Apparatus and method of audio reproduction
First Claim
1. A wearable loudspeaker unit, comprising:
- a loudspeaker;
an audio reproduction processor;
a wireless communications unit operable to communicate wirelessly with a base unit using a protocol that distinguishes the wearable loudspeaker unit from any other wearable loudspeaker units in communication with the base unit; and
a user input interface operable to select one of a plurality of wearable loudspeaker unit wearing positions on a user'"'"'s body; and
in whichthe wireless communications unit is operable to transmit the selected wearing position of the wearable loudspeaker unit to the base unit, and is operable to receive from the base unit a respective one of a plurality of different audio data that corresponds to the respective selected wearing position of the wearable loudspeaker unit; and
the audio reproduction processor is operable to output the received audio data through the loudspeaker.
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Abstract
A wearable loudspeaker unit comprises a loudspeaker, an audio reproduction processor, a wireless communications unit operable to communicate wirelessly with a base unit using a protocol that distinguishes the wearable loudspeaker unit from any other wearable loudspeaker units in communication with the base unit, and a user input interface operable to select one of a plurality of wearable loudspeaker unit wearing positions on a user'"'"'s body; and the wireless communications unit is operable to transmit the selected wearing position of the wearable loudspeaker unit to the base unit, and is operable to receive audio data corresponding to the selected wearing position of the wearable loudspeaker unit from the base unit, and the audio reproduction processor is operable to output the received audio data through the loudspeaker.
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19 Claims
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1. A wearable loudspeaker unit, comprising:
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a loudspeaker; an audio reproduction processor; a wireless communications unit operable to communicate wirelessly with a base unit using a protocol that distinguishes the wearable loudspeaker unit from any other wearable loudspeaker units in communication with the base unit; and a user input interface operable to select one of a plurality of wearable loudspeaker unit wearing positions on a user'"'"'s body; and
in whichthe wireless communications unit is operable to transmit the selected wearing position of the wearable loudspeaker unit to the base unit, and is operable to receive from the base unit a respective one of a plurality of different audio data that corresponds to the respective selected wearing position of the wearable loudspeaker unit; and the audio reproduction processor is operable to output the received audio data through the loudspeaker. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 13)
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6. A base unit, comprising:
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a processor; a wireless communications unit operable to communicate wirelessly with one or more wearable loudspeaker units using a protocol that distinguishes each wearable loudspeaker unit from each other wearable loudspeaker unit in communication with the base unit; and a user input interface operable to select a respective one of a plurality of wearable loudspeaker unit wearing positions on a user'"'"'s body for each wearable loudspeaker unit in communication with the base unit; and
in whichthe processor is operable to select a respective one of a plurality of different audio data that corresponds to the respective selected wearing position of a respective wearable loudspeaker unit for transmission by the wireless communications unit to that respective wearable loudspeaker unit. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 14, 15)
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9. A base unit, comprising:
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a processor; a wireless communications unit operable to communicate wirelessly with one or more wearable loudspeaker units using a protocol that distinguishes each wearable loudspeaker unit from each other wearable loudspeaker unit in communication with the base unit; an image input means for receiving a captured video image; and an image recognition means operable to detect a respective one of a plurality of wearable loudspeaker unit wearing positions on a user'"'"'s body for each wearable loudspeaker unit in communication with the base unit according to the detected positions of each wearable loudspeaker within the captured video image; and
in whichthe processor is operable to select a respective one of a plurality of different audio data that corresponds to the respective detected wearing position of a respective wearable loudspeaker unit for transmission by the wireless communications unit to that respective wearable loudspeaker unit. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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16. A method of audio reproduction for a wearable loudspeaker unit, the method comprising the steps of:
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selecting at the wearable loudspeaker unit one of a plurality of wearable loudspeaker unit wearing positions on a user'"'"'s body; transmitting the selected wearing position of the wearable loudspeaker unit to a base unit; receiving from the base unit a respective one of a plurality of different audio data corresponding to the respective selected wearing position of the wearable loudspeaker unit; and outputting the received audio data through the loudspeaker.
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17. A method of audio reproduction for a base unit, the method comprising the steps of:
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selecting at the base unit one of a plurality of wearable loudspeaker unit wearing positions on a user'"'"'s body for one or more respective wearable loudspeaker units in communication with the base unit; and selecting at the base unit a respective one of a plurality of different audio data that corresponds to the selected wearing position of a respective wearable loudspeaker unit for transmission by the wireless communications unit of the base unit to that respective wearable loudspeaker unit. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A method of audio reproduction for an audio system comprising a base unit and one or more wearable loudspeaker units in communication with the base unit, the method comprising the steps of:
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selecting, by a processor, one of a plurality of wearable loudspeaker unit wearing positions on a user'"'"'s body for each respective wearable loudspeaker unit; and selecting, by the processor, a respective one of a plurality of different audio data corresponding to the selected wearing position of a respective wearable loudspeaker unit for transmission by the base unit to that respective wearable loudspeaker unit.
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