公开(公告)号：US10719231B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-21

申请号：US16532105

申请日：2019-08-05

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Eric Negron ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: H04N5/44 ,  H04M1/725 ,  H04M11/00 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04L12/28 ,  G08C17/02 ,  G08C23/04 ,  H05B47/19 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/041

Abstract: A system for use in controlling operating functions of a controllable device includes a hand-held device and an intermediate device in communication with the hand-held device and the controllable device. The hand-held device is adapted to receive a gesture based input and to transmit a signal having data representative of the gesture based input. The intermediate device has programming for translating the data representative of the gesture based input in a signal received from the hand-held device into a command signal to be communicated to the controllable device wherein the command signal has a format appropriate for controlling an operating function of the controllable device that is associated with the gesture based input.

公开(公告)号：US20200221157A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-09

申请号：US16825458

申请日：2020-03-20

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Jeremy Black ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: H04N21/422 ,  H04N5/44 ,  H04N21/6547 ,  H04N21/4363 ,  H04M1/725 ,  H04L12/28

Abstract: A slave relay station is adapted to serve and/or host pages comprising a simplified graphic user interface (GUI) encoded in a widely recognized format such as, for example, HTML or WML. The GUI embodies activatable links corresponding to control functions for configured appliances. A wireless phone or other device with network access and the capability to process and present such pages, for example via a Web browser, may then be utilized to effect control of such appliances by simply navigating to the network address of the slave relay station, obtaining an appropriate GUI page, and interacting with the links.

公开(公告)号：US20200092511A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-19

申请号：US16592503

申请日：2019-10-03

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Joseph Lee Haughawout ,  Mauro Dresti ,  Sandro David Klein ,  Alex Louie ,  Han-Sheng Yuh ,  Steve LanPing Huang ,  Patrick H. Hayes ,  Weidong William Wang

IPC: H04N5/44 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/485 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04B1/20 ,  G01C21/36 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G09B29/10 ,  H04N21/438

Abstract: A method for controlling the operation of a plurality of consumer electronic devices by displaying a plurality of broadcast channel identifiers each corresponding to a broadcast channel in a display of a controlling device adapted to command at least channel tuning operations of the plurality of consumer electronic devices. Input is accepted into the controlling device that functions to designate one of the plurality of broadcast channel identifiers and the controlling device uses the designation of the one of the plurality of broadcast channel identifiers to cause a transmission of a wireless signal from the controlling device to a one of the plurality of consumer electronic devices to thereby cause the one of the plurality of consumer electronic devices to tune to the broadcast channel corresponding to the designated one of the plurality of broadcast channel identifiers. A condition associated with at least one of the controlling device and the designated one of the plurality of broadcast channel identifiers functions to determine the one of the plurality of consumer electronic devices to which the wireless signal is transmitted.

公开(公告)号：US20190253548A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-15

申请号：US16391575

申请日：2019-04-23

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Brandt Thompson ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: H04M1/725 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/418 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04N5/44 ,  H04B10/114

CPC classification number: H04M1/72533 ,  H04B10/1149 ,  H04M1/7253 ,  H04N5/4403 ,  H04N21/4183 ,  H04N21/4222 ,  H04N2005/4405 ,  H04W4/80

Abstract: A system for use in issuing commands to a plurality of appliances each of a specific one of a plurality of different appliance types includes a smart device adapted to transmit command communications and a plurality of low-energy consuming controllers each adapted to transmit a command to a one of the plurality of appliances of a specific one of the plurality of different appliance types in response to receipt of a command communication originating from the smart device.

公开(公告)号：US20190238923A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-01

申请号：US16381278

申请日：2019-04-11

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Paul D. Arling ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: H04N21/422 ,  H04N5/44 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N21/4363 ,  H04N21/485 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04N21/488 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N5/765

CPC classification number: H04N21/42225 ,  H04L12/2809 ,  H04L12/281 ,  H04L12/282 ,  H04N5/4403 ,  H04N5/44543 ,  H04N5/44582 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04N21/4221 ,  H04N21/42228 ,  H04N21/43615 ,  H04N21/43632 ,  H04N21/44227 ,  H04N21/485 ,  H04N21/4852 ,  H04N21/4882 ,  H04N2005/4407

Abstract: An entertainment device initiates a configuration process of a controlling device in response to a change in an audio visual entertainment system configuration in which at least one of a plurality devices is connected to the entertainment device as an audio and/or visual source and at least one of the plurality of devices is connected to the entertainment device as an audio and/or visual output destination for the entertainment device.

公开(公告)号：US10326875B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-18

申请号：US15727407

申请日：2017-10-06

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Brandt Thompson ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: H04W4/80 ,  H04M1/725 ,  H04B10/114 ,  H04N5/44 ,  H04N21/418 ,  H04N21/422

Abstract: A system for use in issuing commands to a plurality of appliances each of a specific one of a plurality of different appliance types includes a smart device adapted to transmit command communications and a plurality of low-energy consuming controllers each adapted to transmit a command to a one of the plurality of appliances of a specific one of the plurality of different appliance types in response to receipt of a command communication originating from the smart device.

公开(公告)号：US10254937B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-09

申请号：US15832166

申请日：2017-12-05

Applicant: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Marcel Hilbrink ,  Rex Xu ,  Cesar Alvarado ,  Paul D. Arling ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: H04N21/422 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/4223 ,  H04N21/485 ,  H04N21/81 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G06F3/0482

Abstract: A smart device is provided with a main remote control application that may be configured using information. The main remote control application may present images of original remote controls corresponding to devices which are controllable by the configured main remote control application. In connection with a presented image of an original remote control, the display may present icons that are representative of a subset of the buttons of the original remote control. The user interface also allows a user to select amongst the images of the original remote controls to change which appliances are to be controlled via the user interface. A pop-up remote control widget may also be provided which may be invoked without switching to the main remote control application provisioned on the smart device.

公开(公告)号：US20190086886A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-21

申请号：US16195222

申请日：2018-11-19

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Olav B.M. Pouw ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: G05B15/02 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/41 ,  G05B19/042 ,  H04N5/44

Abstract: A controllable device, such as a set top box, responds to a transmission received from a one of a plurality of controlling devices of differing capabilities by entering into a one of a plurality of operating modes wherein the one of the plurality of operating modes entered into corresponds to the capabilities of the controlling device from which the transmission originated.

公开(公告)号：US10204509B2

公开(公告)日：2019-02-12

申请号：US14736810

申请日：2015-06-11

Applicant: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Steve LanPing Huang ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: G08C17/02 ,  G08C19/28 ,  H04L12/28

Abstract: A system and method for using an RFID tag to automatically setup and configure a universal remote control to command appliances of various types and various manufacturers.

公开(公告)号：US10175881B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-08

申请号：US15641602

申请日：2017-07-05

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Eric Negron ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: H04N5/44 ,  H04M1/725 ,  H04M11/00 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H05B37/02 ,  H04L12/28 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G08C17/02 ,  G08C23/04

Abstract: A system for use in controlling operating functions of a controllable device includes a hand-held device and an intermediate device in communication with the hand-held device and the controllable device. The hand-held device is adapted to receive a gesture based input and to transmit a signal having data representative of the gesture based input. The intermediate device has programming for translating the data representative of the gesture based input in a signal received from the hand-held device into a command signal to be communicated to the controllable device wherein the command signal has a format appropriate for controlling an operating function of the controllable device that is associated with the gesture based input.