WO2009082621A1 - Touch sensitive wireless navigation device for remote control - Google Patents
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- Universal remote controls typically have the ability to reprogram buttons on the handset to operate in accordance with a particular device.
- the mapping between button and operation may be defined in a Command Configuration File (CCF) that may be stored on the remote control handset or received from the device to be controlled.
- CCF Command Configuration File
- This approach does not allow labeling of new button functions and may result in confusing button placement.
- too many buttons may have only a single function, resulting in a complicated control that is hard to use.
- Touch-screens for automating and controlling home theaters have been used by custom equipment installers for some time.
- the installer may customize the interface to the client's needs specifically.
- a touch-screen such as used on the "TX-1000" remote control from Universal Remote Controls, Inc., allows text labeling of buttons displayed on the screen and reduces the number of buttons displayed at any one time.
- a general purpose handheld computer with wireless communication function may be programmed with software (such as "Vito Remote", from Vito Technology) for use as a remote control handset.
- software such as "Vito Remote", from Vito Technology
- This allows the touch-screen of the device to display a generic graphic of a set of remote control buttons.
- the operation of the buttons may be configured using the Command Configuration Files for the AV device to be controlled.
- FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic representation of a system for enabling remote control of an electronic device consistent with certain embodiments of the invention.
- FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic representation showing remote control of an electronic device, consistent which certain embodiments of the invention.
- FIG. 4 is a diagrammatic representation of a system for remote control, consistent which certain embodiments of the invention.
- FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a method, consistent which certain embodiments of the invention, for operation of a remote control handset.
- FIG. 6 is a flow chart of a method, consistent which certain embodiments of the invention, for retrieving a graphics file.
- FIG. 7 is a simplified block diagram of a navigation device consistent with certain embodiments of the invention.
- the present invention relates to remote control of electronic devices. It has application, for example, to the remote control of consumer electronic devices such as televisions, set top boxes, network boxes, DVD players, home theater systems and audio systems. It also may be used for the control of other networked devices, such as thermostats, lighting systems, and home appliances. It may also be used for controlling industrial devices.
- buttons displayed on the screen may be custom labeled, the appearance and layout of the buttons is predefined and may not be well suited to a particular device. While this is useful in helping a user switch from one device to the next, it limits the number of devices that can be controlled, since it does not allow new features or graphical layouts to be used, hi addition, it does not allow a manufacturer to control arrangement or appearance of the buttons.
- a specific physically buttoned remote control can be emulated with screen view, it is not limited to "photo-realism", but is in fact a graphical interface which may treat every button & label as separate entity whose shape, color, size, location, font, et al are limited only by the imagination. Photorealism can be useful to some users as their traditional physical keypad remote is replaced with a virtual keypad.
- FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic representation of a system, consistent with certain embodiments of the invention, for enabling remote control of an electronic device.
- a navigation device 100 is used to control one or more electronic devices 102, such as a television and set top box, using a wireless communication link 104.
- the navigation device 100 includes touch sensitive pad 106 and, optionally, one or more buttons or other controls 108.
- the touch sensitive pad 106 is combined with a display screen, such as an LCD screen, to form a touch sensitive display screen or touch screen.
- the electronic device 102 (either the device to be controlled or a device linked to it) may include a display screen 110.
- At least one of the screens 106 and 110 is used to display a graphical representation of at least part of a physical control surface, such as a remote control handset or the control panel of a device to be controlled.
- a description of the appearance of the control surface is contained in a graphics file 112.
- the graphics file 112 may be generated by the manufacturer 114 of the electronic equipment or by 3 rd party (also shown as 114).
- the graphics file 112 may be copied to a memory of the navigation device by a wired link 116 or wireless link 118 or it may be pre-programmed into the memory of the device.
- the wired link 116 or the wireless link 118 may comprise a computer network, such as the Internet.
- the graphics file may also be copied to a memory of the electronic device 102, again by a wired link 120 or wireless link 122 or it may be preprogrammed into the memory of the electronic device.
- a graphical representation of all, or part, of a physical control surface is displayed on a screen, either screen 106, screen 110 or both.
- the physical control surface may be a conventional remote control handset having a number of buttons, for example.
- the user operates the wireless navigation device 100 to control the graphical representation and to select features displayed in the representation.
- the screen may be a small screen 106, such an LCD screen, integrated with the wireless navigation device 100, or may be the screen 110 of television 102 that is remote from the navigation device.
- the graphical representation may be a windowed view of a remote control handset or control panel, in which case the position of the window, and possibly its size, may be controlled by the user.
- the navigation device 100 may be used as a universal remote control handset.
- the graphics file is able to define a graphical representation that closely matches an original device-specific remote control. A user switching from a device-specific remote control to the universal remote control would not have to relearn operation of the interface and that the manufacturer's original operation manual may be used. Additionally, the ergonomic layout of the device-specific remote can be retained.
- FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a method, consistent which certain embodiments of the invention, for remote control of an electronic device.
- the device to be controlled is identified at block 201.
- a description of the appearance of a control surface associated with the electronic device to be controlled is retrieved at block 202.
- This description may be a graphics file that defines an image of a remote control handset or a control panel, for example.
- a graphical representation of at least a portion of the control surface is rendered on a screen in accordance with the retrieved description.
- the rendering device may retrieve the graphics file from an internal memory or from a remote location.
- the file could be retrieved via the Internet from a remote server, or the file could be retrieved by the navigation device from the device to be controlled using a short range wireless communication link.
- the graphical representation may include a number of controls such as buttons, rotary knobs or sliders, for example.
- a navigation device remote from the electronic device, is used to navigate the graphical representation.
- the navigation device is used to select a displayed control at block 208, and at block 210, the electronic device is operated in accordance with the selected control. If no more operations are required, as depicted by the negative branch from decision block 212, the method terminates at block 214. Otherwise, as depicted by the positive branch from decision block 212, flow returns to block 206.
- the graphical representation may be displayed on a screen of the navigation device, or on a remote screen, such as a television screen, or on both screens.
- FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic representation showing remote control of an electronic device consistent with certain embodiments of the invention.
- the electronic device is a television 102 having a display screen 110.
- the display screen 110 displays a graphical representation 302 of one or more control surfaces.
- the virtual control surface (VCS) is a single remote control handset.
- a window 304 may also be displayed. A user may move the window 304 over the VCS to show different regions of the VCS.
- a slider, or window bar 306, located vertically on one side or the other of the screen 110, may be used to control the position of the window 304 over the VCS 302.
- a user may control the position of the window 304 by sliding a digit up or down on a touch pad or touch screen 106 of the navigation device 100 for example.
- the sliding window 304 is displayed on the VCS 302 on the television 102 and the corresponding windowed region is displayed on the screen 106 of the navigation device 100.
- the VCS 302 might display the current windowed section in full color with a three-dimensional appearance, while the remainder of the remote control handset is displayed as 'grayed out' and in two dimensions.
- a cursor 308 may be used to display a current position in the window.
- Confirmation that a selected button has been depressed may be indicated by, for example, flashing or dimming the button, or by showing the button in a depressed position in a 3 -dimensional appearance, or by a combination of these methods.
- An audio confirmation, such as a click, may also be provided.
- the navigation device 100 may be used to control multiple electronic devices. Some electronic devices do not have remote control handsets, or have an integrated control panel.
- the remote screen, or a television screen if present may display a graphical representation of the control panel of the device to be controlled. Again, the remote screen may show a windowed region of the complete control panel.
- FIG. 4 is a diagrammatic representation of an example system, consistent with certain embodiments of the invention. In FIG. 4, the electronic device 102' does not have a graphics display screen, but a graphical representation 302 of the control panel of the electronic device is shown on the screen 110 of television 102. As in FIG.
- the region of the VCS 302 is selected using a window 304 that may be controlled by a slider 306, for example.
- the navigation device 100 may used to control the position of the window 304 and the position of a cursor 308, and is used to select virtual controls on the VCS 302.
- the windowed region of the VCS is displayed on a screen 106 of the navigation device 100.
- control signals may be sent from the television 102 to the electronic device 102' over link 402, or from the navigation device to electronic device 102' over wireless link 104'. In the latter case, the television 102 may communicate to the navigation device 100 which control has been selected.
- the navigation device 100 possesses a series of "mode” buttons that, when activated, initiate certain operating modes. For example, a "DVD mode” would turn on the DVD player & the television and generate a subset of buttons useful for watching and controlling these two devices. A command would be sent to the appropriate device. For example, a "GOTO TOP MENU” command might be sent only to the DVD player.
- both the local and remote screens show a graphical representation of the controls for one or more devices.
- the navigation device may operate in a 'Multi- Adaptive Graphical Interface Control' (MAGIC) mode in which only a subset of the buttons from one or more of the controlled devices are displayed.
- MAGIC Multi- Adaptive Graphical Interface Control'
- FIG. 5 An exemplary flow chart of operation in a MAGIC mode is shown in FIG. 5.
- the operating context may be, for example, standard television, DVD plus television, audio only etc.
- the device to be controlled is identified at block 503.
- the controls relevant to this context are automatically selected at block 504.
- buttons or other controls that are required or are most often used for the selected operating context are displayed on the VCS or navigation device.
- Superfluous buttons are hidden to simplify the control interface. For example, in a TV & DVD mode, the DVD transport controls are displayed, but not the TV channel buttons. In a TV only mode, the DVD controls are not shown. In a menu browsing context, only navigation controls may be shown.
- buttons may be changed and unnecessary function (such as channel up/down) disabled.
- a pre-determined graphical representation is displayed that eliminates the unused buttons.
- the pre-determined graphical representation may be edited by the user. For example, the user could select which buttons are displayed, vary the positions of the buttons, alter the shape of the buttons, or alter the color of the buttons.
- the MAGIC mode eliminates the complexity of conventional remote controls by eliminating typically unused buttons.
- FIG. 6 is a flow chart of a method, consistent with certain embodiments of the invention, for obtaining a graphics file.
- the navigation device has a screen. Following start block 600, the device to be controlled is identified at block 601. A check is made by the navigation device at decision block 602 to determine if the device to be controlled is a new. This may be done, for example, by the navigation device querying the device to be controlled for an identifier and the navigation device checking the identifier against a list of identifiers of previously controlled devices.
- a network such as the Internet
- the file is transmitted to the navigation device at block 612 and stored in memory.
- the controller device may download the graphics file from a network, such as the internet, either directly to the control device or through an intermediary such as the TV.
- the file is then available on the navigation device and the virtual control surface, or at least part of it, is rendered on the screen of the navigation device.
- the graphics file may include definitions of the commands associated with each control of the VCS in addition to data or instructions that describe the appearance of the VCS.
- the file contains a description of the graphics to be rendered and the specific commands and functions for the devices to be controlled. For example, a "use case primitive" for a TV and DVD player could be assembled that included most of the basic commands and functions.
- the graphics file may be a single file or a collection of files.
- the navigation device is now ready for remote control of the electronic device, as depicted by block 616. The method terminates at block 618.
- the VCS may be rendered by another device.
- the file is made available to the rendering device, either by transmission from the device to be controlled or by download from a network server, or by download from the navigation device.
- the graphics file may be made available to both devices.
- the rendering device may communicate with the device to be controlled over a wireless link such as a Bluetooth link or near field communication (NFC) link to exchange the graphics file.
- the link may be a radio link, an optical link (such as infrared), a magnetic link or an ultrasonic link, for example.
- This approach allows the navigation device to become a true 'universal' remote control. For example, when the navigation device has a display screen, all or part of the graphics file may be transferred to the remote control. This may be done before the navigation device is first used and also at other times, since the graphics file on the controlled device may be updated.
- FIG. 7 is a simplified block diagram of a navigation device in accordance with certain embodiments of the invention.
- the navigation device 100 includes a processor 702, a power supply 704 and a memory 706.
- the processor may be a general purpose processor, an application specific integrated circuit or reconfigurable processor, such as a field programmable gate array (FPGA), for example.
- the memory may be used to store program instructions for the processor and to store commands that can be transmitted to a device being controlled.
- the processor is coupled to a touch pad 106, which includes a touch and position sensitive control 710 and, optionally, a display screen 710.
- a wireless interface 712 is used to provide remote communication with the device to be controlled.
- the interface may use a radio frequency or infrared link, for example.
- the wireless interface may also include a near field radio link. Buttons or other controls 108 are also coupled to the processor and may be used independently or in conjunction with the touch pad 106.
- the memory 706 is able to store one or more graphics files that describe the graphical representations to be shown on the display screen. These graphics files may be loaded via the wireless interface 712.
- the processor 702 includes a graphics processor 714 that is able to render images to be displayed on the display screen 710.
- the touch sensitive pad 708 may be used to navigate the displayed image.
- Other interfaces, such as buttons, roller-ball, or joystick, for example, may be used to navigate the image.
- the memory may be a combination of one of more of a Read Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), an optical storage element, a magnetic storage element, a magneto-optical storage element, a flash memory and/or other equivalent storage element without departing from the present invention.
- ROM Read Only Memory
- RAM Random Access Memory
- optical storage element a magnetic storage element
- magneto-optical storage element a flash memory and/or other equivalent storage element without departing from the present invention.
- flash memory and/or other equivalent storage element without departing from the present invention.
- Such alternative storage devices should be considered to be equivalents.
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