JPH01886A - remote control transmitter - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a remote control transmitter necessary for remote control. [Prior Art] Conventionally, remote control transmitters have functions that are different for each type of device or for the same device. Each one is prepared for different things,
The versatility of the remote control transmitter was made possible by adding or combining operating sections, or by changing the mode and changing the function of the operating section without changing the operating section.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

When simply adding an operating section as in the conventional remote control transmitter described above, the remote control transmitter itself becomes larger and functions necessary to operate a specific device are added. Furthermore, when changing the functions of the operating sections by switching modes in which the operating sections are combined, there is a 1.eta.1j limit on the functions that can be added or switched, and the remote control itself becomes complicated. Furthermore, even if the basic functions are the same, a separate remote control transmitter is required even if there is a special function, resulting in a lack of versatility.

An object of the present invention is to eliminate these drawbacks, provide a remote control transmitter and a remote control transmitter that provide versatility to the operating section and enable remote control of various devices without adding or combining operating sections. [Means for solving the problem] The configuration of the present invention is to provide a remote control transmitter 1g that remotely controls devices in various buildings by sending an operation transmission signal from a transmitter.
a first storage medium in which a plurality of pieces of operation function information for each of the devices or each functional block are stored in advance;
A writable second storage medium that stores the operation function information specified by the detection signal among the operation function information of the first storage medium; a display board to display, an operation unit that selects one function when one display on the display board is pressed and outputs it to the transmitting unit, and detects the function selection on the display board and outputs the detection signal. ◇ [Example] Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 are a block diagram and a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention. The remote control transmitter of this embodiment is
Operation unit 1. Transmitter 2. Control unit 3° writable storage medium 42 selection circuit 5. It is composed of an operation function information storage medium 6. As shown in FIG. 3, the operation unit 1 includes a liquid crystal display panel 11. which displays operation functions. ! A detector 12 for detecting that one of the J remote controller operation functions has been selected, and an operation display section 13
and a function switching section (mode switching switch) 14.

On the liquid crystal display panel 11 of the operation section 1, function display data provided from the operation function information storage medium 6 processed by the control section 3 is displayed in dot format. Also, control ml! 3
performs processing on data from the operating function information storage medium 6 and the detector 12, and transmits data from the transmitting section 2. which is a peripheral section.
Selection circuit 5. Writable storage medium 4. Liquid crystal display board 11
driving.

Control etc.

The transmitter 2tri, ft1lJ (7141 transmits the operation signal from the unit 3 to the device side, and the operation information storage medium 6 stores information such as remote control function display data, operation data for the display, information about the transmission method to the device, and instruction manual). They are prepared for each device.

The detector 12 detects and recognizes that the operating function displayed on the liquid crystal display board 11 has been pressed and that function has been selected, and sends this information to the control unit 3. The selection circuit 5 is
Based on the manual input from the function switching unit 14 of the operation sl, one of the n operation information storage media 6 is selected and input to the control unit 3 manually. Furthermore, the function switching unit 14 can also select information in the storage medium 6 selected by the selection circuit 5.

Information from the operation information storage medium 6 selected by the selection circuit 5 is written into the writable storage medium 4 via the control section 3 .

Next, we will explain the operation of this embodiment. First, when the function selection mode is set, the liquid crystal display board 11
At the top, 60 types of operation information storage media currently in the remote control transmitter are displayed as a function menu. Normally, the operation information storage medium 6 is prepared for each device, and specifically, read-only memory (ROM), writable and erasable memory (
EPROM) or electrically programmable and erasable memory cEEFROM).

The function switching unit 14 selects the storage medium 6 containing the desired function from the function menu or the function information of the device desired to be remotely controlled by the selection circuit 5 in response to the selection signal 7 via the control unit 3. When a desired storage medium 6 is selected, operational function information that becomes possible by using the storage medium 6 is processed via the control unit 3 and displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 11.
From the displayed function information, a detector 12 on the liquid crystal display panel 11 selects only the functions deemed necessary for remotely controlling the device and sends them to the control section 3. The functional information sent to the control unit 3 is written to the writable storage medium 4. UEPROM, Ej as writable storage medium 4
(Protects such as PROtV and FROM are listed.

The functional information selected and written in the programmable storage medium 4 in this way is transferred to the liquid crystal display panel 1 again via the control s3.
1 is displayed.

To actually operate the remote control, cancel all function selection modes, press the function display displayed on the operation panel l, and press the detector 12.
The function to be operated is selected and detected, and based on the information, the control section 3 reads out operation information from the storage medium 4, processes it, and transmits it from the transmission section 2 to the device.

In this embodiment, the programmable storage medium 4 can store various kinds of functional information at once by dividing the address for storing the functional information. Switching allows remote control of many devices. In addition, storage medium 4
If you want to perform a specific remote operation without selecting the functions one by one, you can copy all the functions as they are, or you can switch the selection circuit 5 using the control unit 3 without writing to the storage medium 4. By calling up the direct operation information storage medium 6, it becomes possible to remotely control various devices.
It can provide versatility.

Furthermore, since functions can be freely selected and programmable, all combinations of functions can be registered as one function. This further simplifies operation. (For example, the continuous operation of "REW (rewind) and then PLAYJ" can be registered as one operation.) Figure 4 is a diagram showing the second embodiment of the present invention.This embodiment is composed of an operation section 1. a transmission section 2. a writable storage medium 4. a control section 20;
Since the OM is built-in, the selection circuit 5 of the first embodiment is not necessary, and a small-scale system can be constructed.

The functions of this remote control transmitter are the same as those of the first embodiment, and by dividing and using the built-in ROM, it is possible to deploy it to many devices.

FIGS. 5 and 6 show the third embodiment of the present invention. Professional of the fourth embodiment,
This is a diagram. Since the control section 21 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 5 incorporates a ROM or a 280M operation information storage medium 22, the selection circuit 5 is not necessary.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, if a writable storage medium 25 such as a BMPROM is also incorporated into the control unit 23, the configuration can be further simplified and a small-scale system can be configured.

As for the function of this remote control transmitter, by dividing and using the built-in ROM, it is possible to deploy it to many devices like the other embodiments. ◎Figure 7 shows the fifth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. In this embodiment, a detector 12. It is composed of function switching sections 14 and 20. This operation is the same as in the first embodiment, when selecting the wide operation information medium 6 and selecting the operation function, the liquid crystal display panel ll
Rather than pressing on the top, touch the top of the detector 12 and draw the number 30 or letters as shown. Control unit 3ri Select the operation information medium 6 corresponding to this number or alphabet, select the operation corresponding to the number or alphabet from a writable storage medium or operation information medium, and send! 1!2 Send operation information to the device side. For example, if you draw ``lJ'' manually, the operation [PLA YJ is selected and displayed on the display board.

By doing this, the -layer remote control transmitter itself becomes simple and its operation becomes very easy.

[Effect of abandonment]

As explained above, the present invention provides remote control transmission 1'! Since you can select the functions of the beach yourself, there are no unused or difficult-to-use functions, and you can have versatility in operation without having to add or combine a remote control transmitter operation section. As well as being able to send remote control 1iifl! It can also be made smaller. Also,
The device also has a great effect in that information for remote control can be easily produced using ROM, 280M, etc.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the configuration and display example of Figure 1, Figures 4, 5 and 6 are Figure 2 of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an example of the display of the operating section of the fifth embodiment of the present invention. 1...Special operation section , 2... Transmission section, 3.2
0.21゜23...control section, 4,25...
...Writable storage medium, 5...Selection circuit,
6 + 22 + 24...operation function storage medium, 11...liquid crystal display board, 12...detector, 13...operation display section, 14. ...Function switching section (mode selection switch), 30...Drawn number. Agent Patent Attorney Uchihara Otomu 1 indentation 2nd figure pregnancy 3 figure sheep 4 figure

Claims (1)

[Claims] A remote control transmitter that remotely controls various devices by sending operation transmission signals from a transmitter includes a first storage medium in which a plurality of operation function information for each device or each functional block is stored in advance, and A writable second storage medium that stores the operation function information designated by the detection signal among the operation function information of the first storage medium, and displays the function information written in the second storage medium. a display board, an operation unit that selects one function when one display on the display board is pressed and outputs it to the transmitting unit, and a detector that detects the function selection on the display board and outputs the detection signal. A remote control transmitter comprising: