Audio Clip Sequencing for Distinct Alert Event Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing devices typically play the same audio-clip for all alert events, lacking the ability to differentiate and sequence multiple audio-clips based on varying alert types, which limits personalized notification experiences.
Innovation Solution
A device with data storage and a processor that maintains a set of distinct audio-clips and their sequences, allowing for the detection of different alert events to trigger specific audio-clips in a predefined order, enabling multiple audio-clips to be played out in response to various alert events.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a device plays the same audio-clip for all alert events, then the device complexity is reduced and ease of operation is improved, but the adaptability and versatility are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the single audio-clip function into multiple distinct audio-clips, each associated with specific alert event types. The audio clip data structure is divided into individual clip identifiers that can be selectively played based on the detected alert type, enabling differentiated notifications while maintaining a unified system architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic selection of audio-clips based on the type of alert event detected. The system transitions from a static single-clip approach to a dynamic multi-clip selection mechanism where the played audio depends on real-time detection of alert event characteristics, enhancing adaptability without requiring complex manual configuration.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a device maintains multiple audio-clips and sequences for different alert events, then the adaptability and versatility are improved, but the device complexity is increased
Solution Approach 1:
The patent pre-establishes associations between alert event types and specific audio-clips in the data structure. This preliminary organization allows the system to quickly retrieve and play the appropriate audio-clip without requiring complex real-time decision logic, reducing operational complexity while maintaining high adaptability to different alert types.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal audio notification system that handles multiple types of alert events through a single integrated mechanism. The same device architecture and processing logic serve all alert types by selecting from a set of audio-clips, avoiding the need for separate dedicated systems for each alert type and thereby managing complexity effectively.
3Loss of information
If a device plays multiple distinct audio-clips for different alert events, then the loss of information is reduced and measurement precision is improved, but the device complexity is increased
Solution Approach 1:
The patent assigns different audio characteristics to different alert event types, creating local quality variations in the notification system. Each alert type receives a specifically tailored audio-clip that conveys its unique nature, ensuring that no information about the alert type is lost in the notification process, while the underlying system remains unified and manageable.
Data Source
AI summary
A method and device for detecting alert events and responsively playing out audio-clips. The audio-clips may comprise data representing a sound recording. Playing out the audio-clips occurs in an order defined by a sequence. The audio-clips and the sequence are maintained in data storage. A processor executes program logic to detect a first alert event and responsively play out at least a first audio-clip of the sequence, and to detect a next alert event and responsively play out at least a next alert event of the sequence. After playing out all audio-clips in the sequence, play out of the audio-clips may then continue with the first audio-clip of the sequence.