JP2013059013A - Remote control transmitter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve operability in a state where a user is operating a signal switching switch in a remote control transmitter having a signal switching switch.
SOLUTION: Two signal switching switches 51 and 52 are provided at positions opposite to each other on the case of the remote control transmitter 1 to switch signals to be transmitted when they are operated simultaneously. As a result, even when the user is operating the signal switching switches 51 and 52, the remote control transmitter 1 can be gripped without being blurred, and a drag operation can be performed with an intuitive operation. It was supposed to be possible.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a remote control transmitter for remotely controlling an AV device or the like, and more specifically, an input operation or a pointing operation by a gesture can be performed by a built-in motion detection means, and transmission is performed remotely. The present invention relates to a remote control transmitter having a switch for switching information included in an operation signal.

  As the functions of AV equipment and the like become more complex, it is desired to improve the operability of a remote control transmitter that remotely operates these equipment.

  For example, a remote control transmitter for a multimedia user interface disclosed in Patent Document 1 has an angle sensing function, specifies a gesture from sensed angle information, and performs a predetermined remote operation according to each gesture. Is what you do. A thumb button 205 provided on the front side of the case and a trigger button 210 provided on the back side of the case. When the thumb button 205 is pressed, the selected function is activated, and the trigger button 210 is pressed. In this case, the operability is improved by adopting a configuration in which a drag operation called “trigger drag” can be performed. (See Figure 3)

JP-T-2006-525844 (paragraphs 0013 to 0018)

  However, in the case of performing a drag operation while pressing the trigger button provided on the back surface like this conventional remote control transmitter, the user cannot firmly hold the remote control transmitter, so the remote control transmission The machine may become glazed and the desired operation may not be performed smoothly. In particular, when such a remote control transmitter is applied to perform a pointing operation such as a cursor operation on a personal computer, a delicate operation such as dragging an icon and dropping it to a desired location is required. The effect was remarkable in the scene that was done.

  Also, performing a drag operation while pressing the trigger button provided on the back side is not necessarily an intuitive operation mode, and is particularly unaccustomed to the operation of electronic devices such as elderly people. For the new user, the operability did not always feel good.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and enables remote control transmitters to be securely gripped even when a signal switching switch is being operated. An object of the present invention is to provide a remote control transmitter capable of preventing a transmitter from being blurred and further performing a drag operation by an intuitive operation.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a remote control transmitter according to claim 1 of the present invention is based on a case, motion detection means for detecting movement of the case, and motion information detected by the motion detection means. The signal transmission means for transmitting a predetermined signal and two signal switching switches are arranged in a position opposite to each other on the case, and these two signal switching switches are operated simultaneously. In this case, the signal to be transmitted is switched.

  The remote control transmitter according to a second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the case has a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the two signal switching switches are respectively arranged on the front surface and the back surface of the case.

  The remote control transmitter according to a third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the case has a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the two signal switching switches are respectively disposed on the left and right side surfaces of the case.

  In this way, when the case has a rectangular parallelepiped shape, one at each position on the case facing each other, one signal switching switch is provided on each of the front and back surfaces, or the left and right surfaces. By arranging it, the remote control transmitter case can be firmly grasped from two opposite directions even when the signal switching switch is operated, so the remote control transmitter can be glazed. The desired operation can be smoothly performed even in a scene where a delicate operation is required.

  The remote control transmitter according to claim 4 of the present invention is characterized in that the two signal switching switches are momentary push switches.

  Thus, by using a general momentary push switch as the signal switching switch, a remote control transmitter having good operability as described above can be realized at low cost.

  The remote control transmitter according to claim 5 of the present invention is capable of pointing operation, and can perform a drag operation when the two signal switching switches are operated simultaneously. .

  In this way, by configuring so that the drag operation can be performed when the signal switching switches are operated at the same time, the drag operation can be performed with two fingers holding the case of the remote control transmitter. For example, when dragging and dropping an icon, image commonality between picking and moving the remote control transmitter with a finger and picking and moving the icon (drag and drop) Therefore, even a user unfamiliar with this type of operation can intuitively perform a drag-and-drop operation.

  According to the present invention, the remote control transmitter can be firmly gripped even when the signal switching switch is operated, thereby preventing the remote control transmitter from being blurred. Since a drag operation or the like can be performed with a typical operation, operability can be greatly improved.

It is an external view of the remote control transmitter which concerns on one Example of this invention, (a) is a front side perspective view, (b) is a back side perspective view. It is an external view of the remote control transmitter which concerns on the other Example of this invention, (a) is a front side perspective view, (b) is a back side perspective view. It is a figure which shows the example of the conventional remote control transmitter.

  A remote control transmitter 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  The remote control transmitter 1 is formed by a case 2 including an operation surface side case 21 and a back surface side case 22 and has a rectangular parallelepiped shape. A plurality of operation buttons 4 are disposed on the surface of the operation surface side case 21. The operation button 4 is formed by a known rubber contact in which silicon rubber is formed into a sheet shape. The operation button 4 includes a button for turning on / off the power of the operated device. A corresponding signal is assigned to each operation button 4 in advance. When one of the operation buttons 4 is pressed, a signal corresponding to the operation button 4 is transmitted from the remote control transmitter 1 so that a desired operation can be performed on the operated device. Yes.

  The power source of the remote control transmitter 1 is two AA batteries. A battery housing part (not shown) for housing the dry battery is provided inside the case. When a dry battery is inserted into the battery housing portion, the battery cover 3 that is slidably fitted to the back case 22 is removed, the dry battery is inserted, and then the battery cover 3 is attached again.

  The operation surface side case 21, the back surface side case 22, and the battery cover 3 are all made by injection molding ABS (acrylonitrile / butadiene / styrene) resin and are insulative.

  The transmission means in this embodiment is a radio wave system. Since the radio wave method can send signals to the operated device without depending on the orientation of the remote control transmitter 1, motion detection is possible compared to the infrared method that requires the light emitting element to always be directed to the operated device. It is suitable as a transmission means of the remote control transmitter 1 having means.

  A printed wiring board (not shown) is accommodated in the case. On the printed circuit board, a triaxial acceleration sensor as a motion detection means, a radio signal transmission module as a signal transmission means, a microcomputer as a means for executing each function of the remote control transmitter 1, and a first signal A momentary push switch or the like corresponding to each of the switching switch 51 and the second signal switching switch 52 is mounted. In the following description, the first signal switching switch 51 and the second signal switching switch 52 may be collectively referred to as the signal switching switch 5 when it is not necessary to distinguish between them.

  The microcomputer has a non-volatile memory, and in this non-volatile memory, a program for executing each function, transmission signal information assigned to each operation button 4 and the like are written in advance. Yes. The processing performed by the microcomputer includes processing for generating a predetermined transmission signal based on the output signal of the triaxial acceleration sensor, and detecting the on / off state of the first signal switching switch 51 and the second signal switching switch 52. Then, a process for generating a predetermined transmission signal based on the state, a process for detecting the pressed operation button 4 and generating a predetermined transmission signal from the transmission signal information assigned in advance, A process for outputting a transmission signal to the radio signal transmission module is included.

  In the present embodiment, the first signal switching switch 51 is located on the operation surface side case 21, that is, near the center of the front of the remote control transmitter 1, and on the back side case 22, that is, the center of the back of the remote control transmitter 1. In the vicinity, second signal switching switches 52 are provided. When the user naturally holds the remote control transmitter 1, these signal switching switches 5 are arranged such that the user's thumb is the first signal switching switch 51 and the index finger is the second signal switching switch 52. Each is considered to touch.

  As both the first signal switching switch 51 and the second signal switching switch 52 are pressed, the momentary push switch mounted on the printed wiring board (not shown) is pressed, and the momentary push switch is turned on. It is comprised so that.

  When the user performs an operation different from the operation in the state where the signal switching switch 5 is not pressed, the two signal switching switches 5 are simultaneously pressed to perform the operation. The microcomputer performs processing so as to switch the signal to be transmitted only while both of the two signal switching switches 5 are pressed and both momentary push switches are detected to be turned on. . As a result, even when the user is pressing the signal switching switch 5, the remote control transmitter 1 is firmly grasped from the front and back surfaces, that is, the two opposing surfaces. Since the swing operation of the remote control transmitter 1 can be performed, the remote control transmitter 1 is prevented from being blurred due to the swing operation, and a delicate operation can be smoothly performed.

The following operations can be exemplified as operations that can be realized when the remote control transmitter 1 configured in this way is applied to the operation of a personal computer.
(1) The remote control transmitter 1 is swung up and down and left and right to perform a pointing operation to point to the desired icon, and then simultaneously press the two signal switching switches 5 and again perform remote control while holding down the button. The icon 1 is dragged by swinging the transmitter 1 vertically and horizontally.
(2) The remote control transmitter 1 is swung up / down / left / right to perform a pointing operation to point to a desired icon, and then simultaneously press the two signal switching switches 5 and perform remote control again while holding down the button. While performing the drag operation by swinging the transmitter 1 up and down, left and right, the two signal switching switches 5 are released, so that the icons are linked with the adjacent icons for a predetermined time. Move.
(3) The display content is enlarged by displacing the remote control transmitter 1 forward (direction of the operated device) while simultaneously pressing the two signal switching switches 5.
(4) The display content is reduced by displacing the remote control transmitter 1 backward (in the opposite direction to the operated device) while simultaneously pressing the two signal switching switches 5.
(5) The display content of the operation target window is rotated by displacing the remote control transmitter 1 in the twisting direction about the length direction while simultaneously pressing the two signal switching switches 5.

  A remote control transmitter 1 according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  The second embodiment is obtained by changing the arrangement positions of the two signal switching switches 5 with respect to the first embodiment, and the other configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment. In the second embodiment, a first signal switching switch 51 is disposed near the center of the right side of the remote control transmitter 1, and a second signal switching switch 52 is disposed near the center of the left side. When the user naturally holds the remote control transmitter 1 with the right hand, the user's index finger is the first signal switching switch 51 and the thumb is the second signal switching switch. 52 is considered to touch each. By simultaneously pressing these two signal switching switches 5, the remote control transmitter 1 is swung while firmly grasping the remote control transmitter 1 from the left and right side surfaces, that is, the two opposing surfaces. Therefore, as in the case of the first embodiment, the remote control transmitter 1 is prevented from being blurred due to the swinging operation.

  Both of the above-described two embodiments have a rectangular parallelepiped shape. However, when the remote control transmitter 1 has a cylindrical shape (bar shape), for example, two signals are switched at substantially opposite positions on the cylindrical surface. By providing a switch, a similar effect can be obtained. In the case of a spherical shape, a similar effect can be obtained by providing two signal switching switches 5 at positions almost opposite to the spherical surface.

  In both of the above-described embodiments, the signal transmission means is based on a radio wave system. However, the signal transmission means is not limited to this, and for example, by transmitting a plurality of infrared light emitting elements, transmission is performed. An infrared method in which the output directivity of the signal to be expanded is expanded may be used.

  In the two embodiments described above, a triaxial acceleration sensor is used as the motion detection means, but the motion detection means is not limited to this. For example, a gyro sensor, an angular velocity sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, etc. There may be.

  In the above-described two embodiments, the signal switching switch 5 is a momentary push switch. However, the signal switching switch 5 is not limited to this, for example, a touch switch or a proximity switch based on a capacitance detection method. It may also be one that applies a pressure-sensitive element that detects a pressing force.

  The present invention can be suitably applied to a remote control transmitter for remotely operating an AV device or the like, and contributes to improving the operability.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Remote control transmitter 2 Case 21 Operation surface side case 22 Back surface side case 3 Battery cover 4 Operation button 5 Signal switching switch 51 First signal switching switch 52 Second signal switching switch

Claims (5)

Case and
Motion detection means for detecting movement of the case;
Signal transmitting means for transmitting a predetermined signal based on the information of the motion detected by the motion detecting means;
A signal switching switch for switching a signal to be transmitted;
In a remote control transmitter comprising:
Two signal switching switches are arranged one by one at positions facing each other on the case, and when the two signal switching switches are operated simultaneously, the signal to be transmitted is switched. Remote control transmitter to be used. The case has a rectangular parallelepiped shape,
The remote control transmitter according to claim 1, wherein the two signal switching switches are respectively disposed on the front surface and the back surface of the case. The case has a rectangular parallelepiped shape,
The remote control transmitter according to claim 1, wherein the two signal switching switches are respectively arranged on the left and right side surfaces of the case. 4. The remote control transmitter according to claim 1, wherein the two signal switching switches are momentary push switches. 5. The remote control transmitter according to claim 1, wherein the remote control transmitter is capable of a pointing operation, and a drag operation is possible when the two signal switching switches are operated simultaneously. .

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