Patent Application
20110050571
1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to remote control systems and remote control methods, and particularly, to a remote control system and a remote control method for a computer.
2. Description of Related Art
Conventionally, a computer is operated by a mouse of the computer, for example, a menu of the computer is selected, opened, or closed by using the mouse. Therefore, a user must be physically close to the mouse of the computer to operate the computer. However, this way limits the movement range of the user of the computer, which is inconvenient for the user.
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The transmitting apparatus 100 generates move instructions and key-press instructions. The receiving apparatus 200 receives the move instructions and key-press instructions and sends the move instructions and key-press instructions to the computer 300. The computer 300 receives the move instructions and key-press instructions from the receiving apparatus 200 and converts the move instructions and key-press instructions into actions of a cursor of the computer 300 and performs corresponding functions. In one embodiment, the transmitting apparatus 100 may be ring-shaped, and can be worn on a finger of a user of the computer 300. Two buttons 111 and 112 are set on the transmitting apparatus 100, to generate the key-press instructions. Material of a surface of the transmitting apparatus 100 has a high infrared reflectivity character. The receiving apparatus 200 is connected to the computer 300, and can be optionally located around the transmitting apparatus 100, to receive the move instructions and key-press instructions from the transmitting apparatus 100.
The transmitting apparatus 100 includes a power module 110, a button module 120, a first data processing module 130, and a wireless transmitting module 140. The power module 110 provides voltages to the button module 120, the first data processing module 130, and the wireless transmitting module 140. The button module 120 outputs the key-press instructions via operating the buttons 111 and 112. The first data processing module 130 receives the key-press instructions from the button module 120 and sends the key-press instructions to the receiving apparatus 200 via the wireless transmitting module 140. The wireless transmitting module 140 sends the key-press instructions to the receiving apparatus 200, then to the computer 300, to control a cursor of the computer 300 to open or close menus of the computer 300.
The receiving apparatus 200 includes a wireless receiving module 210, an infrared camera module 220, a second data processing module 230, an infrared-house module 240, and a universal serial bus (USB) interface module 250. The receiving apparatus 200 is connected to the computer 300 via the USB interface 250. The wireless receiving module 210 receives the key-press instructions from the transmitting apparatus 100 and sends the key-press instructions to the second data processing module 230, to send the key-press instructions to the computer 300 via the USB interface 250. The computer 300 receives the key-press instructions and converts the key-press instructions into key-press data, and then converts the key-press data into key-press actions of the cursor of the computer 300. The infrared-house module 240 sends infrared to the transmitting apparatus 100. The infrared camera module 220 receives feedback infrared from the transmitting apparatus 100 and captures a location and a movement state of the transmitting apparatus 100 according to the feedback infrared, and converts the location and the movement state into images and then sends the images to the second data processing module 230. The second data processing module 230 receives the images and sends the images to the computer 300 via the USB interface 250. The computer 300 receives the images and converts the images into movement data, and then converts the movement data into movement actions of the cursor of the computer 300.
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In step S1, the infrared-house module 240 sends infrared to the transmitting apparatus 100, the transmitting apparatus 100 reflects the infrared, when the infrared camera module 220 receives the reflected infrared by the transmitting apparatus 100, the procedure goes to step S2, when the buttons 111 or 112 of the button module 120 are clicked, the procedure goes to step S3.
In step S2, the infrared camera module 220 captures the location and the movement state of the transmitting apparatus 100 according to the reflected infrared, and converts the location and movement state into images and then sends the images to the second date processing module 230.
In step S3, the first data processing module 130 receives the key-press instructions from the button module 120 and sends the key-press instructions to the second data processing module 230 via the wireless transmitting module 140 and the wireless receiving module 210.
In step S4, the second data processing module 230 receives the images from the infrared camera module 220 and receives the key-press instructions from the wireless receiving module 210.
In step S5, the second data processing module 230 sends the images and the key-press instructions to the computer 300 via the USB interface 250.
In step S6, the computer 300 receives the images and the key-press instructions via the USB interface 250, if the computer 300 receives the images, the procedure goes to step S7, if the computer 300 receives the key-press instructions, the procedure goes to step S9.
In step S7, the computer 300 converts the images into movement data.
In step S8, the computer 300 converts the movement data into movement actions of the cursor of the computer 300.
In step S9, the computer 300 converts the key-press instructions into key-press data.
In step S10, the computer 300 converts the key-press data into key-press actions of the cursor of the computer 300.
In step S11, the movement actions and the key-press actions of the cursor are displayed on the computer 300 and applied to the computer 300, to control the menu of the computer 300.
The remote control system and method for computer generates corresponding operation actions in the computer 300 according to the free movement state of the transmitting apparatus 100. Therefore, the user of the computer 300 can remote control the computer 300 conveniently.
The foregoing description of the exemplary embodiments of the disclosure has been presented only for the purposes of illustration and description and is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the disclosure to the precise forms disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to explain the principles of the disclosure and their practical application so as to enable others skilled in the art to utilize the disclosure and various embodiments and with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. Alternately embodiments will become apparent to those skilled in the art to which the present disclosure pertains without departing from its spirit and scope. Accordingly, the scope of the present disclosure is defined by the appended claims rather than the foregoing description and the exemplary embodiments described therein.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 200910306186.2 | Aug 2009 | CN | national |
