Workout Music Playback Device Segmenting Audio for Intensity Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing music players and streaming systems fail to seamlessly integrate music with workout routines due to issues like long, low-volume introductions, abrupt tempo changes, and volume discrepancies between songs, disrupting the flow and effectiveness of workouts.
Innovation Solution
A workout music playback device that allows users to select songs and adjust their duration and intensity based on workout style, using predefined song sequences to match the workout regime, with a user input interface, media output manager, and instruction relay module to generate audio output instructions that adjust equalization parameters in real-time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If music players play complete songs with standard structure, then music完整性 is maintained, but workout flow is disrupted by long introductions, tempo changes, and volume variations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments complete songs into multiple playable portions (verses, choruses, bridges) and allows selective playback of only the relevant segments that match workout intensity requirements. This resolves the contradiction by enabling workout efficiency through targeted segment playback while maintaining operational simplicity through automated segment selection based on workout parameters.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic music playback where the system automatically adjusts which song segments to play based on real-time workout intensity, duration, and phase. This dynamic adaptation enables the music player to maintain workout efficiency by matching music content to exercise demands while keeping the user experience simple through automated control.
2Manufacturing precision
If music players allow manual setting of start and stop positions, then playback precision is improved, but device complexity and user skill requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service functionality where the music player automatically identifies and sets the optimal start and stop positions for song segments based on predefined musical structure data and workout parameters. The system performs self-adjustment without requiring manual user input, thereby achieving high playback precision while keeping the interface simple and accessible to all users regardless of technical skill.
3Adaptability or versatility
If different songs have different volume levels and audio characteristics, then music variety is maintained, but workout consistency is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by automatically adjusting audio characteristics (volume, bass, treble, equalization) of selected music segments to match the required workout intensity and phase. The system modifies audio parameters in real-time to ensure consistency across different songs while preserving the ability to select from a diverse music library, thereby resolving the contradiction between versatility and consistency.
4Ease of operation
If music players provide predefined song sequences, then ease of use is improved, but adaptability to different workout regimes is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements multi-functionality by creating a universal music playback system that can adapt to various workout regimes (aerobic, anaerobic, HIIT, strength training) through parameter-based control. The system uses workout intensity, duration, and phase as universal control parameters to select and configure appropriate music segments from a diverse library, enabling both ease of use and broad adaptability through a single unified interface.
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AI summary
A workout music playback device for playing workout music during a workout with given workout parameters by arranging and assembling song segments of original musical recordings in accordance with workout parameters. The device has a media output manager configured to receive the workout parameters and prepare audio output information by arranging a sequence of song segments into an edited song recording. It has an instruction relay module configured to receive the audio output information, and transmit the workout audio output instructions. The device has a media output generator configured to receive the audio output instructions from the instruction relay module, retrieve and assemble the song recording data of the original musical recording from the memory in accordance with the audio output instructions, and transmit a data stream of workout music corresponding to the workout parameters.