公开(公告)号：US09927972B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-27

申请号：US14978861

申请日：2015-12-22

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Arsham Hatambeiki ,  Jeffrey Kohanek ,  Pamela Eichler Keiles ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/044 ,  H04N5/44 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N21/422 ,  G08C17/02 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/0487

CPC classification number: G06F3/04883 ,  G06F3/017 ,  G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/04847 ,  G06F3/0487 ,  G08C17/02 ,  H04N5/4403 ,  H04N5/44543 ,  H04N21/42222 ,  H04N21/42224 ,  H04N2005/4426 ,  H04N2005/4428 ,  H04N2005/443

Abstract: A portable electronic device having an input device for receiving a gesture based input from a user is used to control a navigation operation of an appliance. The portable electronic device receives via the input device the gesture based input and uses one or more parameters stored in a memory of the portable electronic device and one or more characteristics associated with the gesture based input to cause the portable electronic device to transmit a navigation step command to thereby control the navigation operation of the appliance.

公开(公告)号：US20180048928A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-15

申请号：US15786852

申请日：2017-10-18

Applicant: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Paul D. Arling ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/485 ,  H04N5/44 ,  H04N5/445

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：US20180039396A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-08

申请号：US15785954

申请日：2017-10-17

Applicant: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.

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

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

CPC classification number: G06F3/04842 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G06F3/04817 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G06F3/04886 ,  G06F16/00 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04N21/42204 ,  H04N21/4223 ,  H04N21/485 ,  H04N21/8173

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：US09883226B2

公开(公告)日：2018-01-30

申请号：US15063779

申请日：2016-03-08

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Paul D. Arling ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: G08B21/00 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N5/44 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/485 ,  H04N21/488 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04N21/4363

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：US09727234B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-08

申请号：US15289227

申请日：2016-10-10

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

CPC classification number: G06F3/04883 ,  G06F3/017 ,  G06F3/0414 ,  G08C17/02 ,  G08C23/04 ,  G08C2201/30 ,  G08C2201/32 ,  G08C2201/40 ,  G08C2201/93 ,  H04L12/282 ,  H04L12/2836 ,  H04L2012/2841 ,  H04M1/72525 ,  H04M1/72533 ,  H04M1/72583 ,  H04M2250/22 ,  H04N21/42208 ,  H04N21/42224 ,  H05B37/0272

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：US09693089B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-27

申请号：US14789427

申请日：2015-07-01

Applicant: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Paul D. Arling ,  Patrick H. Hayes ,  John E. Hyatt

IPC: H04N21/422 ,  H04N5/44 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/426 ,  H04N21/438 ,  H04N21/442

CPC classification number: H04N21/42221 ,  H04N5/44 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04N21/42207 ,  H04N21/42224 ,  H04N21/4263 ,  H04N21/4383 ,  H04N21/44209 ,  H04N21/47217

Abstract: A system includes a consumer electronic device adapted to render a media content and a hand-held, portable device having a touch screen display, a transmitter, a receiver, and a processing unit. The processing unit of the hand-held, portable device uses data related to the media content received via the receiver to cause command icons related to rendering of the media content to be defined and displayed in the touch screen display and to cause the transmitter to transmit one or more commands for controlling a functional operation related to rendering of the media content by the consumer electronic device in response to a user interaction with one or more of the command icons caused to displayed in the touch screen display.

公开(公告)号：US20170155954A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-01

申请号：US15431930

申请日：2017-02-14

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Gerben Meijer ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/443 ,  H04N21/214 ,  H04N21/4363

CPC classification number: H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/2143 ,  H04N21/42221 ,  H04N21/43637 ,  H04N21/44227 ,  H04N21/4436 ,  H04N21/8126

Abstract: A system and method for using a controllable appliance to report an inoperable state of a controlling device. The appliance is caused to repeatedly determine, at a first predetermined timed interval, if a wireless notification signal, repeatedly transmitted by the controlling device at a second predetermined timed interval, has been received from the controlling device. When the wireless notification signal has not been received from the controlling device within the first predetermined timed interval, the appliance is caused to issue a status notification that the controlling device is in an inoperable state.

公开(公告)号：US20170085699A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-23

申请号：US15364620

申请日：2016-11-30

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Brandt Thompson ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: H04M1/725 ,  H04W4/00

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：US20170024123A1

公开(公告)日：2017-01-26

申请号：US15289227

申请日：2016-10-10

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Eric Negron ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/01

CPC classification number: G06F3/04883 ,  G06F3/017 ,  G06F3/0414 ,  G08C17/02 ,  G08C23/04 ,  G08C2201/30 ,  G08C2201/32 ,  G08C2201/40 ,  G08C2201/93 ,  H04L12/282 ,  H04L12/2836 ,  H04L2012/2841 ,  H04M1/72525 ,  H04M1/72533 ,  H04M1/72583 ,  H04M2250/22 ,  H04N21/42208 ,  H04N21/42224 ,  H05B37/0272

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.

Abstract translation: 用于控制可控设备的操作功能的系统包括与手持设备和可控设备通信的手持设备和中间设备。 手持设备适于接收基于手势的输入并且发送具有表示基于手势的输入的数据的信号。 中间装置具有用于将表示基于手势的输入的数据转换成从手持装置接收的信号中的程序，以将要传送到可控装置的命令信号，其中命令信号具有适于控制操作功能的格式 与基于手势的输入相关联的可控设备。

公开(公告)号：US09530308B2

公开(公告)日：2016-12-27

申请号：US14934223

申请日：2015-11-06

Applicant: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Paul D. Arling ,  Patrick H. Hayes ,  Arsham Hatambeiki

IPC: G08C17/02 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G08C19/28

CPC classification number: G08C17/02 ,  G06F17/30477 ,  G08C19/28 ,  G08C2201/20 ,  G08C2201/21 ,  G08C2201/30 ,  G08C2201/40 ,  G08C2201/92 ,  G08C2201/93 ,  H04N5/4403 ,  H04N21/4108 ,  H04N21/42207 ,  H04N21/4222 ,  H04N21/42225 ,  H04N21/42226 ,  H04N21/6582 ,  H04N21/8186 ,  H04N2005/4435

Abstract: A system and method used to configure a smart device to command functional operations of a target appliance. The smart device retrieves from a controllable appliance, such as a settop box, data indicative of a codeset identity of the target appliance wherein the codeset identity was determined during a process used to configure a conventional universal remote control to command functional operations of the target appliance and wherein the process used to configure the conventional universal remote control is performed in cooperation with the controllable appliance. A remote control application resident on the smart device then uses the data indicative of the codeset identity retrieved from the controllable appliance to also configure the smart device to command functional operations of the target appliance.