Method and device for transmitting audio data over universal serial bus by a wireless data terminal

• US 20120059496A1
• Filed: 12/11/2009
• Published: 03/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Gong, Wenqiang, Jiang, Chengzhi, Guo, Suguang
• Application Number:
  US13/258,139
• Publication Number:
  US 20120059496A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/94
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/387 for adaptation of different data processing systems to different peripheral devices, e.g. protocol converters for incompatible systems, open system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2213/3814 Wireless link with a computer system port
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/162 Interface to dedicated audio devices, e.g. audio drivers, interface to CODECs

Abstract

A method and a device for transmitting audio data over Universal Serial Bus (USB) audio data by a wireless data terminal are disclosed. The method includes that: a USB audio data transmission channel between a wireless data terminal and terminal equipment is set as USB sound card equipment by adopting the standard USB AUDIO CLASS defined by the USB specification, to transmit audio data; the device includes a wireless data terminal, USB sound card equipment, and terminal equipment. The USB sound card equipment only transmits audio data, and does not process audio data; a USB audio equipment driver of the terminal equipment accesses a USB endpoint of the terminal equipment in a manner of accessing a sound card interface. By adopting the method and the device of the present invention, the USB audio data transmission channel is specifically optimized, and the powerful audio data processing capability of terminal equipment is fully utilized to enhance the effectiveness of Voice Over USB (VOUSB) in the practical application.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting audio data over Universal Serial Bus (USB) through a wireless data terminal, a USB audio data transmission channel between a wireless data terminal and terminal equipment being set as USB sound card equipment, the method comprising:

the wireless data terminal sending audio data to the terminal equipment through the USB sound card equipment, and the terminal equipment using its audio equipment driver to access the USB sound card equipment to acquire the audio data; and

the terminal equipment using its audio equipment driver to send the audio data to the USB sound card equipment, and the wireless data terminal receiving the audio data through the USB sound card equipment.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of the USB audio data transmission channel between the wireless data terminal and the terminal equipment is set as the USB sound card equipment comprises:

the wireless data terminal defines a USB endpoint of the wireless data terminal, wherein the USB endpoint transmits the audio data as a sound card and the USB endpoint of the wireless data terminal is connected to a USB endpoint of the terminal equipment via a USB data cable;

the terminal equipment sends a request to the wireless data terminal for acquiring a device descriptor, a configuration descriptor and a descriptor assemble;

after receiving the request, the wireless data terminal sends the device descriptor, the configuration descriptor and the descriptor assemble to the terminal equipment; and

after determining that a USB driver can be provided according to the device descriptor, the configuration descriptor and the descriptor assemble, the terminal equipment loads a corresponding audio equipment driver in accordance with a USB specification, and the audio equipment driver configures the sound card to obtain the USB sound card equipment.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the terminal equipment comprises an audio equipment driver, a User Interface (UI) and a physical sound card;

the step that the terminal equipment uses its audio equipment driver to access the USB sound card equipment to acquire audio data comprises that;

the audio equipment driver accesses the USB sound card equipment in a manner of accessing an interface of the USB sound card equipment, releases and reads a Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) code stream transmitted to the USB sound card equipment;

the UI accesses the audio equipment driver via an audio equipment interface and transmits the PCM code stream to the physical sound card.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the terminal equipment comprises an audio equipment driver, a UI and a physical sound card;

the step that the terminal equipment uses its audio equipment driver to send the audio data to the USB sound card equipment comprises that;

the physical sound card acquires a PCM code stream from an analog audio signal;

the UI acquires the PCM code stream from the physical sound card and transmits the PCM code stream to the audio equipment driver via an audio equipment interface of the audio equipment driver;

the audio equipment driver sends the PCM code stream to the USB sound card equipment.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step that the wireless data terminal transmits the audio data to the terminal equipment through the USB sound card equipment comprises that:

a baseband processing module of the wireless data terminal transmits a PCM code stream acquired after being processed to a USB driver at the wireless data terminal side of the USB sound card equipment.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step that the wireless data terminal receives the audio data through the USB sound card equipment comprises that:

a baseband processing module of the wireless data terminal acquires a PCM code stream transmitted to a USB endpoint of the wireless data terminal through a USB driver at the wireless data terminal side of the USB sound card equipment.

11. The method according to claim 2, wherein the step that the wireless data terminal transmits the audio data to the terminal equipment through the USB sound card equipment comprises that:

a baseband processing module of the wireless data terminal transmits a PCM code stream acquired after being processed to a USB driver at the wireless data terminal side of the USB sound card equipment.

12. The method according to claim 3, wherein the step that the wireless data terminal transmits the audio data to the terminal equipment through the USB sound card equipment comprises that:

a baseband processing module of the wireless data terminal transmits a PCM code stream acquired after being processed to a USB driver at the wireless data terminal side of the USB sound card equipment.

13. The method according to claim 4, wherein the step that the wireless data terminal transmits the audio data to the terminal equipment through the USB sound card equipment comprises that:

a baseband processing module of the wireless data terminal transmits a PCM code stream acquired after being processed to a USB driver at the wireless data terminal side of the USB sound card equipment.

14. The method according to claim 2, wherein the step that the wireless data terminal receives the audio data through the USB sound card equipment comprises that:

a baseband processing module of the wireless data terminal acquires a PCM code stream transmitted to a USB endpoint of the wireless data terminal through a USB driver at the wireless data terminal side of the USB sound card equipment.

15. The method according to claim 3, wherein the step that the wireless data terminal receives the audio data through the USB sound card equipment comprises that:

a baseband processing module of the wireless data terminal acquires a PCM code stream transmitted to a USB endpoint of the wireless data terminal through a USB driver at the wireless data terminal side of the USB sound card equipment.

16. The method according to claim 4, wherein the step that the wireless data terminal receives the audio data through the USB sound card equipment comprises that:

a baseband processing module of the wireless data terminal acquires a PCM code stream transmitted to a USB endpoint of the wireless data terminal through a USB driver at the wireless data terminal side of the USB sound card equipment.

7. A device for transmitting audio data over USB through a wireless data terminal, comprising:

a wireless data terminal, which is configured to send audio data to terminal equipment through USB sound card equipment, and further configured to receive the audio data from the terminal equipment through the USB sound card equipment;

USB sound card equipment, which is set based on a USB audio data transmission channel between the wireless data terminal and the terminal equipment, and configured to transmit the audio data between the wireless data terminal and the terminal equipment; and

terminal equipment, which is configured to use its audio equipment driver to access the USB sound card equipment to acquire the audio data from the wireless data terminal and further configured to use its audio equipment driver to send the audio data to the USB sound card equipment.

8. The device according to claim 7, wherein the USB sound card equipment comprises:

a USB driver at the wireless data terminal side, a USB endpoint of the wireless data terminal and a USB endpoint of the terminal equipment;

the USB driver at the wireless data terminal side is connected with a baseband processing module of the wireless data terminal;

the USB endpoint of the wireless data terminal is connected with the USB endpoint of the terminal equipment via a USB data cable; and

the USB endpoint of the terminal equipment is connected with the audio equipment driver of the terminal equipment.

9. The device according to claim 8, wherein when the terminal equipment is configured to use its audio equipment driver to access the USB sound card equipment to acquire the audio data from the wireless data terminal, the terminal equipment comprises:

an audio equipment driver, which is configured to access the USB endpoint of the terminal equipment in a manner of accessing an interface of the USB sound card equipment, read and release a PCM code stream transmitted to the USB endpoint of the terminal equipment;

a UI, which is configured to access the audio equipment driver via an audio equipment interface, and transmit the PCM code stream to a physical sound card; and

a physical sound card, which is configured to acquire an analog audio signal from the PCM code stream.

10. The device according to claim 8, wherein when the terminal equipment is configured to use its audio equipment driver to send the audio data to the USB sound card equipment, the terminal equipment comprises:

a physical sound card, which is configured to acquiring a PCM code stream from an analog audio signal;

a UI, which is configured to acquire the PCM code stream from the physical sound card, and transmit the PCM code stream to the audio equipment driver via an audio equipment interface of the audio equipment driver; and

an audio equipment driver, which is configured to send the PCM code stream to the USB endpoint of the terminal equipment.