Method and system of extending battery life of a wireless microphone unit
First Claim
1. A method of extending battery life of a microphone unit, the method comprising:
- muting the microphone unit responsive to a mute signal from a base station unit;
transmitting, by the microphone unit, compressed muted audio data;
determining, by the microphone unit, whether an unmute signal has been received from the base station unit;
responsive to a determination that the unmute signal has been received, unmuting the microphone unit; and
wherein the base station unit comprises a recording device configured to record the compressed muted audio data.
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Abstract
A method of extending battery life of a wireless microphone unit includes muting the wireless microphone unit responsive to a mute signal from a base station unit, transmitting, by the wireless microphone unit, compressed muted audio data, wherein the compressed muted audio data is compressed via a first compression scheme, determining, by the wireless microphone unit, whether an unmute signal has been received from the base station unit, and responsive to a determination that the unmute signal has been received, unmuting the wireless microphone unit. The method further includes discontinuing transmission of the compressed muted audio data and transmitting compressed audio data via a second compression scheme, wherein the first transmitting step causes the wireless microphone unit to consume less power per unit of transmission time than the second transmitting step.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of extending battery life of a microphone unit, the method comprising:
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muting the microphone unit responsive to a mute signal from a base station unit; transmitting, by the microphone unit, compressed muted audio data; determining, by the microphone unit, whether an unmute signal has been received from the base station unit; responsive to a determination that the unmute signal has been received, unmuting the microphone unit; and wherein the base station unit comprises a recording device configured to record the compressed muted audio data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An article of manufacture for extending battery life of a microphone unit, the article of manufacture comprising:
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at least one non-transitory computer readable medium; processor instructions contained on the at least one non-transitory computer readable medium, the processor instructions configured to be readable from the at least one non-transitory computer readable medium by at least one processor and thereby cause the at least one processor to operate as to perform the following steps; muting the microphone unit responsive to a mute signal from a base station unit; transmitting, by the microphone unit, compressed muted audio data; determining, by the microphone unit, whether an unmute signal has been received from the base station unit; responsive to a determination that the unmute signal has been received, unmuting the microphone unit; and wherein the base station unit comprises a recording device configured to record the compressed muted audio data. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A system for extending battery life of a microphone unit, the system comprising:
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a microphone unit; a base station unit configured to wirelessly communicate with the microphone unit; wherein the microphone unit is configured to; enter a mute mode responsive to receiving a mute signal from a base station unit; transmit compressed muted audio data; determine whether an unmute signal has been received from the base station unit; responsive to a determination that the unmute signal has been received, unmute the microphone unit; and wherein the base station unit comprises a recording device configured to record the compressed muted audio data.
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