Method of detachably attaching an insert to a remote control base and the resulting remote control
First Claim
1. A remote control comprising:
- a base having a remote control circuit, a button electrically coupled to operate said remote control circuit, and a sensor coupled to said remote control circuit; and
an insert including a leaf laid over said button, said leaf being sufficiently thin for pressure on said leaf to transfer through said leaf to operate said button, said insert being attached in a detachable manner to said base;
wherein said remote control circuit generates a signal in response to the operation of said button by a touch on said leaf, said signal carrying a number determined by said sensor from a predetermined pattern carried by said insert, said signal also carrying data indicative of the location of said touch on said leaf
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Abstract
A remote control includes a base and an insert that is attached in a detachable manner to the base. The base includes a remote control circuit, a button coupled to operate the remote control circuit and a fastener capable of holding the insert. The insert includes a printed publication (such as a card, a sheet of paper or a booklet) containing at least one leaf having human-understandable content (such as text and/or graphics). To assemble the remote control, a user attaches the insert to the fastener, so that the human-understandable content is laid over the button. Thereafter, when the user operates the button (e.g. by touching the leaf), the base transmits a remote control signal that causes a host device to visually display information related to the human-understandable content at the touched location. A base in the form of a three ring binder gives the user an intuitive feel of simply touching human-understandable content on a leaf in the binder to view a display of information related to the content. In addition to the human-understandable content, the insert can carry a predetermined pattern that can be sensed by a sensor during mounting of the insert on the base. The base transmits, in the remote control signal, a number determined from the predetermined pattern thereby to indicate to the host device the insert currently in the base.
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37 Claims
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1. A remote control comprising:
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a base having a remote control circuit, a button electrically coupled to operate said remote control circuit, and a sensor coupled to said remote control circuit; and
an insert including a leaf laid over said button, said leaf being sufficiently thin for pressure on said leaf to transfer through said leaf to operate said button, said insert being attached in a detachable manner to said base;
wherein said remote control circuit generates a signal in response to the operation of said button by a touch on said leaf, said signal carrying a number determined by said sensor from a predetermined pattern carried by said insert, said signal also carrying data indicative of the location of said touch on said leaf - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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15. A remote control base comprising:
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a file folder including a front cover, a back cover and a spine located between said front cover and said back cover, said file folder further including a fastener mounted on said spine, said fastener being capable of detachably holding a printed publication;
a remote control circuit supported by said file folders; and
a button supported on said back cover and coupled to said remote control circuit;
wherein said remote control circuit generates a remote control signal in response to application of pressure to said button. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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26. An insert for use with a remote control base, said insert consisting essentially of a printed publication and devoid of one or more electronic components permanently attached to said printed publication, said printed publication having a group of leaves connected each to the other at a spine, each of said leaves having three holes adjacent to said spine, each leaf in said group having printed content and a mark, each mark being positioned differently from the position of another mark, each mark being substantially identical to another mark.
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29. A method comprising:
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mounting a printed publication removably on a base having a button so that a leaf of said printed publication is laid over said button;
applying pressure to a first region on said leaf, said pressure being transferred through said leaf to said button; and
transmitting to a host device data representative of the location of said first region.
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