Remote control device

• US 20040041723A1
• Filed: 05/23/2003
• Published: 03/04/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Shibamiya, Yoshikazu, Fukuda, Tetsu, Yamamoto, Takashi, Kutsuna, Masaki
• Granted Patent: US 7,071,865 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 341/176
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0236 using selection techniques to select from displayed items
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/00 Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/202 by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42214 using alphanumerical characters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42224 Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42226 Reprogrammable remote control devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications

Abstract

The present invention provides a remote control device having a track pad unit, an operational panel for remote-controlling an electronics device and a control means for controlling the operational panel in accordance with position data acquired by the track pad unit.

Claims

1. A remote control device comprising:

an operational panel for operating an electronic device;

a display means for displaying said operational panel;

a truck pad means for inputting position data and/or contact pressure data acquired through a plane sensor equipped in said track pad means by touching and moving a finger on said truck pad means;

an allocating means for allocating the acquired position data by said track pad means to corresponding positions of said operational panel;

an operation control means for operating said operational panel based on the acquired position data by said track pad and/or the acquired corresponding position data by said allocating means, wherein;

when the corresponding positions of the operational panel are allocated to said track pad means, corresponding positions on said track pad means are decided based on a shape of said operational panel; and

said allocating means is operated in accordance with the contact pressure data.

2. The remote control device according to claim 1, wherein:

when the corresponding positions of the operational panel are allocated to said track pad means, corresponding positions on said track pad means are decided based on the shape of said operational panel and a position on said track pad means firstly touched.

3. The remote control device according to claim 1, wherein:

when the corresponding positions of the operational panel are allocated to said track pad means, corresponding positions of said track pad means are determined such that a shape of an operational area of said track pad means after allocated is set similar to the shape of said operational panel.

4. The remote control means according to claim 1, wherein:

when the corresponding positions of the operational panel are allocated to said track pad means, corresponding positions on said track pad means are determined as a length/width ratio of said track pad means is kept same as that of said operational panel.

5. The remote control means according to claim 1, wherein:

an operation of said operational panel is executed based on a pressure change on said track pad means.

6. The remote control device according to claim 1, wherein:

an effective sound is generated in accordance with a pressure change on said track pad means.

7. The remote control device according to claim 1, wherein:

said allocating means is a fixed mode for allocating corresponding positions of the whole or partial area of said operational panel to said track pad means or a scroll mode for shifting from said fix mode when a specified position of said track pad means is touched.

8. The remote control device according to claim 7, wherein:

said allocating means includes an allocating means with a combined mode employing said fixed mode and said scroll mode.

9. The remote control device according to claim .8, wherein:

said allocating means has a switching means for switching said allocating means with said combined mode in accordance with said contact pressure data.

10. A remote control device having:

a track pad unit;

an operational panel for remote-controlling an electronics device; and

a control means for controlling said operational panel in accordance with position data acquired by said track pad unit.