Conference room microphone with light monitoring function

By integrating the illuminance sensing unit and the MCU processing unit on the conference room microphone, the problems of numerous equipment and wiring caused by the lack of sound intensity detection function of the microphone in the prior art are solved, and effective detection of the light intensity of the conference room is achieved.

CN222547605UActive Publication Date: 2025-02-28SICHUAN HUSHAN ELECTRIC APPLIANCE
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Application Number
CN202421238345.6
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-05-31
Publication Date
2025-02-28
Estimated Expiration
2034-05-31

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Technical Problem

The existing conference room microphones do not have sound intensity detection function, which leads to the need to re-arrange sound sensors in the lighting intensity adjustment system, resulting in the problem of numerous equipment and messy wiring.

Method used

The illuminance sensing unit is set on the microphone body and connected to the MCU processing unit to integrate monitoring sensors to detect the light intensity of the conference room and avoid additional detection equipment.

Benefits of technology

It realizes that the lighting intensity of the conference room is detected without the need for additional detection equipment, avoiding the problems of numerous equipment and messy wiring.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a conference room microphone with a light monitoring function, particularly relates to the technical field of microphone equipment, and is technically characterized in that the microphone comprises a microphone body, an MCU (Microprogrammed Control Unit) processing unit, a network communication unit, an illumination sensing unit, an audio input unit, an audio amplification unit, an audio output unit and a power supply unit, the illumination sensing unit is arranged on the outer side wall of the microphone body and connected with the MCU processing unit, and the illumination sensing unit is used for detecting the illumination intensity in a conference room; the MCU processing unit is arranged on the inner side of the microphone body and used for collecting the illumination intensity detected by the illumination sensing unit and receiving and sending a control signal to control the state of the microphone. The illumination sensing unit is arranged on the microphone body and is connected with the MCU processing unit in the microphone, so that the monitoring sensor is integrated on the microphone, the number of equipment arranged in a conference room is reduced, and the problem of disordered equipment wiring caused by too many arranged equipment is prevented.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of microphone equipment, in particular to a conference room microphone with lighting monitoring function. Background Art

[0002] A conference room refers to a room used for meetings. It can be used for academic reports, meetings, training, organizing activities, and receiving guests. Conference rooms are divided into large and small sizes. Small conference rooms are smaller and generally do not have many participants. Their speeches can be clearly transmitted to other participants. Medium and large conference rooms have more participants, so it is easy for one participant to speak but other participants cannot hear clearly. In this case, a microphone is used to assist in speaking.

[0003] When holding a meeting or event in a conference room, it is usually necessary to adjust the conference room lighting according to the type of meeting or the form of the event, and it is necessary to adjust the lighting brightness in different areas according to the activity range of the participants. In the prior art, an adaptive lighting adjustment system is usually used to adjust the conference room lighting. The lighting monitoring technology in the adjustment system is to arrange multiple sensors in the conference room to collect the light intensity at different locations, thereby adjusting the conference room lighting; however, this method requires separate wiring for multiple sensors, which either leads to a large number of equipment in the conference room and messy equipment wiring, or a more difficult and cumbersome wiring method.

[0004] Therefore, the present invention aims to provide a conference room microphone with light monitoring function to solve the above-mentioned related problems. Utility Model Content

[0005] The technical problem to be solved by the utility model is that the conference room microphone in the prior art does not have the function of detecting sound intensity. When the light intensity needs to be detected in the conference room light intensity adjustment system, a method of re-laying the sound sensor is usually adopted, which will lead to the related problems of numerous conference room equipment and messy wiring. The utility model aims to provide a conference room microphone with light monitoring, by arranging an illumination sensor unit on the microphone body and connecting it to the MCU processing unit in the microphone, so as to integrate the monitoring sensor on the microphone, so as to achieve the purpose of detecting the light intensity of the conference room without additionally arranging other detection equipment in the conference room; at the same time, it also prevents the problem of messy equipment wiring caused by too many equipment being arranged.

[0006] The utility model is realized by the following technical solutions:

[0007] A conference room microphone with light monitoring function, the microphone comprising a microphone body, an MCU processing unit, a network communication unit, an illumination sensor unit, an audio input unit, an audio amplification unit, an audio output unit and a power supply unit; the MCU processing unit is arranged on the inner side of the microphone body, the illumination sensor unit is arranged on the outer side wall of the microphone body and connected to the MCU processing unit, the illumination sensor unit is used to detect the light intensity in the conference room; the network communication unit is connected to the MCU processing unit and is used to receive and send signals.

[0008] Furthermore, the audio input unit is disposed inside the microphone body and connected to the audio amplification unit for converting the audio signal into an electrical signal;

[0009] The audio amplification unit is arranged inside the microphone body and connected to the MCU processing unit, and is used to amplify the electrical signal and realize the shutoff of the electrical signal;

[0010] The audio output unit is arranged inside the microphone body and connected to the audio amplification unit, and is used for sending the amplified electrical signal to an external audio output device.

[0011] Furthermore, the microphone body is also provided with a control button, which is arranged on the outer side wall of the microphone body and is connected to the MCU processing unit.

[0012] Furthermore, a power supply unit is disposed on the inner side of the microphone body and is connected to the MCU processing unit, and the power supply unit is used to provide power support for the microphone.

[0013] Furthermore, the microphone also includes a status display unit, which is arranged on the outer side wall of the microphone body and is connected to the MCU processing unit for displaying the switch status and audio data of the microphone.

[0014] Furthermore, the status display unit adopts a high-definition display screen.

[0015] Furthermore, the status display unit adopts at least one light emitting diode.

[0016] Furthermore, the network communication unit adopts one of wired network, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or Zigbee.

[0017] Furthermore, the illumination sensing unit adopts a light intensity sensor.

[0018] Furthermore, the microphone body includes a microphone head, a microphone stem and a microphone base, and the microphone stem is used for connecting the microphone head and the microphone base.

[0019] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following advantages and beneficial effects: in the utility model, by arranging the illumination sensor unit on the microphone body and connecting it with the MCU processing unit in the microphone, the monitoring sensor is integrated on the microphone, so that the purpose of detecting the light intensity of the conference room can be achieved without additionally deploying other detection equipment in the conference room; at the same time, the problem of messy equipment wiring due to too many devices is prevented. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0020] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the exemplary embodiments of the present utility model, the following is a brief introduction to the drawings required for use in the embodiments. It should be understood that the following drawings only illustrate certain embodiments of the present utility model, and therefore should not be regarded as limiting the scope. For ordinary technicians in this field, other relevant drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative work. In the drawings:

[0021] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of module connections of a conference room microphone with light monitoring in this embodiment;

[0022] Figure 2 The figure is a schematic diagram of the structure of a conference room microphone with light monitoring function in this embodiment.

[0023] Marks and corresponding parts names in the attached drawings:

[0024] 1. Microphone body; 101. Microphone head; 102. Microphone rod; 103. Microphone base; 2. MCU processing unit; 3. Network communication unit; 4. Illuminance sensor unit; 5. Audio input unit; 6. Audio amplification unit; 7. Audio output unit; 8. Power supply unit; 9. Status display unit; 10. Control button. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] The following is a description of exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, including various details of the embodiments of the present disclosure to facilitate understanding, which should be considered as merely exemplary. Therefore, it should be recognized by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes and modifications may be made to the embodiments described herein without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. Similarly, for the sake of clarity and conciseness, the description of well-known functions and structures is omitted in the following description.

[0026] In the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, the use of the terms "first", "second", etc. to describe various elements is not intended to limit the positional relationship, timing relationship, or importance relationship of these elements, and such terms are only used to distinguish one element from another element. In some examples, the first element and the second element may refer to the same instance of the element, and in some cases, based on the description of the context, they may also refer to different instances.

[0027] The terms used in the description of various examples in this disclosure are only for the purpose of describing specific examples and are not intended to be limiting. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, if the number of elements is not specifically limited, the element can be one or more. In addition, the term "and / or" used in this disclosure covers any one of the listed items and all possible combinations.

[0028] Example

[0029] See also Figure 1 A conference room microphone with light monitoring, the microphone includes a microphone body 1, an MCU processing unit 2, a network communication unit 3, an illumination sensor unit 4, an audio input unit 5, an audio amplifier unit 6, an audio output unit 7 and a power supply unit 8. In this embodiment, the MCU processing unit 2 adopts AT32F437RMT7, the network communication unit 3 adopts LAN8720, the illumination sensor unit 4 adopts BH1750, and the audio amplifier unit adopts ES8327; the illumination sensor unit 4 is fixedly installed on the outer wall of the microphone body 1 and is electrically connected to the MCU processing unit 2, and the illumination sensor unit 4 is used to detect the light intensity in the conference room; the network communication unit 3 is connected to the MCU processing unit 2, and the network communication unit 3 is used to transmit the data signal processed by the MCU processing unit 2 to the upper computer; the MCU processing unit 2 is used to receive the light intensity output by the illumination sensor unit 4, and receive and send control signals to automatically control the microphone, and at the same time process the important status information and parameters of the microphone, and send them to the status display unit 9 for corresponding data signal display.

[0030] It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the host computer may be a computer, a tablet computer or a mobile phone. In other embodiments, it may be other devices that can determine the intensity of the light signal and thus adaptively adjust the conference room lighting.

[0031] Specifically, in this embodiment, the illumination sensor unit 4 is arranged on the microphone body 1 and connected to the MCU processing unit 2 in the microphone, so that the monitoring sensor is integrated into the microphone, thereby achieving the purpose of detecting the light intensity of the conference room without the need to deploy other detection equipment in the conference room; at the same time, it also prevents the problem of messy equipment wiring due to too many devices being deployed.

[0032] In another embodiment, the audio input unit 5 is fixedly installed on the inner side of the microphone body 1, and the input end of the audio input unit is connected to the microphone head, and the output end of the audio input unit is connected to the audio amplification unit 6, which is used to convert the audio signal obtained by the microphone head 101 into an electrical signal, and output the converted electrical signal to the audio amplification unit 6 for amplification processing; the audio amplification unit 6 is fixedly installed on the inner side of the microphone body 1 and connected to the MCU processing unit 2, which is used to amplify the electrical signal and realize the shutdown of the electrical signal by adjusting the volume; the audio output unit 7 is fixedly installed on the inner side of the microphone body 1, and the input end of the audio output unit 7 is connected to the audio amplification unit 6, and the output end of the audio output unit 7 is connected to the external audio output device via a wireless or wired audio cable, which is used to send the amplified electrical signal to the external audio output device.

[0033] It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the external audio output device is a mixing console or a conference audio host, which is used to convert the electrical signal output by the audio output unit 7, thereby outputting an amplified audio signal.

[0034] In another embodiment, the microphone body is further provided with a control button 10 , which is disposed on the outer side wall of the microphone body and is connected to the MCU processing unit 2 .

[0035] Specifically, in this embodiment, the user inputs a control signal for turning the microphone on and off to the MCU processing unit 2 through the control button 10 to control the microphone state; at the same time, the user inputs a control signal for controlling the microphone audio amplification factor to the MCU processing unit 2 through the control button 10 to control the audio signal amplification factor of the audio amplifier unit.

[0036] In another embodiment, the power supply unit 8 is disposed inside the microphone body 1 and connected to the MCU processing unit 2 , and the power supply unit 8 is used to provide power support for the microphone.

[0037] It should be noted that the power supply unit 8 also includes a voltage converter for adjusting the output voltage to provide power supplies of different voltages required by each unit. This technical means is a conventional technical means in the field and is common knowledge to those skilled in the art, so it will not be elaborated here.

[0038] In another embodiment, the microphone further includes a status display unit 9, which is disposed on the outer side wall of the microphone body 1 and is connected to the MCU processing unit 2, and is used to display the switch status and audio data of the microphone.

[0039] In another embodiment, the status display unit 9 adopts a high-definition display screen.

[0040] Specifically, in this embodiment, the status display unit 9 uses a high-definition display screen to display parameter data of the microphone, such as the switch status, power level, and light intensity.

[0041] In another embodiment, the status display unit 9 adopts at least one light emitting diode.

[0042] Specifically, in this embodiment, the state display unit 9 uses at least one light emitting diode, and various state information of the microphone can be displayed through the combination of on and off of the at least one light emitting diode.

[0043] In another embodiment, the network communication unit 3 adopts one of wired network, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or Zigbee.

[0044] In another embodiment, the illumination sensing unit 4 is a light intensity sensor.

[0045] In another embodiment, the microphone body 1 includes a microphone head 101 , a microphone stem 102 and a microphone base 103 , and the microphone stem 102 is used to connect the microphone head 101 and the microphone base 103 .

[0046] It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the MCU processing unit 2, the network communication unit 3, the audio amplification unit 6, the audio output unit 7 and the power supply unit 8 are all arranged inside the microphone base 103, the illumination sensor unit 4 is arranged on the outer wall of the microphone base 103, the audio input unit 5 is arranged in the microphone head 101, and the status display unit 9 is arranged on the outer wall of the microphone base 103.

[0047] Specifically, in this embodiment, the microphone is fixed on the conference table through the microphone base 103; the microphone rod 102 is convenient for connection with the microphone head 101, and the microphone rod 102 can be bendable or retractable.

[0048] Working principle: The microphone body 1 is placed on the conference table. The audio input unit 5 in the microphone head 101 collects the audio signal of the speaker and converts it into an electrical signal for transmission to the audio amplifier unit 6. The audio amplifier unit 6 amplifies the electrical signal and outputs it to the external audio output device through the audio output unit 7 for amplified audio output. At the same time, the illumination sensor unit 4 on the outer wall of the microphone body 1 collects the light intensity within a certain range. The light intensity is locally normalized by the MCU processing unit 2 and uploaded to the host computer through the network communication unit 3 to process and control the light signal intensity in the conference room.

[0049] The specific implementation methods described above further illustrate the purpose, technical solutions and beneficial effects of the utility model in detail. It should be understood that the above description is only the specific implementation method of the utility model and is not used to limit the protection scope of the utility model. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the utility model should be included in the protection scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. A conference room microphone with light monitoring, characterized in that: The microphone includes a microphone body, an MCU processing unit, a network communication unit, an illumination sensor unit, an audio input unit, an audio amplification unit, an audio output unit and a power supply unit; the illumination sensor unit is arranged on the outer wall of the microphone body and is connected to the MCU processing unit, and the illumination sensor unit is used to detect the light intensity in the conference room; the MCU processing unit is arranged on the inner side of the microphone body, and is used to collect the light intensity detected by the illumination sensor unit, and receive and send control signals to control the state of the microphone; the network communication unit is connected to the MCU processing unit, and is used to send the light intensity collected by the MCU to the host computer.

2. A conference room microphone with light monitoring according to claim 1, characterized in that: The audio input unit is arranged inside the microphone body and connected to the audio amplification unit, and is used to convert the audio signal into an electrical signal; The audio amplification unit is arranged inside the microphone body and connected to the MCU processing unit for amplifying the electrical signal; The audio output unit is arranged inside the microphone body and connected to the audio amplification unit, and is used for sending the amplified electrical signal to an external audio output device.

3. A conference room microphone with light monitoring according to claim 2, characterized in that: The microphone body is also provided with a control button, which is arranged on the outer side wall of the microphone body and is connected to the MCU processing unit.

4. A conference room microphone with light monitoring according to claim 1, characterized in that: The power supply unit is arranged on the inner side of the microphone body and is connected to the MCU processing unit. The power supply unit is used to provide power support for the microphone.

5. A conference room microphone with light monitoring according to claim 1, characterized in that: The microphone also includes a status display unit, which is arranged on the outer side wall of the microphone body and connected to the MCU processing unit for displaying the switch status of the microphone and audio data.

6. A conference room microphone with light monitoring according to claim 5, characterized in that: The status display unit uses a high-definition display screen.

7. A conference room microphone with light monitoring according to claim 5, characterized in that: The status display unit uses at least one light emitting diode.

8. The conference room microphone with light monitoring function according to claim 1, characterized in that: The network communication unit adopts one of wired network, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or Zigbee.

9. The conference room microphone with light monitoring according to claim 1, characterized in that: The illumination sensing unit adopts a light intensity sensor.

10. The conference room microphone with light monitoring function according to claim 1, characterized in that: The microphone body includes a microphone head, a microphone stem and a microphone base. The microphone stem is used to connect the microphone head and the microphone base.