METHOD FOR STORING CONTROL SIGNALS OF REMOTE CONTROLLER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME

• US 20110291818A1
• Filed: 03/17/2011
• Published: 12/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AVerMedia Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: AVerMedia Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Chao, Chia-Chen, Hsieh, Yu-Hung, Tai, Shou-Kuo
• Application Number:
  US13/050,187
• Publication Number:
  US 20110291818A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/12.24
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/00 Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for storing control signals and an electronic device using the method. An object thereof is receiving and storing control signals sent from a remote controller. The method comprises: using the electronic device to receive a first control signal sent from the remote controller by pressing a first key of the remote controller; performing a comparison program between the first control signal and a query record comprising a plurality of function options and a plurality of corresponding control signals; dynamically displaying a function option of the function options and a corresponding modification prompt according to a result of the comparison program; and updating and storing a control signal corresponding to the function option of the query record.

Claims

1. A method for storing control signals adapted into an electronic device and configured for receiving and storing control signals sent from a remote controller, the method comprising:

using the electronic device to receive a first control signal sent from the remote controller by pressing a first key of the remote controller;

performing a comparison program between the first control signal and a query record comprising a plurality of function options and a plurality of corresponding control signals;

dynamically displaying a function option of the function options and a corresponding modification prompt according to a result of the comparison program; and

updating and storing a control signal corresponding to the function option of the query record.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of using the electronic device to receive the first control signal sent from the remote controller by pressing the first key of the remote controller, comprises:

pressing the first key according to a pending input function option by a user; and

using the electronic device to receive the first control signal corresponding to the first key which is sent from the remote controller.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the function options of the query record are divided into a plurality of pre-stored function options and a plurality of pending-input function options.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of dynamically displaying the function option of the function options and the corresponding modification prompt according to the result of the comparison program, comprises:

displaying a pending-input function option and a modification prompt clashed with a pre-stored function option corresponding to the first control signal of the query record, if the result is a repeated result; and

displaying a modification prompt for storing the first control signal as the pending-input function option.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the step of displaying the pending-input function option and the modification prompt clashed with the pre-stored function option corresponding to the first control signal of the query record if the result is the repeated result, comprises:

displaying the repeated result through a prompt information; and

optionally modifying a control signal corresponding to the pre-stored function option or a control signal corresponding to the pending-input function option according to the prompt information by the user.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the step of updating and storing the control signal corresponding to the function option of the query record, comprises:

receiving a second control signal sent from the remote controller by pressing a second key of the remote controller; and

updating the control signal corresponding to the pre-stored function option as the second control signal, or storing the second control signal as the control signal corresponding to the pending-input function option, according to a judgment for the prompt information by the user.

7. The method according to claim 4, wherein the repeated result is that the query record has stored a corresponding relation between the first control signal and the pre-stored function option.

8. A computer product, comprising a software program stored therein, wherein the software program is performed to perform an operation for storing a control signal by an electronic device having a control unit, and the operation for storing the control signal comprises:

using the electronic device to receive a first control signal sent from a remote controller by pressing a first key of the remote controller;

performing a comparison program between the first control signal and a query record comprising a plurality of function options and a plurality of corresponding control signals;

dynamically displaying a function option of the function options and a corresponding modification prompt according to a result of the comparison program; and

updating and storing a control signal corresponding to the function option of the query record.

9. An electronic device, connected to a remote controller through signals and having a function of storing control signals sent from the remote controller, the electronic device comprising:

a transceiver, connected to the remote controller through the signals, and configured for receiving a first control signal sent from the remote controller by pressing a first key of the remote controller; and

a control unit, electrically connected to the transceiver, and configured for performing a comparison program between the first control signal and a query record comprising a plurality of function options and a plurality of corresponding control signals, and updating and storing a control signal corresponding to a function option of the function options of the query record, after dynamically displaying the function option of the function options and a corresponding modification prompt according to a result of the comparison program,.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9, further comprising:

a display unit, electrically connected to the control unit, and cooperated with the control unit to dynamically display the function option and the corresponding modification prompt.

11. The electronic device according to claim 9, further comprising:

a memory unit, electrically connected to the control unit, and configured for updating and storing the query record according to the comparison program performed by the control unit.

12. The electronic device according to claim 11, wherein the memory unit employs a look-up table mode or a data-linking mode for storing a corresponding relation between the plurality of function options and the plurality of control signals of the query record.

13. The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the step of the control unit dynamically displaying the function option of the function options and the corresponding modification prompt according to the result of the comparison program, comprises:

displaying a pending-input function option and a modification prompt clashed with a pre-stored function option corresponding to the first control signal of the query record if the result is a repeated result; and

displaying a corresponding modification prompt for storing the first control signal as the pending-input function option if the result is an updated result.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein if the result is the repeated result, the control unit performs following steps:

displaying the repeated result through a prompt information; and

optionally modifying a control signal corresponding to the pre-stored function option or a control signal corresponding to the pending-input function option according to the prompt information by the user.

15. The electronic device according to claim 14, wherein the step of the control unit updating and storing the control signal corresponding to the function option of the query record, comprises:

receiving a second control signal sent from the remote controller by pressing a second key of the remote controller; and

updating the control signal corresponding to the pre-stored function option as the second control signal, or storing the second control signal as the control signal corresponding to the pending-input function option according to a judgment for the prompt information by the user.

16. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the repeated result is that the query record has stored a corresponding relation between the first control signal and the pre-stored function option.