Function Configuration Method and Related Device for a Remote Control Device

• US 20100171634A1
• Filed: 12/17/2009
• Published: 07/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Inventors: Liang, Wei-Kuo
• Application Number:
  US12/641,271
• Publication Number:
  US 20100171634A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/825.220
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/00 Speaker identification or verification techniques
• 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 21/42206 characterized by hardware details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42209 for displaying non-command information, e.g. electronic program guide [EPG], e-mail, messages or a second television channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42224 Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4415 using biometric characteristics of the user, e.g. by voice recognition or fingerprint scanning cryptography using biological data H04L9/3231; authentication in networks using biometric H04L63/0861
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/488 Data services, e.g. news ticker systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71

Abstract

A function configuration method for a remote control device is disclosed. The remote control device is utilized for controlling an electronic device. The function configuration method includes detecting a touch signal of a user, receiving a human characteristic according to the touch signal, identifying the human characteristic to generate an identification result, and setting functions to be performed by the user in the electronic device.

Claims

1. A function configuration method for a remote control device utilized for controlling an electronic device, the function configuration method comprising:

detecting a touch signal of a user;

receiving a human characteristic according to the touch signal;

identifying the human characteristic of the user, to generate an identification result; and

setting functions capable of being performed by the user in the electronic device according to the identification result.

2. The function configuration method of claim 1, wherein detecting the touch signal of the user is detecting the touch signal of the user by a thermal sensing method.

3. The function configuration method of claim 1, wherein the human characteristic is a face characteristic of the user.

4. The function configuration method of claim 1, wherein the human characteristic is an iris characteristic of the user.

5. The function configuration method of claim 1, wherein the human characteristic is a fingerprint characteristic of the user.

6. The function configuration method of claim 1, wherein the human characteristic is a voiceprint characteristic of the user.

7. The function configuration method of claim 1 further comprising:

pre-storing information of the functions capable of being performed by the user in the electronic device; and

displaying a control interface according to the functions capable of being performed by the user in the electronic device.

8. The function configuration method of claim 7 further comprising adjusting an attribute of the control interface according to the identification result, wherein the attribute is a size of the control interface or a color of the control interface.

9. The function configuration method of claim 1 further comprising outputting a message corresponding to the user via the electronic device according to the identification result, wherein the message is a text file, an image file, or an audio file.

10. The function configuration method of claim 9 further comprising pre-storing the message corresponding to the user.

11. The function configuration method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a television, and the functions capable of being performed by the user in the electronic device is channels to be selected by the user.

12. A function configuration device for a remote control device for controlling an electronic device, the function configuration device comprising:

a detecting unit, for detecting a touch signal of a user;

a receiving unit, for receiving a human characteristic of the user according to the touch signal;

an identifying unit, for identifying the human characteristic, to generate an identification result; and

a setting unit, for setting functions capable of being performed by the user in the electronic device according to the identification result.

13. The function configuration device of claim 12, wherein the detecting unit detects the touch signal of the user by a thermal sensing method.

14. The function configuration device of claim 12, wherein the receiving unit is an image receiver, and the human characteristic is a face characteristic of the user.

15. The function configuration device of claim 12, wherein the receiving unit is an iris scanner, and the human characteristic is an iris characteristic of the user.

16. The function configuration device of claim 12, wherein the receiving unit is a fingerprint receiver, and the human characteristic is a fingerprint characteristic of the user.

17. The function configuration device of claim 12, wherein the receiving unit is a microphone, and the human characteristic is a voiceprint characteristic of the user.

18. The function configuration device of claim 12 further comprising:

an information storage device, for pre-storing information of the functions capable of being performed by the user in the electronic device; and

a display unit, for displaying a control interface according to the functions capable of being performed by the user in the electronic device.

19. The function configuration device of claim 18, wherein the display unit is a touch screen, and the control interface is a menu displayed on the touch screen.

20. The function configuration device of claim 18 further comprising an adjusting unit, for adjusting an attribute of the control interface according to the identification result, wherein the attribute is a size of the control interface or a color of the control interface.

21. The function configuration device of claim 12 further comprising a message indication unit, for outputting a message corresponding to the user via the electronic device according to the identification result, wherein the message is a text file, an image file, or an audio file.

22. The function configuration device of claim 21 further comprising a message storage unit, for pre-storing the message corresponding to the user.

23. The function configuration device of claim 12, wherein the electronic device is a television, and the functions capable of being performed by the user in the electronic device is channels capable of being selected by the user.