JPH0459835B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a remote control transmitter that absorbs command codes of a plurality of different remote control transmitters and can transmit them by assigning them to one button.

[Conventional technology]

Currently, a remote control transmitter has a single function assigned to its operation button, and when the operation button is operated, the device to be controlled is controlled only once. For example, operating the power button turns the power on or off,
Also, by operating the TV/VTR button, switching between TV and VTR is performed.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, for example, if you want to use a TV receiver as a monitor to play a VTR, first turn on the TV receiver, then change the TV receiver to video mode, then turn on the VTR, and then turn on the TV receiver. Finally, you need to set the VTR to ``PLAY'' mode.

This kind of sequential operation is possible by combining TV receiver control mode and VTR control mode with one remote control transmitter.
If both control modes are provided, the complexity will be alleviated to some extent, but if both a TV receiver remote control transmitter and a VCR remote control transmitter are used, it becomes extremely complicated.

The present invention has been made in view of these points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a remote control transmitter that enables the above-described sequential control with a single operation.

[Means for solving problems]

To this end, the present invention provides a remote control transmitter having a remote control light receiving section for code absorption and a remote control transmitting section for emitting leads, in which a plurality of absorbed command codes are ordered and grouped, and an address corresponding to a button to which the group is assigned is provided. a function display section for displaying the functions of the buttons; a sequence display section for displaying a series of control contents corresponding to a plurality of command codes issued by operating the buttons; the function display section and the above; The present invention includes display storage means for storing display data displayed on the sequence display section, display storage means for storing the display data, and display creation means for creating the function display data.

〔Example〕

Examples of the present invention will be described below. 1st
The figure shows the internal blocks of a remote control transmitter according to an embodiment of the present invention, and includes an MPU 1 that controls the entire system, a button operation section 2, a remote control light receiving section 3 for absorbing command codes of other remote control transmitters, and a remote control receiver 3 for absorbing command codes of other remote control transmitters. A remote control transmitter 4 for code transmission, a program ROM 5 that stores programs for absorption registration operation and main unit operation described later, and workpieces used during absorption registration operation.
RAM 6, code data storage RAM 7 that stores the absorbed command code data, CGROM 8 that has built-in characters for displaying button functions, LCD display section 9 that displays button functions, LCDC 10 that controls the LCD 9, and LCDC 10 that controls the LCD 9. An image RAM 11 and the like for sending function display data is connected.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the front side of the remote control transmitter, and the button operation section 2 there has command buttons 21 and 2.
2, 23 and a help button 24 are provided. The display section 9 described above consists of button function display sections 91 to 93 provided in portions corresponding to the command buttons 21 to 23, and a relatively large sequence display section 94 provided above them.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the back side of the remote control transmitter, where a preset button 31 and a character selection button 32 for selecting a display character are provided.

Now, this remote control transmitter is shown in Figures 4 and 5.
As shown in the flowchart in the figure, the command codes of other remote control transmitters are absorbed and registered as a plurality of groups, and used so that the command codes can be emitted as one's own command codes.

For absorption registration, first turn on the preset button 31, press the button 21 to assign the registration, for example,
Decide which button to assign the registration to. Then, the display of the pressed button 21 on the function display section 91 is set. This display setting is performed by operating the character selection button 32 and importing the character data read from the CGROM 8 into the image RAM 11 according to the program written into the program ROM 5. In this case, for example, the display setting is set to "VTR playback". Then, when the help button 24 is pressed after this, the "VTR playback" is displayed on the display section 91.
is displayed definitively and is registered at the address corresponding to the button 24 in the image RAM 11.

Next, command codes of a plurality of different remote control transmitters are absorbed and registered in the button 21 in an orderly manner. To explain the case of VTR playback, button 2
1 is pressed, the user operates the "power" button of the remote control transmitter for the television receiver, takes in the command code from the remote control light receiving section 3, and writes it to the address corresponding to the button 21 in the code data storage RAM 7. Then, the user presses the help button 24 to confirm the writing, and then performs display settings in the same manner as described above. The display at this time is "TV on". As a result, this display is displayed in a portion of the sequence display section 94 that corresponds to the button 21. When the help button 24 is pressed, the display is confirmed and displayed at the address corresponding to the button 21 in the image RAM 11.

After that, use the same operation to operate the "Video" button on the remote control transmitter of the TV receiver and register the command code at the above address in RAM7.
The display of "Video" is also registered at the above address in the image RAM 11.

Furthermore, in the same way, press the "VTR power" button on the VTR remote control transmitter and register the condo code at the above address in RAM7,
The display of "VTR power supply" is also registered at the above address in the image RAM 11.

Furthermore, press the ``PLAY'' button on the remote control transmitter for the VTR and register the condo code at the above address in RAM 7, and the ``PLAY'' display will also be displayed as an image.
Register at the above address in RAM11.

Since the registration is completed through the above steps, the preset button 31 is turned off.

As a result, button 2 in code data storage RAM 7
``TV on'', ``Video'', to the address corresponding to 1.
Codes for "VTR on" and "VTR playback" are stored as one group in a predetermined order. At the same time, "TV ON", "Video", "VTR ON",
Display data for "VTR playback" is stored.

Therefore, if you press the button 21 after this, the code will be stored in the code data storage RAM 7 in the order of "TV on" → "Video" → "VTR on" → "VTR playback".
and transmitted from the remote control transmitter 4. Also, "TV On", "Video", "VTR On",
Display data for "VTR playback" is read from the image RAM 11 and displayed on a portion of the sequence display section 94 corresponding to the button 21. “VTR playback” is displayed on the display section 91.

Note that the above is for the case where button 21 is given the VTR playback function, but in the same way, buttons 22 and 2 are
3 can also be provided with other functions, such as receiving teletext broadcasting.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, a series of control codes for a plurality of devices for a specific purpose is transmitted by operating a single shortcut button, thereby improving operability. In addition, in addition to the function display section for identifying a specific button, there is also a sequence display section that displays a series of control contents corresponding to multiple command codes issued by operating the button. You will be able to check the specific details of a series of controls.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a remote control transmitter according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is an explanatory view of the front side of the remote control transmitter, Fig. 3 is an explanatory view of the back side of the remote control transmitter, and Fig. 4 is an explanatory view of the back side of the remote control transmitter. A flowchart of sequential code registration and FIG. 5 is a flowchart of code intake.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a remote control transmitter having a remote control light receiving section for code absorption and a remote control transmitting section for emitting codes, a plurality of absorbed command codes are ordered and grouped, and an address corresponding to a button to which the group is assigned. a function display section for displaying the functions of the buttons; a sequence display section for displaying a series of control contents corresponding to a plurality of command codes emitted by operating the buttons; the function display section and the above; A remote control transmitter comprising display storage means for storing display data displayed on a sequence display section and display creation means for creating the display data.