TWI831966B - Remote control - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a remote control. The remote control includes: a housing; a touch panel disposed on the housing; a signal generator, a signal transmitting module and a controller disposed inside the housing. The touch panel, the signal generator and the signal transmitting module are electrically connected to the controller. When a user triggers different positions of the touch panel or triggers different operation modes of the touch panel, the controller can trigger the signal generator to generate different control signals and send the control signals to the signal transmitting module, and the signal transmitting module transmits the control signal to a television to control the television to perform different functions. The remote control can control the television more conveniently and improve the user experience.

Description

remote control

The invention relates to a remote control.

With the rapid development of technology, Internet TV has become a standard appliance in every home. However, human-computer interaction through a remote control is far less convenient and fast than using a smartphone. Most remote controls use the traditional layout of up, down, left, and right plus confirmation keys, which is very cumbersome to operate. Especially when searching for the desired content in the search bar, you need to repeatedly look for the first letter of the keyword.

In view of this, it is necessary to provide a remote control with a touch panel to solve the above technical problems.

A first aspect of this application provides a remote control. The remote control includes: a housing; a touch panel provided on the housing; a signal generator, a signal transmitting module and a controller provided inside the housing. The touch panel, signal generator and signal transmitting module are all electrically connected to the controller; when the user triggers different positions of the touch panel or triggers different operating modes of the touch panel, the controller Trigger the signal generator to generate different control signals, and send the control signals to the signal transmitting module. The signal transmitting module transmits the control signals to the television to control the television to execute different function.

Preferably, the remote control further includes physical buttons arranged below the touch panel, including a multi-function button, a home button and a return button.

Preferably, the touch panel includes a middle area and a frame area, the middle area is located in the middle of the touch panel, and the frame area is located around the touch panel.

Preferably, the remote control further includes a backlight arranged inside the housing. When the middle area receives a downward quick press and slide operation, the backlight is lit and a hidden virtual image is displayed in the middle area. Keyboard, the virtual keyboard includes letters, digits, symbols, blank keys and return keys.

Preferably, the operation mode of the touch panel includes a normal interface operation mode and a full-screen playback interface operation mode. When the touch panel works in the normal interface operation mode, when the middle area receives a single-finger press and slide operation , triggering the remote controller to control the movement of the selection box in the main menu interface of the TV.

Preferably, when the middle area receives a single-finger press operation, the confirmation operation of the remote control to control the TV is triggered; when the middle area receives a single-finger upward quick press and slide operation, the remote control is triggered. The remote control controls the return operation of the TV; when the middle area receives a two-finger upward or downward pressing and sliding operation, the remote control is triggered to control the volume of the TV; when the middle area receives a three-finger upward or downward When the slide operation is pressed down, the remote control is triggered to control the screen brightness of the display screen of the television.

Preferably, when the touch panel operates in the full-screen playback interface operation mode, the middle area of the touch panel is divided into a left half area and a right half area.

Preferably, when the right half area receives a single click operation with a single finger, the remote control is triggered to perform a switching operation; when the left half area receives a single click operation with a single finger, all the remote controls are triggered. The remote control executes the cut Switch to the previous operation; when receiving a single finger pressing and sliding operation to the left or right from the middle area, trigger the remote control to adjust the playback progress of the TV.

Preferably, when a single finger is received to quickly press and slide to the left from the middle area, the remote controller is triggered to control the bottom of the display interface of the TV to display an information bar; when a single finger is received from the middle area to When you quickly press and slide to the right once, the remote controller is triggered to control the program list column displayed on the left side of the display interface of the TV; when an operation of double-clicking the middle area with a single finger is received, the remote controller is triggered. Control the current display interface of the TV to pause; when an operation of pressing the middle area twice with a single finger is received again, trigger the remote control to control the current display interface of the TV to resume from pause to normal playback.

Preferably, the voice input function of the remote control is triggered by long pressing a blank key in the virtual keyboard.

Preferably, when a short press of the multi-function button is received, the remote controller is triggered to control the current display interface of the TV to call out a convenient multi-function selection menu corresponding to different scenes; when a short press of the Home button is received, When the button is pressed, the remote controller is triggered to control the current display interface of the TV to return to the homepage; when the operation of long pressing the Home button is received, the remote controller is triggered to control the current display interface of the TV to call out the voice assistant. ; When the operation of short pressing the return button is received, the remote controller is triggered to control the return operation of the current display interface of the TV; when the operation of long pressing the return button is received, the remote controller is triggered to control the return operation of the current display interface of the TV; The current display interface of the TV calls out the "power off/standby/restart" selection menu; when the TV is in the power off/standby state, when the operation of long pressing the return button is received, the remote control is triggered to control the The TV is turned on.

Compared with the prior art, this application provides a remote control with a console. When the user triggers different positions of the touch panel or triggers different operating modes of the touch panel, the controls in the remote control The trigger signal generator generates different control signals and sends the control signals to the signal transmitting module. The signal transmitting module transmits the control signals to the television to control the television to perform different functions. The remote control provided by this application can control the TV more conveniently, which improves the user experience.

1:Remote control

2:TV

10: Shell

11:Touch panel

12:Physical buttons

13:Microphone

14: Signal generator

15: Signal transmitting module

16:Power supply

17:Wireless charging module

18:Controller

19:Backlight

20:Select box

110:Middle area

1101: Left half area

1102:Right half area

111:Border area

120: Multi-function key

121:Home button

122:Return key

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of the remote control when the backlight of the present invention is in an extinguished state.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of the remote control when the backlight of the present invention is on.

Figure 3 is a schematic circuit structure diagram of a preferred embodiment of the remote control of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of the TV interface controlled by the remote controller of the present invention in normal mode.

Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of interaction between a remote control and a television set according to the present invention.

Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of the touch panel in the remote control of the present invention.

Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of the TV interface controlled by the remote controller in the full-screen playback mode of the present invention.

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts fall within the scope of protection of the present invention.

Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the technical field to which the invention belongs. The terminology used herein in the description of the invention is for the purpose of describing specific embodiments only and is not intended to limit the invention. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

Some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following embodiments and features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

Refer to Figures 1, 2 and 3 for schematic diagrams of preferred embodiments of the remote control of the present invention. In this embodiment, the remote control 1 includes, but is not limited to, a housing 10 , a touch panel 11 and physical buttons 12 provided on the housing 10 .

In this embodiment, the remote control 1 uses the long and flat design of a traditional remote control. Different from traditional remote controls, the front of the remote control 1 includes a touch panel 11 and three physical buttons 12 .

The three physical buttons 12 are arranged below the touch panel 11 , and from left to right are the multi-function button 120 , the home button 121 and the return button 122 . By pressing the multi-function key 120, the shortcut functions corresponding to the TV 2 in different application scenarios can be triggered, such as deletion, copying, sharing and other functions; by short pressing the Home button 121, the TV 2 can be triggered to return from the current page. In the main menu interface, long pressing the Home button 121 can wake up the voice assistant function of the remote control. By short pressing the return key 122, the TV 2 can be triggered to return from the current interface to the previous interface; by long pressing the return key 122, the display interface of the TV 2 can be triggered to display "power off, standby, restart". Select the menu interface. In this embodiment, when the television 2 is in a power-off or standby state, long pressing the return key 122 can trigger the remote controller 1 to control the television 2 to turn on.

In this embodiment, the main menu interface is the home page interface that is entered when the TV 2 is turned on, as shown in Figure 4. Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of the TV interface controlled by the remote controller of the present invention in normal mode. Wherein, the television interface includes a selection box 20 .

In this embodiment, the short press refers to pressing for a short time. For example, the time for pressing the Home button 121 is less than or equal to the first preset time (such as 2 seconds). The long press refers to pressing for a long time. For example, the time for pressing the Home button 121 is greater than or equal to the second preset time (such as 5 seconds). It should be noted that the second preset time is greater than the first preset time, and the first preset time and the second preset time can also be other lengths of time, and are not limited to 2 in this application. seconds and 5 seconds.

Please continue to refer to Figure 3. In other embodiments, the remote control 1 further includes a microphone 13 for receiving voice information. For example, when the microphone 13 receives the voice information and the controller 18 recognizes that the voice information corresponds to the instruction "Hello Kong Kong", the voice assistant function of the remote control 1 can be awakened.

Please continue to refer to FIG. 3. In this embodiment, the remote control 1 also includes at least one signal generator 14, a signal transmitting module 15, a power supply 16, a wireless charging module 17 and a control module disposed inside the housing 10. Device 18. The touch panel 11 , physical buttons 12 , signal generator 14 , signal transmitting module 15 , power supply 16 , and wireless charging module 17 are all electrically connected to the controller 18 .

When the user triggers different positions of the touch panel 11 or triggers different operating modes of the touch panel 11 , the controller 18 triggers the signal generator 14 to generate different control signals and sends the control signals. To the signal transmitting module 15, the control signal is transmitted to the television 2 through the signal transmitting module 15 to control the television 2 to perform different functions, as shown in Figure 5.

In this embodiment, the power supply 16 is a rechargeable power supply. The rechargeable power source may be a lithium battery. The wireless charging module 17 can charge the rechargeable power supply in the remote control 1 .

The controller 18 can also control the power supply 16 to provide power to the remote control 1 when the user presses the touch panel 11 .

In this embodiment, the application provides a remote control that includes a touch panel. The user can control the TV 2 interface by moving fingers on the touch panel instead of the up, down, left, and right keys in the prior art remote control. select box on. In this embodiment, the touch panel 11 includes a middle area 110 and a frame area 111, as shown in FIG. 6 . The middle area 110 is located in the middle of the touch panel 11 and can light up the backlight 19 to display a virtual keyboard, as shown in FIG. 2 . The backlight 19 is disposed inside the housing 10 and is electrically connected to the controller 18 . The virtual keyboard may include letters, digits, symbols, a blank key and a back key. The virtual keyboard may be displayed like a keyboard in the middle area 110 . Users can search for the programs they want to watch by selecting the letter virtual buttons.

In this embodiment, the operation modes of the touch panel 11 include a normal interface operation mode and a full-screen playback interface operation mode.

When the touch panel 11 works in the normal interface operation mode, as shown in FIG. 4 , when a finger presses and slides with a single finger on the middle area 110 of the touch panel 11 , the main menu interface of the TV 2 can be controlled. The selection box 20 moves; when the middle area 110 receives a single click operation with a single finger, a "confirm" operation can be triggered. When the middle area 110 receives a single-point upward quick press and slide operation, a "return" operation may be triggered.

When the middle area 110 receives a two-finger upward or downward pressing and sliding operation, the remote controller 1 can be triggered to control the volume of the TV 2 . For example, when the middle area 110 receives two fingers pressing and sliding from bottom to top, the remote control 1 is triggered to increase the volume of the TV 2; when the middle area 110 receives two fingers pressing and sliding from top to bottom. When , the remote control 1 is triggered to reduce the volume of the TV 2 .

When the middle area 110 receives a three-finger upward or downward pressing and sliding operation, the remote control 1 can be triggered to control the screen brightness of the display screen of the television 2 . For example, when the middle area 110 receives three fingers pressing and sliding from bottom to top, the remote control 1 is triggered to increase the screen brightness of the display screen of the TV 2; when the middle area 110 receives three fingers pressing and sliding from top to bottom. When the remote control 1 is pressed and slid downward, the remote control 1 is triggered to reduce the screen brightness of the display screen of the TV 2 .

When the touch panel 11 works in the full-screen playback interface operation mode, the middle area 110 of the touch panel 11 can be divided into a left half area 1101 and a right half area 1102, as shown in FIG. 6 .

When the right half area 1102 receives a single click operation with a single finger, the remote control 1 can be triggered to perform a switching operation to the next one. For example, when the remote control 1 corresponds to Zhejiang Satellite TV playing on the TV 2, press the right half area 1102 with a single finger to switch to the next program Hunan Satellite TV.

When the left half area 1101 receives a single click operation with a single finger, the remote control 1 can be triggered to perform a switching operation to the previous one. For example, when the remote control 1 corresponds to the TV 2 being When Hunan Satellite TV is playing, press the left half area 1101 with a single finger to switch to the previous program Zhejiang Satellite TV.

When the right half area 1102 receives a single-finger upward or downward pressing and sliding operation, the remote control 1 can be triggered to adjust the volume of the television 2 . For example, when the right half area 1102 receives a single finger pressing and sliding from bottom to top, the remote control 1 is triggered to increase the volume of the TV 2; when the right half area 1102 receives a single finger pressing and sliding from top to bottom. When sliding, the remote control 1 is triggered to reduce the volume of the TV 2 .

When the left half area 1101 receives a single-finger upward or downward pressing and sliding operation, the remote control 1 can be triggered to adjust the brightness of the display screen of the television 2 . For example, when the left half area 1101 receives a single finger pressing and sliding from bottom to top, the remote control 1 is triggered to increase the screen brightness of the display screen of the TV 2; When pressed and slid from top to bottom, the remote control 1 is triggered to reduce the screen brightness of the display screen of the television 2 .

When receiving a single finger pressing and sliding to the left or right from the horizontal direction of the middle area 110, the remote control 1 can be triggered to adjust the playback progress of the TV 2. For example, when a finger is received to press and slide horizontally from left to right in the middle area 110, the remote control 1 is triggered to adjust the TV 2 to fast forward the currently playing program; when a finger is received to move horizontally from the middle area 110 When the direction is pressed and slid from right to left, the remote control 1 is triggered to adjust the television 2 to rewind the currently played program.

When receiving an operation of quickly pressing and sliding one finger from the middle area 110 from right to left, the remote controller 1 can be triggered to control the bottom of the display interface of the TV 2 to display an information bar. For example, when an operation of pressing and sliding the finger from the middle area 110 once from right to left is received within a preset time, the preset time is less than or equal to 0.5 seconds. The information column displays information including program name, play time, volume, etc. When the same pressing and sliding operation is performed again, the information bar can be closed.

When receiving an operation of quickly pressing and sliding one finger from the middle area 110 from left to right, the remote controller 1 can be triggered to control the left side of the display interface of the TV 2 to display a program list. Place The program list includes channel list (as shown in Figure 7), specific program list and other information. When the same pressing and sliding operation is performed again, the list can be closed.

When receiving an operation of pressing the middle area 110 twice with a single finger, the remote controller 1 can be triggered to control the current display interface of the TV 2 to pause. When an operation of double-clicking the middle area 110 with a single finger is received again, the remote controller 1 can be triggered to control the current display interface of the TV 2 to resume from pause to normal playback. It should be noted that the double press refers to two consecutive single-finger press operations.

In one embodiment, clicking the multi-function key 120 in the lower left corner to open the convenient function selection menu and selecting the "Open virtual keyboard" option can trigger the display of the virtual keyboard in the middle area 110 . In this scenario, you can also click the multi-function key 120 to display emoticons, special symbols and other selection menus on the TV interface, and also perform operations such as copying and pasting. You can also wake up the virtual keyboard by quickly sliding one finger on the middle area 110 once, and then quickly slide once on the middle area 110 to close the virtual keyboard. You can also close the virtual keyboard through the selection menu called up by the multi-function key.

It should be noted that when the virtual keyboard is turned on, the pressing and sliding gesture operation is still supported. Clicking the corresponding button will input the corresponding letters or symbols in the input box of the TV interface, but clicking the touch surface 11 in the non-input state The board corresponds to the confirmation operation of the TV interface.

In one embodiment, the voice input function of the remote control 1 can be triggered by long-pressing the blank key of the virtual keyboard.

The frame area 111 is located around the touch panel 11 . The frame area 111 serves as the touch operation area of the remote controller 1 and can also control the television 2 by receiving the user's touch operation. When the frame area 111 is pressed and slid, the remote control 1 can scroll the interface of the television 2 . For example, when receiving an operation of pressing and sliding up (down) on the left and right sides of the frame area, the interface of the TV 2 can be controlled to scroll down (up) to facilitate the user's quick selection. When receiving an operation of pressing and sliding the upper and lower edges of the frame area to the left (right), the interface of the TV 2 can be controlled to scroll to the right (left). When the interface of the TV 2 scrolls up and down or left and right When scrolling, the selection box 20 displayed on the current interface will also move to the position of the first icon of the new interface.

It should be noted that, for the case where the interface includes a fixed part and a scrollable part, the scrollable part can be scrolled by receiving a pressing and sliding operation in the middle area 110 to move the selection box 20 to the edge and continuing to press and slide. , you can also move the selection box 20 to the scrollable part, and then control the scrolling of the display interface of the TV 2 by pressing and sliding on the frame area 111 .

With the remote control provided by this application, the user can control the movement of the selection box 20 in the display interface of the TV 2 by pressing and sliding his fingers on the touch panel 11; pressing and sliding the frame area 111 of the touch panel 11, Implement scrolling of the display interface of the TV 2 in different scenarios. The touch panel 11 of the present application can also display a hidden virtual keyboard. When input is required, the backlight 19 lights up to display the hidden virtual keyboard for quick input. Specifically, the working mode of remote control 1 is summarized in Table 1: Table 1 Working mode of remote control

It should be noted that in the full-screen playback mode, the middle area 110 includes the right half area 1102 and the left half area 1101. The gestures in the middle area 110 do not distinguish whether they are in the left half area or the right half area. The priority order of responses in the three modes is: physical buttons > normal mode > full-screen playback mode. When a conflict occurs, the corresponding action in the mode with the highest priority will be executed first. For example, during full-screen playback, quickly swipe right once to call out the program list. At this time, pressing and sliding or clicking will no longer execute the action in full-screen playback mode, but the corresponding is to perform the actions of moving the selection box 20 and confirming in normal mode.

It should be noted that in this embodiment, rapid pressing and sliding means that the sliding time is less than or equal to the preset time. For example, the preset time is 0.5 seconds.

In one embodiment, the remote controller 1 further includes a wireless communication module (not shown in the figure), and the wireless communication module can provide the remote controller 1 with a wireless communication function. For example, the remote control 1 The wireless communication module can be connected to the mobile phone through communication, thereby realizing customized settings through the application program in the mobile phone.

Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention and are not limiting. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, users of ordinary skill in the art should understand that the technical solutions of the present invention can be Modifications or equivalent substitutions may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical solution of the present invention.

1:Remote control

11:Touch panel

12:Physical buttons

13:Microphone

14: Signal generator

15: Signal transmitting module

16:Power supply

17:Wireless charging module

18:Controller

19:Backlight

Claims (9)

A remote control, the remote control includes: a casing; a touch panel and physical buttons provided on the casing, the physical buttons are provided below the touch panel, including a multi-function key, a home key and a return key ; A signal generator, a signal transmitting module and a controller are provided inside the housing, and the touch panel, signal generator and signal transmitting module are all electrically connected to the controller; when the user triggers the touch When different positions of the control panel or different operating modes of the touch panel are triggered, the controller triggers the signal generator to generate different control signals and sends the control signals to the signal transmitting module. The signal transmitting module transmits the control signal to the television to control the television to perform different functions; when a short press of the multi-function button is received, the remote controller is triggered to control the current state of the television. The display interface calls up convenient multi-function selection menus corresponding to different scenes; when receiving a short press of the Home button, triggering the remote control to control the current display interface of the TV to return to the homepage; when receiving a long press of the Home button When the Home button is operated, the remote controller is triggered to control the current display interface of the TV to call out the voice assistant; when the return button is short-pressed, the remote controller is triggered to control the current display interface of the TV to return. Operation; when receiving the operation of long pressing the return button, triggering the remote control to control the current display interface of the TV to call out the "Shutdown/Standby/Restart" selection menu; when the TV is in the shutdown/standby state , when receiving the operation of long pressing the return button, triggering the remote controller to control the TV to turn on. As for the remote control of claim 1, the touch panel includes a middle area and a frame area, the middle area is located in the middle of the touch panel, and the frame area is located around the touch panel. The remote control as described in claim 2, the remote control further includes a backlight arranged inside the housing. When the middle area receives a downward rapid press and slide operation, the backlight is lit and the The middle area displays a hidden virtual keyboard, which includes letters, digits, symbols, a space key, and a return key. The remote control of claim 1, the operation mode of the touch panel includes a normal interface operation mode and a full-screen playback interface operation mode. When the touch panel works in the normal interface operation mode, when the middle area receives When a single-finger press and slide operation is performed, the remote controller is triggered to control the movement of the selection box in the main menu interface of the TV. The remote control as described in claim 4, wherein when the middle area receives a single-finger press operation, the confirmation operation of the remote control controlling the TV is triggered; when the middle area receives a single-finger upward rapid press When a sliding operation is performed once, the remote controller is triggered to control the return operation of the TV; when the middle area receives a two-finger upward or downward pressing sliding operation, the remote controller is triggered to control the volume of the TV; when the When the middle area receives a three-finger upward or downward pressing and sliding operation, the remote control is triggered to control the screen brightness of the display screen of the television. As for the remote control of claim 4, when the touch panel operates in the full-screen playback interface operation mode, the middle area of the touch panel is divided into a left half area and a right half area. The remote control as described in claim 6, wherein when the right half area receives a single click operation with a single finger, the remote control is triggered to perform a switching operation; when the left half area receives a single click operation, the remote control is triggered to perform a switching operation; It means that when a single click operation is performed, the remote controller is triggered to perform the switching operation to the previous one; when a single finger press and slide operation is received from the middle area to the left or right, the remote controller is triggered to adjust the TV. Playback progress. The remote control as described in claim 6, when a single finger is quickly pressed and slid to the left from the middle area, the remote control is triggered to control the display of an information bar at the bottom of the display interface of the television; When a single finger is pressed and slid to the right quickly from the middle area once, the remote control is triggered to control the program list column displayed on the left side of the display interface of the TV; when an operation of double pressing the middle area with a single finger is received When, the remote controller is triggered to control the current display interface of the TV to pause; when an operation of pressing the middle area twice with a single finger is received again, the remote controller is triggered to control the current display interface of the TV to resume from pause. to normal playback. For the remote control described in claim 3, the voice input function of the remote control is triggered by long-pressing a blank key in the virtual keyboard.