Universal remote controller for replacing exclusive remote controllers of electronic devices

• US 9,524,636 B2
• Filed: 05/04/2015
• Issued: 12/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Leadot Innovation, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Leadot Innovation, Inc.
• Inventors: Wang, Justin
• Primary Examiner(s): Garcia, Santiago
• Application Number:
  US14/702,780
• Publication Number:
  US 20150371531A1
• Time in Patent Office: 596 Days
• Field of Search: 340/12.54
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/30 User interface
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/50 Receiving or transmitting feedback, e.g. replies, status updates, acknowledgements, from the controlled devices
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/92 Universal remote control
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/94 Smart cards
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/04 using light waves, e.g. infrared

Abstract

A universal remote controller includes a card and a housing. The card includes an information tag. The housing includes a touch panel, a slot, a reader, a memory, a processor, and a signal transmitter. The memory is used for storing a plurality of databases. When the card is inserted to the slot, the reader in the housing induces the driving signal corresponding to the information tag of the card. The processor enables a corresponding database from the memory according to the driving signal and further provides a plurality of remote control functions on the transparent touch panel corresponding to positions of a plurality of key images according to the enabled database.

Claims

1. A universal remote controller, comprising:

a housing;

a touch panel arranged on a side of the housing and configured to receive a plurality of touch signals;

a memory disposed inside the housing and configured to store a plurality of databases;

a processor coupled to the touch panel and the memory and configured to enable a corresponding database stored in the memory according to a driving signal to provide a plurality of remote control functions corresponding to a plurality of key images;

a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit remote control signals corresponding to the plurality of remote control functions selected on the touch panel;

a reader configured to read information from an information tag and output the driving signal correspondingly;

a slot arranged inside the housing; and

a card containing the information tag disposed in the slot;

wherein the touch panel is a transparent touch panel, a plurality of key images are printed on a side of the card, and the plurality of key images are displayed and selected through the transparent touch panel after the card is inserted to the slot.

2. The universal remote controller of claim 1, further comprising:

a connection port arranged on the housing;

wherein the plurality of databases are updated through the connection port.

3. The universal remote controller of claim 2, wherein the connection port is a wired connection port or a wireless connection port.

4. The universal remote controller of claim 1, wherein the information tag is a contacting sensor chip or a non-contacting sensor chip.

5. The universal remote controller of claim 1, wherein the information tag is an identification code.

6. The universal remote controller of claim 1, wherein the card has a plurality of key images on another side and a corresponding information tag.

7. The universal remote controller of claim 1, wherein the touch panel is a display touch panel.

8. The universal remote controller of claim 7, wherein the plurality of key images are generated according to information from the information tag and are displayed and selected on the display touch panel.

10. The universal remote controller of claim 8, further comprising:

a connection port arranged on the housing;

wherein the plurality of databases are updated through the connection port.

11. The universal remote controller of claim 10, wherein the connection port is a wired connection port or a wireless connection port.

9. A universal remote controller, comprising:

a housing;

two touch panels having one touch panel arranged on one side of the housing and another touch panel arranged on another side of the housing and configured to receive a plurality of touch signals;

a memory disposed inside the housing and configured to store a plurality of databases;

a processor coupled to the two touch panels and the memory and configured to enable a corresponding database stored in the memory according to a driving signal to provide a plurality of remote control functions corresponding to a plurality of key images; and

a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit remote control signals corresponding to the plurality of remote control functions selected on the touch panel;

two readers, each configured to read information from an information tag and output the driving signal correspondingly;

two slots arranged inside the housing;

a first card containing a first information tag disposed in a first slot of the two slots; and

a second card containing a second information tag disposed in the second slot of the two slots;

wherein the two touch panels are transparent touch panels, and a group of the plurality of key images are printed on a first card and are displayed and selected through a first touch panel of the two touch panels after the first card is inserted into the first slot, and another group of the plurality of key images are printed on a second card and are displayed and selected through a second touch panel of the two touch panels after the second card is inserted into the second slot.

12. The universal remote controller of claim 9, wherein the information tag is a contacting sensor chip or a non-contacting sensor chip.

13. The universal remote controller of claim 9, wherein the information tag is an identification code.

14. The universal remote controller of claim 9, wherein the two touch panels are display touch panels.

15. The universal remote controller of claim 14, wherein a group of the plurality of key images are generated according to information from an information tag of a first card and are displayed and selected through a first touch panel of the two touch panels, and another group of the plurality of key images are generated according to information from an information tag of a second card and are displayed and selected through a second touch panel of the two touch panels.