CN102861434A - Home entertainment center and how it works - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention is a family entertainment center and its operation method, applied to the operation process of a remote controller to a first audio-video device in a family entertainment center, the remote controller includes a main body, and the method includes the following steps: displaying an electronic menu on the first audio-video device; holding the main body by a user and performing a motion operation on the main body according to the displayed electronic menu; and when the motion angle caused by the motion operation is sensed to be larger than a preset angle, the electronic menu generates click to show the movement of the options or generates the movement of the entire row, the entire column or the entire page of the options. The invention can omit various operation keys on the traditional remote controller, avoids various inconveniences and problems in the prior art and further contributes to improving the operation interest and benefit of a user.

Description

Home entertainment center and how it works

The present invention is a divisional application, the filing date of the original application is June 16, 2009, the application number is 200910147523.8, and the title of the invention is: home entertainment center and its operation method.

technical field

The present invention relates to a home entertainment center and its operation method, in particular to the user being able to use one of the remote controllers to perform motion operations such as pitching, deflection or rolling, and to click on the options of the menu on one of the audio-visual devices A home entertainment center and method of operation with function activation.

Background technique

The phonograph and radio in the early years can be said to be the earliest home entertainment centers, and they gradually replaced them after the invention of television. At first, the volume, channel selection, switch and other functions of the TV relied on the buttons or knobs on the operation panel of the TV, but after the invention of the TV remote control, these functions can be operated by the buttons on the remote control. Later inventions such as video recorders, multimedia disc (such as DVD) recorders, and set-top boxes (Set-Top Box, referred to as STB) have further strengthened the functions of TV sets, but due to the increase in operating functions, they have also brought a lot of problems. Remote control with numerous buttons. Also due to the limited size of the general remote control, it is impossible to design corresponding buttons for all the functions, so in order to simplify the operation, most of them only design some or commonly used buttons, such as power key, number key, direction key, confirmation key, etc. button, function menu button, etc. to provide operations, and then use the remote control to display an electronic menu or an On Screen Display (OSD for short) setting information displayed on the TV screen to display more function, and use the buttons on the remote control to operate and start.

As shown in FIG. 1, it is a schematic block diagram of a general home entertainment center 100 at present. This system includes a game device 101, an audio amplifier and a speaker 102, an Internet device 103, an audio-visual receiving device 104, an audio-visual display device 105, and a radio device 106. (such as a microphone), a video camera 107, an audio-video playback and recording device 108 (such as a CD, DVD playback or recording device), a micro-processing unit 109, a remote control device 110, and the like. The signals of these devices can all be transmitted through a data bus 111 .

And shown in Fig. 2 then is the connection situation of general family audio-visual equipment, main equipment has game machine 21, computer 22, TV 24, high-fidelity audio equipment 25, audio-visual playing and recording equipment 26, and utilize a set-top box 23 to integrate multiple A variety of information signals, such as signal receiving and processing from signal sources such as satellite, cable, radio frequency or network (such as ADSL), to provide subsequent applications of multiple functions; send.

Of course, the new home entertainment center also includes the functions of the above-mentioned devices, but due to the increase of the overall functions, there are more items that can be controlled. Button settings become more complicated. In addition, in recent years, with the gradual rise of digital TV, it has gradually developed into a combination of traditional TV and computer, so that users can not only watch TV programs, but also perform various network functions on the Internet, such as data browsing and searching, and online shopping. , Internet finance, etc. To perform these network functions, some data input is indispensable, but it is not convenient to use a keyboard or mouse to perform such operations on the TV, so the use of a remote control with an electronic menu is even more inevitable.

And with regard to the operating technology of existing electronic menu, the inside of TV set or electronic product is provided with processor, and this processor not only controls the processing of signal, also controls the display of display screen (such as TV screen); After pressing a button on the remote control, the TV screen or other display devices will display several function options, and the user can press the up, down, left, right and other direction keys on the remote control to further click Highlight (highlight) an option, and then press the confirm key to activate the corresponding function or enter another layer of menu.

But in any case, when the user uses the remote control, the line of sight must interact back and forth between the screen and the remote control. Look down at the complicated panel on the remote control to find the desired button and press it. Sometimes it is even necessary to hold the remote control in one hand and press the button with the other hand in combination to quickly get the desired result. Therefore, it is impossible to perform a more intuitive click operation on the device or system; and in the process of clicking, each time the direction key is pressed, the option highlighted by clicking will only change from the option that was originally clicked to other options. There is only one item next to each other up and down or left and right, so the user often has to press the button several times before clicking on the desired option, which causes inconvenience to the user's operation.

Therefore, how to solve the defects of the above-mentioned prior art has become the main purpose of the development of the present invention.

Contents of the invention

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a home entertainment center and its operation method, so that the user can directly use the remote control to perform motion operations such as pitching, deflection, or rolling, and can conveniently and quickly select the menu displayed on the audio-visual device. Click on each option and start the function.

The present invention is a home entertainment center, which includes: a first audio-video device with a wireless receiving unit; and a remote controller, the remote controller includes: a main body for the user to hold; a motion sensor A unit, arranged in the main body, is used to sense the user's motion operation state of the main body and send a sensing signal; a micro-processing unit is arranged in the main body and connected to the motion sensing unit for signal receiving the sensing signal and processing it according to the sensing signal to send out a control signal; and a wireless transmission unit connected to the micro-processing unit for receiving the control signal and sending it out by wireless transmission Received by the wireless receiving unit, an electronic menu is displayed on the first audio-video device. Wherein, when the motion sensing unit senses that the motion angle caused by the user’s motion operation on the main body is greater than a preset angle, the sensing signal is sent to the micro-processing unit for processing so as to send the control signal to control the The electronic menu displayed on the first audio-visual device can be clicked to highlight the movement of options or to move the entire row, column or page of options.

Another aspect of the present invention is a method for operating a home entertainment center, which is applied to the operation of a first audio-video device by a remote controller in a home entertainment center, the remote controller includes a main body, and the method includes the following steps : displaying an electronic menu on the first audio-visual device; holding the main body by the user and performing a movement operation on the main body according to the displayed electronic menu; and sensing the movement angle caused by the movement operation When the angle is larger than the preset angle, the electronic menu is made to move to select and highlight options or to move the entire row, column or page of the options.

The beneficial effect of the present invention is that various operation keys on the traditional remote control can be omitted by using the present invention, and the electronic menu displayed on the screen is used to sense the movement of the user's hand The method of clicking and highlighting the various options of each option selects and activates various available audio-visual functions or application functions, so that the user can operate the remote control more quickly and conveniently, and avoids many problems in the prior art. Inconvenience and problems, and then also help to improve the user's operating pleasure and efficiency, and make the complex audio-visual functions or application functions of various audio-visual devices or audio-visual equipment in the general home entertainment center can be easily and directly operation technology to complete. Therefore, successfully reached the main purpose of the development of the present invention.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a general home entertainment center 100 .

Figure 2 shows the connection situation of general home audio-visual equipment.

Fig. 3(a) is a schematic diagram of the home entertainment center 3 of the present invention.

FIG. 3( b ) is a schematic diagram of the appearance of the remote controller 30 of the present invention.

FIG. 3( c ) is a functional block diagram of the remote controller 30 of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of multiple options of the electronic menu on the screen.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the corresponding relationship between the options clicked on the screen and the pitch angle of the remote controller 30 when the remote controller 30 is tilting.

FIG. 6 shows that when the remote controller 30 deflects to the right and scrolls to the left, the menu moves to the left with a full column of options.

FIG. 7 shows that when the remote controller 30 deflects to the left and rolls to the right, the menu moves to the right with a whole column of options.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of the corresponding relationship between the options clicked on the screen and the deflection angle of the remote controller 30 when the remote controller 30 is deflecting.

Fig. 9 is a flowchart of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The reference numerals in the above-mentioned accompanying drawings are explained as follows:

100. 3 home entertainment center 101 game equipment

102 Audio amplifiers and speakers 103 Internet equipment

104 Audio-visual receiving equipment 105 Audio-visual display equipment

106 radio equipment 107 camera

108 audio-visual playback and recording equipment 109 micro-processing unit

110 remote control device 111 data bus

21 game machine 22 computer

23 set-top box 24, 40 TV

25 High-fidelity audio equipment 26 Audio-visual playback and recording equipment

30 remote control 31 action buttons

32 fingerprint identification unit 33 light emitting unit

Sound unit 34 Force generating unit 35

36 motion sensing units 361 signal converters

37 micro-processing unit 38 wireless transmission unit

401 wireless receiving unit 42 video recorder

I10~I34 option

Detailed ways

The remote control of the present invention uses a motion sensing element to sense the movement of the user's hand, instead of the power, volume, up and down channel selection keys and direction arrow keys commonly used in traditional remote controls, and only retains one action key. And the proper use of the electronic menu can make the operation direct and convenient. The remote controller of the present invention needs to detect its action in the air, so the motion sensing unit in the remote controller can be a combination of a magnetometer and an accelerometer, or a combination of a magnetometer and a gyroscope, or an accelerometer and a gyroscope instrument combination. Currently, the most common and cheapest motion sensing unit is an accelerometer fabricated using MEMS technology. The preferred implementation mode uses an accelerometer as an example for illustration, but the above-mentioned various sensing elements can produce the same sensing function through proper configuration or combination.

Please refer to FIG. 3( a ), which is a schematic diagram of a home entertainment center 3 of the present invention. As described in the prior art, a home entertainment center is an audio-visual system integrated with multiple audio-visual devices or equipment and a remote control, and as shown in the embodiment shown in the figure, the home entertainment center 3 includes a remote control 30 A TV 40 and a VCR 42 of two audio-visual devices, and the two devices are connected to each other by signals, and the TV 40 is provided with a wireless receiving unit 401, which can receive the signal sent by the remote controller 30 in a wireless transmission mode, so as to be able to Start or run related functions.

Please refer to FIG. 3( b ), which is a schematic diagram of the appearance of the remote controller 30 of the present invention. As shown in the figure, an active button (Active Button) 31 is provided on the main body of the remote controller 30, which is used to provide the user to press to generate an action signal, and the active button 31 is used to match the active button during the user's operation. Motion sensing for option selection and function activation. In addition, a fingerprint identification unit 32 is provided on the main body of the remote controller 30, which can be used to identify the identity of the user. In a preferred embodiment, when the fingerprint identification unit 32 correctly identifies the user, it is designed to activate an electronic menu of the home entertainment center 3 corresponding to the remote control 30 . The remote controller 30 is also provided with a light-emitting unit 33, a sound-emitting unit 34 and a force generating unit 35, and according to the operation of the user, the light-emitting unit 33 can be used to send an optical frequency signal, and the sound-emitting unit 34 is used to An audio signal is emitted, and the force generating unit 35 is used to emit a vibration or a force pulse. In a preferred embodiment, the light-emitting unit 33 and the sound-emitting unit 34 are exposed to the main body of the remote controller 30, so as to facilitate the output of the generated optical frequency signal and audio signal. The operation method and application of the home entertainment center 3 and its remote controller 30 of the present invention are described in detail below.

Please refer to FIG. 3( c ), which is a functional block diagram of the remote controller 30 . As shown in the figure, the remote controller 30 also includes a motion sensing unit 36, a micro-processing unit 37 and a wireless transmission unit 38; and the motion sensing unit 36 of the present invention can use acceleration Meter (Accelerometer), gyroscope (Gyroscope), geomagnetic instrument (Electronic Compass) or a combination of such sensing elements, and can produce a corresponding motion state for the user holding the main body of the remote control 30 A sensing signal of . Since the sensing signal generated by the motion sensing unit 36 using an accelerometer or gyroscope is an analog output signal, a corresponding signal converter 361 is also included in the remote controller 30 for signal conversion, and The micro-processing unit 37 is designed to process digital signals, so the motion sensing unit 36 converts the sensing signal through the signal converter 361 connected to each other and then transmits it to the micro-processing unit 37. , and the micro-processing unit 37 can perform further signal processing and issue a control signal accordingly. In a preferred embodiment, the micro-processing unit 37 can simultaneously process the received sensing signal and action signal to send out the control signal for subsequent related operation control.

In addition, the above-mentioned action button 31, fingerprint identification unit 32, light emitting unit 33, sound unit 34, force generation unit 35 and wireless transmission unit 38 are also signal-connected to the micro-processing unit 37, wherein the fingerprint identification unit 32 is used to identify users, and in a preferred embodiment, after the above-mentioned identification result is processed by the micro-processing unit 37, it can be used to activate the electronic menu related to the present invention, and the signal is sent through the wireless transmission The unit 38 is sent by wireless transmission, and the wireless transmission (Wireless) unit 38 can use 27MHz or 2.4GHz radio frequency (Radio Frequency, referred to as RF), Bluetooth (Bluetooth) communication transmission or infrared (IR) transmission, etc. manner or specification to complete. In addition, the light-emitting, sound-emitting, and force-generating units can also generate or send out corresponding prompting effects according to the control signal.

And the remote controller 30 in the home entertainment center 3 of the present invention and its operation method are applied on other related audio-visual devices in the home entertainment center 3, wherein exactly aim at the operation function that this remote controller 30 can control, and will match A hardware device (such as a television or a video recorder, etc.) carries out a software-level program or an electronic menu design for on-screen display (OSD) settings, so that the operating method of the remote controller 30 of the present invention can be run on the hardware device used, And the relevant audio-visual device has a wireless signal receiving function, such as the above-mentioned wireless receiving unit 401 of the TV 40, so as to receive the signal transmitted by the remote controller 30 of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4 , it is a schematic diagram of displaying the electronic menu of the present invention on the screen of the TV 40 where it is applied. The TV 40 includes a screen for displaying images, and the electronic menu displayed on the screen includes a plurality of options (Item) I11~I33, and each option is represented by a square area, and all the options I11~I33 The I33 adopts an array method for display configuration; in addition, the areas occupied by the displayed options on the screen can be the same or different, depending on the content of the electronic menu to be used to design, and the number of items presented There may also be different numbers according to the corresponding operating functions or the number of devices in the home entertainment center 3 .

As far as the operation mode is concerned, firstly, in a preferred embodiment, the display of the electronic menu can be generated by the result of the user touching the fingerprint identification unit 32 and identifying it by the micro-processing unit 37, that is, The micro-processing unit 37 will send a signal to the applied TV 40, and an electronic menu including the plurality of options I11 to I33 will be displayed on the screen; For each option arranged, the mode of moving and rotating the remote controller 30 is directly used for moving and clicking in the up and down or left and right directions.

As shown in FIG. 5 , it is a schematic diagram of the corresponding relationship of the remote controller 30 performing the up and down pitch motion operation (Pitch Motion). In this figure, the remote controller 30 moves up and down in the three-dimensional space where it is located, wherein it is set that when the remote controller 30 is in an initial state (state one), each surface of the remote controller 30 The normal direction is on the three reference coordinate axes of coordinate axis X, coordinate axis Y and coordinate axis Z; and in a preferred embodiment, when the electronic menu is displayed on the screen of the TV 40, One of the options I22 can be preset to be clicked to highlight (highlight), that is, the option I22 presents a display color or a contrasting color different from other options. And when the user rotates the remote controller 30 upwards with the coordinate axis Y as the axis, that is, the user keeps pressing the action button 31 and cooperates with the action sensing unit 36 for simultaneous sensing, and the coordinate axes X, Z When turning an angle to the coordinate axes X' and Z' (from state one to state two), the above-mentioned options highlighted by clicking will move from option I22 to option I12; 30 Rotate downwards with the coordinate axis Y as the axis, and when the coordinate axes X and Z are rotated by an angle to the coordinate axes X' and Z' (from state 1 to state 3), the options highlighted by clicking will change from Option I22 moved to option I32.

Based on the above, in a preferred embodiment, it is designed that when the user holds the main body of the remote control 30 with his hands to perform motion operations such as moving or rotating and simultaneously presses the action button 31, he can select various options. Click to highlight, select to move or select to scan, and the option selected on the menu is related to the pitch angle that the remote controller 30 is rotated; as corresponding to the implementation in Figure 5, the coordinate axis Y is the axis. The selection, display and movement of the options to be made by rotation are mainly options in the column direction, that is, the effect displayed by clicking will move in the up and down direction.

In detail, when the action button 31 is pressed and the remote controller 30 is rotated to an upward angle greater than an angle α, the displayed click highlight target will be moved up one, for example, from option I22 to option I12; and when the remote controller is rotated When the downward pitch angle of the controller 30 is greater than the same angle α, the displayed click highlight target will be moved down one, for example, from option I22 to option I32; in addition, if the upward or downward pitch angle is smaller than the angle α, the menu Still keep the previously selected option without change, that is, continue to highlight the previously set option I22. In other words, if the user wants to move the highlighted option from the option I12 to the option I32, the remote control 30 is to be rotated downward twice continuously. However, due to the design of the angle α, the The user can have an upward return action smaller than the angle α after a pitching rotation, and the subsequent pitching rotation can be carried out more conveniently; Then start to operate the remote controller 30 to the situation of state three.

Based on the above, the preferred implementation mode is designed at the same time when the user releases the press on the action button 31 during the motion operation, the selection display and movement effect of the option will stop, such as confirming the selection to After the option I12 (that is, the option I12 is clicked and highlighted), any motion state produced by the remote controller 30 after releasing the action button 31 will not affect the clicked and highlighted result of the option I12, and will not make it Other options are clicked and highlighted; then, in the case that the confirmed option has been clicked and highlighted, the user is designed to continuously press the action button 31 twice, and the preferred implementation mode can be completed twice in a short time After the pressing action, the micro-processing unit 37 will start the operation function represented by this option on the applied TV screen or audio-visual device. In addition, when the options on the left and right sides are to be selected, the remote controller 30 can be deflected in the left and right directions, and its operation mode is similar to the above-mentioned pitching operation in the up and down directions. The detailed operation process is described as follows.

In addition, in a preferred embodiment, it can also be designed that when the action button 31 is pressed to select or move an option, the light emitting unit 33 or the sound unit 34 in the remote controller 30 can simultaneously emit a light frequency signal or It is an audio signal, for example, when a certain option is clicked during the click process, it will make a click sound, or it can produce a moving effect when the option on the menu is clicked and highlighted , then emit light or emit a sound simultaneously to remind the user that the click operation process of moving from a certain option to another option has been completed; When clicking is no longer performed, the remote controller 30 can also emit an option selection indication light frequency and an option selection indication audio frequency, such as different light indications or sound effects, to remind the user of the current operating status.

As mentioned above, in the subsequent function activation, the preferred embodiment design is that the user continuously presses the action button 31 twice, and the micro-processing unit 37 can activate the action signal received at this time. The corresponding function of the selected option is displayed on the screen of the television 40 , that is, the wireless transmission unit 38 sends a corresponding wireless signal, so that the applied television 40 can run the corresponding built-in function. Of course, the activation method is not limited to pressing twice consecutively, and in another preferred embodiment, the action button 31 can also be pressed multiple times continuously or once quickly. In addition, when the corresponding function is activated during the operation, in addition to the above-mentioned luminous or sound prompt, the preferred embodiment can also generate a vibration or a force pulse at the same time to achieve a better operating state reminder effect.

The functions of the options presented in the above-mentioned menus can be corresponding to various applicable related functions such as the applied game equipment, audio-visual device, audio unit, device for receiving and displaying or recording and playing relevant signals, and the Internet. For example, these functions can be the TV channel selection function or the volume adjustment function, and the displayed menu can be designed as a number keypad or a direction keypad, or in a preferred embodiment, a The main menu, and each option on the main menu can be clicked and activated to open another more detailed specific function menu, that is, all functions that can be clicked or set can be designed in a tree-like manner , so that the user can clearly and quickly complete the required function activation.

Wherein, the above-mentioned embodiment is described for the operation of the TV 40 in Fig. 3 (a), but the home entertainment center 3 of the present invention is designed to use the same remote controller 30 to operate all audio-visual devices or related equipment in the entertainment system , such as the video recorder 42 in Fig. 3 (a), and the receiving unit of the wireless signal can be arranged on the TV 40 of the main equipment, or the video recorder 42 can also be provided with a wireless receiving unit, and through the same display on the TV 40 on-screen electronic menus to operate. The relevant options in the above-mentioned electronic menu designed in a dendritic manner include the corresponding operation functions of the video recorder 42 .

In addition, the application of function selection or related audio-visual signal processing can also be applied to signals from sources such as satellite, cable, radio frequency, or network. Or the option functions of these menus can also be used to adjust the display performance of each audio-visual device, such as adjusting its output image resolution to meet the high-definition resolution such as digital TV specifications, or adjusting the quality and effect of output audio, such as Hi-Fi Stereo or Dolby 5.1, 7.1 surround sound. Furthermore, the functions of these options may also include the function of accessing files or recorded data in related application equipment, or enabling the mutual transmission and access of data or signals between various audio-visual equipment or various information sources.

Please refer to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 at the same time, wherein FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the corresponding relationship between the rightward yaw motion operation (Yaw Motion) and the leftward roll motion operation (Roll Motion) of the remote controller 30, and FIG. A schematic diagram of the corresponding relationship between the leftward yaw motion operation (Yaw Motion) and the rightward roll motion operation (Roll Motion) performed by the controller 30. These two pictures illustrate how to change the column options of the electronic menu, or how to display more functional options. Carrying on the above-mentioned operation description of FIG. 5, when clicking on the options on the most two sides of the left and right sides, let the remote control 30 deflect in the left and right directions, and the coordinate axis Z as shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. The axis rotates to the right and left, and when the coordinate axes X and Y are rotated by an angle β to the coordinate axes X' and Y' (state 1), the selected options will face to the right respectively and move to the left, that is, the old full-column options on one side of the menu will disappear due to the shifting transformation, but the new full-column options on the other side of the menu will also appear due to the moving transformation, so the menu will appear as shown in Figure 6 and Figure 7 The display effect shown.

In detail, as shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 , under a specific electronic menu, that is, when a specific function cannot present all the corresponding function options in the entire display space of the same screen, the remote control 30 can be designed to The rightward and leftward deflection motions move the options in the manner of an entire row of offsets, that is, when the selected highlight is on the options I13, I23, and I33 as shown in Figure 4, the user's rightward The deflection movement can further show the new options I14, I24, I34 as shown in Figure 6, and the options I11, I21, I31 will disappear, just as the whole electronic menu moves one column to the left to show the new options I12~I34 . Similarly, when the selected highlight is located on the options I11, I21, I31 as shown in Figure 4, the user's leftward deflection motion can further display the new options I10, I20, I30, and the options I13, I23, and I33 will disappear, that is, the new options I10~I32 will be displayed as the entire electronic menu moves one column to the right.

Or, no matter which option in Figure 4 is highlighted by clicking, the rolling motion operation adopted by the user can also display the results as shown in Figure 6 and Figure 7, that is, the coordinate axis X is the axis center and flips to the left and right directly, and the coordinate axes Y and Z are respectively rotated by an angle γ to the coordinate axes Y' and Z' (state 2), and the presented menu options will also be displayed as a whole Move to the left or right, so that options I12~I34 and I10~I32 are displayed, and the options highlighted by clicking at this time can be the same option as before flipping, or the same relative position (for example, in the center) Options. Here, the collocation of the action button 31 and the motion operation of the remote controller 30 are the same as the operation described in FIG. The left or right deflection or rolling motion operation can control the electronic menu displayed on the screen of the TV 40 to change the whole column and the whole, and can present more options for clicking; after that, release the The pressing of the action button 31 will fix the phenomenon of movement and variation, and then the function of each option can be started with the operation description similar to FIG. 5 .

And the above-mentioned method of clicking on the left and right directions is the operation as shown in Figure 8, that is, the options highlighted by clicking on the menu are related to the deflection angle that the remote controller 30 is rotated, that is, the effect of clicking on the highlight will be The options in the row direction move left and right; in detail, when the user presses the action button 31 and turns the remote control 30 to the left at an angle greater than an angle β, the displayed click highlight target will move one to the left, For example, move from option I22 to option I21 (from state one to state two); and when the remote controller 30 is rotated to the right when the deflection angle is greater than the same angle β, the displayed click highlight target will move one to the right, such as from option I22 Move to option I23 (from state one to state three); in addition, if the deflection angle to the left or right is less than the angle β, the option that was originally selected will remain unchanged on the menu, for example, continue to highlight the original setting Option I22.

In addition, in addition to the above-mentioned operation modes of FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, similar operation modes can also be designed to allow the remote controller 30 to be operated with a pitching motion to perform the entire row and overall movement transformation of the menu in the up and down direction, so as to More options are presented. For example, when the pitching motion of the remote controller 30 reaches a specific angle, for example, in FIG. The pitch angle can make the electronic menu move on the display in an entire row and in an overall manner.

And in another preferred embodiment, when this remote controller 30 adopts rolling motion operation, the new option that can be designed to change and show is not only one row or one column, but all options are all replaced (that is, the option entire page movement); for example, after the scrolling operation of the 3-by-3 option shown in the above-mentioned embodiment and the drawings, the new 3-by-3 option displayed by switching will be different from that before the scrolling operation, for example New options I14-I36 (not shown in the drawings) are displayed, so that the user can find the desired function item more quickly and clearly.

Please refer to FIG. 9 , which is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of the present invention; first, the microprocessing unit 37 recognizes the touch of the fingerprint recognition unit 32 by the user, and then displays an electronic screen with multiple functional options on the screen. Menu, such as step S1; secondly, the user holds the main body of the remote control 30 and keeps pressing the action button 31 at the same time, such as step S2; then, the user performs pitching, deflection, and rolling of the main body of the remote control 30 Wait for the motion operation, so that the micro-processing unit 37 can control the user's selection and highlighting of the options presented in the electronic menu according to its motion state, such as step S3; finally, when the user confirms that a certain After the option is selected, release the press on the action button 31, and then press the action button 31 twice continuously, so that the function corresponding to the option can be activated on the applied audio-visual device, as in step S4.

Moreover, the above-mentioned implementation mode is illustrated by displaying the electronic menu after the user touches the fingerprint identification unit 32. However, in another preferred implementation mode, the fingerprint identification unit may not be provided on the remote control. To generate a display, for example, it can be designed that the user holds the main body of the remote controller 30 and quickly presses the action button 31 once at the beginning of the operation process, and then releases it, so that the microprocessing unit 37 can respond to this The received action signal displays the electronic menu on the screen.

In addition, in another preferred embodiment, the remote controller of the present invention is also designed with a learning function or a user reservation function, which can be operated with any electronic menu. One option is set and recorded with a predetermined operation posture, and a prompt signal is output corresponding to a specific operation, and when the user moves the remote control with the corresponding operation posture in actual operation, it will generate The specific signal corresponds to the original setting, so as to activate the relevant operation result, or simultaneously remind the user to press the action button 31 to activate its function.

Furthermore, in another embodiment, the remote controller of the present invention can also be designed to perform certain simple or frequently-operated functions without using an electronic menu, and only needs to perform specific actions to complete them. For example, functions such as volume adjustment, channel selection, and power switch of the TV 40, in which the actual operation allows the user to pick up the remote control and press the action button 31 to directly deflect without displaying the electronic menu. Motion operation, and deflection to the left is the volume down, and deflection to the right is the volume up; or press the action button 31 to directly perform the pitching operation, and wherein the upward rotation is to increase the channel selection number and the downward rotation is Decrease for channel number. Furthermore, the tilting operation plus the pressing of the action button 31 can also be used to represent the function of turning on and off the power of the TV 40 . On the other hand, when the user sets not to display the electronic menu to perform a specific operation gesture, the motion characteristics of the user's hand drawing in the air can also be sensed, for example, the user can directly draw a number in the air, and the drawn The number of can represent the channel selection number of the channel, and after the animation is completed, press the action button 31 or switch to the station after a specific time, so that the channel selection can be directly and quickly completed.

To sum up, by using the present invention, we can omit various operation buttons on the traditional remote control, and use the electronic menu that senses the movement of the user's hand and displays it on the screen. The method of clicking and highlighting the various options of each option selects and activates various available audio-visual functions or application functions, so that the user can operate the remote control more quickly and conveniently, and avoids many problems in the prior art. Inconvenience and problems, and then also help to improve the user's operating pleasure and efficiency, and make the complex audio-visual functions or application functions of various audio-visual devices or audio-visual equipment in the general home entertainment center can be easily and directly operation technology to complete. Therefore, successfully reached the main purpose of the development of the present invention.

Anyone familiar with the technical field can use the concepts and embodiment changes disclosed in the present invention as the basis for designing and improving some other methods on the premise of using the same purpose as the present invention. These changes, substitutions and improvements cannot depart from the protection scope of the present invention defined by the claims. Therefore, the present invention can be modified in various ways by those of ordinary skill in the art, without departing from the protection scope of the appended claims.

Claims (23)

1. home entertainment center includes:

One first audiovisual appliances has a radio receiving unit; And

One remote controller, this remote controller includes:

One main body is held in order to the user to be provided;

One action sensing unit is arranged in this main body, in order to the sensing user motor performance state of this main body is sent a sensing signal;

One microprocessing unit is arranged in this main body and signal is connected in this action sensing unit, in order to receiving this sensing signal, and processes to send a control signal according to this sensing signal; And

One wireless transmission unit, signal are connected in this microprocessing unit, in order to receive this control signal and to be sent and received by this radio receiving unit with wireless transmission method, so that demonstrate an electronic selecting single on this first audiovisual appliances;

The movement angle that wherein motor performance of this main body is caused to the user when this action sensing unit senses is during greater than predetermined angle, send this sensing signal to this microprocessing unit process to send this control signal control this electronic selecting single that shows on this first audiovisual appliances produce click the movement that shows option or produce option full line, permutation or whole page or leaf mobile.

2. home entertainment center as claimed in claim 1, wherein this remote controller includes a luminescence unit, be arranged on this main body and signal is connected in this microprocessing unit, in order to receiving this control signal and can send an optical frequency signal according to this control signal, the prompting when providing the user to operate.

3. home entertainment center as claimed in claim 1, wherein this remote controller includes a phonation unit, be arranged on this main body and signal is connected in this microprocessing unit, in order to receiving this control signal and can send an audio signal according to this control signal, the prompting when providing the user to operate.

4. home entertainment center as claimed in claim 1, wherein this remote controller includes a power generating unit, be arranged in this main body and signal is connected in this microprocessing unit, in order to receive this control signal and can send vibration or a power pulse, the prompting when providing the user to operate according to this control signal.

5. home entertainment center as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user includes elevating movement operation to this main body to the motor performance of this main body; The luffing angle that causes when this elevating movement operation can make this electronic selecting single produce to click during greater than angle [alpha] and show moving up and down of option; Perhaps, the luffing angle that causes when this elevating movement operation (can make this electronic selecting single produce the movement of option full line during α+δ) greater than angle.

6. home entertainment center as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user includes yaw motion operation to this main body to the motor performance of this main body; The deflection angle that causes when the operation of this yaw motion can make this electronic selecting single produce during greater than angle beta and click the move left and right that shows option or the movement that produces the option permutation.

7. home entertainment center as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user includes tumbling motion operation to this main body to the motor performance of this main body; The rotation drift angle degree that the operation of this tumbling motion causes can make this electronic selecting single produce the movement of option permutation or the movement of the whole page or leaf of option during greater than angle γ.

8. home entertainment center as claimed in claim 1, wherein this remote controller includes an action key, be arranged on this main body and signal is connected in this microprocessing unit, in order to provide the user to press, and so as to sending an actuating signal, and this microprocessing unit can receive this actuating signal, and processes to send this control signal according to this sensing signal and this actuating signal.

9. home entertainment center as claimed in claim 8, wherein the user keeps pressing this action key to the process of the motor performance of this main body.

10. home entertainment center as claimed in claim 8, wherein when the option in this electronic selecting single present click the situation that shows after, this action key just provides the user to do further to discharge and press, so that can start the corresponding function of this option on this first audiovisual appliances.

11. home entertainment center as claimed in claim 1, wherein this action sensing unit is the sensing elements such as an accelerometer, a gyroscope or a magnetometer, or is the combination of described sensing element.

12. home entertainment center as claimed in claim 1, wherein this first audiovisual appliances includes a screen, and this electronic selecting single is shown on this screen.

13. home entertainment center as claimed in claim 1, wherein this home entertainment center includes one second audiovisual appliances, signal is connected in this first audiovisual appliances, and shown this electronic selecting single that goes out includes the corresponding function of this second audiovisual appliances on this first audiovisual appliances.

14. the method for operating of a home entertainment center is applied in the operating process of a remote controller to one first audiovisual appliances in the home entertainment center, this remote controller includes a main body, and the method comprises the following step:

On this first audiovisual appliances, demonstrate an electronic selecting single;

Hold this main body and according to shown this electronic selecting single that goes out this main body is carried out motor performance by the user; And

When sensing movement angle that this motor performance causes greater than predetermined angle, this electronic selecting single is produced click the movement that shows option or produce option full line, permutation or whole page or leaf mobile.

15. the method for operating of home entertainment center as claimed in claim 14, wherein when sensing movement angle that this motor performance causes greater than predetermined angle, this electronic selecting single is produced click the movement that shows option or produce the mobile the following step that comprises of option full line, permutation or whole page or leaf: when sensing the user this main body is carried out luffing angle that elevating movement operation causes greater than angle [alpha], can produce at the column direction of this electronic selecting single and click the effect that moves up and down that shows option; Perhaps, when sensing the user this main body is carried out luffing angle that elevating movement operation causes greater than angle (α+δ), can make this electronic selecting single produce the effect that option full line moves.

16. the method for operating of home entertainment center as claimed in claim 14, wherein when sensing movement angle that this motor performance causes greater than predetermined angle, this electronic selecting single is produced click the movement that shows option or produce the mobile the following step that comprises of option full line, permutation or whole page or leaf: when sensing the user this main body is carried out deflection angle that yaw motion operation causes greater than angle beta, can produce at the line direction of this electronic selecting single and click the move left and right effect that shows option or can make this electronic selecting single produce the effect that option permutation moves.

17. the method for operating of home entertainment center as claimed in claim 14, wherein when sensing movement angle that this motor performance causes greater than predetermined angle, this electronic selecting single is produced click the movement that shows option or produce the mobile the following step that comprises of option full line, permutation or whole page or leaf: when sensing the user this main body is carried out the tumbling motion operation institute rotational angle that causes greater than angle γ, can make this electronic selecting single produce effect or the mobile effect of the whole page or leaf of option that option permutation moves.

18. the method for operating of home entertainment center as claimed in claim 14, wherein the method comprises the following step: send a prompting effect by this remote controller in user's operating process, with the motion state of this remote controller of reminding user, and this prompting effect is an optical frequency signal, an audio signal, vibration or a power pulse.

19. the method for operating of home entertainment center as claimed in claim 14, wherein this remote controller includes an action key, and the method comprises the following step: hold this main body by the user and also keep pressing this action key and this main body being carried out motor performance.

20. the method for operating of home entertainment center as claimed in claim 19, wherein the method comprises the following step: when the option in this electronic selecting single present click the situation that shows after, by the user this action key is done further to discharge and press, click and show the corresponding function of option so that on this first audiovisual appliances, can start this.

21. the method for operating of home entertainment center as claimed in claim 19, wherein the method comprises the following step: held this main body and this action key is once pressed rear relieving by the user, and then demonstrate this electronic selecting single on this first audiovisual appliances.

22. the method for operating of home entertainment center as claimed in claim 14, wherein this home entertainment center includes one second audiovisual appliances, and signal is connected in this first audiovisual appliances, and this electronic selecting single includes the corresponding function of this second audiovisual appliances.

23. the method for operating of home entertainment center as claimed in claim 14, wherein this electronic selecting single produce option full line, permutation or whole page or leaf mobile after, this click the option that shows can be with motor performance before identical the same option or be the identical option of relative position.

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