REMOTE CONTROLLER, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING REMOTE CONTROLLER

• US 20150029402A1
• Filed: 02/27/2014
• Published: 01/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tianjin Funayuanchuang Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Tianjin Funayuanchuang Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: WU, HO-CHIEN, TSAI, MING-YAO
• Application Number:
  US14/191,463
• Publication Number:
  US 20150029402A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/731
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42221 Transmission circuitry, e.g. infrared [IR] or radio frequency [RF]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42222 Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42224 Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control

Abstract

A remote controller includes a touch module, a main processing unit, a communication module, and a motion sensing module. The touch module includes a touch panel and a touch signal processing unit. A method for controlling a remote controller includes steps of determining a switching behavior on the touch panel and switching the remote controller among operation modes corresponding to the switching behavior. The operation modes include a remoter mode, a touch-pad mode, and an air-mouse mode.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a remote controller for a television, the remote controller comprising a touch module, a main processing unit, a communication module, and a motion sensing module, the touch module comprising a touch panel and a touch signal processing unit, the method comprising:

determining a switching behavior on the touch panel; and

switching the remote controller among operation modes corresponding to the switching behavior, the operation modes comprising;

a remoter mode, wherein the remote controller detects a volume-up behavior, a volume-down behavior, a channel-up behavior, a channel-down behavior, and a power on/off behavior on the touch panel, and transmits a volume-up signal, a volume-down signal, a channel-up signal, a channel-down signal, and a power on/off signal to the television;

a touch-pad mode, wherein the remote controller detects a touch point and determines a mouse-click behavior on the touch panel and transmits a coordinate of a mouse cursor calculated from a coordinate of the touch point and a mouse-click signal to the television; and

an air-mouse mode, wherein the remote controller detects a spatial motion of the remote controller, determines a mouse-click behavior on the touch panel, and transmits a signal corresponding to the spatial motion, and a mouse-click signal to the television.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the touch panel senses a capacitance change value and outputs the capacitance change value to the touch signal processing unit.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining is processed by the touch signal processing unit.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining is processed by the main processing unit.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the switching behavior is a sustained touch on a first fixed position.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein a duration of the sustained touch on the first fixed position is 3 to 10 seconds.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein under the remoter mode, the method further comprises:

determining a remote controlling behavior on the touch panel, the remote controlling behavior comprising one of the volume-up behavior, the volume-down behavior, the channel-up behavior, the channel-down behavior, and the power on/off behavior; and

transmitting one of the volume-up signal, the volume-down signal, the channel-up signal, the channel-down signal, and the power on/off signal corresponding to the remote controlling behavior to the television.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the volume-up behavior, volume-down behavior, channel-up behavior, and channel-down behavior are straight slides of the finger on the touch panel, the volume-up behavior is a straight slide toward a first direction, the volume-down behavior is a straight slide toward a second direction, the channel-up behavior is a straight slide toward a third direction, and the channel-down behavior is a straight slide toward a fourth direction, the first, second, third, and fourth directions being different directions.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein under the touch-pad mode, the method further comprises:

detecting a touch point and determining a mouse-click behavior on the touch panel; and

transmitting a coordinate of a mouse cursor calculated from a coordinate of the touch point and a mouse-click signal to the television.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the coordinate of the mouse cursor is satisfied by the equations of Δ

Y1=Δ

X1·

n/h and Δ

Y2=Δ

X2·

n/h, wherein Δ

Y1 is a move distance of the mouse cursor along a height direction on a screen of the television, Δ

Y2 is a movement distance of the mouse cursor along a width direction on the screen, Δ

X1 is a movement distance of the touch point along a length direction of the touch panel, and Δ

X2 is a movement distance of the touch point along a width direction of the touch panel, n is a height of a television screen, and h is a length of the touch panel.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein under the air-mouse mode, the method further comprises:

detecting a motion of the remote controller;

determining a mouse-click behavior on the touch panel; and

transmitting a coordinate of a mouse cursor corresponding to the motion of the remote controller and a mouse-click signal to the television.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the mouse-click behavior is a short touch of the finger on a second fixed position of the touch panel, and the short touch is a persisting touch on the second fixed position of the touch panel.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein a duration of the persisting touch is 0.3 to 0.5 seconds.

14. A remote controller for a television, the remote controller comprising a touch module, a main processing unit, a communication module, and a motion sensing module, the touch module comprising a touch panel and a touch signal processing unit, the main processing unit being configured for switching the remote controller among operation modes corresponding to a switching behavior, the operation modes comprising:

a remoter mode, wherein the remote controller detects a volume-up behavior, a volume-down behavior, a channel-up behavior, a channel-down behavior, and a power on/off behavior on the touch panel, and transmits a volume-up signal, a volume-down signal, a channel-up signal, a channel-down signal, and a power on/off signal to the television;

a touch-pad mode, wherein the remote controller detects a touch point and determines a mouse-click behavior on the touch panel and transmits a coordinate of a mouse cursor calculated from a coordinate of the touch point and a mouse-click signal to the television; and

an air-mouse mode, wherein the remote controller detects a spatial motion of the remote controller, determines a mouse-click behavior on the touch panel, and transmits a signal corresponding to the spatial motion, and a mouse-click signal to the television.

15. A system comprising a remote controller and a television, the remote controller comprising a touch module, a main processing unit, a communication module, and a motion sensing module, the touch module comprising a touch panel and a touch signal processing unit, the main processing unit being configured for switching the remote controller among operation modes corresponding to a switching behavior, the operation modes comprising:

a remoter mode, wherein the remote controller detects a volume-up behavior, a volume-down behavior, a channel-up behavior, a channel-down behavior, and a power on/off behavior on the touch panel and transmits a volume-up signal, a volume-down signal, a channel-up signal, a channel-down signal, and a power on/off signal to the television;

a touch-pad mode, wherein the remote controller detects a touch point and determines a mouse-click behavior on the touch panel and transmits a coordinate of a mouse cursor calculated from a coordinate of the touch point and a mouse-click signal to the television; and

an air-mouse mode, wherein the remote controller detects a spatial motion of the remote controller, determines a mouse-click behavior on the touch panel, and transmits a signal corresponding to the spatial motion, and a mouse-click signal to the television.