Remote Clapping Audio Synchronization Through Server-Merged Event Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing communication systems fail to allow multiple users located apart to share real-time clapping sounds during events like theatrical performances or musical performances, as pre-recorded clapping sounds are insufficient for enhancing the experience.
Innovation Solution
A communication method and system that enables users to transmit event data instructing sound generation to a server, which merges and relays these data to control the generation of synchronized clapping sounds across terminals, allowing users to share their real-time clapping sounds.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If pre-recorded clapping sounds are used, then the system is simple to operate, but the realism and naturalness of the sound is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses audio copying technology to capture and reproduce actual clapping sounds from multiple users in real-time. Instead of using pre-recorded fixed sounds, the system copies the authentic clapping audio signals from each user's terminal and transmits them to other terminals, preserving the natural characteristics and variability of real clapping sounds while enabling remote sharing.
2Reliability
If real-time clapping sounds from multiple users are shared, then the realism and naturalness is improved, but data transmission delays increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by establishing communication channels and preparing audio processing pipelines in advance. Event data instructing sound generation is transmitted proactively, and the server prepares to merge and relay this data before actual clapping events occur, reducing latency during real-time transmission.
Solution Approach 2:
The server acts as an intermediary that efficiently manages the transmission of event data between multiple terminals. Instead of direct peer-to-peer transmission which would create multiple delay paths, the server consolidates and relays event data, optimizing the transmission path and reducing overall data transmission delays while maintaining real-time performance.
3Reliability
If event data is merged and relayed through a server, then synchronized sound generation is achieved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The server merges event data from multiple terminals into a unified data stream that instructs synchronized sound generation. By combining the event data indicating clapping sounds from first terminal, second terminal, and other terminals into a single coordinated output, the system achieves precise synchronization across all terminals without requiring complex peer-to-peer coordination protocols at each device.
Solution Approach 2:
The server provides multi-functional capabilities by handling event data collection, merging, timing synchronization, and relay to multiple terminals simultaneously. This universal approach consolidates what would otherwise require separate functions in each terminal, reducing overall system complexity while achieving reliable synchronized sound generation across the network.
4Device complexity
If multiple terminals generate sounds independently, then the system is simpler, but duplicate sound production occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses feedback mechanisms where the server receives event data from terminals, processes it centrally, and relays coordinated sound generation instructions back to the terminals. This feedback loop ensures that each terminal generates sound based on unified event data rather than independently, preventing duplicate sound production while maintaining relatively simple terminal devices.
Data Source
AI summary
A first terminal transmits first event data instructing generation of a first sound to a server. A second terminal transmits second event data instructing generation of a second sound to the server. The server transmits data including the first event data and the second event data to the first terminal. The first terminal controls generation of the first sound and the second sound, based on the data including the first event data and the second event data.