Wireless Audio Coding Rate Adjustment for Transmission Quality

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Solution Overview

Problem

Multimedia data transmission between devices and host terminals is susceptible to distance and electromagnetic interference, leading to poor wireless transmission quality, which affects the smooth playback of multimedia data.

Innovation Solution

A method that adjusts sound quality by acquiring the coding rate range of a wireless audio device, presetting a first coding rate based on signal strength, and adjusting it according to feedback throughput to match the current wireless transmission quality, ensuring smooth audio playback.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If a fixed high coding rate is used for audio transmission, then sound quality is improved, but transmission smoothness deteriorates due to wireless interference and distance

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesound qualityVSAvoidtransmission smoothness
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic coding rate adjustment by continuously monitoring throughput and comparing it with the coding rate to determine transmission quality. The system transitions from a fixed coding rate to a dynamic one that adapts to changing wireless conditions, resolving the contradiction between maintaining high sound quality and ensuring transmission smoothness

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent establishes a feedback mechanism where the terminal device feeds back throughput information to the host, and the host adjusts the coding rate based on this feedback and the determined transmission quality. This closed-loop control system enables real-time adaptation to wireless conditions, balancing sound quality and transmission reliability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If a low coding rate is used to ensure smooth transmission, then transmission reliability is improved, but sound quality deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransmission smoothnessVSAvoidsound quality
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts the coding rate based on real-time transmission quality assessment. When conditions improve, the coding rate increases to enhance sound quality; when conditions worsen, it decreases to maintain smooth transmission. This dynamic adaptation resolves the trade-off between the two opposing requirements

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the coding rate parameter according to determined transmission quality. By adjusting this key parameter based on throughput monitoring and quality assessment, the system optimizes both transmission reliability and sound quality under different wireless conditions

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Adaptability or versatility

If coding rate is adjusted frequently to match transmission quality, then adaptation to wireless conditions is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptation to transmission qualityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-adjustment by automatically determining transmission quality through throughput comparison and autonomously adjusting the coding rate without requiring complex external control mechanisms. This self-service approach enhances adaptability while minimizing the need for additional complex system components

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent simplifies the adaptation process by focusing on changing a single key parameter (coding rate) based on straightforward throughput comparison. This approach achieves good adaptability without introducing excessive system complexity, as the adjustment logic is based on clear quantitative thresholds

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP3648105B1Method and system for adjusting sound quality, and host side and storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.01.01 SHENZHEN TCL NEW-TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure provides a method for adjusting sound quality, a system for adjusting sound quality, a host terminal, and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring a coding rate range of a wireless audio device, in response to a host terminal establishing a wireless communication connection with the wireless audio device; presetting a first coding rate of the host terminal according to the coding rate range and a current signal strength of the wireless communication connection, and controlling the host terminal to transmit audio data to the wireless audio device at the first coding rate; acquiring a throughput during the transmission of the audio data fed back by the wireless audio device, and determining whether the throughput matches a current wireless transmission quality; and adjusting the first coding rate according to a determination result, to adjust the sound quality of the audio data, which avoids unsmooth playback under a poor condition of wireless transmission quality, thereby improving the smoothness of the playback of the audio data on the wireless audio device.