Audio Capture and Remote Output via Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional audio sharing methods suffer from inflexibility, quality loss due to compression, and latency issues, as they typically involve transmitting complete audio outputs from a source device to a target device without considering application-level interactions or splitting audio signals into discrete components.
Innovation Solution
The system captures lower-level audio data or audio instructions from the source device and divides audio signals into component data segments, allowing for customized transmission to different target devices, enabling coordinated playback across multiple devices with improved quality and reduced latency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional audio sharing transmits complete audio outputs from source device to target device, then audio sharing functionality is achieved, but quality loss occurs due to compression and latency issues arise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments audio data into discrete components at the application level, allowing selective transmission of specific audio streams to different target devices. This segmentation enables uncompressed transmission of individual audio components, improving quality while reducing latency compared to transmitting complete compressed audio outputs.
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional audio sharing transmits complete audio outputs, then audio sharing is achieved, but flexibility is reduced due to lack of application-level interactions
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically routes different audio streams to different target devices based on application-level specifications. Users can flexibly configure which applications' audio should be shared and with which devices, allowing adaptive audio routing that responds to changing usage scenarios without requiring complex manual configuration.
3Adaptability or versatility
If audio signals are transmitted without splitting into discrete components, then transmission simplicity is maintained, but customization capability is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements segmentation of audio signals into discrete application-level streams, enabling customized transmission to different target devices. The system divides audio outputs into separable components that can be independently routed, providing customization capability while managing complexity through automated routing mechanisms.
4Quantity of substance
If compression is applied to audio data for transmission, then bandwidth efficiency is improved, but quality loss occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts specific audio streams from the complete audio output at the application level, transmitting only the selected audio components to target devices. This extraction approach allows for uncompressed transmission of individual audio streams, maintaining quality while managing bandwidth through selective transmission rather than compression.
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AI summary
In a wireless content sharing system, audio may be captured at various levels of a source device, including at an application level. Audio may also be divided into components prior to packetization and transmission, allowing different channels of audio to be sent to different target devices. Audio may be sent with timing information to coordinate playback of content. Audio may be buffered to reduce user noticeable latency.