Wireless and wired speaker hub for a home theater system
AssigneeKSC Industries, Inc.
InventorsWilliam A. McCarty, Jeff King, Jr.
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Abstract
A method and system for communicating audio, video, and/or control signals within a home entertainment system. A plurality of audio channels is communicated between a wireless transmitter and a wireless receiver. The wireless transmitter is located proximate to a speaker housing. In some embodiments the speaker housing also encloses a center channel loudspeaker. The center channel loudspeaker transmits an audio signal to a remote loudspeaker. An exemplary remote loudspeaker is a subwoofer loudspeaker. The subwoofer loudspeaker provides one or more received audio channels to one or more surround loudspeakers.
Claims33
An entertainment system comprising:
- a speaker housing having a loudspeaker, wherein the loudspeaker is configured to broadcast a first channel of an audio signal;
- a transmitter located proximate to the speaker in a first selected area of a room and configured to wirelessly transmit a plurality of channels of the audio signal, wherein the plurality of channels is different than the first channel;
- a receiver located remote from the transmitter in a second selected area of the room, wherein the receiver is configured to wirelessly receive the plurality of channels;
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- a second speaker housing located proximate to the receiver and having a second loudspeaker and an amplifier, wherein the amplifier is configured to amplify at least two of the received channels, and wherein the second loudspeaker is configured to broadcast one of the amplified channels and route the other amplified channel to a third speaker housing.
A housing comprising:
- a wireless receiver configured to receive a plurality of channels;
- an amplifier configured to amplify at least three of the plurality of received channels;
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- a loudspeaker configured to broadcast one of the at least three amplified channels and output at least two of the at least three amplified channels, wherein the plurality of channels are received from a second loudspeaker.
An entertainment system configured to receive an audio signal from an input device and provide the audio signal to a plurality of remote loudspeaker, the system comprising:
- a center channel loudspeaker comprising a transmitter module configured to receive an audio signal and transmit the audio signal to a remote loudspeaker, wherein the audio signal includes a plurality of different channels;
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- a remote loudspeaker having a receiver configured to receive the audio signal and distribute at least one of the received audio channels to a surround loudspeaker.
A multi-room entertainment system comprising:
- a transmitter located in a first room and configured to wirelessly transmit a plurality of channels of an audio signal;
- a receiver located in a second room, wherein the receiver is configured to wirelessly receive the plurality of channels;
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- a speaker housing located proximate to the receiver and having a loudspeaker and an amplifier, wherein the amplifier is configured to amplify at least two of the received channels, and wherein the loudspeaker is configured to broadcast one of the amplified channels and route the other amplified channel to a second loudspeaker housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.