CN103064506A - Device and method for remote control - Google Patents
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The invention relates to a device and a method used for remote control, and particularly discloses a processing device used by being combined with a remote control device which is used for remotely controlling at least one target device. The processing device comprises a touch processing device and a non-touch processing device, wherein the touch process is used for generating control signals aiming at the target device according to gesture input provided by a user for the remote control device in a configured mode, the non-touch processing device is used for generating control signals aiming at the target device according to non-gesture input provided by the user for the remote control device in a configured mode, and the control signals are transmitted by the remote control device to the target device. The invention further discloses the corresponding remote control device and the method. According to the device and the method for the remote control, the remote control which is more effective, natural, and accurate for a remote device can be achieved.
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Technical field
Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to areas of information technology, more specifically, relate to equipment and method for remote control.
Background technology
Long-distance Control or claim that remote control is one of basic function of being equipped with of modern digital equipment.The household electrical appliance such as televisor, set-top box, VCD/DVD (video compact disc/digital video disc) player, Blu-ray player, hard disc player, stereo set even the refrigerator that uses from family, washing machine, to remote-control toy, model plane, arrive various remote job equipment, lathe, instrument that industry member is used, people often need to come these target devices are controlled by remote control equipment (or abbreviation " telepilot ") again.In the past, the user is for example switched the channel of televisor by using remote control equipment can only realize simple function, regulates the volume of sound equipment, the state of control industrial instrumentation, etc.
Along with developing rapidly of numeral science and technology, the user need to be also diversified and complicated all the more by the interbehavior that remote control equipment and equipment carry out.For example, along with traditional televisor is evolved to set-top box, the user not only needs to use remote control equipment to realize switching channels, regulate the such basic function of volume, also may need to realize the more and more complicated functions such as content retrieval, inquiry, program request, comment even online interaction, game.This only is an example, and there is such problem equally in other remote control equipments.Yet in the face of this rapid growth of demand, traditional remote control equipment and using method thereof can't satisfy user's demand.
Traditionally, usually be equipped with the parts such as operating buttons, knob, operating rod on the remote control equipment, it can produce in response to user's manipulation corresponding control signal, to be used for the behavior of control target device.In use there is obvious defective in this remote control equipment.At first, handling this remote control equipment needs the user to have certain cognitive level and operant level.For example, the literal on the remote control equipment button is generally English alphabet, and the different letter of concurrent multiplexing on button of possibility, and operating this remote control equipment not only needs certain cognitive skill, also needs to learn and grasp the use of multiplexing button.The requirement of this cognitive skill and operant level has limited the users' such as children, old man use.And the use procedure of this type of remote control equipment is not enough user-friendly.Utilize wired keyboard to realize more and more numerous and complicated interactive functions, increased the weight of user's mutual burden in use, disperseed the notice of user to target device or task itself.Consider that from the angle of man-machine interaction this must bring adverse effect to end-user experience.
Another kind of remote control equipment is controlled target device by the motion of remote control equipment itself, and less even do not use button fully.For example, game host Wii by Japanese Nintendo Co. (Nintendo) exploitation provides a kind of hand-held remote control, when the user holds this remote control equipment, can come by one group of Pre-defined gesture the motion of manipulation of objects equipment or virtual objects wherein (for example, tennis, bowling etc.).Yet also there is the limitation of himself in this remote control equipment.For example, the motion of destination object is controlled in the displacement that this remote control equipment often depends on itself, and this just needs the user is that remote control equipment is vacateed and kept certain operating space.The user for example will carry out a lot of additional act for this reason, for example clears up and/or arrange other article on the desktop, etc.This is inconvenient to the user.This problem has particularly outstanding in limited time at free space.For example, present a lot of vehicles (for example, aircraft, train, taxi etc.) provide special-purpose interactive electronic apparatus for the user, to be used for play-on-demand program, information inquiry, digital map navigation etc.At this moment, the space that the user can use relatively narrow and small (for example because seat is arranged, other users on every side), the mobile of remote control equipment itself will be more inconvenient even real.
Summary of the invention
In view of the above problems, at present in the art, need a kind of user more naturally, efficiently and exactly remote control equipment and method of Long-distance Control target device of allowing.The present invention proposes a kind of such equipment and method.
In one aspect of the invention, provide a kind for the treatment of apparatus that is combined with remote control equipment, described remote control equipment is used at least one target device of Long-distance Control.This treating apparatus comprises: touch processing device, configuration are used for producing control signal for described target device according to the gesture input that the user provides to described remote control equipment; And non-touch processing device, configuration is used for producing control signal for described target device according to the non-gesture input that the user provides to described remote control equipment, and described control signal will be transmitted to described target device by described remote control equipment.
In another aspect of this invention, provide a kind of remote control equipment at least one target device of Long-distance Control.This remote control equipment comprises: be arranged at least one the touch parts on the housing of described remote control equipment, be used for receiving the gesture input from the user; Be arranged on the described housing and be independent of at least one non-touch parts of described touch parts, be used for receiving the non-gesture input from described user; Treating apparatus as indicated above is coupled to described touch parts and described non-touch parts; And conveyer, being coupled to described treating apparatus, configuration is used for the control signal that described treating apparatus produces is transmitted to described target device.
In still another aspect of the invention, provide a kind of method of coming at least one target device of Long-distance Control with remote control equipment.The method comprises: use at least one the touch parts on the housing that is arranged in described remote control equipment, provide the gesture input to described remote control equipment; Use is arranged on the housing of described remote control equipment and is independent of at least one non-touch parts of described touch parts, provides non-gesture input to described remote control equipment.
In again one side of the present invention, provide a kind of computer program.This computer program comprises the machine-executable instruction that visibly is stored on the computer-readable medium, when described instruction is carried out by processor, is used for realizing method mentioned above.
Will be understood that by hereinafter describing, according to the embodiment of the present invention, on remote control equipment, can arrange simultaneously touch parts (for example, touch pad) and non-touch parts (for example, button, knob) for the input gesture.Like this, the user can be according to the actual requirements, utilizes neatly gesture input, the input of non-gesture or its to make up to control remote equipment.In this way, not only can reduce the user and use cognitive load and mutual difficulty in the remote control equipment process, and can easily realize complicated target device operation.Thus, can be more efficient and Long-distance Control target device exactly.
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By reading with reference to the accompanying drawings detailed description hereinafter, above-mentioned and other purposes of embodiment of the present invention, the feature and advantage easy to understand that will become.In the accompanying drawings, show some embodiments of the present invention in exemplary and nonrestrictive mode, wherein:
Fig. 1 shows the structured flowchart according to the remote control equipment of exemplary embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2-Fig. 4 shows the illustrative arrangement on housing according to the touch parts of exemplary embodiment of the invention and non-touch parts;
Fig. 5 shows and uses the method flow diagram of controlling at least one target device according to the remote control equipment of exemplary embodiment of the invention.
In each accompanying drawing, identical or corresponding label represents identical or corresponding part.
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Below with reference to some illustrative embodiments principle of the present invention and spirit are described.Should be appreciated that providing these embodiments only is for those skilled in the art can being understood better and then realize the present invention, and be not to limit the scope of the invention by any way.
At first with reference to figure 1, it shows the structured flowchart of the remote control equipment (or claiming telepilot) 100 according to exemplary embodiment of the invention.
As shown in the figure, remote control equipment 100 can comprise touch parts 102, and its configuration is used for receiving the gesture input from the user of remote control equipment 100.Be appreciated that remote control equipment 100 has housing usually.According to the embodiment of the present invention, touch parts 102 can be arranged in any suitable position on the housing.According to some embodiment of the present invention, touch parts 102 can occupy major part and/or the area of the housing of remote control equipment 100.In such embodiment, the user can more easily operate touch parts 102.
Term " touch parts " refers to by utilizing direct contact (or close) to produce electric signal to realize the parts of input information as used herein.Various at present any suitable equipment known or in the future exploitation all can be used as touch parts 102.For example, touch parts 102 can be touch pads, for example capacitive type touch pad, inductance type touch pad or other any suitable touch pads.Alternatively or additionally, the equipment of TrackPoint (TrackPoint) and so on also can serve as touch parts 102.
In addition, can also will allow its interactive screen that directly operates as touch parts 102.One of typical case of this screen is touch-screen, and the user can and carry out corresponding action (for example, click, mobile, etc.) thereon and realize input information by this screen of contact.Another example of interactive screen is contiguous formula (proximity) screen, and the user only needs that interactive tool be need not actual coming in contact near this screen and can grasp.Be appreciated that and adopting touch/contiguous formula screen to serve as in the embodiment of touch parts 102, this touch parts 102 also can be used to provide visual feedback to the user.And, in using the embodiment of screen as touch parts 102, can also there be the virtual interacting devices such as soft key (soft-key) on this screen.
Term " gesture " refers to the input that track that the motion of user by hand produces provides.Gesture input can be directly finger by the user be provided for touch parts 102.Alternatively or additionally, also can utilize any suitable instrument and touch parts 102 in conjunction with work, to receive user's gesture input.For example, this instrument can comprise special-purpose stylus or common pen, etc.
Although should be noted that only to show touch parts 102 among the figure, scope of the present invention is not limited to this.As required, can arrange more than touch parts 102 at the housing of remote control equipment 100, and the type of each touch parts 102 can be different.
Except touch parts 102, as shown in the figure, on the housing of remote control equipment 100, also be furnished with at least one the non-touch parts 104 that is independent of touch parts 102.Refer to the user to be converted to the physical operations of these parts any suitable parts of electric signal at this used term " non-touch parts ".For example, the non-touch parts can comprise button, operating rod, one or more non-touch parts of knob and so on.
In embodiments of the present invention, non-touch parts 104 are used for receiving the non-gesture input from the user.For example, using in the situation of button, when the user carries out single or multiple when pressing to button, this mechanically actuated can be converted into electric signal, and this is known in this area.This electric signal has consisted of in this said " non-gesture input ".Similarly, the electric signal that the mechanically actuated of the parts such as operating rod, knob is produced also can produce non-gesture input.
Continuation is with reference to figure 1, and remote control equipment 100 also comprises treating apparatus 106, and it is disposed in the enclosure interior of remote control equipment 100 usually.According to the embodiment of the present invention, treating apparatus 106 is coupled to touch parts 102 and non-touch parts 104, and configuration is used for based on inputting and the generation control signal from the gesture input of touch parts 102 and/or from the non-gesture of non-touch parts 104.
In embodiments of the present invention, treating apparatus 106 can be realized by means of any suitable equipment of developing known or future at present, include but not limited to following one or more: special-purpose or general microcontroller (MCU), microprocessor, CPU (central processing unit) (CPU), etc.And treating apparatus 106 can utilize any suitable hardware, software, firmware and/or its to make up to realize.
Particularly, as shown in the figure, comprise touch processing device 1062 according to the treating apparatus 106 of embodiment of the present invention, configuration is used for producing control signal for target device according to the gesture input that the user provides to remote control equipment 100 by touch parts 102.
Notice that above-described only is an example.In fact, the corresponding relation between the operation of gesture and target device is also nonessential is one to one.In other words, a gesture may realize a plurality of different operatings under different scenes; Otherwise a plurality of gestures also may be used to realize same operation.And this corresponding relation can also be according to factors such as application scenarios, demand, equipment states and Dynamic Customization, and this will be explained below.
Especially, according to some embodiment of the present invention, in the process of the touch parts 102 that use remote control equipment 100, allow the user to operate to provide its gesture input by single-point touches.Here said " single-point touches " refers to only have a point (for example, user's a finger, the perhaps tip of a stylus) contact or close touch parts 102 in any given moment, in order to realize the input information to remote control equipment.Typical single-point touches operational example is as comprising " pulling " operation.
Correspondingly, in these embodiments, touch processing device 1062 can comprise the single-point touches treating apparatus, and its configuration is used for producing control signal based on the user by the single-point touches gesture input that touch parts 102 provide.Notice that there have been the various known technologies that can be used for processing the single-point touches operation in this area, these technology all can be combined with the single-point touches treating apparatus.In addition, the device that operates to generate control signal for the treatment of single-point touches of in the future exploitation also can serve as in future the single-point touches treating apparatus.Scope of the present invention is unrestricted in this regard.
Especially, according to some embodiment of the present invention, remote control equipment 102 is supported the user is identified by the gesture input that touch parts 102 provide.Like this, the user can be by the touch parts input characters of remote control equipment.Correspondingly, remote control equipment can be identified the gesture input that represents literal, and the result that will identify sends the target device that will control to for various purposes.
For this reason, as shown in Figure 1, touch processing device 1062 can comprise the handwriting recognition device.The handwritten content that is appreciated that the user is normally with the input of single-point operator scheme.Therefore according to the embodiment of the present invention, the handwriting recognition device is coupled to the single-point touches treating apparatus usually.The handwriting recognition device can receive the single-point touches gesture input from the single-point touches treating apparatus, and it is carried out identifying operation.Then, touch processing device 1062 can produce the result who uses identification in the process of control signal.For example, the character that remote control equipment can instruction target device Identification display gained on its display.
According to the embodiment of the present invention, the handwriting recognition device in the touch processing device 1062 can adopt any at present handwriting recognition technology known or in the future exploitation to identify the single-point touches input that the user provides.Such technology for example includes but not limited to: based on the identification of coupling, and based on the identification of statistical model, based on the identification of neuroid, based on the identification of genetic method, etc.These only are examples, are not intended to limit scope of the present invention.And, should be noted that these recognition technologies can realize by software form, also can be hard-coded in any suitable hardware and be realized.
Except single-point touches operation or as a supplement, according to some embodiment of the present invention, when using the touch parts 102 of remote control equipment 100, also allow the user to operate to provide its gesture input by multiple point touching.Here said " multiple point touching " refers to have simultaneously at least two points (for example, user's two or more fingers) contact or close touch parts 102 in any given moment, in order to realize the input information to remote control equipment.Typical multiple point touching operational example uses two singlehanded fingers to carry out " amplification " operation as comprising, etc.In some cases, the multiple point touching input can for the user provides more convenient and abundant sign language, therefore be expected.
Correspondingly, in these embodiments, touch processing device 1062 can comprise the multiple point touching treating apparatus, and configuration is used for producing control signal based on the user by the multiple point touching gesture input that touch parts 102 provide.Notice that had in the art the various known technologies that can be used for processing the multiple point touching operation, these technology all can be combined with the multiple point touching treating apparatus.In addition, the device that operates to generate control signal for the treatment of multiple point touching of in the future exploitation also can serve as in future the multiple point touching treating apparatus.Scope of the present invention is unrestricted in this regard.
Continuation is with reference to figure 1, except touch processing device 1062, treating apparatus 106 also comprises non-touch processing device 1064, and configuration is used for producing control signal for target device according to the non-gesture input that the user provides to remote control equipment 100 by non-touch parts 104.Here said non-gesture input is from the mechanically actuated of user to non-touch parts such as button, knob, operating rods.The electric signal that produces accordingly can be received by non-touch processing device 1064.After this, non-touch processing device 1064 for example produces corresponding control signal according to the corresponding relation of user action and target device operation.
Alternatively, according to some embodiment of the present invention, treating apparatus 106 can also comprise customizing device 1066, configuration is used in response to user's order touch processing device 1062 and/or non-touch processing device 1064 being customized, thereby dynamically changes the function of touch parts 102 and/or non-touch parts 104.
In other words, from user's angle, can dynamically revise touch parts 102 and/or the 104 corresponding target device operations of non-touch parts by order (gesture input and/or the input of non-gesture) is provided to remote control equipment 100.From the angle that realizes, the customization of this function or modification be by to touch processing device 1062 and/or non-touch processing device 1064 reshuffle finish.
As example, customizing device 1066 can be revised the corresponding relation between user action and the target device operation, customizes the function of touch parts 102 and/or non-touch parts 104 with this.Alternatively or additionally, specific touch parts 102 and/or non-touch parts 104 can be enabled/be forbidden to customizing device 1066.
Notice that according to the embodiment of the present invention, treating apparatus 106 can be according to producing control signal from the gesture input of touch parts 102 with from the non-gesture input of non-touch parts 104 any one.Alternatively or additionally, treating apparatus 106 also can produce control signal based on this two classes input simultaneously.That is to say that touch processing device 1062 and/or non-touch processing device 1064 can work independently, and also can cooperatively interact with collaborative work.In this way, remote control equipment 100 allows the user to use separately touch parts 102 or non-touch parts 104, also can allow the user to be used simultaneously touch parts 102 and non-touch parts 104.This provides more horn of plenty and natural interactive means for the user.
According to the embodiment of the present invention, according to after producing control signal from the input of the gesture of touch parts 102 and/or non-touch parts 104 and/or the input of non-gesture respectively, this control signal will be transmitted to the one or more target devices that are associated with remote control equipment at treating apparatus 106.As shown in Figure 1, remote control equipment 100 comprises conveyer 108, is coupled to treating apparatus 106, and configuration is used for sending the control signal that treating apparatus 106 produces to target device from remote control equipment 100.Conveyer 108 can send control signal by wireless connections, wireless connections include but not limited to: bluetooth connects, infrared (IR) connects, WLAN (wireless local area network) (WLAN) connects, radio frequency (RF) connects, radio universal bus (WUSB) connects, etc.Alternatively or additionally, conveyer 108 can be by wired connection to destination object transfer control signal, wherein wired connection includes but not limited to: versabus (USB) connects, RS-232 is connected in series, etc.
Should be appreciated that shown in Fig. 1 and what describe hereinbefore only is parts and the function thereof relevant with the present invention.Remote control equipment certainly can comprise any other suitable parts and support circuit.Thus, top block diagram only is schematically, is not to be intended to limit by any way embodiments of the present invention.
In addition, all parts shown in Fig. 1 can utilize software and/or firmware to realize.Alternatively or additionally, these parts can realize based on hardware partially or fully that such hardware includes but not limited to: integrated circuit (IC) chip, special IC (ASIC), SOC (system on a chip) (SOC), etc.Other modes known or in the future exploitation also are feasible now, and scope of the present invention is unrestricted in this regard.
It shall yet further be noted that the single assembly shown in Fig. 1 can be realized jointly by a plurality of devices in the alternative.Otherwise a plurality of devices shown in Fig. 1 can be realized by single assembly in the alternative.As example, in embodiment shown in Figure 1, the handwriting recognition device is included in the touch processing device 1062.Yet in some other embodiment, the two also can be separate.Generally speaking, based on the present invention given enlightenment and instruction, function can be distributed between each device according to the actual requirements neatly, and scope of the present invention is unrestricted in this regard.
According to the embodiment of the present invention, touch parts and non-touch parts can be disposed on the housing of remote control equipment according to various position relationships.Below with reference to Fig. 2-Fig. 4 several exemplary possible arrangement are described.
As shown in Figure 2, on the identical faces of the housing of remote control equipment 200, be furnished with touch parts 202 (in this example, being touch pad) and one group of non-touch parts 204 (in this example, being button).Especially, non-touch parts 204 can be the function buttons of realizing any suitable function.
Alternatively, Fig. 3 shows another feasible example.In the example of Fig. 3, touch parts 302 and non-touch parts 304-1 and 304-2 are arranged in the identical faces of remote control equipment 300 housings, and are arranged in the not coplanar of housing with non-touch parts 304-3.Notice that although non-touch parts 304-3 is arranged in a side of housing in example shown in Figure 3, this only is exemplary.One or more touch parts and/or non-touch parts also can be arranged in other sides and/or the back side of housing.Scope of the present invention is unrestricted in this regard.
As another example, Fig. 4 shows the front and back of exemplary remote equipment 400 housings.Shown in the top of Fig. 4, be furnished with a touch parts 402-1 and three groups of non-touch parts 404-1,404-2 and 404-3 in the front of remote control equipment 400 housings, and in the side arrangement of remote control equipment 400 housings one group of non-touch parts 404-4 arranged.Shown in Fig. 4 bottom, be furnished with another touch parts 402-2 and another group non-touch parts 404-5 at the back side at remote control equipment 400 housings.
Should be noted that above what describe in conjunction with Fig. 2-Fig. 4 only is several possible example of remote control equipment 400.The transverse and longitudinal direction of the type of the parts shown in these figure, layout, shape, number and remote control equipment etc. all is exemplary, does not consist of any restriction to the scope of the invention.
Below with reference to Fig. 5, it shows uses the process flow diagram of controlling the method 500 of target device according to the remote control equipment of exemplary embodiment of the invention.
After method 500 beginnings, at step S502, the user can use the touch parts on the housing that is arranged in remote control equipment to provide the gesture input to described remote control equipment.According to some embodiment of the present invention, the gesture input that provides at this can comprise following at least one: single-point touches input, and multiple point touching input.Especially, the single-point touches input can comprise handwriting input.In addition, be arranged in touch parts on the remote control equipment can comprise following at least one: touch pad, TrackPoint, touch-screen, contiguous formula screen.
Next, method 500 proceeds to step S504, can use on the housing that is arranged in remote control equipment this user and is independent of at least one non-touch parts of touch parts, provides non-gesture input to remote control equipment.Be appreciated that the mechanically actuated to the non-touch parts in response to the user, remote control equipment can be converted to electric signal with this mechanically actuated, thereby corresponding non-gesture input is provided.In addition, be arranged in non-touch parts on the remote control equipment can comprise following at least one: button, operating rod, knob.
In some optional embodiment of the present invention, method 500 can also proceed to optional step S506, provides order this user to described remote control equipment, with customization or revise in touch parts and the non-touch parts at least one function.Notice that the order that the user provides can adopt gesture input and/or non-gesture input to realize.
Notice that each step of record can be carried out and/or executed in parallel according to different orders in the method 500.For example, although step S504 is shown execution after step S502, this is the purpose in order to illustrate just.There is no order dependent between step S504 and the S502, but can be according to any order even simultaneously execution.And step S502 and S504 can repeatedly alternately carry out repeatedly.Equally, step S506 be shown in step of carrying out before it and also do not have order dependent.And method 500 can also comprise additional step and/or omit the step shown in carrying out.
Be applicable to the various device in various family expenses, industry, scientific experiment field according to the remote control equipment of embodiment of the present invention.The user can according to actual needs, make the input that uses gesture, the input of non-gesture or the combination of the two realize the interactive function of various complexity neatly.For example, take the interactive television set-top box as example, user even can use remote control equipment to replace game paddle.
Note, can be applied to various fields according to the embodiment of the present invention.For example, above-described remote control equipment and correlation method can be used to the equipment of controller top box type, and this kind equipment can move various operating systems, such as Andriod, Windows, iOS, MeeGo, etc.The function that this class set-top box device mainly provides is internet browsing (service), audio-visual broadcast, game (based on the respective operations system).By using the remote control equipment according to embodiment of the present invention, can effectively simplify the operation of above-mentioned application, thereby obtain better user's operating experience.In operation during this kind equipment, preferably, communicating by letter between remote control equipment and the target device can be based on bluetooth, 2.4G wireless technology etc., in order to satisfy the connected mode that two-forty is transmitted.
In addition, embodiments of the present invention can utilize variety of way to try out.The treating apparatus form of chip (for example, with) or the remote control equipment itself of remote control equipment for example, can be provided.Alternatively or additionally, driving and the application interface that also can provide the operating system with target device to adapt, even the user UI interface of the secondary development form of software (for example, with).
Above spirit of the present invention and principle have been explained in conjunction with some embodiments.As mentioned above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, on remote control equipment, can be furnished with simultaneously for the parts of input gesture and the parts of inputting for non-gesture.Like this, the user can be according to the actual requirements, utilizes neatly gesture, non-gesture or its to make up to control remote equipment.In this way, not only can reduce the user and use cognitive load and mutual difficulty in the remote control equipment process, and can easily realize complicated application operating.Thus, can be more efficiently and control exactly target device.
Should be noted that embodiments of the present invention can realize by the combination of hardware, software or software and hardware.Hardware components can utilize special logic to realize; Software section can be stored in the storer, and by suitable instruction execution system, for example microprocessor or special designs hardware are carried out.Those having ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that above-mentioned equipment and method can and/or be included in the processor control routine with computer executable instructions realizes, for example such as the mounting medium of disk, CD or DVD-ROM, provide such code such as the programmable memory of ROM (read-only memory) (firmware) or such as the data carrier of optics or electronic signal carrier.Equipment of the present invention and module thereof can be by such as VLSI (very large scale integrated circuit) or gate array, realize such as the semiconductor of logic chip, transistor etc. or such as the hardware circuit of the programmable hardware device of field programmable gate array, programmable logic device etc., also can use the software of being carried out by various types of processors to realize, also can by the combination of above-mentioned hardware circuit and software for example firmware realize.
The communication network of mentioning in the instructions can comprise disparate networks, include but not limited to LAN (Local Area Network) (" LAN "), wide area network (" WAN "), according to the network of IP agreement (for example, the Internet) and ad-hoc network (for example, ad hoc peer-to-peer network).
Although should be noted that some devices or the sub-device of having mentioned equipment in above-detailed, this division only is not enforceable.In fact, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the feature of above-described two or more devices and function can be specialized in a device.Otherwise, the feature of an above-described device and function can Further Division for to be specialized by a plurality of devices.
In addition, although described in the accompanying drawings the operation of the inventive method with particular order,, this is not that requirement or hint must be carried out these operations according to this particular order, or the operation shown in must carrying out all could realize the result of expectation.On the contrary, the step of describing in the process flow diagram can change execution sequence.Additionally or alternatively, can omit some step, a plurality of steps be merged into a step carry out, and/or a step is decomposed into a plurality of steps carries out.
Although described the present invention with reference to some embodiments, should be appreciated that the present invention is not limited to disclosed embodiment.The present invention is intended to contain interior included various modifications and the equivalent arrangements of spirit and scope of claims.The scope of claims meets the most wide in range explanation, thereby comprises all such modifications and equivalent structure and function.
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1. treating apparatus that is combined with remote control equipment, described remote control equipment is used at least one target device of Long-distance Control, and described treating apparatus comprises:
Touch processing device, configuration are used for producing control signal for described target device according to the gesture input that the user provides to described remote control equipment; And
Non-touch processing device, configuration are used for producing control signal for described target device according to the non-gesture input that the user provides to described remote control equipment,
Described control signal will be transmitted to described target device by described remote control equipment.
2. treating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said touch processing device comprise following at least one:
Single-point touches treating apparatus, configuration are used for producing described control signal according to the user to the single-point touches gesture input that described remote control equipment provides; And
Multiple point touching treating apparatus, configuration are used for producing described control signal according to the user to the multiple point touching gesture input that described remote control equipment provides.
3. treating apparatus according to claim 1 further comprises:
The handwriting recognition device is coupled to described single-point touches treating apparatus, and configuration is used for identification is carried out in described single-point touches gesture input, and the result of described identification will be used to produce described control signal.
4. treating apparatus according to claim 1 further comprises:
Customizing device is coupled at least one of described touch processing device and non-touch processing device, and configuration is used in response to user's order touch processing device and non-touch processing device at least one customized.
5. remote control equipment that is used at least one target device of Long-distance Control comprises:
Be arranged at least one the touch parts on the housing of described remote control equipment, be used for receiving the gesture input from the user;
Be arranged on the described housing and be independent of at least one non-touch parts of described touch parts, be used for receiving the non-gesture input from described user;
Treating apparatus according to claim 1 is coupled to described touch parts and described non-touch parts; And
Conveyer is coupled to described treating apparatus, and configuration is used for the control signal that described treating apparatus produces is transmitted to described target device.
6. remote control equipment according to claim 5, wherein said touch parts comprise following at least one: touch pad, TrackPoint, touch-screen, contiguous formula screen.
7. remote control equipment according to claim 5, wherein said non-touch parts comprise following at least one: button, operating rod, knob.
8. remote control equipment according to claim 5, wherein said touch parts and described non-touch arrangements of components are in the identical faces of described housing.
9. remote control equipment according to claim 5, wherein said touch parts and described non-touch arrangements of components are at the not coplanar of described housing.
10. method of using remote control equipment to come at least one target device of Long-distance Control comprises:
Use is arranged at least one the touch parts on the housing of described remote control equipment, provides the gesture input to described remote control equipment; And
Use is arranged on the housing of described remote control equipment and is independent of at least one non-touch parts of described touch parts, provides non-gesture input to described remote control equipment.
11. method according to claim 10, the input of wherein said gesture comprise following at least one: single-point touches input, and multiple point touching input.
12. method according to claim 11, wherein said single-point touches input comprises handwriting input.
13. method according to claim 10 further comprises:
Provide order to described remote control equipment, to customize in described touch parts and the described non-touch parts function of at least one.
14. method according to claim 10, wherein said touch parts comprise following at least one: touch pad, TrackPoint, touch-screen, contiguous formula screen.
15. method according to claim 10, wherein said non-touch parts comprise following at least one: button, operating rod, knob.
16. a computer program comprises the machine-executable instruction that visibly is stored on the computer-readable medium, when described instruction is carried out by processor, is used for realizing according to claim 10-15 each described method.
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