Remote control method of multi-mode remote controller, remote controller, user terminal and system

• US 9,268,426 B2
• Filed: 04/10/2012
• Issued: 02/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shenzhen Skyworth Digital Technology Company Limited (Shenzhen Skyworth-Rgb Electronics Company Limited), Shenzhen Skyworth Software Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen Skyworth-Rgb Electronics Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Shenzhen Skyworth Digital Technology Company Limited (Shenzhen Skyworth-Rgb Electronics Company Limited), Shenzhen Skyworth Software Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen Skyworth-Rgb Electronics Company Limited)
• Inventors: Wang, Xiaohui, Shi, Chi, Mao, Guohong, Wen, Lifu, Zhou, Guang
• Primary Examiner(s): Edun, Muhammad N
• Application Number:
  US14/238,713
• Publication Number:
  US 20140198044A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,414 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0383 Remote input, i.e. interface arrangements in which the signals generated by a pointing device are transmitted to a PC at a remote location, e.g. to a PC in a LAN
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03543 Mice or pucks G06F3/03541 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03549 Trackballs G06F3/03541 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42224 Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42228 the reprogrammable keys being displayed on a display screen in order to reduce the number of keys on the remote control device itself

Abstract

Described is a remote control method of a multi-mode remote controller, comprising the following steps of: determining a current control mode, the remote controller comprising various control modes; obtaining a touch control signal of a user on a touch screen; and analyzing the touch control signal, generating a remote control instruction corresponding to the touch control signal under the current control mode, and sending the instruction to a user terminal, so that the user terminal operates currently displayed content. It is further provided a multi-mode remote controller, a user terminal and a system. Seamless automatic switching among multiple control modes in the remote controller with a touch screen can be realized, so as to meet various interaction requirements of different kinds of users.

Claims

1. A remote control method for a multi-mode remote controller, comprising the steps of:

receiving mode indication information generated and sent by a user terminal;

determining a control mode indicated by the mode indication information, and enabling the control mode as a current control mode of the remote controller;

analyzing a touch control signal, and generating a remote control instruction to be sent to the user terminal so that the user terminal operates a currently displayed content, wherein the remote control instruction corresponds to the touch control signal under the current control mode.

2. The remote control method of claim 1, wherein

the mode indication information is generated according to a user selecting a control mode on a human-computer interaction interface provided by the user terminal.

3. The remote control method of claim 2, wherein:

the control mode includes a button control mode, a mouse control mode, a touchscreen control mode, and a trackball control mode;

the step of analyzing the touch control signal, generating the remote control instruction corresponding to the touch control signal under the current control mode comprises;

when the current control mode is the button control mode, converting the touch control signal into a corresponding button-press code value according to a click position of the touchscreen, and according to the button-press code value, generating the remote control instruction corresponding to the touch control signal under the button control mode;

when the current control mode is the mouse control mode, converting the touch control signal into a relative coordinate value of a corresponding position, and according to the relative coordinate value, generating the remote control instruction corresponding to the touch control signal under the mouse control mode;

when the current control mode is the touchscreen control mode, converting the touch control signal into a touchscreen operation code, and according to the touchscreen operation code, generating the remote control signal corresponding to the touch control signal under the touchscreen control mode; and

when the current control mode is the trackball control mode, converting the touch control signal into a relative offset of a coordinate of a corresponding position, and according to the relative offset of the coordinate of the corresponding position, generating the remote control instruction corresponding to the touch control signal under the trackball control mode.

4. The remote control method of claim 1, wherein

the mode indication information is generated according to the control mode requested by a currently running application program.

5. The remote control method of claim 4, wherein:

the control mode includes a button control mode, a mouse control mode, a touchscreen control mode, and a trackball control mode;

the step of analyzing the touch control signal, generating the remote control instruction corresponding to the touch control signal under the current control mode comprises;

when the current control mode is the button control mode, converting the touch control signal into a corresponding button-press code value according to a click position of the touchscreen, and according to the button-press code value, generating the remote control instruction corresponding to the touch control signal under the button control mode;

when the current control mode is the mouse control mode, converting the touch control signal into a relative coordinate value of a corresponding position, and according to the relative coordinate value, generating the remote control instruction corresponding to the touch control signal under the mouse control mode;

when the current control mode is the touchscreen control mode, converting the touch control signal into a touchscreen operation code, and according to the touchscreen operation code, generating the remote control signal corresponding to the touch control signal under the touchscreen control mode; and

when the current control mode is the trackball control mode, converting the touch control signal into a relative offset of a coordinate of a corresponding position, and according to the relative offset of the coordinate of the corresponding position, generating the remote control instruction corresponding to the touch control signal under the trackball control mode.

6. The remote control method of claim 1, wherein:

the control mode includes a button control mode, a mouse control mode, a touchscreen control mode, and a trackball control mode;

the step of analyzing the touch control signal and generating the remote control instruction corresponding to the touch control signal under the current control mode comprises;

when the current control mode is the button control mode, converting the touch control signal into a corresponding button-press code value according to a click position of the touchscreen, and according to the button-press code value, generating the remote control instruction corresponding to the touch control signal under the button control mode;

when the current control mode is the mouse control mode, converting the touch control signal into a relative coordinate value of a corresponding position, and according to the relative coordinate value, generating the remote control instruction corresponding to the touch control signal under the mouse control mode;

when the current control mode is the touchscreen control mode, converting the touch control signal into a touchscreen operation code, and according to the touchscreen operation code, generating the remote control signal corresponding to the touch control signal under the touchscreen control mode; and

when the current control mode is the trackball control mode, converting the touch control signal into a relative offset of a coordinate of a corresponding position, and according to the relative offset of the coordinate of the corresponding position, generating the remote control instruction corresponding to the touch control signal under the trackball control mode.

7. A multi-mode remote controller, comprising various control modes and specifically comprising:

a receiving unit for receiving mode indication information generated and sent by a user terminal;

a determining unit for determining, according to the mode indication information received by the receiving unit, a control mode indicated by the mode indication information to have the control mode serve as a current control mode of the remote controller;

an obtaining module for obtaining a touch control signal on a touchscreen from a user;

a microprocessor for analyzing the touch control signal obtained on the touchscreen and generating a remote control instruction corresponding to the touch control signal under the current control mode; and

a communicating module for sending the remote control instruction generated by the microprocessor to the user terminal.

8. The multi-mode remote controller of claim 7, wherein the remote controller further comprises:

an indicator light for indicating a current control mode of the remote controller.

9. A user terminal, comprising:

a mode determining module for determining a current control mode of a user terminal and generating mode indication information to be sent to a remote controller to enable a control mode indicated by the mode indication information to serve as a current control mode of the remote controller;

a controlling module for determining an operation manner for a currently displayed content according to the current control mode of the user terminal determined by the mode determining module and a received touch control signal collected by the remote controller; and

an operating module for operating the currently displayed content according to the operation manner for the currently displayed content which is determined by the controlling module.

10. The user terminal of claim 9, wherein the mode determining module comprises:

a touch control signal receiving unit for collecting a remote control signal including a touchscreen absolute coordinate sent by the remote controller;

an analyzing unit for judging whether the operation manner is a click operation or a continuous operation according to the remote control signal, wherein if the operation manner is the click operation, determining the current control mode of the user terminal as a key control mode, and if the operation manner is the continuous operation, determining, according to a current application scenario of the user terminal, the current control mode of the user terminal as a mouse control mode, a touchscreen control mode, or a trackball control mode.

11. The user terminal of claim 9, wherein the mode determining module comprises:

a touch control signal receiving unit for receiving a touch control signal of a user clicking a mode button on the remote controller;

a mode determining unit for analyzing the touch control signal received by the touch control signal receiving unit, determining a control mode indicated by the touch control signal to have the control mode to serve as a current control mode of the user terminal.

12. The user terminal of claim 9, wherein the mode determining module is operable to generate the mode indication information

according to a control mode currently selected by a user on a provided human-computer interactive interface.

13. The user terminal of claim 9, wherein the mode determining module is operable to generate the mode indication information

according to a control mode requested by a currently running application program.

14. The user terminal of claim 9, wherein the user terminal comprises a television set-top box or a television.