Wireless Headphone Audio Naming for Clear Device Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wireless headphone systems face usability issues due to unclear audio output of device names and terminal types, leading to difficulty in user selection and increased memory requirements for language support.
Innovation Solution
A wireless headphone system that allows users to easily understand the name or terminal type of connected devices through audible output, using customizable audio signals and efficient operation control based on wearing state and pairing modes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If voice signals of registered names are sequentially output each time user input is received, then all registered audio sources can be announced, but the user cannot select a specific voice signal to check and usability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic action by repeating the voice output of the same audio source multiple times (e.g., 3 repetitions) when the user provides continuous input signals within a predetermined time period. This allows the user to clearly hear and identify the device name without needing to navigate through sequential listing of all devices, thereby improving usability while maintaining simple operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback by monitoring whether the user continues to provide input signals within a predetermined time period after the first input. Based on this feedback, the system determines whether to repeat the voice output or proceed to the next audio source, enabling selective checking of voice signals and improving user control over the selection process.
2Adaptability or versatility
If voice signals in all languages are prepared in advance and stored in memory, then global usability is improved, but the memory capacity of the wireless audio output device is compressed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the language translation function from the wireless audio output device itself and relocates it to the external terminal device (smartphone, tablet, etc.). The terminal device's processor performs the translation of device names into different languages, while the wireless audio output device only stores and outputs the original device names. This extraction principle resolves the memory capacity issue while maintaining global usability through the terminal's language support capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The terminal device acts as an intermediary between the user and the wireless audio output device. Instead of the wireless audio output device directly providing multilingual support, the terminal device mediates by translating device names and providing language selection options to the user, thereby enabling global usability without compressing the memory of the wireless audio output device.
3Measurement precision
If model names or device management numbers are used as audio source names, then device identification is precise, but the user cannot understand the sound output even if heard
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by providing the user with visual display information showing the device name before or during the voice output. This allows the user to understand what device name will be announced or is being announced, bridging the gap between precise device identification (model names/numbers) and user understanding. The display preparation happens in advance of the voice output, enabling the user to make sense of the auditory information.
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AI summary
A setting system of a wireless headphone includes a wireless headphone having a speaker and configured to be worn on an ear, and a wireless terminal and is wirelessly connectable to the wireless headphone. The wireless headphone is configured to register data indicating a correspondence relationship between wireless terminal information on the wireless terminal wirelessly connected to the wireless headphone and sound data capable of specifying the wireless terminal. The wireless terminal sets the sound data audibly outputted by the wireless headphone when the wireless terminal is wirelessly connected to the wireless headphone, and transmits the identification information to the wireless headphone. The wireless headphone registers data indicating a correspondence relationship between the wireless terminal information and the identifiable sound data based on the identification information.