公开(公告)号：US20190187808A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-20

申请号：US16279095

申请日：2019-02-19

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Arsham Hatambeiki ,  Jeffrey Kohanek ,  Pamela Eichler Keiles

IPC: G06F3/02 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  H01H9/02 ,  H01H25/04 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044

CPC classification number: G06F3/0219 ,  G06F3/03547 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0414 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F2203/04106 ,  H01H9/0235 ,  H01H25/041

Abstract: A controlling device has a moveable touch sensitive panel positioned above a plurality of switches. When the controlling device senses an activation of at least one of the plurality of switches when caused by a movement of the touch sensitive panel resulting from an input at an input location upon the touch sensitive surface, the controlling device responds by transmitting a signal to an appliance wherein the signal is reflective of the input location upon the touch sensitive surface.

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：US20190174196A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-06

申请号：US16273377

申请日：2019-02-12

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Paul D. Arling ,  Christopher Chambers ,  Wayne Scott ,  Mark Momot

IPC: H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/4405 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/854 ,  H04N21/6543 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/647 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/6332 ,  H04N21/443 ,  H04L12/28

CPC classification number: H04N21/47202 ,  H04L12/2805 ,  H04L12/282 ,  H04N21/25858 ,  H04N21/25866 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04N21/4131 ,  H04N21/42225 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04N21/43615 ,  H04N21/4405 ,  H04N21/4432 ,  H04N21/6125 ,  H04N21/6332 ,  H04N21/647 ,  H04N21/6543 ,  H04N21/818 ,  H04N21/85406

Abstract: A set of media playback and device settings data from each home appliance of a first set of home appliances is stored on a central server and/or sent to a remote control device upon initiation of a suspend command by a user. The stored media and devices states may be used at a later time to control the first set of home appliances, or a user may, after relocating to a second set of home appliances, initiate a resume state command whereupon media playback and device settings data from the central server and/or remote control device controls each home appliance in the second set of home appliances to bring about the same or substantially similar media and device states as in the first set of home appliances.

公开(公告)号：US10261816B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-16

申请号：US15728607

申请日：2017-10-10

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Jonathan Lee ,  Oscar C. Miramontes ,  Daniel SauFu Mui

IPC: H04N7/173 ,  H04N7/16 ,  G06F9/455 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04N21/422 ,  G08C19/28 ,  G06F9/54

Abstract: A web server uses selection criteria for identifying an electronic consumer device to identify a codeset likely to be appropriate for communicating with the electronic consumer device and data indicative of at least one code of the identified codeset is provided to a remote control device whereupon the data indicative of the at least one code of the identified codeset is automatically activated by the remote control 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：US20190096235A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-28

申请号：US16197748

申请日：2018-11-21

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Paul D. Arling

IPC: G08C17/02 ,  H04N21/422 ,  G08C23/04 ,  H04N21/4363

Abstract: In response to a detected presence of an intended target appliance within a logical topography of controllable appliances identity information associated with the intended target appliance is used to automatically add to a graphical user interface of a controlling device an icon representative of the intended target appliance and to create at a Universal Control Engine a listing of communication methods for use in controlling corresponding functional operations of the intended target appliance. When the icon is later activated, the controlling device is placed into an operating state appropriate for controlling functional operations of the intended target appliance while the Universal Control Engine uses at least one of the communication methods to transmit at least one command to place the intended target appliance into a predetermined operating state.

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：US10192428B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-29

申请号：US15380130

申请日：2016-12-15

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： George Vergis

IPC: G08C19/28 ,  G08C23/04 ,  H04N5/44

Abstract: A codeset is described in a Public Codeset Communication Format (PCCF) as a format block including a plurality of fields having readily decipherable values, such as ASCII character values. One field is a mark/space information field that includes a sequence of mark time indicators and space time indicators for an operational signal of the codeset. A second field is a signal characteristic information field for the operational signal. Signal characteristic information may include carrier on/off information, repeat frame information, toggle control information, and last frame information. The PCCF is a codeset interchange format of general applicability.

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.