TWI658438B - Full-automatic code finding method for universal remote control system and device - Google Patents

Abstract

A fully automatic code finding method for a universal remote control system and device. The full-automatic code-finding method of the universal remote control system includes: when a user operates a full-automatic code-finding setting function of the mobile device or the universal remote control device, the mobile device or the universal remote control device emits one by one corresponding to several appliances The setting signal of the model, wherein each setting signal includes a remote control code that can turn on or off the corresponding electrical model; a specific setting signal among the setting signals emitted by the mobile device or the universal remote control device turns on or off the lamp Or television; the light sensing unit of the universal remote control device or the light sensing unit of the mobile device senses a change in the brightness of the lamp or television; and the light sensing unit or the action of the universal remote control device The light sensing unit of the device triggers the mobile device or the universal remote control device to store the remote control code in the specific setting signal as a matching code to complete the automatic code finding setting.

Description

Full-automatic code finding method for universal remote control system and device

The invention relates to a fully automatic code finding method for a universal remote control system and device, and particularly to a fully automatic code finding method for a universal remote control system and device for a lamp or a television.

As is well known, most home appliances (such as remote control lamps, televisions, air conditioners, etc.) are often equipped with remote controls. The function of the remote controller for household appliances is to allow users to remotely control various household appliances without pressing the buttons on the household appliances near the household appliances.

The remote controller of the above-mentioned home appliance may be faulty or lost. The user must purchase a substitute remote controller to continue to remotely control the home appliance. Therefore, a universal remote controller may be purchased instead.

Taking remote control lamps or TVs as an example, in the process of setting a universal remote control to remotely control a specific type of lamp or TV, the user needs to press a setting button on the universal remote control to start the automatic code finding process. The universal remote will then return In response to the operation of the setting button by the user, a plurality of setting signals corresponding to several electrical models are transmitted one by one. Then, if the remote control code in the setting signal transmitted by the universal remote control matches the electrical model of the lamp or television, the remote control code in the remote setting signal can turn the lamp or television on or off. However, although the lamp or TV has been turned on or off, the automatic code finding process of the universal remote control does not end automatically, and the user still needs to operate the universal remote control to end the automatic search of the existing universal remote control. The coding process is quite inconvenient. Therefore, it is necessary to find a solution.

Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a fully automatic code finding method for a universal remote control system.

Therefore, the full-automatic code finding method of the universal remote control system of the present invention is applicable to lamps and televisions, and a universal remote control system including a universal remote control device and a mobile device, wherein the universal remote control device or the mobile device has a light The sensing unit, the full-automatic code finding method of the universal remote control system includes the following steps: (a) when the user operates the mobile device or a full-automatic code-finding setting function of the universal remote control device, the mobile device or the universal remote control device Transmitting several setting signals corresponding to several electrical models one by one, wherein each setting signal includes a remote control code that can turn the corresponding electrical model on or off; (b) the mobile device or the universal remote control device transmits the setting signal Waiting for a specific setting signal in the setting signal to turn the lamp or television on or off; (c) the million The light sensing unit of the remote control device or the light sensing unit of the mobile device senses a change in the brightness of the lamp or television; and (d) the light sensing unit or the mobile device of the universal remote control device The light sensing unit triggers the mobile device or the universal remote control device to store the remote control code in the specific setting signal as a matching code to complete the automatic code finding setting.

In addition, the full-automatic code-finding method of the universal remote control device of the present invention is applicable to lamps or televisions, wherein the universal remote-control device has a light sensing unit, and the full-automatic code-finding method of the universal remote control device includes the following steps: (a ) When the user operates a fully automatic code-finding setting function of the universal remote control device, the universal remote control device transmits one by one a number of setting signals corresponding to several electrical models, wherein each setting signal includes a corresponding electrical device. The remote control code that the model is turned on or off; (b) a specific setting signal among the setting signals emitted by the universal remote control device turns on or off the lamp or television; (c) the light sensing unit of the universal remote control device senses A change in the brightness of the lamp or television is detected; and (d) the light sensing unit of the universal remote control device triggers the universal remote control device to store the remote control code in the specific setting signal as a matching code to complete the automatic operation. Find code setting.

The effect of the present invention is that when a specific setting signal among the setting signals emitted by the universal remote control device turns on or off the lamp or television, the light sensing unit of the universal remote control device or the light sensing of the mobile device The unit can sense the luminaire Or the brightness of the television changes, so the mobile device or the universal remote control device is triggered to store the remote control code in the specific setting signal as a matching code, and the automatic code finding setting process is automatically ended.

1‧‧‧Universal remote control device

10‧‧‧ Button Unit

101‧‧‧Automatic code search setting button

11‧‧‧RF communication unit

12‧‧‧Memory

121‧‧‧Code Base

122‧‧‧match code

13‧‧‧Remote control signal transmitting unit

14‧‧‧light sensing unit

15‧‧‧ processor

2‧‧‧ mobile device

21‧‧‧ Remote Control Application (APP)

211‧‧‧code base

212‧‧‧match code

22‧‧‧light sensing unit

3‧‧‧ Cloud Server

31‧‧‧Code Base

41 ~ 47‧‧‧step

7‧‧‧Wi-Fi wireless base station

8‧‧‧ internet

9‧‧‧lamp or TV

Other features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiment with reference to the drawings, in which: FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram illustrating the universal application of the first embodiment of the fully automatic code finding method of the present invention Remote control system and device; FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the first embodiment of the fully automatic code finding method of the universal remote control system and device of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram illustrating a method suitable for performing the fully automatic code finding of the present invention A universal remote control system according to a second embodiment of the method; and FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a second embodiment of the fully automatic code finding method of the universal remote control system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a universal remote control system suitable for performing a first embodiment of a full-automatic code finding method of the present invention can be used by a user to remotely control a lamp or a television 9, and includes a universal remote control device 1 and a mobile device 2 (such as a smart type). Phone, tablet, etc.). In this implementation For example, the user may use the built-in Bluetooth function or Wi-Fi Direct function of the mobile device 2 to remotely control the lamp or TV 9 near the lamp or TV 9. Alternatively, since the full-automatic code finding method of the universal remote control system of the present invention is also applicable to a Wi-Fi wireless base station 7 and a cloud server 3 coupled to the Wi-Fi wireless base station 7, the remote operation The device 2 can also remotely remotely control the lamp or television 9 through the cloud server 3, the Internet 8 and the Wi-Fi wireless base station 7.

In this embodiment, the mobile device 2 is installed with a remote control application (APP) 21, and the user can perform a fully automatic code finding function by operating the remote control application 21. The remote control application 21 includes a code library 211 that stores remote control codes for all electrical models. When the user operates the full-automatic code-finding setting function of the remote control application 21, the mobile device 2 transmits a plurality of setting signals corresponding to a plurality of electrical models one by one, wherein each setting signal includes a corresponding electrical model Remote control code on or off.

In this embodiment, the universal remote control device 1 includes a key unit 10, a radio frequency communication unit 11, a memory 12, a remote control signal transmitting unit 13, and a light sensing unit 14 (such as a photoresistor or other light sensor). Measuring element), and a processor 15 electrically connected to the key unit 10, the radio frequency communication unit 11, the memory 12, the remote control signal transmitting unit 13, and the light sensing unit 14. The key unit 10 has a full-automatic code-finding setting key 101 and several general universal remote controls. Press the key (not shown, such as "0" ~ "9" number keys, etc.).

In addition, the cloud server 3 can also store a code base 3, so that the user can use the remote control APP 21 of the mobile device 2 to activate the automatic code finding setting function, and then the mobile device 2 can connect to the cloud server 3 Take the remote control codes of all electrical models in its code base 31.

Furthermore, it should be particularly mentioned that, in this embodiment, the automatic code finding method of the universal remote control system of the present invention can be executed by a user operating the automatic code finding function of the remote control application 21 of his mobile device 2. However, in this embodiment, the user can also execute the automatic code finding setting function by pressing the physical full-automatic code finding setting button 101 on the universal remote control device 1. In this case, the universal remote control device 1 may not The radio frequency communication unit 11 is included, and the memory 12 of the universal remote control device 1 also has a code base 121, so that a user can complete the automatic code finding method of the present invention by operating only the universal remote control device 1. However, in the variation of this embodiment, since the user mainly performs the fully automatic code finding method by operating the fully automatic code finding function of the remote control APP 21 of his mobile device 2, the entity on the universal remote control device 1 is fully automatic The code search setting button 101 can be omitted, and still be within the protection scope of the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, in this embodiment, the fully automatic code finding method of the universal remote control system of the present invention includes the following steps. First, as shown in step 41 in FIG. 2, the user uses the remote control APP 21 of the mobile device 2 or the full-automatic code finding of the universal remote control device 1. The setting button 101 operates the full-automatic code-finding setting function.

Next, as shown in step 42, in step 41, when the user uses the remote control APP 21 of the mobile device 2 to operate the automatic code-finding setting function, the mobile device 2 transmits one by one in a Bluetooth or Wi-Fi manner. A plurality of setting signals corresponding to a plurality of electric appliance models, each of which includes a remote control code that can turn on or off a corresponding electric appliance model. Then, the universal remote control device 1 can receive the setting signal transmitted from the mobile device 2 through its radio frequency communication unit 11. Then, the processor 15 of the universal remote control device 1 converts the setting signal into a remote control setting signal (such as an infrared remote control signal, etc.), and then transmits the remote control setting signal outward with the remote control signal transmitting unit 13 to let the lamp or The television 9 can receive the remote control setting signal.

Alternatively, in a case where the user operates the full-automatic code-finding setting function 101 using the full-automatic code-finding setting button 101 of the universal remote control device 1 in step 41, the processor 15 of the universal remote-control device 1 may respond to the user's The operation of the automatic code-finding setting button 101 causes the remote control signal transmitting unit 13 of the universal remote control device 1 to transmit the remote control setting signal outward, and then the lamp or the television 9 can receive the remote control setting signal.

Next, as shown in step 43, if the remote control code in the remote control setting signal received by the lamp or television 9 matches the electrical model of the lamp 9, the remote control code in the remote setting signal can change the lamp or The television 9 is turned on or off.

Next, as shown in step 44, since the lamp or television 9 is turned on or off by the remote control code in the remote control setting signal in step 43, the light sensing unit 101 of the universal remote control device 1 can sense the The brightness of the lamp or television 9 changes. It should be particularly mentioned that the so-called change in the brightness of the television actually means that the brightness of the display (such as an LCD display) of the television changes due to the television being turned on or off.

Then, as shown in step 45, in a case where the user uses the remote control APP 21 of the mobile device 2 to operate the fully automatic code finding function in step 41, the light sensing unit 14 of the universal remote control device 1 triggers the mobile device The remote control APP 21 of 2 stores the remote control code in the specific setting signal as the matching code 212 to complete the automatic code finding setting; or, in step 41, the user operates the automatic code finding setting button 101 of the universal remote control device 1 In the case of the full-automatic code-finding setting function, the light sensing unit 14 of the universal remote control device 1 triggers the processor 15 of the universal remote control device 1 to store the remote control code in the specific setting signal as the matching code 122 (stored in memory Body 12) to complete the automatic code finding setting.

3 and 4, a second embodiment of a fully automatic code finding method of a universal remote control system according to the present invention, and a universal remote control system suitable for performing a second embodiment of the fully automatic code finding method according to the present invention, as well as the aforementioned first embodiment. The only difference is that, in the second embodiment, the mobile device 2 further includes a device for sensing whether the brightness of the lamp or the television 9 is displayed. The light-sensing unit 22 (such as a photoresistor or other light-sensing element) is changed, and the universal remote control device 1 does not need to include a light-sensing unit. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, steps 41 to 43 of the second embodiment of the full-automatic code finding method of the universal remote control system of the present invention are completely the same as steps 41 to 43 of the foregoing first embodiment, so it is unnecessary to repeat them Its details.

As for step 46 of the second embodiment, since the lamp or television 9 is turned on or off by the remote control code in the remote control setting signal in step 43, the light sensing unit 22 of the mobile device 2 can sense The brightness of the lamp or television 9 changes. Then, as shown in step 47, in step 41, when the user uses the remote control APP 21 of the mobile device 2 to operate the automatic code finding function, the light sensing unit 22 of the mobile device 2 triggers the mobile device 2 The remote control APP 21 of the remote control code 21 stores the remote control code in the specific setting signal as the matching code 212 to complete the automatic code finding setting; or, in step 41, the user uses the automatic code finding setting button 101 of the universal remote control device 1 to operate the In the case of the fully automatic code finding function, the light sensing unit 22 of the mobile device 2 triggers the processor 15 of the universal remote control device 1 to store the remote control code in the specific setting signal as the matching code 122 (stored in the memory 12). ) To complete the automatic code finding setting.

In summary, in the universal remote control system and device of the present invention, in the process of performing automatic code finding, when the specific settings in the setting signals transmitted by the universal remote control device 1 are When the fixed signal turns on or off the lamp or television 9, the light sensing unit 14 of the universal remote control device 1 or the light sensing unit 22 of the mobile device 2 can sense that the brightness of the lamp or television 9 changes, Therefore, the mobile device 2 or the universal remote control device 1 is triggered to store the remote control code in the specific setting signal as a matching code, and the automatic code finding and setting process is automatically ended, so the purpose of the present invention can be achieved.

However, the above are only examples of the present invention. When the scope of implementation of the present invention cannot be limited by this, any simple equivalent changes and modifications made according to the scope of the patent application and the contents of the patent specification of the present invention are still Within the scope of the invention patent.

Claims (5)

A full-automatic code finding method for a universal remote control system, applicable to lamps or televisions, and a universal remote control system including a universal remote control device and a mobile device, wherein the universal remote control device or the mobile device has a light sensing unit The automatic remote-finding method of the universal remote control system includes the following steps: (a) when the user operates the automatic remote-finding setting function of the mobile device or the universal remote control device, the mobile device or the universal remote control device transmits data one by one Setting signals corresponding to several electrical models, each of which includes a remote control code that can turn the corresponding electrical model on or off, wherein the mobile device has a remote control application installed, and the user can Operate the remote control application of the mobile device, so that the mobile device executes the full-automatic code-finding setting function, so as to correspond to the setting signals of the electrical models by Bluetooth or Wi-Fi wireless connection respectively. Transmitting to the universal remote control device, and then the universal remote control device transmits the setting signal outwards, wherein the universal remote control device The remote control device also has a code library that stores remote control codes for all electrical models. The remote control code in each setting signal transmitted by the universal remote control device is a code library selected from the universal remote control device; (b) the mobile device Or a specific setting signal among the setting signals emitted by the universal remote control device turns on or off the lamp or television; (c) the light sensing unit of the universal remote control device or the light sensing unit of the mobile device senses A change in the brightness of the lamp or television is detected; and (d) the light sensing unit of the universal remote control device or the light sensing unit of the mobile device triggers the mobile device or the universal remote device to set the specific setting signal The remote control code in is stored as a matching code to complete the automatic code finding setting. The full-automatic code finding method of the universal remote control system according to claim 1, wherein, in the step (a), the remote control application program includes a code library storing remote control codes of all electrical models, and each of the codes transmitted by the mobile device The remote control codes in a setting signal are all code libraries selected from the remote control application. The full-automatic code finding method of the universal remote control system according to claim 1, wherein in the step (a), the universal remote control system further includes a cloud server, and the cloud server has a remote control storing all electric appliance models A code base of codes. The remote control codes in each setting signal transmitted by the mobile device are code bases selected from the cloud server. The full-automatic code finding method of the universal remote control system according to claim 1, wherein in the step (a), the universal remote control device further has an automatic code-finding setting button, and the user can operate the full-automatic The code search setting button causes the universal remote control device to execute the fully automatic code search setting function. The full-automatic code finding method of the universal remote control system according to claim 1, wherein in the step (c), the light sensing unit of the universal remote control device or the light sensing unit of the mobile device is a photosensitive resistance.