Wireless handheld input device

• US 20070105591A1
• Filed: 11/09/2005
• Published: 05/10/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lifemost Technology Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Lifemost Technology Company Limited
• Inventors: Chan, Chung-Hung
• Application Number:
  US11/269,536
• Publication Number:
  US 20070105591A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/557
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/31 Voice input
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/93 Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/202 by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/422 Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS] input devices also receiving signals from specially adapted client devices H04N21/4104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42203 sound input device, e.g. microphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205

Abstract

A wireless handheld input device is provided. The wireless handheld input device includes a microprocessor, a signal transformation module, a wireless transmission/reception module, an audio input module, an audio output module, a keyboard and a pointing touch pad. The electronic modules, the keyboard and the pointing touch pad described above are miniaturized to the handheld size and capable of transmitting wireless control commands. Therefore, the input device of the present invention is used to remotely control an electronic product. The input device of the present invention is further incorporated with an audio input module and an audio output module, which allows the user to input and output audio signals. Therefore, the input device of the present invention is applicable to making network phone calls and using audio input method. Furthermore, the input device of the present invention is incorporated with a receiver of a computer or a terminal, so as to solve the problem of incompatibility between keyboard and mouse, and PDP and LCD-TV.

Claims

1. A wireless handheld input device, comprising a microprocessor, a signal transformation module, a wireless transmission/reception module, an audio input module, an audio output module, a keyboard and a pointing touch pad, wherein:

the microprocessor is connected to the signal transformation module, the audio input module, the audio output module, the keyboard and the pointing touch pad, the microprocessor being capable of processing control signals entered from the audio input module, the keyboard and the pointing touch pad, whereby after the control signals are completely processed, the results are then sent to the signal transformation module;

the signal transformation module receives the control signal sent from the microprocessor and transforms the signals, whereby the transformed signals are sent to the wireless transmission/reception module, and input to the microprocessor;

the wireless transmission/reception module receives the transformed signals sent from the signal transformation module and wirelessly output the transformed signal to an electronic product that has a receiver, thereby controlling the electronic product and receiving the signals sent from the remote electronic product via the wireless transmission/reception module 13 and transferring the received signals to the signal transformation module;

whereby

the audio input module is provided for users to input audio signals into the microprocessor, the audio output module is provided for playing the audio signals sent from the microprocessor, the keyboard connected to the microprocessor is provided for users to input all possible control commands, and the pointing touch pad connected to the microprocessor is provided for users to control the movement of a pointer by moving a finger on the surface of the pointing touch pad.

2. The input device as recited in claim 1, wherein the wireless transmission/reception module is operated on the 900 MHz or the 2.4 GHz radio frequency technology.

3. The input device as recited in claim 1, wherein the audio input module comprises a microphone.

4. The input device as recited in claim 1, wherein the audio output module comprises a speaker.