Audio Display Control for Wireless Charging Screen Shielding

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Solution Overview

Problem

The display effect of an audio device's display screen is affected when it performs wireless charging for a mobile device due to the mobile device shielding the screen.

Innovation Solution

A control method for an audio device that detects the screen placement state of a mobile device and adjusts the display content accordingly, using sensors and a microphone array to determine the placement state and adjust the display mode to optimize the display effect while charging.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the mobile device is placed on the audio device for wireless charging, then the charging convenience is improved, but the display screen of the audio device is shielded and the display effect deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecharging convenienceVSAvoiddisplay effect
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSIllumination intensity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses the mobile device's own screen as an intermediary display surface. Instead of directly displaying content on the audio device's shielded screen, the system mirrors or projects the display content onto the mobile device's screen, which is positioned above the audio device during charging. This intermediary approach allows the display function to be maintained without requiring the audio device's screen to be visible.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a copy of the display content from the audio device's screen and displays it on the mobile device's screen. The content mirroring function replicates visual information (such as music playback information, interface elements) and presents it through an alternative channel (the mobile device display), thereby preserving the display functionality despite the physical shielding of the original screen.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Loss of information

If the display content is continuously shown on the audio device screen during charging, then the information display completeness is improved, but the screen shielding by mobile device causes loss of information visibility

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation display completenessVSAvoidscreen shielding
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The mobile device screen serves as an intermediary that receives and displays the information that would otherwise be shown on the shielded audio device screen. This transfers the information display function to an unobstructed surface, maintaining information completeness without the harmful effect of shielding.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates a real-time copy of the display information and transmits it to the mobile device for display. This copying mechanism ensures that all information intended for display is preserved and made visible through the mobile device's unobstructed screen, eliminating the information loss caused by shielding.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Measurement precision

If the audio device uses sensors and microphone array to detect screen placement state, then the display mode adjustment accuracy is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvescreen placement state detection accuracyVSAvoiddetection system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent reuses existing sensors and microphone arrays in the audio device for multiple purposes. These components, originally designed for other functions (such as voice recognition, environmental sensing), are additionally utilized to detect the placement state of the mobile device screen. This multi-functional use avoids adding dedicated detection hardware, thereby maintaining measurement precision while limiting the increase in device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The audio device utilizes its own existing sensing capabilities (sensors and microphone array) to detect the screen placement state without requiring external detection devices. The system serves its own detection needs using components already present in the device, reducing the need for additional specialized hardware and keeping the system relatively simple while achieving accurate detection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS11934233B2Control method for audio device, audio device and storage medium
Publication Date: 2024.03.19 GOERTEK INC
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AI summary

Disclosed is a control method for an audio device, the audio device includes a wireless charging module and a display screen, and the control method for the audio device includes the following steps: in response to detecting a mobile device is placed on the audio device, acquiring a screen placement state of the mobile device, the screen placement state includes at least one of a screen flat state, a screen horizontal state and a screen vertical state; and displaying display content of the display screen on a screen of the mobile device according to the screen placement state. This disclosure further provides an audio device and a computer-readable storage medium. The problem that the display effect of the display screen of the audio device will be affected when the audio device performs wireless charging for the mobile device has been solved.