Abstract:
The present invention provides a universal remote control with components interconnected by a bus, permitting separate location of the components. During operation, a control input is received from a user. A control signal representing the control input is transmitted through the bus. The control signal is received from the bus at a location remote from where the control input was received. A radio frequency activation signal is transmitted based on the received control signal.
Abstract:
Remote appliance activation can be achieved by relaying between radio frequency transmission schemes having different characteristics. A radio receiver receives radio frequency control signals for controlling the appliance. Each existing radio frequency transmitter is specifically designed to transmit wireless radio frequency control signals having receiver characteristics to the radio receiver. A new wireless radio frequency transmitter has transmitter characteristics, at least one of which is different from receiver characteristics. A radio relay learns the receiver characteristics from one of the existing transmitters and learns at least one transmitter characteristic from the new transmitter. Then, when an appliance radio frequency activation command is received from the new transmitter, the radio relay transmits a new radio frequency appliance activation command having the learned receiver characteristics.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a universal remote control. For each channel supported, a mode is initially established as rolling mode. For a fixed code appliance, a fixed code is received and stored, and the mode changed to fixed mode. When an activation request is received, the mode associated with that activation input is examined. If the mode is rolling mode, a sequence of rolling code activation signals is transmitted, each based on one of the plurality of rolling code transmission schemes. If the mode is fixed mode, at least one activation signal is transmitted based on a fixed code transmission scheme and including the stored fixed code.
Abstract:
A new lighting control utilizes common infrared remote controllers such as the nulluniversal remote controllernull available for controlling TV, VCR and other audio/video components and devices in home use. The new infrared receiver controllers incorporate receivers that recognize many control protocols, have the ability to learn and respond to one protocol field-assigned to a particular control device and to simultaneously ignore messages directed to other control system components. A particular receiver is able to accept different communication protocols generated under audio/video maker-specific presets. Most audio/video makers have a proprietary code format which differs from others in carrier frequency used, code type (bi-phase or pulse distance modulation), length of message, timing of data bits and start sequence, repetition format and rate and number of bits/message. The receiver and associated microprocessor recognizes a particular characteristic of an incoming communication and by comparison with a plurality of images in memory locks on to a particular code and screens out other codes stored in memory which may be used for other devices and components controlled by the infrared remote controller. In this manner, a particular light or plurality of lights may be controlled by the same nulluniversal remote controllernull that controls the TV, VCR and other devices in the same room or vicinity.
Abstract:
A wireless control system for wireless control of a home electronic system based on the location of the wireless control system includes a transmitter circuit, an interface circuit, and a control circuit. The transmitter circuit is configured to transmit a wireless control signal having control data which will control the home electronic system. The interface circuit is configured to receive navigation data from a navigation data source. The control circuit is configured to receive the navigation data, to determine a distance between the wireless control system and the home electronic system based on the navigation data, and to command the transmitter circuit to transmit the wireless control signal based on the distance.
Abstract:
A control unit 11 responds in ordinary course to external stimuli. In addition, the control unit 11 further processes the external stimuli to characterize and otherwise seek to identify certain aspects and attributes. Unique audible signals that correspond to varying results of such analysis are then provided. These audible signals can readily facilitate ease and accuracy when diagnosing the cause of a particular operational issue. In one embodiment the diagnostic audible signals are selectively mutable without concurrently muting other audible signals as correspond to ordinary operation of the control unit 11.
Abstract:
A system for monitoring and controlling an area comprising a controller for controlling system operational functions and responsive to at least one remote-control transmitter. The transmitter transmits system commands to the controller in a code word having a fixed word and a hopping word therein. The fixed and hopping words are scrambled using a format word resident in the transmitter and sent to the controller only during a learn mode.
Abstract:
A method of indicating a degree of incoming threat to an electronically secured area consists of the steps of sensing via sensor a degree of threat delivered to a secured area and generating an electric signal proportional to the degree of threat; analyzing the signal to determine if it is a low degree of threat or a high degree of threat; and producing either a first pulse representing low degree of threat or separately producing the first pulse and a second pulse representing a signal having both low degree of threat and high degree of threat.
Abstract:
A radio control for electric devices may include: a containment body provided with at least one button, at least one electronic transmitter configured to transmit a unique code in a direction of the electric devices, and a microprocessor to which generated signals are sent, by pressing the at least one button, that is configured to control the at least one transmitter, and that is configured to determine the unique code. Each time the at least one button is pressed, the unique code may be transmitted by the at least one electronic transmitter at least once at a first frequency and then may be retransmitted at least once at a second frequency different than the first frequency.
Abstract:
A system for installation in a vehicle and for controlling a device, the system including a trainable transceiver, communications electronics, and a processing circuit coupled to the trainable transceiver and the communications electronics. The processing circuit is configured to train the trainable transceiver to control a device using information received from a cloud computing system remote from the device and vehicle via the communications electronics.