Remote Controller Having A Touch Panel For Inputting Commands

• US 20110148803A1
• Filed: 12/23/2009
• Published: 06/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Amlogic (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (Amlogic Holdings Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Amlogic (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (Amlogic Holdings Ltd.)
• Inventors: Xu, Lin
• Application Number:
  US12/646,952
• Publication Number:
  US 20110148803A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• 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 21/42224 Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control

Abstract

A remote control device comprises: a unit having a top surface; and a touch panel disposed on the top surface, wherein the touch panel covers all of the top surface. The touch panel comprises touch sensing channels positioned on the touch panel for detecting an object touching or in proximity to the touch panel.

Claims

1. A remote controller device, comprising:

a unit having a top surface; and

a touch panel disposed on said top surface,

wherein said touch panel covers all of said top surface.

2. The remote controller device of claim 1 wherein said top surface has no physical buttons.

3. The remote controller device of claim 1 wherein said touch panel is flat.

4. The remote controller device of claim 1 wherein said remote controller device interacts with a display device, and upon activating said touch panel, one or more interfaces are provided on the display device.

5. The remote controller device of claim 4 wherein said interfaces include a movable pointer.

6. The remote controller device of claim 4 wherein upon sliding on said touch panel at a designated portion of said touch panel, the interfaces are scrolled and a selected one of the interfaces is displayed on the display device.

7. The remote controller device of claim 4 wherein a selected one of the interfaces is displayed on the display device and the selected interface provides for selectable functions for two or more devices corresponding to two or more designated areas on the touch panel.

8. The remote controller device of claim 4 wherein the interfaces are user customizable.

9. The remote controller device of claim 4 wherein each of said interfaces comprises a plurality of virtual buttons.

10. The remote controller device of claim 1 wherein the touch panel comprises capacitance touch sensing channels, wherein said capacitance touch sensing channels form a grid pattern on the top surface.

11. The remote controller of claim 10 wherein each of the capacitance touch sensing channels comprises a plurality of touch pads, wherein the touch pads are positioned on a first surface of a PCB.

12. The remote controller of claim 10 wherein the capacitance touch sensing channels are mapped to a coordinate system.

14. The remote controller device of claim 1 wherein said remote controller device having an on-state and an off-state, wherein a plurality of magnetic coils is disposed on said touch panel, wherein a stroke across said plurality of magnetic coils toggles said remote controller device between the off-state and the on-state, and wherein during the off-state said remote controller device does not consume power.

15. The remote controller device of claim 1 wherein said remote controller device having an on-state and an off-state, wherein a shaking detection device is disposed within said remote controller device, wherein upon shaking said remote controller device, said remote controller device toggles between the off-state and the on-state, and wherein during the off-state said remote controller device does not consume power.

13. The remote controller of claim 13 wherein a location of an object is determined based on capacitances measured for said capacitance touch sensing channels and the mapped positions of the capacitance touch sensing channels on the coordinate system.

16. A remote controller device, comprising:

a unit having a top surface; and

a touch panel disposed on said top surface,

wherein said touch panel is flat and covers all of said top surface, wherein said top surface has no physical buttons, wherein the touch panel comprises capacitance touch sensing channels, wherein said capacitance touch sensing channels form a grid pattern on the top surface, wherein each of the capacitance touch sensing channels comprises a plurality of touch pads, and wherein the touch pads are positioned on a first surface of a PCB.

17. The remote controller device of claim 16 wherein said remote controller device interacts with a display device, and upon activating said touch panel, one or more interfaces are provided on the display device, wherein said interfaces include a movable pointer, wherein upon sliding on said touch panel at a designated portion of said touch panel, the interfaces are scrolled and a selected one of the interfaces is displayed on the display device, wherein the selected interface provides for selectable functions for two or more devices corresponding to two or more designated areas on the touch panel, wherein the interfaces are user customizable, and wherein each of said interfaces comprises a plurality of virtual buttons.

18. The remote controller of claim 16 wherein the capacitance touch sensing channels are mapped to a coordinate system, and wherein a location of an object is determined based on capacitances measured for said capacitance touch sensing channels and the mapped positions of the capacitance touch sensing channels on the coordinate system.

19. The remote controller device of claim 16 wherein said remote controller device having an on-state and an off-state, wherein a hardware module is disposed in said remote controller device, wherein a detected event by the hardware module toggles said remote controller device between the off-state and the on-state.

20. A remote controller device, comprising:

a unit having a top surface; and

a touch panel disposed on said top surface,

wherein said touch panel is flat and covers all of said top surface, wherein said top surface has no physical buttons, wherein said remote controller device interacts with a display device, and upon activating said touch panel, one or more interfaces are provided on the display device, wherein said interfaces include a movable pointer, wherein upon sliding on said touch panel at a designated portion of said touch panel, the interfaces are scrolled and a selected one of the interfaces is displayed on the display device, wherein the selected interface provides for selectable functions for two or more devices corresponding to two or more designated areas on the touch panel, wherein the interfaces are user customizable and comprises a plurality of virtual buttons, wherein the touch panel comprises capacitance touch sensing channels, wherein said capacitance touch sensing channels form a grid pattern on the top surface, wherein each of the capacitance touch sensing channels comprises a plurality of touch pads, wherein the touch pads are positioned on a first surface of a PCB, wherein the capacitance touch sensing channels are mapped to a coordinate system, wherein a location of an object is determined based on capacitances measured for said capacitance touch sensing channels and the mapped positions of the capacitance touch sensing channels on the coordinate system, and wherein the remote controller having an on-state and an off-state.