Device for automatically controlling a television

Details Device for automatically controlling a television Device for automatically controlling a television

1996-04-29

1998-09-08

Buczinski, Stephen C.

Television

Special applications

Manufacturing

340573, 348818, 348819, H04N 716, H04N 565, G08B 2300

Patent

active

058052011

ABSTRACT:
An automatic control device is provided for automatically controlling a television. The automatic control device comprises a distance measuring portion (17) for measuring a distance between a screen of the television and a viewer watching the television, a control unit 11 for determining whether the distance measured by the distance measuring device (17) is shorter than a predetermined distance, a signal generating circuit (13) for outputting a power source signal when the control unit 11 determines that the measured distance is shorter than the predetermined distance, and an infrared-ray emitting diode 14 for emitting infrared rays of light for turning on or off an auxiliary power source of the television 20 in accordance with the power source signal.

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patent: 4321593 (1982-03-01), Ho et al.
patent: 4835614 (1989-05-01), Ryu
patent: 5408276 (1995-04-01), Morales
patent: 5521652 (1996-05-01), Shalvi
patent: 5541664 (1996-07-01), Cuadrado

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