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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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;...
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,...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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