Remote Control System

• US 20120146775A1
• Filed: 05/11/2010
• Published: 06/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kurosaki, Toshiyuki, Tanabe, Hideki, Shibuya, Kiyoto, Kudo, Gen
• Granted Patent: US 9,446,325 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/12.5
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 30/04 using wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 19/28 using pulse code

Abstract

Provided is a communication processing module, which is compatible with various kinds of devices to be operated by an operation input device. The communication processing module for the device to be operated receives any one of a standard operation signal specifying a standard action and a specific operation signal specifying an action unique to the device to be operated, which are transmitted by the operation input device. When the received operation signal is the standard operation signal, the communication processing module causes the device to be operated to execute an action corresponding to a content of the operation signal, and when the received operation signal is the specific operation signal, transfers data contained in the signal to a unique processing module. The unique processing module causes the device to be operated to execute an action corresponding to a content of the data transferred from the communication processing module.

Claims

1. A remote control system, comprising:

an operation input device; and

a device to be operated, which performs an action in accordance with an operation signal transmitted from the operation input device by wireless,

wherein the operation input device transmits, as the operation signal, any one of a standard operation signal specifying a standard action and a specific operation signal specifying an action unique to the device to be operated, to the device to be operated,

wherein the device to be operated comprises;

a communication processing module for receiving the operation signal transmitted from the operation input device; and

a unique processing module for controlling the device to be operated to execute the action unique to the device to be operated,

wherein the communication processing module causes the device to be operated to execute an action corresponding to a content of the operation signal when the received operation signal is the standard operation signal, and transfers data contained in the operation signal to the unique processing module when the received operation signal is the specific operation signal, and

wherein the unique processing module causes the device to be operated to execute an action corresponding to a content of the data transferred from the communication processing module.

2. The remote control system according to claim 1,

wherein the device to be operated is a moving object which moves in accordance with the operation signal,

wherein the device to be operated further comprises a drive portion which is driven in accordance with a drive signal output from the communication processing module or the unique processing module,

wherein the communication processing module outputs, to the drive portion, a drive signal corresponding to the content of the operation signal when the received operation signal is the standard operation signal, and

wherein the unique processing module outputs, to the drive portion, a drive signal corresponding to the content of the data transferred from the communication processing module.

3. The remote control system according to claim 2, wherein the communication processing module refers to a predetermined portion contained in the operation signal, to thereby determine whether the operation signal is the standard operation signal or the specific operation signal.

4. A device to be operated, which performs an action in accordance with an operation signal transmitted from an operation input device by wireless,

the device to be operated comprising:

a communication processing module for receiving, as the operation signal, any one of a standard operation signal specifying a standard action and a specific operation signal specifying an action unique to the device to be operated, from the operation input device; and

a unique processing module for controlling the device to be operated to execute the action unique to the device to be operated,

wherein the communication processing module causes the device to be operated to execute an action corresponding to a content of the operation signal when the received operation signal is the standard operation signal, and transfers data contained in the operation signal to the unique processing module when the received operation signal is the specific operation signal, and

wherein the unique processing module causes the device to be operated to execute an action corresponding to a content of the data transferred from the communication processing module.

5. A communication processing module to be installed in a device to be operated which performs an action in accordance with an operation signal transmitted from an operation input device by wireless,

the communication processing module comprising:

means for receiving, as the operation signal, any one of a standard operation signal specifying a standard action and a specific operation signal specifying an action unique to the device to be operated, from the operation input device;

means for generating, when the received operation signal is the standard operation signal, an action signal for causing the device to be operated to execute an action corresponding to a content of the operation signal, and outputting the action signal; and

means for transferring, when the received operation signal is the specific operation signal, data contained in the operation signal to a unique processing module which is included in the device to be operated and performs action control unique to the device to be operated.

6. A method of controlling a device to be operated, which comprises a communication processing module and a unique processing module, and performs an action in accordance with an operation signal transmitted from an operation input device by wireless,

the method of controlling a device to be operated comprising:

receiving, as the operation signal, any one of a standard operation signal specifying a standard action and a specific operation signal specifying an action unique to the device to be operated, from the operation input device;

causing, by the communication processing module, the device to be operated to execute an action corresponding to a content of the operation signal when the received operation signal is the standard operation signal;

transferring, by the communication processing module, data contained in the operation signal to the unique processing module when the received operation signal is the specific operation signal; and

causing, by the unique processing module, the device to be operated to execute an action corresponding to a content of the transferred data.

7. A remote control system, comprising:

an operation input device; and

a device to be operated, which performs an action in accordance with an operation signal transmitted from the operation input device through wireless communication,

wherein the operation input device comprises;

means for establishing a wireless communication connection to the device to be operated, by using communication setting information held in advance in the device to be operated;

means for transmitting, to the device to be operated, an instruction to rewrite the held communication setting information into other communication setting information by using the established wireless communication connection; and

means for reestablishing the wireless communication connection to the device to be operated, by using the other communication setting information obtained through the rewrite, and

wherein the device to be operated comprises;

means for holding the communication setting information;

means for rewriting the held communication setting information in accordance with the instruction from the operation input device; and

means for performing communication to the operation input device by using the held communication setting information.

8. The remote control system according to claim 7, wherein the device to be operated further comprises a reset switch, and, when the reset switch is depressed, returns the held communication setting information to initial information.

9. The remote control system according to claim 7, wherein the device to be operated is a moving object which moves in accordance with the operation signal.

10. A remote control system, comprising:

an operation input device; and

a moving object which moves in accordance with an operation signal transmitted from the operation input device through wireless communication,

wherein the moving object comprises;

a communication processing module for receiving the operation signal transmitted from the operation input device, and outputting a drive signal corresponding to the received operation signal; and

a drive portion which is driven in accordance with the drive signal output from the communication processing module, and

wherein the communication processing module outputs, when the wireless communication is disconnected, a drive signal for causing the drive portion to execute a predetermined action so as to shift the moving object to a predetermined state.

11. The remote control system according to claim 10,

wherein the operation input device generates control information for disconnection which defines a content of the drive signal for causing the drive portion to execute the predetermined action, and transmits the control information for disconnection to the moving object, and

wherein the communication processing module holds a content of the transmitted control information for disconnection, and, when the wireless communication is disconnected, outputs the drive signal defined by the held control information for disconnection.