Multi-Screen Terminal Audio Optimization via Angle Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Multi-screen terminals experience sound field cancellation when multiple loudspeakers are playing sound simultaneously, leading to a poor user experience due to the lack of effective audio optimization across multiple displays.

Innovation Solution

A method that detects the opening/closing angles between display screens and selects prestored audio drive parameters, including filter, gain, and phase parameters, to optimize sound output, thereby minimizing sound field cancellation by calculating similarities between current and prestored angles to match optimal audio settings.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If multiple loudspeakers on display screens are used for sound output simultaneously, then the sound coverage and functionality are improved, but sound field cancellation occurs resulting in poor audio effect

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesound coverageVSAvoidaudio effect
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes acoustic parameters (phase, amplitude, frequency) of the sound signals output by multiple loudspeakers based on the relative positional relationships between display screens. By dynamically adjusting these parameters according to the geometric configuration, the system optimizes sound field distribution and prevents cancellation effects while maintaining multi-screen sound coverage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Reliability

If audio optimization algorithms are used to improve auditory experience, then the audio effect is enhanced, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaudio effectVSAvoidalgorithm complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies different audio processing strategies to different local regions or configurations. Based on the relative positional relationships between specific display screens, the system selectively adjusts audio parameters for specific loudspeaker combinations rather than applying a uniform complex algorithm to all speakers, thereby reducing overall system complexity while maintaining audio quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentEP3661178B1Method for playing sound and multi-screen terminal
Publication Date: 2022.01.12 XIAN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE
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AI summary

Disclosed are a method for playing sound and a multi-screen terminal. The method includes: detecting, by a multi-screen terminal, a current opening/closing angle or angles between the respective display screens; and selecting, by the multi-screen terminal according to the detected current opening/closing angle or angles between the respective display screens, a group of prestored audio drive parameters, and outputting the group of audio drive parameters to a power amplification module of the multi-screen terminal; or, determining whether the current opening/closing angle or angles between the respective display screens and the current audio drive parameters are respectively prestored opening/closing angle or angles and audio drive parameters corresponding to an optimal sound field playing effect, and if not, giving a prompt as to whether to adjust the opening/closing angle or angles between the respective display screens and/or the current audio drive parameters. According to the present disclosure, by means of prestoring correspondence relationships among the opening/closing angles, the audio drive parameters and the sound field playing effects, the problem of sound field cancellation of multiple loudspeakers of a multi-screen terminal is solved, the audio effect of the multi-screen terminal is optimized, and the auditory experience of a user is thus improved.