METHOD FOR RETRANSMISSION OF INFARED REMOTE CONTROL SIGNALS, AND REMOTE CONTROL SIGNAL TRANSPONDER

• US 20160117920A1
• Filed: 10/21/2015
• Published: 04/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Quatius Limited
• Original Assignee: Quatius Limited
• Inventors: LIN, Huiquan
• Application Number:
  US14/919,470
• Publication Number:
  US 20160117920A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/40 Remote control systems using repeaters, converters, gateways
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/04 using light waves, e.g. infrared

Abstract

A method for retransmission of infrared remote control signals is disclosed, including acquiring key code values of a remote control of a second electrical appliance to be simulated and retransmitted by a first electrical appliance; creating a key code value table of remote control pulse signals of the second electrical appliance according to the key code values, and storing the key code value table in a server; downloading, by the first electrical appliance, the key code value table corresponding to the remote control of the second electrical appliance, from the server via a network; and receiving, by the first electrical appliance, key codes that input from the remote control for remotely controlling the second electrical appliance, converting the received key codes into corresponding remote control pulse signals according to the key code value table, and retransmitting the remote control pulse signals to a signal receiver of the second electrical appliance.

Claims

1. A method for retransmission of infrared remote control signals, comprising:

acquiring key code values of a remote control of a second electrical appliance to be simulated and retransmitted by a first electrical appliance;

creating a key code value table of remote control pulse signals of the second electrical appliance according to the key code values, and storing the key code value table in a server;

downloading, by the first electrical appliance, the key code value table corresponding to the remote control of the second electrical appliance, from the server via a network; and

receiving, by the first electrical appliance, key codes that input from the remote control for remotely controlling the second electrical appliance, converting the received key codes into corresponding remote control pulse signals according to the key code value table, and retransmitting the remote control pulse signals to a signal receiver of the second electrical appliance.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second electrical appliance is an associated device used with the first electrical appliance;

and

before the downloading, the method further comprises;

providing an option of retransmitting the infrared remote control signals to the second electrical appliance in the operating system of the first electrical appliance to form a function interface of remote control which is added to the control program of the first electrical appliance.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first electrical appliance is an intelligent television, and the second electrical appliance is an associated device selected from the group consisting of set top box, video player and audio device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein a main chip of the intelligent television is used to execute the stored software program to realize the simulation of the remote control pulse signals according to the key code values.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprises retransmitting the simulated remote control pulse signals to the signal receiver of the second electrical appliance via a remote control signal transponder coupled to an interface for retransmission of infrared remote control signals in the intelligent television.

6. A remote control signal transponder, comprising:

a power input circuit, a signal input interface, a front stage amplifier circuit, a final stage amplifier circuit, and an infrared diode array, wherein

the power input circuit is configured to connect with the front stage amplifier circuit and the final stage amplifier circuit respectively;

the signal input interface, the front stage amplifier circuit, the final stage amplifier circuit and the infrared diode array are configured to be connected in turn; and

the power input circuit is configured to supply power to the front stage amplifier circuit and the final stage amplifier circuit;

remote control pulse signals are input to the signal input interface, and are pre-amplified by the front stage amplifier circuit;

the infrared diode array is driven by the final stage amplifier circuit to convert waveforms of the remote control pulse signals into infrared coded signals for transmission.

7. The remote control signal transponder of claim 6, wherein the power input circuit and the signal input interface are connected with a 3.5 4 pin plug, and the power input circuit and the signal input interface are coupled to an interface for retransmission of infrared remote control signals in the intelligent television via the 3.5 4 pin plug;

the power input circuit accesses power supply via the interface for retransmission of infrared remote control signals, and the signal input interface accesses remote control pulse signals via the interface for retransmission of infrared remote control signals

8. The remote control signal transponder of claim 6, wherein the power input circuit comprises a capacitor C1 and a capacitor C2 connected in parallel and to the ground;

the front stage amplifier circuit comprises a NPN transistor Q3 and a resistance R10, wherein the base b3 of the transistor Q3 is coupled to the signal input interface via the resistance R10, and the emitter of the transistor Q3 is connected to the ground; and

the final stage amplifier circuit comprises a first drive circuit and a second drive circuit, wherein the first drive circuit may include a PNP transistor Q1, a resistance R2 and a resistance R1 which is connected between the collector c1 and the base b1 of the transistor Q1;

the base b1 of the transistor Q1 is coupled to the collector c3 of the transistor Q3 via the resistance R2;

the second drive circuit includes a PNP transistor Q2, a resistance R3 and a resistance R11 which is connected between the collector c2 and the base b2 of the transistor Q2;

the base b2 of the transistor Q2 is coupled to the collector c3 of the transistor Q3 via the resistance R3, and the emitter e1 of the transistor Q1 and the emitter e2 of the transistor Q2 are coupled to the infrared diode array.

9. The remote control signal transponder of claim 8, wherein the infrared diode array comprises infrared diodes D1˜

D8 and resistances R6˜

R9;

the infrared diodes D1 and D2 and the resistance R6 are connected in series between the ground and the emitter e1 of the transistor Q1;

the infrared diodes D4 and D3 and the resistance R9 are connected in series between the ground and the emitter e1 of the transistor Q1;

the infrared diodes D6 and D5 and the resistance R8 are connected in series between the ground and the emitter e2 of the transistor Q2;

the infrared diodes D8 and D7 and the resistance R7 are connected in series between the ground and the emitter e2 of the transistor Q2.

10. The remote control signal transponder of claim 9, further comprises a circular housing, wherein the infrared diodes D1˜

D8 are evenly distributed around the circular housing.