Headset Light Display Notifications for Live Broadcast Alerts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing live streaming platforms face challenges in achieving timely interaction between broadcasters and viewers due to delayed notifications, which are often in the form of sound or screen cues that are not easily noticeable during broadcasts.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating computer peripheral devices such as headsets and microphones with independently controllable light display units that can project lighting effects or graphics in response to specific events, allowing broadcasters and viewers to receive immediate visual notifications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If sound notifications or screen notifications are used for event alerts, then the notification system is simple and easy to implement, but the notifications are not easily noticeable by broadcasters and viewers during live broadcast
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces acoustic notification mechanisms (sound notifications) and visual display notifications (screen notifications) with an optical notification system using light emitting elements. This substitution transforms the notification delivery mechanism from auditory/screen-based to light-based, providing a more noticeable and immediate alert system that can be perceived peripherally during broadcasts without requiring active attention to audio or screen content.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs light emitting elements that can change color or emit different colored lights to indicate various events or notification types. This color variation enhances the noticeability and information content of notifications, allowing different events to be distinguished visually while maintaining simplicity in the underlying notification system architecture.
2Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If light display units with multiple independently controllable light emitting elements are incorporated, then the noticeability and information content of notifications is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the light display notification system into multiple independently controllable light emitting elements arranged in a matrix or array. Each element can be controlled individually to display different colors, patterns, or intensities, enabling rich notification information to be conveyed through simple on/off or color-change commands from the broadcasting platform, thus managing complexity through modular segmentation.
Solution Approach 2:
The light emitting element array serves multiple functions: it can display different colors for different event types, vary intensity for different priority levels, create patterns for different notification categories, and provide both peripheral awareness and focused attention cues. This multi-functionality consolidates what would otherwise require multiple separate notification systems into a single versatile component.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances real-time interaction by providing immediate visual cues to broadcasters and viewers, improving engagement during live broadcasts.
Implementation Method 1
The first light display unit may include a matrix of independently controllable light emitting elements arranged along a boundary of the exterior surface of the first earcup
Data Source
AI summary
A headset may include a headband; first and second earcups respectively attached to first and second ends of the headband; a first light display unit; a headset receiver configured to receive data from a processor-based device; and a headset control unit. Each of the first and second earcups may include an interior surface and an exterior surface, where the interior surfaces of the first and second earcups may face each other and the exterior surfaces of the first and second earcups may face away from each other. The first light display unit may include a matrix of independently controllable light emitting elements arranged along a boundary of the exterior surface of the first earcup. The headset control unit may be configured to control the light emitting elements of the first light display unit based on the data received by the headset receiver.