM) or a random access memory (RAM), etc.

[0067] For example, the program information may include the program code, control data, etc. of the second wireless transceiver 102, and the configuration information may include the configuration parameters of the second wireless transceiver 102. After startup, the second wireless transceiver 102 can obtain its program code and other information from the control chip 103 via the bus 118 for operation. In this case, the second wireless transceiver 102 does not require additional storage space; instead, it utilizes the sub-storage space in the control chip 103 to store its program information and / or configuration information. This reduces hardware costs and circuit area, allowing the wireless headset 1 to implement at least two wireless communication methods without increasing power consumption or hardware size.

[0068] In some embodiments, the wireless earphone 1 further includes a microphone 108, which is electrically connected to the control chip 103;

[0069] The control chip 103 is also used to send an audio data stream to the first wireless transceiver 101 or the second wireless transceiver 102 according to a time-division multiplexing control strategy. The audio data stream is a data stream obtained from the audio signal collected by the microphone 108.

[0070] In this embodiment, the type and number of microphones 108 can be configured in various ways. For example, the microphones 108 may include digital microphones 1081 and / or analog microphones 1082. The microphone input interface 112 may include digital microphone input interface 1121 and / or analog microphone input interface 1122.

[0071] The digital microphone 1081 can be electrically connected to the digital microphone input interface 1121 of the control chip 103. The digital audio signal collected by the digital microphone 1081 can be converted into an I2S audio data stream by the control chip 103, and then, according to the time-division multiplexing control strategy, the I2S audio data stream can be sent to the first wireless transceiver 101 or the second wireless transceiver 102, so that the first wireless transceiver 101 can transmit the I2S audio data stream to the first terminal 2, or the second wireless transceiver 102 can transmit the I2S audio data stream to the second terminal 3.

[0072] The analog microphone 1082 can be electrically connected to the analog microphone input interface 1122 of the control chip 103. The analog audio signal collected by the analog microphone 1082 can be converted into a digital audio signal by the analog-to-digital converter 110, and then converted into an I2S audio data stream by the control chip 103. According to the time-division multiplexing control strategy, the I2S audio data stream is sent to the first wireless transceiver 101 or the second wireless transceiver 102.

[0073] The specific structure of the wireless earphone 1 in the embodiments of this application is illustrated below with specific examples.

[0074] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of a specific structure of the wireless earphone 1.

[0075] like Figure 4 As shown, in one example, the wireless earphone 1 may include an antenna 104, a switch 105, a control chip 103, and a second wireless transceiver 102. The first communication protocol may be the Bluetooth communication protocol.

[0076] Specifically, the control chip 103 may include a first wireless transceiver 101, a low-dropout linear regulator 106, a battery management unit 109, a digital-to-analog converter 111, a digital microphone input interface 1121, an SPI host controller 1071, an I2S host controller 1072, a Bluetooth MAC protocol controller 113, and a speaker 109. The various components in the control chip 103 can transmit information via bus 118.

[0077] The second wireless transceiver 102 may include an SPI slave controller 1141, an I2S slave controller 1142, a wireless transceiver controller 115, and an audio digital compression / decompression unit 116.

[0078] In addition, such as Figure 4 As shown, the control chip 103 may also include an analog microphone 1082 and an analog-to-digital signal converter 110.

[0079] The analog microphone 1082 can be electrically connected to the analog microphone input interface 1122 of the control chip 103. The analog audio signal collected by the analog microphone 1082 can be converted into a digital audio signal by the analog-to-digital converter 110, and then converted into an I2S audio data stream by the control chip 103. According to the time-division multiplexing control strategy, the I2S audio data stream is sent to the first wireless transceiver 101 or the second wireless transceiver 102.

[0080] Figure 5This is a schematic diagram of another specific structure of the wireless earphone 1.

[0081] like Figure 5 As shown, in another example, the control chip 103 may include a digital microphone 108.

[0082] The digital microphone 1081 can be electrically connected to the digital microphone input interface 1121 of the control chip 103. The digital audio signal collected by the digital microphone 1081 can be converted into an I2S audio data stream by the control chip 103, and then the I2S audio data stream can be sent to the first wireless transceiver 101 or the second wireless transceiver 102 according to the time division multiplexing control strategy.

[0083] In this embodiment, the wireless earphone 1 may include a first wireless transceiver 101 and a second wireless transceiver 102. The first wireless transceiver 101 is used to wirelessly communicate with the first terminal 2 based on a first communication protocol, and the second wireless transceiver 102 is used to wirelessly communicate with the second terminal 3 based on a second communication protocol. The second communication protocol is different from the first communication protocol. Therefore, the wireless earphone 1 in this embodiment can use different communication protocols for wireless communication depending on the situation of the first terminal 2 and the second terminal 3, so as to adapt to the needs of different application scenarios, meet the user's usage needs, and improve the user experience.

[0084] Example 2

[0085] Corresponding to the wireless earphone 1 described in the above embodiment, Figure 6 This diagram illustrates a structural block diagram of a method for controlling wireless headphones according to an embodiment of this application. For ease of explanation, only the parts related to the embodiments of this application are shown.

[0086] The method for controlling wireless earphones in this application embodiment can be applied to wireless earphones 1 in any of the above embodiments.

[0087] Reference Figure 6 The method for controlling wireless headphones includes:

[0088] Step S601: When the wireless earphone 1 is in the first communication mode based on the first wireless transceiver 101, if a preset trigger information is received, a first notification instruction is generated. The first notification instruction is used to synchronously notify the wireless earphone 1 and other wireless earphones 4 paired with the wireless earphone 1 to set the wireless communication mode to the second communication mode based on the second wireless transceiver 102.

[0089] Step S602: According to the first notification instruction, the wireless communication mode of the wireless earphone 1 is switched from the first communication mode to the second communication mode.

[0090] In this embodiment of the application, the first communication mode is a wireless communication mode based on the first wireless transceiver 101. Therefore, in the first communication mode, wireless transmission is performed through the first wireless transceiver 101 based on the first communication protocol.

[0091] The preset trigger information can be generated based on a preset trigger operation. For example, the preset trigger operation can be a specific action performed by the user on a specific button on the wireless earphone 1 (such as a double-click, triple-click, or long-press for a certain number of seconds). Alternatively, the preset trigger information can also be generated based on preset voice commands, gesture commands, etc. The specific method of generating the preset trigger information is not limited here.

[0092] The first notification instruction is used to simultaneously notify the wireless earphone 1 and other wireless earphones 4 paired with the wireless earphone 1 to set the wireless communication mode to the second communication mode based on the second wireless transceiver 102. It can be understood that the first notification instruction can be a single instruction, simultaneously sent to the designated control unit in the control chip 103 of the wireless earphone 1 and the other wireless earphones 4. Alternatively, the first notification instruction can also include two instructions, respectively sent to the designated control unit in the control chip 103 of the wireless earphone 1 and the other wireless earphones 4, with the two instructions being sent at the same time to achieve synchronous notification to the wireless earphone 1 and the other wireless earphones 4 paired with the wireless earphone 1.

[0093] In some examples, the first communication mode can be the default wireless communication mode of the wireless earphone 1. When the wireless earphone 1 is powered on, it can operate in the first communication mode by default and can search for other paired wireless earphones 4 through the first communication mode. Among the wireless earphone 1 and the other wireless earphones 4, there can be a main earphone and a secondary earphone, and the wireless earphone 1 in this embodiment can be either the main earphone or the secondary earphone.

[0094] In this embodiment, when the wireless earphone 1 is in a first communication mode based on the first wireless transceiver 101, if a preset trigger information is received, a first notification instruction can be generated, and the wireless earphone 1 and other wireless earphones 4 paired with the wireless earphone 1 can be simultaneously notified through the first notification instruction to set the wireless communication mode to a second communication mode based on the second wireless transceiver 102; then, the wireless earphone 1 can switch the wireless communication mode from the first communication mode to the second communication mode according to the first notification instruction, thereby ensuring that the wireless earphone 1 and other paired wireless earphones 4 can switch to the second communication mode simultaneously.

[0095] In some embodiments, after switching the wireless communication mode of the wireless earphone 1 from the first communication mode to the second communication mode according to the first notification instruction, the method further includes:

[0096] If no signal is received from the second terminal 3 within a preset time period, a second notification instruction is generated. The second notification instruction is used to simultaneously notify the wireless earphone 1 and the other wireless earphones 4 to set the wireless communication mode to the first communication mode.

[0097] According to the second notification instruction, the wireless communication mode of the wireless earphone 1 is switched from the second communication mode to the first communication mode.

[0098] In this embodiment of the application, when the wireless earphone 1 and the other wireless earphones 4 are in the second communication mode, the wireless earphone 1 and the other wireless earphones 4 can simultaneously receive signals such as audio signals and heartbeat signals sent by the wireless transmitter 5 through a private communication protocol.

[0099] If the wireless earphone 1 is already in the second communication mode, and does not receive a signal from the second terminal 3 within a preset time period, a second notification instruction can be generated.

[0100] It should be noted that the second terminal 3 can be the other wireless earphone 4. In this case, the other wireless earphone 4 may fail to switch to the second communication mode according to the first notification instruction, or there may be no need for information transmission at present. It can be seen that the wireless earphone 1 currently does not have the need for information transmission based on the second communication mode. At this time, the second notification instruction can be generated to indicate that the wireless earphone 1 and the other wireless earphone 4 switch to the first communication mode synchronously.

[0101] Of course, the second terminal 3 can also be any other terminal besides the other wireless earphones 4, such as a wireless transmitter 5. If the second terminal 3 is the wireless transmitter 5, then if the wireless earphone 1 does not receive audio signals and heartbeat signals sent by the wireless transmitter 5 within a preset time period, it can be assumed that there is currently no information transmission requirement based on the second communication mode, and thus the second notification instruction can be generated.

[0102] In this embodiment of the application, if no signal is received from the second terminal 3 within a preset time period, it can be assumed that there is no information transmission requirement based on the second communication mode. The wireless earphone 1 can switch its wireless communication mode from the second communication mode to the first communication mode according to the second notification instruction, thereby ensuring that the wireless earphone 1 and the other paired wireless earphones 4 can switch to the first communication mode in a timely and simultaneous manner, so as to uniformly set the wireless communication mode of all paired earphones to the first communication mode.

[0103] In some embodiments, the first wireless transceiver 101 and the second wireless transceiver 102 have the same MAC address, which is used for wireless communication based on the first communication mode and wireless communication based on the second communication mode.

[0104] In this embodiment of the application, the first wireless transceiver 101 and the second wireless transceiver 102 may have the same MAC address (Media Access Control Address). In this case, wireless communication can be achieved through a MAC protocol controller in the wireless headset 1, thereby reducing hardware costs and the size of the wireless headset 1.

[0105] It should be understood that the sequence number of each step in the above embodiments does not imply the order of execution. The execution order of each process should be determined by its function and internal logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of this application.

[0106] Example 3

[0107] Corresponding to the method for controlling wireless headphones described in the above embodiments, this application provides a device for controlling wireless headphones. For ease of explanation, only the parts related to this application embodiment will be described.

[0108] The device for controlling the wireless headphones includes:

[0109] The first generation module is used to generate a first notification instruction when the wireless earphone 1 is in a first communication mode based on the first wireless transceiver 101 and receives preset trigger information. The first notification instruction is used to synchronously notify the wireless earphone 1 and other wireless earphones 4 paired with the wireless earphone 1 to set the wireless communication mode to a second communication mode based on the second wireless transceiver 102.

[0110] The first switching module is used to switch the wireless communication mode of the wireless earphone 1 from the first communication mode to the second communication mode according to the first notification instruction.

[0111] Optionally, the device for controlling the wireless headphones also includes:

[0112] The second generation module is used to generate a second notification instruction if no signal is received from the second terminal 3 within a preset time period. The second notification instruction is used to simultaneously notify the wireless earphone 1 and the other wireless earphones 4, and the wireless communication mode is set to the first communication mode.

[0113] The second switching module is used to switch the wireless communication mode of the wireless earphone 1 from the second communication mode to the first communication mode according to the second notification instruction.

[0114] Optionally, the first wireless transceiver 101 and the second wireless transceiver 102 have the same MAC address, which is used for wireless communication based on the first communication mode and wireless communication based on the second communication mode.

[0115] Example 4

[0116] Figure 7 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a wireless earphone 1 provided in an embodiment of this application. Figure 7 As shown, the wireless earphone 1 of this embodiment includes: a first wireless transceiver 101, a second wireless transceiver 102, a control chip 103, a memory 71, and a computer program 72 stored in the memory 71 and executable on at least one control chip 103. When the control chip 103 executes the computer program 72, it implements the steps in any of the above-described methods for controlling the wireless earphone.

[0117] In this embodiment, the specific structure of the wireless earphone 1 can be referred to the description in Embodiment 1 above, and will not be repeated here.

[0118] In some embodiments, the aforementioned memory 71 may be an internal storage unit of the wireless headset 1, such as a hard drive or memory of the wireless headset 1. In other embodiments, the aforementioned memory 71 may be an external storage device of the wireless headset 1, such as a plug-in hard drive, smart media card (SMC), secure digital (SD) card, flash card, etc., equipped on the wireless headset 1. Furthermore, the aforementioned memory 71 may include both internal storage units and external storage devices of the wireless headset 1. The aforementioned memory 71 is used to store the operating system, applications, boot loader, data, and other programs, such as the program code of the aforementioned computer programs. The aforementioned memory 71 may also be used to temporarily store data that has been output or will be output.

[0119] In addition, although not shown, the wireless earphone 1 described above may also include a network connection module, such as a Bluetooth module, a Wi-Fi module, a cellular network module, etc., which will not be described in detail here.

[0120] In this embodiment of the application, when the control chip 103 executes the computer program 72 to implement the steps in any of the above method embodiments, when the wireless earphone 1 is in the first communication mode based on the first wireless transceiver 101, if a preset trigger information is received, a first notification instruction can be generated, and the wireless earphone 1 and other wireless earphones 4 paired with the wireless earphone 1 can be simultaneously notified through the first notification instruction to set the wireless communication mode to the second communication mode based on the second wireless transceiver 102; then, the wireless earphone 1 can switch the wireless communication mode from the first communication mode to the second communication mode according to the first notification instruction, thereby ensuring that the wireless earphone 1 and other paired wireless earphones 4 can switch to the second communication mode simultaneously.

[0121] This application also provides a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, which, when executed by the control chip 103, implements the steps in the various method embodiments described above.

[0122] This application provides a computer program product that, when run on a wireless headset 1, enables the wireless headset 1 to perform the steps described in the above-described method embodiments.

[0123] If the integrated units described above are implemented as software functional units and sold or used as independent products, they can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, all or part of the processes in the methods of the above embodiments can be implemented by a computer program instructing related hardware. The computer program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and when executed by the control chip 103, it can implement the steps of the various method embodiments described above. The computer program includes computer program code, which can be in the form of source code, object code, executable files, or certain intermediate forms. The computer-readable medium can include at least: any entity or device capable of carrying the computer program code to the camera / wireless headset 1, a recording medium, a computer memory, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), an electrical carrier signal, a telecommunication signal, and a software distribution medium. Examples include USB flash drives, portable hard drives, magnetic disks, or optical disks. In some jurisdictions, according to legislation and patent practice, computer-readable media cannot be electrical carrier signals or telecommunication signals.

[0124] In the above embodiments, the descriptions of each embodiment have different focuses. For parts that are not described in detail or recorded in a certain embodiment, please refer to the relevant descriptions of other embodiments.

[0125] Those skilled in the art will recognize that the units and algorithm steps of the various examples described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are implemented in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Those skilled in the art can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered beyond the scope of this application.

[0126] In the embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus / network devices and methods can be implemented in other ways. For example, the apparatus / network device embodiments described above are merely illustrative. For instance, the division of modules or units described above is only a logical functional division, and in actual implementation, there may be other division methods. For example, multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be ignored or not executed. Furthermore, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed may be through some interfaces; the indirect coupling or communication connection between devices or units may be electrical, mechanical, or other forms.

[0127] The units described above as separate components may or may not be physically separate. The components shown as units may or may not be physical units; that is, they may be located in one place or distributed across multiple network units. Some or all of the units can be selected to achieve the purpose of this embodiment according to actual needs.

[0128] The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of this application, and are not intended to limit them. Although this application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that modifications can still be made to the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments, or equivalent substitutions can be made to some of the technical features. Such modifications or substitutions do not cause the essence of the corresponding technical solutions to deviate from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of this application, and should all be included within the protection scope of this application.

Claims

1. A wireless earphone, characterized in that, include: A first wireless transceiver, the first wireless transceiver being used to wirelessly communicate with a first terminal based on a first communication protocol; A second wireless transceiver is used to wirelessly communicate with a second terminal based on a second communication protocol, which is different from the first communication protocol. The first communication protocol is the Bluetooth communication protocol, and the second communication protocol is a proprietary communication protocol; wherein, the channel bandwidth of the proprietary communication protocol is different from that of the Bluetooth communication protocol; The first wireless transceiver and the second wireless transceiver have the same MAC address, which is used for wireless communication based on a first communication mode and wireless communication based on a second communication mode; wherein, the first communication mode is a wireless communication mode based on the first wireless transceiver, and the second communication mode is a wireless communication mode based on the second wireless transceiver. The wireless earphone is either the left or right earphone in a pair of paired earphones, and the wireless earphone is used alone as either the left or right earphone. The wireless earphone also includes a control chip, with the first wireless transceiver located in the control chip of the wireless earphone and the second wireless transceiver located outside the control chip; The wireless earphone also includes a switch and an antenna; The switching switch is used to electrically connect to the antenna and the control chip; The switching switch is also used to electrically connect to the second wireless transceiver and the first wireless transceiver respectively, so as to control the antenna to be electrically connected to the second wireless transceiver or to be electrically connected to the first wireless transceiver according to the control chip. The control chip includes a low-dropout linear regulator, which is used to output DC voltage to the second wireless transceiver. The control chip is also used to send the audio data stream to the first wireless transceiver or the second wireless transceiver according to the time-division multiplexing control strategy.

2. The wireless earphone as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The second terminal is a wireless transmitter, which is used to electrically connect to the first terminal.

3. The wireless earphone as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The control chip includes a host controller, which is electrically connected to the slave controller of the second wireless transceiver for transmitting audio data and / or control data.

4. The wireless earphone as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The storage space of the control chip includes a sub-storage space, which is used to store the program information and / or configuration information of the second wireless transceiver.

5. The wireless earphone as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The wireless earphone also includes a microphone, which is electrically connected to the control chip; The audio data stream is a data stream obtained based on the audio signal collected by the microphone.

6. A method for controlling wireless headphones, characterized in that, Applied to the wireless earphones as described in any one of claims 1 to 5, the method comprises: When the wireless earphone is in the first communication mode based on the first wireless transceiver, if a preset trigger information is received, a first notification instruction is generated. The first notification instruction is used to synchronously notify the wireless earphone and other wireless earphones paired with the wireless earphone to set the wireless communication mode to the second communication mode based on the second wireless transceiver. According to the first notification instruction, the wireless communication mode of the wireless earphone is switched from the first communication mode to the second communication mode; The first wireless transceiver and the second wireless transceiver have the same MAC address, which is used for wireless communication based on the first communication mode and wireless communication based on the second communication mode. The wireless earphones are either the left or right earphone in a pair of paired earphones.

7. The method as described in claim 6, characterized in that, After switching the wireless communication mode of the wireless earphone from the first communication mode to the second communication mode according to the first notification instruction, the method further includes: If no signal is received from the second terminal within a preset time period, a second notification instruction is generated. The second notification instruction is used to simultaneously notify the wireless earphone and the other wireless earphones to set the wireless communication mode to the first communication mode. According to the second notification instruction, the wireless communication mode of the wireless earphone is switched from the second communication mode to the first communication mode.

8. A wireless headset, comprising a memory, a control chip, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the control chip, characterized in that, The wireless earphone further includes a first wireless transceiver and a second wireless transceiver, and the control chip implements the method as described in claim 6 or 7 when executing the computer program.

9. A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, characterized in that, When the computer program is executed by the control chip, it implements the method as described in claim 6 or 7.

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