US 2026/0299873 A1Published application

Electronic device and method for performing audio communication between first space and second space

AssigneeRealtek Semiconductor Corp.

InventorsChung-Shih Chu, Chieh-Min Tsai, Tien-chiu Hung, Wei-Chung Ting

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Abstract

An electronic device and a method for performing audio communication between a first space and a second space are provided, where the electronic device is one of multiple near-end devices in the first space. When the electronic device is taken as a master device, each of the other near-end devices is taken as a slave device. A network receiver of the master device obtains an original far-end audio signal from a far-end device in the second space through an internet connection, and an audio processing circuit of the master device processes the original far-end audio signal to generate a master audio signal and a slave audio signal, where a speaker of the master device plays a master output audio signal according to the master audio signal, and a speaker of the slave device plays a slave output audio signal according to the slave audio signal from the master device.

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Dependent claims

An electronic device for performing audio communication between a first space and a second space, wherein multiple near-end devices are located in the first space, at least one far-end device is located in the second space, the electronic device is one of the multiple near-end devices, and the electronic device comprises:

a network receiver, configured to obtain an original far-end audio signal from the at least one far-end device via an internet connection;
an audio processing circuit, configured to generate a processed audio signal according to a detection result corresponding to the original far-end audio signal;
a speaker, coupled to the audio processing circuit, configured to play an output audio signal according to the processed audio signal;
wherein when the electronic device is selected to be a master device, each of the other near-end devices is selected to be a slave device, the audio processing circuit of the master device processes the original far-end audio signal according to the detection result to generate a master audio signal and a slave audio signal, the master device transmits the slave audio signal to the slave device via a transmission interface, to make the speaker of the slave device play a slave output audio signal according to the slave audio signal, and the speaker of the master device plays a master output audio signal according to the master audio signal.

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A method for performing audio communication between a first space and a second space, wherein multiple near-end devices are located in the first space, at least one far-end device is located in the second space, and the method comprises:

selecting one of the multiple near-end devices to be a master device and setting each of the other near-end devices to be a slave device, wherein each of the multiple near-end devices comprises a network receiver, an audio processing circuit and a speaker;
utilizing the network receiver of the master device to obtain an original far-end audio signal from the at least one far-end device via an internet connection;
utilizing the audio processing circuit of the master device to process the original far-end audio signal according to a detection result corresponding to the original far-end audio signal to generate a master audio signal and a slave audio signal;
utilizing the master device to transmit the slave audio signal to the slave device via a transmission interface, to make the speaker of the slave device play a slave output audio signal according to the slave audio signal;
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utilizing the speaker of the master device to play a master output audio signal according to the master audio signal.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.