US 12,273,586 B2
Multimedia apparatus and cast method
Ziquan Song, Shandong (CN); Xiujuan Pang, Shandong (CN); Xuesheng Zhu, Shandong (CN); and Chengchuang Xiao, Shandong (CN)
Assigned to HISENSE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN)
Filed by Hisense Visual Technology Co., Ltd., Shandong (CN)
Filed on May 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/804,257.
Application 17/804,257 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/081561, filed on Mar. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010199814.8 (CN), filed on Mar. 20, 2020; application No. 202010519510.5 (CN), filed on Jun. 9, 2020; and application No. 202010522106.3 (CN), filed on Jun. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0286731 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04M 3/00 (2024.01); H04M 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/439 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/4392 (2013.01) [H04N 21/44004 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A multimedia apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor, configured to
determine a selected device from a plurality of devices during a multi-path cast process, wherein in the multi-path cast process, contents from the plurality of devices are configured to cast on the multimedia apparatus,
receive audio data and video data from the plurality of devices,
after the selected device is determined:
store audio data sent from the selected device in an audio buffer and discard audio data sent from other devices in the plurality of devices except the selected device, and
store video data sent from the plurality of devices in video buffers corresponding to the plurality of devices, wherein a video buffer of the video buffers is assigned to a device of the plurality of devices;
a display, configured to display at least one path of video data in at least one video buffer of the video buffers; and
an audio output circuit, configured to play the audio data sent from the selected device in the audio buffer.