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Remote control

About: Remote control is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 17730 publications have been published within this topic receiving 135589 citations. The topic is also known as: remote & RCU.


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04 Dec 1992
TL;DR: In this article, a universal remote control device which is programmed to operate a variety of consumer products is disclosed, which is connected over a bidirectional link to either a cable converter or a telephone interface for receiving programming information.
Abstract: A universal remote control device which is programmed to operate a variety of consumer products is disclosed. The device is connected over a bidirectional link to either a cable converter or a telephone interface for receiving programming information. A touch screen display is employed on the programmable remote control device for displaying icons of functions to be selected. By selecting a particular displayed icon, a command can be decoded and sent via an infrared link to one or more appliances. Infrared codes for operating a virtually unlimited number of devices can be supplied to the device over the bidirectional communications link. Further, a provision is provided to permit a telephone connection to be set up between the user's home and a facility advertising products or services over a cable television broadcast. The touch screen display will permit the actual display of these advertisements as messages received from the cable head end system. Orders may be placed from the universal remote control device based on these displayed advertisements.

1,066 citations

Patent
07 Nov 2002
TL;DR: In this paper, a hand-held electronic device having a remote control application user interface that functions to display operational mode information to a user is presented, for example, to control appliances for one or more users, to perform activities, and to access favorites.
Abstract: A hand-held electronic device having a remote control application user interface that functions to displays operational mode information to a user. The graphical user interface may be used, for example, to setup the remote control application to control appliances for one or more users in one or more rooms, to perform activities, and to access favorites. The remote control application is also adapted to be upgradeable. Furthermore, the remote control application provides for the sharing of operational mode information.

787 citations

Patent
22 Dec 1998
TL;DR: A remote control uses IR (infrared) commands to control various consumer appliances made by various manufactures as mentioned in this paper, such as TV or other viewing screen, and is capable of interacting with the internet or other data source to provide a rich set of functionality.
Abstract: A remote control uses IR (infrared) commands to control various consumer appliances made by various manufactures. The remote control (10) is low-cost, consumer-friendly, programmable, has its own graphical display (85) so it does not interfere with a TV or other viewing screen, and is capable of interacting with the internet or other data source to provide a rich set of functionality.

768 citations

Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: The proposed ZigBee based home automation system and Wi-Fi network are integrated through a common home gateway and a dedicated virtual home is implemented to cater for the system's security and safety needs.
Abstract: In recent years, the home environment has seen a rapid introduction of network enabled digital technology. This technology offers new and exciting opportunities to increase the connectivity of devices within the home for the purpose of home automation. Moreover, with the rapid expansion of the Internet, there is the added potential for the remote control and monitoring of such network enabled devices. However, the adoption of home automation systems has been slow. This paper identifies the reasons for this slow adoption and evaluates the potential of ZigBee for addressing these problems through the design and implementation of a flexible home automation architecture. A ZigBee based home automation system and Wi-Fi network are integrated through a common home gateway. The home gateway provides network interoperability, a simple and flexible user interface, and remote access to the system. A dedicated virtual home is implemented to cater for the system's security and safety needs. To demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed system, four devices, a light switch, radiator valve, safety sensor and ZigBee remote control have been developed and evaluated with the home automation system.

596 citations

Patent
22 Dec 1998
TL;DR: In this paper, a system and method for using two or more cooperating but physically independent displays for enhanced viewing of data streams, where the viewing on one display does not interfere with the other displays, is described.
Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for using two or more cooperating but physically independent displays for enhanced viewing of data streams, where the viewing on one display does not interfere with the viewing on the other displays. The type of data streams may include complex streams such as multiple television broadcast signals or other video signals, internet data, or other local data such as information related to the state of a consumer's home appliances. The signals may be data embedded in the vertical blanking interval (VBI) for analog signals, or in dedicated slots in a digital signal according to protocols such as MPEG. The system includes a hand held and portable remote control (10) with a motion picture display and hardware or software enabling interaction between a primary display (80) and the hand held display (10). The hardware may include an integrated TV tuner or a physically separate base station (75) having a TV tuner, in which case the base station (75) and the remote control (10) would communicate via radio frequencies (110 and 115).

549 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
202340
2022135
2021128
2020471
2019688
2018931