JPH0819071A - Multi-remote controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the multi-remote controller not needing an equipment selection operation. CONSTITUTION:A CPU 13 reads operation key arrangement content display data of a corresponding model based on ID data received from a conversion section 12 from a memory 14 and provides an output of the operation key arrangement content display data to an LCD driver 15, the operation key arrangement content is displayed on an LCD 16 to light a corresponding model indicator, then a control signal to an input signal by various key operations received from a touch sensor of an input section 17 depending on the displayed operation key arrangement content is read from the memory 14 and outputted to the conversion section 12.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a multi-remote control device for remotely controlling home electric appliances and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, a remote control device is attached to an electronic device such as a television receiver or a video tape recorder, and a user can use this remote control device to control the electronic device from a remote place. It is possible to remotely control the main functions.

Further, in a multi-remote control device in which remote control codes of a plurality of electronic devices such as a television receiver and a video tape recorder are stored in advance,
By operating the device selection key that selects the device, by operating the input key group to which the operating function of the selected device is assigned, the remote control code of the selected device corresponding to the input key operation is read. It will be sent.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional multi-remote control device, after operating the device selection key, the input key group to which the operation function of the selected device is assigned is operated. Therefore, there is a problem that the key operation is complicated and the operability is not good.

Further, the commercially available multi-remote control device is not necessarily universal for home electric appliances compatible with remote control, and its use is limited to a television receiver, a video tape recorder, and the like. An object of the present invention is to provide a multi-remote control device that does not require a device selection operation.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
In a multi-remote control device having at least storage means for storing control operation contents of a plurality of devices to be remote controlled, a signal for specifying the device transmitted from the device side controlled by the remote control code is received. Receiving means for extracting the control operation content of the specific device by the storage means based on the signal received by the receiving means,
The remote control device main body is provided with a control means for controlling the specific device in accordance with the control operation content extracted by the extraction means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a transmitter which is built in a device to be remotely controlled, converts at least the control operation contents of the device into a signal, and transmits the signal, and a receiving means for receiving the signal transmitted by the transmitter. And a remote control device main body including control means for controlling the device based on the signal received by the receiving means.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, display means for displaying the content of the control operation and display for displaying on the display means the content of the control operation for controlling the device based on the signal received from the transmitter. And a control means.

[0009]

According to the invention described in claim 1, in a multi-remote control device having a storage means for storing at least a control operation content of a plurality of devices to be remote-controlled, the multi-remote control device is controlled. A transmitter for transmitting a signal for identifying a device, a receiving means for receiving the specific signal transmitted by the transmitter, and a control of a specific device from the storage means based on the signal received by the receiving means. The remote control device main body includes extraction means for extracting the operation content and control means for controlling the specific device in accordance with the control operation content extracted by the extraction means.

Therefore, it is not necessary to operate the model selection key, the key operation of the multi remote control device can be facilitated, and the multi remote control transmission device needs to be provided with the operation key for model selection. It can be eliminated, and the number of operation keys can be reduced.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a transmitter which is built in the device to be remotely controlled and which transmits at least the control operation contents of the device by converting the signal into a signal and receives the signal transmitted by the transmitter. A multi-remote control device is configured by the remote control device body including the receiving device and the control device that controls the device based on the signal received by the receiving device. Therefore, in the multi-remote control device, it is possible to remotely control the functions corresponding to all the functions of the device in which the transmitter is incorporated.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the content of the control operation for controlling the device based on the signal received from the transmitter is displayed on the display means by the display control means. You can check.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. (First Embodiment) FIGS. 1 to 10 are views showing a first embodiment of a multi-remote control device of the present invention. First, the configuration will be described. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of the multi-remote control transmission device 1. In this figure,
The multi-remote control transmitter 1 includes a transmitter 2 for transmitting a control infrared signal to a remote control target device, a receiver 3 for receiving an ID infrared signal from an ID transmitter described later, and a remote control operation. An LCD that displays the contents of the key arrangement and an operation display unit 4 that is provided with a touch sensor that covers the surface and is composed of a transparent piezoelectric element, a model indicator 5 that displays the selected model, and a multi-remote control transmission. An on / off switch 6 for turning on / off the power of the device 1 is provided.

FIG. 2 is a circuit block configuration diagram in the multi-remote control transmitter 1. In FIG. 2, the multi-remote control transmitter 1 includes a receiver 11, a converter 12, a CPU 13, a memory 14, and an LCD driver 15. , LCD 16, input unit 17, transmission unit 18, and LED 19.

The receiving section 11 has a function as a receiving means, is a receiving section for receiving an ID infrared signal transmitted from an ID transmitter described later, and outputs the received ID infrared signal to the converting section 12. . The conversion unit 12 converts the ID infrared signal input from the reception unit 11 into ID data and C
A circuit for outputting to the PU 13, and a transmitting unit 18 which outputs a drive signal for transmitting a control infrared signal from the transmitting unit 18 based on a control signal input by the CPU 13 based on an input signal input from an input unit 17 described later. It is a circuit that outputs to.

CPU (Central Processing Unit) 13
Is a control unit that has a function as an extraction unit and a control unit, and controls each circuit unit in the multi-remote control transmission device 1 based on a control program stored in the memory 4, and is input from the conversion unit 12. Based on the ID data, the display data of the operation key arrangement contents of the corresponding model is read from the memory 4, this display data is output to the LCD driver 15, the operation key arrangement is displayed on the LCD 16, and the corresponding model indicator 5 is displayed. Is turned on, and the input unit 17 is operated according to the displayed operation key arrangement contents.
Based on various key operation input signals input from the touch sensor, corresponding control signals are read from the memory 4 and output to the conversion unit 12.

The memory 4 has a function as a storage means and is a storage unit for storing the control contents of the multi-remote control transmission device 1, and L corresponds to the ID data.
A memory area for storing the contents of the operation key arrangement displayed on the CD 16 as display data, and a control signal corresponding to the input signal by the key operation input by the input unit 17 in correspondence with the contents of the operation key arrangement displayed on the LCD 16. To form a memory area and the like.

The LCD driver 15 is a drive unit for driving the LCD 16 based on display data indicating the contents of the operation key arrangement input from the CPU 13. LCD16 is I
A display unit for displaying the contents of the operation key arrangement read out from the memory area of the memory 14 based on the D data. The display contents are, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, TV key display examples and video key tables. There are examples, air conditioner key display examples, etc.
The display content is changed by the ID data from the ID transmitter.

In the case of the present embodiment, the operation key arrangement contents for two pages as in the TV key display example of FIG. 3 and the operation key arrangement contents for four pages as in the video key display example of FIG. As in the air conditioner key display example of FIG. 5, the operation key arrangement contents for two pages are stored in the memory 4, and the page key is displayed for each operation key display screen of each device. By doing so, the display contents can be switched to the key layout display contents for efficiently operating the function of the device.

The input section 17 is a touch sensor which is composed of a transparent piezoelectric element or the like and covers the surface of the LCD 16. The input section 17 is pressed by the touch sensor according to the contents of the operation keys displayed on the LCD 16. The control content of changes. The input unit 17 also outputs an input signal of the pressed key to the CPU 13.

The transmission unit 18 is a transmission unit that transmits a control infrared signal based on the control signal output from the CPU 13 and the drive signal input from the conversion unit 12. L
The ED 19 is for turning on the model indicator 5 in FIG. 1, and is driven based on a control signal input from the CPU 13.

FIG. 6 shows an ID transmitter 20 mounted on the equipment.
FIG. 2 is an external view of the ID transmitter 20, which includes a power cable 21 for connecting the ID transmitter 20 to an external AC power outlet, an ID signal transmitter 22, and the ID transmitter 2 on the back surface (not shown).
0 Attach the main body to a TV, video, air conditioner, etc. with adhesive tape.

FIG. 7 is a circuit block diagram of the ID transmitter 20, in which the ID transmitter 20 is a CP.
The U25, the ROM 26, the conversion unit 27, and the transmission unit 22 are included.

The CPU 25 is a circuit unit for extracting the ID data individually stored in the ROM 26 and outputting it to the conversion unit 27. A ROM (Read Only Memory) 26 is a storage unit that stores ID data individually set according to the device to which the ID transmitter 20 is attached. The conversion unit 27 is the CPU 2
Based on the ID data input by 5, the transmitter 22 outputs a drive signal for transmitting an ID infrared signal to the transmitter 28.

The transmitting unit 22 is a transmitting unit for transmitting an ID infrared signal indicating the ID data of the attached device based on the drive signal input by the converting unit 27. The transmitting unit 22 transmits the ID infrared signal in FIG. It The ID transmitter 20 is directly connected to the AC power source by the power cable 21, so that the ID infrared signal continues to be transmitted as long as the power is supplied.

FIG. 8 is an external view of another ID transmitter 30 different from the ID transmitter 20. In this figure, the ID transmitter 30 includes a power cable 31 similar to the ID transmitter 20. The transmitting unit 32 is provided, and the input unit 33 configured by an ID data changeover switch for switching the ID data set individually according to the attached device is provided.

FIG. 9 is a circuit block diagram of the ID transmitter 30. In this figure, the ID transmitter 30 is composed of the input section 33, the CPU 34, the ROM 35, the conversion section 36 and the transmission section 22. .

The CPU 34 receives the ID input by the switching operation of the ID data changeover switch in the input section 33.
ROM 35 of the corresponding device based on the data input data
Is a circuit unit that extracts the ID data individually stored in and outputs the ID data to the conversion unit 36. The ROM 35 is the ID transmitter 30.
Is a storage unit that stores ID data that is individually set according to the device to which the device is attached. The conversion unit 36 receives the ID from the transmission unit 32 based on the ID data input by the CPU 34.
A drive signal for transmitting an infrared signal is output to the transmitter 32.

The transmitting unit 32 is a transmitting unit for transmitting an ID infrared signal indicating the ID data of the attached device based on the drive signal input by the converting unit 36. The transmitting unit 32 transmits the ID infrared signal in FIG. It

Next, the operation will be described. First, FIG. 10 shows an example in which the ID transmitter 20 of the present embodiment is mounted on a television 40 capable of remote control, and is remotely operated by the multi-remote control transmission device 1. From the ID transmitter 20 mounted on the television 40, the ID data of the television 40 is transmitted to the multi-remote control transmitting device 1 as an ID infrared signal by the power supply from the AC power source.

In the multi-remote control transmitter 1, the ID infrared signal transmitted is received by the receiver 11 by directing the surface provided with the transmitter 2 and the receiver 3 toward the television 40 and the ID transmitter 20. And the conversion unit 12
When the ID data of the television is input to the CPU 13 based on the ID infrared signal by the conversion processing of, the display data of the operation key arrangement contents corresponding to the ID data of the television is read from the memory area of the memory 14, The operation key arrangement display data is output to the LCD driver 15,
Then, the LCD 16 displays the operation key arrangement contents of the first page shown in FIG. 3 as the operation key arrangement contents corresponding to the television 40, and drives the corresponding LED 19 to indicate that the operation device is the television. The model indicator 5 to be turned on is turned on.

Next, when the user presses the touch sensor of the input unit 17, an input signal corresponding to the pressed portion is output to the CPU 13, and the CPU 13 outputs a control signal corresponding to the input signal from the memory 14. It is read and output to the conversion unit 12. In the conversion unit 12, the drive signal is transmitted to the transmission unit 1 based on the input control signal.
When output to 8, the control infrared signal is transmitted from the transmission unit 18 based on the drive signal, and is transmitted from the transmission unit 2 to the reception unit 41 of the television 40, as shown in FIG.

For example, in the operation key arrangement display of FIG. Key or “+” for volume adjustment
When the touch sensor on the display area of the key or "-" key is pressed, the channel number. A control signal corresponding to each input signal of the key or the volume adjustment "+" key and "-" key is read from the memory 14, and the corresponding control infrared signal is transmitted to the television 40. Various operations such as a channel switching operation and a volume adjusting operation are performed by the control infrared signal received by the receiving unit 41.

As described above, the multi-remote control device is connected to the multi-remote control transmission device 1 and the ID.
The transmitter 20 and the ID transmitter 20 are mounted on the receiving unit 3 of the multi-remote control transmitter 1.
Since the contents of the operation key arrangement of the model to be remotely operated are automatically displayed only by pointing, the user does not need to operate the model selection key, and the key operation of the multi remote control device becomes easy. Further, the multi-remote control transmission device does not need to be provided with operation keys for model selection, and the number of operation keys can be reduced.

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a second embodiment of the multi-remote control device of the present invention. In this embodiment, an ID commander having a function of storing its own ID data, operation key arrangement content display data and control signal data inside a device capable of remote control operation and transmitting those data as an infrared signal. It is an example in the case of incorporating a thing.

First, the structure will be described. FIG. 11 is a circuit block diagram of the ID commander 50. In this figure, the ID commander 50 includes a CPU 51 and a ROM 5
2. The conversion unit 53 and the transmission unit 54.
When the on-infrared signal transmitted from the multi-remote control transmitter 1 of FIG. 1 is received and input by the receiver 60 of the built-in device, the CPU 51 receives the RO signal.
The ID data of the device, the operation key array content display data, and the control signal data stored in M52 are read out and converted into the conversion unit 5.
3 is a circuit section for outputting to 3.

The conversion unit 53 outputs a drive signal for transmitting an infrared signal from the transmission unit 54 to the transmission unit 54 based on the ID data, the operation key arrangement content display data and the control signal data input from the CPU 51.

The transmitter 54 transmits to the multi-remote control transmitter 1 an infrared signal indicating the ID of the built-in equipment, the operation key array contents display data and the control signal based on the drive signal input by the converter 53. It is a transmitting unit that does.

The external appearance and the circuit block configuration of the multi-remote control transmission device 1 are the same as those shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and therefore illustration and description thereof are omitted.

Next, the operation will be described. In the ID commander 50 built in the device, the receiving unit 6 of the device body
0 receives the on-infrared signal transmitted from the multi-remote control transmitter 1 of FIG.
When the data is input to 51, the CPU 51 reads out the device ID data, the operation key array content display data, and the control signal data stored in the ROM 52 and outputs them to the conversion unit 53.

In the conversion section 53, a drive signal for transmitting an infrared signal from the transmission section 54 is output to the transmission section 54 based on the ID data, the operation key arrangement content display data and the control signal data input from the CPU 51.

Next, in the transmitting unit 54, the ID of the built-in device based on the drive signal input from the converting unit 53,
An infrared signal indicating the operation key array content display data and the control signal data is transmitted to the multi remote control transmitter 1.

When the infrared signal transmitted from the ID commander 50 built into this device is received by the receiving section 11 of the multi-remote control transmitting device 1, the received ID data, operation key arrangement content display data and The infrared signal indicating the control signal data is converted into each data of ID, operation key array contents display and control signal by the conversion unit 12, and stored in the memory 14 by the CPU 13.
Then, the CPU 13 once reads the operation key arrangement content display data stored in the memory 14 and outputs the operation key arrangement content display data to the LCD driver 15, whereby the ID commander 50 is displayed on the LCD 16.
The contents of the operation key arrangement corresponding to the device with built-in are displayed.

Therefore, in the multi-remote control transmission device 1 of the first embodiment, the operation key arrangement contents and control signals of the equipment to be remotely operated are stored in the memory 14 in advance, so that the control contents may be limited. However, in the present embodiment, the ID commander 50 is built in a device that is remotely operated, and all control contents and all operation key arrangements of the device are transmitted to the multi-remote control transmitter 1 to store the display and control contents. Because I tried to let it, ID
The operation keys corresponding to all the operation contents of the device in which the commander 50 is built can be displayed, and all the functions of the device can be remotely controlled.

As a result, it is not necessary to previously store the operation key arrangement contents of the device and the control signal on the side of the multi-remote control transmitting device 1, and the trouble of storing the data can be omitted.

[0046]

According to the invention described in claim 1, it is not necessary to operate the model selection key, and the key operation of the multi remote control device can be facilitated.
The multi-remote control transmitter does not need to be provided with operation keys for selecting the model, and the number of operation keys can be reduced.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to remotely control the functions corresponding to all the functions of the device in which the transmitter is incorporated in the multi-remote control device.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the contents of the remote operation can be confirmed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a multi-remote control transmission device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a circuit block configuration diagram of the multi-remote control device of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of an operation key arrangement of a television displayed on the LCD of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example of a video operation key arrangement displayed on the LCD shown in FIG. 2;

5 is a diagram showing an example of operation key arrangement display of an air conditioner displayed on the LCD of FIG.

FIG. 6 is an external view of an ID transmitter according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a circuit block configuration diagram of the ID transmitter of FIG.

FIG. 8 is an external view of an ID transmitter having another configuration.

9 is a circuit block diagram of the ID transmitter of FIG.

FIG. 10 is an external view of a multi-remote control transmission device and an ID transmitter according to the present embodiment when used in a television.

FIG. 11 is a circuit block configuration diagram of an ID commander incorporated in a device for the multi-remote control device of the second embodiment to which the present invention is applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Multi-Remote Control Transmitter 2 Transmitter 3 Receiver 4 Operation Display 5 Model Indicator 6 ON / OFF Switch 11 Receiver 12 Converter 13 CPU 14 Memory 15 LCD Driver 16 LCD 17 Input 18 Transmitter 19 LEDs 20, 30 ID transmitter 21, 31 Power cable 22, 32 Transmitter 25, 34 CPU 26, 35 ROM 27, 36 Converter 33 Input unit 40 TV 41 Receiver 50 ID Commander 51 CPU 52 ROM 53 Converter 54 Transmitter 60 Device body Receiver of

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A multi-remote control device comprising at least storage means for storing control operation contents of a plurality of devices to be remote controlled, wherein the device transmitted from the device side controlled by the remote control code is Receiving means for receiving a specific signal, extracting means for extracting the control operation content of the specific device by the storage means based on the signal received by the receiving means, and the control operation content extracted by the extracting means. And a remote control device main body having control means for controlling the specific device in accordance with the above. 2. A transmitter which is built in a device to be remotely controlled and which converts the control operation contents of the device into a signal and transmits the signal, a receiving means for receiving the signal transmitted by the transmitter, and the receiving means. The multi-remote control device according to claim 1, further comprising: a remote control device main body including a control unit that controls the device based on the received signal. 3. Display means for displaying the control operation content, and display control means for displaying on the display means the control operation content for controlling the device based on the signal received from the transmitter. Claim 1 or Claim 2 characterized by comprising
The described multi-remote control device.