KR200490260Y1 - power charging cable of audio acquisition and transmission type - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is a technology that delivers the sound of a user speaking a few meters away to the microphone of the smart device for a smart device optimized for a call environment where a person brings it to the face, and is required to charge the smart device. It is equipped with a configuration that collects the external sound in the vicinity of the digital assistant to accurately transmit the sound spoken by the user several meters away to the smart device for conventional call-optimized smart devices without additional equipment Or it relates to a technology for smoothly implementing the AI assistant function. According to the present invention, as the main speaker is mounted in the recessed groove of the main body housing, there is an advantage of transmitting the sound collected by the audio collection transmission main body to the device microphone of the smart device in close proximity.

Description

Power charging cable of audio acquisition and transmission type

The present invention relates to a technology for transmitting a user's speaking sound to the microphone of the smart device a few meters away for a smart device optimized for a call environment that a person brings to the face.

More specifically, the present invention has a configuration that collects the external sound in the charging cable required to charge the smart device and transmits it to the surroundings, so that a few meters through the conventional call-optimized smart device without additional equipment The present invention relates to a technology for smoothly implementing a digital assistant or an artificial intelligence assistant function by collecting a voice spoken by a user at a distance and transmitting the same to a smart device.

Recently, devices that can interact with the user (voice) with voice (voice) have been actively tried around the world, and one of these technologies has been introduced to implement an artificial intelligence (AI) function through a smart device.

For example, starting with Apple Siri in 2011, an attempt was made to use a smartphone as a digital assistant, which is an artificial intelligence assistant that uses alerts, weather, stock information, and messages built into Apple's smartphones (iPhones). It was a way of linking with function.

At this time, in order to utilize the smart phone as a digital assistant or artificial intelligence assistant, there is a premise that the smart phone must accurately understand the contents spoken by the user of the smart phone.

Here, FIG. 1 is an exemplary view showing the directivity of the received sound when the smartphone receives a sound from the outside.

Referring to FIG. 1, a manufacturer of a smartphone 10 is designed so that the device microphone 12 of the smartphone 10 cleanly receives a user's growth in consideration of a usage environment of the smartphone 10.

For example, the device microphone 12 provided in the smart phone 10 is focused on the fact that a user who speaks with the smart phone 10 speaks with his mouth close to the device microphone 12. It is designed to concentrate and accurately recognize only the sound of the so-called forming space S within the device microphone 12 and the near field (approximately 5 to 10 cm).

That is, the device microphone 12 of the smartphone 10 is designed to have directivity to the incoming sound for good call quality excluding ambient noise.

In order to utilize as a digital assistant or an artificial intelligence assistant through the smart phone 10, the user of the smart phone 10 should also accurately understand what the user speaks at a medium distance (approximately 2 to 5 m). There is a problem that the device microphone 12 provided in (10) does not have such characteristics.

Accordingly, when the user is located a few meters away from the charging position of the smartphone 10 being charged at home or when the user is driving the smartphone 10 being charged in the vehicle, the user speaks a sound. By allowing the device microphone 12 of the smart phone 10 to be correctly recognized, a technology capable of solving the problems of the prior art is desired.

The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to collect the sound of a user speaking a few meters away from the charging smart device, and to transfer the audio collection delivery type charging cable to the microphone of the smart device in close proximity. In providing.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide an audio collection transfer type charging cable applied to a charging cable that must be provided to charge the smart device to the device for collecting and transmitting the sound that the user speaks.

In order to achieve the above object, the audio collection delivery charging cable according to the present invention is a cable; A power connector connected to one end of the cable so as to be electrically energized and connected to an external charging terminal to receive power; A device connector electrically connected to the end of the cable opposite the power connector, the device connector providing power to the smart device from the power connector as it is inserted into a charging port formed in the external smart device; An audio collection delivery body connected between the cable and the device connector to electrically conduct the cable and the device connector, wherein the audio collection delivery body comprises: a body housing; A main body microphone embedded in the main body housing and sensing a surrounding sound; A main body speaker outputting sound according to a driving signal and disposed on one side wall of the main body housing in which the device connector is located so as to face a device microphone adjacent to the charging port when the device connector is coupled to the charging port; And an audio processing circuit member which transmits a driving signal corresponding to a sound detected by the main body microphone to the main body speaker to drive the main body speaker.

In this case, the main body housing includes a recessed recess in which a portion where the main speaker is located is recessed, and the main body speaker is formed on the bottom surface of the recessed groove so that the sound output from the main body speaker is reflected on the inner wall of the recessed groove and converges in the direction of the device microphone. Can be arranged.

The audio processing circuit member may include a noise filter for removing noise from sound detected by the main body microphone.

On the other hand, the body microphone may be configured in omni directional (omni directional).

The present invention has a configuration that collects the external sound for the charging cable, which is an essential component of the smart device, and delivers the sound to the smart device, so that the digital assistant or the artificial intelligence assistant function smoothly even through a conventional call-optimized smart device. Demonstrate the benefits of implementing.

In addition, the present invention also shows the advantage that can be delivered in close proximity to the sound collected by the audio collection delivery body to the device microphone of the smart device by mounting the main body speaker in the recessed groove of the main body housing.

1 is an exemplary view showing the directivity to the received sound when the smartphone receives a sound from the outside,
2 is a state of use of the audio collection delivery charging cable according to the present invention,
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 2;
4 is a view illustrating a state in which a device connector is inserted into a charging port of a smart device in FIG. 3.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[Figure 2] is a state diagram of the audio collection delivery type charging cable according to the present invention, [Figure 3] is an enlarged view showing a part of [Figure 2], [Figure 4] is in [Figure 3] A diagram illustrating a state in which a device connector is inserted into a charging port of a smart device.

The audio collection and delivery charging cable according to the present invention collects the sound spoken by a user a few meters away from the conventional call-optimized smart device 10 that is being charged and transmits the sound to the smart device 10 by a digital assistant or artificial person. The function of the intelligence assistant is enabled.

To this end, the subject innovation is the cable 110, the power connector 120, the device connector 130, the audio collection transmission body 140, the body housing 141, the body as in [FIG. 2] to [FIG. 4] The microphone 142, the main body speaker 143, and the audio processing circuit member 144 may be configured to be included.

Cable 110 is preferably made of a flexible and as shown in Figure 2 to interconnect the power connector 120 and the device connector 130 so that the power connector 120 and the device connector 130 can communicate with each other Interface.

The power connector 120 is electrically connected to the cable 110 at one end of the cable 110 as shown in FIG. 2 and connected to an external charging terminal (eg, a multi tap) to supply power through the charging terminal. To be supplied.

The device connector 130 may also be connected to the power connector 120 as it is electrically connected to the cable 110 at an end of the cable 110 opposite to the power connector 120 as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4. Connection is possible.

As the device connector 130 is inserted into the charging port 11 formed in the external smart device 10 as shown in [FIG. 2] to [FIG. 4], the smart device receives the power supplied from the power connector 120. 10 to charge the smart device 10.

After all, the cable 110, the power connector 120, the device connector 130 provided in the present invention is the same as the conventional smartphone charging cable configuration to charge the smart phone in a state connected to the external charging terminal.

The audio collection transmission body 140 provided in the present invention exhibits technical features different from those provided in the conventional charging cable, and is connected between the cable 110 and the device connector 130 to be connected to the cable 110 and the device connector. The 130 is energized with each other.

In detail, the audio collection and delivery main body 140 includes a main body housing 141, a main body microphone 142, a main speaker 143, and an audio processing circuit member 144. Indicates.

The main body housing 141 may mount a component inside thereof and mount a PCB that is in charge of the overall operation of the charging cable.

The main body housing 141 and the charging port 11 is located next to the portion connected to the device connector 130, which is fitted to the charging port 11 of the smart device 10 as shown in [FIG. 3] and [FIG. 4]. It may be provided with a recessed groove 141a recessed in the opposite direction.

As such, the main body speaker 143 is preferably disposed on the bottom surface of the recessed recess 141a as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.

Through this, the sound output from the main body speaker 143 is reflected on the inner wall of the recessed groove 141a and converges in the direction of the device microphone 12. As a result, the main body microphone 142 detects the sound detected by the main body microphone 142. Through it can be accurately delivered to the device microphone 12.

The body microphone 142 is built in the body housing 141 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 and is configured to sense ambient sounds up to a distance of about 2 to 5 meters and is preferably omni directional. It may be configured as.

Here, since the device microphone 12 of the smart device 10 is designed to have directivity with respect to the reception sound for good call quality excluding ambient noise, the front of the device microphone 12 as shown in FIG. It is possible to accurately recognize only the sound of the forming microphone S within the device microphone 12 and the short distance (approximately 5 to 10 cm).

In the call-optimized smart device 10 environment, it is difficult to implement a digital assistant or an artificial intelligence assistant for a user speaking a few meters away from the smart device 10. ) And the main body speaker 143 can compensate for the disadvantages of such a smart phone 10 of the optimal call.

The main body speaker 143 outputs sound according to the driving signal as shown in [FIG. 3] and [FIG. 4], and when the device connector 130 is coupled to the charging port 11, a smart device adjacent to the charging port 11 is provided. In order to face the device microphone 12 of the device 10, the device connector 130 is preferably disposed at the bottom surface of the recessed groove 141a of one side wall of the main body housing 141.

As a result, the sound output from the main body speaker 143 moves along the inner wall of the recessed groove 141a and is reflected by the inner wall of the recessed groove 141a to converge in the direction of the device microphone 12. As a result, the main body microphone 142 Even if the detected sound is a small volume, the sound can be accurately transmitted to the device microphone 12 through the main speaker 143.

The audio processing circuit member 144 may be mounted inside the main body housing 141 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.

The audio processing circuit member 144 transmits a driving signal corresponding to a sound detected by the main microphone 142 to the main speaker 143 while being mounted inside the main body housing 141 to drive the main speaker 143. .

The audio processing circuit member 144 may include a noise filter 144a. Here, since the main body microphone 142 has a non-directional characteristic and collects a wide area sound of about 2 to 5 meters and transmits the sound to the device microphone 12 of the smart device 10, the collected sound is noisy. The likelihood of mixing is higher than the likelihood that noise is mixed with the sound collected by the call optimized smart device 10.

As a result, the noise filter 144a removes the noise from the sound sensed by the main body microphone 142 in the range of the medium distance (about 2 to 5 meters) as described above.

10: smart device (smartphone)
11: charging port
12: device microphone
110: cable
120: power connector
130: device connector
140: audio collection body
141: body housing
141a: Recessed Home
142: body microphone
143: main speaker
144: audio processing circuit member
S: forming space

Claims (4)

Cable 110;
A power connector 120 electrically connected to one end of the cable and connected to an external charging terminal to receive power;
A device connector 130 that is electrically connected to the end of the cable facing the power connector and is provided with a charging port formed in an external smart device to provide the smart device with power supplied from the power connector; );
An audio collection transmission body 140 connected between the cable and the device connector to electrically conduct the cable and the device connector;
It is configured to include,
The audio collection transmission body 140,
Body housing 141;
A main body microphone 142 embedded in the main body housing and sensing a surrounding sound;
A main body speaker 143 disposed on one side wall of the main housing in which the device connector is located so as to output sound according to a driving signal and to face a device microphone adjacent to the charging port when the device connector is coupled to the charging port; ;
An audio processing circuit member 144 for driving the main body speaker by transmitting a driving signal corresponding to a sound detected by the main body microphone to the main body speaker;
Audio collection transmission cable characterized in that it comprises a.
The method according to claim 1,
The body housing 141,
A recessed recess 141a in which a portion where the main speaker is located is recessed;
And
And the main body speaker is disposed on a bottom surface of the recessed groove so that the sound output from the main body speaker is reflected to the inner wall of the recessed groove and converges in the direction of the device microphone.
The method according to claim 2,
The audio processing circuit member 144,
A noise filter for removing noise from sound detected by the main body microphone;
Audio collection transmission cable characterized in that it comprises a.
The method according to claim 3,
The main body microphone 142 is an omni directional audio collection delivery charging cable characterized in that.

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