CN100396062C - Remote controller capable of group control of a plurality of electronic devices and related method - Google Patents
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The present invention provides a remote controller capable of controlling a plurality of electronic devices in a group control mode and a relevant method. In the remote controller of the present invention, remote control instructions which are relevant to different electronic devices are integrated into a group of instructions, for example, a series of remote control instructions for opening TV sets, switching to specific channels, opening video recorders to record, etc. are integrated into a group of instructions. Each group of instructions can correspond to operating actions set by users, such as specific handwriting touched trace or sound so that users can make the remote controller of the present invention send out corresponding groups of instructions by the control of single handwriting or sound, and various electronic devices can be remotely controlled to execute a series of functions.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of remote controller capable of group control of a plurality of electronic devices and related method, particularly relate to and a kind ofly can come the different electronic installations of remote control automatically to carry out the remote controller and the correlation technique of multinomial function/running in regular turn with single control action.
Background technology
In modern information-intensive society, various electronic installations become the some of modernization life by society institute widespread.For instance, and even similarly being to be used for air conditioner of the audio-visual Disc player of accessing multimedia, videocorder, sound equipment, TV idle call or the like, all is the frequent consumer electronics device that uses of regular meeting in the modern life.In order to allow the user can control the running of various electronic installations easily, under existing known technology, electronic installation regular meeting allows the user control electronic installation in the mode of wireless remote control (similarly being infrared ray) with exclusive remote controller.In general, have a plurality of buttons on the exclusive remote controller of each electronic installation, each button is corresponding to a function of this electronic installation.When the user pressed a certain button, remote controller will send wireless remote control command to the electronic installation of correspondence, make this electronic installation begin to carry out the function of this button correspondence.
But, along with the function of electronic installation get over complicated, control electronic installation required to control running also day by day complicated, the user often will press a series of a plurality of button, just can make corresponding electronic installation realize the function that the user desired.For instance, the multimedia programming of the modern a plurality of Wireless/wired channels of TV energy access, but to watch the program of a certain specific channel as the user, except opening TV with TV remote controller, also to carry out complicated channel selection and control (for example being the code name of pressing this channel with the digital keys on the remote controller), just can see the program of specified channel, it is inconvenient that it controls running.In addition, in existing remote control mechanism, because each electronic installation all will just can control with its exclusive remote controller, when the user will integrate when making a plurality of electronic installation coordinate operation, the user also will use each different remote instead loaded down with trivial detailsly, just can reach the purpose of coordinate operation.For instance, when the user will coordinate to play CD with Disc player and TV (similarly is the digital multi-purpose CD, during audio-visual multimedia DVD), the user will use TV remote controller to open TV earlier, changes with the remote controller of Disc player to open Disc player and begin broadcast again.Again for example, when the user will watch the program of certain channel on TV and with a videocorder (similarly being the videocorder of digital multi-purpose CD) program recording of this channel be stored, the user must open TV and be converted to required channel with TV remote controller earlier, changes with the remote controller of videocorder to open videocorder, converted channel, begin video recording again.To between different remote, switch and control running, also often the user be caused puzzlement.And to safeguard that a plurality of remote controllers operate normally, also form user's burden easily; For example, the user often will go to note that whether sufficient the electric power of different remote or the like.
Summary of the invention
In order to overcome the shortcoming of known technology, main purpose of the present invention is to propose a kind ofly can allow the user can integrate the different electronic installation of remote control more easily with the telecontrol engineering and the method for single remote controller/a plurality of different electronic installations of single control action remote control.
At various electronic installation, remote controller of the present invention can write down each remote control command that the exclusive remote controller of each electronic installation can send.So, when the user wants remote control difference electronic installation, as long as just can send the exclusive separately remote control command of different electronic installations (can be described as the device instruction) with a single remote controller of the present invention, allow the user come the multiple different electronic installation of remote control with single remote controller.In addition, the present invention can also be a single group of instructions with each remote control command groups of different electronic installations according to user's setting, just makes and includes a plurality of remote control commands that adhere to different electronic installations separately in the group of instructions.And each group of instructions can be corresponding to single control action; That is to say, the user can trigger remote controller of the present invention with single control action and send group of instructions, and remote controller of the present invention just can automatically send a plurality of remote control commands that belong to different electronic installations according to the setting in this group of instructions in regular turn, allow each electronic installation can finish corresponding running and function in regular turn, make things convenient for the user to integrate to control the coordinate operation of a plurality of electronic installations.For instance, the user can make in the group instruction and include in regular turn: make instruction that TV opens, make TV be converted to certain specific channel instruction, make the instruction that videocorder opens, the instruction that makes videocorder be converted to the instruction of this channel and make videocorder begin to record a video.When the user triggers remote controller of the present invention and sends this group of instructions with single control action, remote controller of the present invention will automatically send a series of corresponding remote control command in regular turn at TV and videocorder, make TV open, be converted to specific channel, videocorder is opened, be converted to specific channel, begun video recording.
As for the control action aspect, except continuing to use the control action of pressing button, remote controller of the present invention also can allow the user control with the hand-written or voice mode of intuition.For instance, the present invention can be provided with the hand-written touch-control that touch-control module receives the user; The user can be in advance from ordering the pairing hand-written touching vestige of each device instruction/group of instructions.When the user will trigger remote controller of the present invention and sends a certain device instruction/group of instructions, the user is as long as the touch-control module on remote controller is write the corresponding hand-written touching vestige of this instruction, the present invention just can send corresponding device/group of instructions, and the user can be controlled in the mode of intuition easily.
According to an aspect of the present invention, a kind of remote controller capable of group control of a plurality of electronic devices is provided, comprise: a memory module, wherein store at least one group of instructions and corresponding at least one reference signal, respectively be provided with at least one device instruction in this group of instructions, respectively this device instruction can drive an electronic installation and carry out a function; One judge module is in order to judge whether control signal meets this reference signal that is write down in this memory module; An and transmitter module, when this is controlled signal and meets this reference signal, this transmitter module can be launched this group of instructions of this reference signal correspondence, and at least one device instruction that this group of instructions is comprised drives corresponding described electronic installation and carries out corresponding at least one function.
According to another aspect of the invention, provide a kind of method capable of group control of a plurality of electronic devices, comprised: comparison one is controlled signal and whether is met the reference pattern that any one is noted down, the wherein corresponding group of this reference pattern instruction; And when this control signal meet one be recorded this reference pattern the time, this group of instructions of this reference pattern correspondence is launched, wherein, be provided with at least one device instruction in this group of instructions, respectively this device instruction can drive an electronic installation and carry out a function, and at least one device that this group of instructions comprised instructs the described electronic installation that can drive correspondence to carry out corresponding at least one function.
In summary, the present invention can be unified in the remote control mechanism of integrating a plurality of electronic installations in the single remote controller, and can utilize group of instructions to allow the user finish complicated straighforward operation with single control action easily, control with the difference of assisting the multiple different electronic installations of user's keyholed back plate, also can alleviate the burden that the user safeguards remote control mechanism.
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Fig. 1 is the function block schematic diagram of remote controller one embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 operates on situation under scanning/setting pattern for remote controller among Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 operates on situation under the remote control mode for remote controller among Fig. 1;
Fig. 4 is the schematic flow sheet of remote controller running among Fig. 1;
That Fig. 5 illustrates is an embodiment of graphic interface when remote controller operates on scan pattern among Fig. 1;
That Fig. 6, Fig. 7 illustrate is the embodiment of graphic interface when remote controller operates on the setting pattern among Fig. 1;
That Fig. 8, Fig. 9 illustrate is the embodiment of graphic interface when remote controller operates on remote control mode among Fig. 1; And
Figure 10 is the function block schematic diagram of another embodiment of remote controller of the present invention.
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10,10 ' remote controller, 12 receiver modules
14 scan modules, 16 setting modules
18 operational modules, 20 memory modules
22 transmitter modules, 24 judge modules
26 analysis modules, 28 touch-control modules
30 display modules, 32 acoustic control modules
The exclusive remote controller 36A-36B electronic installation of 34 devices
38 comparing module
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Please refer to Fig. 1; Fig. 1 is the function block schematic diagram of remote controller one embodiment 10 of the present invention.Can be provided with in the remote controller 10 transmitter module 22, a judge module 24, an analysis module 26, a memory module 20, an operational module 18, a touch-control module 28, a display module 30, a setting module 16 ,-receiver module 12 and one scan module 14.In order to realize the purpose of the present invention with the multiple electronic installation of single remote controller remote control, memory module 20 can be a non-volatile storage device (for example being flash memory), be used for storing the receptible separately exclusive remote control command of different electronic installations (to call the device instruction in the following text), and install the group of instructions that group of instructions forms by each.22 energy of transmitter module are launched these device instructions or group of instructions with the form of wireless remote control signal (for example being the infra-red remote control signal), make remote controller 10 of the present invention come a plurality of different electronic installations of remote control with these device instruction/group of instructions.In remote controller 10 of the present invention, receiver module 12 (it can be an infra-red remote control signal receiver) can receive the wireless remote control that exclusive remote controller the sent instruction of different electronic installations, the signal feature that scan module 14 then can be analyzed these wireless remote control instructions (for example is the mode of signal coding modulation, encoded content in the instruction, or the wave character of signal), be recorded as corresponding device instruction and with the remote control command of each electronic installation and be stored in the memory module 20.
In order to allow the user come via remote controller 10 other electronic installation of remote control with various control actions easily, the control action of various standards can be stored in the memory module 20 with the form of reference signal and/or reference pattern, makes each device instruction/group of instructions corresponding to a reference signal and/or a reference pattern.And operational module 18 in the remote controller 10 and touch-control module 28 promptly are the control actions that is used for receiving the user; Wherein, operational module 18 is used for receiving the signal of controlling that the user presses the control action of button and a correspondence is provided, but the hand-written touching vestige of 28 sensing users of touch-control module and the touch-control signal of a correspondence is provided.Judge module 24 can judge which reference signal controls signal meets, and transmitter module 22 is launched the device instruction (or group of instructions) of this reference signal correspondence.26 of analysis modules can be analyzed the features (similarly being profile, track, turnover part or the like) of the hand-written touching vestige of user according to the touch-control signal, whether meet any one with user's hand-written touching vestige relatively and are recorded in reference pattern in the memory module 20.If analysis module 26 is found out a reference pattern that conforms to through comparison, transmitter module 22 just can be launched the group of instructions and/or the device instruction of this reference pattern correspondence.In addition, 30 available graphic pictures of display module come the operation situation of display remote controller 10.
When reality realized, operational module 18 can be provided with a plurality of physical buttons (button that just have mechanical structure, can accept to press), and 28 of touch-control modules can be a Trackpad (touch pad), was used for the vestige of the hand-written touching of sensing user.And in preferred embodiment of the present invention, display module 30, operational module 18 can be integrated by a touch-control Display Panel with touch-control module 28 and realize; Can realize out on this touch-control Display Panel that (just mark off a plurality of sensing areas on touch-control display panel, each sensing area is used as a button to a plurality of emulation buttons; When the user touches a certain sensing area, be exactly to supress corresponding key in the equivalence) be used as the button of operational module 18, realize touch-control module 28 and also can mark off a handwriting input district on this touch-control Display Panel.
In addition, remote controller 10 of the present invention also can allow the user from ordering the pairing control action of each device instruction/group of instructions; When the user will order these control actions certainly, user's control action can be via operational module 18 and touch-control module 28 and is transferred to setting module 16, via setting module 16 the pairing signal/touch-control signal of controlling of these control actions is saved as reference signal/reference pattern respectively subsequently, and the device instruction/group of instructions that these reference signal/reference patterns are selected voluntarily corresponding to the user.So, the user triggers remote controller 10 from the control action ordered and has sent device/group of instructions that the user is free with regard to available.
As for the further operation situation of remote controller 10 of the present invention, please refer to Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 (and in the lump with reference to figure 1).Come the different electronic installations of remote control with remote controller 10 of the present invention before, remote controller 10 of the present invention can operate on the one scan pattern earlier, allow the user can utilize remote controller 10 to scan the exclusive remote controller of each electronic installation, make remote controller 10 can learn the receptible remote control command of each electronic installation (i.e. device instruction).In addition, remote controller 10 of the present invention also can operate on a setting pattern, and allowing the user that each is installed group of instructions is group instruction, and orders the pairing control action of each device instruction/group of instructions certainly.Finish aforesaid scanner uni and set, remote controller 10 of the present invention just can operate on a normal remote control mode, allows the user can be via the single remote controller 10 of the present invention with a plurality of different electronic installations of the control action remote control of ordering certainly.The situation of remote controller 10 of the present invention when operating on scan pattern/setting pattern that be shown in Figure 2; Situation when Fig. 3 then operates on general remote control mode for remote controller 10.
As shown in Figure 2, when remote controller 10 operates on scan pattern, receiver module 12 can come into operation, the user then can other electronic installation is exclusive remote controller 34 aim at receiver modules 12, allow receiver module 12 receive the remote control command that remote controller 34 is sent, and remote control command is recorded as the device instruction and is stored in memory module 20.And under the setting pattern, the control action of user's operational module 18, touch-control module 28 (promptly controlling signal/touch-control signal) can transfer to setting module 16, and setting module 16 just can be according to user's selection with the device instruction of user's control action corresponding to user's appointment.In addition, the user also can get up to become group instruction with the device group of instructions of related electronic device, and makes group of instructions corresponding to the free control action of user.
After finishing the scanning/setting among Fig. 2, remote controller 10 just can the general remote control mode of normal operation in Fig. 3, allows the user can unify the various electronic installation of remote control (among Fig. 3 with electronic installation 36A, 36B as representing) via remote controller 10 of the present invention.As shown in Figure 3, controlling that the user carries out on operational module 18 can convert corresponding controlling signal and transfer to judge module 24 to; Judge module 24 can be according to the corresponding relation that is write down in the memory module 20, the reference signal that signal meets is controlled in comparison, and transmitter module 22 is launched the pairing device/group of instructions of this reference signal that conforms to, with the various electronic installations of remote control correspondence.In like manner, the hand-written touch control operation that the user carries out on touch-control module 28 can be converted into corresponding touch-control signal and transfer to analysis module 26, compare by analysis module 26, whether meet any one reference pattern with the handwritten traces feature of checking representative in this touch-control signal.If analysis module 26 picks out this touch-control signal and meets a certain reference pattern, transmitter module 22 just can be launched the device/group of instructions of this reference pattern correspondence, and then the various electronic installations of conformability ground remote control.
Please refer to Fig. 4 (and in the lump with reference to the 1st to Fig. 3); Fig. 4 is the flow process that remote controller 10 of the present invention operates between scanning/setting/remote control mode.Flow process among Fig. 4 includes the following step:
Step 102: remote controller 10 standbies prepare to carry out the running of various patterns.
Step 104: the user can control remote controller 10 and make it operate on scan pattern.
Step 106: under scan pattern, the user can make remote controller 10 of the present invention receive the remote control command that the exclusive remote controller of other electronic installation is sent, with the remote control command of learning that each electronic installation can receive.
Step 104,106 can be considered the one scan program.Next, the user just can carry out from the setting of ordering.
Step 108: remote controller 108 of the present invention can operate on the setting pattern and list (for example being to show via the mode of display module 30 with graphic picture) each device that has scanned instruction.
Step 110: the user can be each device instruction from ordering corresponding control action.Each can be stored in the memory module 20 from the corresponding relation of ordering.
Step 112: the user also can be group instruction with the relevant apparatus group of instructions of a plurality of different electronic installations, and corresponding control action is set in group instruction for this reason.Ordering corresponding relation certainly and also can be stored in the memory module 20 between each group of instructions and control action.Step 108 can be considered a setting program to 112.
Step 202: remote controller 10 is after the scanning/setting of completing steps 102 to 112, but just standby prepares to operate on general remote control mode.
Step 204: under remote control mode, the user carries out control action.The user can control via operational module 18 or touch-control module 28 (Fig. 3).
Step 206-208: the control action that remote controller 10 identification users carry out, whether compare the controlling of each control action/touch-control signal meets the reference signal/reference pattern that is write down in the memory module 20, just searches the device/group of instructions of each control action correspondence in the equivalence.
Step 210: if the controlling of control action/touch-control signal meets a certain reference signal or reference pattern, just representative is searched successfully, can proceed to step 212.Otherwise, then proceed to step 214.
Step 212: via transmitter module 22 device/the group of instructions of correspondence is launched, reach the purpose of remote control.
Step 214:, represent user's control action can't be 10 identifications of remote controller if search failure.For instance, the user carries out the hand-written action of controlling and originally was used for defining reference pattern on touch-control module 28 control action differs too much, makes analysis module 26 can't compare out the reference pattern that conforms to.At this moment, remote controller 10 of the present invention should suitably assist the user to search relevant device/group of instructions.For example, when analysis module 26 compared in step 206-208 that the user is hand-written to touch vestige and each reference pattern, available specific algorithm calculated hand-written difference of touching between vestige and each reference pattern quantitatively; If hand-writtenly touch difference between vestige and a certain reference pattern, can be considered to search and successfully proceed to step 212 less than a threshold value; If hand-writtenly touch difference between vestige and each reference pattern, then be considered as searching failure and proceed to this step 214 all greater than threshold value.But in step 214, analysis module 26 still can be according to the size of difference value the reference pattern that difference value is less to be used as be candidate's reference pattern, and the pairing device/group of instructions of these candidate's reference patterns enumerated out and be prompted to user's (for example being to show) with display module 30.Because these candidate's reference patterns are similar with the hand-written touching vestige of user, represent the user will trigger device/group of instructions that remote controller 10 sends its correspondence, therefore remote controller 10 of the present invention can device/group of instructions that these are possible be enumerated out, assists the user to do further affirmation.
Step 216: the user confirms that from each device/group of instructions of candidate it wants the instruction that triggers, and next just can proceed to step 212.
As previously mentioned, in preferred embodiment of the present invention, remote controller 10 of the present invention can be integrated the function that is realized display module 30, operational module 18 and touch-control module 28 by a touch-control display panel, assists the user to carry out remote control in the mode of intuition.Fig. 5 to Fig. 9 shows schematically that promptly remote controller of the present invention is to assist the user to carry out a kind of embodiment of each step among Fig. 4 with graphic interface on this touch-control display panel.
At first, as shown in Figure 5, when the present invention operated on scan pattern/scanning imaging system, the graphic interface of available Fig. 5 assisted the user to scan.For instance, if the user wants to utilize remote controller 10 of the present invention to come remote control one TV (TV), the user will be scanned the remote control command that the exclusive remote controller of this TV can send earlier.The user can press the corresponding button that is used for sending a certain instruction on the TV remote controller, receiver module 12 (Fig. 2) by remote controller 10 of the present invention receives, and in remote controller 10, stipulate a title for this instruction, so that setting after a while and can quote this instruction easily during remote control.And in the graphic interface of Fig. 5; it (similarly is that DVD Recorder is a digital multi-purpose CD recording and playing machine that the present invention just can list some electronic installation kinds commonly used; DVD player is the digital multi-purpose Disc player; CD player is a Disc player; Air Condition is a cold air; or the like), and list various electronic installations instruction title commonly used (power occurring as regular meeting in TV then is that volume, #0 to #9 etc. then are the numerical key of specified channel to represent power supply, volume, or the like).Certainly, remote controller 10 of the present invention should be accepted device/instruction title that alternate manner is imported; For example, when the user presses emulation button " other... " among Fig. 5, graphic interface can realize out that a Simutation keyboard (or handwriting input district) is to allow the user import from device/instruction title of ordering.
When the user will be scanned the power key (power) of TV remote controller, the remote control signal emitter window of TV remote controller can be aimed at the receiver module 12 of remote controller 10 of the present invention, device-Instruction Selection TV-power on remote controller 10 of the present invention is as the title of this instruction, press the emulation button Scan on the graphic interface of the present invention again, allow receiver module 12 prepare to receive the remote control command that TV remote controller is sent.Next, the user just can press the power key on the TV remote controller, allows the present invention be received this remote control command, and it is noted.In like manner, when the user will be scanned the volume key (volume) of TV remote controller, can under device-instruction, select TV-volume, press the emulation button Scan on the remote controller of the present invention, press the volume key on the TV remote controller again, remote controller 10 of the present invention just can receive this instruction, and is recorded in the memory module 20 (Fig. 2).According to the similar practice, the user can be scanned each instruction of various different electronic installations in regular turn, sets up the telecommand data storehouse of each electronic installation in the memory module 20 of remote controller 10 of the present invention, writes down the various device instructions of various electronic installations.
What Fig. 6 to Fig. 7 illustrated then is that remote controller 10 of the present invention assists the user to carry out the situation of step 112 (Fig. 4) with graphic interface.In step 112, the user can select group of instructions is got up to become by the different device group of related electronic device, and orders the corresponding control action of group of instructions certainly.In Fig. 6, remote controller 10 of the present invention can assist the user to edit group of instructions with the graphic interface of Fig. 6 signal.At first, the graphic interface among Fig. 6 can be tabulated and be demonstrated all device that has scanned instructions, and for example, TV-#0 represents the numerical key 0 of TV, and TV-power represents the TV power key, and DVDR-power represents the power key of digital multi-purpose CD recording and playing machine.The user can be earlier group instruction name (similarly being to press virtual key Input on the graphic interface with the title GP-rec-29 of input group of instructions), from the inventory of device instruction, select to be added to the device instruction of group of instructions again, press emulation Add, this device instruction can be added in the definition of group of instructions.Picture is in the example of Fig. 6, when the user adds each device instruction and when finishing the definition of group of instructions GP-rec-29, this group of instructions has just comprised following device instruction one by one:
TV-power (unlatching TV power supply)
TV-#2
TV-#9 (above two instructions can make TV be converted to channel 29)
DVDR-power (opening the function of digital multi-purpose CD recording and playing machine)
DVDR-#2
DVDR-#9
DVDR-record (above three instructions make digital multi-purpose CD recording and playing machine begin to record the program of channel 29)
In other words, after finishing the setting of this group instruction, the user will carry out this group instruction as long as specify on remote controller 10 later on, remote controller 10 of the present invention will automatically be issued to above-mentioned a succession of remote control command TV and digital multi-purpose CD recording and playing machine in regular turn, under the performance recording with this channel in the channel 29 of televising.Utilize the technology of this group of instructions, the user just can come the different electronic installations of remote control to carry out a series of correlation function and running with single group of instructions simply.In addition, in remote controller 10 of the present invention, also can provide other miscellaneous function to assist the user to edit the definition of group of instructions; Picture is in the graphic interface of Fig. 6, and the user can select the some devices instruction in the group of instructions to press emulation button Delete again to be deleted, or presses emulation button Move and change the order of each device instruction in the group of instructions; Press emulation button Done and then can finish the definition of group of instructions.
It is that different group of instructions is set corresponding control action that remote controller 10 of the present invention can be assisted the user with graphic interface shown in Figure 7.As shown in Figure 7, this graphic interface can list each group of instructions of having finished definition (and the instruction of the device in each group of instructions), and mark off a handwriting input district and realize touch-control module 28 (Fig. 2) under the setting pattern, allow the user select a group of instructions, and define the pairing hand-written touching vestige of this group of instructions.Picture is in Fig. 7, and the user promptly comes the group of instructions GP-rec-29 of definition in the corresponding diagram 6 with one " o " shape writing.In other words, under the setting pattern of Fig. 7, it is group of instructions GP-rec-29 corresponding reference pattern and being recorded in the memory module 20 that the user just can be taken as at the touch-control signal that is detected the back by touch-control module 28 (Fig. 2) and provided at " o " of the hand-written touching in handwriting input district shape writing.In like manner, the user also can be set at the control action of group of instructions GP-TV-56 correspondence one " T " shape writing; The definition of this group of instructions is the power supply opening with TV (TV), and coming setting contents of channel with numerical key 5,6 again is 56.That is to say that group of instructions of the present invention also can only comprise a series of instructions of same electronic installation (similarly being TV).In addition, as shown in Figure 7, the user also can set the graphic interface of pattern by this and the control action of group of instructions GP-aircon correspondence is set at one "～" shape writing.Can have only a device instruction aircon-power in this group of instructions, just open the power supply of cold air.Under the setting pattern graphic interface of Fig. 7, the present invention also can provide different emulation buttons to assist the user to define the control action of each group of instructions correspondence; Similarly be emulation button Clear can remove the user at the writing in handwriting input district so that allow the user re-enter other writing.
One of main purpose of the present invention is exactly to assist the user to come a plurality of electronic installations of remote control with single remote controller easily, so remote controller of the present invention can provide flexible remote control mode graphic interface to allow the user switch the various electronic installations of remote control.Fig. 8 has promptly illustrated the graphic interface embodiment of the present invention under remote control mode.Graphic interface under remote control mode can be provided with a plurality of tabs, and each tab can be corresponding to an electronic installation.For instance, suppose that the user scanned each remote control command of TV (TV), cold air (Air Condition) and digital multi-purpose CD recording and playing machine (DVD Recorder) under scanning/setting pattern, under remote control mode, just can be these electronic installations and set up a tab respectively.The user clicks the tab of TV, and graphic interface is come the remote control command of corresponding each TV with regard to available each emulation button; For example, the emulation button power under the TV tab is exactly the TV power key, by that analogy.In like manner, if the user wants remote-controled digital multipurpose CD recording and playing machine, just can switch to the tab of digital multi-purpose CD recording and playing machine, and remote controller 10 of the present invention just can be presented to the user with the form of emulation button with each remote control command of digital multi-purpose CD recording and playing machine, allows the user can press these emulation buttons and comes remote-controled digital multipurpose CD recording and playing machine.In addition, remote controller 10 of the present invention also can be each group of instructions a tab is set, and similarly is the tab Quick among Fig. 8, and the user is switched tab so far, and the present invention just can offer the user in the mode of emulation button with each group of instructions; For example, when the user presses emulation button GP-rec-29, remote controller 10 just can send the group of instructions GP-rec-29 that defines among Fig. 6, just TV and digital multi-purpose CD recording and playing machine is sent a series of remote control command (device instruction).
In other words, in remote controller of the present invention, the user except can with the mode of pressing button control each device/group of instructions, also can intuitively control each device/group of instructions with hand-written touching vestige, allow the user can be according to demand each electronic installation of remote control easily of oneself.In Fig. 8,9 embodiment, remote controller of the present invention can provide graphic interface (not icon) under the setting pattern, so as to allow the user set/revise/edit size, shape and the position of each emulation button in each tab or the like.As aforementioned, the sensing area that the emulation button just marks off on touch-control display panel, each sensing area are used as an emulation button; Touch the signal that this sensing area sends and just can be considered reference signal (Fig. 2).Operate on remote control mode (Fig. 3) Deng remote controller 10, when the user touches specific sensing area, judge module 24 just can judge it is which emulation button has been pressed according to the reference signal of previous setting.Although the example of Fig. 5 to Fig. 9 is to realize graphic interface of the present invention with contact panel, but implementation of the present invention is not limited thereto, and for example, the present invention's physical button of also can arranging in pairs or groups is realized.And the appearance form of graphic interface of the present invention also is not limited to the example of Fig. 5 to Fig. 9.
Please refer to Figure 10; Figure 10 is the function block schematic diagram of another embodiment of the present invention 10 '.Be similar to the remote controller 10 among Fig. 1, remote controller 10 ' among Figure 10 also is provided with the identical receiver module of function 12, scan module 14, setting module 16, operational module 18, memory module 20, transmitter module 22, judge module 24, analysis module 26, touch-control module 28 and display module 30, and remote controller 10 ' also is provided with an acoustic control module 32 and the relevant comparing module 38 of an acoustic control in addition, allows the user control remote controller 10 ' in the mode of acoustic control.Acoustic control module 32 can include microphone, is used for receiving/detect user's sound and is converted to corresponding electric signal.When remote controller 10 ' operates on scanning/setting pattern, the user can send from the sound/speech of ordering of controlling at a certain device/group of instructions, receive sound by acoustic control module 32, feature with this sound under the arrangement of setting module 16 saves as the pairing sound reference pattern of this device/group of instructions, and is recorded in the memory module 20.When remote controller 10 ' operates under the remote control mode, the user controls the sound that is sent and can be received by acoustic control module 32, whether the comparing module 38 of acoustic control can meet each sound reference pattern that writes down in the memory module 20 by this sound of comparison, if meet, remote controller 10 ' just can send the pairing device/group of instructions of this reference pattern that conforms to, and reaches the purpose of acoustic control remote control.
Generally speaking, compared to known technology, telecontrol engineering of the present invention can allow the user with handwriting input, button or even various control actions such as acoustic control come by a plurality of different remote controllers of single remote controller remote control, also can make remote controller automatically send a series of a plurality of remote control command with single control action, allow the user can be more convenient, more intuitively integrate the various electronic installation of remote control with remote controller of the present invention.In the embodiment of Fig. 1 or Figure 10, the mode of function available hardware, software or the firmware of each module realizes in the present invention.For instance, modules such as the setting module among Figure 10 16, analysis module 26, comparing module 38, judge module 24 can be utilized the same microprocessor different software/firmware program code of execution and be achieved respectively.In addition, except the device instruction of setting up each electronic installation with scan pattern/program, the present invention also can utilize other mode to set up the device instruction of each electronic installation.For example, remote controller of the present invention can be built-in its corresponding remote control command of various electronic installations of different brands/model; The user is as long as select electronic installation brand/model that it had, and the present invention just can be automatically be established as the device instruction with the remote control command of this electronic installation, and allows the user instruct group's group of instructions with these devices.
The above only is preferred embodiment of the present invention, and all equalizations of doing according to claim of the present invention change and modify, and all should belong to covering scope of the present invention.
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1. remote controller capable of group control of a plurality of electronic devices comprises:
One memory module wherein stores at least one group of instructions and corresponding at least one reference signal, respectively is provided with at least one device instruction in this group of instructions, and respectively this device instruction can drive an electronic installation and carry out a function;
One judge module is in order to judge whether control signal meets this reference signal that is write down in this memory module; And
One transmitter module, when this is controlled signal and meets this reference signal, this transmitter module can be launched this group of instructions of this reference signal correspondence, and at least one device instruction that this group of instructions is comprised drives corresponding described electronic installation and carries out corresponding at least one function.
2. remote controller as claimed in claim 1, wherein this remote controller also comprises a setting module, in order to operate on one when this remote controller when setting pattern, this setting module can be controlled signal according to this corresponding this reference signal and this group of instructions is provided, and is recorded in this memory module.
3. remote controller as claimed in claim 2, wherein this setting module can make according to demand and be provided with at least one this device instruction in this group of instructions in regular turn; And when this transmitter module is launched this group of instructions of this reference signal correspondence, if be provided with a plurality of these device instructions in this group of instructions, the multiple arrangement instruction that then this group of instructions comprised can drive corresponding described electronic installation and carry out corresponding these a plurality of functions in regular turn.
4. remote controller as claimed in claim 2 also comprises:
One receiver module, when this remote controller operated on the one scan pattern, this receiver module can receive the wireless signal that other remote controller sends; And
The one scan module, it can provide this device corresponding to this other remote controller to instruct according to this wireless signal, make that when this remote controller operates on this setting pattern this setting module can be controlled this device that makes corresponding to this other remote controller according to the user and instruct corresponding to this reference signal.
5. remote controller as claimed in claim 1, wherein this remote controller also includes:
One touch-control module is in order to sensing one hand-written touching vestige and a corresponding touch-control signal is provided; And
One analysis module, according to this touch-control signal relatively this hand-written touching vestige whether meet this reference signal in this memory module, when this analysis module learns that relatively this hand-written touching vestige meets this reference signal, this transmitter module can be launched this group of instructions of this reference signal correspondence, and at least one device instruction that this group of instructions is comprised drives corresponding described electronic installation and carries out corresponding at least one function.
6. remote controller as claimed in claim 1, wherein, this remote controller also comprises:
One acoustic control module, but a sensing sound and corresponding acoustic control signal is provided; And
One comparing module, relatively whether this acoustic control signal meets this reference signal that is recorded in this memory module, when this comparing module is relatively learnt when meeting this reference signal, this transmitter module can be launched this group of instructions of this reference signal correspondence, and at least one device instruction that this group of instructions is comprised drives corresponding described electronic installation and carries out corresponding at least one function.
7. remote controller as claimed in claim 1 also comprises an operational module, and wherein this operational module comprises at least one button, presses the electric signal of controlling and provide corresponding in order to reception and controls signal as this.
8. method capable of group control of a plurality of electronic devices comprises:
Comparison one is controlled signal and whether is met the reference pattern that any one is noted down, the wherein corresponding group of this reference pattern instruction; And
When this control signal meet one be recorded this reference pattern the time, this group of instructions of this reference pattern correspondence is launched, wherein, be provided with at least one device instruction in this group of instructions, respectively this device instruction can drive an electronic installation and carry out a function, and at least one device that this group of instructions comprised instructs the described electronic installation that can drive correspondence to carry out corresponding at least one function.
9. as the method for claim 8, also comprise a setting program, this setting program comprises:
Control to make according to the user and be provided with at least one this device instruction in this group of instructions in regular turn; And
Receive this and control signal, make this reference pattern corresponding to this group of instructions, and write down this reference pattern to carry out this remote control procedure to produce this corresponding reference pattern.
10. method as claimed in claim 9 also comprises the one scan program, and this scanning imaging system comprises:
Receive the wireless signal that other remote controller sends, and provide this device to instruct for this setting program use corresponding to this other remote controller according to this wireless signal.
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