Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide an earphone and an earphone system, which greatly reduce time delay compared with the traditional Bluetooth earphone and are suitable for scenes with low time delay requirements, such as game scenes, so that the user experience is improved.
In order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention provides an earphone, including:
a slave earphone;
the main earphone is used for receiving the dual-channel audio data transmitted by the host equipment after establishing wireless communication connection with the host equipment through an accessory device plugged on the host equipment, transmitting the dual-channel audio data to the auxiliary earphone through NFMI communication for playing, and playing audio based on the dual-channel audio data.
Preferably, the headset further comprises the accessory device; the accessory device includes:
a first RF circuit;
a first communication chip configured with a wireless communication protocol and connected with the first RF circuit;
the control chip is respectively connected with the audio transmission line of the host equipment and the first communication chip and is used for receiving the two-channel audio data transmitted by the host equipment, coding the two-channel audio data, and transmitting the coded two-channel audio data to the main earphone through the first RF circuit by utilizing the first communication chip.
Preferably, the main earphone comprises:
a second RF circuit;
a first audio player;
the first audio coding and decoding chip is connected with the first audio player;
and the second communication chip is configured with a wireless communication protocol and is respectively connected with the second RF circuit and the first audio codec chip, and is configured to receive, by using the second RF circuit, the encoded binaural audio data transmitted by the first communication chip after establishing a communication connection with the first communication chip, transmit the encoded binaural audio data to the slave earphone through NFMI communication, and transmit any one of the encoded binaural audio data to the first audio player after being decoded by the first audio codec chip for playing.
Preferably, the primary earpiece further comprises:
the audio collector is connected with the first audio coding and decoding chip and used for acquiring a user voice signal and transmitting the user voice signal to the second communication chip after being coded by the first audio coding and decoding chip;
the second communication chip is also used for generating a corresponding control instruction according to the received user voice signal and transmitting the control instruction to the host equipment end through the second RF circuit so that the host equipment end carries out corresponding processing based on the control instruction.
Preferably, the primary earpiece further comprises:
a first NFMI chip connected with a first NFMI coil and connected with the second communication chip; the second communication chip is specifically configured to divide the encoded two-channel audio data into two pieces of mono audio data, and transmit one piece of mono audio data to the slave earphone through the first NFMI chip;
the slave earphone includes:
a second audio player;
the second audio coding and decoding chip is connected with the second audio player;
and the second NFMI chip is connected with a second NFMI coil and connected with the second audio codec chip, and is configured to receive, after establishing communication connection with the first NFMI chip, the mono audio data transmitted by the first NFMI chip, decode the received mono audio data by the second audio codec chip, and transmit the decoded mono audio data to the second audio player for playing.
Preferably, the master earphone further comprises a first bluetooth chip;
the main earphone is also used for receiving the dual-channel audio data transmitted by the terminal equipment after the first Bluetooth chip is utilized to establish Bluetooth connection with the terminal equipment, and playing audio based on the received dual-channel audio data.
Preferably, the slave earphone further comprises a second bluetooth chip;
the slave earphone is also used for receiving the dual-channel audio data transmitted by the terminal equipment after the second Bluetooth chip is used for establishing Bluetooth connection with the terminal equipment, and playing audio based on the received dual-channel audio data.
Preferably, the primary earpiece further comprises:
a first battery;
the first power management chip is respectively connected with the first battery and each chip in the main earphone and is used for acquiring electric energy from the first battery to supply power to each chip in the main earphone;
the slave earphone further comprises:
a second battery;
and the second power management chip is respectively connected with the second battery and each chip in the slave earphone and is used for acquiring electric energy from the second battery to supply power for each chip in the slave earphone.
Preferably, the process of playing audio based on the two-channel audio data includes:
and starting timing when the two-channel audio data are transmitted to the slave earphone through NFMI communication, and carrying out audio playing based on the two-channel audio data when the timing time reaches the preset transmission waiting time so as to synchronize the audio playing of the master earphone and the slave earphone.
In order to solve the technical problem, the invention also provides an earphone system, which comprises an accessory device and the earphone; wherein the accessory device is further integrated in a host device.
The invention provides a headset which comprises a master headset and a slave headset. The main earphone is used for receiving the dual-channel audio data transmitted by the host equipment after establishing wireless communication connection with the host equipment through the accessory device plugged on the host equipment, transmitting the dual-channel audio data to the auxiliary earphone through NFMI communication for playing, and playing audio based on the dual-channel audio data. Therefore, the host equipment wirelessly transmits the two-channel audio data to the main earphone through the accessory device, and the delay time can be less than 20 ms; the master earphone transmits the two-channel audio data to the slave earphone through NFMI communication, and the time delay can be less than 10 ms; the time delay of the whole process can be less than 30ms, the time delay is greatly reduced compared with that of the traditional Bluetooth headset, and the Bluetooth headset is suitable for a scene with low time delay requirement like a game scene, so that the user experience is improved.
The invention also provides an earphone system which has the same beneficial effects as the earphone.
Detailed Description
The core of the invention is to provide the earphone and the earphone system, which greatly reduce the time delay compared with the traditional Bluetooth earphone and are suitable for the scenes with low time delay requirements, such as game scenes, thereby improving the user experience.
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic view illustrating a communication between a headset and a host device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The earphone comprises amain earphone 1 and aslave earphone 2, wherein themain earphone 1 is used for receiving the dual-channel audio data transmitted by the host equipment after establishing wireless communication connection with the host equipment through anaccessory device 3 plugged in the host equipment, transmitting the dual-channel audio data to theslave earphone 2 through NFMI communication for playing, and playing audio based on the dual-channel audio data.
Specifically, the earphone of the present application includes amaster earphone 1 and a slave earphone 2 (both may use TWS (True Wireless Stereo) earphones), and its working principle is:
themain headset 1 establishes a wireless communication connection with a host device through anaccessory device 3 plugged into the host device, for example, communicates with a PC (Personal Computer), a VR (Virtual Reality), an AR (Augmented Reality), a stereo, and other host devices that can output audio data. More specifically, theaccessory device 3 and the host device can be plugged together through a USB (Universal Serial Bus) interface (such as type TypeC, type TypeA), and theaccessory device 3 can be understood as a USB Dongle. In addition, themaster earphone 1 can specifically communicate with the host device through the bluetooth private protocol (2.4G), and the delay is short.
Themaster earphone 1 communicates with theslave earphone 2 through the Near Field Magnetic Induction (NFMI) technology, that is, when the distance between themaster earphone 1 and theslave earphone 2 is less than a certain value (the certain value is greater than the distance between the ears of the user), themaster earphone 1 and theslave earphone 2 can establish a communication connection.
After themain headset 1 successfully establishes communication with the host device through theaccessory device 3, the host device transmits binaural audio data (i.e., stereo audio data) to themain headset 1. After receiving the two-channel audio data transmitted from the host device, themaster earphone 1 transmits the received two-channel audio data to theslave earphone 2 for playing through NFMI communication, and performs its own audio playing based on the received two-channel audio data. After receiving the two-channel audio data transmitted from themaster earphone 1, theslave earphone 2 may play audio based on the received two-channel audio data.
The invention provides a headset which comprises a master headset and a slave headset. The main earphone is used for receiving the dual-channel audio data transmitted by the host equipment after establishing wireless communication connection with the host equipment through the accessory device plugged on the host equipment, transmitting the dual-channel audio data to the auxiliary earphone through NFMI communication for playing, and playing audio based on the dual-channel audio data. Therefore, the host equipment wirelessly transmits the two-channel audio data to the main earphone through the accessory device, and the delay time can be less than 20 ms; the master earphone transmits the two-channel audio data to the slave earphone through NFMI communication, and the time delay can be less than 10 ms; the time delay of the whole process can be less than 30ms, the time delay is greatly reduced compared with that of the traditional Bluetooth headset, and the Bluetooth headset is suitable for a scene with low time delay requirement like a game scene, so that the user experience is improved.
On the basis of the above-described embodiment:
referring to fig. 2 and 3, fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an accessory device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a main earphone according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As an alternative embodiment, the headset further comprises anaccessory device 3; theaccessory device 3 includes:
afirst RF circuit 31;
afirst communication chip 32 configured with a wireless communication protocol and connected to thefirst RF circuit 31;
thecontrol chip 33 is connected to the audio transmission line of the host device and thefirst communication chip 32, and is configured to receive the binaural audio data transmitted by the host device, encode the binaural audio data, and transmit the encoded binaural audio data to themain headset 1 through thefirst RF circuit 31 by using thefirst communication chip 32.
Specifically, theaccessory device 3 of the present application includes a first RF (Radio Frequency)circuit 31, afirst communication chip 32, and a control chip 33 (for example, an MCU (micro controller Unit)) and has an operating principle of:
the host device transmits the dual-channel audio data to thecontrol chip 33, and if theaccessory device 3 is plugged into the host device through an audio transmission interface (such as a USB interface), the host device transmits the dual-channel audio data to thecontrol chip 33 through the audio transmission interface. Thecontrol chip 33 encodes the two-channel audio data transmitted to the host device and transmits the encoded two-channel audio data to thefirst communication chip 32. Thefirst communication chip 32 transmits the encoded two-channel audio data to themain headset 1 through thefirst RF circuit 31.
As an alternative embodiment, theprimary earpiece 1 comprises:
asecond RF circuit 11;
a first audio player 12;
a firstaudio codec chip 13 connected to the first audio player 12;
thesecond communication chip 14, which is configured with a wireless communication protocol and is respectively connected to thesecond RF circuit 11 and the firstaudio codec chip 13, is configured to, after establishing a communication connection with thefirst communication chip 32, receive, by using thesecond RF circuit 11, the encoded binaural audio data transmitted by thefirst communication chip 32, transmit the encoded binaural audio data to theslave earphone 2 through NFMI communication, and transmit any one of the encoded binaural audio data to the first audio player 12 for playing after being decoded by the firstaudio codec chip 13.
Specifically, themain earphone 1 of the present application includes asecond RF circuit 11, a first audio player 12, a firstaudio codec chip 13, and asecond communication chip 14, and its working principle is:
a wireless communication protocol (e.g., bluetooth proprietary protocol) is configured in each of thefirst communication chip 32 and thesecond communication chip 14, and the two can communicate via the wireless communication protocol. After thesecond communication chip 14 and thefirst communication chip 32 successfully establish communication, thesecond communication chip 14 may receive the encoded binaural audio data transmitted by thefirst communication chip 32 by using thesecond RF circuit 11, on one hand, transmit the encoded binaural audio data to theslave earphone 2 for playing through NFMI communication, and on the other hand, transmit any one of the encoded binaural audio data to the first audio player 12 for playing after being decoded by the firstaudio codec chip 13.
More specifically, thefirst RF circuit 31 and thesecond RF circuit 11 each include a Balun (Balance-unbalanced) and an antenna for converting a signal inputted thereto into a signal adapted to the antenna, and thefirst RF circuit 31 may optionally add a PA (Power Amplifier)/LNA (Low Noise Amplifier) for signal amplification.
As an alternative embodiment, theprimary earpiece 1 further comprises:
theaudio collector 15 is connected with the first audio coding anddecoding chip 13 and is used for acquiring a user voice signal, and transmitting the user voice signal to thesecond communication chip 14 after being coded by the first audio coding anddecoding chip 13;
thesecond communication chip 14 is further configured to generate a corresponding control instruction according to the received user voice signal, and transmit the control instruction to the host device through thesecond RF circuit 11, so that the host device performs corresponding processing based on the control instruction.
Further,main earphone 1 of this application still includesaudio collector 15, and its theory of operation is:
theaudio collector 15 can collect the user voice signal, and transmit the collected user voice signal to thesecond communication chip 14 after being coded by the firstaudio codec chip 13. Thesecond communication chip 14 generates a corresponding control command according to the received user voice signal, and transmits the control command to theaccessory device 3 on the host apparatus side through thesecond RF circuit 11. Thefirst communication chip 32 of theaccessory device 3 can receive the control command transmitted from thesecond communication chip 14 by using thefirst RF circuit 31 and transmit the control command to thecontrol chip 33. Thecontrol chip 33 transmits the control instruction to the host device so that the host device performs corresponding processing based on the control instruction. Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a slave earphone according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As an alternative embodiment, theprimary earpiece 1 further comprises:
afirst NFMI chip 16 to which a first NFMI coil L1 is connected and which is connected to thesecond communication chip 14; thesecond communication chip 14 is specifically configured to divide the encoded two-channel audio data into two pieces of monaural audio data, and transmit one piece of monaural audio data to theslave earphone 2 through thefirst NFMI chip 16;
theslave headphone 2 includes:
asecond audio player 21;
a secondaudio codec chip 22 connected to thesecond audio player 21;
thesecond NFMI chip 23, connected to the second NFMI coil L2 and connected to the secondaudio codec chip 22, is configured to receive the monaural audio data transmitted by thefirst NFMI chip 16 after establishing a communication connection with thefirst NFMI chip 16, decode the received monaural audio data by the secondaudio codec chip 22, and transmit the decoded monaural audio data to thesecond audio player 21 for playing.
Specifically, theprimary earpiece 1 of the present application further includes afirst NFMI chip 16; theslave earphone 2 includes asecond audio player 21, a secondaudio codec chip 22 and asecond NFMI chip 23, and its working principle is:
thesecond communication chip 14 divides the encoded two-channel audio data into two pieces of mono audio data, and transmits one piece of mono audio data to thefirst NFMI chip 16. Thefirst NFMI chip 16 and thesecond NFMI chip 23 can communicate within a distance, and thefirst NFMI chip 16 can transmit the received mono audio data to thesecond NFMI chip 23. Thesecond NFMI chip 23 decodes the received mono audio data by the secondaudio codec chip 22 and then transmits the decoded mono audio data to thesecond audio player 21 for playing.
As an alternative embodiment, themain headset 1 further includes a first bluetooth chip;
themain earphone 1 is further configured to receive the binaural audio data transmitted by the terminal device after establishing a bluetooth connection with the terminal device by using the first bluetooth chip, and perform audio playing based on the received binaural audio data.
Further, themain earphone 1 of this application still includes first bluetooth chip, and its theory of operation is:
the first bluetooth chip is configured with a bluetooth standard protocol, i.e. is a conventional bluetooth chip, the firstaudio codec chip 13 may be integrated in the first bluetooth chip, and the first bluetooth chip and thesecond communication chip 14 may share an antenna in thesecond RF circuit 11.
After the terminal device (such as a mobile phone) establishes a bluetooth connection with the first bluetooth chip, the terminal device may transmit the encoded binaural audio data to the first bluetooth chip. After receiving the encoded two-channel audio data transmitted from the terminal device, the first bluetooth chip divides the encoded two-channel audio data into two pieces of monaural audio data (actually, the two pieces of monaural audio data are the same), and transmits one piece of monaural audio data to the first audio player 12 for playing after being decoded by the firstaudio codec chip 13.
It can be seen that themain headset 1 of the present application can also be used separately from theaccessory device 3, as a common wireless headset application that does not require a low latency scenario.
As an alternative embodiment, theslave headset 2 further includes a second bluetooth chip;
theslave earphone 2 is further configured to receive the binaural audio data transmitted by the terminal device after establishing a bluetooth connection with the terminal device using the second bluetooth chip, and perform audio playback based on the received binaural audio data.
Further, theslave earphone 2 of this application still includes the second bluetooth chip, and its theory of operation is:
the second bluetooth chip is configured with a bluetooth standard protocol, i.e. is a conventional bluetooth chip, and the secondaudio codec chip 22 may be integrated in the second bluetooth chip. After the terminal device establishes the bluetooth connection with the second bluetooth chip, the terminal device may transmit the encoded binaural audio data to the second bluetooth chip. After receiving the encoded two-channel audio data transmitted from the terminal device, the second bluetooth chip divides the encoded two-channel audio data into two pieces of monaural audio data, decodes one piece of monaural audio data by the secondaudio codec chip 22, and transmits the decoded one to thesecond audio player 21 for playing.
It can be seen that theslave earphone 2 of the present application can also be used separately from themaster earphone 1, as a common wireless earphone application that does not require a low latency scenario. It should be noted that, when themaster earphone 1 and theslave earphone 2 both use the conventional bluetooth chip, the master and slave identities of the master and slave earphones can be switched for use.
As an alternative embodiment, theprimary earpiece 1 further comprises:
afirst battery 17;
the firstpower management chip 18 is respectively connected with thefirst battery 17 and each chip in themain earphone 1 and is used for acquiring electric energy from thefirst battery 17 to supply power to each chip in themain earphone 1;
theslave headset 2 further includes:
asecond battery 24;
and a secondpower management chip 25 respectively connected with thesecond battery 24 and the chips in theslave earphone 2, and configured to obtain electric energy from thesecond battery 24 to supply power to the chips in theslave earphone 2.
Further, themain headset 1 of the present application further includes afirst battery 17 and a first Power Management chip 18(PMIC (Power Management IC)); theslave earphone 2 further comprises asecond battery 24 and a secondpower management chip 25, and the working principle is as follows:
the firstpower management chip 18 obtains power from thefirst battery 17 to supply power to the chips (thesecond communication chip 14, thefirst NFMI chip 16, and the first audio codec chip 13) in themain headset 1. And the firstpower management chip 18 may also obtain power from an external power source to charge thefirst battery 17.
The secondpower management chip 25 obtains power from thesecond battery 24 to supply power to the chips (thesecond NFMI chip 23 and the second audio codec chip 22) in theheadset 2. And the secondpower management chip 25 may also obtain power from an external power source to charge thesecond battery 24.
As an alternative embodiment, the process of playing audio based on two-channel audio data includes:
the timing is started when the two-channel audio data is transmitted to theslave earphone 2 through the NFMI communication, and when the timing time reaches the preset transmission waiting time, the audio playing is performed based on the two-channel audio data to synchronize the audio playing of the master earphone and the slave earphone.
Specifically, considering that it takes some time for themaster earphone 1 to transmit the binaural audio data to theslave earphone 2, if themaster earphone 1 performs audio playing based on the binaural audio data immediately after receiving the binaural audio data, the audio playing of themaster earphone 1 and theslave earphone 2 will be asynchronous, so the present application sets a transmission waiting time in advance (approximately equal to the time taken for themaster earphone 1 to transmit the binaural audio data to the slave earphone 2), themaster earphone 1 starts timing from transmitting the binaural audio data to theslave earphone 2 through NFMI communication, and performs audio playing based on the binaural audio data when the timing time reaches the preset transmission waiting time, thereby eliminating the time difference between the audio playing of themaster earphone 1 and theslave earphone 2, and synchronizing the audio playing of the master earphone and the slave earphones.
The application also provides an earphone system, which comprises the accessory device and the earphone.
It should be noted that the accessory device of the headset system can be plugged into the host device, and can also be integrated into the host device, for example, into the mobile phone, thereby implementing low-latency wireless headset application in cooperation with the mobile phone. If the headset includes an accessory device, the accessory device is selected to plug into the host device.
In addition, as an alternative embodiment, the accessory device includes:
a first RF circuit;
a first communication chip configured with a wireless communication protocol and connected with the first RF circuit;
the control chip is respectively connected with the audio transmission line of the host equipment and the first communication chip and is used for receiving the dual-channel audio data transmitted by the host equipment, encoding the dual-channel audio data and transmitting the encoded dual-channel audio data to the main earphone through the first RF circuit by utilizing the first communication chip.
Accordingly, the primary earpiece includes:
a second RF circuit;
a first audio player;
the first audio coding and decoding chip is connected with the first audio player;
and the second communication chip is configured with a wireless communication protocol and is respectively connected with the second RF circuit and the first audio coding and decoding chip, and is used for receiving the encoded two-channel audio data transmitted by the first communication chip by using the second RF circuit after establishing communication connection with the first communication chip, transmitting the encoded two-channel audio data to the slave earphone through NFMI communication, and transmitting any one single-channel audio data in the encoded two-channel audio data to the first audio player for playing after being decoded by the first audio coding and decoding chip.
As an alternative embodiment, the primary earpiece further comprises:
the audio collector is connected with the first audio coding and decoding chip and used for obtaining a user voice signal and transmitting the user voice signal to the second communication chip after the user voice signal is coded by the first audio coding and decoding chip;
the second communication chip is also used for generating a corresponding control instruction according to the received user voice signal and transmitting the control instruction to the host equipment end through the second RF circuit so that the host equipment end carries out corresponding processing based on the control instruction.
As an alternative embodiment, the primary earpiece further comprises:
a first NFMI chip connected with the first NFMI coil and connected with the second communication chip; the second communication chip is specifically used for dividing the encoded two-channel audio data into two pieces of single-channel audio data and transmitting one piece of single-channel audio data to the slave earphone through the first NFMI chip;
accordingly, the slave earphone includes:
a second audio player;
the second audio coding and decoding chip is connected with the second audio player;
and the second NFMI chip is connected with a second NFMI coil and connected with the second audio coding and decoding chip, and is used for receiving the single-channel audio data transmitted by the first NFMI chip after establishing communication connection with the first NFMI chip, and transmitting the received single-channel audio data to the second audio player for playing after being decoded by the second audio coding and decoding chip.
As an alternative embodiment, the process of the master earphone playing audio based on the two-channel audio data includes:
the timing is started when the two-channel audio data are transmitted to the slave earphone through NFMI communication, and when the timing time reaches the preset transmission waiting time, the audio playing is carried out based on the two-channel audio data so as to synchronize the audio playing of the master earphone and the slave earphone.
Please refer to the above embodiments of the headset for the introduction of the headset system provided in the present application, which is not repeated herein.
It is further noted that, in the present specification, relational terms such as first and second, and the like are used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.
The previous description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.