TWI498012B - Earphone having dual transmission interfaces - Google Patents

Description

Dual transmission interface headset

The present invention relates to earphones, and more particularly to a dual transmission interface earphone that can be used to simultaneously receive audio from two devices.

The conventional earphone has only one transmission interface, and thus can only be used for communication connection to an audio output device, such as a music player, a video player, a computer or a mobile phone, and the like.

When the user listens to music with headphones, or when the user listens to the sound through the headphones while watching the movie or playing online games, the user may miss the important signal because the earphone cannot simultaneously receive the sound signal from the mobile phone. In addition, when the user wants to answer the mobile phone, the user must first remove the headset, and then put the headset on after the call is finished, which is quite inconvenient to use. Therefore, it is necessary for the user to be able to listen to the mobile phone and continue to listen to music at the same time.

In view of the above-mentioned deficiencies, the main object of the present invention is to provide a dual-transmission interface earphone, which can be used to simultaneously receive audio signals from two devices, and can be selected by a user to talk to at least one of the devices.

To achieve the above objective, the dual-transmission interface earphone provided by the present invention is configured to simultaneously receive a first audio output by a first device and a second audio output by a second device; the dual-transmission interface earphone includes a microphone, two speakers, a first transmission interface for communicating with the first device, a second transmission interface for communicating with the second device, and a controller having a plan for planning a routing unit of the audio path, the routing unit is in communication with the microphone, the two speakers, the first transmission interface, and the second transmission interface to receive the first audio, the second audio, and the microphone receives a third audio message, and the third audio signal is transmitted to the second device by using the second transmission interface, the routing unit has a first node capable of receiving the first audio and the second audio simultaneously, to simultaneously Transmitting the first audio and the second audio to the two speakers. In this way, the two speakers can simultaneously play the sounds generated by the first and second devices for the user to simultaneously listen to, and the user can talk to the second device by using the microphone.

The detailed construction, features, assembly or use of the dual transmission interface earphone provided by the present invention will be described in the detailed description of the following embodiments. However, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the present invention is not limited by the scope of the invention.

The technical content and features of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein: FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the appearance of a dual-transport interface earphone according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; The second figure is a block diagram of a dual transmission interface earphone provided by the preferred embodiment of the present invention; and the third figure is similar to the second figure, but shows a routing unit of one of the dual transmission interface earphone controllers. Plan a different audio path than the second.

The Applicant first describes the same or similar elements or structural features thereof in the embodiments and the drawings which will be described below. Secondly, when a component is communicated with another component, the component is directly connected to the other component, or the component is indirectly connected to the other component, that is, between the two components. The communication connection has one or more other components.

Please refer to the first figure. The dual transmission interface earphone 10 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a microphone 20, two speakers 30, a controller 40, a first transmission interface 50, and a second transmission interface 60. .

The earphone 10 is for a user to wear on the head such that the microphone 20 is close to the mouth of the user, and the two speakers 30 are respectively located in the ear of the user. Incidentally, the earphone here can also be implemented as a single earphone having only one speaker and one microphone.

The controller 40 is communicatively coupled to the microphone 20 and the two speakers 30 via a transmission line 70. The first transmission interface 50 and the second transmission interface 60 are respectively connected to the controller 40 by a transmission line 51, 61, and respectively have a plug 52, 62, and the two plugs 52, 62 are respectively inserted The first device and the second device 92 (shown in the second and third figures), the first and second devices 91 and 92 respectively can be a music player, a video player, a computer or A device such as a mobile phone that can output audio.

The first audio device and the second audio system output by the first and second devices 91 and 92 are respectively transmitted to the control by the first and second transmission interfaces 50 and 60, respectively. At the same time, the user can also make a sound, so that the microphone 20 receives a third audio and transmits the third audio to the controller 40. It is to be noted that the first and second transmission interfaces 50 and 60 are respectively a wireless transmission terminal, and are respectively connected to the first and second devices 91 and 92 in a wireless manner; The microphone 40 and the microphone 20 and the two speakers 30 can also be connected by wireless communication, for example, without limitation to Bluetooth communication technology.

As shown in the second and third figures, the controller 40 has a first processing unit 41, a second processing unit 42, a third processing unit 43, and a routing unit 44, the first and second processing The units 41 and 42 are respectively connected between the first and second transmission interfaces 50 and 60 and the routing unit 44. The third processing unit 43 is communicably connected between the microphone 20 and the routing unit 44. The two speakers 30 are interposed between the routing unit 44. Each of the processing units 41, 42, 43 is used to adjust audio, such as filtering, adjusting amplitude or digital analog conversion, and the like. The routing unit 44 is configured to plan an audio path, and the audio path planned by the routing unit 44 can be as shown in the second or third figure.

When the audio path planned by the routing unit 44 of the controller 40 is in the second embodiment, the first and second audio systems are respectively adjusted and transmitted through the first and second processing units 41 and 42. The routing unit 44 is superimposed on the first node 441 of the routing unit 44, and then adjusted again to the two speakers 30 via the third processing unit 43. The third audio system is adjusted by the third processing unit 43 and then transmitted to the second processing unit 42 via the routing unit 44 for adjustment, and then transmitted to the second device 92 by the second transmission interface 60.

For example, the first device 91 can be a computer that is playing online games, and the second device 92 can be a mobile phone. If the user has an incoming call when playing online games, the user does not need to remove the earphone 10. The microphone 20 and the two speakers 30 are used to answer the mobile phone, and the online game can still be played and the sound effects of the online game can be heard by the two speakers 30. In other words, the user can talk to the second device 92 by the microphone 20 and the two speakers 30, and simultaneously listen to the sound generated by the first device 91 and the second device 92 by the two speakers 30.

The controller 40 further reduces the first audio by the first processing unit 41, so that the volume of the first audio played by the two speakers 30 is smaller than the volume of the second audio. In this way, when the user answers the mobile phone, the volume of the online game can be reduced to become a background sound, so as to avoid the quality of the call when the user answers the mobile phone.

The controller 40 can have an operation interface 46 for the user to set the controller 40 to receive the first audio and the second audio simultaneously. The volume of the first audio is weakened to become background audio, or is not weakened. And maintain its original volume. The operation interface 46 can include a screen and a plurality of buttons, or only a plurality of buttons, or the operation interface 46 can also be a touch screen. The controller 40 may also not have the operation interface 46, but is directly set to automatically attenuate the first audio when the first audio and the second audio are simultaneously received.

When the audio path planned by the routing unit 44 of the controller 40 is in the third embodiment, the second node 442 of the routing unit 44 receives the first audio adjusted by the first processing unit 41. Transmitting the first audio to the first node 441 and a third node 443; the fourth node 444 of the routing unit 44 receives the second audio adjusted by the second processing unit 42 The second audio is transmitted to the first node 441 and the fifth node 445. The sixth node 446 of the routing unit 44 receives the third audio adjusted by the third processing unit 43 and transmits the third audio to the third audio unit. The third node 443 and the fifth node 445. The first audio and the second audio are superimposed on the first node 441, and then adjusted by the third processing unit 43 and transmitted to the two speakers 30; the first audio and the third audio are in the third node. 443 is superimposed and then adjusted by the second processing unit 42 and transmitted to the second transmission unit 60; the second audio and the third audio are superimposed on the fifth node 445, and then passed through the first processing unit. 41 is adjusted and transmitted to the first transmission unit 50. Thereby, the user can talk to the first device 91 and the second device 92 by the microphone 20 and the two speakers 30.

The first device 91 can be a computer that is playing online games, and the second device 92 can be a mobile phone. When the user plays an online game, if the mobile phone has an incoming call, the user does not need to remove the earphone 10 The microphone 20 and the two speakers 30 can be used to answer the mobile phone, and the online game can still be continued, and the player can be called by the microphone 20 and the two speakers 30, and the speaker on the mobile phone can also use the interface. And the player in the game talks, thus forming a three-way call.

The user can switch the audio path planned by the routing unit 44 to the aspect shown in the second figure or the third figure by using the operation interface 46 of the controller 40 to switch the function of the earphone 10. Make a joint call or a three-way call. The controller 40 may not have the operation interface 46, but set the audio path planned by the routing unit 44 to be the same as that shown in the second figure or the third figure, so that the earphone 10 only has The function of the common call or the function of only three-way calling.

Finally, it is to be noted that the constituent elements disclosed in the foregoing embodiments are merely illustrative and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and alternative or variations of other equivalent elements should also be the scope of the patent application of the present application. Covered.

10. . . Dual transmission interface headset

20. . . microphone

30. . . speaker

40. . . Controller

41. . . First processing unit

42. . . Second processing unit

43. . . Third processing unit

44. . . Routing unit

441. . . First node

442. . . Second node

443. . . Third node

444. . . Fourth node

445. . . Fifth node

446. . . Sixth node

46. . . Operation interface

50. . . First transmission interface

51. . . Transmission line

52. . . plug

60. . . Second transmission interface

61. . . Transmission line

62. . . plug

70. . . Transmission line

91. . . First device

92. . . Second device

The first figure is a schematic diagram of the appearance of a dual transmission interface earphone according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

The second figure is a block diagram of a dual transmission interface earphone provided by the preferred embodiment of the present invention;

The third diagram is similar to the second diagram, except that a routing unit of one of the controllers of the dual transmission interface headset is planned to have a different audio path than the second diagram.

10. . . Dual transmission interface headset

20. . . microphone

30. . . speaker

40. . . Controller

46. . . Operation interface

50. . . First transmission interface

51. . . Transmission line

52. . . plug

60. . . Second transmission interface

61. . . Transmission line

62. . . plug

70. . . Transmission line

Claims (7)

A dual-transmission interface earphone is configured to simultaneously receive a first audio output by a first device and a second audio output by a second device; the dual-transmission interface earphone comprises: a microphone; two speakers; a first transmission interface for communicating with the first device; a second transmission interface for communicating with the second device; and a controller having a routing unit for planning an audio path, The routing unit is in communication with the microphone, the two speakers, the first transmission interface, and the second transmission interface to receive the first audio, the second audio, and a third audio received by the microphone. And transmitting the third audio to the second device by using the second transmission interface, the routing unit having a plurality of nodes that can simultaneously receive the first audio, the second audio, and the third audio, and simultaneously The first audio and the second audio are transmitted to the speaker, and the first audio and the third audio are simultaneously transmitted to the second transmission unit, and the second audio and the third Information is transmitted to the first transmission unit. The dual-transmission interface earphone of claim 1, wherein the controller further has a first processing unit for adjusting audio, the first processing unit is communicatively coupled to the first transmission interface and the routing unit between. For example, the dual transmission interface earphone described in claim 2, The first processing unit of the controller may attenuate the first audio, so that the volume of the first speaker broadcasts the first audio is less than the volume of the second audio. The dual transmission interface earphone of claim 1, wherein the controller further has a second processing unit for adjusting audio, the second processing unit is communicatively coupled to the second transmission interface and the routing unit. between. The dual-transmission interface earphone of claim 1, wherein the controller further has a third processing unit for adjusting audio, and the third processing unit is communicatively coupled between the microphone and the routing unit. The two speakers are between the routing unit. The dual-transmission interface earphone of claim 1, wherein the routing unit of the controller further has a second node, a third node, a fourth node, a fifth node, and a sixth node; The second node is configured to receive the first audio and transmit the first audio to the first node and the third node; the fourth node is configured to receive the second audio, and transmit the second audio Up to the first node and the fifth node; the sixth node is configured to receive the third audio, and transmit the third audio to the third node and the fifth node. The dual transmission interface earphone according to claim 6, wherein the controller has an operation interface, wherein the operation interface is adapted for the user to select a common answering function or a three-party calling function; when the user selects the common receiving function, the second The speaker can simultaneously play the sound generated by the first audio and the second audio, and the user can pair with the second device by using the microphone When the user selects the three-party calling function, the user, the first device, and the second device can talk to three parties.