Audio Distribution Hub for Private Wireless Streaming
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional televisions often lack audio ports for headphones, and playing multiple audio streams through traditional speakers results in a confusing din, necessitating a solution for private audio streaming without speaker emission.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for distributing audio output, involving a distribution hub that encodes audio streams from multimedia devices into network-transmissible signals, allowing user devices to select and receive audio streams wirelessly, using protocols like VoIP, and synchronizing audio with video playback.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional speakers are used to play multiple audio streams, then all audio can be output, but the sound becomes a confusing din that disturbs others
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the audio output by assigning different physical output devices to different audio streams. Each audio stream is routed to a separate output device (e.g., headphones, earbuds, or wireless audio devices), allowing multiple audio streams to be played simultaneously without interfering with each other. This resolves the contradiction by maintaining versatility in audio distribution while eliminating sound disturbance through physical separation of audio outputs.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary system (audio distribution system with wireless audio devices) between the audio source and the listener's ears. This intermediary routes audio streams through wireless transmission to personal audio devices, allowing multiple audio streams to be delivered to different listeners without the sounds mixing together in the air. The intermediary enables versatile audio distribution while preventing sound disturbance by isolating audio paths.
2Adaptability or versatility
If conventional speakers are used, then audio can be output to multiple people, but private listening cannot be achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments audio delivery by providing separate audio output paths for different listeners. Each listener can have their own personal audio device (headphones, earbuds, or wireless audio players) that receives a specific audio stream independently. This segmentation enables both versatile audio output to multiple people and private listening capability, as each listener's audio is delivered through a dedicated private channel rather than through shared public speakers.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates copies of audio streams for different listeners through wireless transmission. Instead of using a single physical audio output for multiple people, the system generates and transmits separate audio copies to each listener's personal device. This copying approach maintains versatility in audio distribution while enabling private listening, as each listener receives a private copy of the audio stream that cannot be heard by others.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple audio streams are played through traditional speakers, then all audio streams are output, but the system lacks personalization
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments audio streams into separate deliverable channels, with each channel corresponding to a specific listener's preferences. The system can simultaneously support multiple audio streams (e.g., different languages, genres, or content types) while assigning each stream to specific listeners based on their personalizations. This segmentation enables multi-audio stream support while maintaining audio personalization, as each listener receives customized audio content through their personal audio device.
4Object-affected harmful factors
If wireless audio transmission is implemented, then private listening is enabled, but network infrastructure complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces wireless audio devices as intermediary components between the audio source and the listener. These portable wireless audio devices (headphones, earbuds, or audio players) serve as the infrastructure carrier, eliminating the need for complex fixed network infrastructure. The wireless audio devices handle the audio transmission and playback functions, reducing the burden on the main system's network infrastructure while enabling private listening without sound disturbance.
Data Source
AI summary
In some embodiments, a request for an audio stream associated with a video output may be received. Upon receiving the request, the requested audio stream may be encoded for transmission over a network and sent to a user device associated with the request.