PT106492A - REMOTE CONTROL FOR REMOTE CONTROL OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Google Patents

Abstract

THE REMOTE CONTROLS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES ARE DIFFICULTLY IMPLEMENTED AND USED TO ALLOW TO CONTROL THE MOST VARIOUS FUNCTIONS THE DEVICES PROVIDE. THE INTERACTION OF THE USER BECOMES, MANY TIMES, CONFUSED AND DIFFICULT. Hence, the present invention differs from other commands in addition to, at least, a navigation, selection and validation wheel (16). THIS WHEEL IS CONTROLLED BY THE USER THROUGH MOVING BACK AND FORWARDS - ALLOWING THE NAVIGATION OF THE CONTENT (MENUS, LISTS OF ITEMS OR OTHERWISE) OR THAT CONTROLS QUANTITIES (SOUND INTENSITY, PROGRAM CHANNEL OR OTHERS), REPLACING THE USE OF DIRECTIONS - OR PRESSING WITH VERTICAL ACTION POSSIBILITATING THE SELECTION OF ITEMS AND VALIDATION OF THE DESIRED ACTION. THE INTERACTION IS MADE CONJUNCTIONALLY WITH THE USE OF BUTTONS (1-15). THE INTERACTION IS MADE WITH ANY ELECTRONIC DEVICE, FOR EXAMPLE A MULTIMEDIA CENTER, THROUGH A SIMPLER AND INTUITIVE USE.

Description

DESCRIPTION

Remote control for remote control of an electronic device

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a remote control for electronic devices, for example a multimedia center capable of reproducing the common media relating to audio, video and image files. The command intends to innovate the access to the menus, contents, files or others of the remote controlled device. BACKGROUND ART

There are several electronic devices on the market, for example multimedia centers and others, which come with their remote controls. These commands tend to have many buttons that make it difficult to use them. We have created a command Fig. 1 that is prepared to interact with devices with the most varied functions using a navigation wheel, selection and validation 16 and a reduced number of buttons 1-15 so that the user can access the function that he wishes quickly and intuitive. There is no command like the one proposed here that incorporates a navigation wheel, selection and validation.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a remote control for remote control of an electronic device which is novel in that it incorporates at least one navigation, selection and validation wheel 16.

In addition to the usual access buttons 1-15 for example, this invention includes a navigation, selection and validation wheel 16 which enables and facilitates rapid navigation through the contents, for example, list of items or files and menus of the device, with advantage, the use of directional arrows. This wheel can also be pressed with vertical (movement) if the user wants to make the selection of items or validation of the desired action, for example in a menu where you are browsing or list of 1 files in a folder. It is also possible to control quantities, for example the volume (sound intensity) of the electronic device (television, multimedia center, or other) by rotating the wheel with backward movement (reduction) and forward movement (increase) during processing of the device. selected item. The wheel 16 should be implemented within the control without interfering with the buttons and rotating without any obstruction. When you press the wheel with vertical actuation you will feel a click that activates the selection / validation. This way the user feels that they clicked properly and the action or process that they chose will be executed. The command sends the signal through an infrared beam or other wireless system.

Fig. 2b, Fig. 2c and Fig. 2d, is used to navigate the contents (menus, item lists or other) or control quantities (intensity sound, program channel or other). The user presses the wheel 16 with vertical actuation and this, when pressed, activates the micro switch 20 that performs the validation of the selected action. Navigating menus or lists of items and adjusting quantities is done by rotating the wheel with back movements (in decreasing quantities and in lists going down in items) and forward movements (in quantities increases and in the lists goes up in the items). The LED 19 sends the signal to the photodetector 17 and this signal is cut off - with the movements of the wheel - via the beam switch (pulse generator) 18 which enables event counting for the navigation and control of quantities.

Command buttons 1. Switch electronic device on / off. 2. Open / close drive CD / DVD / luRay or others. 3. Direct access to the video menu. 4. Direct access to music menu. 5. Direct access to image menu. 6. File options being processed. 7. Enable / disable sound. 8. Access to the main menu. 9. otão for confirmation. 10. Fast retreat to an audio, video or other file. 2 11. Process / pause running file. 12. Fast forward to an audio, video or other file. 13. Indent to the file prior to being processed or retracted to chapter, tag or other. 14. Stop processing the current file. 15. Advance to next file to which is being processed or advance to next chapter, marker or other. 16. Navigation wheel, selection and validation, with back and forth movements or pressing with vertical movement.

These buttons are arranged so that the user can interact intuitively with the electronic device through the control. This provision made the most sense in the implementation study of the prototype carried out, which is not mandatory and serves merely as an example.

Lisbon, September 27, 2012.

Claims (1)

Claims Ia - A remote control for remote control of an electronic device, characterized in that it includes at least one navigation, selection and validation wheel (16). Method for using a remote control for remote control of an electronic device, characterized in that the navigation wheel, selection and validation wheel (16) is handled by the user's fingers to interact with the electronic device, by rotating the wheel with back and forward or pressing with vertical action. Lisbon, September 27, 2012.