Dedicated Audio Output Thread for Electronic Device
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Solution Overview
Problem
Electronic devices struggle to effectively distinguish and manage audio outputs from multiple applications running simultaneously, often resulting in unsatisfactory user experiences due to overlapping audio paths and volumes.
Innovation Solution
The method involves generating dedicated audio output descriptors and threads for each application in response to preset events, allowing for customized audio settings and mixing of audio data from different sources, enabling separate and controlled audio output paths and volumes for each application.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If multiple applications output audio data through the same audio output path with the same volume value, then the device structure remains simple, but the user experience deteriorates due to inability to distinguish different audio sources
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the audio output management by creating separate audio output threads for different applications. Each thread independently manages audio data from a specific application, allowing distinct volume control and output path selection. This segmentation enables the system to handle multiple audio sources simultaneously without conflict, improving user experience while maintaining manageable complexity through modular thread-based architecture.
2Ease of operation
If dedicated audio output threads are created for each application, then audio data from multiple applications can be distinguished and controlled separately, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal audio output thread architecture that can handle multiple applications through a common framework. The audio output thread manager provides multi-functional capabilities by dynamically creating, managing, and coordinating multiple threads using a standardized interface. This universal approach allows separate control for each application while avoiding the need for entirely separate management systems, thus improving audio output control without proportionally increasing complexity.
3Ease of operation
If the same volume value is applied to all audio outputs, then the audio output management remains simple, but the user convenience deteriorates due to inability to prioritize different audio sources
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by enabling independent volume control for each audio output thread corresponding to different applications. Instead of a single global volume setting, each thread can have its own volume value, allowing users to prioritize certain audio sources (e.g., navigation over music) while keeping others at different levels. This localized control approach significantly improves user convenience by providing fine-grained audio management.
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AI summary
Disclosed is an electronic device. A disclosed method for controlling an electronic device may include: generating a dedicated audio output descriptor and a dedicated audio output thread corresponding to an application in response to a preset event associated with the application, applying an audio setting value stored in the dedicated audio output descriptor to audio data associated with the application using the dedicated audio output thread, and mixing and outputting the audio data output using the dedicated audio output thread with audio data output from another audio output thread.