Remote control devices for electronic devices

• US 5,847,305 A
• Filed: 01/24/1997
• Issued: 12/08/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Kuroki, Yasuo, Yoshikawa, Naoe
• Primary Examiner(s): Shoop, Jr., WIlliam M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Fletcher, Marlon T.
• Application Number:
  US08/788,359
• Time in Patent Office: 683 Days
• Field of Search: 84/601, 84/602, 84/609-615, 84/634-638, 84/650-653, 84/604-606, 340/825.69, 340/825.72
• US Class Current: 84/634
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/02 Control of operating function, e.g. switching from recording to reproducing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/022 Control panels
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/202 by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets

Abstract

A remote control device for an electronic device includes a first storage device for storing a plurality of remote control data for controlling an object remotely, a first selection device for selecting respective remote control data from among the plurality of remote control data stored in the first storage device, and an output device for transmitting the respective remote control data selected by the first selection device toward a remote control receiver of the controlled object. A second storage device is provided for storing frequency data on the frequency of transmission of each remote control data output by the output device, and a data updating device is provided for incrementing the respective frequency data stored in the second storage device responsive to the output device transmitting remote control data. A second selection device responsive to a manual operation key is provided for selecting respective remote control data stored in the first storage device in decreasing order of corresponding frequency data stored in the second storage device, and the output device transmits the respective remote control data selected by the second selection device toward the remote control receiver of the controlled object.

Claims

1. A remote control device for controlling a controllable object remotely, comprising:

a first electronic memory in which a plurality of remote control data for controlling the controllable object remotely and a plurality of identification data to identify the respective ones of the plurality of remote control data are pre-stored in corresponding relationship;

output means for outputting and transmitting the plurality of remote control data stored in said first electronic memory toward a remote control receiver of the controllable object;

a second electronic memory which stores a plurality of count data in correspondence with said plurality of remote control data, each of said plurality of count data representing the number of times a respective one of the plurality of remote control data has been transmitted by said output means;

a first manual operation key;

selection means responsive to sequential operations of said first manual operation key for selecting said plurality of remote control data stored in said first electronic memory in decreasing order of said corresponding count data stored in said second electronic memory;

a display control unit, including a display having a display area for displaying only one of said identification data at a time, and for sequentially displaying said identification data in decreasing order of said corresponding count data in response to said selection of said remote control data by said selection means;

a second manual operation key; and

output control means responsive to said second manual operation key for controlling said output means to output and transmit the remote control data corresponding to the identification data displayed on said display toward the remote control receiver of the controllable object.

2. The remote control device according to claim 1, wherein said display control unit comprises means for displaying identification data for the remote control data selected by said selection means, and for displaying the count data corresponding to the selected remote control data.

3. The remote control device according to claim 1, further comprising:

summation means for summing the plurality of count data stored in said second electronic memory; and

a second display which displays a sum of the plurality of count data summed by said summation means.

4. The remote control device according to claim 1, wherein said controllable object comprises a recorded orchestral accompaniment;

the remote control data selects a music name; and

the identification data comprises a music name selected with the remote control data.

5. The remote control device according to claim 1, wherein said first electronic memory pre-stores a plurality of remote control data for controlling each of a plurality of different controllable objects remotely, and a plurality of identification data each of which identifies a respective one of the plurality of remote control data, in corresponding relationship.

6. The remote control device according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving means for receiving remote control data externally;

identification data corresponding means for placing the remote control data received by said receiving means and identification data to identify the remote control data in corresponding relationship; and

said first electronic memory pre-stores the remote control data received by said receiving means and the identification data placed in corresponding relationship by said identification data corresponding means.

7. The remote control device according to claim 1, wherein the remote control device comprises a wristwatch wearable on a wrist.

8. The remote control device according to claim 1, wherein said first and second electronic memories are different areas allocated in one electronic memory device.

9. The remote control device according to claim 1 wherein the remote control device is portable.