CN114095906A

CN114095906A - Short-distance communication method and system

Info

Publication number: CN114095906A
Application number: CN202111200160.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴国亮
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-10-14
Filing date: 2021-10-14
Publication date: 2022-02-25

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a short-distance communication method and a system, relates to the technical field of short-distance communication, and can solve the problems that the voice communication range of short-distance communication is limited by the coverage range of a network and the voice communication occupies network flow. The method is applied to a short-distance communication system, which comprises a master device and a plurality of slave devices; the master device establishes short-distance connection with the plurality of slave devices respectively; the plurality of slave devices includes a first slave device and a second slave device. The method comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps that first slave equipment collects first voice and sends the first voice to main equipment; the master device receives the first voice and sends a second voice to the second slave device; the second slave equipment receives the second voice and plays the second voice; the second slave equipment collects third voice and sends the third voice to the master equipment; the master device receives the third voice and sends a fourth voice to the first slave device; and the first slave equipment receives the fourth voice and plays the fourth voice.

Description

Short-distance communication method and system

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of short-range communication technologies, and in particular, to a short-range communication method and system.

Background

The communication function provided by the electronic device has become an essential function for most users to use. Among them, according to the call distance among a plurality of electronic devices, the call can be divided into a long-distance call, a medium-distance call, and a short-distance call. Currently, for short-distance calls, a cellular network may be used for voice calls consuming traffic, or a cellular network may be used for voice calls consuming telephone charges, or a WIreless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) network may be used for voice calls consuming traffic.

The voice call range using the cellular network is limited by the coverage of the cellular network, for example, in an area where the cellular network signal is weak, an area where the cellular network is not covered, and an area where the cellular network is covered and network congestion occurs, the cellular network cannot be normally used for voice call (including a voice call consuming traffic and a voice call consuming a telephone fee). In addition, when the cellular network is adopted to carry out voice call consuming flow, the network flow is occupied. Similarly, when a Wi-Fi network is used for voice call consuming traffic, the voice call range is limited by the coverage of the Wi-Fi network, and the traffic of the network is occupied.

In summary, the above-mentioned related schemes for implementing short-distance communication all have the problems that the voice communication range is limited by the coverage of the network and occupies the network traffic.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a short-distance communication method and a short-distance communication system, which are used for solving the problems that the voice call range of short-distance call is limited by the coverage range of a network and the voice call occupies network flow.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the embodiment of the present application adopts the following technical solutions:

in a first aspect, a short-range communication method is provided, which is applied to a short-range communication system. The system comprises a master device and a plurality of slave devices; the master device establishes short-distance connection with the plurality of slave devices respectively; the plurality of slave devices have functions of voice acquisition and voice playing, and comprise a first slave device and a second slave device. The method comprises the following steps: the first slave equipment can collect first voice and send the first voice to the master equipment; then, the master device receives the first voice and sends a second voice to the second slave device; the second slave equipment receives the second voice again and plays the second voice; in addition, the second slave device can also collect third voice and send the third voice to the master device; then, the master device receives the third voice and sends a fourth voice to the first slave device; and the first slave device receives the fourth voice again and plays the fourth voice.

Wherein the short-range connection comprises: any one of a Bluetooth connection, a connection with the same wireless fidelity Wi-Fi network and a Wi-Fi point-to-point P2P connection. The second voice is obtained by the master device from the first voice. The fourth voice is obtained by the master device from the third voice.

In the embodiment of the present application, the master device and each slave device in the plurality of slave devices establish a short-range connection, and then voice (e.g., first voice, second voice) can be transmitted between the master device and each slave device (e.g., first slave device, second slave device) through the short-range connection. Wherein the short-range connection may be a bluetooth connection, a connection to the same Wi-Fi network, or a Wi-Fi peer-to-peer P2P connection. Because the master device and each slave device are connected through Bluetooth, the same wireless fidelity Wi-Fi network or the Wi-Fi point-to-point P2P to transmit voice, network flow cannot be consumed, and the problem that the voice call occupies the network flow is avoided.

Secondly, voice is transmitted between the master device and each slave device through a Bluetooth connection or a Wi-Fi point-to-point P2P connection, and a cellular network and a Wi-Fi network are not needed, so that the problem that the voice call range is limited by the coverage range of the network is avoided. Therefore, the stability of voice communication among a plurality of slave devices can be improved.

In one possible embodiment, the method further comprises: the main equipment performs first processing on the first voice to obtain second voice; the first processing includes at least one of language translation, speech conversion, speech synthesis, and speech enhancement; the main equipment carries out second processing on the third voice to obtain a fourth voice; the second processing includes at least one of language translation, speech conversion, speech synthesis, and speech enhancement.

In this design, before sending the received first voice to the second slave device, the master device may perform first processing on the first voice to obtain a second voice. Wherein the first processing may be at least one of language translation, speech conversion, speech synthesis, and speech enhancement. That is, the master device may perform language translation on the first voice based on the language required by the second slave device to obtain the second voice conforming to the language required by the second slave device; or, the main device may further perform voice enhancement on the first voice under the condition that it is determined that the sound effect of the first voice is poor, so as to obtain a second voice with a better sound effect; still alternatively, the master device may voice-convert the first voice based on some type of sound (e.g., female, male, or child) set for the second slave device to obtain a second voice that conforms to some type of sound required by the second slave device. Then, the master device sends the second voice with better sound effect or more in line with the voice requirement required by the second slave device to the second slave device. Therefore, various additional functions are added for the voice call, and the satisfaction degree of the user on the call effect is improved.

In another possible embodiment, the second speech is the first speech. The fourth voice is the third voice.

In this design, after receiving the first voice sent by the first slave device, the master device may directly send the first voice to the second slave device without processing the first voice. In this case, the second voice is the first voice. Similarly, the master device may also directly transmit the third voice transmitted by the second slave device to the first slave device. In this case, the fourth voice is the third voice.

The process of directly forwarding the first voice sent by the first slave device to the second slave device by the master device, and the process of directly forwarding the third voice sent by the second device to the first slave device may be referred to as voice through transmission.

In another possible design, the first process includes language translation. The main equipment carries out first processing on the first voice to obtain second voice, and the method comprises the following steps: and the master equipment translates the first voice into a target language according to the target language corresponding to the second slave equipment to obtain a second voice.

In this design, in consideration of the possibility that the languages used by users of different slave devices may be different, after the master device receives the first voice collected by the first slave device, the first voice may be translated into a target language required by the second slave device, for example, a language that can be understood by a user of the second slave device. And the master device sends the translated second voice to the second slave device. When the second slave device plays the second voice, the user of the second slave device can quickly understand the content of the second voice. Therefore, when a plurality of users with different languages are used for voice communication through a plurality of slave devices, the voice contents of other users can be quickly understood.

In another possible embodiment, the first slave device is a left headset of the first bluetooth headset, and the second slave device is a right headset of the first bluetooth headset; or the first slave device and the second slave device are two different electronic devices, and the electronic devices include at least one of a bluetooth headset, a mobile phone, a tablet computer and a wearable device.

In this design, several possible aspects of multiple slaves are described.

In another possible design, the method further includes: the method comprises the steps that a master device receives first operation of a user on a first application, wherein the first application is used for managing voice communication among a plurality of slave devices which establish short-distance connection with the master device; the master device responds to the first operation and displays a first interface of a first application, the first interface comprises the identifiers of the multiple slave devices to be communicated, and the multiple slave devices to be communicated and the master device establish short-distance connection; the method comprises the steps that a master device receives selection operation of a user on a plurality of slave devices to be communicated; the master device responds to the selection operation and sends first instructions to the plurality of slave devices respectively, and the first instructions are used for instructing the plurality of slave devices to start the voice call function.

Wherein, above-mentioned first slave unit gathers first pronunciation, includes: the first slave device receives a first instruction and collects a first voice in response to the first instruction. The second slave device collects a third voice, and includes: the second slave device receives the first instruction and collects a third voice in response to the first instruction.

It is understood that the master device may establish a short-range connection with a plurality of slave devices to be called, or all the slave devices establishing a short-range connection with the master device may be referred to as a plurality of slave devices to be called. The plurality of slave devices to be communicated comprise the plurality of slave devices. After the master device establishes short-distance connection with the multiple slave devices to be communicated, before the multiple slave devices start voice communication (including that the first slave device collects first voice and the second slave device collects third voice), the first operation of the user and the selection operation of the multiple slave devices in the multiple slave devices to be communicated can be sequentially received. The master device controls the plurality of slave devices to start the voice call function in response to the first operation and the selection operation of the plurality of slave devices in sequence. Thus, voice calls between the plurality of slave devices are realized.

In another possible design, the method further includes: the master equipment responds to the selection operation and displays a second interface, and the second interface comprises language setting items corresponding to the plurality of slave equipment; wherein, the language setting item is used for setting the target language corresponding to the slave equipment; the master device receives the setting operation of the language setting items by the user and determines the target languages corresponding to the plurality of slave devices.

In this design, it is described that the master device may respond to a selection operation of a user on a plurality of slave devices to be called from among the plurality of slave devices, and may also provide a language setting item for setting a target language corresponding to each of the plurality of slave devices to the user. Furthermore, the master device may receive and respond to a setting operation of the user on the language setting item, and obtain target languages corresponding to the plurality of slave devices.

In another possible design, the connecting to the same Wi-Fi network may include: the master device starts the Wi-Fi hotspot, and the plurality of slave devices are connected with the Wi-Fi hotspot of the master device. Or, connecting to the same Wi-Fi network includes: the master device and the plurality of slave devices are both connected to the same Wi-Fi hotspot.

In this design, one way for the master device to establish a short-range connection with the slave device is described.

In a second aspect, there is provided a short range communication system, the system comprising: a master device and a plurality of slave devices. The master device establishes short-distance connection with the plurality of slave devices respectively; and the plurality of slave devices have the functions of voice acquisition and voice playing. The master device and the plurality of slave devices are adapted to perform the method according to any of the above described first aspects.

Wherein the master device comprises at least one module for performing the method as performed by the master device according to any of the above first aspects. Each slave device of the plurality of slave devices comprises at least one module for performing a method as performed by a slave device as described in any one of the above first aspects.

Alternatively, the master device includes a processor and a memory; the memory is used for storing computer instructions; the processor is configured to execute the computer instructions to cause the host device to perform the method performed by the host device according to any one of the first aspect. Each slave device of the plurality of slave devices comprises a processor and a memory; the memory is used for storing computer instructions; the processor is configured to execute the computer instructions to cause each slave device to perform the method performed by the slave device according to any of the first aspects described above.

In a third aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, which comprises computer instructions that, when run on a master device and a plurality of slave devices, cause the master device and the plurality of slave devices to perform the short-range communication method of any one of the above-mentioned first aspects. The master device establishes short-distance connection with the plurality of slave devices respectively; and the plurality of slave devices have the functions of voice acquisition and voice playing.

In a fourth aspect, there is provided a computer program product comprising computer instructions which, when run on a master device and a plurality of slave devices, cause the master device and the plurality of slave devices to perform the short-range communication method of any one of the above-mentioned first aspects. The master device establishes short-distance connection with the plurality of slave devices respectively; and the plurality of slave devices have the functions of voice acquisition and voice playing.

For technical effects brought by any one of the design manners in the second aspect to the fourth aspect, reference may be made to technical effects brought by different design manners in the first aspect, and details are not described herein.

Drawings

Fig. 1A is a schematic diagram illustrating a cellular network according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 1B is a schematic diagram of an intercom communication provided in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a short-range communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 is a schematic view of a scene in which a plurality of vehicles traveling together use a short-range communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic view of a scenario in which multiple persons communicate by using a short-range communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a master device or a slave device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of another slave device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7A is a first flowchart of a short-range communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7B is a flowchart of a short-range communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a third flowchart of a short-range communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is an interface schematic diagram of a host device executing a short-range communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a fourth flowchart of a short-range communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a short-range communication system according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Where in the description of the present application, "/" indicates a relationship where the objects associated before and after are an "or", unless otherwise stated, for example, a/B may indicate a or B; in the present application, "and/or" is only an association relationship describing an associated object, and means that there may be three relationships, for example, a and/or B, and may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone, wherein A and B can be singular or plural. Also, in the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more than two unless otherwise specified. "at least one of the following" or similar expressions refer to any combination of these items, including any combination of the singular or plural items. For example, at least one (one) of a, b, or c, may represent: a, b, c, a-b, a-c, b-c, or a-b-c, wherein a, b, c may be single or multiple. In addition, in order to facilitate clear description of technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, in the embodiments of the present application, terms such as "first" and "second" are used to distinguish the same items or similar items having substantially the same functions and actions. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terms "first," "second," etc. do not denote any order or quantity, nor do the terms "first," "second," etc. denote any order or importance. Also, in the embodiments of the present application, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to mean serving as examples, illustrations or illustrations. Any embodiment or design described herein as "exemplary" or "e.g.," is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, use of the word "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present relevant concepts in a concrete fashion for ease of understanding.

In addition, the network architecture and the service scenario described in the embodiment of the present application are for more clearly illustrating the technical solution of the embodiment of the present application, and do not constitute a limitation to the technical solution provided in the embodiment of the present application, and it can be known by a person skilled in the art that the technical solution provided in the embodiment of the present application is also applicable to similar technical problems along with the evolution of the network architecture and the appearance of a new service scenario.

At present, the communication function provided by the electronic device has become an indispensable function used by most users. Among them, according to the call distance among a plurality of electronic devices, the call can be divided into a long-distance call, a medium-distance call, and a short-distance call. For example, the call distance for long-range calls >500 meters (m), the call distance for medium-range calls is 100m-500m, and the call distance for short-range calls <100 m. For short-distance communication, a cellular network can be used for voice communication consuming flow, or a cellular network can be used for voice communication consuming telephone charges, or a Wi-Fi network can be used for voice communication consuming flow, or an interphone not needing any network support can be used for voice communication.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 1A, a cellular network mainly includes: a mobile station, a base station subsystem and a core network. The mobile station may be a terminal device, such as a handset. The base station subsystem may include base stations, wireless transceiver devices, and the like; the base station subsystem may be viewed as a switch between a wireless network and a wired network. The working principle of adopting the cellular network to carry out voice call is as follows: one terminal device establishes wireless connection with a base station covering the area where the terminal device is located, the other terminal device also establishes wireless connection with the base station covering the area where the terminal device is located, and the two terminal devices establish connection through the base stations which are connected with each other; the two terminal devices may then conduct a traffic consuming voice call or a fee consuming voice call over the cellular network.

It can be seen that the voice call range using the cellular network is limited by the coverage of the cellular network, for example, in the area where the cellular network signal is weak, the area where the cellular network is not covered, and the area where the cellular network is covered by the network congestion, the cellular network cannot be normally used for voice call (including the voice call consuming traffic and the voice call consuming telephone charges). Secondly, when the electronic device performs a voice call consuming traffic using a cellular network, the electronic device occupies the network traffic, thereby affecting the network speed of other network services in the electronic device, for example, reducing the data transmission rate of an Application (APP) in the electronic device.

Similarly, when a Wi-Fi network is used for voice call consuming traffic, the voice call range is limited by the coverage of the Wi-Fi network, and the traffic of the network is occupied.

Exemplarily, as shown in fig. 1B, the distance between two interphones is within a certain range, and voice call can be realized without any network support. However, if the intercom is used for voice call, the intercom is also required to be specially configured. Moreover, the interphone has the problems of inconvenient carrying, incapability of duplex conversation and the like.

In summary, when the electronic device implements short-distance communication by using the above-mentioned related scheme, the voice communication range is limited by the coverage of the network, and the network traffic is occupied.

In view of the problems in the related solutions, embodiments of the present application provide a short-range communication method, which is applied to a short-range communication system that includes a master device and a plurality of slave devices that need to talk. The multiple slave devices all establish a short-range connection (e.g., a bluetooth connection, a connection to the same Wi-Fi network, a Wi-Fi peer-to-peer (P2P) connection) with the master device). Each slave device may then collect the voice and transmit the voice over a short-range connection to the master device. The master device forwards the voice sent by the slave device to other slave devices through a short-distance connection. Other slave devices may play the voice after receiving the voice. Therefore, the plurality of slave devices do not need to occupy the flow of a cellular network or a Wi-Fi network, the voice call is realized, and the problems that the voice call range is limited by the coverage range of the network and the network flow is occupied are solved.

The master device may have a data transmission function and may also have a voice processing function, such as language translation, voice conversion, and the like. And the plurality of slave devices have the functions of voice acquisition and voice playing.

Illustratively, a short-range communication system, as shown in fig. 2, may include a master device 20, a slave device 21, a slave device 22, a slave device 23, and the like. Slave device 21, slave device 22 and slave device 23 each establish a short-range connection with master device 20. Taking any slave device as the slave device 21 as an example, the slave device 21 may collect voice and transmit the collected voice to the master device 20. The master device 20 may directly forward the voice collected by the slave device 21 to the slave device 22 and/or the slave device 23; alternatively, the master device 20 may process the speech collected by the slave device 21 (e.g., language translation, speech conversion, etc.), and forward the processed speech to the slave device 22 and/or the slave device 23. Slave device 22 and/or slave device 23 may receive and play the voice transmitted by master device 20.

In the embodiment of the present application, the short-distance connection may include: the Bluetooth connection is connected with any one of the same Wi-Fi network and Wi-Fi peer-to-peer (P2P) connection.

Wi-Fi P2P, which may also be referred to as Wi-Fi direct (direct), is capable of implementing peer-to-peer Wi-Fi connections between devices supporting Wi-Fi P2P (referred to as P2P devices for short) in an environment without a conventional Wi-Fi network or Wi-Fi access point (also referred to as a hotspot). Wi-Fi P2P can support direct connection one to one, and can also enable multiple devices to be connected simultaneously.

It should be noted that, if the master device and the plurality of slave devices have bluetooth functions, the master device may establish bluetooth connections with the plurality of slave devices, respectively. If the master device and the plurality of slave devices have Wi-Fi functions, the master device can be respectively connected with the plurality of slave devices to form the same Wi-Fi network. If the master device and the plurality of slave devices both support Wi-Fi P2P, the master device may establish Wi-Fi P2P connections with the plurality of slave devices, respectively.

Several short-range call scenarios are described below in conjunction with the figures.

Illustratively, in a scene in which a plurality of vehicles accompany a trip, as shown in fig. 3, the distance between the plurality of vehicles is short and within a range of a call distance corresponding to a short-distance call. One slave device, such as a wireless bluetooth headset 31, a wireless bluetooth headset 32, and a wireless bluetooth headset 33, may be placed on each of the plurality of vehicles. A host device, such as a cell phone 34, may also be located on any of the plurality of vehicles. Further, the slave device (wireless bluetooth headset 31, wireless bluetooth headset 32, or cellular phone 34) on any one vehicle collects the voice of the occupant in the vehicle, and transmits the collected voice to the cellular phone 34. The cell phone 34 may transmit the received voice to the slave devices on each vehicle. The slave devices on other vehicles can play the voice sent by the mobile phone 34, so that voice communication between passengers on different vehicles is realized.

In addition to the main device shown in fig. 3 being a mobile phone, the main device on the vehicle may be any electronic device with a data transmission function, such as a tablet computer, a wearable device, and so on. In addition to the slave devices shown in fig. 3 being bluetooth headsets, the slave devices on each vehicle may also be onboard bluetooth or other electronic devices having voice acquisition and voice play functionality. Other electronic devices may be cell phones, tablet computers, wearable devices, Augmented Reality (AR) \ Virtual Reality (VR) devices, and so on.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 4, in a scenario of communication between multiple persons, the multiple persons are in the same area, for example, the same meeting room, or the same concert site, and the distances between the multiple persons are relatively short, and are within a range of communication distances corresponding to short-distance communication. Each of the plurality of people carries a slave device (e.g., wireless bluetooth headset 41, wireless bluetooth headset 42, wireless bluetooth headset 43), and any of the plurality of people may also carry a master device (e.g., cell phone 44). Wherein, a plurality of slave devices carried by a plurality of persons all establish short-distance connection with the master device (for example, bluetooth headset 41, bluetooth headset 42 and bluetooth headset 43 shown in fig. 4 all establish bluetooth connection with mobile phone 44). Furthermore, the slave device carried by any one person collects the voice of the person and sends the collected voice to the slave devices carried by other persons through the master device. The slave devices carried by other people can play the voice sent by the master device, and the voice communication among different people is realized.

In addition to the slave device carried by each person shown in fig. 4 being a pair of bluetooth headsets, the slave device carried by each person may also be a left headset of a pair of bluetooth headsets, a right headset of a pair of bluetooth headsets, or other electronic devices with voice collecting and playing functions.

Further, the plurality of persons may use different languages, for example, the plurality of persons are participants in an international conference, the plurality of persons are teachers and students in foreign language teaching, or the plurality of persons are visitors and native persons of different languages. In this case, after receiving the voice of the person collected by the slave device of any person, the master device may translate the voice into a language used by another person, and then send the translated voice to the slave device carried by the another person. Thus, the slave device carried by the other person plays the translated voice, and the other person can understand the voice of the person. At this time, the host device also needs to have a function of language translation.

It should be noted that the master device and the slave device may be the same kind of device. For example, the master device and the slave device are both mobile phones. Alternatively, the master and slave devices may be heterogeneous devices. For example, the master device may be a cell phone and the slave device may be a bluetooth headset. The embodiments of the present application do not specifically limit the specific forms of the master device and the slave device.

For example, the configuration of the master device or the slave device will be described by taking the master device or the slave device as an example of a mobile phone. Please refer to fig. 5, which is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile phone 500 according to an embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 5, the mobile phone 500 may include a processor 510, an external memory interface 520, an internal memory 521, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface 530, a charging management module 540, a power management module 541, a battery 542, an antenna 1, an antenna 2, a mobile communication module 550, a wireless communication module 560, an audio module 570, a speaker 570A, a receiver 570B, a microphone 570C, an earphone interface 570D, a sensor module 580, a button 590, a motor 591, an indicator 592, a camera 593, a display 594, a Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card interface 595, and the like. Among them, the sensor module 580 may include a pressure sensor, a gyroscope sensor, an air pressure sensor, a magnetic sensor, an acceleration sensor, a distance sensor, a proximity light sensor, a fingerprint sensor, a temperature sensor, a touch sensor, an ambient light sensor, a bone conduction sensor, etc.

It is to be understood that the illustrated structure of the embodiment of the present invention does not specifically limit the mobile phone 500. In other embodiments of the present application, handset 500 may include more or fewer components than shown, or some components may be combined, some components may be split, or a different arrangement of components. The illustrated components may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of software and hardware.

Processor 510 may include one or more processing units, such as: processor 510 may include an Application Processor (AP), a modem processor, a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), an Image Signal Processor (ISP), a controller, a memory, a video codec, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a baseband processor, and/or a neural-Network Processing Unit (NPU), among others. The different processing units may be separate devices or may be integrated into one or more processors. The controller may be the neural center and command center of the cell phone 500. The controller can generate an operation control signal according to the instruction operation code and the timing signal to complete the control of instruction fetching and instruction execution.

A memory may also be provided in processor 510 for storing instructions and data. In some embodiments, the memory in processor 510 is a cache memory. The memory may hold instructions or data that have just been used or recycled by processor 510. If the processor 510 needs to use the instruction or data again, it can be called directly from the memory. Avoiding repeated accesses reduces the latency of the processor 510, thereby increasing the efficiency of the system.

In some embodiments, processor 510 may include one or more interfaces. The interface may include an integrated circuit (I2C) interface, an integrated circuit built-in audio (I2S) interface, a Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) interface, a universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) interface, a Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI), a general-purpose input/output (GPIO) interface, and/or a USB interface, etc.

The charging management module 540 is configured to receive charging input from a charger. The charger may be a wireless charger or a wired charger. The handset 500 may be connected to a wired charger through a USB interface. The charging management module 540 may also supply power to the mobile phone 500 through the power management module 541 while charging the battery 542.

The power management module 541 is used to connect the battery 542, the charging management module 540 and the processor 510. The power management module 541 receives input from the battery 542 and/or the charging management module 540, and provides power to the processor 510, the internal memory 521, the external memory, the display 594, the camera 593, the wireless communication module 560, and the like. In some other embodiments, the power management module 541 may also be disposed in the processor 510. In other embodiments, the power management module 541 and the charging management module 540 may be disposed in the same device.

The wireless communication function of the mobile phone 500 can be implemented by the antenna 1, the antenna 2, the mobile communication module 550, the wireless communication module 560, the modem processor, the baseband processor, and the like.

The antennas 1 and 2 are used for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic wave signals. The mobile communication module 550 may provide a solution including 2G/3G/4G/5G wireless communication applied to the handset 500. The mobile communication module 550 may include at least one filter, a switch, a power amplifier, a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA), and the like. The mobile communication module 550 can receive electromagnetic waves from the antenna 1, and can perform filtering, amplification, and other processing on the received electromagnetic waves, and transmit the electromagnetic waves to the modem processor for demodulation. The mobile communication module 550 may also amplify the signal modulated by the modem processor, and convert the signal into electromagnetic wave through the antenna 1 to radiate the electromagnetic wave. In some embodiments, at least some of the functional modules of the mobile communication module 550 may be disposed in the processor 510. In some embodiments, at least some of the functional modules of the mobile communication module 550 may be disposed in the same device as at least some of the modules of the processor 510.

The wireless communication module 560 may provide solutions for wireless communication applied to the mobile phone 500, including WLAN (e.g., Wi-Fi) network, Bluetooth (BT), Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), Frequency Modulation (FM), Near Field Communication (NFC), Infrared (IR), and the like. The wireless communication module 560 may be one or more devices integrating at least one communication processing module. The wireless communication module 560 receives electromagnetic waves via the antenna 2, performs frequency modulation and filtering processing on electromagnetic wave signals, and transmits the processed signals to the processor 510. The wireless communication module 560 may also receive a signal to be transmitted from the processor 510, frequency-modulate it, amplify it, and convert it into electromagnetic waves via the antenna 2 to radiate it. In the embodiments of the present application, the wireless communication module 560 may support Wi-Fi functionality and/or Wi-Fi P2P.

The mobile phone 500 implements a display function through the GPU, the display screen 594, and the application processor. The GPU is an image processing microprocessor connected to a display screen 594 and an application processor. The display screen 594 is used for displaying images, video, and the like. The display screen 594 includes a display panel. The display panel may adopt a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), an active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode, AMOLED), a flexible light-emitting diode (FLED), a miniature, a Micro-oeld, a quantum dot light-emitting diode (QLED), and the like. In some embodiments, handset 500 may include 1 or N display screens 594, N being a positive integer greater than 1.

The mobile phone 500 may implement a shooting function through an ISP, a camera 593, a video codec, a GPU, a display screen 594, and an application processor. The ISP is used to process the data fed back by the camera 593. In some embodiments, the ISP may be provided in camera 593.

The camera 593 is used to capture still images or video. The object generates an optical image through the lens and projects the optical image to the photosensitive element. The photosensitive element may be a Charge Coupled Device (CCD) or a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) phototransistor. The light sensing element converts the optical signal into an electrical signal, which is then passed to the ISP where it is converted into a digital image signal. And the ISP outputs the digital image signal to the DSP for processing. The DSP converts the digital image signal into image signal in standard RGB, YUV and other formats. In some embodiments, handset 500 may include 1 or N cameras 593, N being a positive integer greater than 1. For example, camera 593 may be disposed at an upper edge of display screen 594 of cell phone 500. Of course, the position of the camera 593 on the mobile phone 500 is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

The external memory interface 520 may be used to connect an external memory card, such as a Micro SD card, to extend the storage capability of the mobile phone 500. The external memory card communicates with the processor 510 through the external memory interface 520 to implement a data storage function. For example, information such as voice, target language corresponding to the slave device, and the like is stored in the external memory card.

The internal memory 521 may be used to store computer-executable program code, including instructions. The processor 510 executes various functional applications of the handset 500 and data processing by executing instructions stored in the internal memory 521. For example, in the embodiment of the present application, the processor 510 may execute instructions stored in the internal memory 521, and the internal memory 521 may include a program storage area and a data storage area.

The storage program area may store an operating system, an application program (such as a voice capture function, a voice play function, etc.) required by at least one function, and the like. The data storage area can store data (such as audio data, target language, etc.) created during the use of the mobile phone 500, and the like. In addition, the internal memory 521 may include a high-speed random access memory, and may further include a nonvolatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, a flash memory device, a universal flash memory (UFS), and the like.

The handset 500 may implement audio functions through the audio module 570, the speaker 570A, the receiver 570B, the microphone 570C, the earphone interface 570D, and the application processor. Such as voice playback, voice capture, etc. In this embodiment, the mobile phone 500 may further perform speech processing, such as language translation, speech conversion, speech synthesis, speech enhancement, and the like, on speech collected by the mobile phone 500 or speech received by the mobile phone 500 from other devices (e.g., a bluetooth headset) through the audio module 570, the processor 510, and the application processor.

The keys 590 include a power-on key, a volume key, etc. The keys 590 may be mechanical keys. Or may be touch keys. The motor 591 may generate a vibration indication. The motor 591 can be used for incoming call vibration prompt and also can be used for touch vibration feedback. Indicator 592 can be an indicator light that can be used to indicate a charge status, a charge change, a message, a missed call, a notification, etc. The SIM card interface 595 is used to connect a SIM card. The SIM card can be inserted into the SIM card interface 595 or removed from the SIM card interface 595 to make contact with or separate from the mobile phone 500. The handset 500 may support 1 or N SIM card interfaces, where N is a positive integer greater than 1. The mobile phone 500 interacts with the network through the SIM card to implement functions such as communication and data communication.

For example, the following describes a configuration of a slave device, taking the slave device as a bluetooth headset. Please refer to fig. 6, which is a schematic structural diagram of a bluetooth headset 600 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 6, the bluetooth headset 600 may include: the wireless communication device comprises a processor 610, an internal memory 620, a USB interface 630, a charging management module 640, a power management module 641, a battery 642, a wireless communication module 650, an audio module 660, a speaker 660A, a receiver 660B, a microphone 660C, a sensor module 670, an indicator 680 and the like. The sensor module 670 may include a pressure sensor, a touch sensor, and the like.

It is to be understood that the illustrated structure of the present embodiment does not constitute a specific limitation to the bluetooth headset 600. In other embodiments, bluetooth headset 600 may include more or fewer components than illustrated, or some components may be combined, some components may be split, or a different arrangement of components. The illustrated components may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of software and hardware.

Among other things, processor 610 may include one or more processing units, such as: the processor 610 may include a modem processor, a controller, a memory, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a neural-Network Processing Unit (NPU), and the like. The different processing units may be separate devices or may be integrated into one or more processors. The controller may be the neural center and command center of the bluetooth headset 600. The controller can generate an operation control signal according to the instruction operation code and the timing signal to complete the control of instruction fetching and instruction execution. A memory may also be provided in the processor 610 for storing instructions and data.

The charging management module 640 is configured to receive charging input from a charger. The charger may be a wireless charger or a wired charger. The bluetooth headset 600 may be connected to a wired charger through a USB interface. The charging management module 640 may also supply power to the bluetooth headset 600 through the power management module 641 while charging the battery 642.

The power management module 641 is configured to connect the battery 642, the charging management module 640 and the processor 610. The power management module 641 receives an input from the battery 642 and/or the charging management module 640 to supply power to the processor 610, the internal memory 521, the wireless communication module 650, and the like. In some other embodiments, the power management module 641 may be disposed in the processor 610. In other embodiments, the power management module 641 and the charging management module 640 may be disposed in the same device.

The wireless communication function of the bluetooth headset 600 may be implemented by the antenna and the wireless communication module 650, etc. The wireless communication module 650 may provide a solution for wireless communication applied to the bluetooth headset 600, including WLAN (e.g., Wi-Fi) network), BT, etc. In the embodiment of the present application, the wireless communication module 650 may support Wi-Fi P2P.

The wireless communication module 650 may be one or more devices integrating at least one communication processing module. The wireless communication module 650 receives electromagnetic waves via an antenna, performs frequency modulation and filtering on electromagnetic wave signals, and transmits the processed signals to the processor 610. The wireless communication module 650 may also receive signals to be transmitted from the processor 610, frequency modulate, amplify, and convert the signals to electromagnetic waves via the antenna for radiation. In some embodiments, the antenna of the bluetooth headset 600 is coupled with the wireless communication module 650 so that the bluetooth headset 600 can communicate with a network and other devices through wireless communication techniques.

The bluetooth headset 600 may implement an audio function through the audio module 660, the speaker 660A, the receiver 660B, the microphone 660C, the processor 610, and the like. Such as voice playback, voice capture, etc.

The audio module 660 is used to convert digital audio information into an analog audio signal for output and also to convert an analog audio input into a digital audio signal. The audio module 660 may also be used to encode and decode audio signals. In some embodiments, the audio module 660 may be disposed in the processor 610, or some functional modules of the audio module 660 may be disposed in the processor 610. The speaker 660A, also referred to as a "horn", is used to convert electrical audio signals into sound signals. Microphone 660C, also known as a "microphone," is used to convert acoustic signals into electrical signals.

The indicator 680 may be an indicator light, and may be used to indicate that the bluetooth headset 600 is in a pairing state, a power-off state, a charging completion state, a low battery state, and the like. For example, turning off the light may indicate that the bluetooth headset 600 is in the power-off state; the indicator light is green and the bluetooth headset 600 is receiving a charging input from the charger, which may indicate that the bluetooth headset 600 is in a charging complete state; the indicator light is red, which may indicate that the bluetooth headset 600 is in a low battery state.

The methods in the following embodiments may be implemented in both the master device and the slave device.

Referring to fig. 7A, a short-range communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application is applied to the short-range communication system, and the system may include a master device and a plurality of slave devices. The master device establishes short-range connections with the plurality of slave devices, respectively. And the plurality of slave devices have the functions of voice acquisition and voice playing. The plurality of slave devices may include a first slave device and a second slave device. For example, in the embodiment of the present application, the method in the embodiment of the present application is described by taking an example in which the short-range connection is a bluetooth connection, the master device is the mobile phone 44 shown in fig. 4, and the plurality of slave devices include the bluetooth headset 41 and the bluetooth headset 42 shown in fig. 4. As shown in fig. 7A, the method includes S701-S706.

S701, the bluetooth headset 41 collects the first voice, and sends the first voice to the mobile phone 44.

After the bluetooth headset 41 establishes a bluetooth connection with the mobile phone 44, it is in a standby state. The bluetooth headset 41 may then collect the voice uttered by the first user (i.e., the first voice) and transmit the first voice to the cell phone 44 via the bluetooth connection between the bluetooth headset 41 and the cell phone 44.

It should be noted that the first slave device may be any one of a plurality of slave devices, for example, a bluetooth headset 41.

S702, the mobile phone 44 receives the first voice and sends a second voice to the Bluetooth headset 42; wherein the second voice is obtained by the handset 44 according to the first voice.

After the mobile phone 44 receives the first voice, the first voice can be directly forwarded to the bluetooth headset 42; at this time, the second voice is the first voice. Alternatively, the mobile phone 44 may perform the first processing on the first voice to obtain the second voice; the second speech is then forwarded to the bluetooth headset 42.

Wherein the first processing may include at least one of language translation, speech conversion, speech synthesis, and speech enhancement.

It should be noted that the second slave device may be any one of the plurality of slave devices other than the first slave device, for example, the bluetooth headset 42.

In some embodiments, the first process may include language translation. The mobile phone 44 may translate the first voice into a target language corresponding to the bluetooth headset 42 according to the target language corresponding to the bluetooth headset 42 for each bluetooth headset 42, so as to obtain a second voice; the second voice is then sent to the bluetooth headset 42.

The mobile phone 44 may obtain and store a target language corresponding to each slave device in the plurality of slave devices in advance. The target languages corresponding to different slave devices may be the same or different. The target language corresponding to each slave device may be a play language specified for the slave device.

In some embodiments, in addition to the bluetooth headset 41 and the bluetooth headset 42 shown in fig. 4, the first slave device may also be a left headset of the first bluetooth headset and the second slave device may be a right headset of the first bluetooth headset; alternatively, the first slave device and the second slave device are two different electronic devices. The electronic equipment comprises at least one of a Bluetooth headset, a mobile phone, a tablet personal computer and wearable equipment.

Illustratively, where the plurality of slave devices are a pair of bluetooth headsets (e.g., a first bluetooth headset), the first and second slave devices may be left and right headsets, respectively, of the same pair of bluetooth headsets.

In some embodiments, the short-range connection may be any of a connection to the same Wi-Fi network and a Wi-Fi peer-to-peer P2P connection, in addition to the bluetooth connection shown in fig. 4.

Wherein connecting to the same Wi-Fi network may include: the master device and the plurality of slave devices are connected with the same Wi-F hotspot; or the master device starts the Wi-Fi hotspot, and the plurality of slave devices are connected with the Wi-Fi hotspot of the master device.

It is to be appreciated that voice (e.g., first voice, second voice) is transmitted between the master device and each slave device over a short-range connection. The short-range connection may be a bluetooth connection, a connection to the same wireless fidelity Wi-Fi network, or a Wi-Fi peer-to-peer P2P connection. Because the master device and each slave device are connected through Bluetooth, the same wireless fidelity Wi-Fi network or the Wi-Fi point-to-point P2P to transmit voice, the network traffic of the master device is not consumed.

And S703, the Bluetooth headset 42 receives the second voice and plays the second voice.

After the bluetooth headset 42 receives the second voice, the second voice can be played through a speaker in the bluetooth headset 42.

S704, the bluetooth headset 42 collects the third voice, and sends the third voice to the mobile phone 44.

In addition to receiving and playing the second voice sent by the handset 44, the bluetooth headset 42 may also collect the voice uttered by the second user (i.e., the third voice), and send the third voice to the handset 44 through the short-distance connection between the bluetooth headset 42 and the handset 44.

S705, the mobile phone 44 receives the third voice and sends a fourth voice to the Bluetooth headset 41; wherein the fourth voice is obtained by the handset 44 according to the third voice.

After receiving the third voice, the mobile phone 44 may directly forward the third voice to the bluetooth headset 41; at this time, the fourth voice is the third voice. Alternatively, the mobile phone 44 may perform the second processing on the third voice to obtain a fourth voice; the fourth speech is then forwarded to the bluetooth headset 41.

Wherein the second processing includes at least one of language translation, speech conversion, speech synthesis, and speech enhancement. The second process may be the same as or different from the first process described above.

Illustratively, the second processing may include language translation. The mobile phone 44 may translate the third speech into the target language corresponding to the bluetooth headset 41 according to the target language corresponding to the bluetooth headset 41, so as to obtain a fourth speech; and then sends the fourth voice to the bluetooth headset 41.

S706, the bluetooth headset 41 receives the fourth voice and plays the fourth voice.

After the bluetooth headset 41 receives the fourth voice, the fourth voice can be played through a speaker in the bluetooth headset 41.

It should be noted that the detailed descriptions of the bluetooth headset 42 in S704-S706 may be referred to the detailed descriptions of the bluetooth headset 41 in S701-703; the details of the bluetooth headset 41 in S704-S706 can be found in the detailed descriptions of the bluetooth headset 42 in S701-703.

In some embodiments, if the plurality of slave devices includes the bluetooth headset 43 shown in fig. 4 in addition to the bluetooth headset 41 and the bluetooth headset 42 shown in fig. 4, after obtaining the second voice from the first voice sent by the bluetooth headset 41, the mobile phone 44 may send the second voice to the bluetooth headset 43 in addition to sending the second voice to the bluetooth headset 42, that is, the master device may send the second voice to all the slave devices (including the bluetooth headset 42 and the bluetooth headset 43) except the bluetooth headset 41.

Similarly, after obtaining the fourth voice according to the third voice sent by the bluetooth headset 42, the mobile phone 44 may send the fourth voice to the bluetooth headset 43 in addition to sending the fourth voice to the bluetooth headset 41, that is, the master device may send the fourth voice to all the slave devices (including the bluetooth headset 41 and the bluetooth headset 43) except the bluetooth headset 42.

In summary, the plurality of slave devices may include a first slave device, a second slave device, a third slave device, …, and an nth slave device, and if the master device obtains a second voice obtained from the first voice transmitted by the first slave device, the master device may transmit the second voice to each of the second slave device, the third slave device, …, and the nth slave device. N is a positive integer.

Illustratively, the method of the embodiment of the present application will be described by taking the case where the short-range connection is a bluetooth connection, the master device is a handset 44 shown in fig. 4, and the plurality of slave devices include a bluetooth headset 41, a bluetooth headset 42, and a bluetooth headset 43 shown in fig. 4. As shown in fig. 7B, the method may further include S707-S708 after S701; following S704 may also include S709-S710.

S707, the mobile phone 44 sends a fifth voice to the Bluetooth headset 43; wherein the fifth voice is obtained by the handset 44 according to the first voice.

After receiving the first voice, the mobile phone 44 may directly forward the first voice to the bluetooth headset 43 as well; at this time, the fifth voice is the first voice. Alternatively, the mobile phone 44 may perform third processing on the first voice to obtain a fifth voice; and then sends the fifth voice to the bluetooth headset 43. Here, in the case where the bluetooth headset 41 is a first slave device and the bluetooth headset 42 is a second slave device, the bluetooth headset 43 may be a third slave device.

It should be noted that, the detailed description of the fifth speech obtained by performing the third processing on the first speech by the mobile phone 44 may refer to the specific description of the second speech obtained by performing the first processing on the first speech by the mobile phone 44, and details of this embodiment are not described herein.

In some embodiments, the third processing may include at least one of language translation, speech conversion, speech synthesis, and speech enhancement. The third process may be the same as or different from the first process described above.

It should be noted that, if the third process is the same as the first process, the fifth speech is the second speech. Furthermore, after executing the second voice obtained in the process of S702, the mobile phone 44 may directly send the second voice to the bluetooth headset 43.

S708, the bluetooth headset 43 receives the fifth voice and plays the fifth voice.

After the bluetooth headset 43 receives the fifth voice, the fifth voice can be played through a speaker in the bluetooth headset 43.

S709, the mobile phone 44 sends the sixth voice to the bluetooth headset 43; wherein the sixth voice is obtained by the mobile phone 44 according to the third voice.

After receiving the third voice, the mobile phone 44 may directly forward the third voice to the bluetooth headset 43; at this time, the sixth voice is the third voice. Or, the mobile phone 44 may perform fourth processing on the third voice to obtain a sixth voice; and then sends the sixth voice to the bluetooth headset 43. Here, in the case where the bluetooth headset 41 is a first slave device and the bluetooth headset 42 is a second slave device, the bluetooth headset 43 may be a third slave device.

It should be noted that, the detailed description of the sixth speech obtained by performing the fourth processing on the third speech by the mobile phone 44 may refer to the specific description of the fourth speech obtained by performing the second processing on the third speech by the mobile phone 44, and details of this embodiment are not described herein.

In some embodiments, the fourth process may include at least one of language translation, speech conversion, speech synthesis, and speech enhancement. The fourth process and the above-described second process may be the same or different.

It should be noted that, if the fourth process is the same as the second process, the sixth speech is the fourth speech. Furthermore, after the mobile phone 44 executes the fourth voice obtained in the process of S702, the fourth voice may be directly transmitted to the bluetooth headset 43.

S710, the bluetooth headset 43 receives the sixth voice and plays the sixth voice.

After the bluetooth headset 43 receives the sixth voice, the sixth voice can be played through a speaker in the bluetooth headset 43.

In some embodiments, the master device may establish a short-range connection with a plurality of slave devices to be called, or all the slave devices establishing a short-range connection with the master device may be referred to as a plurality of slave devices to be called. The plurality of slave devices to be communicated comprise the plurality of slave devices. Then, before the plurality of slave devices start the voice call (including the first slave device collecting the first voice and the second slave device collecting the third voice), the master device may further receive a setting operation of the voice call between the plurality of slave devices in the plurality of slave devices to be called by the user. The master device controls the plurality of slave devices to start a voice call function in response to a setting operation for a voice call between the plurality of slave devices. Thus, voice calls between the plurality of slave devices are realized.

Illustratively, continuing with the example where the short-range connection is a bluetooth connection, the master device is the handset 44 shown in fig. 4, and the plurality of slave devices includes the bluetooth headset 41 and the bluetooth headset 42 shown in fig. 4, a specific procedure of the handset 44 turning on the voice call function of the bluetooth headset 41 and the bluetooth headset 42 will be described. As shown in fig. 8, before S701 and S704 in fig. 7A, the method may further include S801-S804; s701 may include S805a and S805 b; s704 may include S806a and S806 b.

S801, receiving a first operation of a first application by a user through the mobile phone 44; the first application is used to manage voice calls between a plurality of slave devices that establish short-range connections with the handset 44.

The handset 44 is installed with a first application. The handset 44 may receive a first operation of a first application by a user. This first operation may be used to request viewing of all slave devices to be called that establish a short-range connection with the handset 44. The first operation may include one operation or a plurality of operations.

S802, the mobile phone 44 responds to the first operation and displays a first interface of the first application; the first interface includes the identification of the plurality of slave devices to talk, which establish short-range connections with the handset 44.

The cell phone 44 displays the first application in response to the first operation. The plurality of slave devices may belong to a plurality of slave devices to be called. For example, the plurality of slave devices may be a plurality of slave devices to be called, or a part of the plurality of slave devices to be called.

Illustratively, taking the first operation as an example of one operation, the cell phone 44 may display icons of a plurality of applications installed in the cell phone 44. The plurality of applications includes a first application. Then, the cell phone 44 may receive a click operation (i.e., a first operation) of the icon of the first application by the user. The cell phone 44 further responds to the first operation to display the first interface 910 of the first application. As shown in fig. 9 (a), the first interface 910 may include the identification of a plurality of slave devices to talk that establish short-range connections with the handset 44. The plurality of slave devices to be communicated comprise: bluetooth headset 41, bluetooth headset 42, bluetooth headset 43, and tablet 911. The identification of each slave device to talk may comprise at least one of: a device name, a Media Access Control Address (MAC) Address, and an icon representing the device type. The device name may be user-defined.

S803, the handset 44 receives the user' S selection operation of the bluetooth headset 41 and the bluetooth headset 42 in the plurality of slave devices to be communicated.

The cell phone 44 may receive a selection operation of the plurality of slave devices in the first interface by the user. The selecting operation is for requesting initiation of a voice call between the plurality of slave devices. The operation of setting voice call between a plurality of slave devices in a plurality of slave devices to be called by a user may include: a first operation and the selection operation.

Each slave device may be a slave device to be called, or may be a part of a slave device to be called. For example, one slave device is the left earphone of a bluetooth headset or has an earphone.

Illustratively, the first interface 910 of the first application displayed by the cell phone 44 may also include a switch option 920 for a talk function. The mobile phone 44 may receive and respond to the user's on operation of the switch option 920, and display options corresponding to all the slave devices to be called that establish short-range connection with the mobile phone 44. As shown in fig. 9 (b), the mobile phone 44 may display an option 921 corresponding to the bluetooth headset 41, an option 922 corresponding to the bluetooth headset 42, an option 923 corresponding to the bluetooth headset 43, an option 924 corresponding to the tablet 911, and a confirmation option 925.

Then, if the mobile phone 44 receives a second selection operation of the user for an option corresponding to a slave device to be called (for example, as shown in (b) in fig. 9, a selection operation of the user for an option 921), and a second click operation for a confirmation option 925, and the slave device to be called is a bluetooth headset, the mobile phone 44 may display prompt information, a yes option 926, and a no option 927 in response to the second selection operation and the second click operation. As shown in fig. 9 (c), the hint information is used to characterize whether to treat the left and right earphones of a pair of bluetooth earphones as two slave devices. The handset 44 may receive and respond to the third click operation of the user on yes option 926 to determine the left and right earpieces of the bluetooth headset 41 as the plurality of slave devices. At this time, the selection operation of the plurality of slave devices by the user may include: a second selection operation, a second click operation and a third click operation.

If the cell phone 44 receives a first selection operation of the options corresponding to at least two slave devices to be called by the user (for example, as shown in (d) in fig. 9, the selection operation of the option 921 and the option 922 by the user) and a first selection operation of the confirmation option 925, the cell phone 44 may determine that the bluetooth headset 41, the bluetooth headset 42, and the bluetooth headset 43 are a plurality of slave devices in response to the first selection operation and the first selection operation. At this time, the selection operation of the plurality of slave devices by the user may include: a first opt-in operation and a first click operation.

Further, taking the plurality of slave devices including the bluetooth headset 41 and the bluetooth headset 42 as an example, as shown in (e) of fig. 9, the handset 44 may mark and display the in-use identification for the plurality of slave devices while determining the plurality of slave devices.

S804, the mobile phone 44 responds to the selection operation, and sends a first instruction to the bluetooth headset 41 and the bluetooth headset 42, respectively, where the first instruction is used to instruct the bluetooth headset 41 and the bluetooth headset 42 to start a voice call function.

Illustratively, the handset 44 may send the first instruction to the bluetooth headset 41 and the bluetooth headset 42, respectively, while determining that the bluetooth headset 41 and the bluetooth headset 42 belong to a plurality of slave devices.

It should be noted that, if the handset 44 further determines that the bluetooth headset 43 belongs to a plurality of slave devices, the first instruction is sent to the bluetooth headset 43 in addition to the first instruction sent to the bluetooth headset 41 and the bluetooth headset 42, respectively, which is not shown in fig. 8.

S805a, the bluetooth headset 41 receives the first instruction, and collects the first voice in response to the first instruction.

Each of the plurality of slave devices (e.g., bluetooth headset 41) receives and initiates the operation of voice capture in response to the first instruction.

S805b, the bluetooth headset 41 sends the first voice to the handset 44.

The bluetooth headset 41 sends the first voice to the mobile phone 44 through the bluetooth connection between the bluetooth headset 41 and the mobile phone 44.

S806a, the bluetooth headset 42 receives the first instruction, and collects a third voice in response to the first instruction.

The bluetooth headset 42 in the plurality of slave devices receives and responds to the first instruction to also initiate the voice capture operation.

S806b, the bluetooth headset 42 sends the third voice to the cell phone 44.

Wherein the bluetooth headset 42 transmits the third voice to the cell phone 44 through the short-range connection between the bluetooth headset 42 and the cell phone 44.

In some embodiments, the master device may further provide a language setting item for setting a target language corresponding to each of the plurality of slave devices in response to a user selecting operation on the plurality of slave devices to be communicated. Furthermore, the master device may receive and respond to a setting operation of the user on the language setting item, and obtain target languages corresponding to the plurality of slave devices.

Illustratively, taking the short-range connection as a bluetooth connection, the master device as the mobile phone 44 shown in fig. 4, and the plurality of slave devices including the bluetooth headset 41 and the bluetooth headset 42 shown in fig. 4 as examples, a specific process of the mobile phone 44 acquiring the respective target languages of the bluetooth headset 41 and the bluetooth headset 42 will be described. As shown in fig. 10, after S803, the method may further include S807-S808.

S807, the mobile phone 44 responds to the selection operation and displays a second interface of the first application; the second interface includes language setting items corresponding to the bluetooth headset 41 and the bluetooth headset 42, the language setting items being used to set a target language corresponding to the slave device.

The cell phone 44 may display a second interface of the first application in addition to transmitting the first instruction to the plurality of slave devices in response to a selection operation of the plurality of slave devices to be called out.

Illustratively, taking the plurality of slave devices including the bluetooth headset 41 and the bluetooth headset 42 as an example, the cell phone 44 may display the second interface 930 in response to a selection operation. As shown in (e) of fig. 9, the second interface 930 may include: a language setting item 931 corresponding to the bluetooth headset 41, a language setting item 932 corresponding to the bluetooth headset 42, a confirmation option 933, and a skip option 934.

It will be appreciated that if the plurality of slave devices are left and right headsets of a set of bluetooth headsets, the second interface of the first application may comprise: the language setting item corresponding to the left earphone of the pair of bluetooth headsets and the language setting item corresponding to the right earphone of the pair of bluetooth headsets are not shown in fig. 9.

S808, the mobile phone 44 receives the setting operation of the language setting item from the user, and determines the target languages corresponding to the bluetooth headset 41 and the bluetooth headset 42.

The mobile phone 44 may receive a setting operation of the user on the language setting item corresponding to each slave device, and determine a target language corresponding to each slave device. Further, the cell phone 44 may determine and store a target language corresponding to each of the plurality of slave devices.

It should be noted that the mobile phone 44 may execute S804 and S807-S808 at the same time; or, executing S804 and then executing S807-S808; or, S807 to S808 are executed first, and then S804 is executed, and the sequence of executing S804 and S807 to S808 is not limited in this embodiment of the application.

For example, taking the mobile phone 44 to obtain the target language corresponding to the bluetooth headset 41 as an example, the mobile phone 44 may receive and respond to the fourth click operation of the user on the language setting item 931 corresponding to the bluetooth headset 41, and display the preset language list 941. As shown in (f) of fig. 9, the preset language list 941 may include a plurality of languages to be selected, such as chinese, english, french, russian, arabic, spanish, and the like. Then, the mobile phone 44 may receive and respond to a first selection operation of the user on any language to be selected in the preset language list 941, and determine that the language to be selected is a target language corresponding to the bluetooth headset 41. At this time, the setting operation of the language setting item by the user includes: a fourth clicking operation and a first selecting operation.

In addition, if the handset 44 receives a fifth click operation of the skip option 935 by the user, the handset 44 may determine not to perform the first processing and the second processing in response to the fifth click operation, and directly transmit the voice collected from the device. Specifically, the mobile phone 44 takes the first voice collected by the bluetooth headset 41 as the second voice, and takes the third voice collected by the bluetooth headset 42 as the fourth voice.

In some embodiments, in order to ensure the order of voice calls among multiple slave devices, the master device may also receive and respond to a user request to perform a set operation of banning the target slave device, stop receiving the voice transmitted by the target slave device, or receive but not process the voice transmitted by the target slave device. Wherein the target slave device belongs to a plurality of slave devices.

For example, when a plurality of persons travel together as a tour group, the plurality of persons may carry the slave devices, and a tour guide person among the plurality of persons may carry the master device. When the tour guide person speaks through the slave device carried by the tour guide person, the master device can receive and respond to the tour guide person to request to carry out the setting operation of banning speaking on the plurality of slave devices, and stop receiving the voice sent by the plurality of slave devices. In this case, the plurality of slave devices are target slave devices.

In some embodiments, if the short-range connection is a bluetooth connection, the process of the master device establishing the short-range connection with the plurality of slave devices to talk may include: the master device can detect the slave devices with the Bluetooth function in a certain range (for example, 50m and 100m) under the condition of starting the Bluetooth function; then, the master device can perform Bluetooth pairing with the detected slave device, and/or receive and respond to a first request operation of a user on the detected slave device for starting the Bluetooth function, and perform Bluetooth pairing with the slave device selected by the first request operation; the master device may automatically establish a bluetooth connection with the slave device successfully paired by bluetooth, and/or receive and respond to a second request operation of the slave device successfully paired by the user, and establish a bluetooth connection with the slave device selected by the second request operation. At this time, the slave device which successfully establishes the bluetooth connection with the master device is the slave device to be called.

If the short-distance connection is connected to the same Wi-Fi network, the process of establishing the short-distance connection between the master device and the plurality of slave devices to be called can include: under the condition that the master device starts the Wi-Fi hotspot, the slave devices within a certain range of the master device can receive and respond to the connection operation of the user to the Wi-Fi hotspot, and the Wi-Fi hotspot is connected. At this time, the slave device connected with the Wi-Fi hotspot is the slave device to be called.

If the short-distance connection is to connect to the same Wi-Fi hotspot, the process of establishing the short-distance connection between the master device and the multiple slave devices to be communicated may include: under the condition that the master device starts the Wi-Fi function and the slave devices within a certain range of the master device start the Wi-Fi function, the master device and the slave devices can respectively receive and respond to the connection operation of the same Wi-Fi hotspot detected by the user, and the Wi-Fi hotspot is connected. At this time, the slave device connected with the Wi-Fi hotspot is the slave device to be called.

If the short-range connection is a Wi-Fi peer-to-peer P2P connection, the process of the master device establishing a short-range connection with the plurality of slave devices to talk may include: in the case where a master device turns on Wi-Fi peer-to-peer P2P, the master device may detect a slave device turning on Wi-Fi peer-to-peer P2P within a certain range. The master device may then automatically connect the detected slave device that turned on Wi-Fi peer-to-peer P2P and/or, receive and respond to a connection request operation by the user for the detected slave device that turned on Wi-Fi peer-to-peer P2P, establish a Wi-Fi peer-to-peer P2P connection with the slave device selected by the connection request operation. At this time, the slave device which establishes the Wi-Fi peer-to-peer P2P connection with the master device is the slave device to be called.

Illustratively, taking the short-range connection as a bluetooth connection as an example, a specific process of establishing the short-range connection between the master device and the plurality of slave devices to be called is described. The master device may receive and display a third interface in response to a user setting operation for the bluetooth function before determining the plurality of slave devices. The third interface may include a first list and a second list. The first list includes at least one third slave device that completes bluetooth pairing with the master device. The second list comprises at least one fourth slave device detected by the master device that is not bluetooth paired. The at least one third slave device may include: at least one fifth slave device which establishes a bluetooth connection with the master device, and/or at least one sixth slave device which does not establish a bluetooth connection with the master device.

Then, the master device may receive and respond to a first request operation of the user, the first request operation being for requesting establishment of a bluetooth connection with the sixth slave device. The master device establishes a bluetooth connection with the sixth slave device selected by the first request operation in response to the first request operation. The plurality of slave devices to be called comprise the fifth slave device and the sixth slave device selected by the first request operation.

Second, the master device may receive and respond to a second request operation of the user for requesting bluetooth pairing with the fourth slave device. And the master device responds to the second request operation, and adds the fourth slave device selected by the second request operation into the first list, namely, the fourth slave device selected by the second request operation is used as a sixth slave device.

It is understood that the above method can be implemented by a short-range communication system, and in order to implement the above functions, the master device and the plurality of slave devices in short-range communication respectively include hardware structures and/or software modules for performing the respective functions. Those of skill in the art will readily appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as hardware or combinations of hardware and computer software. Whether a function is performed as hardware or computer software drives hardware depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the embodiments of the present application.

In the embodiment of the present application, functional modules of the master device and the plurality of slave devices in the short-distance communication system may be divided according to the above method example, for example, each functional module may be divided corresponding to each function, or two or more functions may be integrated into one processing module. The integrated module can be realized in a hardware mode, and can also be realized in a software functional module mode. It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the division of the module is schematic, and is only one logic function division, and there may be another division manner in actual implementation.

Fig. 11 shows a possible configuration diagram of the short-range communication system according to the above-described embodiment, where the functional modules are divided according to the respective functions, and the short-range communication system 110 includes a master device 120 and a plurality of slave devices, which include a first slave device 130 and a second slave device 140. The master device 120 establishes short-range connections with a plurality of slave devices, respectively, the short-range connections including: any one of Bluetooth connection, connection with the same wireless fidelity Wi-Fi network and Wi-Fi point-to-point P2P connection; and the plurality of slave devices have the functions of voice acquisition and voice playing.

The master device 120 includes a receiving module 121, a voice processing module 122, and a transmitting module 123. The first slave device 130 includes a first voice capturing module 131, a first sending module 132, a first receiving module 133, and a first voice playing module 134. The second slave device 140 includes a second voice capturing module 141, a second transmitting module 142, a second receiving module 143, and a second voice playing module 144.

The first voice collecting module 131 is configured to collect a first voice; a first sending module 132, configured to send a first voice to the master device; a receiving module 121, configured to receive a first voice; the voice processing module 122 is configured to obtain a second voice according to the first voice; a sending module 123, configured to send the second voice to the second slave device; a second receiving module 143, configured to receive a second voice; and a second voice playing module 144, configured to play the second voice. A second voice collecting module 141, configured to collect a third voice; a second sending module 142, configured to send the third voice to the master device; the receiving module 121 is further configured to receive a third voice; the voice processing module 122 is further configured to obtain a fourth voice according to the third voice; a sending module 123, configured to send the fourth voice to the first slave device; a first receiving module 133, configured to receive the fourth voice; the first voice playing module 134 is configured to play the fourth voice.

In one possible design, the speech processing module 122 is specifically configured to: performing first processing on the first voice to obtain a second voice; the first processing includes at least one of language translation, speech conversion, speech synthesis, and speech enhancement; performing second processing on the third voice to obtain a fourth voice; the second processing includes at least one of language translation, speech conversion, speech synthesis, and speech enhancement.

In another possible design, the first process includes language translation. The speech processing module 122 is specifically configured to: and translating the first voice into a target language according to the target language corresponding to the second slave device to obtain a second voice.

In another possible design, the first slave device 130 is a left earpiece of a first bluetooth headset, and the second slave device 140 is a right earpiece of the first bluetooth headset; alternatively, the first slave device 130 and the second slave device 140 are two different electronic devices, and the electronic devices include at least one of a bluetooth headset, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, and a wearable device.

In another possible embodiment, the master device 120 includes a display module 124.

The receiving module 121 is further configured to receive a first operation of a user on a first application, where the first application is used to manage voice calls among a plurality of slave devices that establish short-range connections with a master device; the display module 124 is configured to display a first interface of a first application in response to a first operation, where the first interface includes identifiers of multiple slave devices to be called, and the multiple slave devices to be called establish short-range connection with the master device; the receiving module 121 is further configured to receive a selection operation of a user on a plurality of slave devices in the plurality of slave devices to be called; the sending module 123 is further configured to send, in response to the selection operation, first instructions to the multiple slave devices, where the first instructions are used to instruct the multiple slave devices to start a voice call function.

The first receiving module 133 is further configured to receive a first instruction; the first voice collecting module 131 is specifically configured to collect a first voice in response to a first instruction. A second receiving module 143, configured to receive the first instruction; the second voice collecting module 141 is specifically configured to collect the third voice in response to the first instruction.

In another possible design, the display module 124 is further configured to display, in response to the selection operation, a second interface, where the second interface includes language setting items corresponding to multiple slave devices; wherein, the language setting item is used for setting the target language corresponding to the slave equipment; the receiving module 121 is further configured to receive a setting operation of a language setting item by a user, and determine target languages corresponding to the multiple slave devices.

In another possible design, connecting to the same Wi-Fi network includes: the method comprises the steps that the master device starts a Wi-Fi hotspot, and a plurality of slave devices are connected with the Wi-Fi hotspot of the master device; or, connecting to the same Wi-Fi network includes: the master device and multiple slave devices are connected to the same Wi-Fi hotspot.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a short-range communication system, including: a master device and a plurality of slave devices. The master device establishes short-distance connection with the plurality of slave devices respectively; and the plurality of slave devices have the functions of voice acquisition and voice playing. Wherein the master device comprises a processor and a memory; the memory is used for storing computer instructions; the processor in the master device is configured to execute computer instructions stored in the memory in the master device to cause the master device to perform the various functions or steps performed by the master device in the above-described method embodiments. Each slave device of the plurality of slave devices comprises a processor and a memory; the processor in each slave device is configured to execute computer instructions stored in the memory in the slave device to cause each slave device to perform the respective functions or steps performed by the slave device in the above-described method embodiments.

Another embodiment of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium having computer instructions stored thereon. When the computer instructions are executed on a master device (such as the master device shown in any one of fig. 2-5, 7A, 7B, and 8-11) and a plurality of slave devices (such as the slave device shown in any one of fig. 2-6, 7A, 7B, 8, and 10-11), the master device and the plurality of slave devices are caused to perform the respective functions or steps performed by the master device and the plurality of slave devices in the above-described method embodiments. For example, the computer-readable storage medium may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM), a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

Another embodiment of the present application provides a computer program product comprising computer instructions. When the computer instructions are executed on a master device (such as the master device shown in any one of fig. 2-5, 7A, 7B, and 8-11) and a plurality of slave devices (such as the slave device shown in any one of fig. 2-6, 7A, 7B, 8, and 10-11), the master device and the plurality of slave devices are caused to perform the respective functions or steps performed by the master device and the plurality of slave devices in the above-described method embodiments.

Through the description of the above embodiments, it is clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and simplicity of description, the foregoing division of the functional modules is merely used as an example, and in practical applications, the above function distribution may be completed by different functional modules according to needs, that is, the internal structure of the device may be divided into different functional modules to complete all or part of the above described functions.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely illustrative, and for example, a module or a unit may be divided into only one logic function, and may be implemented in other ways, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another apparatus, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

Units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may be one physical unit or a plurality of physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed to a plurality of different places. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit. The integrated unit can be realized in a form of hardware, and can also be realized in a form of a software functional unit.

The integrated unit, if implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application may be essentially or partially contributed to by the prior art, or all or part of the technical solutions may be embodied in the form of a software product, where the software product is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions to enable a device (which may be a single chip, a chip, or the like) or a processor (processor) to execute all or part of the steps of the methods described in the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a U disk, a removable hard disk, a ROM, a RAM, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

The above description is only an embodiment of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present disclosure should be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A short-range communication method, applied to a short-range communication system, the system comprising: a master device and a plurality of slave devices; the master device establishes short-range connections with the plurality of slave devices, respectively, the short-range connections including: any one of Bluetooth connection, connection with the same wireless fidelity Wi-Fi network and Wi-Fi point-to-point P2P connection; the plurality of slave devices have the functions of voice acquisition and voice playing, and comprise a first slave device and a second slave device; the method comprises the following steps:

the first slave equipment collects first voice and sends the first voice to the master equipment;

the master device receives the first voice and sends a second voice to the second slave device; wherein the second voice is obtained by the main device according to the first voice;

the second slave equipment receives the second voice and plays the second voice;

the second slave equipment collects third voice and sends the third voice to the master equipment;

the master device receives the third voice and sends a fourth voice to the first slave device; wherein the fourth voice is obtained by the master device according to the third voice;

and the first slave equipment receives the fourth voice and plays the fourth voice.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

the main equipment performs first processing on the first voice to obtain second voice; the first processing comprises at least one of language translation, speech conversion, speech synthesis, and speech enhancement;

the main device carries out second processing on the third voice to obtain a fourth voice; the second processing includes at least one of language translation, speech conversion, speech synthesis, and speech enhancement.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first process comprises a language translation;

the main device performs first processing on the first voice to obtain the second voice, and the method includes:

and the main equipment translates the first voice into the target language according to the target language corresponding to the second slave equipment to obtain the second voice.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,

the first slave device is a left earpiece of a first bluetooth headset, the second slave device is a right earpiece of the first bluetooth headset;

or the first slave device and the second slave device are two different electronic devices, and the electronic devices include at least one of a bluetooth headset, a mobile phone, a tablet computer and a wearable device.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1-4, further comprising:

the method comprises the steps that a first operation of a user on a first application is received by a main device, and the first application is used for managing voice calls among a plurality of slave devices which establish short-distance connection with the main device;

the master device responds to the first operation and displays a first interface of the first application, wherein the first interface comprises the identifications of a plurality of slave devices to be called, and the slave devices to be called establish short-distance connection with the master device;

the master device receives the selection operation of the user on the plurality of slave devices to be called;

the master device responds to the selection operation and sends first instructions to the plurality of slave devices respectively, and the first instructions are used for indicating the plurality of slave devices to start a voice call function;

wherein the first slave device collects a first voice, comprising:

the first slave device receives the first instruction, and collects the first voice in response to the first instruction;

the second slave device collects a third voice, comprising:

the second slave device receives the first instruction and collects the third voice in response to the first instruction.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

the master device responds to the selection operation and displays a second interface, and the second interface comprises language setting items corresponding to the plurality of slave devices; wherein, the language setting item is used for setting the target language corresponding to the slave equipment;

and the master equipment receives the setting operation of the language setting item by the user and determines the target languages corresponding to the plurality of slave equipment.

7. The method according to any of claims 1-6, wherein said connecting to the same Wi-Fi network comprises: the master device starts a Wi-Fi hotspot, and the plurality of slave devices are connected with the Wi-Fi hotspot of the master device;

or, the connecting to the same Wi-Fi network includes: the master device and the plurality of slave devices are both connected to the same Wi-Fi hotspot.

8. A short-range communication system, the system comprising: a master device and a plurality of slave devices;

wherein the master device establishes short-range connections with the plurality of slave devices, respectively; the plurality of slave devices have the functions of voice acquisition and voice playing; the master device and the plurality of slave devices are configured to perform the method of any of claims 1-7.

9. A computer-readable storage medium comprising computer instructions; when the computer instructions are run on a master device and a plurality of slave devices, causing the master device and the plurality of slave devices to perform the method of any one of claims 1-7; wherein the master device establishes short-range connections with the plurality of slave devices, respectively; the plurality of slave devices have the functions of voice acquisition and voice playing.

10. A computer program product comprising computer instructions; when the computer instructions are run on a master device and a plurality of slave devices, causing the master device and the plurality of slave devices to perform the method of any one of claims 1-7; wherein the master device establishes short-range connections with the plurality of slave devices, respectively; the plurality of slave devices have the functions of voice acquisition and voice playing.