JPH07110046B2 - Remote commander - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention will be described in the following order.

A. Industrial field of use B. Outline of the invention C. Prior art [Fig. 5] D. Problems to be solved by the invention E. Means for solving the problems F. Action G. Example [first 1 to FIG. 4] a. Configuration [FIGS. 1 to 3] b. Operation [FIG. 4] H. Effect of the invention (A. Industrial field of application) The present invention is a remote commander, particularly one-touch operation. The remote commander that can execute a series of commands in sequence.

(B. Summary of the Invention) In order to enable a series of commands to be sequentially executed by a one-touch operation in a remote commander, the present invention provides a programmable command in addition to a plurality of ordinary command switches for generating one command. With a switch,
When one programmable command switch is specified in the program mode and a series of commands for the command switch is sequentially generated at an arbitrary time interval, the series of commands becomes the specified programmable command switch. When the programmable command switch is operated in the command mode, the series of commands stored as corresponding items are also stored as corresponding items. The commands are sequentially issued each time a delay time between commands has elapsed.

(C. Prior art) [Fig. 5] There is a remote commander that can remotely control a plurality of devices such as a television receiver, a video tape recorder, and a CD player. Fifth
The figure shows an example of such a remote commander. For example, the television receiver can be turned on and off by pressing the power switch a for the television receiver, and the channel switch b. Each command switch can issue one unique command so that the receiving channel can be designated by pressing, b, ...

(D. Problems to be solved by the invention) By the way, when trying to perform remote control with the remote commander described above, the command switch must be operated several times in a predetermined order depending on the content of the remote control. It can be troublesome. For example, when playing a video tape recorder,
The power switch a for the television receiver, the power switch c for the video tape recorder, the TV / video changeover switch d, and the reproduction switch e must be pressed in this order. And, it is very difficult for an old man, a child, a woman such as a woman who is vulnerable to so-called mechanism or electric to have to operate the switch several times according to a certain order. Therefore, there are many women, children, and elderly people who do not operate video tape recorders, etc. by themselves, and always ask for elasticity (master) that is strong against mechanical and electric equipment.

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a novel remote commander capable of sequentially executing a series of commands by one-touch operation.

(E. Means for Solving Problems) In order to solve the above problems, the remote commander of the present invention is provided with a programmable command switch in addition to a plurality of ordinary command switches for generating one command, and when in the program mode. When one programmable command switch is specified and a series of commands for the command switch is sequentially generated at arbitrary time intervals, the series of commands are regarded as corresponding to the specified programmable command switch. When a programmable command switch is operated while in command mode, the series of commands stored as corresponding commands are stored together with the delay time between each command, and the delay time equal to the above time interval between each command. Sequentially every time It is characterized in that it has to be.

(F. Action) According to the remote commander of the present invention, when the programmable command switch is specified in the program mode and a series of commands is generated by several operations of the command switch, the series of commands is the programmable command switch. When the programmable command switch is set to the command mode and the programmable command switch is operated by one touch, a series of commands corresponding to the programmable command switch are sequentially executed. Therefore, if a series of commands that are executed relatively frequently and that have a relatively large number of commands are stored in the program mode as described above, the series of commands can be executed by one-touch operation on the programmable command switch in the command mode. You can
When performing control consisting of a series of commands, the troublesome operation of the command switch corresponding to each command can be released.

The storage means stores not only a series of commands corresponding to each programmable command switch but also the delay time between each command, and
When you operate the programmable command switch in the command mode, a series of commands is sent every time the stored delay time between commands elapses, so one command and the next command You can set the required time interval between each command,
It is possible to avoid the inconvenience that the controlled device cannot accept commands because the time interval between commands is too short. Since the delay time corresponding to the time interval can be stored in the storage means for each command, it can be set to the most appropriate time for each command or the time desired by the user.

(G. Embodiment) [FIGS. 1 to 4] Hereinafter, a remote commander of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to illustrated embodiments.

1 to 4 are for explaining one embodiment of the remote commander of the present invention.

(A. Configuration) [FIGS. 1 to 3] FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the remote commander.

1 is a command section for TV, 2 is a command section for VTR, 3 is a command section for a CD player, 4 is a programmable command section, and the remote commander is the above four command sections 1,
It consists of 2, 3, and 4. The TV command unit 1 includes a power switch 5, channel switches 6, 6, ..., Channel up switch 7u, channel down switch 7d, volume up switch 8u, and volume down switch 8d. Also,
Command unit 3 for VTR is power switch 9, recording switch 1
0, the other switches 11 to 15, and the CD player command section 3 includes switches 16 to 19. Each of the switches 5 to 9 can generate a unique command.

The programmable command unit 4 includes three programmable command switches 20 (SW1), 21 (SW2), 22 (SW3),
It consists of a program switch 23. The program switch
23 turns on when switched to the upper side, and turns off when switched to the lower side. When the program switch 23 is turned on, the remote commander is in the program mode, and when the program switch 23 is turned off, the remote commander is in the command mode.

FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram showing the circuit configuration of the remote commander. In the figure, 24 is a CPU, 25 is a crystal oscillator for generating clock pulses, 26 is a ROM for storing programs and the like, 27
Is a RAM, 28 is an input / output circuit, and the CPU 24, ROM 26, RAM 27, and the input / output circuit 28 are connected to each other by a system bus 29. The command switches 5 to 19, the programmable command switches 1 to 3 (SW1 to 3) and the program switch 23 are connected to the input / output circuit 28. In addition to the command switch, programmable command switch, and program switch described above, the base of the transistor 30 is connected via the resistor 31 to the input / output circuit 28, and the command signal is applied from the input / output circuit 28 to the transistor Q30. Causes the light emitting diode 32 to blink,
The light emitting diode 30 causes a command signal by infrared light to be sent from the remote commander to a controlled device such as a television receiver. 33 is a resistor that limits the current flowing through the light emitting diode 30, 34 is a battery, and the RAM 17 is always backed up by the battery 34.

FIG. 3 is a map diagram of the RAM 27. The RAM 27 can store a series of commands of up to 5 commands corresponding to each programmable command switch 20-22. Specifically, 1a to 1i are areas for storing the programmable command switch SW1 (20) and the time interval T between each command, and 2a to 2i are a series of commands corresponding to the programmable command switch SW2 (21) and each This is an area for storing the time interval T between commands, and 3a to 3i are programmable command switches SW3.
This is an area for storing a series of commands corresponding to (22) and a time interval T between the commands. The reason for storing the time interval T between each command will be described later in detail. still,
The remaining area is used as a remote control transmission working area, which will not be described because it is not essential to the invention.

(B. Operation) [FIG. 4] FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation program of the remote commander. The operation of the remote commander will be described below with reference to FIG.

(A) "Program switch on?" First, it is determined whether the state of the program switch 23 is on. Here, the state where the program switch 23 is turned on means that the program switch 23 is switched to the program side (upper side) and is in the program mode, and the state where the program switch 23 is turned off means that the program switch 23 is commanded. Indicates that the command mode is set by switching to the side (lower side).

(B) “SW1?” If the result of the judgment of “program switch on?” In step (a) above is “high”, it is judged whether or not the first programmable command switch 20 (SW1) is turned on. To be done.

(C) “First command?” If the result of the judgment of “SW1?” In the above step (b) is “high”, it is determined whether any one of the command switches 5 to 19 has been turned on. The determination is performed until the determination result of "high" is obtained.

(D) “Sending first command signal” When the result of the judgment of “first command?” In step (c) above becomes “high”, that is, when any command switch is turned on, A command signal corresponding to the turned-on command switch is transmitted. For example, when the turned-on command switch is the power switch 5, a command signal for turning on the power of the television receiver is transmitted.

(E) "First command storage" Next, the command is stored in the area 1a of the RAM 27.
The first programmable command switch SW1 (2
The registration of the first command of the series of commands corresponding to (0) is completed.

(F) “Second command?” Next, any one of the command switches 5 to 19
It is determined whether or not one is turned on until a determination result of "high" is obtained.

(G) “Sending second command signal” When the result of the judgment “second command?” In the above step (f) becomes “high”, that is, when one of the command switches is turned on, it is turned on. A command signal corresponding to the changed command switch is transmitted. For example, when the command switch turned on is the power switch 9, a command signal for turning on the power of the VTR is sent.

(H) “T1 storage” Next, after the result of the judgment “high” is obtained by the judgment “first command?”, The result of the judgment “high” is judged by the judgment “second command?”. The time T1 until it is obtained is stored in the area 1b of the RAM 27. This time T1 is a time delay provided between the first command and the second command when a series of commands is executed by one-touch operation on the programmable command switch. In this way, the provision of the time delay T1 means that when sending multiple commands in sequence, the command controlled by the remote commander can accept the commands unless there is some time lag between one command and the next command. Because it will disappear. Therefore, even when programming a series of commands, when finishing one command and performing the next command, be sure to confirm that the state of the controlled device has finished changing by one command before performing the next command. Need to

(I) “Second command storage” Next, the second command is stored in the area 1c of the RAM 27. This is the first programmable command switch SW
The registration of the second command of the series of commands corresponding to 1 (20) is completed.

(N) "Registering third to fifth commands" The third to fifth commands are sequentially registered thereafter by the same flow as the above steps (C) to (R).

A series of commands corresponding to the first programmable command switch SW1 (20) can be registered in 1a to 1i of the RAM 27 by the flow of steps (b) to (n). Specifically, the area 1a has a first command, and the area 1b has a time delay T between the first command and the second command.
1, the second command in area 1c, the time delay T2 between the second and third commands in area 1d T2, area
1e is the third command, area 1f is the time delay T3 between the third command and the fourth command, and area 1g is the fourth command.
Command, area 1h stores the time delay T4 between the fourth and fifth commands, and area 1i stores the fifth command.

If the number of commands in the series of commands is less than 5, the number of commands will be 5 if the program switch 23 is turned off (command side) after the commands are stored.
Registration of a series of commands less than

(L) “SW2?” If the result of the determination in step (b) above is “No”, the second programmable command switch 21 (SW
2) It is determined whether or not is turned on.

(Wo) "Register 1st to 5th command" If the result of the judgment in the above step (l) is "high", the second programming command is executed in exactly the same flow as in steps (c) to (n). A series of commands corresponding to the switch SW2 (21) is stored in the areas 2a to 2i of the RAM 27. Then return to step (a).

(W) "SW3?" If the result of the determination in (L) in the above step is "No", the third programmable switch SW3 (22)
It is determined whether or not is turned on.

(F) “Register 1st to 5th command” If the result of the determination in the above step (wa) is “high”, the third programmable command switch is executed by exactly the same flow as steps (c) to (nu) A series of commands corresponding to SW3 (22) is stored in areas 3a to 3i of RAM 27, and then the process returns to step (a).

(Y) “Programmable command switch?” If the result of the judgment in the above step (a) is “yes”, programmable command switches SW1 to 3 (20 to 2)
It is determined whether or not any one of 2) is turned on.

(T) "Command switch?" If the result of the judgment in the above step (Yo) is "No", it is judged whether any of the command switches 5 to 19 is turned on.

(R) "Sending of command signal" If the result of the determination in the above step (ta) is "high", the command signal corresponding to the command switch turned on is sent. As a result, it is possible to execute a normal command that does not depend on the programmable command switch.

If the command signal has been transmitted or the result of the determination in step (a) is "No", the process returns to step (a).

(So) “SW1?” If the result of the judgment in the above step (yo) is “high”, it is judged whether or not the programmable command switch SW1 (20) is turned on.

(T) "Sending a first series of command signals" If the result of the determination in step (SO) is "high", the step (C) corresponding to the first programmable command switch SW1 (20) A series of commands registered by the flow of (n) are sequentially transmitted. In that case, there is a delay time T1 between the first command and the second command, and a delay time T2 between the second command and the third command. A delay time T is always provided between them.

(D) “SW2?” When the above step (tsu) is completed or the result of the above step (so) is “No”, the second
It is determined whether the programmable command switch SW2 (21) is turned on.

(D) “Second series of command signal transmission” The result of the judgment of “SW2?” In the above step (d) is “high”.
If it is, a series of command signals registered in step (2) corresponding to the second programmable command switch SW2 (21) is sequentially transmitted.

(La) "SW3?" Third when the above step (na) is completed or when the result of the judgment in step (ne) is "No"
It is determined whether the programmable command switch SW3 (22) is turned on.

(M) “Third series of command signal transmission” The result of the judgment of “SW3?” In the above step (a) is “high”.
If it is, the series of command signals registered in step (f) corresponding to the third programmable command switch SW3 (22) are sequentially transmitted.

When this step (m) is completed or when the result of the determination in the above step (la) is "No", the process returns to step (a).

According to such a remote commander, when a command is normally issued by the command switches 5 to 19, the program switch 23 is turned off, that is, in the command mode, and any command switch is turned on in that state.
Then, the command signal corresponding to the command switch turned on is transmitted by the flow of steps (a), (yo), (ta), and (re), and a normal command can be issued to the command switch.

In addition, programmable command switches SW1-3 (20-2
It is necessary to register a series of commands as a premise when a series of command signals are sequentially generated by the one-touch operation of 2), but the series of commands are registered as follows. First, the programmed switch 23 is turned on, that is, in the program mode, and when registering in that state, the programmable command switch corresponding to a series of commands is specified by turning it on, and then the registration is performed. The series of commands to be performed by operating the command switch. Then, the series of commands is automatically registered as corresponding to the specified programmable command switch. For example, the power of the TV receiver is turned on by the one-touch operation of the first programmable command switch SW1 (20), then the power of the VTR is turned on, then the video / TV selector switch is switched to the video side, and then the playback is performed. In order to execute the series of commands to start the, first, the programmable command switch SW1 (20)
After turning on, turn on the power switch 5. Then, a command signal for turning on the power of the television receiver is sent from the remote commander, and accordingly, the power of the television receiver is actually turned on and the command for turning on the power is the first command. Is stored as

Next, after confirming that the power of the television receiver is actually turned on, the power switch 9 is turned on. Then VT
A command signal for turning on the power of R is sent from the remote commander, and the power of VTR is actually turned on accordingly, and the time difference T1 between the first command and the second command for turning on the power of this VTR And the second command is stored. Thereafter, a series of commands are recorded in the same manner by continuing the commands by the command switch in the same manner. In this case, when the next command is executed, it is necessary to confirm that the state of the controlled side has actually changed by the command executed before that, and then move to the next command. This is because when a command is executed, the command contents are not realized at the next moment, and it takes a different time depending on the command contents. Considering that, the time difference T between the command and the next command is taken into consideration. Since this occurs, if you execute the next command after finishing one command and before the command contents are realized, this command (that is, the next command here) will be ignored. , And a series of commands will be registered with some commands being ignored.

After registering a series of commands in this way, the program switch 23 is turned off (command side) and the programmable command switch SW is pushed, and the series of commands are executed by the flow of steps (SO) to (M). Can be issued sequentially.

Then, if you ask a person who is strong in so-called mechanical and electric programs to program, people who are weak in so-called mechanical and electric can remotely control the television receiver, video tape recorder, CD player by operating the programmable command switch. It is possible.

Then, the series of commands that can be programmed is not limited to the reproduction of the video tape recorder, but includes, for example, the reception by the television receiver including the channel selection of the channel watched very frequently. For example, in the case of a person who often watches 3 channel television broadcasting, a command to turn on the power of the television receiver and a command to set the channel to "3" are programmed as a series of commands. The advantages of doing this are greater in countries with a large number of channels, such as the United States, than in countries with a small number of channels, such as Japan. This is because in countries with many channels, such as the United States of America, the channels are specified by operating the numeric keypad. For example, when selecting 34ch, press the numeric key "3" and then the numeric key "4".
This is because it is necessary to press, and the ENT key must also be pressed at the end, so if the command to turn on the power of the television receiver is included, the number of commands becomes 4, which is quite troublesome.

It is also possible to program the program so that the viewer can watch the back program for a certain time (for example, 5 seconds) and then return to the original program. For example, if you enjoy baseball broadcast on channel 4 but you also care about the progress of baseball broadcast on channel 1, set channel 4 to 1 and then switch to channel 4 after 5 seconds. You can program the command to switch. Note that the time interval of 5 seconds can be set by setting a time interval of 5 seconds between the command for changing the channel 1 and the command for changing the channel 4 during the programming.

It can also be programmed to turn off all controlled devices that are on in a predetermined order.

In this embodiment, since there are only three programmable command switches, only three types of series of commands can be registered, but more programs can be registered by increasing the number of programmable command switches and complicating the program accordingly. You can register for types.

(H. Effect of the Invention) As described above, the remote commander of the present invention includes a plurality of command switches that are operated to execute one unique set command, and a plurality of command switches that are operated to set the program mode and the command mode. A program switch for performing mode switching between the two, one or a plurality of programmable command switches for sequentially executing a series of commands, a series of commands to be executed by the programmable command switch, and a storage means for storing a delay time for each command. When,
At least, when the program mode is set by the operation of the program switch, the operation of specifying the programmable command switch and designating a series of commands for the command switch is performed at an arbitrary time interval which is a delay time in order. The delay time between a series of commands and each command is stored by the storage means as corresponding to the specified programmable command switch, and the programmable command switch is operated when the command mode is set by operating the program switch. When operated, the series of commands corresponding to the commands are sequentially issued each time a delay time equal to the time interval between the commands elapses.

Therefore, according to the remote commander of the present invention, when a programmable command switch is specified in the program mode and a series of commands is generated by the command switch, the series of commands is stored as corresponding to the programmable command switch,
Then, when the programmable command switch is set to the command mode and the programmable command switch is operated by one touch, a series of commands corresponding to the programmable command switch are sequentially generated. Therefore, if a series of commands that are executed relatively frequently and that have a relatively large number of commands are stored under the program mode, the series of commands can be executed by a one-touch operation on the programmable command switch, which consists of a series of commands. When performing remote control, it is possible to release the trouble of operating a command switch corresponding to each command for each command.

The storage means stores not only a series of commands corresponding to each programmable command switch but also the delay time between each command, and
When you operate the programmable command switch in the command mode, a series of commands is sent every time the stored delay time between commands elapses, so one command and the next command You can set the required time interval between each command,
It is possible to avoid the inconvenience that the controlled device cannot accept commands because the time interval between commands is too short. Since the delay time corresponding to the time interval can be stored in the storage means for each command, it can be set to the most appropriate time for each command or the time desired by the user himself.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 4 are for explaining one embodiment of the remote commander of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the remote commander, and FIG. 2 is a circuit showing the circuit configuration of the remote commander. FIG. 3 is a map view of the storage means, FIG. 4 is a program showing the operation, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a conventional example. Explanation of symbols 5-19 Command switch, 20-22 (SW1-3) Programmable command switch, 23 Program switch, 27 Storage means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of command switches which are operated to execute one preset unique command, a program switch which is operated to switch modes between a program mode and a command mode, and a series of commands. At least one or a plurality of programmable command switches to be sequentially executed, a series of commands to be executed by the programmable command switch, and a storage means for storing a delay time between each command are provided, and a program mode is operated by operating the program switch. When the operation of specifying the programmable command switch and designating each command forming a series of commands for the command switch is performed at arbitrary time intervals that are delay times in order, the series of commands and each The above time between commands Each delay time equal to is stored by the storage means as corresponding to the specified programmable command switch, and when the programmable command switch is operated when the command mode is set by operating the program switch, the series of corresponding The remote commander is characterized in that the command and the delay time between each command are sequentially read from the storage means, and the series of commands are sequentially issued to the outside each time the delay time between the commands elapses.