Method and device for controlling slave devices with master device

• US 7,853,732 B2
• Filed: 08/23/2004
• Issued: 12/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Sung-hee, Kim, Yong-jun, Jeon, Yu-seong, Park, Jong-wook, Kim, Hyo-dae, Choi, Eu-gene, Kim, Jae-kwon, Kang, Young-mi
• Primary Examiner(s): Knoll; Clifford H
• Application Number:
  US10/922,927
• Publication Number:
  US 20050065619A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,304 Days
• Field of Search: 700/3, 715/716, 715/717, 710/110, 710/19
• US Class Current: 710/19
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 19/28 using pulse code

Abstract

A method and device for controlling slave devices with a master device. The device performs specific functions to control operations of slave devices with a master device, and includes a user input receiving unit that receives an input from a user, a memory unit that stores command sets, each command set corresponding to a series of operation controls of the master device or one of the slave devices, and a control unit that generates operation control signals of the master device or one of the slave devices when an operation control command set is selected, the operation control signals corresponding to the selected operation control command set.

Claims

1. A method for performing specific functions to control operations of slave devices with a master device, comprising:

a first step of displaying execution icons, each of said execution icons displaying a command set that includes an operation control command for a series of operation controls of the master device or at least one of the slave devices;

a second step of receiving a selection of at least one of the execution icons; and

a third step of controlling the series of operations corresponding to the selected at least one icon,

wherein the first step includes providing sub-execution icons of each execution icon selected by the user, and

wherein the third step includes;

transmitting the operation control command to a concerned slave device;

receiving a response signal to the operation control command from the concerned slave device;

determining whether the concerned device slave device operates normally based on the received response signal; and

displaying contents of an error and an alternative list of how to solve the error if it is determined that the error has been generated.

2. A device for performing specific functions in a system to control operations of slave devices with a master device, comprising:

a user input receiving unit that receives an input from a user;

an icon providing unit that displays an icon displaying control commands for a series of operations stored in the memory, at the user'"'"'s request;

a memory unit that stores command sets, each command set includes an operation control command for a series of operation controls of the master device or at least one of the slave devices; and

a control unit that generates operation control signals of the master device or at least one of the slave devices when a operation control command set is selected, said generated operation control signals corresponding to the selected operation control command set,

wherein the control unit transmits the operation control command to a concerned slave device, receives a response signal to the operation control command from the concerned slave device to determine whether the concerned slave device operates normally based on the received response signal, and displays contents of an error and an alternative list of how to solve the error if it is determined that the error has been generated.

3. The device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the alternative list is categorized according to each control command of the operation control command sets and stored in the memory unit.

4. A device for performing specific functions to control operations of slave devices with a master device, comprising:

a user input receiving unit that receives an input from a user;

a memory unit that stores command sets, each command set includes an operation control command for a series of operation controls of the master device or at least one of the slave devices;

a menu providing unit that displays an icon which displays each of the operation control command sets; and

a control unit that controls an operation of the master device or at least one of the slave devices according to the operation control commands for the series of operations defined in a selected execution icon,

wherein the control unit provides sub-execution icons corresponding to the execution icon selected by the user through the menu providing unit,

wherein the control unit transmits the operation control command to a concerned slave device, receives a response signal to the operation control command from the concerned slave device to determine whether the concerned slave device operates normally based on the received response signal, and displays a content of an error and an alternative list of how to solve the error if it is determined that the error has been generated.