EP2031569A2 - Assembly and method for producing at least one operating function of a remote control for controlling a device - Google Patents

Abstract

The arrangement (10) has a data link between a device (14) and a remote control (22), where data with information about an operating function is transmitted from the device to the remote control by the data link. The remote control has a data processing unit that processes the information transmitted from the device to the remote control. The data processing unit provides the operating function about a pushbutton (24) and a display unit (26) of the remote control based on the information and/or assigns the operating function to the pushbutton and display unit of the remote control. Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) a method for producing operating function of a remote control for operating a device (2) a method for providing an operating function of a remote control for operating a device.

Description

The invention relates to an arrangement and a method for providing at least one operating function of a remote control for operating a device, in which this operating function can be activated by means of a control element of the remote control.

There are a variety of known technical devices that are additionally or exclusively operated by means of a remote control. These are in particular air conditioners, televisions, video recorders, stereos, etc. Furthermore, there are also a variety of medical devices that can be operated with the help of remote controls. In particular, operating tables with and without additional components are known, which can be operated by means of a remote control. Such a remote control in particular gives the possibility of operating the device from a position remote from the device to be operated. In particular, the location of elements of a surgical table can be changed without requiring the operator to cause the gaze to be diverted from the patient or from a relevant surgical site on the patient.

In the medical field, a variety of other remote-controlled devices and devices are known. A variety of convenient operating functions of known remote-controlled devices can be activated and executed via remote controls. However, in practice, the problem arises that a special remote control is provided for each device. In particular for devices of consumer electronics are also so-called learning remote controls known whose coding can be adapted to the devices to be operated. Such known learnable remote controls can also be used to operate several different devices. The configuration or programming of these remote controls for multiple devices is then very complex and often requires special knowledge and / or special configuration devices.

It is also possible with the help of remote controls that people with limited motor skills can make devices easier to use. Furthermore, remote controls offer an advantage if the operation of a device is only recommended from a safe distance. This may be useful, in particular, in the laboratory sector, in order to maintain a distance to the samples to be examined with the aid of the remote-controlled device and thereby to achieve danger limitation. In other devices, a reduction in the risk to an operator by remote control of the device, in particular by a wireless remote control, can be achieved. In particular, a remote control of a device may also be useful for hygienic reasons.

If an operator wants to operate several devices that are located at a distance that can be reached by a wireless remote control, then the problem arises that then often a separate remote control for operating a device is required and the operator to operate a specific device to this Device raussuchen and operate the appropriate remote control.

Only with several devices of the same manufacturer, such. As in components of a hi-fi system, remote controls for the operation of all devices of this a specific hi-fi system are provided.

The object of the invention is to provide an arrangement and a method for providing at least one operating function of a remote control for operating a device, with a variety of different devices are easy to use and no or only a small configuration effort is required.

This object is achieved according to a first aspect of the invention by an arrangement for providing at least one operating function of a wireless remote control for operating a device having the features of patent claim 1. Further aspects of the invention are specified in the further independent patent claims. Advantageous developments of the invention are specified in the dependent claims.

In a first arrangement according to the invention and a first method according to the invention, data is transmitted from the device to the remote control via a data connection, with the aid of which at least one operating function is provided via at least one control element of the remote control and / or with the aid of which a control element of the remote control assigns this operating function becomes. This makes it easy to configure the remote control. As an operating function within the meaning of the invention, in particular the activation of a device function of the device to be operated remotely is considered. In the context of the invention, the information includes, in particular, information about the operating function, configuration data, program data, programming data and / or document data.

In a development of the invention, the information can only be transmitted when the device is switched on via the data connection to the remote control. This allows a simple selection of the device for which the operating function is to be provided. Furthermore, it is advantageous to carry out a configuration of an operating function and / or a design of a user interface with the aid of the transmitted information. Preferably, the type and / or the arrangement of the symbols to be displayed with the aid of the user interface are determined depending on the transmitted information. Furthermore, it is advantageous that the data with the aid of the data connection are transferable only in a visual connection between the remote control and the device. This ensures that accidental transmission of data to the remote control is not possible.

In a development of the invention, the device can transmit infrared radiation which receives the remote control with the aid of a receiving unit. The transmitted from the device for remote infrared radiation is then preferably used to power the remote control. The remote control can be supplied with the help of infrared radiation at least part of the energy required for their operation.

Furthermore, in a development of the invention, data with information about the operating function can be stored in the firmware of the device to be operated. The operating function can be changed in particular by updating the firmware and / or a part of the firmware of the device to be remotely operated. As a result, the operating functions that are suitable and / or required for operating the device can be changed and adapted in a simple manner, in particular when the device software is changed.

Furthermore, it is advantageous to transmit the data with the information about the operating function before a desired operation of the device from the device to the remote control. Preferably, the transmission of the data takes place immediately before a planned and / or already initiated control action for remote operation of the device via the remote control. It is also advantageous to transmit the transmission of the data with the information about the operating function by the remote control due to the orientation of the remote control and / or due to an operator action of the device to the remote control. The data connection is preferably a wireless data connection, so that with the help of the remote control wireless remote control of the device is possible.

Preferably, only data is transmitted from the device or from the devices for remote control, to which or on which the remote control is aligned. This can be done in a simple manner, a selection of the current using the remote control devices. By aligning the remote control on at least one other device, this additional device can alternatively or additionally be operated by means of the remote control by data with information about at least one operating function of this additional device for remote control. The orientation of the remote control on a device is preferably checked by means of a visual connection between the device and the remote control.

With a simultaneous orientation of the remote control on several devices of each of the devices data with information about at least one operating function of the respective device for remote control transmit, wherein in each of the devices in a memory area each data with information about at least one operating function of the device are stored. Preferably, an anti-collision method known from other fields of technology is used to transmit the data in sequence and / or on different channels from the remote control devices.

Furthermore, it may be advantageous if the remote control provides a selection function of a device to be operated from the at least two available devices. After selecting one of the devices, the at least one operating function for operating the selected device is then provided by means of the remote control.

Furthermore, it is possible for the remote control to generate a suitable graphical user interface with the aid of the transmitted information, wherein the data transmitted by the device for remote control preferably contain data for at least one user interface that can be displayed in a browser program module. As a result, a graphical user interface with the aid of the information stored in the device or data stored in the device can be generated in a simple manner and provided to an operator as a graphical user interface with operating elements via a display unit of the remote control. It is advantageous if the display unit of the remote control is designed as a touch-sensitive display unit, via the operator inputs by a touch operation, in particular with the help of a finger or a pen, is possible. This allows a convenient easy to the special features of the device customizable operation of the device.

In particular, the data transmitted by the device for remote control comprises data in a format of a document description language, preferably in HTML format. With the help of these data, a graphical user interface can be generated in a simple manner with the aid of a display unit of the remote control. Preferably, the transmitted information comprises program data and / or data in the format of a document description language.

Alternatively or additionally, the information transmitted by the device for remote control may contain platform-independent program data, preferably Java program data, with the aid of which a graphical user interface can be generated with the aid of a display unit of the remote control. A data processing unit of the remote control can assign the operating function specified by the information to at least one operating element, in particular a pushbutton, of the remote control.

Another aspect of the invention relates to an arrangement and a method for providing at least one operating function of a remote control for operating a device, wherein the remote control has a memory area in which data is stored with information about at least one possible operating function of a control element of the remote control. With the aid of a data connection between the device and the remote control, at least the data with the information about this operating function can be transmitted from the remote control to the device. The device has a data processing unit, which processes the information transmitted by the remote control to the device and assigns an operating function to at least one generated by operating a remote control of the remote control from the remote control to the device transmitted coded signal. As a result, an operation of the device without a signal adjustment of the remote control to the device is possible by the remote control communicates the device at least one available control function and the data processing unit automatically configures the device so that upon receipt of one of these control function associated coding one of the control functions corresponding device control of the device he follows.

In a further development of the arrangement of the further aspect of the invention, the information can only be transmitted when the device is switched on via the data connection from the remote control to the device.

Furthermore, it may be advantageous for the data processing unit to assign the operating function itself, a configuration of an operating function and / or a control and / or output function to be executed by the device to a coded signal with the aid of the transmitted information. Furthermore, it is possible to transmit the data using the data connection only in a visual connection between the remote control and the device. This will help to prevent inadvertent operation of the unit if the operator of the remote control is not near the location where the operation of the unit will be affected. Furthermore, with the help of the visual connection, a selection of the and / or the devices to be operated can be realized in a simple manner.

Preferably, the device emits infrared radiation, which receives the remote control by means of a receiving unit. The transmitted from the device to the remote infrared radiation is preferably used to power the remote control, the remote control with the help the infrared radiation is supplied at least a portion of the energy required to operate the remote control.

The data with information about the operation function may be stored in the firmware of the remote controller. By updating the firmware and / or part of the firmware, the operating function can then be changed in a simple manner and, if necessary, can be adapted to new devices or changed and / or additional operating functions. The data with the information about the operating function are transmitted before, preferably immediately before, an operation of the device via the remote control from the remote control to the device. In particular, the data can be retransmitted before each operator action and / or before an operator cycle comprising a plurality of individual operator actions. This ensures that the device initiates a corresponding operator action and / or control function of the device when receiving a coded signal assigned to the operating function.

The data with information about the at least one operating function of the device is only transmitted from the remote control to the device to which the remote control is aligned. Preferably, it is checked by means of a visual connection between the device and the remote control, whether the remote control is aligned with the device.

When the remote control is simultaneously aligned with several devices, data is transmitted to each of the devices with information about at least one operating function of the remote control. As a result, all these devices execute a corresponding operator action when receiving a coded signal associated with this operating function. This is especially advantageous for similar operating functions that are to be executed by the devices respectively. Preferably, several operable devices are preconfigured in the remote control, in which case different devices for identical operating functions can be assigned different coded signals. For this purpose, the remote control can provide a selection function for selecting a device to be operated from at least two available devices, wherein the remote control provides the at least one operating function for operating the selected device by selecting one of the two devices using the selection function.

The data processing unit of the device assigns an operating and / or control function of the device to the coded signal generated when a control element is actuated by the remote control. The operating element is preferably a button or a switch of the remote control.

It is expressly pointed out that the methods given in the independent claims with features of individual dependent arrangement claims or corresponding method features and / or other features specified in the description in connection with one of the arrangements according to the invention or methods according to the invention can each be further developed.

Further features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description which, in conjunction with the accompanying figures, the invention with reference to embodiments explained in more detail.

Figur 1

eine Anordnung zum Bereitstellen mindestens einer Bedienfunktion einer drahtlosen Fernbedienung zum Bedienen mehrerer Geräte in einer ersten Ausrichtung der Fernbedienung und einem aktivierten Gerät;

Figur 2

die Anordnung nach Figur 1 mit insgesamt zwei aktivierten Geräten;

Figur 3

die Anordnung nach den Figuren 1 und 2 mit insgesamt vier aktivierten Geräten; und

Figur 4

die Anordnung nach den Figuren 1 bis 3 mit einer weiteren Ausrichtung der Fernbedienung und vier aktivierten Geräten.

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FIG. 1

an arrangement for providing at least one operating function of a wireless remote control for operating a plurality of devices in a first orientation of the remote control and an activated device;

FIG. 2

the arrangement after FIG. 1 with a total of two activated devices;

FIG. 3

the arrangement after the FIGS. 1 and 2 with a total of four activated devices; and

FIG. 4

the arrangement after the FIGS. 1 to 3 with another orientation of the remote control and four activated devices.

In FIG. 1 an arrangement for providing at least one operating function of a wireless remote control 22 for operating at least one remote-controlled device 14 to 20 is shown. Both the devices 14 to 20 and the remote control 22 are located in a closed space 12, such as an operating room. The devices 14 to 18 are components of a surgical table and the device 20 is another medical device, such as a surgical microscope, with the aid of the remote control 22, an image processing unit and / or display unit of the surgical microscope can be operated remotely. The devices 14 to 18 may be independently operable components of an operating table system, the device 16 is a basic module of the operating table and the devices 14 and 18 additional components, each having at least one remote-controlled actuator and / or at least one state information output sensor. Such additional components can in particular be moved and / or pivotable supports, in particular leg plates or arm plates. Alternatively or additionally, one of the additional components may relate to a vacuum mattress or other components placed on elements of the operating table and connected to the operating table or arranged in the vicinity of the operating table.

In FIG. 1 FIG. 12 shows a state of the assembly 10 in which the remote control 22 is aligned with the apparatus 20 and receives the infrared radiation radiated by the apparatus 20, which in FIG FIG. 1 and the other FIGS. 2 to 4 each schematically represented by means of dashed lines. By receiving the radiated from the device 20 infrared radiation, the remote control 22 can determine that the device 20 is in visual communication with the remote control 22. Furthermore, with the aid of the infrared radiation emitted by the device 20, energy can be transmitted to the remote control 22, which can be used by the remote control 22 for supplying energy to the remote control 22. With the aid of this energy, the remote control 22 can be supplied with at least part of the energy required for the display and / or operating actions of the remote control 22. The device 20 can transmit data to the remote control 22 with the aid of infrared radiation, containing information processed by a data processing unit of the remote control 22 and with the aid of which the remote control 22 generates at least one operating function for operating the device 20, and / or a control element Assigns function and / or a special coding.

In FIG. 1 an operating element of the remote control 22 is provided with the reference numeral 24. This control element 24 and other controls of the remote control 22 are designed as a button. Alternatively or additionally, individual controls as a switch, preferably be designed as a slide switch. Furthermore, the remote control 22 comprises a display unit 26, which is designed as a touch-sensitive display unit 26. With the help of this display unit 26 further controls can be displayed, wherein the activation of individual controls on the touch-sensitive surface of the display unit 26 by means of the finger of an operator and / or a pin can be done. With the help of this display unit 26 other suitable controls, such as slide switches and knobs, can be displayed and operated. Furthermore, display values can be output in a simple manner. These display values may relate in particular to current measurement and / or setting values of the device 20.

The remote control 22 further includes an infrared receiving and - sending unit 28. Alternatively or additionally, the remote control 22 also has a further radio-wave based receiving and / or transmitting unit via which further data can be transmitted between the device 20 and the remote control 22, in particular an ultrasound receiving and / or transmitting unit. After receiving the radiated by the device 20 infrared rays through the remote control 22, the remote control 22 is activated. The device 20 preferably transmits an identifier to the remote control 22 by means of the infrared radiation, by means of which the remote control 22 can identify and contact the device 20. After activation of the remote control 22 and after receiving the identification information, the remote control 22 initiates the transmission of data from the device 20 to the remote control 22, which should contain information about at least one operating function of the remote control 22 to be configured. Thereafter, the device 20 transmits the requested data to the remote control 22.

A data processing unit of the remote control 22 processes this received data and performs a corresponding configuration of the available controls of the remote control 22 or at least a portion of the available controls of the remote control 22. Then, the device 20 can be operated by means of the remote control 22. Another configuration of the remote control 22 for operating the device 20 is not required. In particular, a pre-configuration of the remote control 22 with device data of the device 20 for operating the device 20 is no longer necessary. Both the configuration of a new remote control 22 to existing devices 14 to 20 and the operation of another new device in addition to the devices 14 to 20 is possible by this procedure without further user intervention for the configuration of the remote control 22.

In FIG. 2 is the arrangement 10 after FIG. 1 shown, in addition to the device 20 and the device 18 is activated and emits infrared radiation. However, the remote control 22 is only aligned with the device 20, so that only a line of sight between the remote control 22 and the device 20 is present and not between the also activated device 18 and the remote control 22. This also in the configuration of the assembly 10 after FIG. 2 Only one operation of the device 20 and not the device 18 currently possible because in the present embodiment, an operation of the devices 14 to 18 to be prevented without direct visual connection between the remote control 22 and device 18. The configuration of the remote control 22 by means of the data transmitted from the device 20 and the processing of the information transmitted using this data is carried out in the same way as in connection with FIG. 1 described.

In FIG. 3 is the arrangement 10 after the FIGS. 1 and 2 shown in another operating situation, in which the devices 14 to 20 are activated and each emit infrared radiation. Preferably, each of the devices 14 to 20 transmits a device identifier with the aid of the emitted infrared radiation, so that the remote control 22 of the devices 14 to 18, to which a visual connection exists, the device identifier can determine and this device identifier for communication, in particular for initiating a data transmission of Data with information at least one to be configured by the remote controls 22 to be provided operating function, can use. With the aid of these identifiers, an anti-collision method can be used with the aid of the remote control 22, by means of which a sequential data transmission from the devices 14 to 20 to which there is visual contact can take place.

In FIG. 4 is the arrangement 10 after the FIGS. 1 to 3 shown, wherein the remote control 22 at the in FIG. 4 shown operating situation is such that it receives the infrared radiation emitted by the devices 14 to 18 respectively, so that the devices 14 to 18 each transmit energy to the remote control 22, with the help of which at least a part of the energy required for their operation is transmitted to the remote control 22 , Furthermore, it can be ensured that the remote control 22 has visual contact with the devices 14 to 18. By the visual connection can be ensured in particular that an operator does not operate the devices 14 to 18 unintentionally using the remote control 22, especially not if the operator is outside the operating room 12 and can not have eye contact with the devices 14 to 18. At the in FIG. 4 illustrated operating situation of the arrangement 10, the remote control 22 has visual contact with the devices 14 to 18 but not to the device 20. Each the devices 14 to 18 transmits with the aid of the radiated from the respective device 14 to 18 infrared radiation an individual identifier, preferably a serial number, MAC address or other ID of the respective device 14 to 18, so that the remote control 22 with the help of this identifier data concretely can transmit the respective device 14 to 18. In particular, this identifier is inserted into the data to be transmitted, for example in a so-called header, and / or the data is encrypted with the help and / or depending on this identifier.

Due to the identifiers transmitted from the devices 14 to 18 to the remote control 22, the remote control 22 initiates data transmission of the required information via at least one control function of each of the devices 14 to 18, the remote control 22 transferring data from the devices 14 to 18, respectively initiated in succession, so that, for example, first the data from the device 14, then the data from the device 16 and subsequently transmitted from the device 18 to the remote control 22. Due to the orientation of the remote control 22, the device or devices 14 to 20 to be operated can be selected in a simple manner, wherein only the operating functions provided for operating the devices 14 to 20 are configured only by the devices 14 to 20, to which the Remote control 22 is aligned and to which a line of sight exists. Options for operating other devices, such as the device 20 in FIG. 4 , the operator via the remote control 22 in the orientation of the remote control 22, as shown in FIG. 4 is shown, not offered in the present embodiment.

In the invention, a single remote control 22 is generally used to operate one or more remote devices 14-20, which has a programmable, variable user interface and / or programmable, variably held functions, wherein the operating functions to be provided for operation by the remote control 22 and / or controls to be provided are generated and / or configured by the information transmitted to the remote control 22 by the device to be operated.

A remote control 22 according to the invention need not have any implemented remote control functions for operating a device 14 to 20 but only at least one control element, such as a button 24 and / or a touch-sensitive surface of a display unit 26. Such a remote control 22 has at least one communication unit 28, the preferably comprises a transmitter and a receiver. In addition, the remote control 22 has a basic functionality that has at least the function of a so-called boot loader, which enables the remote control 22 to load programs by which the remote control 22 can provide the required operating functions for operating the device 14 to 20 , Such boot loaders are known, for example, for loading programs in microcontrollers. However, other program elements can also be used by which at least one operating function for operating the device 14 to 20 via the remote control 22 is provided on the basis of information which is transmitted by means of data from the device 14 to 20 to be operated to the remote control 22. With the help of this information and / or program data, in which the information is then included, the arrangement of controls 24, 26 and the assignment of operating functions to individual controls 24, 26 can be easily configured and desired operating functions, especially operating sequences, the Actuating a control element 24, 26 in succession be executed, the individual controls 24, 26 of the remote control 22 assigned. Furthermore, the signal codings to be sent for individual operating functions from the remote control 22 to the device can be determined with the aid of the received information.

For this purpose, an initialization phase is preferably provided in which data with the required information for providing and / or configuring the operating function of the remote control 22 for operating the device 14 to 20 is transmitted to the remote control 22 and processed by a data processing unit of the remote control 22. As a result, it is easily possible to take over new functional definitions of individual operating functions stored in the device 14 to 20 in the remote control 22 and to integrate them into a control scheme or to implement a new operating scheme.

The operating concept of the remote control 22 thus does not have to be defined in detail during the production of the remote control 22 but can be transmitted from the device 14 to 20 to be controlled even with the information specified by the data to the remote control 22, so that the operating concept of the device to be operated 14 to 20 can be specified. As a result, the devices 14 to 20 can also be operated with the aid of the remote control 22, which did not even exist at the time of delivery of the remote control 22 or were not yet planned. By itself provided by the device to be operated 14 to 20 information such control functions can be provided by the remote control 22, the device to be operated 14 to 20 for optimal operation via the remote control 22, ie to control the operation of the device 14 to 20 via the remote control 22, needed. In this case, the information of the device 14 to 20 may also include information describing at least part of the characteristics of the device 14 to 20, wherein the remote control 22 with the help of this information already at least a part of the required to operate the device 14 to 20 operating functions with the help provided by suitable controls 24, 26. Furthermore, the information may include information on device functions of the device 14 to 20 to be operated remotely, with the aid of which the remote control 22 then selects operating functions from preset operating functions and can provide them for operating the device 14 to 20.

It is particularly advantageous if the remote control 22 comprises a display unit 26, which is designed in particular as a TFT display, LCD or OLED. With the aid of this display unit 26, suitable symbols for displaying control elements, for example for the representation of control buttons with suitable self-explanatory symbols output and by a touch-sensitive surface, which is provided for example by an applied to the surface of the display unit 26 touch-sensitive film, activated and thereby actuated , The touch-sensitive surface detects touches of the surface in the individual operating elements associated Tastbereichen. In this case, the coordinates of a touch point of the touch-sensitive surface are accurately detected, and if the touch coordinate is within a touch range, the control function assigned to this touch range is activated. With the help of this procedure, operating elements such as slide switches or rotary switches can be easily operated. Furthermore, such a display unit 26 offers the possibility of outputting setting values in the form of numbers or scales. For example, the angle of inclination of individual elements of a surgical table, the movement position of individual Components of the operating table and other useful to operate the respective device 14 to 20 helpful information as text, numerical values or graphical representations are output. Known display units with touch-sensitive surfaces are used in particular in mobile phones, wherein display units with modern display technologies, such as OLED, have a very low power consumption. As a result, it is also possible to supply energy to remote controls 22 with such display units 26 via the radiation emitted by the device 14 to 20 to be operated, preferably by the emitted infrared radiation. Alternatively, electromagnetic fields can be generated by the devices 14 to 20 to be operated, in which case the energy required to operate the remote control 22 is transmitted to the remote control 22 via this electromagnetic field. With the aid of a variable electromagnetic field, a voltage is preferably induced in a coil arranged in the remote control 22, which serves to supply power to the remote control 22.

It is also advantageous to adapt a display unit 26 to be integrated into the remote control 22 in the outer shape to the requirements of the remote control 22. In particular, several touch-sensitive or non-touch-sensitive display units may be provided in the remote control 22. For example, a plurality of display units may each be arranged next to each other as a button 24 and / or be integrated into mechanical buttons 24 and display a suitable symbol for displaying a possible operating function by the button, depending on the device 14 to 20 to be operated.

Various hardware description languages, such as VHDL, are known in the prior art, with which a hardware function of a hardware component, such as the hardware function of silicon chips, can be determined. Such hardware description languages are used in particular for the production of so-called application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) in order to determine the hardware function and, based thereon, the chip layout of such ASICs.

Furthermore, programmable logic circuits are known, so-called Filed Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) circuits whose logic functions can be easily determined by appropriate programming. When integrating such FPGA circuits into the remote control 22, the logic function provided by the FPGA circuit can be programmed, in particular, by the information transmitted to the remote control 22 by the device 14 to 20 to be operated, which may also include program data. The programming of the logic circuit is thereby easily changeable by deleting an existing programming and / or replaced by another programming. Also, for various devices, 14 to 20 different logic functions can be programmed into FPGA circuits, such that the at least one FPGA circuit provides suitable operating functions for operating at least two different devices 14 to 20. With such a concept, the remote control 22 can be programmed relatively freely and / or reconfigurably. It is also possible that basic logic functions are programmed in a basic programming in the programmable logic device (for example in the FPGA) of the remote control 22 and individual basic functions and / or further operating functions be configured and / or additionally provided by the information to be transmitted from the device 14 to 20 to be transmitted.

In the remote control 22, for example, a web browser program module may be preconfigured, with the aid of which at least one of a user-to-use device 14 to 20 transmitted user interface can be output as a graphical user interface. For example, the graphical user interface may be provided in a document description language such as Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). The graphic elements of such a graphical user interface to be displayed are then described by suitable text formats, ASCII code usually being used for this purpose. The description of the graphical user interface provided by the document description language is then submitted to the browser program module for processing, which then generates and outputs the individual graphical elements according to the description using the display unit 26. If permitted by the description of the graphical user interface, the browser program module can also adapt individual elements to the display unit 26, in particular to the display options of the display unit 26, in particular to the size of the display unit 26.

Individual elements to be displayed can also be provided centrally, for example via a network. The description of the user interface then only contains a reference to these elements. For example, these elements of the remote control 22 can be provided via a wireless network, in particular a Wi-Fi network. As a result, the amount of data to be transmitted to the remote control 22 by the device 14 to 20 to be transmitted can be considerably reduced, since the data is stored with the graphic elements from a source via a separate data connection to the remote control 22 can be transmitted. The reference to the graphic or to a data source with this graphic can consist of a unique identifier as well as a memory address (eg IP address). Other elements, such as sound elements, animated graphics, and movie clips, can also be integrated as elements in the user interface.

The browser program module then loads the specified item from the specified source and appropriately integrates it into the user interface to be created. If the browser program module requires further program elements for displaying or outputting a specified element, the required program elements can themselves be loaded by the browser program module or integrated into the browser program module by an operator.

Furthermore, conventional operating elements, such as standard operating elements, in particular images for displaying buttons and conventional symbols for superimposing and marking these buttons can be stored in a memory provided in the remote control 22, so that rapid access to these elements by the remote control 22 is possible , In this memory, further required for display and / or output elements and / or transmitted from the device to be operated 14 to 20 information can be cached. Individual and / or all elements to be output by the remote control 22 can also be transmitted to the remote control 22 by the device 14 to 20 to be operated.

Between the remote control 22 and a device 14 to 20 to be operated, data can be exchanged in various ways. For example, a data connection via contact elements, such as connectors or touch contacts, in particular spring contacts, the insertion of the remote control 22 in a receiving tray, in a contact station or the hanging of the remote control 22 are made in a dedicated device unit. It may also be a direct cable connection, preferably via connectors, between the remote control 22 and the device to be operated 14 to 20 are provided, via which the data connection is made. Alternatively or additionally, wireless data connections are possible, which may have different carrier signals, such as ultrasound, infrared, radio, etc., as well as various protocols, such as Bluetooth, GSM, UMTS, etc. The data to be transmitted from the device to be operated 14 to 20 to the remote control 22 contain information with information about the device 14 to 20 to be operated, in particular what it is for a device 14 to 20, what this device 14 to 20, what this device 14 to 20 for control and operation or for activation of individual control and / or control functions on coded signals expected, abstract information on representations and / or configurations of the controls of the remote control 22, expected for activating individual control functions code and / or the remote from the device to be operated 14 to 20 expected safety protocols.

With the aid of the transmitted data, the device 14 through 20 can effect the complete or partial programming of the hardware and / or software of the remote control 22 by using HTML data, VHDL data, or similar concepts for software and hardware implementation in the remote control 22. by the data required for programming from the remote-control device 14 to 20 for remote control 22 are transmitted. If the remote control 22 has suitable program elements, such as the aforementioned boot loader and / or a browser program module, suitable controls and / or user interfaces can be provided in a simple manner. In particular, the data to be remote-controlled device 14 to 20 transmitted to the remote control 22 may also contain information about arrangements of individual control elements to each other, in particular the position to each other. Through this concept, by means of the remote control 22, each device 14 to 20 can be remotely operated, which transmits to the remote control 22 the required information for the configuration and / or the required operating elements.

Alternatively or additionally, it is also possible for the remote control 22 to have preconfigured operating functions, information about these operating functions and the coded signals assigned to these operating functions, which are transmitted to the remote-controlled device 14 to 20 via the remote control 22 when the operating function is activated, for this purpose remotely operated device 14 to 20 according to the provided by the remote control 22 operating functions to configure and / or provide appropriate control functions and / or operating algorithms. In particular, the remote control 22 may transmit data to the remote device 14 to 20 including information as to what operating functions the remote control 22 may perform, which control and operation options may be provided by the remote control 22, including security protocols and / or communication protocols Remote control 22 are supported and / or what security protocols or communication protocols are expected from the remote device 14 to 20. It is advantageous if a data processing unit of remotely operated device 14 to 20 this information processed and selected to operate the device 14 to 20 suitable control functions and information about these selected control functions for remote control 22 transmits to the remote control 22 and the provided by the remote control 22 functions to the needs of the fernbedienenden device 14 to 20 adapt. However, a concept is also possible in which only the remote control 22 transmits at least part of the cited information to the device 14 to 20 and no information on selected operating functions from the device 14 to 20 are transmitted to the remote control 22.

Furthermore, if the device 14 to 20 to be remotely operated has suitable program elements, programming or configuration of the device functions to be provided or operating functions of the remote device 14 to 20 activatable by the remote control 22, in particular suitable program data from the remote control 22 to the remote device 14 to 20 are transmitted. For this purpose, the device 14 to 20 in the same way have a boot loader program that then loads from the remote control 22 to the remote device 14 to 20 transmitted program data and corresponding by the remote control 22 activatable operating functions of the remote device 14 to 20 provides.

Structures are known from the syntax and the definitions of various programming languages, in which data elements of different form and with different content are combined under the name of the structure, whereby a defined storage area is provided for accessing these data elements for this structure. Access to these data elements is then easy with the name the structure possible. Furthermore, an extension of this concept is known in which the programs belonging to the data of the structure are also added to the structure, whereby these programs are themselves part of a structure with an assigned name. This procedure is also referred to as object-oriented programming, in which individual functions and objects can be called with the aid of a name assigned to the object or the function and can be incorporated in a program sequence. A programming language for such object-oriented programming is, for example, C ++, in which programming of objects and calling of these objects in an overall program sequence is usual. Such objects can also be called several times in the program sequence with different parameters.

Object-oriented structures can also be used according to the invention as program elements for providing at least one operating function for remote control of one of the devices 14 to 20 with the aid of the remote control 22 in order to provide the operating function itself or to configure the operating function. It is advantageous that at least one such object is present in the remote control 22, wherein this object is called up with parameters in a program sequence, which are determined depending on the transmitted from the device 14 to 20 to the remote control 22 information. As a result, the object is called up and processed with parameters suitable for the operation of the device 14 to 20 to be remotely operated. Alternatively or additionally, an object may be provided in the device 14 to 20 to be operated remotely, whereby parameters for calling the object in a program sequence of the device 14 to 20 to be remotely controlled are set with the aid of the information transmitted from the remote control 22 to the device 14-20.

Alternatively, changes in the source code of the respective object can also be carried out with the aid of the transmitted information, in which case the remote control 22 or the device 14 to 20 recompiles the source code of the object and generates an executable program element. For most object-oriented programming languages there are compilers for different platforms, so that these objects can be achieved by providing the objects as source code platform independence and processor independence of the remote control 22 and the remote device 14 to 20. In a further development, both data with information for configuring individual operating functions and program elements themselves can be transmitted from the remote-controlled device 14 to 20 to the remote control 22 and / or from the remote control 22 to the device 14 to 20 to be remotely operated. The remote control 22 and the remote devices 14 to 20 are also referred to as partner devices. The respective partner device is thus preferably informed about the properties and control options of the other partner device 14 to 22, whereby the partner devices 14 to 22 can adjust their functions such that an operation of the remote device 14 to 20 using the remote control 22 is possible. Preferably, the remote control 22 or the remote device 14 to 20 may transmit information required for the partner device to provide operating functions or to activate those operating functions as objects to the respective partner device 14 to 22 or as parameters, invoking objects with the parameter become. Data with this information or such objects are then preferably exchanged immediately after a contact between the remote control 22 and the remote device 14 to 20.

In the embodiment of the FIGS. 1 to 4 this replacement would preferably be made after making a line-of-sight connection. In other embodiments, the exchange of these information or these objects can already be performed when a data transfer between a potential remote device 14 to 20 and the remote control 22 is possible, preferably even if no direct line of sight between the remote control 22 and the device 14th to 20 exists. If this procedure nevertheless checks whether there is a direct line of sight between the remote control 22 and a device 14 to 20 to be remotely operated, depending on the line of sight, operating functions can only be displayed by the device 14 to 20 to which a line of sight connection exists. However, 14 to 20 operating functions can already be preconfigured for all activated devices present in a data transmission area of the remote control 22, which are then released upon visual contact between the remote control 22 and the respective remote-controlled device 14 to 20 or via control elements 24, 26 of the remote control 22 Remote control will be provided.

Alternatively or additionally, one of the devices 14 to 20, which are positioned within the communication range of the remote control 22, be selected by an operator via the remote control 22, then activated only for this or in the selection of multiple devices for these devices 14 to 20 operating functions and / or configured and provided via controls 24, 26 of the remote control 22.

An exchange of the information mentioned between the remote device 14 to 20 and the remote control 22 or between the Remote control 22 and the remote device 14 to 20 can be repeatedly transmitted even after a restart of the device 14 to 20 and / or the remote control 22 or for checking and / or diagnosis of the operating function.

Preferably, program elements are standardized, which must be present in the remote control 22 for operating various devices 14 to 20, whereby the information to be transmitted from the remote-access device 14 to 20 to the remote control 22 are preferably standardized. Alternatively or additionally, the program elements required for the device 14 to be remotely operated are also standardized, and the information, program elements and / or codes to be transmitted from the remote control 22 to the remote device 14 to 20 are also preferably standardized. By standardizing such program elements and preferably by standardizing a plurality of possible operating elements 24, 26 and / or operating functions, the data volume to be transmitted for providing the operating function or for activating operating functions of the device 14 to 20 to be remotely controlled can be considerably reduced.

Furthermore, various design schemes can be provided thereby, which can be set for an operator or for a remote control 22, wherein different schemes each can provide a different representation of the control element for activating the same operating function. As a result, the operating function itself is determined by the partner devices 14 to 22, however, a displayed control element and / or the arrangement of the control element depending on the selected and / or configured scheme individually for each remote control 22 or individually for each user of the remote control 22 are set.

However, if there is no standardization of such operating functions or if activation of special operating functions is not provided as standard, further functions can be provided by the provision of suitable program elements by the partner device 14 to 22. Between the remote control 22 and the device 14 to 20 to be operated remotely, a data communication option for exchanging the required information for the configuration and / or activation of individual operating functions is thus required. In particular, the data transmission must be supported both physically and by the transmission protocol of the partner devices 14 to 22, respectively.

The data transmission is, as already mentioned, wired or wireless possible. For wireless communication between the remote device 14 to 20 and the remote control 22, the constellation described below is considered to be advantageous. Between the fernbedienenden device 14 to 20 and the remote control 22 two combination channels are provided and activated, wherein the device to be operated 14 to 20 preferably uses a first frequency for data transmission and transmitted from the device 14 to 20 at the first frequency waves for energy transfer from Device 14 to 20 can be used for remote control 22. To provide the line of sight, the remote device 14 to 20 may comprise at least one infrared transmitter and the remote control 22 at least one infrared receiver. For bidirectional data transmission, the remote control 22 may additionally comprise an infrared transmitter and the device 14 to 20 to be remotely additionally an infrared receiver.

For coding the transmitted data, various known codings, in particular a Manchester code, can be used. If at least one of the partner devices 14 to 22 supports a plurality of possible codings, the partner devices 14 to 22 can specify the coding actually used in a first communication. As a protocol for data communication, for example, the CAN protocol can be used. The coded activation data for activating operating functions of the device 14 to 20 to be remotely operated are preferably transmitted wirelessly to the device 14 to 20 by the remote control 22. Both the remote control 22 and the remote device 14 to 20 may initiate the transmission of data for configuring and / or activating operator functions from the remote device 14 to 20 to the remote control 22 and / or from the remote control 22 to the remote device 14 to 20.

In a first protocol step it can be determined how the coding of the carrier signal will be in the further communication. For this example, a carrier query can be performed. For example, the carrier signal in a defined bit sequence as a preamble, such. Eg ---- 1001 ---- 1010 ---- 0110 ---- 0101 ----..., transmitted in unstructured form (- means transmitter is blanked, 0/1 means transmitter is on) , As a result, in particular, the remote device 14 to 20 is able to determine how the type of bit encoding is designed. The preamble defines whether modulation of the carrier signal for data transmission uses a frequency shift keying method, a frequency modulation method, a phase shift keying method, an amplitude shift keying method or another modulation method. After this determination is a data communication between the partner devices 14 to 22 just possible. This data transmission is preferably controlled via a higher level protocol. Alternatively, these configuration steps may be omitted if these determinations are already preset by the configuration of the remote control 22 and the remote devices 14 to 20.

In a specific embodiment, the remote device 14 to 20 transmits infrared radiation having a frequency F of 250 kHz. The signal is generated as a rectangular signal with a defined phase P and is used in addition to the energy transfer from the device 14 to 20 for remote control 22. As a coding of the data to be transmitted, the phase-shift keying method is used, the data is transmitted Manchester encoded and as Data protocol is the CAN protocol used, in particular to avoid a collision in the data transmission between several remote-controlled devices 14 to 20 and the remote control 22. In particular, an anticollision method provided in the CAN bus standard is used for this purpose. By these definitions, a simple data transmission between the remote devices 14 to 20 and the remote control 22 is possible. However, a plurality of basic functions of the remote control 22 may already be preconfigured in the remote control 22. These are for example on / off function, in particular for switching on and off the device 14 to 20, for switching on and off of modules and / or functions for start / stop individual drives and / or individual functions, to increase or decrease the volume in acoustic outputs, to increase or decrease the brightness of display units, etc. These on / off functions can be provided in particular by controls 24, 26, such as buttons or switches, with both the switches and the buttons as controls using a touch-sensitive display unit 26, a so-called touch screen, can be provided. These display units 26 make it possible to associate individual controls with desired shapes. In particular, a switch or a button can be represented as a round, rectangular or square element, wherein any representations with shades and three-dimensional representations are possible. The information exchanged between the partner devices 14 to 22 defines both the element for activating the operating function itself and the coding of the signal which is transmitted from the remote control 22 to the device 14 to 20 to be remotely operated when the operating element is activated.

The concrete arrangement of an operating element does not necessarily have to be determined by the information transmitted by the respective partner device 14 to 22, but rather can be determined in a suitable manner by the remote control 22 itself. The remote control 22 generates or assigns to an already existing control element 24 the activation of this operating function and configures itself so that upon activation of the control element 24 by an operating function, a control element 24 associated code from the remote control 22 to the remote device 14 to 20 sent becomes. Preferably, data integrity is ensured by appropriate security protocols. It is also advantageous if the information to be transmitted from the remote-controlled device 14 to 20 to the remote control 22 comprises only information on the operating function or the operating element suitable for activating the operating function and leave the concrete display of the operating element and the arrangement of the operating element of the remote control 22 itself remains. This can be done in a similar manner to known browser program modules, which depend on the Definitions of the transmitted documents can define and / or change at least some concrete representations. If the remote control 22 has a display unit 26 for the graphic display of graphical user interfaces, then the graphical user interface can also be provided with the aid of a known browser program module or a special program module adapted for the remote control 22. For example, the specific representation of a button by images stored in the remote control 22 with representations of a button or by a remotely operated device 14 to 20 for remote control 22 transmitted image of a suitable button or by a from another source, such as Internet or a server, provided to the remote control 22 transmitted image. For various basic operating functions and / or for emergency operating functions, the remote control 22 may have hardware switches or hardware buttons 24, so that an "emergency operation" of the device 14 to 20 in the event of failure of the display unit 26 is possible. In particular, the remote control 22 may also have an emergency stop button designed as a hardware button 24 in order to deactivate the remote-controlled device 14 to 20 immediately or with a targeted emergency stop routine in a dangerous situation.

As an alternative to infrared data transmission, ultrasound data transmission between device 14 to 20 and remote control 22 is also possible, with energy being able to be transmitted from remote device 14 to 20 to remote control 22 also by the ultrasound excitations. Alternatively or additionally, the remote control 22 may comprise switched RFID transponders, wherein the device 14 to 20 to be remotely operated preferably has a reading unit which comprises at least a part of the transmits energy required for operation of the RFID transponder to the RFID transponder.

However, if, as already mentioned, preferably infrared radiation is transmitted from the remote-controlled device 14 to 20 to the remote control 22, a modulated carrier signal lying on an agreed RF frequency range can be optically transmitted to the remote control 22 with the aid of this infrared radiation. The infrared radiation excites with its energy in a magnetic circuit which is provided in the remote control 22, an oscillation at the same, double or half frequency of the frequencies of the carrier signal. An additionally emitted electromagnetically superimposed high-frequency signal excites in the remote control 22 a resonant circuit arrangement, wherein the frequency of this resonant circuit arrangement of the optically excited first frequency is superimposed. This results in a mixing or envelope signal, which consists of a low-pass filtering of the difference frequency of the two high-frequency signals. The phase angle of the resulting signal results from the difference in the phase position of the two high-frequency signals. An overlay formed in the same manner in the remote device 14 to 20 from the signals intended to be transmitted has the same frequency, but a different phase position. The overlay signal sent back from the remote control 22 to the remote device 14 to 20 and the reference signal formed in the reading unit of the remote device 14 to 20 have a phase shift with respect to each other, their distance measurement measurement between the reading station of the remote device 14 to 20 and the remote control 22 can be used. As a result, the distance of the remote control 22 to the device 14 to 20 to be operated remotely can be determined, so that an operating radius or operating area around the device 14 to be operated remotely is also determined can be easily set to 20 around by the remote control must be 22, so that the device 14 to 20 due to a coded signal sent from the remote control 22 performs the control function associated with this coded signal. With a suitable choice of the emitting unit transmitting infrared light, for example the LED emitting infrared light, it can further be ensured that the remote control 22 for transmitting data to the apparatus 14 to 20 must be located in a limited angular section to the device 14 to 20 to be remotely operated. Thereby, a directional function can be generated, which is particularly useful when several different remote-controlled devices 14 to 20 are to be controlled by means of various remote controls 22, the operation of these devices using the various remote controls 22 should be done simultaneously and the remote controls 22 and fernbedienenden devices 14 to 20 are located at a distance in which a data transfer at least theoretically to several devices 14 to 20 is possible.

Furthermore, the remote control 22 may have a so-called initialization key, through which the information is requested from the remote device 14 to 20, with the help of which then the at least one operating function is configured and / or activated.

All devices 14 to 20 that receive this request preferably send their identifier to the remote control 22 in a further step. If the remote control 22 detects at least two identifiers, it provides a user with a selection menu on a standard user interface through which each of the devices 14 to 20 can be selected for operation. Alternatively or additionally, individual controls for operating the first device 14 to 20 and other controls for Operation of the second device 14 to 20 simultaneously by the remote control 22 are preferably output as graphical controls on a display unit 26 of the remote control 22. When selecting a device 14 to 20 via the selection menu, a display of an operating element and / or information about the operating function of the respective device function in an initialization phase is then preferably called up. If the remote-controlled device 14 to 20 of the remote control 22 is already known, the information transmitted from the device 14 to 20 to the remote control 22 at least in a first initialization phase can be stored in a memory of the remote control 22 so that a renewed transmission of data with this information is not compulsory is required. As a result, according to the invention, an operating element for activating the operating function of the device 14 to 20 to be operated remotely can be provided.

If another available remotely operated device 14 to 20 using the remote control 22 remotely controlled, it can be done in a pre-configuration already done a selection of the device 14 to 20 in a selection menu and / or there is an initialization of the other device 14 to 20, wherein then from this further device 14 to 20 corresponding information to the operating function or the operating functions of the device 14 to 20 are transmitted to the remote control 22. In this case, the remote control 22 can send out an initialization signal to all accessible devices 14 to 20, which then send a corresponding response to the remote control 22, so that the remote control 22 can detect all accessible devices 14 to 20 fernzubedienenden and can display a selection. In the case of a plurality of remote-access devices 14 to 20 that can be reached by the remote control 22, these devices 14 to 20 can simultaneously respond to an initialization request of the remote control 22 Send a response so that data transmission to the remote control 22 may be disturbed by the superimposed transmission of data. In order to prevent this, so-called anti-collision methods can be used, as are known, for example, from ISO14443-3 or the CAN protocol. On the other hand, if several remote controls 22 are simultaneously configured to operate the same device 14-20 to be remotely operated, further limitations may be provided to specifically avoid activating conflicting operating functions. For example, the device 14 to 20 may only allow one remote control 22, permit a remote control 22 as a so-called master remote control 22, whose instructions take precedence over contradictory instructions of the other remote controls 22, or it may be suspended activation of an operating function, if contradictory activations or opposite operating functions by the different remote controls 22 are activated.

Further, with multiple remote controls 22, it is possible to allow only one of the remote controls 22, namely, the one that first activates an operating function of the remote device 14 to 20. If the approved remote control 22 is then deactivated, in particular after no operation of the remotely operated device 14 to 20 by the remote control 22 has taken place for a preset period of time, another remote control 22 may be accepted as the only approved remote control 22 from the device 14-20. Alternatively or additionally, an explicit release of one or more remote controls 22 can also take place. For example, additional remote controls 22 as new or re-authorized to be integrated into an existing communication protocol.

Should a remote-controlled device 14 to 20 already be pre-set in the remote control 22 in such a way that the information required for providing the operating elements for activating operating functions of the remote-controlled device 14 to 20 has been transmitted from the device 14 to 20 to the remote control 22 and in the remote control 22 are cached, the device 14 to 20 itself can initiate a retransmission of data with information about the operating functions of the remote device 14 to 20 for remote control 22, if the remote device 14 to 20 has changed operating functions, the change of the controls of the remote control 22 requires. This may be the case in particular when further functions or other functions of the device 14 to 20 are provided by preselector switches on the device 14 to 20 to be operated remotely or further or changed operating functions are available after a firmware update of the device 14 to 20.

It is particularly advantageous to provide a wireless remote control 22 for operating the device, wherein a wireless data connection between the devices 14 to 20 and the remote control 22 is provided, via the data with the information about at least one operating function of the devices 14 to 20 respectively Remote control 22 are transferable.

Further, it is possible for the remote control 22 to send out a signal with information upon receipt of which a sleeping mode device 14 to 20 is awakened, ie, switched back to a normal operating mode. Furthermore, it is advantageous to store at least a portion of the information about remotely operated devices 14 to 20 in the remote control 22 after an initial data exchange. Then this information is at a repeated operation of the device 14 to 20 already the remote control 22 available and do not need to be transferred again from the device 14 to 20 to the remote control 22. As a result, in particular the time required for transmitting the data and thus for configuring the remote control 22 can be reduced.

After a restart of the remote-controlled device 14 to 20 and / or the remote control 22, an adjustment of the information stored in the remote control 22 and the device 14 to 20 can be done to any relevant for the operation of the device 14 to 20 changes to the device 14 to 20 and / or the remote control 22 and, if necessary, to transfer the information required for correct operation from the device 14 to 20 to the remote control 22. This may be necessary in particular after the firmware update of one of the devices 14 to 20 already mentioned, if a change of operating functions for operating the device 14 to 20 has taken place by or with the firmware update, in particular if new operating functions have been added, existing operating functions have been removed and the control sequence has been changed when activating an operating function.

In the illustrated embodiment, the infrared rays are not reflected in the space 12, so that the orientation of the remote control 22 to the device 14 to 20 is determined simply by whether infrared rays emitted from the device 14 to 20 can be received by the remote control 22. In particular, the reception of reflected infrared rays and / or the further processing of the encoded information contained in the reflected infrared rays can be prevented. In other embodiments, regardless of their specific orientation to the devices 14 to 20 of each of the devices 14 to 20, the remote control 22 intercepts the infrared rays and those over these infrared rays coded information when the remote control 22 and the devices 14 to 20 are in one room. In this case, the remote control 22 can in particular also receive reflected infrared rays which were originally emitted by one of the devices 14 to 20. Then, in the selection of the devices 14 to 20, preferably all available devices 14 to 20 are offered for selection. If then a device, in particular the device 20 is positioned outside the room 12, so that the remote control 22 can not receive infrared rays emitted by the device 20, only the devices 14 to 18 using the remote control 22 are operable and not the device 20th Then a user is offered only the devices 14 to 18 for operating selection.

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Arrangement for providing at least one operating function of a remote control for operating a device,
in which the device (14 to 20) has a memory area in which data is stored with information about this operating function,
with a data connection between the device (14 to 20) and the remote control (22), via which data with the information about this operating function can be transmitted from the device (14 to 20) to the remote control (22),
wherein the remote control (22) has a data processing unit which processes the information transmitted by the device (14 to 20) to the remote control (22) and which, depending on this information, has at least one operating function via at least one operating element (24, 26) of the remote control (22). provides and / or an operating element (24, 26) of the remote control (22) assigns this operating function. Arrangement according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that with the aid of the transmitted information, a configuration of an operating function and / or a design of a user interface takes place. Arrangement according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the data with the aid of the data connection only in a visual connection between the remote control (22) and the device (14 to 20) are transferable. Arrangement according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the device (14 to 20) transmits infrared radiation, which receives the remote control (22) by means of a receiving unit (28), wherein the device (14 to 20) for remote control (22). transmitted infrared radiation to power the remote control (22), wherein the remote control (22) with the aid of infrared radiation at least a portion of the operation of the remote control (22) required energy is supplied. Arrangement according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the remote control (22) generates a suitable graphical user interface with the aid of the transmitted information, wherein the data transmitted by the device (14 to 20) to the remote control (22) preferably data for at least one via a Browser program module on a display unit (26) of the remote control (22) displayable user interface with controls included. Arrangement according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the data transmitted by the device (14 to 20) of the remote control (22) contain platform-independent program data, with the aid of a graphical user interface using a display unit (26) of the remote control (22) can be generated , Arrangement according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the data processing unit assigns the operating function to at least one operating element (24, 26) of the remote control (22). Method for generating at least one operating function of a remote control for operating a device,
in which data with information about this operating function is stored in a memory area of the device (14 to 20),
a data connection is established between the device (14 to 20) and the remote control (22), via which data with the information about this operating function are transmitted from the device (14 to 20) to the remote control (22),
and in which the information transmitted by the device (14 to 20) to the remote control (22) is processed by means of a data processing unit of the remote control (22) and the at least one operating function via at least one control element (24, 26) of the remote control (22 ) and / or a control element (24, 26) of the remote control (22) to assign this operating function. Arrangement for providing at least one operating function of a remote control for operating a device,
in which the remote control (22) has a memory area in which data with information about at least one possible Operating function of a control element (24, 26) of the remote control (22) are stored,
with a data connection between the device (14 to 20) and the remote control (22), via which data with the information about this operating function from the remote control (22) to the device (14 to 20) are transferable,
wherein the device (14 to 20) has a data processing unit which processes the information transmitted by the remote control (22) to the device (14 to 20) and which is dependent on this information at least one by operating a control element (24, 26) of the remote control ( 22) generated by the remote control (22) to the device (14 to 20) transmitted coded signal assigns an operating function. Arrangement according to claim 9, characterized in that the data processing unit with the aid of the transmitted information assigns the operating function itself, a configuration of an operating function and / or a device (14 to 20) to be executed control and / or output function a coded signal. Arrangement according to claim 9, characterized in that the device (14 to 20) transmits infrared radiation, which receives the remote control (22) by means of a receiving unit (28), wherein the from the device (14 to 20) to the remote control (22) transmitted infrared radiation for the power supply of the remote control (22), wherein the remote control (22) by means of the infrared radiation at least a portion of the energy required to operate the remote control (22) is supplied. Arrangement according to claim 9, characterized in that the data with the information about the operating function prior to operation of the device (14 to 20) by means of the remote control (22) from the remote control (22) to the device (14 to 20) are transmitted. Arrangement according to claim 9, characterized in that the remote control (22) provides a selection function for selecting a device (14 to 20) to be operated from the at least two available devices (14 to 20) and after selecting one of the devices (14 to 20 ) which provides at least one operating function for operating the selected device (14 to 20). Arrangement according to one of the preceding Claims 9 to 13, characterized in that the data processing unit of the device (14 to 20) transmits the coded signal of an operating and / or control function of the remote control (22) when operating a control element (24, 26) Device assigns. Method for providing at least one operating function of a remote control for operating a device,
in which data with information about at least one possible operating function of a control element (24, 26) of the remote control (22) is stored in a memory area of the remote control (22),
a data connection is established between the device (14 to 20) and the remote control (22), via which data with the information about this operating function is transmitted from the remote control (22) to the device (14 to 20),
and in which the information transmitted by the remote control (22) to the device (14 to 20) is processed by means of a data processing unit of the device (14 to 20) and the at least one of these information is operated by operating a control element (24, 26) of the remote control (22) generated by the remote control (22) to the device (14 to 20) transmitted coded signal assigns an operating function.

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