Bidirectional wireless microphone system with automatic login function

• US 8,260,217 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2009
• Issued: 09/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Taiwan Gomet Technology Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Taiwan Gomet Technology Company Limited
• Inventors: Chang, Sheng-Hsiung, Chang, Sheng-Yuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tu X
• Application Number:
  US12/607,784
• Publication Number:
  US 20100112939A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,042 Days
• Field of Search: 455/569.2, 455/575.1, 455/575.9, 455/90.3
• US Class Current: 455/90.3
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0891 Video recorder in combination with video camera

Abstract

A bidirectional wireless microphone system with an automatic login function comprises at least one wireless microphone, a base station and a data processing unit. The wireless microphone and the base station are able to wirelessly communicate with and transmit data, such as a sound signal, coordinate position or image, to each other. The data processing unit is connected to the base station to store and process the data transmitted between the wireless microphone and the base station. While the wireless microphone completes a process of registration to the base station by engaging a first registration contact on the wireless microphone with a corresponding second registration contact on the base station, a process of logging in to the data processing unit, which can be, for example, a computer or an application program, is completed at the same time to thereby simplify the registration and login process and save operating time.

Claims

1. A bidirectional wireless microphone system with an automatic login function, comprising:

at least one wireless microphone having a unique serial number and further comprising;

a first registration contact;

a first sound receiving unit for receiving a sound signal;

a first wireless transceiver for transmitting and receiving data comprising the sound signal; and

a first microcontroller coupled with the first registration contact, the sound receiving unit and the first wireless transceiver;

a base station capable of performing bidirectional wireless communication with the at least one wireless microphone, and comprising;

a microphone ID registration unit comprising at least one second registration contact;

a second wireless transceiver for transmitting and receiving the data to and from the first wireless transceiver of the at least one wireless microphone; and

a second microcontroller coupled with the microphone ID registration unit and the second wireless transceiver; and

a data processing unit connected to the base station for storing and processing the data transmitted from the at least one wireless microphone, and comprising a login interface;

wherein, by engaging the first registration contact on the at least one wireless microphone with a corresponding one of the at least one second registration contact on the base station, the at least one wireless microphone completes an ID registration and pairing process on the base station, and the unique serial number of the at least one wireless microphone is transmitted via the microphone ID registration unit of the base station to and stored on the data processing unit, and the data processing unit on receipt of the unique serial number automatically generates on the login interface a user name or a user ID number corresponding to the unique serial number for the at least one wireless microphone to complete a process of logging in to the data processing unit.

2. The bidirectional wireless microphone system with the automatic login function as claimed in claim 1, wherein the login interface further comprises a password entry field.

3. The bidirectional wireless microphone system with the automatic login function as claimed in claim 1, wherein a plurality of the wireless microphones is comprised, and the base station comprises a plurality of the second registration contacts;

and the plurality of wireless microphones, after separately engaging with the corresponding second registration contacts to complete the ID registration and pairing process thereof, are allowed to separately or simultaneously perform bidirectional wireless communication with the base station.

4. The bidirectional wireless microphone system with the automatic login function as claimed in claim 3, wherein the sound signals separately received by the plurality of wireless microphones are stored in a data entity at different audio tracks to avoid the risk of being mixed to interfere with one another.

5. The bidirectional wireless microphone system with the automatic login function as claimed in claim 3, wherein the data entity is selected from the group consisting of a video file.

6. The bidirectional wireless microphone system with the automatic login function as claimed in claim 1, wherein the serial number is selected from the group consisting of a machine ID and a media access control (MAC) address.

7. The bidirectional wireless microphone system with the automatic login function as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an external ID registration box being connected to the microphone ID registration unit via an extension cable to extend the at least one second registration contact from the base station, so that the external ID registration box provides a function the same as that of the at least one second registration contact.

8. A bidirectional wireless microphone system with an automatic login function, comprising:

a plurality of wireless microphones, each of which having a unique serial number and comprising;

a first registration contact;

a first sound receiving unit for receiving a sound signal;

a first wireless transceiver for transmitting and receiving data comprising the sound signal; and

a first microcontroller coupled with the first registration contact, the sound receiving unit and the first wireless transceiver;

a base station capable of performing bidirectional wireless communication with the plurality of wireless microphones, and comprising;

a microphone ID registration unit comprising a plurality of second registration contacts;

a second wireless transceiver for transmitting and receiving the data to and from each of the first wireless transceivers of the plurality of wireless microphones; and

a second microcontroller coupled with the microphone ID registration unit and the second wireless transceiver; and

a data processing unit connected to the base station for storing and processing the data transmitted from the plurality of wireless microphones;

wherein, by engaging the first registration contact on each of the wireless microphones with a corresponding one of the second registration contacts on the base station, the wireless microphones complete an ID registration and pairing process on the base station; and

, after completion of the ID registration and pairing process, the wireless microphones are allowed to separately or simultaneously perform bidirectional wireless communication with the base station; and

the sound signals separately transmitted from the plurality of wireless microphones are stored in a data entity at different audio tracks to avoid the risk of being mixed to interfere with one another.

9. The bidirectional wireless microphone system with the automatic login function as claimed in claim 8, wherein the data entity is selected from the group consisting of a video file.

10. The bidirectional wireless microphone system with the automatic login function as claimed in claim 8, wherein the serial number is selected from the group consisting of a machine ID and an MAC address.

11. The bidirectional wireless microphone system with the automatic login function as claimed in claim 8, further comprising an external ID registration box being connected to the microphone ID registration unit via an extension cable to extend the plurality of second registration contacts from the base station, so that the external ID registration box provides a function the same as that of the plurality of second registration contacts.

12. A bidirectional wireless microphone system with an automatic login function, comprising:

at least one wireless microphone having a unique serial number and comprising;

a first registration contact;

a first sound receiving unit for receiving a sound signal;

a first wireless transceiver for transmitting and receiving data comprising the sound signal; and

a first microcontroller coupled with the first registration contact, the sound receiving unit and the first wireless transceiver;

a base station capable of performing bidirectional wireless communication with the at least one wireless microphone, and comprising;

a microphone ID registration unit comprising at least one second registration contact;

a second wireless transceiver for transmitting and receiving the data to and from the first wireless transceiver of the at least one wireless microphone; and

a second microcontroller coupled with the microphone ID registration unit and the second wireless transceiver; and

an external ID registration box connected to the microphone ID registration unit via an extension cable to extend the at least one second registration contact from the base station, so that the external ID registration box provides a function the same as that of the at least one second registration contact; and

a data processing unit connected to the base station for storing and processing the data transmitted from the at least one wireless microphone;

wherein, by engaging the first registration contact on the at least one wireless microphone with a corresponding one of the at least one second registration contact on the base station or the external ID registration box, the at least one wireless microphone completes an ID registration and pairing process on the base station; and

, after completion of the ID registration and pairing process, the at least one wireless microphone is allowed to perform bidirectional wireless communication with the base station.