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Wireless audio distribution system with range based slow muting

US7937118B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 31, 2007
Grant dateMay 3, 2011
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Expiry dateMay 18, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R5/04
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A wireless audio distribution system includes a wireless headset for receiving a serial, digital bitstream including control data interspersed with digital data related to the audio channels, a manual audio channel selector switch; a manual volume adjustment control, an error detector and a muting circuit selectively reducing the volume level of the audio reproduced by the wireless headset in multiple steps based on errors detected by the error detector.

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