IP Library Granted Patent US 10,181,262
Granted Patent B2
US 10,181,262 · App. 15/668,463 · Granted Jan 15, 2019

Method for processing key value information of remote control, control device and remote control

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Patent No.
US 10,181,262
App. No.
15/668,463
Granted
Jan 15, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for processing key value information of a remote control, a control device, and a remote control that avoid a problem of reduced operation efficiency and reduced operation reliability caused by the need of simultaneous operations on two remote controls. Using the technical solution provided by this embodiment of the present application, it may be implemented that another remote control is synchronously set by performing operations on one remote control and displaying, using a display device, a to-be-learned button on the another remote control, which is easy to operate and thereby improves operation efficiency and operation reliability.

Claims (37)

1. A system, comprising:

a control device configured to instruct a display device to display a first indication, the first indication indicating that key value information of a first button of a first remote control is to be set; and

the first remote control coupled to the control device and configured to receive first key value information, the first key value information corresponding to information from a second button of a second remote control being pressed, the second remote control being an input device of a first device, and a first function of the first device being controllable by the second button,

the control device being further configured to:

instruct the display device to display a second indication, the second indication indicating that the key value information of the first button is set, and the first function of the first device being controllable by the first button of the first remote control after the key value information of the first button is set to be the first key value information; and

instruct the display device to display a third indication in a color, the third indication indicating that value information of a third button of the first remote control is to be set,

the first remote control being further configured to receive second key value information, the second key value information corresponding to information from a fourth button of a third remote control being pressed, the third remote control being an input device of a second device, and a second function of the second device being controllable by the fourth button, and

the control device being further configured to instruct the display device to display a fourth indication in another color, the fourth indication indicating that key value information of the third button is set, and the second function of the second device being controllable by the third button of the first remote control after the key value information of the third button is set to be the second key value information.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first indication is displayed in a first color.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the second indication is displayed in a second color, and the second color is different from the first color.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the first device comprises a television set, a set-top box, or an air conditioner.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second device comprises a television set, a set-top box, or an air conditioner.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control device is further configured to communicate with the first remote control wirelessly.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first key value information is received by the first remote control wirelessly.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first key value information is received by the first remote control via Infrared, BLUETOOTH, or WI-FI.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control device is further configured to:

receive the first key value information; and

associate the first key value information with an identification of the first button.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control device is further configured to receive indication information, the indication information indicating that the first remote control receives the first key value information, and send an identification of the first button to the first remote control, and the first remote control being further configured to associate the first key value information with the identification of the first button.

11. A control device, comprising:

a display device;

a memory storing instructions; and

one or more processors coupled to the memory, the instructions being executable by the one or more processors to instruct the control device to:

instruct the display device to display a first indication, the first indication indicating that key value information of a first button of a first remote control is to be set;

instruct the display device to display a second indication, the second indication indicating that the key value information of the first button is set to be first key value information, the first key value information being received by the first remote control, the first key value information corresponding to information from a second button of a second remote control being pressed, the second remote control being an input device of a first device, a first function of the first device being controllable by the second button, and the first function of the first device being controllable by the first button of the first remote control after the key value information of the first button is set to be the first key value information;

instruct the display device to display a third indication in a color, the third indication indicating that key value information of a third button of the first remote control is to be set; and

instruct the display device to display a fourth indication in another color, the fourth indication indicating that key value information of the third button is set to be second key value information, the second key value information is received by the first remote control the second key value information corresponding to information from a fourth button of a third remote control being pressed, the third remote control being an input device of a second device, a second function of the second device being controllable by the fourth button, and the second function of the second device being controllable by the third button of the first remote control after the key value information of the third button is set to be the second key value information.

12. The control device of claim 11 , wherein the first indication is displayed in a first color.

13. The control device of claim 12 , wherein the second indication is displayed in a second color, and the second color is different from the first color.

14. The control device of claim 12 , wherein the first device comprises a television set, a set-top box, or an air conditioner.

15. The control device of claim 11 , wherein the second device comprises a television set, a set-top box, or an air conditioner.

16. The control device of claim 11 , Wherein the instructions being executable by the one or more processors instruct the control device to communicate with the first remote control via Infrared, BLUETOOTH, radio frequency (RF), or WI-FI.

17. A method for processing key value information of a remote control, comprising:

instructing a display device to display a first indication, the first indication indicating that key value information of a first button of a first remote control is to be set;

instructing the display device to display a second indication, the second indication indicating that the key value information of the first button is set, the first key value information being received by the first remote control, the first key value information corresponding to information from a second button of a second remote control being pressed, the second remote control being an input device of a first device, a first function of the first device being controllable by the second button, and the first function of the first device being controllable by the first button of the first remote control after the key value information of the first button is set to be the first key value information;

instructing the display device to display a third indication in a color, the third indication indicating that key value information of a third button of the first remote control is to be set; and

instructing the display device to display a fourth indication in another color, the fourth indication indicating that key value information of the third button is set to be a second key value information, the second key value information being received by the first remote control, the second key value information corresponding to information from a fourth button of a third remote control being pressed, the third remote control being an input device of a second device, a second function of the second device being controllable by the fourth button, and the second function of the second device being controllable by the third button of the first remote control after the key value information of the third button is set to be the second key value information.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2018
From: HUAWEI DEVICE (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
To: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047603/0039 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 12, 2018
From: HUAWEI DEVICE CO.,LTD.
To: HUAWEI DEVICE (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046340/0590 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2017
From: LIU, XIAOLING; HE, ZHIQIN; FANG, LIU
To: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043196/0487 →