Coded data generation or conversion – Code generator or transmitter – Transmitter for remote control signal
Patent
1995-10-20
1997-07-15
Hofsass, Jeffery
Coded data generation or conversion
Code generator or transmitter
Transmitter for remote control signal
34082524, 34082572, 345157, 345158, 345162, 348569, 341 22, G08C 1912
Patent
active
056487819
ABSTRACT:
A remote control method and apparatus thereof performs the remote control of electrical appliances using control menus corresponding to functions of the electrical appliances, which are displayed on a television screen and selected by using a trackball installed on the remote control apparatus. The remote control system includes a remote controller and an electrical appliance. The remote control includes trackball, a trackball movement sensor, a shift value data storage, a data generator, a control commander and a transmitter. The appliance includes a receiver, a menu display, a menu display information storage, a cursor display, and a menu contents execution unit. Thus, the operation of electrical appliances is made more user friendly. The present invention also reduces the complexity and difficulty of operating a remote controller by reducing the number of keys on a remote controller.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5448240 (1995-09-01), Morita
patent: 5457446 (1995-10-01), Yamamoto
patent: 5488427 (1996-01-01), Choi
patent: 5532753 (1996-07-01), Bochner
Hofsass Jeffery
Samsung Electronics Co,. Ltd.
Wong Albert K.
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