Remotely controllable electronic apparatus
First Claim
1. In an electronic apparatus having means for establishing a remote control mode, means operable in said remote control mode for providing first remote control codes in response to corresponding control signals from a first remote control transmitter intended for use with said apparatus, and means receiving said first remote control codes for controlling respective operations of the apparatus;
- a combination, as an integral component of said apparatus, comprising non-volatile memory means, means for establishing a learning mode of said apparatus, means operative in said learning mode for writing said first remote control codes at respective addresses in said nonvolatile memory means, means operative in said learning mode for providing second remote control codes which correspond to respective ones of said first remote control codes for controlling the same operations as said respective first remote control codes and which are generated in response to corresponding control signals from a second remote control transmitter intended for use with a different electronic apparatus, means operative in said learning mode for writing said second remote control codes in said nonvolatile memory means at addresses of the latter which correspond to said address at which said respective first remote control codes have been written, and means operative in said remote control mode after said second remote control codes have been written in said nonvolatile memory means and responding to one of said control signals from said second remote control transmitter for reading out from said nonvolatile memory means one of said first remote control codes from an address in said memory means corresponding to the address of the second remote control code which corresponds to said one control signal from said second remote control transmitter for controlling the operation of the electronic apparatus in accordance with the read-out first remote control code.
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Abstract
In an audio and/or video electronic apparatus, such as, a television receiver or a video tape recorder, which, in a remote control mode, is capable of having operations thereof controllable by respective first remote control codes in response to the reception of corresponding signals from a first remote or separate control transmitter intended for use with such apparatus; there is provided, as an integral component of the electronic appartus, a nonvolatile memory in which, in a programming or learning mode, the first remote control codes are written in association with respective second remote control codes for controlling the same operations and which are generated in response to the reception of corresponding signals from a second remote control transmitter intended for use with a different electronic apparatus. After such programming, in the remote control mode of the apparatus, the reception of a control signal from the second remote control transmitter causes read-out from the nonvolatile memory of the first remote control code which is associated with the second remote control code corresponding to the received control signal for controlling the operation of the electronic apparatus in accordance with the read-out first remote control code.
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1. In an electronic apparatus having means for establishing a remote control mode, means operable in said remote control mode for providing first remote control codes in response to corresponding control signals from a first remote control transmitter intended for use with said apparatus, and means receiving said first remote control codes for controlling respective operations of the apparatus;
- a combination, as an integral component of said apparatus, comprising non-volatile memory means, means for establishing a learning mode of said apparatus, means operative in said learning mode for writing said first remote control codes at respective addresses in said nonvolatile memory means, means operative in said learning mode for providing second remote control codes which correspond to respective ones of said first remote control codes for controlling the same operations as said respective first remote control codes and which are generated in response to corresponding control signals from a second remote control transmitter intended for use with a different electronic apparatus, means operative in said learning mode for writing said second remote control codes in said nonvolatile memory means at addresses of the latter which correspond to said address at which said respective first remote control codes have been written, and means operative in said remote control mode after said second remote control codes have been written in said nonvolatile memory means and responding to one of said control signals from said second remote control transmitter for reading out from said nonvolatile memory means one of said first remote control codes from an address in said memory means corresponding to the address of the second remote control code which corresponds to said one control signal from said second remote control transmitter for controlling the operation of the electronic apparatus in accordance with the read-out first remote control code.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A combination of an electronic apparatus capable, in a remote control mode, of having operations thereof controlled by respective first remote control codes;
- a first remote control transmitter intended for use with the first mentioned electronic apparatus and being operable to transmit first control signals corresponding to said first remote control codes; and
a second remote control transmitter intended for use with a different electronic apparatus and being operable to transmit second control signals corresponding to second remote control codes for controlling the same operations as at least some of said first remote control codes;
said first mentioned electronic apparatus including, as integral parts thereof, nonvolatile memory means, means operative in a learning mode of said first electronic apparatus for writing said second remote control codes in said nonvolatile memory means in association with said first remote control codes which control the same operations, and means operative in said remote control mode after said second remote control codes have been written in said nonvolatile memory means in response to one of said second control signals by reading out from said nonvolatile memory means a respective one of said first remote control codes associated a respective one of the second remote control code which corresponds to said one second control signal for controlling the operation of said first mentioned electronic apparatus in accordance with the read-out first remote control code.
- a first remote control transmitter intended for use with the first mentioned electronic apparatus and being operable to transmit first control signals corresponding to said first remote control codes; and
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7. A video system comprising:
- a first television receiver capable, in a remote control mode, of having operations thereof controlled by respective first remote control codes;
a first remote control transmitter intended for use with said television receiver and being operable to transmit first control signals corresponding to said first remote control codes for selectively controlling the respective operations of said first television receiver;
a video tape recorder adapted for recording video signals received by said first television receiver and being capable, in a remote control mode, of having operations thereof controlled by respective second remote control codes; and
a second remote control transmitter intended for use with said video tape recorder and being operable to transmit second control signals corresponding to the first mentioned second remote control codes for controlling said operations of the video tape recorder and also corresponding to a second group of second remote control codes adapted for controlling operations of a second television receiver controllable by said second remote control codes;
said first television receiver including, as integral parts thereof, nonvolatile memory means, means opertive in a learning mode of said first television receiver for writing said second group of said second remote control codes for controlling respective operations of the second television receiver in association with at least some of said first remote control codes which control the same operations of said first television receiver, and means opertive in said remote control mode after said second group of second remote control codes have been written in said nonvolatile memory means for responding to a received one of said second control signal from said second remote control transmitter by reading out from said nonvolatile memory means a respective one of said first remote control codes associated with a respective one of the second remote control codes which corresponds to said one received second control signal for controlling the operation of said first television receiver in accordance with the read-out first remote control code. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- a first television receiver capable, in a remote control mode, of having operations thereof controlled by respective first remote control codes;
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