Wireless Audio Mixer Control via Web Browser Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Audio mixing consoles often require wired connections for remote control, limiting flexibility and convenience, especially when wireless connectivity is desired, as separate routers may be necessary for wireless communication between user devices and mixing consoles.
Innovation Solution
A remote-controlled digital audio mixing system that uses a mobile device with a web browser to provide a user interface for controlling a wireless audio mixer, allowing wireless communication without additional hardware, using HTML5 for compatibility across various devices and platforms, enabling real-time control and data updates via a wireless network.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a wired connection is used to control the mixing console remotely, then control reliability is improved, but flexibility and convenience deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical wired connection system with a wireless communication system. The mixing console and user device communicate via wireless protocols (WiFi, Bluetooth, etc.), eliminating physical cables while maintaining control reliability through protocol-level error handling and data verification mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a wireless communication protocol as an intermediary between the mixing console and user device. This intermediary layer enables flexible wireless control while incorporating error correction, data validation, and connection management to ensure reliability equivalent to wired connections.
2Ease of operation
If a wireless connection is used without additional hardware, then flexibility and convenience are improved, but system complexity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The mixing console integrates multiple functions including audio mixing, wireless access point functionality, and web server capabilities into a single device. This multi-functionality allows the console to provide wireless connectivity without requiring separate routers or hardware, managing complexity through functional integration.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the wireless communication interface and control interface into the mixing console itself. The console's display and processing units are combined with wireless transceiver capabilities, eliminating the need for external hardware while maintaining system manageability through unified architecture.
3Measurement precision
If device-specific apps are required for control, then control precision is improved, but adaptability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of requiring specialized client applications on user devices, the patent inverts the approach by implementing a web server on the mixing console that responds to standard web browser requests. This allows any device with a web browser to control the console with precision equivalent to native apps, achieving both control accuracy and universal compatibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses web browser technology as a universal interface layer that replicates the functionality of device-specific applications. Through standardized HTML, CSS, and JavaScript protocols, the web browser copies the control capabilities of native apps while maintaining compatibility across all devices with web browsing capability.
Data Source
AI summary
An audio mixing system for providing an audio processing interface at a mobile device may include a mobile device including an interface configured to present a display screen to receive user input to control a remote audio mixer that is operably coupled to at least one musical instrument, transmit, via a wireless network, a mobile device command indicating an audio setting, the command being generated in response to user input, receive, via the wireless network and in response to the mobile device command, first mixer data indicative of audio settings of the remote audio mixer, and present an updated display screen, the updated display screen reflecting the first mixer data as a result of the mobile device command to present a real-time display of the audio settings of the remote audio mixer.