RU2616157C2 - Portable remote control device - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: physics, control and signalling.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a portable electric appliance remote control device. The portable electric appliance remote control device, in a housing in the form of a rectangular plate, has a front panel, a rear panel and lateral sides, wherein: on the front panel there is a keyboard for remote control of the electric appliance; on the rear panel there is a touchpad for editing information and inputting information into the electric appliance; and on one of the lateral sides there is a switch used for turning on one and turning off the other of the front panel and the rear panel, wherein the touchpad has a cursor positioning mode, an edit mode using the keyboard and a pen-based input mode; wherein the required mode is selected by moving fingers on the multi-touch touchpad to switch between said three modes.

EFFECT: enabling input of information into an smart home appliance.

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Description

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of home network technology and, in particular, to a portable remote control device.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

In the home network, the TV will play an important role in presenting the interface for a long time. Compared to an existing conventional TV, a home network TV has more functions and becomes a home entertainment center. As a center for human-machine interaction, providing a triple service, the function of television on demand (TV-On-Demand, TVOD), the function of organizing the network and the function of gaming entertainment that can be realized by a home network television, it uses the capabilities of the integrated circuit of an intelligent terminal and operating system of an intelligent terminal of an improved set-top box. The explosive growth of various applications is achieved as a result of the expansion of cross-platform programming technology and the successful operation of applied business models.

The existing TV remote control serves mainly to efficiently carry out channel selection and other needs of traditional television. However, the traditional remote control can do nothing for Internet applications, video games, home office and other functions of the new network television. The existing remote control is completely unable to meet the requirements of a smart TV for access to the Internet, entertainment and production.

Due to the interactive development of the computer, the keyboard and mouse are the main means of human-machine dialogue. An intelligent network television has the function of a traditional personal computer, so a partial use of a wireless keyboard is now available for interfacing with a network television. However, television and a personal computer have various features, so the simple combination of personal computer input devices with a television causes a lot of inconvenience; both the traditional TV user and the user who uses the TV to implement part of the functions of a personal computer do not satisfy their needs, which seriously affects the user's experience.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

To solve the problem of the prior art, that the home remote control can only control a traditional home appliance, the present invention provides a portable remote control device.

The portable remote control device is made in the case in the form of a rectangular plate and has a front panel, a rear panel and several sides; the keyboard is installed on the front panel for remote control of the appliance; a touch panel is installed on the rear panel for editing information and entering information into the appliance; The switch, which is used to turn one on and off the other from the front panel and rear panel, is installed on one of several sides.

In addition, the switch can also be used to switch to the mode of perception of gravity, in this mode, one of the front panel and rear panel, which is currently facing up, can be turned on by the panel.

In addition, the touchpad may have a cursor positioning mode, a keyboard editing mode, and a handwriting input mode; the desired mode can be selected by moving your fingers on the touch panel with a multi-point touch to switch between these three modes.

In addition, when the touch panel is in cursor positioning mode, the touch panel can be used to control the full screen of the appliance display and control the range of cursor movement on the display screen by moving speed on the touch panel with a single-point touch; when moving around the panel with a speed that is less than a predetermined value V of the speed limit, the ratio of the distance of movement along the panel to the distance of cursor movement can be W1; when moving around the panel with a speed that is greater than the predetermined value V of the speed limit, the ratio of the distance of movement along the panel to the distance of cursor movement can be W2, and W1 is greater than W2.

In addition, when the touch panel is in cursor positioning mode, the default editing mode can be entered with one click on the touch panel, and the default editing mode can be keyboard editing mode or handwriting mode.

In addition, when the touch panel is in edit mode using the keyboard, information can be edited using a flat keyboard, which is pre-made on the touch panel.

In addition, when the touch panel is in handwriting mode, handwriting can be made directly on the touch panel, and information input by handwriting can be determined according to content correspondingly appearing on the display screen of the electrical appliance.

In addition, when the touchpad is in edit mode using the keyboard, the cursor position on the display screen can be changed by moving your fingers with a two-point touch.

In addition, when the touch panel is in edit mode using the keyboard, the cursor can be moved to the first position using the touch panel, the shift key can be pressed and then the cursor can be moved to the second position; after the touch panel is released, the content between the first position and the second position may be highlighted content, and a delete button and a copy button may appear on the display screen to quickly target the selected content.

In addition, the portable remote control can use ZigBee, Bluetooth, or WiFi (Wireless Fidelity, "Wireless Precision") wireless technology as a means of transmitting signals.

The invention has the following beneficial effects: in addition to the advantages of a traditional remote control, such as portability, simplicity and low power consumption, the portable remote control device has a touch panel input mode as described, so that a user can easily enter information into an intelligent home device using this device , while the input is quick and intuitive; in addition, the numerous input modes provided for the touch panel are aimed at home use to meet the requirements of various situations; The portable remote control device can be used in numerous application scenarios, such as a traditional home appliance, a home network, and mobile social activities.

Brief Description of the Drawings

FIG. 1 is an illustration for comparing the shape of a portable remote control device as described and a conventional remote control device.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a portable remote control device according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of a portable remote control device according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 4 is an illustration of switching modes of a touch panel using movements on the rear panel of a portable remote control device according to an embodiment of the invention.

Detailed description

The invention is further explained in conjunction with the drawings and embodiments of the invention. It should be understood that the specific forms of implementation described herein are used only to illustrate the invention and are not intended to limit it.

FIG. 1 is an illustration for comparing the shape of a portable remote control device as described and a conventional remote control device; a portable remote control device, as described, is made in a rectangular plate-shaped body and includes a front panel, a rear panel and sides; a keyboard is installed on the front panel to remotely control the appliance; a touch panel is installed on the rear panel for editing information and entering information into the appliance; The switch, which is used to turn one on and off the other from the front panel and rear panel, is installed on one of the sides.

Using the portable remote control device as described, it is possible, on the one hand, to perform a conventional remote control operation for home appliances and, on the other hand, to enter information into smart appliances via a touch panel to perform many usage tasks. The portable remote control device is compact in size as described; the sizes can be set like a rectangle with an aspect ratio of 16: 9, which is the same as the aspect ratio of the screen of a high-definition TV, and similar to the screen size of a modern smart phone (smartphone); the reason for this design is that the excess size of the remote control of the home appliance will create inconvenience to the user. With this size limitation, the remote control device as described combines the remote control function and the predictive input function together.

As shown in FIG. 2, the traditional remote control keyboard is located on the front panel of the portable remote control device; the protruding keyboard can be replaced with a flat keyboard to provide the feeling of using the back of the remote control. As shown in FIG. 3, the opposite panel of the remote control device is a full-screen touch panel; in the embodiment of FIG. 3 a standard keyboard for editing text information is printed on the touch panel.

The side of the remote control device is equipped with a mode switch in order to switch, in addition to the keys of a conventional TV remote control on the front panel, a touch panel on the opposite panel and control means that perceives gravity. When the mode switch key selects the keyboard mode on the front panel, power is supplied to the front panel and the power of the touch panel on the back panel stops. Keyboard selection on the back panel is done in the same way. When control is selected that is sensitive to gravity, the choice of front panel or back panel is determined by the direction of gravity; if the upward facing panel is a live panel, then the other panel enters a low power state.

As for the touch panel, the touch panel of an intelligent touch electric appliance, such as a touch screen television, is a display screen; the touch point and the content control point coincide completely, so that the touch does not need a cursor for positioning, you can position it just by touching the desired position on the screen, and touching with moving along the surface can move the cursor. A touch-screen TV performs the functions of moving the cursor to a position, click, input using the keyboard or handwriting, and so on by directly touching a relatively large screen; since the TV is usually located at a distance, which gives the user a lot of inconvenience, such a product has few practical applications. On the other hand, the touchpad, which is similar to the touchpad of a laptop, integrates with the keyboard; such a touchpad (touchpad) is used only to move the cursor; to edit information, you need to use the keyboard; The disadvantage of this design is that the remote control device is too large to work with only one hand.

The touch panel as described has several modes, which are divided into the following three modes:

1: Cursor positioning mode.

2: Keyboard editing mode.

3: Handwriting mode.

Using multi-point touch to perform mode switching, it is possible to realize that each mode occupies the entire area of the touch panel, which is equivalent to an increase in physical size by 3 times.

In particular, when using a 4-point touch to perform a mode switch, the control movement is shown in FIG. 4, moving from left to right, then the mode switch ends. Under the action of switching the operating mode, moving horizontally with four fingers implements a cycle of three modes, which is accordingly displayed on the display screen of the appliance, so that the operator can see the current mode for further selection.

To switch among these three modes, there are several forms, as indicated below.

The cursor positioning mode switches to the editing mode using the keyboard. If the cursor enters the text input area, double-clicking with one finger can switch the cursor mode to the input mode using the keyboard. Or, after using some keys on the interface, such as the comment button or the mail button, the text input mode must be entered, and the text input window pops up after the button is pressed. Text input mode is the default keyboard mode, and it can be set in the same way as handwriting mode.

Keyboard editing mode or handwriting mode switches to cursor positioning mode. After the current input is completed, the system has the OK key to indicate that the current text input is completed; the system sends a mode switch command to the remote control, and then the remote control switches to cursor mode.

In particular, in cursor mode, a motion design with one-finger movement has been adopted. For the purpose of such a specific television control scenario, the touch panel is small, but the screen is large, one-finger control also has special controls. If the touch panel area represents the entire TV panel, it is difficult to control precise and small-scale movement and selection. If the area of the remote control device is definitely set to 1/4 or 1/9 and 1/16 of the television panel, then the large-scale movement of the cursor on the panel needs several operations. Thus, the invention proposes the use of speed to distinguish a range of movement by touching the cursor, that is, slow movement is used to control fine-scale precise movement, and fast movement is used to control large-scale rough movement. When moving at a speed that is less than a predetermined speed limit value V, the ratio of the distance the finger moves across the screen to the distance the cursor moves is W1; when moving at a speed that is greater than a predetermined speed limit value V, the ratio of the distance of the finger to the distance of the cursor is W2, and W1> W2. The other two speed limit values can also be set; in particular, speed limits v1 and v2 are established, with 0 <v1 <v2. When the speed of moving the touch is less than v1, the control area of the touch panel is equivalent to 1/16 of the full television screen; when the touch movement speed is between v1 and v2, the control area of the touch panel is equivalent to 1/4 of the full television screen; when the touch travel speed is greater than v2, the touch panel control area is equivalent to a full television screen.

In addition, in cursor mode, double-clicking with one finger indicates confirmation and is equivalent to the enter key; if the current cursor is on the application icon, then double-click indicates the application is running. When performing operations with two fingers, two fingers spread apart to enlarge the image. Two fingers slide in parallel to move the entire interface, which is equivalent to the movement of moving one finger in a smartphone.

In keyboard mode, to support keyboard mode, the letters, numbers, page up, page down, one character return, case shift, and so on are printed on the touch panel in advance according to the standard keyboard. One-point operation is equivalent to pressing a single key. In keyboard mode, the two-point touch function is overridden, and this function is different from the two-point touch function in cursor mode. Keyboard mode is used to enter text; problems that need to be addressed are entering letters or pinyin characters (transliteration of Chinese characters), determining the editing position, selecting, copying, pasting and deleting paragraphs, and other operations. In keyboard mode, the current cursor or screen entry point should be in the text editing area; in the process of entering text, it is necessary to change the position of the text entry point, the movements of one finger are fully used for the input of pinyin or the English alphabet, and the change in the position of editing or changing the text can be determined only by a two-point touch or multi-point touch. From the analysis of the movements necessary when entering text using the keyboard, it follows that the movement of the editing cursor can be a movement, which, if necessary, is second only to character input. In this regard, in addition to using the cursor keys and page keys to control the cursor movement, two fingers touch is used to control the position of the input cursor. In addition, copy, delete, and paste functions must also be supported in edit mode. The action associated with the copy function is the selection, which is implemented in the keyboard mode in four steps: firstly, by moving the cursor to a specific position; secondly, by pressing the register shift key; thirdly, by moving the cursor again, highlighting the range between the area defined in the first step, and the cursor as an area; when two fingers leave the keyboard, the area is determined, the register switch key is locked, and the button for deleting or copying appears on the interface; fourthly, moving the cursor to select an operating mode; if another movement appears, the current selected area disappears; Submitting to the last cursor position, input and editing continue.

In handwriting mode, the handwriting interface appears on the corresponding TV screen. For a motion project in handwriting mode, touching one finger is used to enter text, and touching two fingers is used to control the cursor; if the cursor enters the text editing area, then the text input position is set. When the cursor is in the ink input control interface, it obeys the control function during the release of the touch position, other operations are performed, such as selecting text or deleting and returning one character. A three-finger movement determines that moving from left to right indicates that the text that you want to select for input is flipping back, and moving from right to left indicates that the text that you need to select for input is flipping forward.

In addition, with regard to signaling standards, the traditional remote control uses infrared transmission; The transmission speed of the infrared diode is usually not more than 100 bytes / s, but the transmission speed required when performing input by touching is very increased and infrared transmission cannot satisfy the input requirement using the touch panel. The transmission standard as described has been changed from the traditional infrared transmission standard to ZigBee or low power Bluetooth or WiFi mode to meet the transmission speed and usability requirements.

The portable remote control device as described covers the form, panel design, mode design and motion design and takes into account the portability, simplicity and low power consumption of a traditional remote control; in addition, the input mode is entered via the touch panel, which is fast and intuitive; The portable remote control device as described can be applied to numerous application scenarios, such as the Internet and mobile community activities.

Although preferred embodiments have been disclosed to give an example embodiment of the invention, those skilled in the art will understand that the invention may also have various improvements, additions and substitutions; thus, the scope of the invention is not limited to the above forms of implementation.

Claims (17)

1. A portable device for remote control of an electrical appliance, in a case in the form of a rectangular plate, having a front panel, a rear panel and sides, in which: on the front panel there is a keyboard for remote control of the appliance; on the rear panel there is a touch panel for editing information and entering information into the appliance; and a switch is installed on one of the sides, which is used to turn one on and off the other from the front panel and back panel, at the same time, the touch panel has a cursor positioning mode, a keyboard editing mode, and a handwriting input mode; moreover, the necessary mode is selected by moving the fingers on the touch panel with a multi-point touch to switch between these three modes. 2. The portable remote control device according to claim 1, in which the switch is also used to switch to the mode of perception of gravity, while in the mode of perception of gravity, one of the front panel and rear panel, which is directed upward at the present time, is the included panel. 3. The portable remote control device according to claim 1, wherein, when the touch panel is in cursor positioning mode, the touch panel is used to control the full screen of the appliance display and control the range of cursor movement on the display screen by moving speed on the touch panel with a one-point touch; moreover, when moving around the panel with a speed that is less than a predetermined value of the speed limit V, the ratio of the distance of movement along the panel to the distance of cursor movement is W1, and when moving around the panel with a speed that is greater than a predetermined value of the speed limit V, the ratio of the distance of movement along the panel to the distance of movement of the cursor is W2, and W1 is greater than W2. 4. The portable remote control device according to claim 1, wherein, when the touch panel is in the cursor positioning mode, entering the default editing mode is carried out with one click on the touch panel, while the default editing mode is the editing mode using the keyboard or handwriting mode. 5. The portable remote control device according to claim 4, wherein when the touch panel is in edit mode using the keyboard, the information is edited using a flat keyboard, which is previously made on the touch panel. 6. The portable remote control device according to claim 4, wherein when the touch panel is in handwriting mode, handwriting is performed directly on the touch panel and information entered by handwriting is determined according to the content correspondingly appearing on the display screen of the electrical appliance. 7. The portable remote control device according to claim 5, wherein when the touch panel is in edit mode using the keyboard, the cursor position on the display screen is changed by moving your fingers with a two-point touch. 8. The portable remote control device according to claim 7, in which, when the touch panel is in edit mode using the keyboard, the cursor is moved to the first position via the touch panel, press the shift key and then the cursor is moved to the second position; and, after the touch panel is released, the content between the first position and the second position is the highlighted content, and a delete button and a copy button appear on the display screen to quickly target the selected content. 9. The portable remote control device according to claim 1, wherein when the touch panel is in cursor positioning mode, the touch panel is used to control the full screen display of the electronic device and speed limits v1 and v2 are set, and 0 <v1 <v2, while when the touch movement speed is less than v1, the touch panel control area is equivalent to 1/16 of the full screen display; when the touch movement speed is between v1 and v2, the control area of the touch panel is equivalent to 1/4 of the full screen display; when the touch travel speed is greater than v2, the touch panel control area is equivalent to a full television screen. 10. Portable remote control device according to any one of paragraphs. 1-9, which uses ZigBee, Bluetooth, or WiFi wireless technology to transmit signals.

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