KR20090057600A - Intelligent remote control remote control based on two-way infrared communication, information appliances and its operation method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses an intelligent remote control remote control, an information appliance, and an operation method thereof based on two-way infrared communication. The present invention is a transmission and reception unit for transmitting and receiving a signal with the information electrical equipment based on infrared communication; An input / output processing unit that provides a user interface for input / output; The information to be controlled through the transceiver receives control information of the corresponding device from the electric machine, and the information to control the user's command input through the input / output processing unit is converted into control information for the electric machine and transmitted through the transceiver. An information processing unit; The information is characterized in that it comprises a control information storage unit for storing the control information of the device from the electric machine.

The present invention can automatically configure the control information of the corresponding device from the electric device through the two-way infrared communication to perform the same function as the dedicated remote control with a single remote control to provide convenience to the user by removing the dependency of the device of the conventional remote control Can be.

Description

Intelligent remote control remote control based on two-way infrared communication, information appliances and its operation method {Remote Controller, Information Home Appliances of be Based on Intellectual IrDa Communication and Running Method Thereof}

The present invention relates to an intelligent remote control remote control, an information appliance and a method of operating the intelligent remote control based on two-way infrared communication, and in particular, the control information of the corresponding device is automatically configured from the information appliance through two-way infrared communication, The present invention relates to an intelligent remote control remote control based on two-way infrared communication capable of performing the same function, an information appliance, and a method of operating the same.

The present invention is derived from the research conducted as part of the IT new growth engine core technology development project of the Ministry of Information and Communication and the Ministry of Information and Communication Research and Development. Technology development of low power consumption platform].

As high-speed Internet service spreads to homes and data transfer speeds are developing faster, there are high-quality DTV (Digital TV) broadcasting and VOD (Video On Demand) services, including remote control of home appliances and high-speed Internet. There is a great interest in the development of a home network system that can be used as a terminal of the.

Each home appliance of the home network system basically provides a wireless remote controller (hereinafter referred to as a remote controller) so that a user can use various services even from a remote location.

In general, the remote controller is a one-way communication that wirelessly transmits a predetermined command to a controlled target located at a remote location using IR (Infrared Data Association Infrared Communication) (IRR) of 38 GHz band.

In detail, the remote control includes a numeric key button and a button for each function, and the user presses this button to control various functions (eg, channel, volume, brightness, MUTE, channel memory,. ..) to control.

However, the remote control according to the related art has a disadvantage in that it is not possible to provide bidirectional control, which is an advantage of a home network system, through unidirectional communication. Therefore, there has been a movement for research on a two-way remote control that adds a control signal reception and response function using various methods.

As an example of the related art in this regard, screen information is generated and displayed graphically so that each device is divided into rooms located in a house and arranged in a tree shape, and when a random device control command is inputted, the set top box corresponds to the corresponding command. Transmits a control signal of the corresponding device to the set-top box through the WLAN (wireless lan) so as to control the corresponding device connected through wired and wireless, and receives a control result signal of the corresponding device from the set-top box to perform a pre-input command. By determining the performance and displaying the result as screen information, it integrates the remote controllers of various devices scattered in the home where the home network system is installed to provide an intuitive and simple user interface regardless of where the user is located in the home. To easily control the desired device, Can identify immediately the control result on the spot, it discloses a two-way remote control which can know the status of the various customer premises equipment through the periodic monitoring at a glance.

However, such a conventional technology controls only the information stored in the control information in advance in such a manner that the agent transmits a control command to the device through the wired / wireless home network to control the device by sending a command for the device to be controlled through the WLAN. There was a limit to that.

The present invention is a two-way infrared communication-based intelligent remote control remote control, information appliances and the like that can automatically configure the control information of the device from the information appliance through two-way infrared communication to perform the same function as a dedicated remote control with one remote control The purpose is to provide a method of operation.

In order to achieve the above object, an intelligent remote control remote control based on two-way infrared communication according to the present invention is a remote control for controlling one or more information appliances remotely, wherein the information transmits and receives signals with the appliances based on infrared communication. Transmitting and receiving unit; An input / output processing unit that provides a user interface for input / output; The information to be controlled through the transceiver receives control information of the corresponding device from the electric machine, and the information to control the user's command input through the input / output processing unit is converted into control information for the electric machine and transmitted through the transceiver. An information processing unit; The information is characterized in that it comprises a control information storage unit for storing the control information of the device from the electric machine.

The input / output processing unit may include a display unit for displaying a key information value visible with reference to the control information; And a key input unit configured to receive a user selection key information value among the displayed key information values.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, at least one information controller that can be controlled remotely through a remote control, comprising: a transceiver for transmitting and receiving a signal to and from the remote control through infrared communication; A control information storage unit for storing control information related to its own operation; An information processor for transmitting the control information in response to a request of the remote controller, analyzing the control signal received from the remote controller, and selecting stored control information corresponding thereto; Two-way infrared communication-based intelligent information appliances are characterized in that the information processing unit includes a drive unit which is a control element for each function driven according to the selected control information.

Here, the control information includes a key information value of the remote controller that controls the information appliance, encoding format information of the transmission and reception signal, and control shape configuration information of the information appliance.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, a method of remotely controlling one or more information electric appliances by using a single remote control includes the steps of: (a) searching for the electric information when the information is inputted by a user request to set the electric appliance; ; (b) requesting, by the corresponding information, control information from an electric appliance, and receiving and storing the information; (c) providing the user interface by expressing the control information as a visible key information value on the remote controller; (d) receiving a predetermined key through the user interface; (e) selecting the predetermined control information with reference to the input key, and transmitting the signal to the electronic device and controlling the information; The operating method of is provided.

In this case, before the step (a), the remote control power is turned on according to a user's operation, and each of the internal blocks is further booted. The step (a) includes (a-1) an infrared communication information electronic device. Searching; (a-2) constructing an infrared communication environment for infrared communication with the searched information appliance.

Here, the step (b) may include the step (b-1) of transmitting information for requesting control information to the electric machine; (b-2) receiving control information including a key information value and signal encoding information from the information appliance; (b-3) preferably storing the received control information.

(E) step (e-1) selecting information corresponding to the input key from the stored control information; (e-2) generating a remote signal corresponding to the control information and transmitting the information to an electric machine; (e-3) the information appliance receiving the remote signal to drive a corresponding control element.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method in which one or more information electronic devices transmit and receive signals with one remote control to control each functional block. (F) Initializing an information processing unit for interpreting signals transmitted and received with the remote control. step; (g) receiving the control information request signal of the electric machine from the remote controller and transmitting its control information in response thereto; (h) receiving a control signal corresponding to its key information value from the remote controller and driving the corresponding function block; Is provided.

Here, before the step (f), the information further comprises the step of powering on the electric equipment and booting each internal block according to a user's operation, wherein step (g) is performed by (g-1) the remote control. Receiving a signal; (g-2) if the predetermined signal is a control command request signal, transmitting its control command in response thereto; (g-3) if the predetermined signal is a signal for controlling the electric device, driving the corresponding control element in response thereto; (g-3) if the predetermined signal is not a signal transmitted to itself, including the step of ignoring it.

Intelligent remote control remote control, information appliances and its operation method based on two-way infrared communication according to the present invention automatically configures the control information of the device from the information appliance through two-way infrared communication to function as a single remote control with one remote control By performing the device dependency of the conventional remote controller, the user's convenience is provided.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following embodiments are provided to those skilled in the art to fully understand the present invention, can be modified in various forms, the scope of the present invention is limited to the embodiments described below no.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an intelligent remote control remote control and information appliances based on two-way infrared communication according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, one or more pieces of information are composed of an electric machine 200_1 to 200_N and one remote controller 100 for remotely controlling the same.

The remote control unit 100 is a remote control function of infrared communication, which is a device capable of controlling one or more information electric devices 200_1 to 200_N. The transmission / reception unit for transmitting and receiving a signal to and from the information electric devices 200_1 to 200_N based on infrared communication. 140; An input / output processing unit 110 providing a user interface for input / output; The information to be controlled through the transceiver 140 receives control information about the electric appliances 200_1 to 200_N, and the information to be controlled by the user command input through the input / output processing unit 110 is the electric appliance 200_1. An information processor 120 for converting the control information into the control information and transmitting the control information through the transceiver 140; The information to be controlled includes a control information storage unit 130 for storing control information for the electric device 200_1.

The transmitter / receiver 140 includes a transmitter 141 and a receiver 142 to transmit and receive signals with the electric appliance 200_1 based on infrared communication (IrDa, Infrared Data Association).

In detail, the transmission / reception unit 140 receives a control command from the electric device 200_1 and transmits the control command to the information processing unit 120 so that the information processing unit 120 configures a predetermined remote control key information value based on the control command. By expressing it through the input and output processing unit 110, the user's command input through the input and output processing unit 110 transfers the information to the electric machine (200_1).

In this case, the infrared communication transmits and receives signals using a frequency band of 30 kHz to 40 kHz.

The input / output processing unit 110 may include a display unit 111 for providing a user interface by expressing the control information stored in the control information storage unit 130 as interpretable key information values for the remote controller; The key input unit 112 receives a user's command through a user interface.

The display unit 111 provides a user interface in which a key information value can be expressed and displayed in a form that a user can recognize by referring to the control information stored in the control information storage unit 130.

The key input unit 112 receives a user's selection function for the electric device 200_1 from which the individual information substituted with the key information value displayed by the display 111 is input.

For example, the display 111 is configured as a display device in the form of a touch screen to display the key information value included in the control information of the electric machine 200_1, and the user refers to the key information value displayed on the touch screen. The individual information executes the desired function of the electric machine 200_1.

The information processing unit 120 receives the control information about the electric machine 200_1 through the information to be controlled through the transceiver 140, interprets it by referring to the transmission and reception encoding format information, and stores it in the control information storage unit 130, The information to control the user's command input through the input / output processing unit 110 with reference to the stored control information is converted into control information for the electric machine 200_1 and transmitted through the transmission / reception unit 140.

As such, the information processing unit 120 remotely controls the information from the electric appliances 200_1 to 200_N based on the control information transmitted by the information appliances 200_1 to 200_N to transmit and receive signals in both directions with the remote controller 100 to control the information appliances 200_1 to 200_N. Encode and Decode

The control information storage unit 130 stores the control information for the information appliance 200_1 to be controlled, such as key information values, encoding formats of the transmission / reception signals, and control shape configuration information required for user input / output screen configuration using a storage medium such as a memory. Save it.

The individual information appliance 200_1 includes a transceiver 240 which transmits and receives a signal with the remote controller 100 through infrared communication; A control information storage unit 230 for storing the control information of the individual information appliance 200_1 itself; An information processor 220 for analyzing the transmission signal received by the remote controller 100 and selecting stored control information corresponding thereto; The information processor 220 includes a driver 210 that is a control element for each function driven according to the selected control information.

The transceiver 240 includes a transmitter 241 and a receiver 242 to transmit and receive signals to and from the remote controller 100 through infrared communication.

At this time, the transceiver 240 transmits and receives a signal with the information appliances (200_1 ~ 200_N) using the infrared signal of the frequency band of 30kHz ~ 40kHz.

The control information storage unit 230 stores the control information of the electric appliance 200_1 itself including the key information value, the encoding format of the transmission / reception signal, and the control shape configuration information.

The information processor 220 allows the transceiver 240 to bidirectionally communicate with the remote controller 100, and interprets the signal transmitted by the remote controller 100 as its control information.

In detail, the information processor 220 analyzes the remote control 100 transmission signal received by the transceiver 240, selects stored control information corresponding thereto, and controls its own control information in response to a request for control information of the remote controller. It transmits to the remote control through the transceiver 240.

The driver 210 includes a monitor, a speaker, and a circuit related thereto, and is a control element driven according to a remote control transmission signal transmitted from the information processor 220.

As such, the present invention uses the remote control 100 and the information appliances (200_1 ~ 200_N) capable of bidirectional communication control key information value transmitted by one or more information appliances (200_1 ~ 200_N) to one remote control 100 By registering the control information including the one or more information can control each control element of the electric equipment (200_1 ~ 200_N).

2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure in which the remote controller 100 controls one or more information electric devices 200_1 to 200_N according to an embodiment of the present invention. A description with reference to FIG. 2 is as follows.

First, when the power of the remote controller 100 is turned on according to the user's operation and each internal block is booted (S210), the user's information is checked whether there is a request for the electric machines 200_1 to 200_N (S220).

If there is an input request (S220), in order to execute this, the channel auto-detection function sets up a two-way infrared communication channel to automatically detect whether the information requesting the infrared communication function to receive control information is present in the electric machines 200_1 to 200_N. (S230).

Subsequently, if the found information is the electric machine 200_1 (S230), a signal for requesting control information is transmitted thereto (S240).

In this case, the control information is a key code value of the remote controller 100 corresponding to the electric devices 200_1 to 200_N, information on the transmission / reception signal encoding type, and the like.

Then, the information to be controlled receives and stores control information such as key information values and transmission / reception signal encoding information from the electric device 200_1 (S250).

Subsequently, the user interface is provided by expressing the key information value to the input / output processing unit 110 with reference to the received control information (S260).

Next, a predetermined key is input through a user interface manipulation of the user (S270).

In addition, the controller determines whether the input key is a key for setting the electric appliance 200_1 (S280), selects predetermined control information, and transmits a signal corresponding to the information to the electric appliance 200_1 (S290). ).

3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation sequence in which one or more information electric appliances 200_1 to 200_N are controlled by one remote controller 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. A description with reference to FIG. 3 is as follows. A description with reference to FIG. 3 is as follows.

First, according to the user's operation, the information is powered on the electric machine 200_1 and each internal block is booted (S310).

Subsequently, the information appliance 200_1 initializes the information processor 220 and the transceiver 240 to receive a signal for requesting its control information from the remote controller 100 (S320).

When the remote controller 100 transmits a signal for requesting the control information of the electric device 200_1 (S330), it transmits its control information in response thereto (S340).

Then, the remote controller 100 receives the control information of the electric machine 200_1 and configures the control shape of the user interface therefrom to provide the user interface through the input / output processing unit 110.

Subsequently, the remote control 100 receives a control signal transmitted to the remote control 100 (S360), and causes the driving unit 210 to operate each functional element (S370).

4 is a flowchart illustrating a signal transmission / reception process of the information appliance 200_1 and the remote controller 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. A description with reference to FIG. 4 is as follows.

The remote control 100 receives a user's request to remotely control the information appliance 200_1 (S410), performs a channel auto search function, and establishes a bidirectional infrared communication channel setting and communication environment (S430).

At this time, the information appliance 200_1 also initializes the information processor 220 for setting up the bidirectional infrared communication channel (S420).

Subsequently, the remote controller 100 requests control information including the key information value, transmission / reception signal encoding format information, control shape configuration information, and the like from the information electronic device 200_1 (S440).

In addition, the information electric appliance 200_1 transmits its control information to the remote controller 100 (S450).

Next, the remote controller 100 stores the control information of the information electronic device, and builds a user interface environment in the input / output processing unit 110 so that the user can easily control the information electronic device 200_1 (S460).

Subsequently, when a user inputs a key for operating a specific function block of the information appliance 200_1 through the user interface, the remote controller 100 transmits a signal corresponding to the information appliance 200_1 (S470).

Then, the information electric appliance 200_1 receives this signal to drive the corresponding control element (S480).

On the other hand, the remote control 100 does not request the control information for the electronic device 200_1, the information for which control information has already been registered, and provides a user interface through a predetermined menu operation at a desired time.

The configuration of the present invention has been described above through the preferred embodiments and the accompanying drawings. However, these are only examples and are not used to limit the scope of the present invention. Those skilled in the art will understand from this that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible. The true scope of protection of the present invention should be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an intelligent remote control remote control and information appliances based on two-way infrared communication according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure in which one remote controller controls one or more information appliances according to the present invention.

3 is a flow chart showing an operation sequence in which one or more information appliances are controlled by one remote control according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a signal transmission / reception process of an information appliance and a remote controller according to the present invention;

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100: remote controller 110: input and output processing unit

120: information processing unit 130: control information storage unit

140: transceiver 200_1 ~ 200_N: information appliances

210: drive unit 220: information processing unit

230: control information storage unit 240: transceiver

Claims (12)

In one remote control for remotely controlling one or more pieces of information, Transmitting and receiving unit for transmitting and receiving the signal with the information based on the infrared communication; An input / output processing unit that provides a user interface for input / output; The information to be controlled through the transceiver receives control information of the corresponding device from the electric machine, and the information to control the user's command input through the input / output processing unit is converted into control information for the electric machine and transmitted through the transceiver. An information processing unit; Control information storage unit for storing the control information of the device from the information to the control device Two-way infrared communication based intelligent remote control remote control comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein the input / output processing unit, A display unit for expressing a visible key information value with reference to the control information; A key input unit for receiving a user selected key information value of the expressed key information value Two-way infrared communication based intelligent remote control remote control comprising a. In the electrical appliances, one or more information that can be controlled remotely through a single remote control, Transmitting and receiving unit for transmitting and receiving a signal with the remote control through infrared communication; A control information storage unit for storing control information related to its own operation; An information processor for transmitting the control information in response to a request of the remote controller, analyzing the control signal received from the remote controller, and selecting stored control information corresponding thereto; Driver which is a control element for each function driven according to the control information selected by the information processor Two-way infrared communication-based intelligent information electric appliance comprising a. The method of claim 3, wherein the control information, Key information value of the remote controller for controlling the information appliance, encoding format information of the transmission / reception signal, and control shape configuration information of the information appliance Two-way infrared communication-based intelligent information electric appliance comprising a. In a method of controlling one or more information electric appliances remotely with a single remote control, (a) searching for the information when the information is input by a user requesting to set the electric device; (b) requesting, by the corresponding information, control information from an electric appliance, and receiving and storing the information; (c) providing the user interface by expressing the control information as a visible key information value on the remote controller; (d) receiving a predetermined key through the user interface; (e) selecting predetermined control information with reference to the input key, and transmitting the signal to the electric appliance and controlling it Operation method of the two-way infrared communication-based intelligent remote remote control and information household appliances comprising a. The method of claim 5, wherein before step (a), According to the user's operation, the remote controller is powered on and each internal block is booted. Operation method of the two-way infrared communication-based intelligent remote remote control and information electric appliance further comprises. The method of claim 5, wherein step (a) comprises: (a-1) searching for an infrared communicable information electric machine; (a-2) establishing an infrared communication environment for infrared communication with the discovered information appliance Operation method of the two-way infrared communication-based intelligent remote remote control and information household appliances comprising a. The method of claim 5, wherein step (b) comprises: (b-1) transmitting a signal for requesting control information to the information appliance; (b-2) receiving control information including a key information value and signal encoding information from the information appliance; (b-3) storing the received control information; Operation method of the two-way infrared communication-based intelligent remote remote control and information household appliances comprising a. The method of claim 5, wherein step (e) (e-1) selecting information corresponding to the input key from the stored control information; (e-2) generating a remote signal corresponding to the control information and transmitting the information to an electric machine; (e-3) the information electric appliance receiving the remote signal to drive a corresponding control element; Operation method of the two-way infrared communication-based intelligent remote remote control and information household appliances comprising a. In the method in which one or more pieces of information the electric signal to and from one remote control to control each function block, (f) initializing an information processing unit that interprets signals transmitted and received with the remote controller; (g) receiving the control information request signal of the electric machine from the remote controller and transmitting its control information in response thereto; (h) receiving a control signal corresponding to its key information value from the remote controller and driving the corresponding function block; Operation method of the two-way infrared communication-based intelligent remote remote control and information household appliances comprising a. The method of claim 10, wherein before step (f), According to the user's operation, the information is turned on and each internal block is booted Operation method of the two-way infrared communication-based intelligent remote remote control and information electric appliance further comprises. The method of claim 10, wherein step (g) is (g-1) receiving a predetermined signal from the remote controller; (g-2) if the predetermined signal is a control command request signal, transmitting its control command in response thereto; (g-3) if the predetermined signal is a signal for controlling the electric device, driving the corresponding control element in response thereto; (g-3) if the predetermined signal is not a signal transmitted to itself, ignoring it Operation method of the two-way infrared communication-based intelligent remote remote control and information household appliances comprising a.

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