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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6677852 | System and method for automatically controlling or configuring a device, such as an RFID reader The system and method for automatically controlling or configuring, a device, such as an RFID Reader, reads a master control tag to upload sets of instructions from the tag to memory resident in the reader. Thereafter, the reader may read a control tag to... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6661632 | Data acquisition system for a circuit breaker A circuit breaker system 10 (FIG. 1) using electronic trip units 35 is disclosed. The electronic trip units 35 are coupled to a communications bus 30 whereby the electronic trip units 35 can be reconfigured, controlled, and/or monitored by a central compu... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6650247 | System and method for configuring a home appliance communications network A system and method for configuring a target controlling appliance to communicate with a target controlled appliance. Setup information is supplied to a remote control to configure the remote control to communicate command codes to the target controlled a... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6640144 | System and method for creating a controlling device A system and method for creating a controlling device. In response to a user specifying one or more operating criteria for the controlling device, the system selects executable instructions from a library of executable instructions and command code sets f... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6636157 | Wireless remote control system for controlling an appliance A remote control system included a remote commander and a control apparatus. The remote commander includes a first transmitting unit for transmitting a first command signal modulated based on a first carrier frequency by a first radio transmission medium ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6617961 | Security system for a vehicle and method of operating same A security system for a vehicle comprising a frame and a combination remote keyless entry and passive security system including at least one antenna mounted on the frame.... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6602001 | Remote control system and remote control transmitter for use in the same A remote control system invention converts an infrared ray signal transmitted from an exclusive remote control transmitter of an electronic apparatus into a transmissive data by a signal analyzing/writing device, and writes the transmissive data in a nonv... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6594498 | Communique system for cellular communication networks The communique system for cellular communication networks operates with existing cellular communication networks to provide communique communication services to subscribers. The communique can be unidirectional (broadcast) or bidirectional (interactive) i... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6587035 | Portable radio information terminal, message- notification method, recording medium and microcomputer A portable radio information terminal provided with at least two circuits, namely, an input-signal judging circuit and a message-notification-operation halting circuit. The input-signal judging circuit operates to form a judgment as to whether or not an i... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6574798 | System and controller for control and distribution of audio and video signals The object of the invention is to provide a system and controller for distribution of audio/video signals on a pay-for-use basis, to a customer in a controlled environment such as a motel, hotel, bus station, bar or apartment building. The system includes... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6570507 | Method and system for assigning unique identity codes to remote controllers and conserving power based on detecting the unique identity codes Methods and systems are provided for a remote-controllable electronic appliance and a remote controller. A unique call identification code is assigned to each remote controller. The remote-controllable electronic appliance may then call a remote controlle... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6570491 | Associating a hand control unit A remote control system includes at least one hand control (2) and one or more control units (4). Each control units transmits a signal with a unique frequency. The hand control receives this signal from the control unit, which appears the strongest to th... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6556813 | Universal transmitter A method and apparatus for providing a universal transmitter that can detect and emulate a transmission signal of a transmitter, the transmission signal having a corresponding transmission frequency and a corresponding modulation pattern. The universal tr... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6545587 | Bidirectional remote control system, bidirectional remote controller, and device controlled by bidirectional remote controller A bidirectional remote control system including a bidirectional remote controller and first and second devices controlled thereby, wherein the first device is for receiving a request of device information from the bidirectional remote controller and for s... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6538575 | Control system, control device and controlled device A communicative control system includes a central control apparatus 100 and a terminal 200 that is remotely controlled according to messages communicated by the central control apparatus 100. Before communication is commenced, the address storing unit 220... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6525669 | Receiver for remote control and remote control system having plural such receivers In a remote control system according to the present invention, a plurality of receivers are arranged for a network. Each receiver has an unique ID number. A control unit controls an operation of each receiver through the network. An input unit uses the un... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6522262 | Medium and system for signal envelope pattern recognition A readable medium and systems for utilizing receiver signal reconstruction characteristics, in combination with a knowledge of code formats being used, to enable a control device to learn the coding format of carrier frequencies, and in particular high fr... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6512338 | Control device for an appliance adapted to assume a level selected from a range of levels, method of controlling a roller blind using the device, and user module for the device A control device for an appliance which can assume a level selected from a range of levels includes a keypad representative of the range of levels to enable a user to select a level, an "off" key for switching off the appliance, and a processor unit conne... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6512461 | Method of teaching transmitter codes to remote receivers An improved method for programming a vehicle remote entry receiver includes transmitting the information over the vehicle data bus line. A diagnostic box which is typically utilized to check the electrical systems on the vehicle is provided with a switch ... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6510212 | Remote operating system A remote operating system capable of operating a given home electric appliance by simple operation from a portable telephone is disclosed. A service equipment connected to an internet and a public network provides a home page using the function of a porta... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6505951 | Wall-mountable, battery-operated light-emitting device A battery-operated light-emitting device including a housing having two battery-receiving ports extending in the housing. A light is mounted on the housing. A power source is connected to the light and includes a removable battery, and a battery charging ... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6507273 | Network-based remotely-controlled power switch device A networked-based remotely-controlled power switch device is proposed, which can be coupled to an electricity-powered system, such as a personal computer (PC), a TV, or a video recorder, to allow the electricity-powered system to be powered ON or OFF thro... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6502265 | Interactive control system for a laundry appliance A system for operating and programming a laundry appliance includes a menu system giving a user extreme flexibility in operating the appliance. Through a series of menu screens, the user is presented with a variety of available options. Additionally, the ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6501368 | Electrical control apparatus including a plurality of programmable modules An electrical control system preferably for vehicles such as a transit vehicle is arranged with a plurality of separate modules each receiving input from a series of inputs and each providing a series of outputs so that the modules combined receive inputs... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6486795 | Universal transmitter A universal remote control radio frequency transmitter for use with garage door operators, gate operators and other barrier movement operators is programmable through the use of external switches. The same switches are used after programming for causing t... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6472823 | LED tubular lighting device and control device An LED tubular lighting device and control device includes LEDs planted in a transparent tube and controllable via a controller to obtain multifarious light sources. The tubular lighting device includes LEDs soldered onto a circuit board in an equi-distan... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6469751 | Remote control device and computer readable recording medium for recording a remote control program In the remote control device a receiver receives a signal corresponding to a command issued from a remote controller group to a control object appliance. A command string analyzing section registers in a database in a nonvolatile memory a plurality of com... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6469633 | Remote control of electronic devices An apparatus controls electronic devices, via radio frequency (RF) transmitter and receiver for communication between the apparatus and a user, a central processing unit (CPU) executing software for handling the conversion of an RF signal from the user in... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6426820 | Remote control incorporating self-test capability A remote control is provided for controlling various electronic apparatus such as televisions, videocassette recorders, stereo systems, cable boxes, and the like. The remote control includes a loop-back, self-test capability, which indicates the operabili... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6426705 | Control that enables/disables a user interface A master control which may be on a wireless remote control for example which allows a user such as a parent to disable and enable all or some of the functions of a user interface on an electrically controlled device whereby users of the electrically contr... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6396412 | Passive RF-RF entry system for vehicles A system for preventing unauthorized access to a vehicle having a passive entry system uses a bi-directional radio frequency, or RF-RF, signal. When using a RF-RF signal system, the signal from vehicle to a driver's ID device is non-directional and not si... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6392557 | Programmable logic controller override output board The invention is an override board releasably mounted in a programmable logic controller. The override board is used to control an individual output of the programmable logic controller. The override board includes a manual switch mounted to a printed cir... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6366215 | Communications systems and methods The members of a multi-processor communication system can be loaded with a common set of control programs. Subsequently, the functionality of the various processors can be specified by providing linking information to the respective processors. The linkin... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6366328 | Television control system for universal control of hospital televisions A television control system for controlling different models of hospital televisions, has an input device for receiving an input from a person, and a controller for interfacing with hospital televisions. The controller generates control signals clusters r... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6353730 | Automatic call to page conversion in a radio communication system A radio communication network is disclosed, wherein direct calls are automatically converted to pages when the called radio is not in radio frequency (RF) communication with any of the cells of the radio system. The called radio's current checked-in cell ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6331822 | Communication control apparatus A communication control apparatus for enabling an A/D converter to be shared among a plurality of input units to eliminate the work for newly installing an A/D converter for a new sensor when the sensor is added. A communication control apparatus is provi... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6310537 | System with optical or radio remote control for closing motor vehicles The broadcast code (I) is received by the receiver (E) fitted in the motor vehicle, which receiver (E) controls the relevant lock or the relevant locks--after a comparison of the received code (I) with digits stored in the receiver (E) and correlating wit... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6308083 | Integrated cellular telephone with programmable transmitter The inventive cellular telephone includes a telephone for transmitting outgoing telephone call signals and receiving incoming telephone call signals and a transmitter for producing a wireless control signal to operate a remote device. The remote device ma... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6298282 | Robot crash sensor system A method of detecting object scratching during robotic arm movement of the object. The method includes providing a robotic arm for grasping and placing of an object into a cassette and providing a cassette having an entrance for receiving an object therei... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6285295 | Passive remote programmer for induction type RFID readers A hand held passive remote programmer for Radio Frequency Identification readers has a keyboard for turning on any one of several RFID transponder tags in the programmer. Each transponder of the programmer is recognizable by the RFID reader as a program i... | 09/04/2001 |
