REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTER

• US 20110050571A1
• Filed: 09/17/2009
• Published: 03/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Wu, Kuan-Lin
• Application Number:
  US12/562,074
• Publication Number:
  US 20110050571A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/163
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0331 Finger worn pointing device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0335 Finger operated miniaturized mouse
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03543 Mice or pucks G06F3/03541 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/04 using light waves, e.g. infrared

Abstract

A remote control system for a computer includes a transmitting apparatus generating move instructions and key-press instructions. A receiving apparatus is connected to the computer, to receive the move instructions and key-press instructions and send the move instructions and key-press instructions to the computer. The receiving apparatus includes an infrared-house module transmitting an infrared to the transmitting apparatus and an infrared camera module capturing a location and a move state of the transmitting apparatus according to a reflected infrared from the transmitting apparatus and converting the captured location and move state to images and sending the images to the computer. The computer converts the key-press instructions to key-press data and converts the key-press data into key-press actions of a cursor of the computer, and converts the images to movement data and converts the move data into movement actions of the cursor of the computer.

Claims

1. A remote control system for a computer, comprising:

a transmitting apparatus to generate move instructions and key-press instructions; and

a receiving apparatus connected to the computer, to receive the move instructions and key-press instructions and send the movement instructions and key-press instructions to the computer, the receiving apparatus comprising;

an infrared-house module to transmit infrared to the transmitting apparatus; and

an infrared camera module to capture a location and a move state of the transmitting apparatus according to reflected infrared by the transmitting apparatus and convert the captured location and move state of the transmitting apparatus into images, and send the images to the computer;

wherein the computer converts the key-press instructions to key-press data and converts the key-press data into key-press actions of a cursor of the computer;

the computer converts the images into movement data and converts the movement data into movement actions of the cursor of the computer.

2. The remote control system of claim 1, wherein the transmitting apparatus comprises two buttons to generate the key-press instructions, the material of a surface of the transmitting apparatus has a high infrared reflectivity character.

3. The remote control system of claim 2, wherein the transmitting apparatus is ring-shaped.

4. The remote control system of claim 1, wherein the transmitting apparatus comprises:

a button module to output the key-press instructions, to control the cursor of the computer to open or close a menu of the computer;

a wireless transmitting module;

a first data processing module to receive the key-press instructions from the button module and send the key-press instructions to the receiving apparatus via the wireless transmitting module; and

a power module to provide voltages to the button module, the first data processing module, and the wireless transmitting module.

5. The remote control system of claim 1, wherein the receiving apparatus further comprises:

a universal serial bus (USB) interface to connect the receiving apparatus to the computer;

a wireless receiving module to receive the key-press instructions from the transmitting apparatus and output the key-press instructions to the computer; and

a second data processing module to receive the images from the infrared camera module and send the images to the computer via the USB interface, and receive the key-press instructions from the wireless receiving module and send the key-press instructions to the computer via the USB interface.

6. A remote control method for a computer, comprising:

a;

an infrared-house module sending infrared to a transmitting apparatus, the transmitting apparatus reflecting the infrared, when an infrared camera module receiving a reflected infrared from the transmitting apparatus, the procedure goes to step b, when buttons of a button module of the transmitting apparatus is operated, the procedure goes to step c;

b;

capturing a location and a movement state of the transmitting apparatus according to the reflected infrared, and converting the location and the movement state of the transmitting apparatus into images and sending the images to a second date processing module;

c;

receiving the key-press instructions from the button module and sending the key-press instructions to the second data processing module via a wireless transmitting module and a wireless receiving module;

d;

receiving the images from the infrared camera module and receiving the key-press instructions from the wireless receiving module;

e;

sending the images and the key-press instructions to the computer via a universal serial bus (USB) interface;

f;

receiving the images and the key-press instructions via the USB interface, if receiving the images, the procedure goes to step g, if receiving the key-press instructions, the procedure goes to step h;

g;

converting the images into movement data;

h;

converting the movement data into the movement actions of the cursor of the computer;

i;

converting the key-press instructions to key-press data;

j;

converting the key-press data into key-press actions of the cursor of the computer; and

k;

displaying the movement actions and the key-press actions of the cursor on the computer and applying to the computer, to control a menu of the computer.