Head-mounted wireless headset and communication method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024089660-A1
Application number	US-202318507790-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 13, 2023
Priority date	May 14, 2021
Publication date	Mar 14, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

Embodiments of this application disclose a head-mounted wireless headset and a communication method thereof, and relate to the communication field. A specific solution is as follows: The head-mounted wireless headset includes: a first headphone, including: a first short-range wireless communication chip and a first radio frequency antenna, where the first short-range wireless communication chip is coupled to the first radio frequency antenna; a second headphone, including: a second short-range wireless communication chip and a second radio frequency antenna, where the second short-range wireless communication chip is coupled to the second radio frequency antenna; and a data bus, separately connected to the first short-range wireless communication chip and the second short-range wireless communication chip, and configured to provide a physical link required for communication between the first short-range wireless communication chip and the second short-range wireless communication chip.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A head-mounted wireless headset, comprising:
a first headphone comprising
a first short-range wireless communication chip and a first radio frequency antenna, wherein the first short-range wireless communication chip is coupled to the first radio frequency antenna;
a second headphone comprising
a second short-range wireless communication chip and a second radio frequency antenna, wherein the second short-range wireless communication chip is coupled to the second radio frequency antenna; and
a data bus separately connected to the first short-range wireless communication chip and the second short-range wireless communication chip, and configured to provide a physical link required for communication between the first short-range wireless communication chip and the second short-range wireless communication chip.

2 . The head-mounted wireless headset according to claim 1 , wherein the first short-range wireless communication chip is configured to:
receive a data packet from a terminal device through the first radio frequency antenna; and when the data packet is not successfully received, send first information to the second short-range wireless communication chip through the data bus, to request the second short-range wireless communication chip to forward the data packet, wherein the first information indicates that the first short-range wireless communication chip does not successfully receive the data packet.

3 . The head-mounted wireless headset according to claim 2 , wherein the second short-range wireless communication chip is configured to:
receive the data packet from the terminal device through the second radio frequency antenna; and when the data packet is successfully received, in response to the first information, transmit the data packet to the first short-range wireless communication chip through the data bus.

4 . The head-mounted wireless headset according to claim 2 , wherein the first short-range wireless communication chip is a primary chip, and the second short-range wireless communication chip is a secondary chip;
the second short-range wireless communication chip is further configured to send second information to the first short-range wireless communication chip through the data bus, wherein the second information indicates that the second short-range wireless communication chip successfully receives the data packet; and the first short-range wireless communication chip is further configured to send third information to the terminal device in response to the second information, wherein the third information indicates that the data packet is successfully received.

5 . The head-mounted wireless headset according to claim 2 , wherein the first short-range wireless communication chip is a primary chip, and the second short-range wireless communication chip is a secondary chip; and
the first short-range wireless communication chip is further configured to: when the first short-range wireless communication chip successfully receives the data packet, send third information to the terminal device, wherein the third information indicates that the data packet is successfully received.

6 . The head-mounted wireless headset according to claim 5 , wherein the first short-range wireless communication chip is further configured to send fourth information to the second short-range wireless communication chip, wherein the fourth information indicates that the first short-range wireless communication chip successfully receives the data packet.

7 . The head-mounted wireless headset according to claim 1 , wherein the first headphone further comprises a first speaker, and the first speaker is coupled to the first short-range wireless communication chip; the second headphone further comprises a second speaker, and the second speaker is coupled to the second short-range wireless communication chip;
the first short-range wireless communication chip is further configured to: decode the data packet, and play the decoded data packet by using the first speaker; and the second short-range wireless communication chip is further configured to: decode the data packet, and play the decoded data packet by using the second speaker.

8 . The head-mounted wireless headset according to claim 1 , wherein the first short-range wireless communication chip is a primary chip, and the second short-range wireless communication chip is a secondary chip;
the second short-range wireless communication chip is further configured to: when the second short-range wireless communication chip does not successfully receive a data packet from a terminal device, send fifth information to the first short-range wireless communication chip through the data bus, wherein the fifth information indicates that the second short-range wireless communication chip does not successfully receive the data packet; and the first short-range wireless communication chip is configured to: when the first short-range wireless communication chip does not successfully receive the data packet, send sixth information to the terminal device in response to the fifth information, wherein the sixth information indicates the terminal device to retransmit the data packet.

9 . The head-mounted wireless headset according to claim 1 , wherein the data bus comprises a serial peripheral interface (SPI) bus, a queued serial peripheral interface (QSPI) bus, a dual serial peripheral interface (DSPI) bus, a universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) bus, or an inter-integrated circuit bus (I2C).

10 . The head-mounted wireless headset according to claim 1 , wherein the first short-range wireless communication chip comprises a first audio processor, a first radio frequency circuit, and a first physical interface, the first audio processor is separately coupled to the first radio frequency circuit and the first physical interface, and the first radio frequency circuit is coupled to the first radio frequency antenna; the second short-range wireless communication chip comprises a second audio processor, a second radio frequency circuit, and a second physical interface, the second audio processor is separately coupled to the second radio frequency circuit and the second physical interface, the second radio frequency circuit is coupled to the second radio frequency antenna, and the first physical interface and the second physical interface are coupled through the data bus;
the first audio processor is configured to: exchange data with the terminal device through the first radio frequency circuit and the first radio frequency antenna, and exchange data with the second short-range wireless communication chip through the first physical interface and the data bus; and the second audio processor is configured to: exchange data with the terminal device through the second radio frequency circuit and the second radio frequency antenna, and exchange data with the first short-range wireless communication chip through the second physical interface and the data bus.

11 . The head-mounted wireless headset according to claim 1 , wherein
the first short-range wireless communication chip and the second short-range wireless communication chip are further configured to determine a primary chip between the first short-range wireless communication chip and the second short-range wireless communication chip based on a signal quality parameter of a signal received by each of the first short-range wireless communication chip and the second short-range wireless communication chip.

12 . The head-mounted wireless headset according to claim 1 , wherein there are a plurality of first radio frequency antennas, and there a

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang Xiaoling
• Cao Cong
• Zhang Shengjie
• Tian Jun

Classifications

• H04R5/033 Primary

  Headphones for stereophonic communication {(details thereof, e.g. relating to batteries, cables or control elements H04R1/10)} · CPC title

• H04L65/80

  Responding to QoS · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• H04R2420/07

  Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones · CPC title

• H04R5/0335

  Earpiece support, e.g. headbands or neckrests (for monophonic headphones H04R1/105) · CPC title