KR20040103603A - Remote Controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A remote control device is provided to easily and conveniently use complex and various digital multimedia equipments by having a pointing stick inside. CONSTITUTION: A key input unit receives button selection information inputted by a user. A pointing stick part detects movement of a pointing stick(225) inputted by the user and converts the detected pointing stick movement information into vector data. An encoder encodes the button selection information transmitted from the key input unit and the vector data transmitted from the pointing stick part. A transmitter transmits the data transmitted from the encoder to the corresponding receiver through a transmission channel.

Description

Remote controller

The present invention relates to a remote control device having a built-in pointing stick (Pointing Stick) to adjust the channel switching or volume by the pressing direction and the magnitude of the pressure.

In general, an electronic device is provided with a remote controller (hereinafter, referred to as a remote controller) that makes television, video, air conditioning, etc., convenient to operate its functions.

Using the remote control, such as pressing the key (key) installed on the product itself can execute the function automatically at a certain distance without executing the function to maximize the user's convenience.

Therefore, almost all electric devices perform each function of the electric machine by remote control using a remote controller.

Hereinafter, a remote controller as described above will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view schematically showing the external structure of a conventional remote controller.

Referring to FIG. 1, the outside of the remote controller includes a numeric key region 100, a function key region 110, and a direction key region 120.

The numeric keys, function keys and direction keys are in the form of buttons.

Therefore, if the user wants to input the numeric keys, the desired number keys are pressed in the numeric key area 100.

In addition, when the user wants to input a function key, the user presses a desired function key in the function key area 110. Then, the function corresponding to the function key selected by the user is performed.

In addition, the user presses the direction keys to perform functions such as volume control and channel adjustment.

For example, it is assumed that the up and down direction keys of the direction key region 120 are set to channel + / channel-.

If the user is currently watching channel 9 and wants to receive the broadcast of channel 19, the user presses the up arrow key 10 times in the arrow key area 120 or continues to press the up arrow key until the broadcast of the channel 19 is received. Then, the broadcast of channel 19 desired by the user is received.

However, since the conventional remote controller is configured in the form of a button, it is inconvenient for the user to press the same key several times or long press the user to switch channels or adjust the volume or to move the position of the cursor on the screen. .

In addition, as the functions of digital multimedia devices using remote controllers such as digital TVs / DVDs have recently been expanded, the conventional button-type remote controllers cannot fully support the functions. There was a ham.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a remote control device that can easily and conveniently use digital multimedia devices that are increasingly complicated / diversified by embedded with a pointing stick.

1 is a view schematically showing the external structure of a conventional remote control.

Figure 2 is a schematic view showing the external structure of the remote control according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a block diagram schematically showing the internal configuration of a remote control according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flow chart showing the operation of the remote control according to an embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

225: pointing stick 300: key input unit

310: pointing stick portion 320: encoder

330: transmitter

According to an aspect of the present invention to achieve the above object, in the remote control device consisting of a button key area and a pointing stick area consisting of numeric keys and function keys, a key input unit for receiving button selection information input by the user, After detecting the movement of the pointing stick input by the pointing stick unit for converting the detected pointing stick movement information into the vector data, the button selection information transmitted from the key input unit, the vector data transmitted from the pointing stick unit An encoder for encoding, and a remote control unit for transmitting the data transmitted from the encoder to the receiver through a transmission channel is provided.

The pointing stick is operated by a direction / pressure sensor.

The pointing stick part converts the pointing stick motion information into vector data since the pointing stick motion information is expressed in direction and intensity.

The function is controlled by the magnitude of the pressure at which the pointing stick is pressed.

The button selection information is one of numeric button selection information and function button selection information.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a view schematically showing an external structure of a remote controller according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the outside of the remote controller includes a numeric key region 200, a function key region 210, and a pointing stick region 220.

The numeric keys of the numeric key area 200 and the functional keys of the function key area 210 are in the form of buttons.

Therefore, when the user wants to input the numeric keys, the desired number keys are pressed in the numeric key area 200.

In addition, if the user wants to input a function key, press the desired function key in the function key area 210. Then, the function corresponding to the function key selected by the user is performed.

The pointing stick 225 of the pointing stick area 220 uses a pressure sensor function and is used for channel switching, volume adjustment, cursor movement, menu movement, and the like.

Here, the pointing stick 225 refers to a pointing device using a pressure sensor that is recently used in a notebook, a PDA, and the like.

The pointing stick 225 employs a direction / pressure sensor to obtain vector data on a direction and intensity that a user wants to operate to perform a corresponding function.

That is, the user exerts pressure on the pointing stick 225 in a direction corresponding to the desired function to perform the desired function.

For example, it is assumed that the up / down direction of the pointing stick 225 is set to channel + / channel-.

If the user is currently watching channel 9 and wants to receive a broadcast of channel 19, the user presses the pointing stick 225 hard upwards. Then, the broadcast of channel 19 desired by the user is received.

In other words, if the pointing stick 225 is pushed harder upward, the speed of increasing the channel is faster, and pressing harder downward is faster the speed of decreasing the channel. Function is provided.

Hereinafter, an internal configuration of a remote controller having an external structure as described above will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

3 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an internal configuration of a remote controller according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the inside of the remote controller includes a key input unit 300, a pointing stick unit 310, an encoder 320, and a transmitter 330.

The key input unit 300 receives button selection information such as numeric keys and function keys input by a user.

The pointing stick unit 310 detects the movement of the pointing stick input by the user and converts the detected pointing stick movement information into vector data. That is, the user applies pressure to the pointing stick in a direction corresponding to a desired function in order to perform a function such as channel switching and volume adjustment, so that the pointing stick unit 310 transmits the pointing stick movement information to the user's operation. It converts into vector data according to the direction of the key and the intensity of pressing.

The encoder 320 encodes the button selection information transmitted from the key input unit 300 and transmits the encoded code to the transmitter 330.

In addition, the encoder 320 encodes the vector data transmitted from the pointing stick unit 310 and transmits the encoded vector data to the transmitter 330.

The transmitter 330 transmits the data transmitted from the encoder 320 to the receiver through a transmission channel. In this case, the transmission channel may be any type of channel such as IR / RF.

Hereinafter, the operation of the remote controller configured as described above will be described.

When the button selection information is received from the user, the key input unit 300 transmits the button selection information to the encoder 320. Then, the encoder 320 encodes the transmitted button selection information to the corresponding receiver and transmits it to the transmitter 330, and the transmitter 330 transmits the encoded data through the transmission channel. To transmit.

Then, the receiver performs a function corresponding to the button selection information.

For example, when the user selects the reserved recording button in the function key area, the reserved recording button selection information is converted to the receiver by the encoder 320 and then encoded and transmitted to the VTR through the transmitter 330. .

When the pointing stick movement information is received from the user, the pointing stick unit 310 converts the pointing stick movement information into vector data.

Then, the pointing stick unit 310 transmits the vector data to the encoder 320, and the encoder 320 encodes the vector data to the receiver and transmits the vector data to the receiver through the transmitter 330. do.

4 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of a remote controller according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the remote controller determines whether button selection information is received from the user (S400).

When the button selection information is received as a result of the determination in step 400, the remote controller encodes the button selection information into a form that can be understood by the corresponding receiver (S402), and then transmits the encoded data to the corresponding receiver through a transmission channel. (S404).

If the button selection information is not received and the pointing stick motion information is received (S406), the remote controller converts the pointing stick motion information into vector data (S408).

Then, the remote controller encodes the converted vector data into a form that can be understood by the corresponding receiver (S402), and transmits the encoded data to the corresponding receiver through a transmission channel (S404).

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and many variations are possible by those skilled in the art within the spirit of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, when using a function such as channel switching / volume adjustment / cursor movement / menu movement by utilizing the pressure sensor function of the pointing stick, a faster movement / channel switching and the like according to the user's pointing stick operation state It can provide a remote control device that can provide the function of.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a remote control device that can be utilized for advanced functions such as web browser operation.

Claims (1)

In the remote control device consisting of a button key area and a pointing stick area including a numeric key and a function key, A key input unit for receiving button selection information input by a user; A pointing stick unit for detecting a movement of a pointing stick input by a user and converting the detected pointing stick movement information into vector data; An encoder for encoding button selection information transmitted from the key input unit and vector data transmitted from the pointing stick unit; Transmitter for transmitting the data transmitted from the encoder to the receiver through a transmission channel Remote control device comprising a.