WIRELESS SPEAKER SYSTEM

• US 20160066093A1
• Filed: 08/28/2014
• Published: 03/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Harman International Industries Incorporated (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Harman International Industries Incorporated (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: FISHER, Mark, GARRETT, James, MARTINEZ, Armando, NGUYEN, An
• Granted Patent: US 9,544,689 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2420/01 Input selection or mixing for amplifiers or loudspeakers for hearing aids H04R25/43
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2420/07 Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 3/12 for distributing signals to two or more loudspeakers specially adapted for hearing aids H04R25/407
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/04 Circuit arrangements, e.g. for selective connection of amplifier inputs/outputs to loudspeakers, for loudspeaker detection, or for adaptation of settings to personal preferences or hearing impairments combinations of amplifiers H03F3/68; stereophonic systems H04S
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A wireless speaker system may include a primary speaker including a first transceiver and a second transceiver and programmed to receive audio data from a user device at the first transceiver, and at least one secondary speaker including a receiver and programmed to receive a wireless signal including the audio data from the primary speaker at the receiver, each speaker configured to transmit audio signals consistently there between based on the received audio data.

Claims

1. A wireless speaker system comprising:

a primary speaker including a first transceiver and a second transceiver and programmed to receive audio data from a user device at the first transceiver; and

at least one secondary speaker including a receiver and programmed to receive a wireless signal including the audio data from the primary speaker at the receiver, each speaker configured to transmit audio signals consistently there between based on the received audio data.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the primary speaker is configured to receive the audio data from the user device via a first interface and wherein the secondary speaker is configured to receive the audio data from the primary speaker via a second interface, the first interface facilitating the transmission of the audio data at a first frequency band and the second interface facilitating the transmission of the audio data over a second frequency band.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the at least one secondary speaker is configured to pair with the primary speaker in response to an exchange of enrollment data therebetween.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein exchange of enrollment data is transmitted between the primary and secondary speakers over a frequency band separate and distinct from the first and second bands.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the frequency band is an industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) band.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein the wireless signal includes at least one of volume data, feedback data, and a predefined frequency of the second interface.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the primary speaker includes a mode switch for instructing the primary speaker to operate in a primary mode where the primary speaker receives the audio data from the user device and a secondary mode where the primary speaker receives the audio data from another primary speaker.

8. A speaker for a wireless speaker system, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a first wireless signal from a user device, the wireless signal including audio data;

a transmitter configured to transmit another second wireless signal including the received audio data; and

a transducer configured to transmit an audio signal based on the received audio data.

9. The speaker of claim 8, wherein the receiver is configured to receive the audio data from the user device via a first interface and is further configured to transmit the audio data via a second interface, the first interface facilitating the transmission of the audio data at a first frequency band and the second interface facilitating the transmission of the audio data over a second frequency band.

10. The speaker of claim 9, wherein the receiver is configured to receive enrollment data from at least one other speaker and to pair with the other speaker via the second interface based on the enrollment data.

11. The speaker of claim 10, wherein the enrollment data is transmitted between the primary and secondary speakers over a frequency band separate and distinct from the first and second bands.

12. The speaker of claim 11, wherein the frequency band is an industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) band.

13. The speaker of claim 8, wherein the second wireless signal includes at least one of volume data, feedback data, and a predefined frequency of the second interface.

14. The speaker of claim 8, further comprising a mode switch for switching between a primary mode where the primary speaker is configured to receive the audio data form the user device and a secondary mode where the primary speaker is configured to receive the audio data from another primary speaker.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the transceiver is configured to communicate with the user device when operating in the primary mode and wherein the transceiver is configured to cease communication with the user device when operating in the secondary mode.

16. A speaker system, comprising:

a primary speaker including at least one controller programmed to

transmit enrollment data to a secondary speaker;

receive audio data from a user device over a first interface;

transmit the received audio data to the secondary speaker over a second interface; and

transmit, concurrently with audio emissions at the secondary speaker based on the transmitted audio data, an audio signal based on the received data from the user device.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the controller is further programmed to store a unique identifier specific to the secondary speaker included in the enrollment data.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the controller is further programmed to transmit the enrollment data is transmitted over a frequency band separate and distinct from bands used for the first and second interfaces.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the frequency band is an industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) band.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the controller is further programmed to transmit additional data including at least one of volume data, feedback data, and a predefined frequency of the second interface to the secondary speaker.