Digital interconnect of entertainment equipment
    11.
    发明授权
    Digital interconnect of entertainment equipment 有权
    娱乐设备的数字互连

    公开(公告)号:US06784804B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-08-31

    申请号:US10161396

    申请日:2002-06-03

    IPC分类号: G05B1902

    摘要: A control unit is set up to operate a target device by receiving a first input for selecting from a plurality of protocols stored in the control unit a protocol that is appropriate for communicating with the target device. The control unit is then caused to transmit to the target device, using the selected protocol, a request for configuration information. In response to the receipt of the request, the target device returns to the control unit a function indicator and the control unit selects from a plurality of commands appropriate for the target device stored in the control unit a command corresponding to the function indicator. The selected command is mapped to a function key of the control unit such that activation of the function key results in communication of the selected command using the selected protocol to the target device to thereby control a function supported by the target device that is represented by the function indicator. The function indicator may alternatively be a code that indicates to the control unit that data following the code is a definition of a new infrared code and a corresponding key annotation.

    摘要翻译: 设置控制单元以通过接收用于从存储在控制单元中的多个协议中选择适合于与目标设备通信的协议的第一输入来操作目标设备。 然后,使用所选择的协议,使控制单元向目标设备发送对配置信息的请求。 响应于接收到请求,目标设备向控制单元返回功能指示符,并且控制单元从存储在控制单元中的目标设备的多个命令中选择与功能指示符相对应的命令。 所选择的命令被映射到控制单元的功能键,使得功能键的激活导致使用所选择的协议将所选择的命令通信给目标设备,从而控制由目标设备支持的功能, 功能指示灯 功能指示器可以替代地是向控制单元指示代码之后的数据是新红外代码和相应的键注释的定义的代码。

    Digital interconnect of entertainment equipment
    12.
    发明授权
    Digital interconnect of entertainment equipment 有权
    娱乐设备的数字互连

    公开(公告)号:US06781518B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-08-24

    申请号:US09334584

    申请日:1999-06-16

    IPC分类号: G08C1928

    摘要: Methods and systems are disclosed for setting up a universal remote control for operation with a system having devices to be controlled such as a TV, VCR, electronics appliances, wherein the devices are preferably interconnected. One method includes the steps of having the devices to be controlled provide a listing of the capabilities of each device, recognizing a single set of standard abstract feature indicators; processing said indicators; and, mapping said indicators into specific IR codes and keys according to said list of capabilities of said controlled device. One embodiment is optimized for use with a virtual remote control, wherein only icons corresponding to related capabilities is displayed on a touch screen of the virtual remote control. Such an embodiment is particularly well suited for controlling different families of function capability associated with correspondingly different entertainment devices to achieve an integrated entertainment, or task, grouping. Reduction of the icons displayed to the user perforce reduces the apparent complexity of the remote with which the devices are controlled.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于设置用于具有要被控制的设备的系统的通用遥控器的方法和系统,例如TV,VCR,电子设备,其中所述设备优选地互连。 一种方法包括以下步骤:使要被控制的设备提供每个设备的能力的列表,识别单组标准抽象特征指示符; 加工指标; 以及根据所述受控设备的能力列表将所述指示符映射到特定的IR代码和密钥。 一个实施例被优化用于与虚拟遥控器一起使用,其中只有与相关能力对应的图标被显示在虚拟遥控器的触摸屏上。 这样的实施例特别适合于控制与相应不同的娱乐设备相关联的功能能力的不同族,以实现集成娱乐或任务分组。 减少显示给用户perforce的图标可以减少设备受到控制的远程的明显复杂性。

    Digital interconnect of entertainment equipment in the home
    13.
    发明授权
    Digital interconnect of entertainment equipment in the home 有权
    家庭娱乐设备的数字互连

    公开(公告)号:US08558676B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-10-15

    申请号:US12716365

    申请日:2010-03-03

    IPC分类号: G08C17/00

    摘要: A method for configuring a controlling device to command functional operations of at least one controllable appliance. The method includes the steps of receiving at the controlling device from the at least one controllable appliance, via a first communication channel, data indicative of an identity of the at least one controllable appliance and using the data indicative of the identity of the at least one controllable appliance to configure the controlling device whereby, in response to activation of one or more command keys of the controlling device, the controlling device will be caused to transmit to the at least one controlling device, via a second communication channel, those commands selected from a library of commands that are appropriate for commanding functional operations of the at least one controllable device.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于配置控制装置以指定至少一个可控制装置的功能操作的方法。 该方法包括以下步骤:在控制设备处经由第一通信信道从至少一个可控制设备接收指示至少一个可控制设备的身份的数据,并使用指示至少一个可控设备的身份的数据 可控制设备来配置控制设备,由此响应于控制设备的一个或多个命令密钥的激活,将使控制设备经由第二通信信道向至少一个控制设备传送那些从 适用于命令所述至少一个可控设备的功能操作的命令库。

    Digital interconnect of entertainment equipment
    16.
    发明授权
    Digital interconnect of entertainment equipment 有权
    娱乐设备的数字互连

    公开(公告)号:US07119710B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-10-10

    申请号:US10923916

    申请日:2004-08-23

    IPC分类号: G08C19/28

    摘要: A remote control for communicating commands to a target device having first data that specifies a function supported by the target device. The remote control includes a set of command key indicias, stored within the universal remote control prior to any communications with the target device, each command key indicia being assigned a function identifier. The remote control is adapted to receive the first data from the target device and select a command key indicia from the set of command key indicias that has a function identifier that corresponds to the function specified by the first data. The selected command key indicia is displayable on a display of the universal remote control in association with a command key actuatable to communicate one or more commands to the target device to control the function supported by the target device that is represented by the first data.

    摘要翻译: 用于向具有指定目标设备支持的功能的第一数据的目标设备传送命令的遥控器。 远程控制包括在与目标设备进行任何通信之前存储在通用遥控器内的一组命令密钥指示符,每个命令密钥标记被分配有功能标识符。 遥控器适于从目标设备接收第一数据,并从具有与由第一数据指定的功能相对应的功能标识符的命令键指示集合中选择命令密钥标记。 所选择的命令密钥标记可与通用遥控器的显示器相关联地显示,该命令键可致动以将一个或多个命令传送到目标设备,以控制由第一数据表示的目标设备所支持的功能。

    System and method for controlling home appliances
    17.
    发明授权
    System and method for controlling home appliances 有权
    家用电器的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US06980150B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-12-27

    申请号:US10827137

    申请日:2004-04-19

    IPC分类号: G08C17/02 G08C23/04 G08C19/12

    摘要: A system which can be configured to communicate command codes to one or more home appliances which includes a keypad and a relay unit. At least one key on the keypad is associated with at least one command code from a plurality of command codes stored in a memory. The system determines if the at least one key on the keypad has been activated or if a command signal transmission that identifies the at least one key on the keypad has been received from the relay unit. When it is determined that either the at least one key has been activated or the command signal transmission that identifies the at least one key has been received, the system communicates to the one or more of home appliances the one or more command codes that have been associated to the at least one key on the keypad.

    摘要翻译: 一种可被配置为将命令代码传送到包括小键盘和中继单元的一个或多个家用电器的系统。 键盘上的至少一个键与存储在存储器中的多个命令代码中的至少一个命令代码相关联。 系统确定键盘上的至少一个键是否已经被激活,或者是否已经从中继单元接收到识别小键盘上的至少一个键的命令信号传输。 当确定至少一个密钥已经被激活或者已经接收到标识至少一个密钥的命令信号传输时,系统向一个或多个家用电器通信一个或多个命令代码 与键盘上的至少一个键相关联。