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US 2024/0390792 A1Published application
Consumer Device with Dual Wireless Links and Mixer
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorEdwin Foo
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Abstract
A listening device such as earbuds or headphones may include two different wireless receivers, one for receiving, for example, Bluetooth carrying audio from a smart phone and the other for receiving non-Bluetooth signals. A mixer in the listening device mixes the two audio streams received via the two receivers and plays the resulting mixed audio on the left and right speakers of the listening device.
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A head-wearable listening device comprising:
- a left speaker assembly configured to engage a left ear;
- a right speaker assembly configured to engage a right ear;
- a first wireless receiver configured to operate at a first frequency and/or first protocol;
- a second wireless receiver configured to operate at a second frequency and/or second protocol;
- and
- a processor assembly to mix output of the first and second wireless receivers and provide audio signals representing mixed output of the first and second wireless receivers to the speaker assemblies for transducing the audio signals representing mixed output of the first and second wireless receivers.
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An apparatus comprising:
- at least one computer storage that is not a transitory signal and that comprises instructions executable by at least one processor assembly to:
- receive first signals from a first wireless receiver on a listening device;
- receive second signals from a second wireless receiver the listening device;
- mix the first and second signals to generate a mixed audio signal;
- and
- provide the mixed audio to first and second speakers of the listening device.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, using a listening device, first wireless signals from a first source of audio;
- receiving, using the listening device, second wireless signals from a second source of audio;
- mixing outputs representing he first and second wireless signals to render a mix;
- and
- playing the mix on plural speakers of the listening device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.