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7378984 Audio visual system  
On a display ( 100 ) end, maker codes and device codes are read from all STBs ( 110˜112 ) connected to the display ( 100 ) to create a connected-device table. When a user presses a button on a...
7363031 System for monitoring and controlling a set of household appliances  
A system for monitoring and controlling a set of power users, in particular household appliances, which users (U) are connected to a first communication network (RE) through appropriate interfacing...
7352288 Apparatus and method for preventing malfunction of remote controller  
A malfunction of interpreting one remote control operation as a plurality of remote control operations by mistake is prevented without impairing the responsiveness of a remote controller. A counter...
7345593 Apparatus for implementing universal remote controller and method thereof  
The present invention provides an apparatus for implementing a universal remote controller and method thereof, by which a multitude of electronic products can be controlled by one remote...
7324168 Universal remote control unit  
A universal remote control unit for controlling the operation of a plurality of devices such as a cable box, a television, a video device, and an audio device, includes a processor having a...
7242316 Device control apparatus and method  
An apparatus and method of distributing media content from a hardware input device to a hardware output device, located remotely from each other, in a home network, is disclosed. A control unit...
7203486 Wireless system having a dynamically configured multimodal user interface based on user preferences  
A wireless system is provided for dynamically configuring a multimodal user interface based on user preferences to communicate with a local appliance. An appliance node is operably linked to the...
7170400 System for customizing settings and sounds for vehicle  
A system for customizing vehicle settings includes a control unit adapted to communicate with a vehicle input source and a vehicle auxiliary device. The system further includes a data storage...
7148818 Method of command entry for an electronic device  
A method of command entry for an electronic device. First, a single button is pressed to enter the electronic device into a multi-function entry state, indicated by a first light status. The button...
7148810 Evacuation systems providing enhanced operational control  
An evacuation system, which provides enhanced operational control to an operator. In an embodiment, each voice point module capable of playing evacuation messages is implemented as an addressable...
7133730 Audio apparatus, controller, audio system, and method of controlling audio apparatus  
Control data is stored in a first memory. Control data inputted from an external device is stored a second rewritable memory. A control section selects either one of the first and second memories...
7106169 Methods and apparatus for verifying the installation of components in a system  
A verification system for an interchangeable component configured to be mated with a receiving system. The system includes a key device supported by the interchangeable component. The key device...
7020289 Remote control interface for replacement vehicle stereos  
An interface device for interconnecting fixed controls of a vehicle to a replacement stereo. The interface device is capable of receiving control signals from fixed controls, such as steering wheel...
6980079 Control network system of household electric appliance  
In a control network system of household electric appliances, particularly, an each introduction of a household electric appliance thereto does not cause a change in the means of acquiring...
6937856 Method for push-to-listen remote monitoring  
A method of operating a wireless communication system ( 101 ) including initiating (S 402 ) a call from a first communications unit ( 120 ) to a second communications unit ( 130 ), embedding (S 404...
6931231 Infrared generator from audio signal source  
An apparatus and method for converting an audio signal output through a stereo headphone jack into an infrared remote control signal. The invention utilizes the audio output to generate positive...
6909378 Method and system for upgrading a universal remote control  
A method of and a system for upgrading a universal remote control with a command code of an electronic appliance are provided. The command code is downloaded from an internet server into a personal...
6868296 Audio component system  
In a system which comprises a plurality of audio components 2 to 5 connected to an amplifier unit 1 and wherein an audio signal from one component selected by a selector 17 is fed to a...
6868045 Voice control system with a microphone array  
Voice control systems are used in diverse technical fields. In this case, the spoken words are detected by one or more microphones and then fed to a speech recognition system. In order to enable...
6856236 RF home automation system comprising nodes with dual functionality  
The present invention relates to a wireless home automation system having a controller for controlling a broad variety of functions via two ways communication with a plurality of devices. The...
6825774 Device for influencing the operating status of an electronic appliance  
An apparatus includes a moveable part and a transmission and reception device, for remote control of an electronic device, in particular of an entertainment electronic device, using a transponder....
6781519 Method and vehicle system for remote-controlling vehicle audio system  
A method for remotely controlling a vehicle audio system, which is controlled in accordance with an instruction from an infrared remote control unit, uses a radio frequency remote control unit to...
6778380 TV mute finger ring  
TV Mute Finger Ring with a hollow C shaped finger ring housing. The housing contains the standard electronics and IR transmitting LED associated with activating the mute function of a standard TV....
6762690 Method and apparatus for optimizing the resource sharing for audio/video/data processing devices in a home network environment  
A method/apparatus for sharing a resource of plural video/audio/data signal receivers broadcast by an emitter among a plurality of video/audio/data processing Set Top Units using a Master/Slave...
6754354 Audio system and audio interface  
Audio systems using a digital audio interface between a sender and a receiver are known. Due to the digital revolution, it is very easy to make copies of copyright protected work. By using a...
6750781 Appliance control system utilizing bidirectional power line communications  
A control system for controlling operations of a plurality of electric appliances in distributed arrangements. Each of a plurality of controllers is connected between the power line and respective...
6747568 Remote control code search method and apparatus  
A universal remote control and a method for programming a universal remote control allows a user to quickly and easily identify a set of remote control signal formats that include a desired signal...
6742188 Method and system for encoding data in the horizontal overscan portion of a video signal  
A method and system for encoding control data into the horizontal overscan area of a video signal. Because the control data is concatenated with the video signal on a line-by-line basis, the...
6727799 Communication control method and electronic equipments  
When a controller controls a target, a useless communication is eliminated, and control is made easier at the same time. When a personal computer sends a command demanding a VTR to execute...
6714137 Protocol for avoiding interference between transmission device  
Systems and methods for preventing signal jamming within a consumer electronics system comprising a remote control, interpreting device, and audio/video device. A plurality of primary messages are...
6714136 Alarm clock with remote control function  
Apparatus providing an alarm clock remote control system and a remote control system with an alarm clock system with alarm clock circuitry that includes: a microprocessor, coupled to the alarm...
6703940 Transceiving remote controlling  
An audio system may include a plurality of sound reproduction devices characterized by parameter values; a plurality of audio signal sources characterized by parameter values; a plurality of remote...
6693515 Sequenced audio help label  
A sequenced audio help label having a plurality of recorded audio messages that are played back in a predetermined sequence, one at a time, in response to a user activating a button or trigger to...
6661997 Drive-through system  
A car detecting unit detects entrance of an incoming car into a drive-through store. A voice processing unit processes a voice signal from a first microphone of a menu board. A base station...
6661334 Methods and apparatus for verifying the installation of components in a system  
A verification system for an interchangeable component configured to be mated with a receiving system. The system includes a key device supported by the interchangeable component. The key device...
6643567 Energy consumption estimation using real time pricing information  
A system for estimating energy cost savings during curtailment periods, for example, determines an estimated temperature in the zone during the period of interest as if the thermostat were set at a...
6636157 Wireless remote control system for controlling an appliance  
A remote control system included a remote commander and a control apparatus. The remote commander includes a first transmitting unit for transmitting a first command signal modulated based on a...
6590303 Single button MP3 player  
This invention includes an electronic accessory having a single button that actuates all of its control features. In one embodiment, the accessory is a MP3 player wherein songs are stored on a...
6563427 Proximity monitoring communication system  
A method of personal location monitoring in a wireless communication system operating on a local area network. The method includes initializing a master communication device and a slave monitor...
6525669 Receiver for remote control and remote control system having plural such receivers  
In a remote control system according to the present invention, a plurality of receivers are arranged for a network. Each receiver has an unique ID number. A control unit controls an operation of...
6501389 Audio, video, or multimedia system keypad controller having multiple vector control paths and associated methods  
An audio, video, or multimedia control system and associated method are provided. The audio, video or multimedia control system preferably includes at least one keypad responsive to a user and a...
6492909 Audio signal processing apparatus  
An audio signal processing apparatus including a plurality of jack units each of which has at least an audio signal contact piece and a control signal contact piece. A control circuit judges a kind...
6469633 Remote control of electronic devices  
An apparatus controls electronic devices, via radio frequency (RF) transmitter and receiver for communication between the apparatus and a user, a central processing unit (CPU) executing software...
6445306 Remote control program selection by genre  
A remote control system in which a program-up or program-down activation on a control remote device effects the selection of the next or prior available channel that is likely to contain a program...
6437836 Extended functionally remote control system and method therefore  
An extended functionality remote control (EFRC) provides a hardware/software implementation of an integrated interface for remote control emulation. A PDA or other portable computing device is used...
6377188 Signal supplying and receiving system  
An audio signal supplying device for supplying signals to an operating panel for a passenger provided in each of for many seats of a moving vehicle, such as an aircraft or a train, in which the...
6346783 Method and apparatus for automatically position sequencing a multiparameter light  
The patterned light beam from a multiparameter light is moved by a position sequence macro that automatically references the present position of projection of light from the multiparameter light....
6317042 Automated emergency announcement system  
In response to an emergency event, an emergency announcement system (100) causes display of an escape route based upon a room location. A sensor (104) detects an emergency event. The sensor data...
6255961 Two-way communications between a remote control unit and one or more devices in an audio/visual environment  
A remote control unit in an audio/visual system has a two-way communications link with one or more audio/visual devices. The bi-directional flow of information between the remote control unit and...
6249091 Selectable audio controlled parameters for multiparameter lights  
Individual variable parameters of a multiparameter lighting device may be varied in response to a processed audio signal. The multiparameter lighting device is equipped with an audio transducer to...
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