US20180027033A1 - System for audio communication using LTE - Google Patents

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US20180027033A1
US20180027033A1 US15/646,426 US201715646426A US2018027033A1 US 20180027033 A1 US20180027033 A1 US 20180027033A1 US 201715646426 A US201715646426 A US 201715646426A US 2018027033 A1 US2018027033 A1 US 2018027033A1
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  • the present disclosure relates to a method, a first electronic audio device and a system comprising at least a first electronic audio device and a second electronic audio device for performing audio communication between at least the first electronic audio device and the second electronic audio device.
  • the electronic audio devices are configured for wireless communication via a wireless connection.
  • the electronic audio devices are configured to transmit and/or receive audio directly between them via the wireless connection.
  • US2013117693A discloses a method comprising receiving, at a first media output device, streaming media from a media source device, receiving, at the first media output device, a command by motion or voice to share the streaming media with a second media output device, and initiating, by the first media output device, sharing of the streaming media between the first media output device and the second media output device.
  • US2015105022A discloses a multitasking system of a Bluetooth headset, which enables users to talk with each other in a telephone call while at the same time enjoying media content played by an external Bluetooth device.
  • the multitasking system of a Bluetooth headset includes: a first Bluetooth headset worn by a first user, and a second Bluetooth headset worn by a second user.
  • the first Bluetooth headset is configured to include a first Bluetooth module, and a second Bluetooth module that is connected to the first Bluetooth module.
  • the second Bluetooth headset is configured to include a third Bluetooth module that is paired with the first Bluetooth module, and a fourth Bluetooth module that is connected to the third Bluetooth module.
  • a system comprising at least a first electronic audio device and a second electronic audio device for performing audio communication between at least the first electronic audio device and the second electronic audio device.
  • the electronic audio devices are configured for wireless communication via a wireless connection.
  • the electronic audio devices are configured to transmit and/or receive audio directly between them via the wireless connection.
  • the electronic audio devices comprise a speaker and a microphone.
  • At least the first electronic audio device is configured to operate and/or communicate in at least three modes for controlling audio to be transmitted from the first electronic audio device to the speaker of the second electronic audio device: a first mode where the transmitted audio is, such as solely, an output from the speaker in the first electronic audio device; a second mode where the transmitted audio is, such as solely, an input from the microphone in the first electronic audio device; a third mode where the transmitted audio is, such as both, an output from the speaker of the first electronic audio device and an input from the microphone of the first electronic audio device.
  • the first electronic audio device for performing audio communication with a second electronic audio device.
  • the first electronic audio device is configured for wireless communication with the second electronic audio device via a wireless connection.
  • the first electronic audio device is configured to transmit and/or receive audio directly to/from the second electronic audio device via the wireless connection.
  • the first electronic audio device comprises a speaker and a microphone.
  • the first electronic audio device is configured to operate and/or communicate in at least three modes for controlling audio to be transmitted from the first electronic audio device to a speaker of the second electronic audio device: a first mode where the transmitted audio is, such as solely, an output from the speaker in the first electronic audio device; a second mode where the transmitted audio is, such as solely, an input from the microphone in the first electronic audio device; a third mode where the transmitted audio is, such as both, an output from the speaker of the first electronic audio device and an input from the microphone of the first electronic audio device.
  • the electronic audio devices comprise a speaker and a microphone.
  • the method comprises establishing a wireless connection between at least the first electronic audio device and the second electronic audio device for performing wireless communication.
  • the electronic audio devices are configured to transmit and/or receive audio directly between them via the wireless connection.
  • the method comprises selecting a mode, in which at least the first electronic audio device is configured to operate and/or communicate in, from at least three modes for controlling audio to be transmitted from the first electronic audio device to the speaker of the second electronic audio device.
  • the modes are a first mode where the transmitted audio is, such as solely, an output from the speaker in the first electronic audio device; a second mode where the transmitted audio is, such as solely, an input from the microphone in the first electronic audio device; a third mode where the transmitted audio is, such as both, an output from the speaker of the first electronic audio device and an input from the microphone of the first electronic audio device.
  • the method comprises transmitting audio from the first electronic audio device to the speaker of the second electronic audio device in accordance with the selected mode.
  • first and the second electronic audio devices are configured to communicate wirelessly to transmit audio without using telephone operators.
  • the electronic audio devices are configured to operate in different modes for controlling the audio to be transmitted, as this enables the user of the first electronic audio device to decide and control which audio from his/hers electronic audio device he/she wishes to share with the user of the second electronic audio device.
  • the first and the second electronic audio devices are configured to transmit audio both on long distances and on short distances.
  • the first and the second electronic audio devices may transmit audio to each other using a long distance telecommunications technology/network, such as LTE, 4G, 3G, 2G etc.
  • the users of the first and second electronic audio device may transmit audio to each other when they are a long distance from each other, such as in different ends of a large building, such as in two different buildings, such as in different geographical areas/locations, such as in different cities, such as in different regions of a country, such as in different countries etc.
  • first and the second electronic audio devices when they are arranged a short distances from each other, they may transmit audio to each other using a short distance telecommunications technology/network, such as W-Fi, LAN, Bluetooth (BT), Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) etc.
  • a short distance may be such as less than 10 meters, less than 100 meters etc.
  • the method and the electronic audio devices provide a security arrangement or solution for controlling the audio to be transmitted.
  • the first and the second electronic audio device may perform an identification exchange and verification, e.g. by exchanging and verifying electronic access keys, before the audio transmission between the two electronic audio devices.
  • the first electronic audio device and/or the second electronic audio device may be headsets, earphones, loudspeakers, and/or speakerphones.
  • the wireless communication may use or may be a mobile telecommunications technology, such as a telecommunications technology for communicating over long distances or long ranges, such as using the Long-Term Evolution (LTE) standard, and/or 4G, 3G, and/or 2G standard.
  • LTE Long-Term Evolution
  • 4G, 3G, 2G may be used together with a cloud service.
  • a long distance telecommunications technology may be configured for telecommunication over more than 10 meters, over more than 100 meters, over more than 1000 meters, over more than 10 kilometre, over more than 100 kilometres, over more than 1000 kilometres, over more than 10000 kilometres, over more 100000 kilometres.
  • a long distance telecommunications technology may be configured for telecommunication over an unlimited distance, such as covering the whole Earth.
  • the wireless communication may use or may be a telecommunications technology for communicating over short distances or short ranges, such as using the W-Fi standard, LAN, Bluetooth (BT), and/or Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) etc.
  • a short distance telecommunications technology may be configured for telecommunication under less than 1000 meters, under less than 500 meters, under less than 100 meters, under less than 50 meters, under less than 10 meters, under less than 5 meters, under less than 1 meter.
  • the wireless connection may be via the telecommunications technology, e.g. via long distance communications, such as LTE standard, 4G, 3G, 2G etc., and/or via short distance communications, such as Wi-Fi, LAN, BT, BLE etc.
  • long distance communications such as LTE standard, 4G, 3G, 2G etc.
  • short distance communications such as Wi-Fi, LAN, BT, BLE etc.
  • Audio communication is communication configured for transmitting and/or receiving audio. Audio may be sound, voice, speech, speak, media content such as streamed audio, such as radio, music, TV, video, phone conversations etc.
  • the electronic audio devices are configured to transmit and/or receive audio directly between them via the wireless connection.
  • To transmit and/or receive audio directly may mean not using a mobile operator or telephone operator, it may mean that the wireless communication is “on top” of a mobile operator or telephone operator bound communication. Thus the transmission of audio may be independent of softphone client services and/or mobile phone operators.
  • To transmit and/or receive audio directly can be that it is a second layer audio stream which may be operated and/or controlled in unison with the mobile and/or telephone operator.
  • the electronic audio devices are so-called Jabra® (trademark) headsets
  • the mobile or telephone operator may give Jabra access to an extra or second overlay audio line, and Jabra then for instance controls what type or part of the audio to be sent and when.
  • the electronic audio devices comprise a speaker and a microphone.
  • each electronic audio device may comprise a speaker or an output transducer or a receiver or a loudspeaker.
  • each electronic audio device may comprise a microphone or an input transducer.
  • the speaker is configured for transmitting audio to the ear of the user of the electronic audio device.
  • the microphone is configured for capturing the voice of the user of the electronic audio device.
  • the first electronic audio device comprises a speaker and a microphone
  • the second electronic audio device comprises a speaker, but no microphone.
  • the first and second electronic audio device may comprise a wireless communication unit for enabling the wireless communication.
  • Each wireless communication unit may comprise a transmitter, a receiver, a transmitter-receiver pair, such as a transceiver, a radio unit etc.
  • At least the first electronic audio device is configured to operate and/or communicate in at least three modes for controlling audio to be transmitted and/or received from the first electronic audio device to the speaker of the second electronic audio device.
  • Controlling audio to be transmitted and/received may be controlling the source of the audio or where the audio is coming from and/or controlling the target of the audio or where the audio is sent to.
  • the transmitted audio is an output from the speaker in the first electronic audio device, such as solely an output from the speaker of the first electronic audio device.
  • the transmitted audio may only be the output from the speaker in the first electronic audio device, not the input from the microphone in the first electronic audio device for example.
  • the transmitted audio is an input from the microphone in the first electronic audio device, such as such as solely an input from the microphone of the first electronic audio device.
  • the transmitted audio may only be the input from the microphone in the first electronic audio device, not the output from the speaker in the first electronic audio device for example.
  • the transmitted audio is/are an output from the speaker of the first electronic audio device and an input from the microphone of the first electronic audio device, such as both an output from the speaker of the first electronic audio device and an input from the microphone of the first electronic audio device.
  • the transmitted audio is transmitted from the speaker and from the microphone of the first electronic audio device at the same time, such as simultaneously, such as parallel, such as serial, such as using the same channel, such as using different channels, such as the audio sent at the same time point from the first electronic audio device is arriving at the same time point in the speaker of the second electronic audio device, such as substantially simultaneously where the audio is arriving at almost the same time point in the speaker of the second electronic audio device as sent from the first electronic audio device but with a delay, such as a delay of milliseconds or seconds, such as few second.
  • At least the second electronic audio device is configured to operate and/or communicate in at least three modes for controlling audio to be transmitted from the second electronic audio device to the speaker of the first electronic audio device.
  • the three modes may be: a first mode where the transmitted audio is, such as solely, an output from the speaker in the second electronic audio device; a second mode where the transmitted audio is, such as solely, an input from the microphone in the second electronic audio device; a third mode where the transmitted audio is, such as both, an output from the speaker of the second electronic audio device and an input from the microphone of the second electronic audio device.
  • More electronic devices may be part of the system, such as a third electronic audio device, and a fourth electronic device. All the electronic audio devices may be configured to transmit and/or receive audio between each other.
  • the three modes may be the same modes or similar modes for the first and the second electronic audio device. If a third and/or fourth and/or more electronic audio device are also part of the system, the three modes may be the same modes or similar modes for all the electronic audio devices.
  • the first mode may be suitable for transmitting streamed audio, such as music or media from a Bluetooth profile called Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP), from the speaker of the first electronic audio device to the speaker of the second electronic audio device.
  • A2DP Advanced Audio Distribution Profile
  • the Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) is a profile which defines how multimedia audio can be streamed from one device to another over a Bluetooth connection, also called Bluetooth Audio Streaming.
  • music can be streamed from a mobile phone, to a wireless headset, hearing aid/cochlear implant streamer, car audio, or from a laptop/desktop to a wireless headset.
  • voice can be streamed from a microphone device to a recorder on a PC.
  • the Audio/Video Remote Control Profile may be used in conjunction with A2DP for remote control on devices such as headphones, car audio systems, or stand-alone speaker units. These systems may also implement Headset (HSP) or Hands-Free (HFP) profiles for telephone calls, which may be used separately.
  • HSP Headset
  • HFP Hands-Free
  • Each A2DP service of possibly many, is designed to uni-directionally transfer an audio stream in up to 2 channel stereo, either to or from the Bluetooth host. This profile relies on AVDTP and GAVDP.
  • SBC codec includes mandatory support for the low-complexity SBC codec (not to be confused with Bluetooth's voice-signal codecs such as CVSDM), and supports optionally MPEG-1 Part 3/MPEG-2 Part 3 (MP2 and MP3), MPEG-2 Part 7/MPEG-4 Part 3 (AAC and HE-AAC), and ATRAC, and is extensible to support manufacturer-defined codecs, such as aptX.
  • MP2 and MP3 MPEG-1 Part 3/MPEG-2 Part 3
  • AAC and HE-AAC MPEG-2 Part 7/MPEG-4 Part 3
  • ATRAC is extensible to support manufacturer-defined codecs, such as aptX.
  • audio streamed via Bluetooth from e.g. a mobile phone to the speaker of the first electronic audio device can be transmitted to the speaker of the second electronic audio device.
  • the audio from the mobile phone may be music from a music streaming service, such as Spotify®.
  • the user of the second electronic audio device does not need to have and pay for his/her own access to the streaming service, he/she can listen to the music from the streaming service via the access to the streaming service of the user of the first electronic audio device.
  • the user of the first electronic audio device and the user of the second electronic audio device do not have to be close to each other physically in order for this transmission to work, as the wireless communication may be a long distance telecommunications standard, such as LTE or 4G, thus the first electronic audio device and the second electronic audio device can be in two different parts of the world and still share audio.
  • the wireless communication may be a long distance telecommunications standard, such as LTE or 4G, thus the first electronic audio device and the second electronic audio device can be in two different parts of the world and still share audio.
  • the second mode may be suitable for transmitting the audio from the surroundings captured by the microphone of the first electronic audio device to the speaker of the second electronic audio device.
  • This is an advantage if e.g. the user of the first electronic audio device is hearing impaired, then by transmitting the audio input from the hearing impaired persons electronic audio device, the first electronic audio device, to the speaker of the second electronic audio device, then the user of the second electronic audio device can repeat or explain with his/her voice what the microphone input in the first electronic audio device is, and the voice or speak of the user of the second electronic audio device can then be processed in a “speech to text” program and presented to the user of the first electronic audio device as text.
  • the third mode may be suitable for sharing a phone conversation between the user of the first electronic audio device and a far-end caller with the user of the second electronic audio device as the transmitted audio is both an output from the speaker of the first electronic audio device and an input from the microphone of the first electronic audio device.
  • the user of the second electronic audio device can both hear what the far-end caller says, as this is transmitted from the speaker of the first electronic audio device, and hear what the user of the first electronic audio device says, as this is transmitted from the microphone input in the first electronic audio device.
  • LTE Long-Term Evolution, commonly marketed as 4G LTE
  • 4G LTE Long-Term Evolution, commonly marketed as 4G LTE
  • GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA network technologies increasing the capacity and speed using a different radio interface together with core network improvements.
  • LTE may increase the capacity and speed of wireless data networks using new DSP (digital signal processing) techniques and modulations.
  • DSP digital signal processing
  • the LTE specification provides downlink peak rates of 300 Mbit/s, uplink peak rates of 75 Mbit/s and QoS provisions permitting a transfer latency of less than 5 ms in the radio access network.
  • LTE has the ability to manage fast-moving mobiles and supports multi-cast and broadcast streams.
  • the LTE standard covers a range of many different bands, each of which is designated by both a frequency and a band number.
  • 700, 750, 800, 850, 1900, 1700/2100 (AWS), 2300 (WCS) 2500 and 2600 MHz (Rogers Communications, Bell Canada) are used (bands 2, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 17, 25, 26, 30, 41); 2500 MHz in South America; 700, 800, 900, 1800, 2600 MHz in Europe (bands 3, 7, 20); 800, 1800 and 2600 MHz in Asia (bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13, 40) and 1800 MHz and 2300 MHz in Australia and New Zealand (bands 3, 40).
  • the electronic audio devices are configured to transmit and/or receive audio directly between them by further using a cloud service.
  • the cloud service may be a system specific cloud service such as a Jabra communication cloud service.
  • the transmitted audio can be stored, such as in the cloud service, such as in a remote data storage, such as in a remote storage area network, such as in a data storage of the cloud service.
  • the transmitted audio can be stored locally in the first and/or second electronic audio device or in electronic content devices, such in as mobile phones, smarts phones, tablets, laptops, PCs etc., associated with the electronic audio devices.
  • the wireless connection is a long distance mobile telecommunications technology, such as Long-Term Evolution (LTE).
  • LTE Long-Term Evolution
  • the long distance mobile telecommunications technology may alternatively and/or additionally be 4G, 3G or 2G.
  • the wireless connection may alternatively and/or additionally be a short distance mobile telecommunications technology, such as Wi-Fi, LAN, BT, BLE etc.
  • each of the electronic audio devices comprises an Internet-of-Things (IoT) gateway (GW) device and/or chip and/or component configured for providing the wireless connection using the cloud service.
  • IoT gateway hardware chip such as from Greenwave, may be implemented in the first and second electronic audio devices for providing the audio communication between the electronic audio devices via e.g. the long distance wireless communication technology using the cloud service, such as a Jabra communication cloud service.
  • the IoT gateway chip may be battery powered or mains powered.
  • the system comprises an electronic content device associated with the first electronic audio device and/or the second electronic audio device.
  • the electronic content device comprises a software application.
  • the software application is configured for controlling and/or processing the audio transmitted from the first electronic audio device to the second electronic audio device.
  • the electronic content device may be a mobile phone, smart phone tablet, personal computer (PC), computer, portable media player etc.
  • the software application may be an Internet webpage or mobile phone application, mobile app, web application, computer program.
  • the software application is installed on the electronic content device, such as mobile phone, associated with the electronic audio device, and/or on a personal computer or tablet associated with the electronic audio device.
  • the software application may be a Jabra WebRTC or Jabra APP.
  • the software application such as an app for a smartphone, may provide means for controlling and/or processing the audio to be transmitted.
  • the electronic content device associated with the first electronic audio device may control and/or process the audio transmitted between the electronic audio devices. Processing of the transmitted audio may comprise transferring the audio into text.
  • the audio transmission may alternatively and/or additionally be controlled via gestures or communication commands of the user and/or via button controls directly on the electronic audio device itself and/or via button controls directly on the electronic content device.
  • switching between the modes e.g. between the first and second mode, may also be performed via software application, gestures, communication commands and/or buttons.
  • the electronic content device may be a non-wearable device, such as smartphone, and/or a wearable device, such as a smart-wrist watch and/or a wearable-on-other-parts-of-the-body electronic smart-display devices.
  • the gestures or communication commands can be via bite, breath, Morse-codes' via light amount when the user is opening/closing his/her mouth or using other human bio-indicators depending on where the electronic audio device and/or electronic content device is worn on the body of the user.
  • the cloud service is configured to control an access key system.
  • the access key system is configured to exchange access keys between the electronic audio devices for enabling audio transmission between the first and the second electronic audio devices.
  • the cloud service is configured to control and/or communicate the access key system.
  • the access key system is configured to exchange access keys and/or provide verification of the access keys.
  • the user of the electronic audio device which is not creating audio may however request the audio owner to share his/her audio, e.g. by “pinging” the user of the electronic audio device creating or owning the audio.
  • the transmitted audio is audio that is streamed from an electronic content device associated with the first electronic device, into the speaker of the first electronic device is configured to be transmitted into the speaker of the second electronic audio device.
  • the streamed audio may be music and/or media content streamed via the Bluetooth protocol A2DP.
  • the electronic content device may be a non-wearable device or a wearable device, such as a mobile phone, smart phone tablet, personal computer, computer, portable media player, smart wrist watch etc. It is an advantage that this ‘long distance audio linking’ concept provides that music or media content, e.g.
  • A2DP which is streamed from the electronic content device associated with the first electronic audio device into the speaker of the first electronic audio device can be shared with the user of the second electronic audio device by transmission of the streamed audio into the speaker of the second electronic audio device. This enables two people to audio link their music and/or media even though they are far apart and not using same music and/or media provider.
  • the audio is audio from a phone conversation with a far-end caller received in the speaker of the first electronic device.
  • the call-audio from a phone conversation in the first electronic audio device may be transmitted via a ‘SCO-link’, thus the audio is the received audio from a phone call conversation, that is the audio which is streamed when it is speaker-output alone that is transferred.
  • the SCO (Synchronous Connection-Oriented) link is a type of radio link used for voice data.
  • a SCO link is a set of reserved timeslots on an existing ACL transport. Each device transmits encoded voice data in the reserved timeslot.
  • SCO packets may be sent every 1, 2 or 3 timeslots. Unlike ACL, SCO data is streamed instead of framed, so no distinction may exist between SCO logical transports and logical links.
  • the SCO link may be an enhanced SCO link (eSCO), which links allow greater flexibility in setting up links. They may use retransmissions to achieve reliability, allow a wider variety of packet types, and greater intervals between packets than SCO, thus increasing radio availability for other link.
  • eSCO enhanced SCO link
  • An advantage of this use case ‘long distance listen-in using SCO link’ where the user of the first electronic audio device is having a phone call on his/her BT-connected mobile phone, is that the audio from the far-end caller in the phone conversation is transmitted to the speaker of the second electronic audio device, i.e. this enables the user of the second electronic audio device to listen-in on the phone conversation of the user of the first electronic audio device.
  • the user of the second electronic audio device may not be able to talk in ‘on top’ of this phone conversation. Further the user of the second electronic audio device may not be able to hear the voice of the user of the first electronic audio device, as the microphone output from the speaker of the first electronic audio device may not be transmitted in this use case or mode.
  • the first electronic audio device and/or the second electronic audio device may comprise a processor for processing the audio.
  • the processer may use processing power.
  • the processing power may be from the electronic audio device itself and/or from an associated electronic content device.
  • the processing could be e.g. using a so-called ‘speech to text’ feature. Both for A2DP and/or SCO-link for the first mode, and/or for the second mode and/or for the third mode the ‘speech to text’ feature, engine, software application or app may be applied for processing.
  • the audio is audio picked up by the microphone of the first electronic audio device.
  • the case may be a phone conversation in the first electronic audio device with far-end caller, whereby the user of the second electronic audio device only hears what the user of the first electronic audio device is saying in the microphone of the first electronic audio device, but not hearing what the far-end caller says as the speaker output from the first electronic audio device may not be transmitted in the second mode. Further, the user of the second electronic audio device may not be able to speak in on the conversation.
  • the transmitted audio is e.g. solely an input from the microphone in the first electronic audio device
  • the audio is audio picked up by the microphone of the first electronic audio device and transmitted to the speaker of the second electronic audio device, whereby the audio received in the speaker of the second electronic audio device is configured to be presented and/or processed by a user of the second electronic audio device, and wherein the content of the audio is configured to be transmitted back to a user of the first electronic audio device.
  • the user of the first electronic audio device may be hearing impaired, so the user of the second electronic audio device may listen for the user of the first electronic audio device, which may be explained as being the ‘ears’ of the user of the first electronic audio device.
  • the audio presented or processed by a user of the second electronic audio may be repeated, translated, commented, selected, explained etc.
  • the microphone may be constantly activated and hence listening to the surroundings. In this example there may be no phone call. The first electronic audio device transmits this microphone input alone to the speaker of the second electronic audio device.
  • the user of the second electronic audio device may then say what he/she hears in his/her speaker, which is from the microphone input in the first electronic audio device.
  • This voice input from the user of the second electronic audio device via the microphone input of the second electronic audio device may be input via a ‘speech to text’ plug-in in an app, such as in a Jabra communication app, such as via a ‘be my ears’ plug-in in the app, and may then directly be sent to the same ‘speech to text’ plug-in in an electronic content device associated with the first electronic audio device.
  • the user of the first electronic audio device can read the text of the audio on e.g. the electronic content device, which may be wearable or non-wearable.
  • the “speech to text” transferring can be performed in an app on the/an electronic content device associated with the first electronic audio device and/or with the second electronic audio device.
  • the “speech to text” and/or “be my ears” software applications or apps can be placed and/or activated in different locations such as in the first or second electronic audio device, and/or in a third, fourth etc. electronic audio device, and/or in an electronic content device, and/or in a cloud, such as in a cloud storage etc.
  • the presentation or display of the text from the “speech to text” and/or “be my ears” software applications or apps can be displayed, placed and/or activated in different locations such as in a display on the first or second electronic audio device, such as on a display at the user's eyes on a headset, and/or in a third, fourth etc. electronic audio device, and/or in a display on a headset base station, and/or in a display in an electronic content device, such as a display on a smart phone or pc etc.
  • the content of the audio is transmitted back to the user of the first electronic audio device in form of text displayed on an electronic content device.
  • This may comprise using the “speech to text” plug in.
  • the electronic content device where the text is displayed may be a wearable device, such as a smart wrist watch, and/or a non-wearable device, such as mobile phone, pc, tablet or dedicated text display device etc.
  • the content of the audio is transmitted back to the user of the first electronic audio device in form of processed audio, such as by the user of the second electronic audio device repeating, translating, commenting, selecting, and/or explaining the received audio to the user of the first electronic audio device.
  • the second mode may alternatively and/or additionally be used even if the user of the first electronic audio device is not hearing impaired. It is an advantage that the user of the second electronic audio device can comment on the audio, e.g.
  • the user of the second electronic audio device can translate the audio in case the user of the first electronic audio device does not understand the language spoken to him/her, and/or the user of the second electronic audio device can repeat selected words in case the user of the first electronic audio device is hearing impaired etc.
  • the audio in the speaker of the first electronic device is configured to be transmitted into the speaker of the second electronic audio device simultaneously and/or concurrently with the audio from microphone input, such as voice/speech of the user, of the first electronic audio device being transmitted to the speaker of the second electronic audio device.
  • the audio may be music and/or media via the A2DP protocol and/or speech from a phone conversation.
  • the user of the first electronic audio device can speak/talk over or on top of the audio from the speaker of the first electronic audio device, such that the user of the second electronic audio device can receive both audio from the speaker of the first electronic audio device and the speak/voice/speech of the user of the first electronic audio device.
  • the audio in the speaker of the first electronic device is configured to be transmitted into the speaker of the second electronic audio device substantially simultaneously and/or concurrently with the audio from microphone input, such as where the audio from the speaker in the first electronic audio device is arriving at almost the same time point in the speaker of the second electronic audio device as the audio from the microphone input is arriving, but with a delay, such as a delay of milliseconds or seconds, such as few second(s).
  • the audio is streamed from an electronic content device associated with the first electronic device, into the speaker of the first electronic device.
  • the audio streamed is music or media via the A2DP protocol
  • an advantage of this use case is that it provides for ‘second layer speak’, as the user of the first electronic audio device can speak ‘on top’ of what he/she is listening to of music and/or media (A2DP) from his/her BT-connected mobile phone.
  • both microphone input, which is the speak of the user of the first electronic audio device, and speaker output, which is the music and/or media from the BT-connected phone associated with the user of the first electronic audio device, is transmitted to the speaker of the second electronic audio device, hereby enabling the user of the first electronic audio device to live-comment on his/her music, and/or on a voice recording of a meeting and/or comment on e.g. a media content, such as TV show etc. etc.
  • the user of the second electronic audio device may also be enabled to talk back by that the microphone input of the second electronic audio device is transmitted to the speaker of the first electronic audio device, which may then be as a second layer on top of the A2DP-stream already received in the speaker of the first electronic audio device.
  • the electronic content device may be a mobile phone, tablet, personal computer, computer, portable media player etc.
  • the audio is from a phone conversation with a far-end caller received in the speaker of the first electronic device.
  • the audio may be the voice, speak or speech of a far-end caller speaking, such as in a telephone conversation via a BT link, and/or via a SCO link for conversation, and/or via a voice over IP link (VoIP) etc.
  • VoIP voice over IP link
  • Both the far-end caller in the phone conversation as well as the voice of the user of the first electronic audio device are transmitted to the speaker of the second electronic audio device enabling the user of the second electronic audio device to listen-in on the phone conversation of the user of the first electronic audio device.
  • the user of the second electronic audio device can again talk in ‘on top’ of this conversation, without being present in the call, i.e. his/her microphone input may be transmitted to the speaker of the first electronic audio device, but without the far-end caller being able to hear this.
  • the system is configured for transmitting audio from the first electronic audio device to the second electronic audio device immediately or delayed.
  • the transmission of audio may be in real time, on-the-fly etc.
  • the user of the second electronic audio device may receive a ping warning that audio is ready to be transmitted, and the user can select to receive the audio now or later.
  • the ping warning may contain information about whether the transmission is urgent, important, “can wait”, is a private character, work related etc.
  • the audio will be transmitted immediately, however e.g. in case of a non-urgent transmission and/or e.g. due to time differences, the transmission of audio may be deliberately delayed.
  • the audio should be stored, e.g.
  • the delay can be very short such as milliseconds or seconds, or the delay can be a longer delay such as minutes, hours, days etc.
  • the system is configured for storing the transmitted audio from the first electronic audio device to the second electronic audio device, such as storing remotely in a cloud service storage and/or storing locally on an electronic content device associated with the first and/or second electronic audio device, and/or storing locally on the first electronic audio device and/or on the second electronic audio device.
  • the electronic content device may be a mobile phone, tablet, personal computer, computer, portable media player, smart wrist watch etc.
  • the audio may be stored.
  • the audio may also be stored.
  • the present invention relates to different aspects including the system described above and in the following, and corresponding system parts, methods, devices, systems, networks, kits, uses and/or product means, each yielding one or more of the benefits and advantages described in connection with the first mentioned aspect, and each having one or more embodiments corresponding to the embodiments described in connection with the first mentioned aspect and/or disclosed in the appended claims.
  • FIG. 1 schematically illustrates an example of a system comprising a first electronic audio device and a second electronic audio device for performing audio communication according to three modes.
  • FIG. 2 a schematically illustrates an example of a system comprising a first electronic audio device and a second electronic audio device for performing audio communication according to a first mode.
  • FIG. 2 b schematically illustrates an example of a system comprising a first electronic audio device and a second electronic audio device for performing audio communication according to a first mode.
  • FIG. 3 a schematically illustrates an example of a system comprising a first electronic audio device and a second electronic audio device for performing audio communication according to a second mode.
  • FIG. 3 b schematically illustrates an example of a system comprising a first electronic audio device and a second electronic audio device for performing audio communication according to a second mode.
  • FIG. 4 a schematically illustrates an example of a system comprising a first electronic audio device and a second electronic audio device for performing audio communication according to a third mode.
  • FIG. 4 b schematically illustrates an example of a system comprising a first electronic audio device and a second electronic audio device for performing audio communication according to a third mode.
  • FIG. 5 schematically illustrates a flow chart of a method for performing audio communication between a first electronic audio device and a second electronic audio device.
  • FIG. 1 schematically illustrates an example of a system 2 comprising at least a first electronic audio device 4 and a second electronic audio device 6 for performing audio communication between at least the first electronic audio device 4 and the second electronic audio device 6 .
  • the electronic audio devices 4 , 6 are configured for wireless communication via a wireless connection 8 .
  • the electronic audio devices 4 , 6 are configured to transmit 10 and/or receive 12 audio directly between them via the wireless connection.
  • the first electronic audio device 4 comprises a speaker 14 and a microphone 16 .
  • the second electronic audio device 6 comprises a speaker 18 and a microphone 20 .
  • At least the first electronic audio device 4 is configured to operate in at least three modes for controlling audio to be transmitted from the first electronic audio device 4 to the speaker 18 of the second electronic audio device 6 .
  • the transmitted audio is an output from the speaker 14 in the first electronic audio device 4 .
  • the transmitted audio is an input from the microphone 16 in the first electronic audio device 4 .
  • the transmitted audio is an output from the speaker 14 of the first electronic audio device 4 and an input from the microphone 16 of the first electronic audio device 4 .
  • FIG. 2 a schematically illustrates an example of a system 2 comprising at least a first electronic audio device 4 and a second electronic audio device 6 for performing audio communication between at least the first electronic audio device 4 and the second electronic audio device 6 .
  • the electronic audio devices 4 , 6 are configured for wireless communication via a wireless connection 8 .
  • the electronic audio devices 4 , 6 are configured to transmit 10 and/or receive 12 audio directly between them via the wireless connection.
  • the first electronic audio device 4 comprises a speaker 14 and a microphone 16 .
  • the second electronic audio device 6 comprises a speaker 18 and a microphone 20 .
  • At least the first electronic audio device 4 is configured to operate in at least a first mode for controlling audio to be transmitted from the first electronic audio device 4 to the speaker 18 of the second electronic audio device 6 .
  • the transmitted audio is an output from the speaker 14 in the first electronic audio device 4 .
  • the first electronic audio device 4 may be associated with a first electronic content device 22 .
  • the first electronic content device 22 may be connected wirelessly 24 with the first electronic audio device 4 by means of a short range wireless communications technology, such as BT.
  • Audio such as the voice of a far-end caller in a phone conversation and/or music and/or media, from the first electronic content device 22 may be streamed to the speaker 14 of the first electronic audio device 4 via the wireless connection 24 .
  • the audio in the speaker 14 of the first electronic audio device 4 is transmitted to the speaker 18 of the second electronic audio device 6 .
  • FIG. 2 b schematically illustrates an example of a system 2 comprising at least a first electronic audio device 4 and a second electronic audio device 6 for performing audio communication between at least the first electronic audio device 4 and the second electronic audio device 6 .
  • the electronic audio devices 4 , 6 are configured for wireless communication via a wireless connection 8 .
  • the electronic audio devices 4 , 6 are configured to transmit 10 and/or receive 12 audio directly between them via the wireless connection.
  • the first electronic audio device 4 comprises a speaker 14 and a microphone 16 .
  • the second electronic audio device 6 comprises a speaker 18 and a microphone 20 .
  • At least the first electronic audio device 4 is configured to operate in at least a first mode for controlling audio to be transmitted from the first electronic audio device 4 to the speaker 18 of the second electronic audio device 6 .
  • the transmitted audio is an output from the speaker 14 in the first electronic audio device 4 .
  • the first electronic audio device 4 may be associated with a first electronic content device 22 .
  • the first electronic content device 22 may be connected wirelessly 24 with the first electronic audio device 4 by means of a short range wireless communications technology, such as BT. Audio, such as the voice of a far-end caller in a phone conversation and/or music and/or media, from the first electronic content device 22 may be streamed to the speaker 14 of the first electronic audio device 4 via the wireless connection 24 .
  • the audio in the speaker 14 of the first electronic audio device 4 is transmitted to the speaker 18 of the second electronic audio device 6 .
  • the second electronic audio device 6 may be associated with a second electronic content device 26 .
  • the second electronic content device 26 may be connected wirelessly 28 with the second electronic audio device 6 by means of a short range wireless communications technology, such as BT. Audio received in the speaker 18 of the second electronic audio device 6 and transmitted from the speaker 14 of the first electronic audio device 4 may be transferred to the second electronic content device 26 via the wireless connection 28 .
  • the second electronic content device 26 may comprise a software application or app for transforming “speech to text”, thus audio received in the second electronic content device via the wireless connection 28 to the second electronic audio device 6 may be transformed into text to be displayed on e.g. a display on the second electronic content device 26 .
  • FIG. 3 a schematically illustrates an example of a system 2 comprising at least a first electronic audio device 4 and a second electronic audio device 6 for performing audio communication between at least the first electronic audio device 4 and the second electronic audio device 6 .
  • the electronic audio devices 4 , 6 are configured for wireless communication via a wireless connection 8 .
  • the electronic audio devices 4 , 6 are configured to transmit 10 and/or receive 12 audio directly between them via the wireless connection.
  • the first electronic audio device 4 comprises a speaker 14 and a microphone 16 .
  • the second electronic audio device 6 comprises a speaker 18 and a microphone 20 .
  • At least the first electronic audio device 4 is configured to operate in at least a second mode for controlling audio to be transmitted from the first electronic audio device 4 to the speaker 18 of the second electronic audio device 6 .
  • the transmitted audio is an input from the microphone 16 in the first electronic audio device 4 .
  • the second electronic audio device 6 may be associated with a second electronic content device 26 .
  • the second electronic content device 26 may be connected wirelessly 28 with the second electronic audio device 6 by means of a short range wireless communications technology, such as BT. Audio received in the speaker 18 of the second electronic audio device 6 and transmitted from the microphone 16 of the first electronic audio device 4 , such as the voice of user of the first electronic audio device 4 or the surrounding audio of the user of the first electronic audio device 4 , may be transferred to the second electronic content device 26 via the wireless connection 28 .
  • the second electronic content device 26 may comprise a software application or app for transforming “speech to text”, thus audio received in the second electronic content device via the wireless connection 28 to the second electronic audio device 6 may be transformed into text to be displayed on e.g.
  • audio is transmitted from the first electronic audio device 4 to the second electronic audio device 6 via a cloud service.
  • the user of the second electronic audio device 6 may be hearing impaired and thus benefit from having the audio presented as text on the display of the second electronic content device 26 .
  • FIG. 3 b schematically illustrates an example of a system 2 comprising at least a first electronic audio device 4 and a second electronic audio device 6 for performing audio communication between at least the first electronic audio device 4 and the second electronic audio device 6 .
  • the electronic audio devices 4 , 6 are configured for wireless communication via a wireless connection 8 .
  • the electronic audio devices 4 , 6 are configured to transmit 10 and/or receive 12 audio directly between them via the wireless connection.
  • the first electronic audio device 4 comprises a speaker 14 and a microphone 16 .
  • the second electronic audio device 6 comprises a speaker 18 and a microphone 20 .
  • At least the first electronic audio device 4 is configured to operate in at least a second mode for controlling audio to be transmitted from the first electronic audio device 4 to the speaker 18 of the second electronic audio device 6 .
  • the transmitted audio is an input from the microphone 16 in the first electronic audio device 4 .
  • the first electronic audio device 4 may be associated with a first electronic content device 22 .
  • the first electronic content device 22 may be connected wirelessly 24 with the first electronic audio device 4 by means of a short range wireless communications technology, such as BT. Audio transmitted from the microphone 16 of the first electronic audio device 4 , such as the voice of user of the first electronic audio device 4 or the surrounding audio of the user of the first electronic audio device 4 , may be transferred to the first electronic content device 22 via the wireless connection 24 .
  • the first electronic content device 22 may comprise a software application or app for transforming “speech to text”, thus audio received in the first electronic content device via the wireless connection 24 to the first electronic audio device 4 may be transformed into text to be displayed on e.g. a display on the first electronic content device 22 .
  • the text may be transmitted from the first electronic audio device 4 and/or from the first electronic content device 22 to a second electronic content device 26 and/or to the second electronic audio device 6 associated with the second electronic content device 26 .
  • the second electronic content device 26 may be connected wirelessly 28 with the second electronic audio device 6 by means of a short range wireless communications technology, such as BT.
  • the second electronic content device 26 may also comprise the software application or app for displaying “speech to text”, thus audio transformed into text in the first electronic content device 22 is configured to be displayed on a display on the second electronic content device 26 .
  • text is transmitted from the first electronic audio device 4 to the second electronic audio device 6 via a cloud service.
  • the user of the second electronic audio device 6 may be hearing impaired and thus benefit from having the audio input from the microphone 14 of the first electronic audio device 4 presented as text on the display of the second electronic content device 26 .
  • the user of the first electronic audio device 4 may be hearing impaired and thus benefit from having the audio input from his/her own microphone 14 of the first electronic audio device 4 presented as text on the display of the first electronic content device 22 .
  • the first electronic content device 22 and/or the second electronic content device 26 may provide the speech-to-text transformation.
  • FIG. 4 a schematically illustrates an example of a system 2 comprising at least a first electronic audio device 4 and a second electronic audio device 6 for performing audio communication between at least the first electronic audio device 4 and the second electronic audio device 6 .
  • the electronic audio devices 4 , 6 are configured for wireless communication via a wireless connection 8 .
  • the electronic audio devices 4 , 6 are configured to transmit 10 and/or receive 12 audio directly between them via the wireless connection.
  • the first electronic audio device 4 comprises a speaker 14 and a microphone 16 .
  • the second electronic audio device 6 comprises a speaker 18 and a microphone 20 .
  • At least the first electronic audio device 4 is configured to operate in at least a third mode for controlling audio to be transmitted from the first electronic audio device 4 to the speaker 18 of the second electronic audio device 6 .
  • the transmitted audio is an output from the speaker 14 of the first electronic audio device 4 and an input from the microphone 16 of the first electronic audio device 4 .
  • the first electronic audio device 4 may be associated with a first electronic content device 22 .
  • the first electronic content device 22 may be connected wirelessly 24 with the first electronic audio device 4 by means of a short range wireless communications technology, such as BT.
  • Audio such as the voice of a far-end caller in a phone conversation and/or music and/or media, from the first electronic content device 22 may be streamed to the speaker 14 of the first electronic audio device 4 via the wireless connection 24 .
  • the audio in the speaker 14 of the first electronic audio device 4 is transmitted to the speaker 18 of the second electronic audio device 6 .
  • Audio transmitted from the microphone 16 in the first electronic audio device 4 is also transmitted to the speaker 18 of the second electronic audio device 6 .
  • FIG. 4 b schematically illustrates an example of a system 2 comprising at least a first electronic audio device 4 and a second electronic audio device 6 for performing audio communication between at least the first electronic audio device 4 and the second electronic audio device 6 .
  • the electronic audio devices 4 , 6 are configured for wireless communication via a wireless connection 8 .
  • the electronic audio devices 4 , 6 are configured to transmit 10 and/or receive 12 audio directly between them via the wireless connection.
  • the first electronic audio device 4 comprises a speaker 14 and a microphone 16 .
  • the second electronic audio device 6 comprises a speaker 18 and a microphone 20 .
  • At least the first electronic audio device 4 is configured to operate in at least a third mode for controlling audio to be transmitted from the first electronic audio device 4 to the speaker 18 of the second electronic audio device 6 .
  • the transmitted audio is an output from the speaker 14 of the first electronic audio device 4 and an input from the microphone 16 of the first electronic audio device 4 .
  • the first electronic audio device 4 may be associated with a first electronic content device 22 .
  • the first electronic content device 22 may be connected wirelessly 24 with the first electronic audio device 4 by means of a short range wireless communications technology, such as BT.
  • Audio such as the voice of a far-end caller in a phone conversation and/or music and/or media, from the first electronic content device 22 may be streamed to the speaker 14 of the first electronic audio device 4 via the wireless connection 24 .
  • the audio in the speaker 14 of the first electronic audio device 4 is transmitted to the speaker 18 of the second electronic audio device 6 .
  • Audio transmitted from the microphone 16 in the first electronic audio device 4 is also transmitted to the speaker 18 of the second electronic audio device 6 .
  • the second electronic audio device 6 may be associated with a second electronic content device 26 .
  • the second electronic content device 26 may be connected wirelessly 28 with the second electronic audio device 6 by means of a short range wireless communications technology, such as BT. Audio received in the speaker 18 of the second electronic audio device 6 and transmitted from both the microphone 16 and the speaker 14 of the first electronic audio device 4 may be transferred to the second electronic content device 26 via the wireless connection 28 .
  • the second electronic content device 26 may comprise a software application or app for transforming “speech to text”, thus audio received in the second electronic content device via the wireless connection 28 to the second electronic audio device 6 may be transformed into text to be displayed on e.g. a display on the second electronic content device 26 .
  • FIG. 5 schematically illustrates a flow chart of a method 500 for performing audio communication between at least a first electronic audio device and a second electronic audio device.
  • the electronic audio devices comprise a speaker and a microphone.
  • the method 500 comprises:
  • step 501 a wireless connection is established between the first electronic audio device and the second electronic audio device for performing wireless communication.
  • the electronic audio devices are configured to transmit and/or receive audio directly between them via the wireless connection.
  • a mode is selected, in which at least the first electronic audio device is configured to operate in, from at least three modes for controlling audio to be transmitted from the first electronic audio device to the speaker of the second electronic audio device.
  • the modes are: a first mode where the transmitted audio is an output from the speaker in the first electronic audio device; a second mode where the transmitted audio is an input from the microphone in the first electronic audio device; a third mode where the transmitted audio is an output from the speaker of the first electronic audio device and an input from the microphone of the first electronic audio device.
  • step 503 audio is transmitted from the first electronic audio device to the speaker of the second electronic audio device in accordance with the selected mode.

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