Patents by Inventor Chi Ho Tsui

Chi Ho Tsui has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Speaker with broadcasting mode and broadcasting method thereof
    Patent number: 11494159
    Abstract: Systems and methods for broadcasting an audio stream to a plurality of speakers with a broadcasting mode. In one example, a method includes, responsive to a first speaker of a plurality of speakers receiving a first audio stream from a first audio device and a request to enter a broadcasting mode, operating the first speaker in a master sub-mode of a broadcasting mode by: re-broadcasting the first audio stream from the first audio device via a second speaker of the plurality of speakers operating in a slave sub-mode of the broadcasting mode, the second speaker not receiving the first audio stream from the first audio device. In this way, an audio stream from an audio device may be re-broadcasting to a plurality of speakers via a broadcasting mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventor: Chi Ho Tsui
  • SPEAKER WITH BROADCASTING MODE AND BROADCASTING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20200341721
    Abstract: Systems and methods for broadcasting an audio stream to a plurality of speakers with a broadcasting mode. In one example, a method includes, responsive to a first speaker of a plurality of speakers receiving a first audio stream from a first audio device and a request to enter a broadcasting mode, operating the first speaker in a master sub-mode of a broadcasting mode by: re-broadcasting the first audio stream from the first audio device via a second speaker of the plurality of speakers operating in a slave sub-mode of the broadcasting mode, the second speaker not receiving the first audio stream from the first audio device. In this way, an audio stream from an audio device may be re-broadcasting to a plurality of speakers via a broadcasting mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventor: Chi Ho Tsui