Electric clocks and remote controller

• US 20020172095A1
• Filed: 03/06/2002
• Published: 11/21/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Radha K.C. Pandipati
• Original Assignee: Radha K.C. Pandipati
• Inventors: Pandipati, Radha K.C.
• Application Number:
  US10/092,655
• Publication Number:
  US 20020172095A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 368/47
• CPC Class Codes: G04R 20/26 the radio signal being a near-field communication signal

Abstract

This invention relates to setting time on one or more clocks using a remote controller, one at a time. The remote controller synchronizes all the clocks to the same time. The same remote controller can also be used to set alarm on the clocks. The alarm can be set to the same time on all clocks or to a different time on each of the clocks. The clocks referred here contain necessary circuitry to receive the signals from the remote controller to set time or alarm automatically.

Claims

1. An apparatus for controlling a number of clocks remotely, comprising:

a wireless remote controller, which allows one to initially set time on the remote controller and lock it before transmitting signals to a number of clocks that are controlled by the remote controller; and

a number of clocks, which contain a circuitry to receive the signals transmitted by the remote controller and process the signals to set the time.

2. An apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the number of clocks is at least one.

3. An apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the control is meant for setting clock time on all the clocks synchronously.

4. An apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the control is meant for setting same alarm time on all the clocks or different alarm time on different clocks.

5. An apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the circuitry in the clocks can distinguish the clock time setting signals from the alarm time setting signals.

6. An apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the remote control signal is a radio-frequency (RF) signal or an infra-red (IR) light signal.

7. An apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the clocks are of one or more types selected from the group consisting of wall clocks, radio clocks, television clocks, VCR clocks, DVD clocks, microwave clocks, range clocks, temperature controller clocks and car clocks.

8. An apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the remote controller and the clocks are of various shapes, colors and styles.

9. An apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the remote controller has a display and control buttons/keys.

10. An apparatus as recited in claim 9, wherein the control buttons/keys on the remote controller are comprising of numerals (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), AM, PM, Enter-Time, Time-Lock, Sync-Time, Enter-Alarm, Set-Alarm, Power-On, Power-Off, and Clear.