Audio apparatus for wirelessly transmitting audio signal, audio system, and audio signal transmission method thereof
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1. An audio apparatus comprising:
- a control unit to extract each of audio signals for respective channels from a multichannel audio signal and to determine that the audio apparatus is in a wired transmission mode, if a transmitter is determined not to be mounted, otherwise, to determine that the audio apparatus is in a wireless tansmission mode; and
a transmitter to wirelessly transmit at least one transmission signal including at least two extracted audio signals corresponding to different channels to a first receiver, when the audio apparatus is in the wireless transmission mode, the transmitter being detachably mounted on the audio apparatus.
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Abstract
An audio apparatus includes a main unit to extract audio signals for at least two channels from a multichannel audio signal; and a transmitter to wirelessly transmit at least one audio signal of the extracted audio signals to a first receiver, and to wirelessly transmit at least one other audio signal of the extracted audio signals to a second receiver.
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21 Claims
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1. An audio apparatus comprising:
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a control unit to extract each of audio signals for respective channels from a multichannel audio signal and to determine that the audio apparatus is in a wired transmission mode, if a transmitter is determined not to be mounted, otherwise, to determine that the audio apparatus is in a wireless tansmission mode; and a transmitter to wirelessly transmit at least one transmission signal including at least two extracted audio signals corresponding to different channels to a first receiver, when the audio apparatus is in the wireless transmission mode, the transmitter being detachably mounted on the audio apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of transmitting audio signals, comprising:
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extracting each of audio signals for respective channels from a multichannel audio signal; determining that an audio apparatus is in a wired transmission mode, if a transmitter is determined not to be mounted thereto, otherwise, determining that the audio apparatus is in a wireless transmission mode; and wirelessly transmitting at least one transmission signal including at least two extracted audio signals corresponding to different channels to a receiver when the audio apparatus is in the wireless transmission mode. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. An audio system comprising:
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a control unit to extract each of audio signals for respective channels from a multichannel audio signal and to determine that the audio system is in a wired transmission mode, if a transmitter is determined not to be mounted, otherwise, to determine that the audio system is in a wireless transmission mode; and a transmitter to wirelessly transmit at least one transmission signal including at least two extracted audio signals corresponding to different channels to a receiver, when the audio system is in the wireless transmission mode, the transmitter being detachably mounted on the audio system. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. An audio system comprising:
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a control unit to extract each of a plurality of audio signals for respective channels from a multichannel audio signal and to determine that the audio system is in a wired transmission mode, if a transmitter is determined not to be mounted, otherwise, to determine that the audio system is in a wireless transmissin mode, the plurality of audio signals comprising; an audio signal for a front left channel; an audio signal for a center channel; an audio signal for a front right channel; an audio signal for a rear left channel; an audio signal for a rear right channel; and an audio signal for a subwoofer channel; a plurality of speakers comprising; a front left speaker to reproduce the audio signal for the front left channel; a center speaker to reproduce the audio signal for the center channel; a front right speaker to reproduce the audio signal for the front right channel; a rear left speaker to reproduce the audio signal for the rear left channel; a rear right speaker to reproduce the audio signal for the rear right channel; a first receiver connected by wire to at least one of the plurality of speakers; and a transmitter to wirelessly transmit at least one transmission signal including at least two extracted audio signals corresponding to different channels to the first receiver, of the extracted audio signals corresponding to the ones of the plurality of speakers connected by wire to the first receiver, when the audio system is in the wireless transmission mode, the transmitter being detachably mounnted on the audio system. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An audio system comprising:
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an audio transmission apparatus which extracts each of the audio signals for respective channels from a multichannel audio signal, determines that the audio transmission apparatus is in a wired transmission mode, if a transmitter is determined not to be mounted thereto, otherwise, to determine that the audio transmission apparatus is in a wireless transmission mode and wirelessly transmits at least one transmission signal including at least two audio signals corresponding to different channels to a receiver, when the audio transmission apparatus is in the wireless transmission mode; and an audio output apparatus which receives the transmission signal from the audio transmission apparatus wirelessly and extracts the at least two audio signals corresponding to different channels from the transmission signal.
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