Wireless Audio Relay Device for Multi-Source Broadcast
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face the inconvenience of needing to cancel existing smartphone pairings when connecting non-smartphone electronic devices to wireless earphones to listen to music, as existing systems require pairing with the smartphone to output audio signals.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a communication module and processor that receives information about an audio source device, outputs this information, and transmits audio signals to an audio output device via a wireless link, allowing audio to be output without requiring pairing with the smartphone.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If pairing with smartphone is required to output audio signal, then audio signal can be output through wireless earphones, but user convenience deteriorates because existing pairing must be canceled when connecting non-smartphone devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary audio broadcast mechanism that allows wireless earphones to receive audio signals from multiple audio sources simultaneously without requiring pairing cancellation. The system acts as a mediator between the audio source device and the audio output device, enabling seamless switching and multi-device connectivity through broadcast-based communication rather than traditional pairing-based communication.
2Adaptability or versatility
If pairing mechanism is used for audio transmission, then wireless earphones can connect to audio source, but adaptability deteriorates because only one device can be paired at a time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universality by enabling the wireless earphones to function as an audio output device that can simultaneously connect to multiple audio source devices. Instead of exclusive pairing, the system allows any audio source device to broadcast audio signals that the wireless earphones can receive, achieving multi-device adaptability and versatility in the audio transmission ecosystem.
3Productivity
If traditional pairing system is used, then audio signal transmission is established, but time consumption increases due to pairing cancellation and re-pairing operations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-establishing broadcast capabilities in the wireless earphones before actual audio transmission is needed. The audio output device is pre-configured to receive and process broadcast signals from multiple audio sources, so when audio transmission is initiated, the system can immediately establish connection without time-consuming pairing cancellation and re-pairing operations.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display module, a communication module for exchanging data with an external device, and at least one processor which is connected to the display module and the communication module and which controls the electronic device, wherein the at least one processor is configured to receive information about a first audio source device through the communication module, output the received information about the first audio source device through a display of the display module, receive a first audio broadcast stream transmitted by the first audio source device if the first audio source device is selected by a user, and transmit, to an audio output device, a first audio signal of the first audio broadcast stream through a wireless link established with the audio output device through the communication module, and the first audio signal can be output through the audio output device.