REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE FOR DISPLAY SCREEN AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING DISPLAY SCREEN

• US 20180095552A1
• Filed: 09/30/2016
• Published: 04/05/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Company Limited (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Company Limited (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: LI, Kun, ZHANG, Shancai, ZHANG, Yueyuan, YANG, Yuting, MA, Tao
• Application Number:
  US15/519,932
• Publication Number:
  US 20180095552A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03542 Light pens for emitting or receiving light
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/042 by opto-electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/043 using propagating acoustic waves
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4367 Establishing a secure communication between the client and a peripheral device or smart card

Abstract

The example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a remote control device for a display screen and a method for remotely controlling a display screen. The remote control device comprises at least three distance sensor receivers that are fixed with respect to the display screen and arranged at different positions, a control pen and a control point recognition unit, wherein the control pen is provided with at least two distance sensor transmitters at positions in different distances to a pen tip; the at least three distance sensor receivers are configured to receive ranging signals from the at least two distance sensor transmitters, respectively; the control point recognition unit is configured to determine a control point of the control pen on the display screen based on the ranging signals received by the at least three distance sensor receivers. According to the example embodiments of the present disclosure, a control of the display screen is no longer limited by the distance, while the control pen is not contacted with the display screen directly to avoid the display screen from being scraped.

Claims

1. A remote control device for a display screen, comprising at least three distance sensor receivers that are fixed with respect to the display screen and arranged at different positions, a control pen and a control point recognition unit, wherein the control pen is provided with at least two distance sensor transmitters at positions in different distances to a pen tip;

the at least three distance sensor receivers are configured to receive ranging signals from the at least two distance sensor transmitters, respectively;

the control point recognition unit is configured to determine a control point of the control pen on the display screen based on the ranging signals received by the at least three distance sensor receivers.

2. The remote control device according to claim 1, wherein the control point recognition unit is further configured to acquire position coordinates of the at least two distance sensor transmitters with respect to the display screen based on the ranging signals, acquire an intersection between a straight line along which the control pen is arranged and the display screen based on the position coordinates, and determine a control point of the control pen on the display screen.

3. The remote control device according to claim 1, wherein the ranging signal is at least one of an infrared signal and an ultrasonic signal.

4. The remote control device according to claim 1, further comprising a display screen control unit, wherein the control pen further comprises a control pen main control unit configured to generate a control command signal;

the display screen control unit is configured to receive the control command signal from the control pen main control unit in a wire or wireless manner, so as to perform an operation corresponding to the control command signal on respective content in the display screen.

5. The remote control device according to claim 4, wherein the control pen further comprises a control pen command receiving unit;

the control pen main control unit is further configured to generate the control command signal based on a control command received by the control pen command receiving unit.

6. The remote control device according to claim 5, wherein the control pen command receiving unit is a pressure sensor.

7. The remote control device according to claim 1, wherein the display screen is a touch screen.

8. The remote control device according to claim 1, wherein the control pen is provided with a laser transmitter configured to indicate a position of the control point.

9. The remote control device according to claim 8, wherein the control pen is further provided with a laser transmitter switch configured to control On-Off of the laser transmitter.

10. The remote control device according to claim 1, wherein the control pen is further provided with a control pen switch configured to control On-Off of the distance sensor transmitters.

11. The remote control device according to claim 1, wherein the at least three distance sensor receivers comprise three distance sensor receivers arranged at different corners of the display screen.

19. The remote control device according to claim 2, further comprising a display screen control unit, wherein the control pen further comprises a control pen main control unit configured to generate a control command signal;

the display screen control unit is configured to receive the control command signal from the control pen main control unit in a wire or wireless manner, so as to perform an operation corresponding to the control command signal on respective content in the display screen.

20. The remote control device according to claim 19, wherein the control pen further comprises a control pen command receiving unit;

the control pen main control unit is further configured to generate the control command signal based on a control command received by the control pen command receiving unit.

12. A method for remotely controlling a display screen, comprising:

receiving ranging signals from at least two distance sensor transmitters on a control pen and at positions in different distances to a pen tip, respectively, by at least three distance sensor receivers fixed with respect to the display screen and arranged at different positions; and

determining a control point of the control pen on the display screen, based on the ranging signals received by the at least three distance sensor receivers.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

determining whether the determined control point locates within an effective area of the display screen;

in response to that the determined control point locates within the effective area of the display screen, determining that the determined control point is effective and analyzing a control command signal received from the control pen so as to perform an operation corresponding to the control command signal on respective content in the display screen;

in response to that the determined control point does not locate within the effective area of the display screen, determining that the determined control point and the control command signal are ineffective.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein determining the control point of the control pen on the display screen comprises:

acquiring position coordinates of the at least two distance sensor transmitters with respect to the display screen, acquiring an intersection between a straight line along which the control pen is arranged and the display screen based on the position coordinates, and determining the control point of the control pen on the display screen.

15. The method according to claim 12, wherein the ranging signal is at least one of an infrared signal and an ultrasonic signal.

16. The method according to claim 12, wherein the display screen is a touch screen.

17. The method according to claim 12, further comprising indicating a position of the control point by a laser transmitter on the control pen.

18. The method according to claim 13, wherein the control command signal is generated by the control pen based on a control command received by the command receiving unit.