公开(公告)号：US09706252B2

公开(公告)日：2017-07-11

申请号：US13758307

申请日：2013-02-04

Applicant: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Arsham Hatambeiki ,  Paul D. Arling

IPC: H04N21/485 ,  H04N21/442 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/441 ,  H04N21/466

CPC classification number: H04N21/44204 ,  G06Q30/0201 ,  H04N21/42203 ,  H04N21/4333 ,  H04N21/441 ,  H04N21/44218 ,  H04N21/44222 ,  H04N21/4667 ,  H04N21/485 ,  H04N21/4852

Abstract: Sensing interfaces associated with a home entertainment system are used to automate a system response to events which occur in a viewing area associated with the home entertainment system. Data derived from such sensing interfaces may also be used to enhance the response readiness of one or more system components. Still further, user presence data derived from such sensing interfaces may be used to capture and report user viewing habits and/or preferences.

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：US09671936B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-06

申请号：US14629880

申请日：2015-02-24

Applicant: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Christopher Chambers ,  Wayne Scott ,  Cheryl Scott ,  Allen Yuh ,  Paul D. Arling

IPC: G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/0486

CPC classification number: G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G06F3/0486 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F2203/04807

Abstract: A system and methods for facilitation of user interactions with an electronic device. A number of user interface methods are described and may be used alone or in combination with one another to present an enhanced interface to a user. A method of providing user interaction using a compact status indicator is described. A method for providing a virtual scroll wheel to a user for interaction with content sets is described. A method for allowing a user to dynamically modify a scalable user interface is described. A method for providing gesture based input to a user via a virtual gesture pad is described. A method of providing an interactive graphic search query interface is described. A method for indicating and selecting available content type is described.

公开(公告)号：US09613526B2

公开(公告)日：2017-04-04

申请号：US14686266

申请日：2015-04-14

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Stephan de Clercq ,  Christopher A. Chambers ,  Wayne Scott ,  Allen Yuh ,  Paul D. Arling ,  Robert Lilleness

IPC: H04W24/00 ,  G08C19/00 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G08C17/02 ,  G08C23/04 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04W4/04 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04M1/725 ,  H04W64/00

CPC classification number: G08C19/00 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G08C17/02 ,  G08C23/04 ,  G08C2201/30 ,  G08C2201/70 ,  G08C2201/91 ,  G08C2201/92 ,  H04L12/2803 ,  H04L12/281 ,  H04L12/282 ,  H04L2012/2849 ,  H04M1/72533 ,  H04M2242/30 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/04 ,  H04W64/00

Abstract: A controlling device such as a remote control has programming for transmitting a signal response to a plurality of control environments, each environment including a signaling device. Each signaling device in receipt of the signal request sends a signal response having a unique ID which is chosen to be characteristically attenuated by the surroundings of the environment. Because the controlling device can only be in one environment at a given time, and given the attenuation characteristics of the signal response from each signaling device, only one signal response will be received by the controlling device in each environment. Location definitions associated with the received unique ID may be used by programming in the controlling device to recall saved devices states, commands sets, macros, and even to dynamically generate commands based on the location information.

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.

公开(公告)号：US09454899B2

公开(公告)日：2016-09-27

申请号：US14245169

申请日：2014-04-04

Applicant: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Paul D. Arling ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: G08C17/02 ,  G08C19/28

CPC classification number: G08C17/02 ,  G08C19/28 ,  G08C2201/21 ,  G08C2201/40 ,  G08C2201/92 ,  G08C2201/93

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.

公开(公告)号：US09437105B2

公开(公告)日：2016-09-06

申请号：US13899671

申请日：2013-05-22

Applicant: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Paul D. Arling

IPC: G08C19/16 ,  G08C19/00 ,  H04N21/422 ,  G08C17/02 ,  G08C23/04 ,  H04N21/4363

CPC classification number: G08C19/00 ,  G08C17/02 ,  G08C23/04 ,  G08C2201/20 ,  G08C2201/40 ,  H04N21/42225 ,  H04N21/42226 ,  H04N21/4363

Abstract: A device receives a request from a controlling device, such as a remote control, smart phone, or the like, where the request is intended to have one or more target devices perform one or more functional operations. The device responds to the request by applying the optimum methodology to propagate one or more commands to each intended target appliance to cause each intended target appliance to perform the intended one or more functional operations.

公开(公告)号：US09405447B2

公开(公告)日：2016-08-02

申请号：US14256503

申请日：2014-04-18

Applicant: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.

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

IPC: G06F3/00 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/4223 ,  H04N21/485 ,  H04N21/81 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G06F3/0482

CPC classification number: G06F3/04842 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G06F3/04817 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G06F3/04886 ,  G06F17/30 ,  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 obtained from a QR code. 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：US20160191838A1

公开(公告)日：2016-06-30

申请号：US15060738

申请日：2016-03-04

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Paul D. Arling ,  Brian Barnett ,  Dan N. McKay

IPC: H04N5/44 ,  H04N5/60

CPC classification number: H04N5/4403 ,  G08C17/02 ,  G08C23/04 ,  G08C2201/40 ,  G08C2201/92 ,  H04B1/205 ,  H04L12/282 ,  H04L12/2827 ,  H04L2012/2841 ,  H04L2012/2849 ,  H04N5/60 ,  H04N21/42204 ,  H04N21/4222 ,  H04N21/43615 ,  H04N2005/4426 ,  H04N2005/4435 ,  H04N2005/4442

Abstract: A device receives a request from a controlling device, such as a remote control, smart phone, or the like, where the request is intended to have one or more target devices perform one or more functional operations. The device responds to the request by applying the optimum methodology to propagate one or more commands to each intended target appliance to cause each intended target appliance to perform the intended one or more functional operations.

公开(公告)号：US09307178B2

公开(公告)日：2016-04-05

申请号：US14036449

申请日：2013-09-25

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Paul D. Arling ,  Brian Barnett ,  Dan N. McKay

IPC: G05B11/01 ,  H04N5/44 ,  G08C17/02 ,  G08C23/04 ,  H04B1/20 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/436

CPC classification number: H04N5/4403 ,  G08C17/02 ,  G08C23/04 ,  G08C2201/40 ,  G08C2201/92 ,  H04B1/205 ,  H04L12/282 ,  H04L12/2827 ,  H04L2012/2841 ,  H04L2012/2849 ,  H04N5/60 ,  H04N21/42204 ,  H04N21/4222 ,  H04N21/43615 ,  H04N2005/4426 ,  H04N2005/4435 ,  H04N2005/4442

Abstract: A device receives a request from a controlling device, such as a remote control, smart phone, or the like, where the request is intended to have one or more target devices perform one or more functional operations. The device responds to the request by applying the optimum methodology to propagate one or more commands to each intended target appliance to cause each intended target appliance to perform the intended one or more functional operations.