Audio Processing System with Optical Status Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Audio processing systems face challenges in intuitively displaying status information from external sources, such as wireless microphones, making it difficult for operators to associate this information with internal audio processing settings, especially when using separate computer screens and optical output devices.
Innovation Solution
An audio processing system with a digital interface that receives status data from external sources and an optical output device displaying graphics-based status information adjacent to audio channel settings, allowing real-time updates without requiring a wired connection, using a control device to determine the appropriate display groups for each source's status information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If status information from external sources is displayed on a separate computer screen, then information completeness is improved, but operator ability to associate status data with audio processing settings deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the display of external source status information with the audio processing settings display on a single optical output device. The control device integrates status data from external sources (via digital interface) and presents it together with internal processing settings in corresponding groups on the display, eliminating the need for separate computer screens and enabling operators to view all relevant information in one location.
2Loss of information
If multiple separate displays are used for status information and processing settings, then information organization is improved, but device complexity and operator workload increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple information sources (external status data and internal processing settings) into a single integrated display system. The optical output device presents grouped information where status information and processing settings are displayed together in corresponding groups, reducing the number of separate displays needed while maintaining clear information organization.
Solution Approach 2:
The control device acts as an intermediary that receives status data from external sources via a digital interface, processes this information, and integrates it with internal processing settings for unified display on the optical output device. This mediator function consolidates multiple information streams into a single coherent presentation.
3Reliability
If wired connections are used to transmit status data, then data transmission reliability is improved, but system flexibility and ease of setup deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The digital interface is designed with multi-functionality to handle various types of status data from different external sources (microphones, instruments, etc.) through a universal connection method. This allows the system to adapt to different source types and connection methods while maintaining reliable data transmission, combining the benefits of wired reliability with wireless flexibility.
Data Source
AI summary
An audio processing apparatus is configured to process audio signals from a plurality of sources. The audio processing apparatus may include a digital interface to receive status data indicating a status of at least one source, and an optical output device having a plurality of groups of graphics display areas which are respectively assigned to one of a plurality of audio channels of the audio processing apparatus. The audio processing apparatus may also include a control device configured to receive the status data, to determine at least one group of graphics display areas based on the received status data, and to control a graphics display area of the determined at least one group to display graphics generated based on the received status data.