Information transmitting apparatus

• US 5,737,107 A
• Filed: 04/17/1996
• Issued: 04/07/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: ALPS Electric Company Limited (Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: ALPS Electric Company Limited (Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Umeda, Yuichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Bacares, Rafael
• Application Number:
  US08/633,987
• Time in Patent Office: 720 Days
• Field of Search: 359/142, 359/143, 359/144, 359/145, 359/146, 359/147, 359/148, 359/172, 359/152, 359/165, 359/137, 340/825.52, 340/825.69, 340/825.72, 370/428, 370/465, 370/466, 370/475, 370/471, 370/470
• US Class Current: 398/106
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/114 Indoor or close-range type systems

Abstract

An information transmitting apparatus for efficiently transmitting input information coming from a plurality of transmitters wherein a receiver can determine the type of the transmitter from which the information was sent, the apparatus being produced at low cost and matching the conventional counterpart in signal reach distance. This information transmitting apparatus comprising a plurality of transmitters for sending input information in wireless manner, a receiver for receiving the input information coming from the plurality of transmitters to process the received input information, and a host controller connected to the receiver for accepting the processed information from the receiver, wherein the plurality of transmitters selectively send first-format information containing no device identifier and second-format information containing a device identifier and the receiver determines a type of one of the transmitters that has sent the input information from the device identifier contained in the received second-format information to perform information processing according to the determined type of the transmitter.

Claims

1. An information transmitting apparatus comprising:

plurality of transmitting means for sending input information by wireless means;

receiving means for receiving said input information coming from said plurality of transmitting means to process the received input information; and

host controlling means connected to said receiving means for accepting the processed information from said receiving means;

wherein said plurality of transmitting means selectively send first-format information containing no device identifier and second-format information containing a device identifier and said receiving means determines a type of one of said plurality of transmitting means that has sent said input information from said device identifier contained in the received second-format information to perform information processing according to the determined type of one of said plurality of transmitting means.

2. An information transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first-format information and said second-format information each comprises a leader code followed by a data code and a low-level duration of said leader code of said first-format information is a half of said second-format information.

3. An information transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said wireless means is transmitting means based on infrared radiation.

4. An information transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of said plurality of transmitting means is a keyboard having a trackball-type pointing device.

5. An information transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said host controlling means is a personal computer.