FIRMWARE OVERWRITING METHOD IN PAIRED USE WIRELESS MICROPHONE AND RECEIVER

• US 20140007071A1
• Filed: 07/02/2012
• Published: 01/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Taiwan Gomet Technology Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Taiwan Gomet Technology Company Limited
• Inventors: Chang, Sheng-Hsiung, Chang, Sheng-Yuan
• Granted Patent: US 8,972,970 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/170
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/654 using techniques specially adapted for alterable solid state memories, e.g. for EEPROM or flash memories

Abstract

A firmware overwriting method for paired use wireless microphone and receiver is disclosed. The firmware update method comprises building a wireless connection between the at least one wireless microphone and the at least one receiver; and executing the determining program by the receiver processing module to determine if the installed wireless microphone compatible backup firmware is the same as the wireless microphone firmware. If yes, the overwriting program is not executed. If no, the receiver processing module sends a command to the wireless microphone processing module to download the installed wireless microphone compatible backup firmware from the receiver storage module, and the overwriting program is executed by the wireless microphone processing module to overwrite the wireless microphone firmware with the installed wireless microphone compatible backup firmware.

Claims

1. A firmware overwriting method applicable for paired use at least one wireless microphone and at least one receiver, the at least one wireless microphone comprising a wireless microphone processing module, a wireless microphone wireless transceiver module, and a wireless microphone storage module storing a wireless microphone firmware and an overwriting program;

and the at least one receiver comprising a receiver processing module, a receiver wireless transceiver module, and a receiver storage module storing a determining program, an installed receiver firmware and an installed wireless microphone compatible backup firmware;

characterized in that the firmware overwriting method applicable for the paired use at least one wireless microphone and at least one receiver comprising;

building a wireless connection between the at least one wireless microphone and the at least one receiver;

executing the determining program to determine if the installed wireless microphone compatible backup firmware is the same as the wireless microphone firmware by the receiver processing module;

in response to the installed wireless microphone compatible backup firmware is determined to be the same as the wireless microphone firmware, the overwriting program is not executed by the wireless microphone processing module; and

in response to the installed wireless microphone compatible backup firmware is determined to be different from the wireless microphone firmware, the receiver processing module sends a command to the wireless microphone processing module to download the installed wireless microphone compatible backup firmware from the receiver storage module, and the overwriting program is executed by the wireless microphone processing module to overwrite the wireless microphone firmware stored in the wireless microphone storage module with the installed wireless microphone compatible backup firmware.

2. The firmware overwriting method of claim 1, further comprising a step of installing a firmware package of a wireless microphone compatible backup firmware and a receiver firmware in the receiver storage module by the receiver processing module before building the wireless connection.

3. The firmware overwriting method of claim 2, wherein the firmware package is installed in the receiver storage module while the installed receiver firmware is overwritten by the receiver firmware through connecting to a computer with a wire or wireless.

4. The firmware overwriting method of claim 2, wherein the firmware package further comprises a firmware version compatible lookup table or a version number digital discriminator.

5. The firmware overwriting method of claim 4, further comprising executing the determining program by the receiver processing module to search the firmware version compatible lookup table for determining whether a version number of the wireless microphone firmware is listed in the firmware version compatible lookup table after the installed wireless microphone compatible backup firmware is determined to be different from the wireless microphone firmware by the determining program;

in response to the version number of the wireless microphone firmware is determined to be listed in the firmware version compatible lookup table, the overwriting program is not executed by the wireless microphone processing module; and

in response to the version number of the wireless microphone firmware is determined to be not listed in the firmware version compatible lookup table, the receiver processing module sends a command to the wireless microphone processing module to download the installed wireless microphone compatible backup firmware from the receiver storage module, and the overwriting program is executed by the wireless microphone processing module to overwrite the wireless microphone firmware stored in the wireless microphone storage module with the installed wireless microphone compatible backup firmware downloaded from the receiver storage module.

6. The firmware overwriting method of claim 1, wherein the wireless connection is built through WiFi, radio frequency and Bluetooth.

7. The firmware overwriting method of claim 1, wherein the at least one wireless microphone and the at least one receiver are paired together by way of one to one, one to multiple or multiple to multiple.