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7493046 |
Remote control transmitter
Light emitting diodes are placed side by side at a front end of the remote control transmitter in a manner that their maximum radiation directions, i.e. radiation directions each giving a maximum...
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7376351 |
Data communications system and method for communication between infrared devices
A data communication system for facilitating communication between infrared devices having an initiating optical interface port that includes an IR emitter and an optical sensor. A receiving...
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7266301 |
Interference resistant repeater systems including controller units
A repeater unit is provided that includes a receiver module and a controller unit. The receiver module is responsive to an infrared signal. The controller unit is adapted to determine whether a...
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7263292 |
Methods and apparatus for controlling multiple infrared devices
A method and apparatus for controlling a plurality of infrared devices (ICDs) is provided herein. A remote controller is used to generate an optical signal for controlling a plurality of ICDs. The...
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7228074 |
Infrared repeater system, method, and adjustable brightness emitter therefor
An IR emitter for use in an IR repeater system includes an IR light source and a manually adjustable brightness control for adjusting the brightness to a level appropriate for an IR detector of...
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7215843 |
Optical switching apparatus and optical switching method
An optical switching apparatus includes an optical switch having a plurality of input ports and output ports, optical amplifiers, monitor circuits, optical amplifiers monitor circuits, and a...
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7132973 |
Universal soft remote control
A universal remote control ( 10 ) is provided for wireless remote control of one or more devices (D 1 . . . Dn) equipped for remote control by respective original remote controls having visual...
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7027736 |
Addressable system for light fixture modules
An addressable system for light fixtures is described wherein a plurality of light fixture modules is individually or collectively addressable for programming by remote control. The remote control...
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7024119 |
Addressable light fixture module
An addressable light fixture is described wherein a light fixture module is individually addressable for programming by remote control. The remote control may individually select each light fixture...
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7024070 |
Electronic fiber optic switch with optical interconnect
A large fiber optic switch system with a free-space optical interconnection configuration. The switch system comprises a plurality of individual switch units, each individual switch unit having a...
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6954591 |
Non-visible communication systems
Network for transmitting and using electromagnetic radiation for two or more functionally different useful purposes. Such a network may be comprised of a signal source apparatus to provide...
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6353693 |
Optical communication device and slip ring unit for an electronic component-mounting apparatus
An optical communication device for communication between a stator-side circuit and a rotor-side circuit is provided as one aspect of the invention. A pair of optical couplers are interposed...
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6330091 |
IR receiver using IR transmitting diode
Circuitry using infra-red (IR) diodes in remote control units. In one embodiment an IR LED is used both as a transmitter diode and also as a receiver diode responsive to light to thereby develop...
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6292283 |
Audio/video device including an infrared transceiver for transmitting and receiving configuration data, and method for configuring same
An audio/video device including an infrared transceiver for transmitting and receiving configuration data is described, along with an associated configuration method. The audio/video device...
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6281880 |
Combining input/output paths for infra-red remote device inputs
An electronic device for receiving infra-red inputs from remote units and propagating the inputs to an intelligent controller circuit. In one embodiment, the present invention receives the...
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6246810 |
Method and apparatus for controlling time delay in optical slip rings
An optical slip ring system provides for the transfer of information between a rotating frame and a stationary frame. The optical slip ring system includes a modulated light source, an optical...
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6225938 |
Universal remote control system with bar code setup
A universal remote control system with bar code activated set up wherein the device to be controlled such as a TV, VCR or other consumer electronic product, and the associated remote control unit...
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6198408 |
Method and apparatus for controlling electrical appliances by remote control transmitters
A method and apparatus for controlling an electrical appliance by means of a command signal transmitted by a particular remote control transmitter, by means of a converter device which includes a...
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6130625 |
Universal remote control with incoming signal identification
A remote control for consolidating several native remote controls of consumer electronic devices identifies, stores and re-transmits signals of the other remote controls for operating several of...
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6069672 |
Remote control for a receiver
A cordless remote control for a receiver, more particularly for a television set, comprising a reader for a data medium, said data medium containing information for the activating the remote...
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6008735 |
Method and system for programming a remote control unit
A method and system for programming a remote control unit to control the operation of a controllable device. A group of code sets associated with a particular type and brand of controllable device...
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5973810 |
Remote-controlled monitor/PC control circuit and control method thereof
A remote-controlled PC body (mainframe) and monitor controlling circuit includes a remote controller for generating an optical remote control signal in according to a key input; an optical...
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5959751 |
Universal remote control device
The universal remote control system includes input means, signal output means for supplying a signal to a controlled device and a central processing unit coupled to the input means and the signal...
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5953144 |
Upgradeable remote control device
The universal remote control system includes input means, signal output means for supplying a signal to a controlled device and a central processing unit coupled to the input means and the signal...
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5949407 |
Remote control system
A versatile remote control system including a three-button remote controller is adapted to control multiple devices. The remote control system display operation pictures in one area of a display...
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5945921 |
Apparatus and method for confirming remote control command response
A remote control command response confirming apparatus which includes a remote control command reception device for performing an operation corresponding to a received command signal in response to...
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5943228 |
Method and arrangement for switching power of display monitor with remote controller
A method for switching the power to a display monitor with a remote controller includes the steps of: (a) selecting a power-on/off switch of the display monitor by means of the remote controller;...
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5917631 |
Dual protocol remote control
Methods and apparatus for use in communication between a remote control and a receiving unit provide power saving modes of operation and enable remote control use of high data generating devices,...
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5898397 |
Remote control transmitter and method of operation
A remote control transmitter capable of transmitting a coded signal for actuating a device connected to a remote receiver. The remote control transmitter includes a controller which actuates a...
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5854594 |
Remote controller for controlling a plurality of electric appliances
A remote controller for independently controlling a plurality of electric appliances includes a selector device for outputting a selected signal for controlling an electric appliance and a memory...
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5815297 |
Infrared interface and control apparatus for consumer electronics
A control unit provides unified control of various consumer electronic appliances such as a television, video cassette recorder, and home stereo system through remote control (e.g., infrared)...
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5726645 |
Remote controller capable of selecting and setting preset data
A method of presetting is provided, wherein a plurality of command signals associated with a plurality of apparatuses, a plurality of manufacturers, a plurality of format systems and a plurality of...
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5691710 |
Self learning IR remote control transmitter
A learning type IR function code transmitter includes a memory storing the IR function codes of a large variety of different brands of transmitters. The learning transmitter includes an IR receiver...
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5689353 |
Remote control with two-way data coupling
A remote control for use in connection with a consumer electronics device and a computer. The remote control comprises a central processing unit, a set of buttons linked to the central processing...
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5680115 |
Remote controlling method
A remote controlling method including the steps of storing the remote controller code of respective television brands in a first memory of a transmission IC, checking the input of dual keys for...
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5614906 |
Method for selecting a remote control command set
A method for selecting a command set from a group of command sets stored in the remote control. Each remote control command set includes a set of commands for operating at least one of various...
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5598290 |
Data transfer apparatus utilizing infrared rays
A data transfer apparatus utilizing infrared rays characterized in that one transmission unit of transmission data formed by combining digital data comprising a bit row represented by two values...
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5596437 |
X-ray device
The invention relates to an X-ray device including a number of components to each of which is assigned a data transmission node working by the CAN protocol whose data input and data output are in...
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5578999 |
Remote control with learning function and confirmation thereof
A remote control device including a receiver for receiving a control signal which remotely controls an external device, a RAM for storing the received control signal in correspondence to a...
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5570220 |
Apparatus for transmitting lightwave
Apparatus for achieving contact-less linking between a transmitting unit and a receiving unit when transmitting video signal, audio signal, control signal, or digital data therebetween. The...
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5555120 |
Cordless control system for an x-ray apparatus
A cordless control system for actuating selected functions of a mobile X-ray unit. This cordless control system comprises a transmitter and a receiver. The portable transmitter is hand held and...
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5554979 |
System for setting ambient parameters
The system comprises a plurality of objects such as lamps (11-15), venetian blinds (16, 17) and air-conditioning appliances (18) and a hand-held infrared remote control unit (40) for transmitting...
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5552917 |
Remote control
The remote control comprises: input circuitry and structure including a set of keys or pushbuttons for inputting commands to the remote control; infrared signal output circuitry for supplying an...
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5517345 |
Electronic apparatus for an automobile
An electronic apparatus for installation in an automobile, such as a radio receiver, includes in a removable part thereof elements which are indispensable to the operation of the apparatus and also...
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5515052 |
Universal remote control with function synthesis
The universal remote control comprises: light emitting circuitry; driver circuitry coupled to the light emitting circuitry; a microprocessor including a CPU coupled to the driver circuitry,...
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5488357 |
Remote controlling method and system feature starting method and controlling method for audio/visual system
A remote control method for an audio/visual system which can perform protection during execution of a system feature and is convenient in use is applied to an audio/visual system wherein each of a...
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5485149 |
Remote controller and method for assigning to signals priority based on type and manufacture of equipment
Remote control signals for a plurality of manufacturers and a plurality of electronic equipment are stored in a memory, the remote control signals are divided into groups, each of the groups is...
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5483371 |
Lightwave distribution system for audio and video services and terminal equipment therefor
The present invention provides a distribution system for audio and video services from a centralized source using lightwave signals generated from terminal equipment through an optical carrier to...
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5473317 |
Audio-visual system having integrated components for simpler operation
An audio-visual system including a plurality of audio-visual components, and a control panel or remote control unit for applying an operating signal to each of the components. Each component...
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5457478 |
Control device
A control device method and apparatus has application for use in multi-media systems. The multi-media system contains a host computer having a video display, a control device and at least one...
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