IP Library Granted Patent US 8,314,728
Granted Patent B2
US 8,314,728 · App. 12/632,902 · Granted Nov 20, 2012

Remote control system

Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,314,728
App. No.
12/632,902
Granted
Nov 20, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A remote control system includes a remote control receiver storing an operation code controlling an electronic device, and a remote control transmitter operable to store a received operation code. The remote control receiver is operable to read the stored operation and to transmit the read operation code to the remote control transmitter. The remote control transmitter is operable to store the transmitted operation code, and to transmit the stored operation code to the remote control receiver according to operation on the operation unit. The remote control receiver is operable to control the electronic device according to the operation code transmitted from the remote control transmitter. The remote control system remotely controls the electronic device reliably with simple operation.

Claims (24)

1. A remote control system comprising:

a remote control receiver storing a first operation code controlling a first electronic device;

a first remote control transmitter including an operation unit, wherein

the remote control receiver is operable to transmit the stored first operation code to the first remote control transmitter,

the first remote control transmitter is operable to:

store the transmitted first operation code; and

transmit the first operation code stored in the first remote control transmitter to the remote control receiver according to operation on the operation unit,

the remote control receiver is operable to control the first electronic device according to the first operation code transmitted from the remote control transmitter, and

the remote control system further comprises a second remote control transmitter storing a second operation code controlling a second electronic device, wherein

the second remote control transmitter is operable to transmit the stored second operation code to the remote control receiver,

the remote control receiver is operable to transmit the transmitted second operation code to the first remote control transmitter, and

the first remote control transmitter is operable to:

allocate, to the operation unit, the second operation code transmitted from the remote control receiver; and

transmit the allocated second operation code to the second electronic device according to operation on the operation unit as to control the second electronic device.

2. The remote control system of claim 1 , wherein

the operation unit of the first remote control transmitter includes a first operation key and a second operation key,

the remote control receiver is operable to:

store a second operation code controlling the first electronic device;

transmit a key address map to the first remote control transmitter, the key address map showing an allocation for allocating the stored first operation code and the stored second operation code stored to the first operation key and the second operation key of the first remote control transmitter, to the first remote control transmitter; and

transmit the stored first operation code and the stored second operation code to the remote control transmitter,

the first remote control transmitter is operable to:

allocate the transmitted first operation code and the transmitted second operation code to the first operation key and the second operation key according to the key address map; and

transmit the first operation code and the second operation code allocated, to the remote control receiver according to operation on the first operation key and the second operation key, and

the remote control receiver is operable to control the first electronic device according to the first operation code and the second operation code transmitted from the remote control transmitter.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2010
From: BESSHI, TAKUMA; YAMAGIWA, TSUTOMU; NAKAMURA, TAKAYA
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023797/0898 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-319236 · Dec 16, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100149017A1 · Jun 17, 2010