BLUETOOTH-ENABLED INFRARED REMOTE CONTROL

• US 20080232810A1
• Filed: 10/24/2007
• Published: 09/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Halfa Enterprise Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Halfa Enterprise Company Limited
• Inventors: Lu, Ming-Huei, Hong, Chu-Chai
• Application Number:
  US11/877,776
• Publication Number:
  US 20080232810A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 398/112
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/04 using light waves, e.g. infrared

Abstract

A Bluetooth-enabled infrared (IR) remote control is disclosed, which comprises: a micro control unit, for executing operations of signal processing, decoding and encoding; an signal amplifying circuit, for amplifying a control signal being issued and coded by the micro control unit to be used for controlling a corresponding function of a specific electronic device; an infrared light emitting diode (IRLED), capable of issuing an infrared signal; and a Bluetooth module, capable of communicating with a bluetooth-enabled electronic device by Bluetooth wireless transmission while passing data received from the bluetooth-enabled electronic device to the micro control unit where it is processed.

Claims

1. A Bluetooth-enabled infrared (IR) remote control, comprising:

a micro control unit, for executing operations of signal processing, decoding and encoding;

an signal amplifying circuit, for amplifying a control signal being issued and coded by the micro control unit to be used for controlling a corresponding function of a specific electronic device;

an infrared light emitting diode (IRLED), capable of issuing an infrared signal; and

a Bluetooth module, capable of communicating with a bluetooth-enabled electronic device by Bluetooth wireless transmission while passing data received from the bluetooth-enabled electronic device to the micro control unit where it is processed.

2. The Bluetooth-enabled IR remote control of claim 1, further comprising a voltage regulating circuit.

3. The Bluetooth-enabled IR remote control of claim 2, wherein the voltage regulating circuit is capable of receiving power from a device selected from a group consisting of a battery and a transformer.

4. The Bluetooth-enabled IR remote control of claim 1, wherein the micro control unit is connected to an oscillator.

5. The Bluetooth-enabled IR remote control of claim 4, wherein the oscillator is made of quartz.

6. The Bluetooth-enabled IR remote control of claim 1, wherein a control code database is established in the micro control unit and each control code of the database is capable of being used for coding the control signal of the micro control unit to be used for controlling a corresponding function of an electronic device defined by the control code.

7. The Bluetooth-enabled IR remote control of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a device selected from the group consisting of a video/audio system, an audio player, a television (TV), a cable TV, a DVD player, a video cassette recorder (VCR), an air conditioner, and other devices with IR signal receiving ability.

8. The Bluetooth-enabled IR remote control of claim 1, wherein the bluetooth-enabled electronic device is a device selected from the group consisting of a desktop personal computer, a notebook computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile phone, a smart phone and a set top box.

9. The Bluetooth-enabled IR remote control of claim 8, wherein the set top box is capable of receiving signals transmitting from a network selected from the group consisting of a local area network (LAN), a broadband network including asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) and cable, a public switched telephone network (PSTN) and a lease line.

10. A Bluetooth-enabled infrared (IR) remote control, comprising:

a micro control unit, for executing operations of signal processing, decoding and encoding;

a plurality of infrared light emitting diodes, for emitting infrared (IR) signals;

a plurality of photodiodes, for receiving infrared (IR) signals;

a first signal amplifying circuit, for amplifying a control signal being issued and coded by the micro control unit to be used for controlling a corresponding function of a specific electronic device;

a second signal amplifying circuit, for amplifying the IR signals received from the photodiodes to be used for establishing a new coding in the remote control and thus enabling the micro control unit to issue control signals capable of controlling an electronic device issuing the aforesaid IR signals;

a Bluetooth module, capable of communicating with a bluetooth-enabled electronic device by Bluetooth wireless transmission while passing data received from the bluetooth-enabled electronic device to the micro control unit where it is processed; and

a storage unit, for storing the new coding of the electronic device with respect to the IR signals received by the photodiodes.

11. The Bluetooth-enabled IR remote control of claim 10, further comprising a voltage regulating circuit.

12. The Bluetooth-enabled IR remote control of claim 11, wherein the voltage regulating circuit is capable of receiving power from a device selected from a group consisting of a battery and a transformer.

13. The Bluetooth-enabled IR remote control of claim 10, wherein the micro control unit is connected to an oscillator.

14. The Bluetooth-enabled IR remote control of claim 13, wherein the oscillator is made of quartz.

15. The Bluetooth-enabled IR remote control of claim 10, wherein a control code database is established in the micro control unit and each control code of the database is capable of being used for coding the control signal of the micro control unit to be used for controlling a corresponding function of an electronic device defined by the control code.

16. The Bluetooth-enabled IR remote control of claim 10, wherein the electronic device is a device selected from the group consisting of a video/audio system, an audio player, a television (TV), a cable TV, a DVD player, a video cassette recorder (VCR), an air conditioner, and other devices with IR signal receiving ability.

17. The Bluetooth-enabled IR remote control of claim 10, wherein the bluetooth-enabled electronic device is a device selected from the group consisting of a desktop personal computer, a notebook computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile phone, a smart phone and a set top box.

18. The Bluetooth-enabled IR remote control of claim 16, wherein the set top box is capable of receiving signals transmitting from a network selected from the group consisting of a local area network (LAN), a broadband network including asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) and cable, a public switched telephone network (PSTN) and a lease line.

19. The Bluetooth-enabled IR remote control of claim 10, wherein the storage unit is a device selected from the group consisting of an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a static random access memory (SRAM), a flash memory, a memory card, and a hard disk drive.