IP Library Granted Patent US 12,463,674
Granted Patent B2
US 12,463,674 · App. 17/945,057 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Audio transmission method and electronic device

Inventor: Haikun Xu (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
H04B1/1646H04B1/0067
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Patent No.
US 12,463,674
App. No.
17/945,057
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An audio transmission method and an electronic device are provided. The audio transmission method includes: modulating, when the first electronic device transmits audio to a second electronic device, an audio signal transmitted to the second electronic device into at least two target radio frequency signals; and combining the at least two target radio frequency signals in a first time slot, and outputting a combined radio frequency signal to the second electronic device, where frequency bands of the at least two target radio frequency signals are different in the first time slot.

Claims (20)

1 . An audio transmission method, performed by a first electronic device, wherein the method comprises:

modulating an audio signal transmitted to a second electronic device into at least two target radio frequency signals comprising modulating an audio signal transmitted to a first sub-device into a first radio frequency signal and modulating an audio signal transmitted to a second sub-device into a second radio frequency signal, wherein the second electronic device comprises a first sub-device and a second sub-device; and

combining the first radio frequency signal and the second radio frequency signal in a first time slot, and outputting a combined radio frequency signal to the first sub-device and the second sub-device of the second electronic device, wherein

frequency bands of the first radio frequency signal and the second radio frequency signal are different in the first time slot, wherein

there are a plurality of first sub-devices, a quantity of the first radio frequency signals is consistent with a quantity of the first sub-devices, and each of the first radio frequency signals has a different frequency band in the first time slot.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second electronic device is an earphone, the first sub-device is a left earphone of the earphone, the second sub-device is a right earphone of the earphone, the first radio frequency signal is a left-channel radio frequency signal, and the second radio frequency signal is a right-channel radio frequency signal.

3 . A first electronic device, comprising:

a memory storing computer-readable instructions; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the computer-readable instructions, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

modulating an audio signal transmitted to a second electronic device into at least two target radio frequency signals comprising modulating an audio signal transmitted to a first sub-device into a first radio frequency signal and modulating an audio signal transmitted to a second sub-device into a second radio frequency signal, wherein the second electronic device comprises a first sub-device and a second sub-device; and

combining the first radio frequency signal and the second radio frequency signal in a first time slot, and outputting a combined radio frequency signal to the first sub-device and the second sub-device of the second electronic device, wherein

frequency bands of the first radio frequency signal and the second radio frequency signal are different in the first time slot,

wherein there are a plurality of first sub-devices, a quantity of the first radio frequency signals is consistent with a quantity of the first sub-devices, and each of the first radio frequency signals has a different frequency band in the first time slot.

4 . The first electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein the second electronic device is an earphone, the first sub-device is a left earphone of the earphone, the second sub-device is a right earphone of the earphone, the first radio frequency signal is a left-channel radio frequency signal, and the second radio frequency signal is a right-channel radio frequency signal.

5 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium, storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a first electronic device, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

modulating an audio signal transmitted to a second electronic device into at least two target radio frequency signals comprising modulating an audio signal transmitted to a first sub-device into a first radio frequency signal and modulating an audio signal transmitted to a second sub-device into a second radio frequency signal, wherein the second electronic device comprises a first sub-device and a second sub-device; and

combining the first radio frequency signal and the second radio frequency signal in a first time slot, and outputting a combined radio frequency signal to the first sub-device and the second sub-device of the second electronic device, wherein

frequency bands of the first radio frequency signal and the second radio frequency signal are different in the first time slot,

wherein there are a plurality of first sub-devices, a quantity of the first radio frequency signals is consistent with a quantity of the first sub-devices, and each of the first radio frequency signals has a different frequency band in the first time slot.

6 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 5 , wherein the second electronic device is an earphone, the first sub-device is a left earphone of the earphone, the second sub-device is a right earphone of the earphone, the first radio frequency signal is a left-channel radio frequency signal, and the second radio frequency signal is a right-channel radio frequency signal.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2025
From: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Reel/Frame 073133/0098 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2022
From: XU, HAIKUN
To: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061098/0587 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010180161.9 · Mar 16, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021079656 · Mar 9, 2021
Related Publication 20230016243A1 · Jan 19, 2023
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