Audio Adaptation Database for Electronic Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices fail to automatically adapt audio outputs to the specific characteristics of connected audio devices and user hearing profiles, leading to suboptimal audio reproduction.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a communication interface, memory, and processors that detect connected audio devices, determine audio adaptation information, and adjust audio outputs based on registered or updated profiles combining device and user hearing characteristics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If audio output is provided without adaptation to audio device characteristics and user hearing profiles, then the system operation is simple and fast, but the audio quality and reproduction accuracy deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-storing audio adaptation information for multiple audio devices and user hearing profiles in a database. When an audio device is connected, the processor quickly retrieves and applies the corresponding pre-prepared adaptation data, avoiding real-time complex calculations while achieving optimized audio output tailored to both the device characteristics and user hearing profile.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by automatically detecting the connected audio device, retrieving the appropriate adaptation information from the database, and applying the corrections without requiring manual user configuration. The processor autonomously matches the audio device characteristics with stored profiles and adjusts the audio output accordingly, making the complex adaptation process transparent to the user.
2Manufacturing precision
If audio adaptation information is automatically determined and applied, then the audio output is optimized for the specific device and user, but the processing time and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-storing audio adaptation information for multiple audio devices and user hearing profiles in a database. When an audio device is connected, the processor quickly retrieves and applies the corresponding pre-prepared adaptation data, avoiding real-time complex calculations while achieving optimized audio output tailored to both the device characteristics and user hearing profile.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system supports multiple audio device types with different characteristics, then the adaptability and versatility improve, but the complexity of managing different audio profiles increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system achieves universality by designing a database structure that stores audio adaptation information applicable to multiple types of audio devices (headphones, earphones, speakers, etc.) with different characteristics. The processor universally retrieves and applies the appropriate adaptation profile based on device detection, enabling the system to handle diverse audio devices through a unified framework without requiring device-specific implementation logic.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by automatically detecting the connected audio device, retrieving the appropriate adaptation information from the database, and applying the corrections without requiring manual user configuration. The processor autonomously matches the audio device characteristics with stored profiles and adjusts the audio output accordingly, making the complex adaptation process transparent to the user.
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AI summary
A method and device for processing an audio output in consideration of the hearing characteristics of a user and the characteristics of an audio device connected to an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a user interface; an audio interface configured to establish a connection to an audio device, a memory, and at least one processor electrically connected to the user interface, the memory, and the audio interface, wherein the at least one processor is configured to acquire at least one of identification information of the audio device and characteristics of the audio device, select audio adaptation information, change an audio signal, at least partially based on the audio adaptation information, and transmit the changed audio signal to the audio device.