Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
340120520 | Plural devices | 39 |
20110169619 | REMOTELY CONTROLLABLE RECEPTABLE SYSTEM AND MANAGING METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A remotely controllable receptacle system is disclosed. The remotely controllable receptacle system includes a remote control device for emitting a first request signal and a searching signal, and a plurality of receptacle devices for emitting a first reply signal according to the first request signal. The remote control device determines whether the first reply signal is received and the receptacle device emitting the first reply signal is classified as the vicinity receptacle device and the receptacle device not emitting the first reply signal is classified as the missing receptacle device. The vicinity receptacle device is configured to emit a second request signal according to the searching signal and determine whether the missing receptacle device emits a second reply signal according to the second request signal before a mutual communication between the remote control device and the missing receptacle device via the vicinity receptacle device is established. | 07-14-2011 |
20120056731 | DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM - A controller | 03-08-2012 |
20120086563 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLIANCE CONTROL VIA A NETWORK - A first remote control application is configured to cause a smart device to transmit at least one command for controlling at least one functional operation of a controllable appliance in response to a user interface element of the smart device being activated while a second remote control application of a bridge device is configured to cause the bridge device to transmit at least one command for controlling at least one functional operation of the controllable appliance in response to receiving at the bridge device the at least one command transmitted from the smart device. The at least one command is transmitted from the smart device using a first transmission protocol and the at least one command is transmitted from the bridge device using a transmission protocol recognized by the controllable appliance. | 04-12-2012 |
20120092143 | METHOD FOR SELECTING A CONTROLLABLE DEVICE - The present invention relates to a method for selecting at least one of a plurality of controllable devices ( | 04-19-2012 |
20120105216 | TRANSMITTING SECONDARY REMOTE CONTROL SIGNALS - A device for receiving a primary remote control signal and sending a secondary remote control signal where the primary remote control signal and the secondary remote control signal have the same signal-format, and where the secondary remote control signal comprises a secondary information value based upon a primary information value which is comprised by the primary remote control signal, is disclosed. The device is thus capable of eavesdropping on signals sent from a remote controller to a controllable device, and send secondary remote control signals which can be read by the controllable device. | 05-03-2012 |
20120169482 | System and Method for Selecting a Device for Remote Control Based on Determined Navigational State of a Remote Control Device - A computer system having one or more processors and memory receives data corresponding to a device-selection command performed at a remote control, where the remote control is configured to provide remote-control commands to a plurality of devices. In response to receiving the data corresponding to the device-selection command, the computer system selects one of the devices as a selected device in accordance with information indicating that the remote control was pointed at a proxy for the selected device at the time that the device-selection command was performed at the remote control, where the proxy for the selected device is at a different location than the selected device. The computer system also generates a respective remote-control command for the selected device, where the respective remote-control command will, when received by the selected device, cause the selected device to perform a predefined operation that corresponds to the respective remote-control command. | 07-05-2012 |
20120223820 | INTEGRATED REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An integrated remote control system controls a plurality of peripheral electronic devices by a certain integrated operation to provide use convenience of the electronic devices. The integrated remote control system includes an integrated control device configured to store control codes of the peripheral electronic devices and provide the at least one control code of the peripheral electronic devices according to a request. The integrated remote control system also includes a user remote control device configured to request the integrated control device to transmit the control code for controlling the peripheral electronic device, receive the requested control code, and control the at least one of the peripheral electronic devices. | 09-06-2012 |
20130043986 | REMOTE CONTROLLER AND REMOTE CONTROL METHOD USING SAME HAVING TWO CONTROL MODES FOR CONTROLLING AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT HOUSEHOLD ELECTRIC APPLIANCES - A remote controller includes a processor, a display unit, a input unit, a communicator. The processor is configured to generate a mode interface. The display unit is configured to display the mode interface. The input unit is configured to generate control commands under the condition that a user presses the input unit according to the mode interface displayed on the display unit. The processor generates a plurality of remote control signals according to the control commands and transmits the remote control signals to a communicator. The communicator is configured to emit remote control signals to at least two electric appliances to control at least two electric appliances. A remote control method using the remote controller is also provided. | 02-21-2013 |
20130082827 | GROUP-WISE DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods and apparatus are provided for group-controlling devices. Group information on interoperable devices among a plurality of electronic devices is acquired. The interoperable devices indicated in the group information are controlled as a group. | 04-04-2013 |
20130106587 | Assisting use of control devices with different electronic devices | 05-02-2013 |
20130127604 | TRACK FAN REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM - A system using a remote control to provide independent control of power to one or more track fans and track lights, as well as control of speed of rotation of each fan, and brightness of each light across one or more tracks of various types. The remote control also allows groups of track fans and/or track lights to be controlled together, and allows the controlled track fans and track lights to be attached to different tracks. | 05-23-2013 |
20130154812 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING REMOTE CONTROL INSTRUCTIONS - An exemplary electronic device receives control information via a wireless signal from a remote control, the control information configured to control operation of a target electronic device, and determines whether the target electronic device is configured to receive Consumer Electronic Control (CEC) format control information or receive non-CEC format control information. When the target electronic device is configured to receive CEC format control information, the received control information is translated into CEC format control information that the target electronic device is configured to interpret, and the translated CEC format control information is communicated to the target electronic device over a high-definition multimedia (HDMI) connector using the CEC format. When the target electronic device is not configured to receive CEC format control information, the received control information is translated into non-CEC format control information that the target electronic device is configured to interpret. | 06-20-2013 |
20130278398 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY SETTING MOTION VECTOR FOR SELF-PROPELLED TOY VEHICLES - The present solution is directed to systems and methods for setting motion vector (MV) for a self-propelled toy by hand-held remote controller (RC). The method feature is that (i) the vector of a control action made by the user with the RC, (ii) the vector of the desired motion for the selected toy and (iii) the vector displayed by light indicator at the selected toy, all the three, or at least two of them, have coincided direction and proportional value. The desired vector is being set while the RC is pointed at the selected toy. If pointing is being made by invisible light, then the pointed toy should be indicated by its own means. One RC may be used for controlling arbitrary number of devices consequently. Otherwise a number of toys may be grouped, and the same MV may be given to all of them at once. | 10-24-2013 |
20130293362 | MULTI-DEGREES-OF-FREEDOM HAND CONTROLLER - Disclosed is a controller including a first control member, a second control member that extends from a portion of the first control member, and a controller processor that is operable to produce a rotational movement output signal in response to movement of the first control member, and a translational movement output signal in response to movement of the second control member relative to the first control member. The rotational movement output signal may be any of a pitch movement output signal, a yaw movement output signal, and a roll movement output signal, and the translational movement output signal may be any of an x-axis movement output signal, a y-axis movement output signal, and a z-axis movement output signal. In exemplary embodiments, the first control member may be gripped and moved using a single hand, and the second control member may be moved using one or more digits of the single hand, thus permitting highly intuitive, single-handed control of multiple degrees of freedom, to and including, all six degrees of rotational and translational freedom without any inadvertent cross-coupling inputs. | 11-07-2013 |
20130307677 | CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION MODE CHANGES IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In response to receiving an indication at a primary device of initiation of a communication mode change, the primary device transmits a first command. Each of one or more secondary devices that are in a responsive state when the first command is transmitted responds to the first command with a response message and remains in a responsive state until a second command is received from the primary device. Each secondary device that is not in a responsive state when the first command is transmitted changes to a responsive state after a predetermined amount of time in a non-responsive state and remains in a responsive state for at least a minimum time duration. The primary device collects response messages received from secondary devices, and in response to the number of response messages received being equal to an indicated number, transmits the second command. | 11-21-2013 |
20140091912 | TECHNIQUES FOR CONTROLLING APPLIANCES - Remote control systems utilize touch-sensitive user-input devices and/or displays which may be integral with the touch-sensitive user-input devices. Gestures input into a touch-sensitive user-input device result in signals transmitted to one or more appliances for the purpose of controlling the one or more appliances. A display provides intuitive visual feedback regarding input into the remote control system, through a touch-sensitive user-input device and/or other user-input devices. The remote control systems may be configured and dynamically updated based on user activity in connection with the remote control systems. | 04-03-2014 |
20140118122 | AGENT APPARATUS, ELECTRICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AGENT APPARATUS - An agent apparatus to relay operation control information between at least one remote controller and at least one electrical apparatus, the agent apparatus includes a communication unit to receive operation control information, of the at least one electrical apparatus, transmitted from the remote controller and to transmit the operation control information to the at least one electrical apparatus, a controller to learn the received operation control information of the at least one of electrical apparatus to generate a macro and to control output of the generated macro, and a storage unit to store the operation control information of the at least one electrical apparatus and the generated macro. | 05-01-2014 |
20140176314 | Smart Device to Media Device Coupling to Create Virtual Control Environment - An embodiment of the invention provides a method including receiving in an antenna of a smart device first wireless command and control data from a first electronic device. The antenna receives additional wireless command and control data from at least one second electronic device. The first wireless command and control data and the additional wireless command and control data are automatically received from the first electronic device and the at least one second electronic device without input to the smart device from a user. A universal interface is created in the smart device based on the first command and control data and the additional command and control data, wherein the first electronic device and the at least one second electronic device are controllable by the universal interface. | 06-26-2014 |
20140176315 | Smart Device to Media Device Coupling to Create Virtual Control Environment - An embodiment of the invention provides a method including receiving in an antenna of a smart device first wireless command and control data from a first electronic device. The antenna receives additional wireless command and control data from at least one second electronic device. The first wireless command and control data and the additional wireless command and control data are automatically received from the first electronic device and the at least one second electronic device without input to the smart device from a user. A universal interface is created in the smart device based on the first command and control data and the additional command and control data, wherein the first electronic device and the at least one second electronic device are controllable by the universal interface. | 06-26-2014 |
20140306811 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING GESTURE AND SOUND FOR CONTROLLING DEVICE - A system for integrating gestures and sounds including: a gesture recognition unit that extracts gesture feature information corresponding to user commands from image information and acquires gesture recognition information from the gesture feature information; a background recognition unit acquiring background sound information using a predetermined background sound model from sound information; a sound recognition unit that extracts sound feature information corresponding to user commands from the sound information and extracts the sound feature information based on the the background sound information and acquires sound recognition information from the sound feature information; and an integration unit that generates integration information by integrating the gesture recognition information and the sound recognition information. | 10-16-2014 |
20140327526 | CONTROL SIGNAL BASED ON A COMMAND TAPPED BY A USER - A system includes at least three accelerometers disposed in different locations of an area with a surface to capture respective vibration data corresponding to a command tapped onto the surface by a user and a processing system to receive the vibration data from each accelerometer, identify the command and a location of the user from the vibration data, and generate a control signal based on the command and the location. | 11-06-2014 |
20160078753 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONALITY - A hand-held device having a touch sensitive surface uses a relative distance from an origin location to each of a plurality of touch zones of the touch sensitive surface activated by a user to select a one of the plurality of touch zones as being intended for activation by the user. | 03-17-2016 |
20160195939 | Multi-Degrees-of-Freedom Hand Controller | 07-07-2016 |
340120530 | Diverse devices | 16 |
20110187512 | CONTROLLING DEVICE USING VISUAL CUES TO INDICATE APPLIANCE AND FUNCTION KEY RELATIONSHIPS - A controlling device, such as a universal remote control, that uses visual and/or audio cues, such as sounds, color, patterns, shapes, etc., to indicate a relationship between a function key and an intended target appliance for a command transmitted in response to activation of the function key. | 08-04-2011 |
20110298596 | METHOD OF OPERATING ONE OR MORE CONTROLLABLE DEVICES IN DEPENDENCE UPON COMMANDS RECEIVED FROM A MOBILE DEVICE AND SYSTEM CONTROLLER THEREOF - A system controller for operating one or more controllable devices in dependence upon commands received from a mobile device includes a first communication interface for receiving a command from the mobile device and a second communication interface for receiving a message from a controllable device. One or more processors are configured to determine whether the mobile device that sent the command is authorized to operate a target controllable device to which the command pertains, and generate a command identifier for identifying the command, and send an instruction corresponding to the command and including the command identifier to the target controllable device when the mobile device is authorized to operate the target controllable device. The system controller replies to a pending command identified by a particular command identifier with a response indicating transaction complete when the message from the controllable device acknowledges the particular command identifier. | 12-08-2011 |
20120019371 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO FACILITATE UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL - One embodiment of the present invention provides a universal remote control, which includes a display screen and a user input mechanism. The universal remote control also includes a processing unit that is configured to display information on the display screen and to accept selection data from the user input mechanism. The universal remote control additionally includes a wireless communication mechanism that is configured to provide communications between the processing unit and an appliance or computer program running on a computer system. The appliance provides information to be displayed on the display screen, and information entered through the user input mechanism is communicated to the appliance. Since the appliance provides the information to be displayed on the display screen and also interprets the entries on the input mechanism, the universal remote control needs no special knowledge about the appliance. | 01-26-2012 |
20130187768 | Systems And Methods For An Adaptive And Interactive Healing Environment - A system and method for promoting enhanced healing of a medical patient includes a patient room having accommodations for the medical patient, a central computer connected to a media server, a main display located in the patient room, the main display connected to the central computer and including at least a navigation pane and a content pane, an audio system connected to the central computer and capable of providing sound to the patient room, and a remote unit directly accessible to the medical patient, the remote unit having a capability to control the central computer and a content of the main display and a content of the audio system. | 07-25-2013 |
20130222125 | Remote Control Device with Directional Mode Indicator - Methods, systems, and products disclose a remote control device that controls multiple consumer electronics devices based on orientation. | 08-29-2013 |
20130234840 | REMOTE DEVICE CONTROL AND ENERGY MONITORING BY ANALYZING DATA AND APPLYING RULES - Techniques are described for providing remote device (e.g., thermostat, lighting, appliance, etc.) control and/or energy monitoring. A system monitors sensor data captured by one or more sensors that sense attributes relevant to user presence at one or more monitored properties and status of one or more energy consuming devices associated with the one or more monitored properties. The system analyzes the monitored sensor data and the monitored device status with respect to a set of one or more rules and performs an operation related to controlling the one or more energy consuming devices based on the analysis of the monitored sensor data and the monitored device status with respect to the set of one or more rules. | 09-12-2013 |
20140118123 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING HOME DEVICE BASED ON SERVICE LOGIC IN HOME NETWORK SYSTEM - A method of controlling at least one home device in a home network system through a home gateway is provided. The method includes transmitting information about at least one home device installed in a home to a server, receiving extracted scenario information configured with combinations of services that are providable through the at least one home device from the server, and transmitting the extracted scenario information to a user terminal, receiving a control signal corresponding to a scenario selected by the user terminal from the user terminal, and if an event signal is detected from the at least one home device corresponding to the selected scenario, controlling the at least one home device according to the selected scenario. | 05-01-2014 |
20140327527 | DESIGNER CONTROL DEVICES - A control device configurable to couple to one or more devices having different control functions and a method of facilitating remote control of at least one device having different control functions includes a processor that receives an instruction for at least one of the control functions and additional information from the at least one device, the processor including a plurality of processing algorithms, the additional information received from the at least one device including at least a locally transmitted data signal. The processor selectably processes the additional information using at least one of the processing algorithms and controls a touch sensitive display reconfigurable for the different control functions, such that the at least one control function and the selectably processed additional information are presented on the touch sensitive display. The processor also generates at least one control signal responsive to receiving the locally transmitted data signal. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 11-06-2014 |
20140375442 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES - An electronic device communicates with a plurality of household appliances to execute a method to control the household appliances. A reference orientation of each household appliance relative to the electronic device is obtained and stored in a storage. When an acceleration of the electronic device exceeds a predetermined value, a movement orientation of the electronic device is detected and one or more household appliances having the reference orientation matching the movement orientation of the electronic device are displayed in a selectable image via a display. One or more household appliances selected from the selectable image can be controlled to perform corresponding functions using the electronic device according to user operations. | 12-25-2014 |
20150009022 | REMOTE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HOME APPLIANCES - A remote control method and an apparatus for home appliances, wherein a remote controller performs situation recognition using sensors and automatically controls home appliances without a control message from a portable device when communication with the portable device is not possible, are provided. The remote control method is designed for a remote controller managing home appliances installed in a home. The remote control method includes receiving a remote control request from a portable device capable of remotely controlling one or more home appliances, performing, upon reception of the remote control request, situation recognition with respect to the home appliances, and controlling operations of the home appliances based on situation recognition results. | 01-08-2015 |
20150061844 | STAR CLUSTER CODESET DATABASE FOR UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL DEVICES - A keycode data structure includes a device type byte, a set of keycodes, system code information, a system data byte, a protocol pointer that points to a protocol table and a number of flagbytes that are used to index a particular key among the keycodes. The keycode data structure also contains a plurality of keycode data structure pointers (KDSPs). Keycode data structures are linked together using KDSPs. A special value in the keycode data structure is used to indicate that the keycode data structure contains multiple KDSPs. The number of pointers is stored in a particular location of the keycode data structure. | 03-05-2015 |
20150348405 | REMOTE CONTROL FOR HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE AND SETTING METHOD THEREOF - A remote control comprises a built-in microprocessor, a built-in voice generator and a memory. The voice generator and the memory are data communicable with the microprocessor. Voice prompts are generated by the voice generator under control of the microprocessor to prompt users step by step when the remote control is set up to remotely control a household appliance to be remotely controlled. A first letter of a brand name corresponding to the household appliance to be remotely controlled is input in the remote control by following the generated voice prompts to decide a control code retrieved from the database for setting up the remote control, and further voices prompts are generated to prompt users for testing each key available for remotely controlling the household appliance to be remotely controlled. A method for setting the remote control is also provided. | 12-03-2015 |
20150371535 | REMOTE CONTROLLER WITH KEYPAD PROTECTOR - This utility model relates to a remote controller for televisions, video recorders/players, air conditioners and the like with keypad protector comprising an elongated generally flat housing being defined by a pair of upper and lower shells, provided on said upper 5 shell, a keypad having different sizes of push buttons being received by the plurality of different kinds of slots of said upper shell, said keypad being intended for changing channels and for setting up of different kinds of program activities, such as on/off button, mute button or for accessing the menu options thereof, characterized in that said housing further provided with keypad protector being defined by a flat rectangular support disposed at the back portion thereof, a pair of opposing raised members extending outwardly from the rear end of said rectangular support, and a protecting block being provided at the opposing forward end of said rectangular support, said protecting block having chamfered corners to provide a way to roll said remote controller in a lying position should it be laid down in an upside down position thereof. | 12-24-2015 |
20160125732 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A REMOTE CONTROLLED SYSTEM - A method of controlling a remote controlled system includes the steps of: A. establishing corresponding relationships between a detector and home appliances; B. measuring a specific physical quantity with the detector; C. determining if the measured physical quantity is abnormal; and D. controlling the corresponding home appliances to perform certain operations according to the corresponding relationships if the measured physical quantity is abnormal, whereby, the physical quantity measured by a common detector can be feedbacked to multiple home appliances, which effectively reduces the number of the required detectors. | 05-05-2016 |
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