Videoconferencing Audio Controls for Clearer Music Lessons
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing videoconferencing platforms lack detailed audio quality settings and adaptive camera features necessary for high-quality online music lessons and concerts, often filtering frequencies above 12 kHz and failing to provide integrated music notation systems or adaptive camera movements.
Innovation Solution
A videoconferencing platform with integrated lesson management features and adaptive camera capabilities, supporting frequencies up to 12 kHz, and allowing multiple camera inputs to focus on instruments during play, along with the ability to generate and monetize non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for recorded performances.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of energy
If existing videoconferencing platforms filter frequencies above 12 kHz to reduce bandwidth usage, then network efficiency is improved, but audio quality deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the frequency parameter by supporting and transmitting frequencies up to 12 kHz instead of filtering them out, thereby improving audio quality while managing bandwidth through efficient encoding of the extended frequency range
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple camera inputs are added to focus on instruments during play, then adaptability for music lessons is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements dynamic camera switching and adaptive camera movements that automatically adjust which camera view is active based on the musical instrument being played and the lesson context, managing complexity through intelligent automation rather than static multiple camera setups
Solution Approach 2:
The multiple camera inputs serve multiple functions: focusing on instruments during play, capturing instructor demonstrations, and providing various viewing angles for different lesson types, thereby justifying the added complexity through enhanced versatility
3Adaptability or versatility
If integrated music notation systems are added to the platform, then functionality for music education is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The music notation system is integrated directly into the videoconferencing platform, combining audio processing, visual notation display, and interactive lesson management into a unified system rather than requiring separate external applications
Data Source
AI summary
A server platform receives audiovisual signals from one or more user devices and transmits corresponding audiovisual signals to one or more other user devices, thereby facilitating a web meeting. The platform allows for a selection of audio quality and other audio processing settings, including ambient noise reduction and echo filtering, independent of video quality settings. The platform is able to receive video data from multiple video input sources connected to the same user device, providing the ability to simultaneously show a face of the user and the movements of the hands of a user on a musical instrument. The platform further provides for the creation of NFTs for recordings of musical performances, wherein the NFTs include smart contracts automatically transferring a set percentage of secondary sales of the NFT to the original artist.