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Use of remote controls for audio-video equipment to control other devices

  • US 7,042,366 B1
  • Filed: 09/06/2000
  • Issued: 05/09/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus other than audio-video equipment, comprising:

  • a photo-detector adapted to receive infra-red radiation and generate an output signal,a memory simultaneously storing a plurality of records that individually contain characteristics of a different one of a plurality of infra-red signal pattern protocols emitted by a plurality of different types of remote controls of audio-video equipment, the individual records additionally including a link within the record of one or more signal patterns emitted by one of the remote controls with at least one specific function,a signal decoder connected to receive the photo-detector output and to first identify a match between the signal pattern protocols of one of the stored records and then to identify a match between a pattern of the output signal and one of the signal patterns stored in the identified record for generating a control signal corresponding to the specific function to which the matched signal pattern is linked within the identified record, anda component of said apparatus other than audio-video equipment connected to receive the control signal and perform the specific function.

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