CN100394458C - Control device discrimination method and device for universal remote controller - Google Patents

Abstract

A control device identification method for a universal remote control that controls multiple devices using a pre-set common button. It includes the following steps, and is characterized by this: the step of receiving the control command input by the user, and judging the current control object device; for the above-mentioned judging device, extracting the pre-set signaling tone and sending it out; The step of transmitting the control signal corresponding to the control command to the above-mentioned equipment. The control device identification method of this universal remote control does not need to add additional device circuits, and it is possible to confirm whether a certain device is controlled by using a common remote control tool.

Description

Control device discrimination method and device for universal remote controller

【Technical field】

The present invention relates to a control device discrimination method and device for a universal remote control capable of grasping which device is controlled by the button currently being pressed when various devices are controlled by a common button of the remote control.

【Background technique】

In order to be able to control home appliances and electronic products such as TVs and VCRs (video recorders) at a long distance, a remote controller (Remote Controller) is required. Since each product has a different remote controller, it is necessary to use multiple remote controllers in order to activate electronic devices that operate in conjunction with televisions, VCRs (video recorders), DVDs, set-top boxes for satellite receivers, and the like. In particular, since the respective signal transmission formats (command language signal waveforms for executing commands transmitted by various devices) of the remote controllers provided by various home appliance manufacturers are different, and because they are not compatible with each other, when a specific electronic product When the remote control is lost or broken, it is necessary to purchase a new remote control.

In order to solve the above-mentioned inconvenience in use, a universal remote controller is being studied and used now.

The universal remote control is a remote control set to operate multiple TVs and VCRs (video recorders) provided by home appliance manufacturers with one remote control. In the built-in memory of the universal remote control, after storing the different remote control signal transmission formats of a large number of electronic products in a database, according to the type of electronic products owned by the user, after setting the appropriate signal transmission format, call out and send out long distance signal.

The remote control signal setting method of this universal remote control is as follows. Among the setting device buttons (such as TV, VCR, optical cable/satellite receiver, DVD player, etc. setting device buttons) set on the universal remote control, press the device button used to select a specific product. Then, in order to set the remote control signal format suitable for the relevant product as the database setting code value, a plurality of key operations are performed.

In other words, press the device button to select the corresponding device such as TV, VCR, DVD player, etc. that you want to set. Then, as indicated on the user menu, in order to specify the remote control signal transmission format of the corresponding product, press the setting button set for specifying the setting state, and press the combination of 3-4 setting buttons set in advance. The specified number key, and then press the setting confirmation key to send a power key value of the signal transmission format, and repeat the setting steps of power on or off for many times, and it will be judged that it is suitable for the setting of the remote control signal format The state is stored in the memory of the universal remote control.

Then, press the universal remote controller to send out the stored command language code signal in the remote control signal transmission format.

At this time, in order to know which device the button the user is pressing is the button of the device, the above-mentioned universal remote control is provided with a light-emitting diode outside, and the LCD and the installation switch can be used to know which device the button is.

Hereinafter, the method for controlling various devices through the common button of the remote controller will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1a to 1b are schematic diagrams of the appearance of an existing universal remote control.

As shown in FIG. 1 a , the existing universal remote control 100 includes the following parts: a power button 102 ; a button 104 for device selection; a device catalog providing area 106 a ; a control information providing area 108 ; and a control button 110 .

The device selection buttons 104 are buttons for selecting devices such as TV, VCR, and DVD. The device selected by the device selection button 104 is displayed in the device list providing area 106a. That is, when the user selects TV using the device selection button 104, 'TV' is displayed in the device list providing area 106a. Therefore, the user can know which device is currently controlled by looking at the device list displayed in the above-mentioned device list providing area 106a.

That is, the above-mentioned device list providing area 106a is formed by a liquid crystal display and displays the list selected by the user.

The above-mentioned control button 110 is a button for the user to select a control command of a corresponding device, and is a button commonly used by multiple devices.

If the user uses the control button 110 to select a control command, the control command selected by the user will be displayed in the control information providing area 108 .

As shown in FIG. 1 b , the universal remote control 100 includes the following parts: a power button 102 ; a button 104 for selecting a device; an area 106 b for providing a device list; and a control button 110 .

Since the aforementioned power button 102, device selection button 104, and control button 110 are the same as those shown in FIG. 1a, their descriptions are omitted here.

The above-mentioned device list providing area 106b installs light-emitting diodes on the device list, and the light-emitting diodes emit light for the devices currently controlled by the user. Therefore, the user can check whether or not to control a certain device by using the above-mentioned light-emitting diode.

However, the above-mentioned existing universal remote control has the problem that when the user puts the remote control and uses it again, he cannot know whether to send the code of a certain device.

【Content of invention】

In order to solve the above problems, the purpose of the present invention is to provide the user with a control device identification method and device for a universal remote controller that can know which product is being controlled by the currently pressed key when a common key is used to control multiple products.

In order to achieve the above object, the control device identification method of the universal remote control of the present invention is a control device identification method of a universal remote control that controls multiple devices by using a pre-set common button. It includes the following steps, and is characterized by this: the step of receiving the control command input by the user, and judging the current control object device; for the above-mentioned judging device, extracting the pre-set signaling tone and sending it out; The step of transmitting the control signal corresponding to the control command to the above-mentioned equipment.

The control device identification method of the universal remote controller is characterized in that the above-mentioned signaling tone is set in advance for the identification of the device.

Moreover, the characteristic of the control device identification method of the universal remote controller is that the number of sending times and the timbre of the sending tone are different for different devices.

The control device discriminating device of the universal remote controller of the present invention is composed of the following parts, and is characterized by this: a key input unit that receives at least one control command sent by the user; input the control command through the key input unit, and judge the current control The target device is a control unit that generates a sending tone command and outputs a control signal corresponding to the above control command; receives a sending tone command from the control unit, and sends a sending tone set in advance according to the type of the device. The sound output part; according to the control signal output command transmitted by the above-mentioned control part, the ultraviolet transmission part that outputs the control signal.

The present invention can provide users with a control device identification method and device of a universal remote control that can confirm whether a certain device is controlled by using a common remote control tool without adding additional device circuits.

Moreover, the present invention can also provide users with a universal remote control device identification method and its method for controlling multiple devices by using public buttons to easily know whether the button being pressed is a button of a certain device. equipment.

【Description of drawings】

1a to 1b are schematic diagrams of the appearance of an existing universal remote control.

Fig. 2 is a schematic sectional view of the structure of a universal remote controller according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the appearance of a universal remote controller according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart of a method for sending a control command according to an embodiment of the present invention.

【Detailed ways】

The following will describe in detail the embodiments of the control device identification method and device of the universal remote controller of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 2 is a schematic sectional view showing the structure of a universal remote controller according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the appearance of a universal remote controller according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Fig. 2 to Fig. 3, we can see that the universal remote controller of an embodiment of the present invention is made up of the following several parts: the power supply part 220 that can provide the action power supply of key input part 210, control part 200 and each circuit part Judging all commands input by the above-mentioned key input unit 210, carrying out arithmetic processing, and the control unit 200 of output and control; the output signal of the above-mentioned control unit 200 is converted into an ultraviolet signal, and the ultraviolet transmission unit 230 of output; Section 240.

The key input unit 210 inputs control commands of at least one device of the user. It consists of a power button 212 , a data entry button 216 and a selection button 218 .

The user can use the power button 212 to turn on/off the power of the electronic device having the remote control receiver.

The above-mentioned data input button 216 is composed of a plurality of number and letter buttons, and is used to transmit number and letter information to the electronic device.

The above-mentioned selection button 218 can select devices such as TV, VCR, optical cable/satellite receiver, etc., and it is provided with a plurality of selection keys. In addition to the above-mentioned devices, it can also be applied to devices that use remote controls for remote control, such as power supplies. On/off devices, refrigerator thermostats, etc., are all devices that can be remotely controlled. When applicable to the above-mentioned devices, the remote control signal transmission format data used by the remote controller of the related device should be stored in the universal remote controller in advance.

The ultraviolet transmission unit 230 transmits a remote control signal to the controlled device according to the command selected by the user.

The above-mentioned signaling sound output unit 240 has a role of sending out a preset signaling sound according to the device type. That is, when a control command is selected for a device selected by the user, the signaling sound output unit 240 sends out a predetermined signaling sound so that the user can distinguish the device.

Hereinafter, the above content will be described in detail by taking the control object device as an example of a TV.

When the user selects the channel selection button, the beeping sound output unit 240 outputs a preset beeping sound (for example, a 'beep' sound once) and transmits a remote control signal to the TV.

When the control object is TV, after the user converts the control object device into AMP, selects the control button, and the above-mentioned signaling sound output unit 240 outputs the signaling sound set in advance (for example, sending a 'beep' sound) for AMP display. At the same time, the remote control signal is sent to the AMP.

Here, it is worth noting that different devices have different sending times and timbres.

The control unit 200 transmits the control signal corresponding to the user command obtained through the key input unit 210 to the ultraviolet transmission unit 230 .

Then, the control unit 200 determines the device currently under control, and the user selects a control button, and transmits a command to send a signal tone for determining the corresponding device to the signal signal output unit 240 . Then, the above-mentioned signaling sound output unit 240 outputs the signaling sound according to the signaling sound sending command transmitted from the control unit 200 .

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method for sending a control command according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4 , the user selects a control command by pressing a button.

The universal remote controller receives the control command input by the user S400, and determines the currently controlled device S402.

After completing step 402, the above-mentioned universal remote controller sends a pre-set signaling tone S404 to the above-mentioned determined device, and transmits the above-mentioned control command to the corresponding device S406. That is, the above-mentioned universal remote controller judges the device being controlled at present, extracts the corresponding signaling tone from the above-mentioned determined device, and sends out the above-mentioned extracted signaling tone.

In the following, it is assumed that the currently controlled device is a TV, and for the TV, it is assumed that the pre-set signaling tone is to send a 'beep' sound as an example.

If the user selects a channel selection command through the above-mentioned key input unit, the above-mentioned universal remote controller sends a 'beep' sound, and transmits the above-mentioned channel selection command to the TV. Then, it can be known that the device controlled by the user's remote control is 'TV'.

Through the above description, relevant workers can make various changes and modifications within the scope of not deviating from the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the content in the specification, but must be determined according to the scope of the claims.

Claims (4)

1. The method for discriminating the control equipment of the universal remote controller, the method is to utilize the common button set in advance to control the discriminating method of the universal remote controller for multiple devices, the steps include: The first step is to receive the control command input by the user and determine the current control object device; In the second step, for the above-mentioned judged equipment, extract the pre-set signaling tone and send it out; The third step is to transmit the control signal corresponding to the above control command to the above device. 2. The control device discrimination method of the universal remote controller as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The above-mentioned signaling tone is set in advance for identifying the device. 3. The control device discrimination method of the universal remote controller as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that: Different devices have different sending times and timbres. 4. The control equipment identification device of the universal remote control, including: a key input unit for receiving at least one control command issued by the user; If the control command is input through the above-mentioned key input part, the control part that judges the current control object equipment, generates a signaling tone to send the command, and outputs the control signal corresponding to the above-mentioned control command; A transmission tone output unit that receives a transmission tone sending command from the above-mentioned control unit and sends a predetermined transmission tone according to the type of equipment; An ultraviolet transmission unit that outputs a control signal based on a control signal output command transmitted from the control unit.

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