Remote control and method for the remote control of multimedia appliances
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1. Remote control with a touch-sensitive control surface and with a transmitting unit for the sending of encoded signals in dependence on a touching of the control surface, wherein:
- the transmitting unit generates the encoded signals in dependence on the direction of movement of the touching of successive regions of the control surface; and
the transmitting unit generates the encoded signals in dependence on several different successive directions of movement of the touching of successive regions of the control surface regardless of the place of touching of the control surface,wherein the remote control is switched by bidirectional operation in concert with a control unit to an operating mode in which a touching of successive regions of the control surface in only one direction of movement is ignored;
wherein the bidirectional operation comprises communication which relays feedback messages from the control unit to the remote control.
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Abstract
A remote control having a touch-sensitive control panel and a transmission unit for transmitting encoded signals which are produced on the basis of a direction of movement of contact with successive regions of the control panel, regardless of the location at which contact is made with the control panel. It is also possible to produce encoded signals on the basis of a movement by the remote control in combination with a motion sensor.
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1. Remote control with a touch-sensitive control surface and with a transmitting unit for the sending of encoded signals in dependence on a touching of the control surface, wherein:
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the transmitting unit generates the encoded signals in dependence on the direction of movement of the touching of successive regions of the control surface; and the transmitting unit generates the encoded signals in dependence on several different successive directions of movement of the touching of successive regions of the control surface regardless of the place of touching of the control surface, wherein the remote control is switched by bidirectional operation in concert with a control unit to an operating mode in which a touching of successive regions of the control surface in only one direction of movement is ignored; wherein the bidirectional operation comprises communication which relays feedback messages from the control unit to the remote control. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. Method for the remote control of multimedia systems, wherein by touching a touch-sensitive control surface, predetermined encoded signals are sent out;
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wherein a direction of movement of the touching of successive regions of the control surface is ascertained and the predetermined encoded signals are selected in dependence on the direction of movement regardless of the place of touching of the control surface; wherein several successive directions of movement of the touching of successive regions of the control surface are ascertained and the predetermined encoded signals are selected in dependence on the several detected directions of movement regardless of the place of touching of the control surface, wherein a touching with only a single direction of movement is ignored and wherein the remote control furthermore is switched by a bidirectional operation in concert with a control unit to this operating mode; and wherein the bidirectional operation comprises communication which relays feedback messages from the control unit to the remote control. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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