Controller apparatus for controlling an electronic apparatus

Details Controller apparatus for controlling an electronic apparatus Controller apparatus for controlling an electronic apparatus

2007-11-20

2007-11-20

Hofsass, Jeffery (Department: 2612)

Coded data generation or conversion

Code generator or transmitter

Transmitter for remote control signal

C341S173000, C341S174000, C341S175000, C341S023000, C348S734000, C345S168000, C340S815780

Reexamination Certificate

active

10308544

ABSTRACT:
A remote controller apparatus has a controller body, which is provided with annularly disposed display devices displaying as images operating buttons for the purpose of executing functions of a remotely controlled apparatus, and which is further provided with a display device at the center of the annularly disposed display devices. Operating switches are provided below each of the display devices, a transparent shuttle ring is disposed over the annularly disposed display devices, and a transparent center button is provided over the display device at the center. The shuttle ring is caused to rotate, and if necessary operating buttons displayed by each of the display devices are switched to other operating buttons. By doing this, it is possible to assign images of various operating buttons for executing functions of a remotely controlled apparatus to the display devices of the remote controller apparatus, which display this operating buttons, and also possible for a user to operate operating buttons without being aware of which operating buttons correspond to which operations. Additionally, the need to assign more than one operation to one button is eliminated, and it is possible to avoid an excessive increase in the number of operating buttons.

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