Wearable Wireless Microphone With Tap Detection Circuit
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional wireless microphones typically transmit audio signals in real-time and lack the capability to record and store audio, while advanced smartphones can record but lack a convenient method for wireless transmission to multiple network destinations based on user-defined modes.
Innovation Solution
A multimode, wearable wireless microphone assembly with a processor, microphone, wireless communication circuit, and non-graphical-display user interface tap detection circuit that allows users to specify transmission modes via tap sequences, enabling wireless transmission of audio recordings to various network destinations such as intercom systems, notes databases, speaker systems, or electronic equipment controllers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If conventional wireless microphones transmit audio in real-time, then transmission speed is improved, but recording and storage capability is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The wireless microphone employs dynamic mode switching between real-time transmission and recording/storage based on user needs. The system can transition from continuous transmission mode to recording mode, allowing the same device to serve both immediate transmission requirements and archival storage requirements without needing separate devices for each function.
2Adaptability or versatility
If smartphones record and store audio, then recording capability is improved, but convenient wireless transmission to multiple network destinations is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The wireless microphone is designed with multi-functionality, integrating both recording/storage capability and wireless transmission capability in a single device. It can transmit recorded audio to multiple different network destinations (such as intercom systems, speaker systems, or electronic equipment controllers) through its wireless communication circuit, eliminating the need for users to manually transfer files from their smartphones to various destinations.
Solution Approach 2:
The microphone assembly automatically handles the complex task of wireless transmission to multiple destinations without requiring user intervention. The processor and wireless communication circuit work together to automatically transmit recorded audio files to the appropriate network destinations based on pre-configured settings, freeing the user from manual file transfer operations.
3Ease of operation
If a graphical display interface is used, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity and power consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the complex graphical display interface with a simpler tactile button interface. Instead of using visual displays that require processing power and graphical rendering capabilities, the system uses physical buttons that provide direct tactile feedback to users. This substitution reduces the computational burden on the processor, lowers power consumption, and simplifies the overall device architecture while maintaining ease of operation through intuitive physical controls.
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AI summary
A microphone assembly that captures audio/voice recordings and wirelessly transmits them to different desired network destinations based on an operating mode specified by the user. The microphone assembly may comprise a non-graphical-display user interface tap detection circuit, through which a user of the microphone assembly controls operation of the microphone assembly. For example, the user may tap the user interface tap detection circuit, and different tap sequences may correspond to different operating modes for the microphone assembly. The microphone assembly may also comprise a clip for clipping the microphone assembly to a garment of the user.