BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE APPENDED DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an infrastructure of a remote controlling system according to the preferred embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 2 is an example of the look-up table stored in the storage device.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides a remote controlling system that uses radiation-based signal control for users to conveniently control a plurality of electronic equipments within a situation through a user interface or an external radio telecommunication network. The spirit and feature of the present invention will be described in detail by the following preferred embodiments.
Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an infrastructure of a remote controlling system 1 according to the preferred embodiment of the invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the remote controlling system 1 is used for controlling N electronic equipments (not shown) within a situation, and N is a natural number. Each of the N electronic equipments comprises a respective radiation-based signal receiver (not shown) and is capable of operating in accordance with a respective set of first instructions. The remote controlling system 1 comprises at least one radiation-based signal transmitter 12 and a processing/controlling apparatus 14.
The same as shown in FIG. 1, the processing/controlling apparatus 14 comprises a storage device 142, a user interface 144, and a processing/controlling unit 146. Particularly, the radiation-based signal transmitters 12 are distributed in the situation for covering N radiation-based signal receivers in communication.
The storage device 142 therein stores a look-up table recording M commands and M sets of second instructions; each set of second instructions corresponds to one of the M commands, wherein M is natural number.
The user interface 144 enables a user to input one of the commands. The processing/controlling unit 146 is electrically connected to the at least one radiation-based signal transmitter 12, the storage device 142, and the user interface 144, respectively; the processing/controlling unit 146 receives the inputted command, accesses the set of second instructions corresponding to the received command, and controls the at least one radiation-based signal transmitter 12 to emit a set of radiation-based signals which represent the set of second instructions corresponding to the received command. In practical application, the processing/controlling apparatus 14 can be executed as a computer and can be disposed with a touch panel for users to conveniently operate the user interface 144.
Referring to FIG. 2, FIG. 2 is an example of the look-up table stored in the storage device 142. The look-up table shown in FIG. 2 not only has a command column and an instruction column but also a description column for users to conveniently edit. In one embodiment, the user interface 144 also enables the user to edit the commands and the instructions stored in the storage device 142.
After the at least one radiation-based signal transmitter 12 emits the set of radiation-based signals, one of the N electronic equipments receives, via the radiation-based signal receiver thereof, the emitted radiation-based signals, converts the received radiation-based signals into the set of second instructions, and judges if one or more of the sets of second instructions match the respective set of first instructions; if there is any, it operates in accordance with the matched first instructions.
In one embodiment, the situation can be a home, a classroom, an office, a factory, an exhibition . . . etc.
The same as shown in FIG. 1, for users to not only control within a situation but also remotely control through the user interface 144, the remote controlling system 1 can additionally include at least one communication device for linking an external communication network, such as a radio telecommunication module 16a, a public switched telephone module 16b, and a network module 16c . . . etc. With the above-mentioned communication devices 16, users can remotely input commands without directly operating the user interface 144. The radio telecommunication module 16a can link to a radio telecommunication network. The public switched telephone module 16b can link to a public switched telephone network. The network module 16c can link to a local area network, an intranet, an internet . . . etc.
In one embodiment, each of the emitted radiation-based signals is an infrared, each of the radiation-based signal receivers is an infrared receiver, and each of the at least one radiation-based signal transmitter 12 is an infrared transmitter.
In practical application, as shown in FIG. 1, the at least one radiation-based signal transmitter 12 and extra communication modules (16a˜16c) can be advisably cascaded by cables (such as RS485 cable), and they are able to serve as hot-swappable and general plugs (such as USB plug) of computer interface. The look-up table and the user interface 144 can serve as storing medium such as compact disks. Users can conveniently install the look-up table and the user interface 144 into personal computers processing/controlling apparatus) and directly insert the cascaded radiation-based signal transmitters 12 of the communication modules (16a˜16c) into the personal computers (processing/controlling apparatus) with the method, and the remote controlling system 1 according to the present invention is completed to control the radiation-based signals to cover the electronic equipments in communication within a certain area. It needs to be noted that the method still needs to combine with USB/RS485 converter modules (not shown in FIG. 1). Besides, the at least one radiation-based signal transmitter 12 cannot cascade with the extra communication modules (16a˜16c).
With the example and explanations above, the features and spirits of the invention will be hopefully well described. Those skilled in the art will readily observe that numerous modifications and alterations of the device may be made while retaining the teaching of the invention. Accordingly, the above disclosure should be construed as limited only by the metes and bounds of the appended claims.
Patent Application
20080084280
