Apparatus and method for an electronic device control system
First Claim
1. An electronic device remote control system comprising:
- an electronic device placed in a room; and
a remote control unit for controlling said electronic device;
said electronic device comprising;
device identification storing means for storing an assigned identification of the electronic device;
device identification signal output means for outputting an identification signal representing said assigned identification for reception by said remote control unit; and
control signal detecting means for detecting a control signal outputted from said remote control unit;
said remote control unit comprising;
control signal output means for outputting the control signal to said electronic device;
identification signal detecting means for detecting the identification signal outputted from said electronic device; and
display means for displaying a menu required to operate said electronic device corresponding to said identification signal when said identification signal detecting means detects the identification signal in said room.
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Abstract
Each of plural electronic devices, e.g., a television receiver, a video disc player, a video tape recorder, an audio amplifier, and a compact disc player which are placed in an audiovisual room has a light emitter and a light detector. Identification signals corresponding to the respective electronic devices are outputted from the light emitters thereof to a single remote control unit. When the remote control unit detects the identification signals, the remote control unit displays on its display unit information required to selectively operate the electronic devices corresponding to the detected identification signals. The remote control unit displays only the information relative to the electronic devices disposed in the audiovisual room. The single remote control unit can control the plural electronic devices in the audiovisual room.
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10 Claims
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1. An electronic device remote control system comprising:
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an electronic device placed in a room; and a remote control unit for controlling said electronic device; said electronic device comprising; device identification storing means for storing an assigned identification of the electronic device; device identification signal output means for outputting an identification signal representing said assigned identification for reception by said remote control unit; and control signal detecting means for detecting a control signal outputted from said remote control unit; said remote control unit comprising; control signal output means for outputting the control signal to said electronic device; identification signal detecting means for detecting the identification signal outputted from said electronic device; and display means for displaying a menu required to operate said electronic device corresponding to said identification signal when said identification signal detecting means detects the identification signal in said room. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An electronic device control apparatus comprising:
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signal output means for outputting a control signal to control an electronic device; signal detecting means for detecting a device identification signal from said electronic device; and display means for displaying a unique operation menu for said electronic device when said signal detecting means detects said device identification signal. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A method of controlling a plurality of electronic devices in a room with a remote control unit, comprising the steps of:
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pre-assigning different identifications to the electronic devices, respectively; causing the electronic devices to output identification signals uniquely representing the respective devices into a space in the room; and displaying information necessary to selectively operate the electronic devices on a display unit of the remote control unit, said displayed information corresponding to device identification signals the remote control unit detects in said room. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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