Control system having a plurality of control command sources
First Claim
1. A control system for a television monitor and a television timer each having a remote control command receiver, comprising:
- a plurality of sources of control commands, at least one being connected only to said television monitor and at least another being a remote control commander for providing remote control commands receivable by the remote control command receivers of both said television monitor and said televison tuner, said plurality of sources having predetermined respective relative priorities; and
controller means including input means connected with said one source and said remote control command receivers in parallel through independent paths for receiving the respective control commands, means arranged in said television tuner for producing a control signal in correspondence with one of said control commands received at said input means, and means for selecting said one of said control commands including a control command corresponding to said control signal, when simultaneously received at a said input means, in the order of said predetermined relative priorities.
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Abstract
A control system, for example, for a television receiver comprised of a monitor and a tuner has a plurality of sources of control commands, such as, remote control command receivers associated with the television monitor and tuner, respectively, and a manual control device or keyboard associated with the monitor, a plurality of input terminals connected to the control command sources, respectively, through independent paths and each of which is assigned a predetermined priority in relation to the other input terminals, and a controller for selecting one of the control commands in the order of the predetermined priorities assigned thereto when such control commands are simultaneously received at the respective input terminals, and for producing a control signal for the monitor and/or tuner in correspondence with the selected control command.
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11 Claims
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1. A control system for a television monitor and a television timer each having a remote control command receiver, comprising:
a plurality of sources of control commands, at least one being connected only to said television monitor and at least another being a remote control commander for providing remote control commands receivable by the remote control command receivers of both said television monitor and said televison tuner, said plurality of sources having predetermined respective relative priorities; and
controller means including input means connected with said one source and said remote control command receivers in parallel through independent paths for receiving the respective control commands, means arranged in said television tuner for producing a control signal in correspondence with one of said control commands received at said input means, and means for selecting said one of said control commands including a control command corresponding to said control signal, when simultaneously received at a said input means, in the order of said predetermined relative priorities.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A control system for a video system incluidng a video monitor and a television tuner, each having a remote control command receiver and each being controlled by way of a plurality of control command sources one of which is a remote control commander for providing remote control commands receivable by the remote control command receivers of both said monitor and tuner, comprising:
a plurality of input terminals at said video monitor and television tuner and being connected to said control command sources through mutually independent paths, at least a pair of said input terminals for directly connecting said video monitor with said televison tuner, and each of which is assigned a predetermined priority in relation to the other input terminals; and
controller means connected to said input terminals for detecting when at least one of said input terminals receives a control command from a corresponding control command source, selecting one of said input terminals according to the predetermined priorities assigned to said input terminals when a plurality of control commands are received simultaneously, and outputting a control signal corresponding to the selected control command for operating said video system in accordance with said selected control command.- View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A control system for video means that can be controlled from a control panel and from a remote control commander wherein said video means includes a television monitor and a television tuner, each having a remote control command receiver for receiving a remote control command from said remote control commander, comprsiing:
first and second input terminals for receiving control commands from said control panel and said remote control commander, respectively, through different paths, said second input terminal being connected to said control command receiver of said television monitor; and
further comprising a third input terminal connected to said control command receiver of said television tuner, said first, second, and third input terminals being assigned respective priorities; and
controller means connected to said first, second, and third input terminals for detecting when any one of said input terminals receives a control command, selecting one of said input terminals according to said priorities assigned thereto when control commands are received simultaneously by both of said first and second input terminals, and producing a control signal corresponding to the selected control command for operating said video means in accordance with said selected control command.- View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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