Client
The client is an American manufacturing company that sells audio equipment. With half a century of experience, they are known for their home audio systems and speakers, noise-cancelling headphones, professional audio products and automobile sound systems. With revenues exceeding US$3 billion in 2020, they employ over 8,000 people across the world.
Challenge
The client, being a renowned name in the audio industry, had a range of requirements which cut across several domains. These included R&D, wellness concept engineering, wellness product engineering and sustenance, emerging business, and automotive. In particular, the client wanted help with a series of products that they had envisioned - these included glasses, sleep buds, smart headphones and custom profiles.
Solution
- For smart glasses, Mindtree devised an “Audio Augmented Reality” which included Firmware development for interfacing various sensors and Bluetooth. It also integrated application design and development with business logic.
- For sleep buds, we devised synchronization - achieving a clock synchronization algorithm to keep both buds synchronized, and a mobile application connected to buds for periodic synchronization using PTP protocol.
- For smart headphones, we deployed intelligent user recognition by recognizing a person’s intent to communicate with headphone users and deactivate ANC; the video frames captured at the headphone are fed to the mobile phone over bluetooth for AI processing and action.
- For custom profiles, we created a mesh by discovering the client’s products and establishing connections. Then, we introduced multiple feature sets like custom data exchange, media sharing, and firmware upgrades.
- For wireless headphones, we enabled remote sharing of content by letting users share high quality binaural live audio content to remote parties (network, WiFi) in order to create an immersive listening experience.
