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ManualsBrandsAMX ManualsTV Converter BoxAXB-TCR

United

States

Patent

US006642852B2

(12) (10)

Patent

N0.:

6,642,852

Dresti

al.

(45)

Date

Patent:

Nov.

2003

(54)

REMOTE

CONTROL

DEVICE

WITH

6,496,927

12/2002

McGrane

a1.

............

713/1

APPLIANCE

POWER

AWARENESS

OTHER

PUBLICATIONS

(75)

Inventors?

Mauro

Dresti,

West

covina,

(Us);

Dataprobe,

“Serial

Controlled

A/C

Power

Strips

Operation

Patrick

Hayes,

Mission

Viejo,

Manual”,

Oct

16,

2002*

(Us)

AMX

Instruction

Manual,

Presenter,

Aug.

2001,

pp.

_ _

i—35,

AMX,

Richardson,

Texas.

(73)

Asslgnee:

Umversal

Electromcs

Inc”

Cypress’

IntelliControl,

Home

Theater

Automation

System,

1999,

(Us)

pgs.,

Niles

Audio

Corporation,

Miami

Florida.

_ _ _ _ _

120V

PoWer

Switching

Systems,

2001,

pgs.,

Niles

(

)

Notice:

Sub]ect'

any

diisglaimecri,

the

tiermgf

I21;

Audio

Corporation,

Miami,

Florida'

{ftsenct

liszxéenbe

0‘:

Juste

11“

AMX

Instruction

Manual,

AXB—TC

and

AXB—TCR

Tele

' ' '

( )

ays'

vision

Controllers,

Jul.

2001,

pp.

1—33,

AMX

Richardson,

Texas.

(21)

Appl-

No-3

10/087,078

AMX,

Instruction

Manual,

PCS

and

PCS2

PoWer

Current

- _

Sensors

Jul.

2001

pp.

i—13

AMX

Richardson

Texas.

Fld.

.12002

’ ’ ’ ’ ’

( )

’

Smart

PoWer

Keys,

Universal

Electronics

Inc.

(Con?den

(65)

Prior

Publication

Data

tial),

Jan.

23,

2002,

pgs.

2003/0164787

Sep.

2003

cited

examiner

IIlt.

Cl-7

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Primary

Examiner_Brian

Zimmerman

H02]

3/00

Assistant

Examiner—Clara

Yang

(52)

US.

Cl.

..........................

340/825.72;

340/310.08;

(74)

Attorney,

Agent,

Firm—Mark

Galis;

Gary

340/825.52;

307/38;

307/40

Jarosik

(58)

Field

..........................

340/825,

825.71,

340/825.72,

310.01, 310.08,

825.52,

10.1,

(57)

ABSTRACT

10-2;

713/1

Acontrolling

device

having

programming

Which

ensures

appliance

Will

placed

into a

desired

poWer

state.

The

(56)

References

Cited

U.S.

PATENT

DOCUMENTS

3,878,512

4/1975

Kobayashi

a1.

.......

340/448

5,051,720

9/1991

Kittirutsunetorn

5,097,249

3/1992

Yamamoto

5,642,101

6/1997

Stirk

al.

...............

340/3.51

5,815,086

9/1998

Ivie

al.

. . . . . . . .

340/825.52

5,943,228

8/1999

Kim

....................

340/825.72

QUERY

RESPONSE

’

controlling

device

transmits

query

message

power

monitor

associated

With

the

appliance

obtain

the

current

poWer

state

the

appliance.

the

current

poWer

state

does

not

correspond

the

desired

poWer

state,

the

controlling

device

transmits

command

the

appliance

effect

change

the

current

poWer

state

the

appliance.

Claims,

Drawing

Sheets

OTHER

A/V

EQUIPMENT

MONIIORED

Summary of content (22 pages)

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US006642852B2 (12) (54) United States Patent (10) Patent N0.: Dresti et al. (45) Date of Patent: REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE WITH OTHER PUBLICATIONS (75) Inventors? Mauro Dresti, West covina, CA (Us); Patrick H. Hayes, Mission Viejo, CA (Us) _ Dataprobe, “Serial Controlled A/C Power Strips Operation Manual”, Oct 16, 2002* AMX Instruction Manual, PC Presenter, Aug. 2001, pp. _ i—35, AMX, Richardson, Texas.
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U.S. Patent Nov. 4, 2003 4-20 430 Sheet 4 0f 14 440 US 6,642,852 B2 450 $$$$ Device RF Unit # TV 0 Yes 0N VCR 3 Yes ON None Yes Unknown % CBL Con?gured? Power status 410 4 AUX 4 Yes OFF 2 SAT None No Unknown \ CD 1 Yes Unknown AMP 2 Yes 0N TUN None No Unknown EXAMPLE DEVICE STATUS TABLE FIG.
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U.S. Patent Nov. 4, 2003 Sheet 5 0f 14 US 6,642,852 B2 Setup code "979" entered + . Set RF unit 5 at table = entry"DeVi¢e-t)‘£>e" Set DEW-‘We to digit entered. with Pressad "Unknown" device key power siotus= "Setup" key pressed? .<— 1! Col! "Get power Siam" USER saw or to upd?ie?" DEVICE smus TABLE table entnes- uurr NUMBER-DEVICE RElATIONSHIPS IN REMOTE CONTROL FIG.
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U.S. Patent Nov. 4, 2003 Sheet 6 6f 14 US 6,642,852 B2 Get system power status Transmit power status enquiry message t Enable receiver, start timer (N-1) registered in table’? Set statue of RF m'tttg'é'go-t'éuitgius ” ' OFF oslrepmed sezustogus of RtF unit —1 in stu us tobte to"Unknown" N=N+1 N Y Shut down receiver, stop timer @ REMOTE CONTROL "GET POWER STATUS" LOGIC FLOW FIG.
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U.S. Patent Nov. 4, 2003 Sheet 7 0f 14 US 6,642,852 B2 "ALL 0N"key - ressed CoI|"Get power status" to update table entries. Set ?rst device type h 8 i have discrete power ON/OFF codes? Scan power Status Table for this device Step to next device Power stctus= "0N"? Y Transmit discrete "Power 0N” command Transmit "Power Toggle" IR code + REMOTE CONTROL "ALL ON" LOGIC FIG.
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U.S. Patent Nov. 4, 2003 Sheet 8 0f 14 US 6,642,852 B2 Power"0N" Look up Power Status Table entry for this device Cail”(;et power status" to update table entries. Power status= DIONII? Y ‘rm-98m“ d‘sc?ete Power command Transmit "Power To ‘en 99 code i 2 REMOTE CONTROL INDIVIDUAL "UNIT ON" LOGIC FIG.
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U.S. Patent Nov. 4, 2003 Sheet 11 0f 14 US 6,642,852 B2 ( Power on reset ) To set power threshold.
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US 6,642,852 B2 1 2 REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE WITH APPLIANCE POWER AWARENESS poWered on television to turn off and the tune to channel 3 command Would not be capable of being operated upon by the noW poWered off television. To solve this problem, it is possible for users to program BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION a macro Which omits the transmission of poWer commands.
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US 6,642,852 B2 3 4 FIG. 5 illustrates an exemplary method for setting up the table of FIG. 4 to enable the remote control of the system of FIG. 1 to receive poWer state information; FIG. 6 illustrates an exemplary method for executing an update of the poWer state information table of FIG. 4; FIG. 7 illustrates an exemplary method for commanding multiple appliances Within the system of FIG.
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US 6,642,852 B2 5 6 other devices such as PDAs, personal computers, or the like. to cause communications to be transmitted in a format recogniZed by the remote control 10. In this regard, RF Accordingly, the description that follows need not be lim iting. As illustrated, the remote control 10 includes a “Setup” key 310, a “PoWer” key 320, “Device” keys 330 (for selecting the mode of operation—i.e.
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US 6,642,852 B2 7 8 awareness of the current power state (i.e., on or off) of the one or more home appliances 12 the remote control 10 is setup to control. The remote control 10 may maintain the current power state of the home appliances 12 in a table 400, illustrated in FIG. 4, for further use in a manner to be in this conteXt is with reference to the initial input by the user described hereinafter. As illustrated in FIG.
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US 6,642,852 B2 10 unique time period before transmitting its reply message. By Way of example, a poWer monitor unit 14 may Wait a time equal to 20 milliseconds plus 100 milliseconds times its address number before transmitting the reply message. Using a pre-transmit delay based on the unit address number in this manner results in each monitor 14 transmitting its status response in a sequential, predetermined manner (starting With unit 0 and ending With unit 7) as illustrated in FIG. 12.
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