Managing earpieces for presenting an audio stream
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsNan Zhang, Yongjun Xu, Weipeng Fu
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Abstract
Various embodiments provide systems and methods for managing a first earpiece and a second earpiece for presenting an audio stream from a wireless device. Various embodiments may include monitoring a battery level of the first earpiece and a battery level of the second earpiece, determining whether the battery level of the first earpiece meets a threshold, and configuring the wireless device to send a monophonic audio stream to the second earpiece in response to determining that the battery level of the first earpiece meets the threshold.
Claims28
A method of managing a first earpiece and a second earpiece by a wireless device, comprising:
- monitoring a battery level of the first earpiece and a battery level of the second earpiece, wherein a first audio stream channel is output by the first earpiece and a second audio stream channel is output by the second earpiece;
- and
- in response to the battery level of the first earpiece falling below a threshold:
- mixing the first audio stream channel and the second audio stream channel into a monophonic audio stream;
- and
- configuring the wireless device to send the monophonic audio stream to the second earpiece.
A wireless device, comprising:
- a wireless transceiver configured to received data from and send audio streams to a first earpiece and a second earpiece;
- and
- a processor coupled to the wireless transceiver and configured to:
- monitor a battery level of the first earpiece and a battery level of the second earpiece, wherein a first audio stream channel is output by the first earpiece and a second audio stream channel is output by the second earpiece;
- and
- in response to the battery level of the first earpiece falling below a threshold:
- mix the first audio stream channel and the second audio stream channel into a monophonic audio stream;
- and
- configure the wireless device to send a monophonic audio stream to the second earpiece.
A wireless device, comprising:
- means for sending audio streams to a first earpiece and a second earpiece;
- means for monitoring a battery level of the first earpiece and a battery level of the second earpiece, wherein a first audio stream channel is output by the first earpiece and a second audio stream channel is output by the second earpiece;
- and
- means for mixing the first audio stream channel and the second audio stream channel into a monophonic audio stream in response to the battery level of the first earpiece falling below a threshold;
- means for configuring the wireless device to send a monophonic audio stream to the second earpiece in response to the battery level of the first earpiece falling below the threshold.
A first earpiece, comprising:
- a wireless transceiver configured to communicate with a second earpiece and receive audio streams from a wireless device;
- a speaker;
- and
- a processor coupled to the wireless transceiver and the speaker, and configured to:
- monitor a battery level of the first earpiece and a battery level of the second earpiece, wherein a first audio stream channel is output by the first earpiece and a second audio stream channel is output by the second earpiece;
- in response to the battery level of the first earpiece falling below a threshold:
- communicate with the wireless device to cause the wireless device to send a monophonic audio stream to the second earpiece;
- and
- communicate with the wireless device to cause the wireless device to send a monophonic audio stream to the first earpiece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.