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Remote control with a thumbswitch for controlling equipment that handles video or audio signals

  • US 5,805,256 A
  • Filed: 02/27/1995
  • Issued: 09/08/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A remote control for issuing commands to equipment that handles a video or audio signal, comprising:

  • a bar having a central longitudinal axis intersecting two opposite ends of said bar, said bar having a head at one of said opposite ends and being sized to be held by wrapping fingers about said bar and around said central longitudinal axis, said bar having opposite said head, a base having a keypad;

    a thumbswitch mounted and oriented at the head of said bar to be substantially exposed to thumb fingering directed along said central longitudinal axis;

    a signaling means mounted on said bar for radiating a control signal to said equipment for controlling said equipment wirelessly; and

    processing means coupled to said thumbswitch and said signaling means for commanding an operational change in said equipment through said signaling means in response to a predetermined reciprocation of said thumbswitch, said operational change in said equipment being unambiguously consummated without further manipulation of said remote control and independent of angular displacement of said central longitudinal axis.

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