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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7376351 | Data communications system and method for communication between infrared devices A data communication system for facilitating communication between infrared devices having an initiating optical interface port that includes an IR emitter and an optical sensor. A receiving optical interface port includes an active IR emitter that emits a pulse at ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7360235 | Systems and methods for operating a peripheral record/playback device in a networked multimedia system Systems and methods are disclosed of a network including a primary device, a plurality of remote devices, and a shared peripheral device. The network allows the remote devices to operate the peripheral device, such as a DVD player, VCR, or camcorder, via the primary... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7266301 | Interference resistant repeater systems including controller units A repeater unit is provided that includes a receiver module and a controller unit. The receiver module is responsive to an infrared signal. The controller unit is adapted to determine whether a signal based on the infrared signal corresponds to a remote control sign... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263292 | Methods and apparatus for controlling multiple infrared devices A method and apparatus for controlling a plurality of infrared devices (ICDs) is provided herein. A remote controller is used to generate an optical signal for controlling a plurality of ICDs. The optical signal generated by the remote controller is converted into a... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259710 | User input device A user input device (300) configured with a communication protocol for communicating transmission data with predetermined apparatus (700, 601) is disclosed. The device (300) comprises a receiving means for receiving protocol data and an associat... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7244944 | Triggering system and method Described is a triggering arrangement including a power supply, a lighting arrangement and a switch. The lighting arrangement is coupled to the power supply. The switch is coupled to the lighting arrangement and the power supply. When the switch is in a first positi... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7228074 | Infrared repeater system, method, and adjustable brightness emitter therefor An IR emitter for use in an IR repeater system includes an IR light source and a manually adjustable brightness control for adjusting the brightness to a level appropriate for an IR detector of electronic equipment to be controlled. In a preferred aspect, the emitte... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7218315 | Display device, electronic appliance and camera A display device, which defines an attached state or a removed state with respect to an electronic appliance, includes a display section, a driver for driving the display section, a transceiver for transmitting or receiving a signal to/from the electronic appliance,... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215843 | Optical switching apparatus and optical switching method An optical switching apparatus includes an optical switch having a plurality of input ports and output ports, optical amplifiers, monitor circuits, optical amplifiers monitor circuits, and a controller that controls the optical switch. The optical amplifiers are con... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7197760 | Apparatus for selecting satellite TV channels using a channel selection unit for VHF and UHF channels The invention relates to a receiving station for satellite television signals. The inventive system comprises an external unit, satellite receivers and television units for receiving both satellite signals and VHF/UHF signals under control of a common channel select... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7174074 | Conduit insert for optical fiber cable A flexible innerduct structure is configured to contain a cable within a conduit. The innerduct structure includes a pair of adjacent strip-shaped layers of flexible material that are joined along their longitudinal edges to define a channel through which the cable ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7136910 | Information device, information device system control method, and information device system A device including a self-information memory which stores function data for other devices to operate the device and device name data. Upon receiving a request from another device for the device name or function data, the device sends the data stored in the self-info... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7132973 | Universal soft remote control A universal remote control (10) is provided for wireless remote control of one or more devices (D1 . . . Dn) equipped for remote control by respective original remote controls having visual appearances different from one another. The universal remote c... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7126468 | System and method for monitoring remote control transmissions A remote control transmission monitoring system. The system monitors remote control transmissions for the purpose of updating state tables for one or more remotely controllable appliances. The state tables may then be queried for the purpose of determining the prese... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7106188 | Method and system for providing an activation signal based on a received RF signal A method and apparatus are described for providing an activation signal based on a received radio frequency (RTF) signal. The apparatus includes an RF receiver configured to admit a received RF signal in a given frequency band and a converter configured to convert t... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7100042 | Device in a system operating with CAN-protocol and in a control and/or supervision system A control supervision system incorporates a digital serial communication and modules that are mutually communicable to this and operate with CAN-protocol. A control desk can be wirelessly connected to one or more modules operating with a signal protocol which does n... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7053811 | Control apparatus which remotely controls a device in a network system and control method therefor A television receiver serves as a control which remotely controls a device in a network system, and is provided with a remote controller for remotely controlling the television receiver itself. The television receiver displays, on a display device, a graphical user ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7049995 | Method and apparatus for remote control transmission A remote control is operative to transmit a remote control signal composed of a first portion and a second portion. The first and second portions are typically a pulse and a space. The pulse has a pulse width of a given duration within a pulse width range, while the... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7039391 | Method and system for communicating with a wireless device A method, system, transmitter, receiver and protocol are disclosed for communicating with wireless receivers. The invention includes providing a controller having a discovery mode and an operating mode, in the discovery mode the controller is capable of registering ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7027736 | Addressable system for light fixture modules An addressable system for light fixtures is described wherein a plurality of light fixture modules is individually or collectively addressable for programming by remote control. The remote control may individually select each of the track control modules through vis... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7024119 | Addressable light fixture module An addressable light fixture is described wherein a light fixture module is individually addressable for programming by remote control. The remote control may individually select each light fixture module through visible and narrowly defined selected light followed ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7024070 | Electronic fiber optic switch with optical interconnect A large fiber optic switch system with a free-space optical interconnection configuration. The switch system comprises a plurality of individual switch units, each individual switch unit having a plurality of electronic multi-switch switches each multi-switch switch... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6987899 | Optical switching apparatus and optical switching method An optical switching apparatus includes an optical switch having a plurality of input ports and output ports, optical amplifiers, monitor circuits, optical amplifiers monitor circuits, and a controller that controls the optical switch. The optical amplifiers are con... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6985649 | Optical switching apparatus and optical switching method An optical switching apparatus includes an optical switch having a plurality of input ports and output ports, optical amplifiers, monitor circuits, optical amplifiers monitor circuits, and a controller that controls the optical switch. The optical amplifiers are con... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6954591 | Non-visible communication systems Network for transmitting and using electromagnetic radiation for two or more functionally different useful purposes. Such a network may be comprised of a signal source apparatus to provide information, an electromagnetic radiation generator capable of being modulate... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6933833 | Remote control with LED capabilities A universal remote control comprising a keyboard having a plurality of pushbuttons including a macro pushbutton and a library of codes and data for use in transmitting operating commands to a plurality of different home appliances of different manufacturers. Instruc... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6919567 | Active infrared sensor An optical transmitter is equipped with a transmitted pulse modulator at which a plurality of optical transmission patterns have previously been stored. The respective stored optical transmission patterns have mutually different ratios between infrared pulse ON time... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6906325 | Photo-receiver arrangement A photo-receiver arrangement includes a photo-sensor that captures light being incident thereon within a predetermined range of light intensity values. The photo-sensor also converts the captured incident light into a first electrical signal. A pre-scaler is connect... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6714697 | Optical switching apparatus and optical switching method An optical switching apparatus includes an optical switch having a plurality of input ports and output ports, optical amplifiers, monitor circuits, optical amplifiers monitor circuits, and a controller that controls the optical switch. The optical amplifiers are con... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6657679 | Universal remote control system A system for programming a remote control. The system utilizes a readable media having electrical contacts for allowing the readable media to be releasably connected to the remote control. The readable media has stored thereon code data where the remote c... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6400480 | Battery module transceiver for extending the range of an infrared remote controller A battery module transceiver for extending the operational range of an infrared remote controller is disclosed. The battery module transceiver comprises: a battery power supply received within the battery module transceiver which provides power for the in... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6353693 | Optical communication device and slip ring unit for an electronic component-mounting apparatus An optical communication device for communication between a stator-side circuit and a rotor-side circuit is provided as one aspect of the invention. A pair of optical couplers are interposed between a stator and a rotor, for permitting bi-directional comm... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6330091 | IR receiver using IR transmitting diode Circuitry using infra-red (IR) diodes in remote control units. In one embodiment an IR LED is used both as a transmitter diode and also as a receiver diode responsive to light to thereby develop photocurrents and/or voltages for use by external circuitry.... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6292283 | Audio/video device including an infrared transceiver for transmitting and receiving configuration data, and method for configuring same An audio/video device including an infrared transceiver for transmitting and receiving configuration data is described, along with an associated configuration method. The audio/video device includes audio/video circuitry, a control unit, and an infrared t... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6281880 | Combining input/output paths for infra-red remote device inputs An electronic device for receiving infra-red inputs from remote units and propagating the inputs to an intelligent controller circuit. In one embodiment, the present invention receives the infra-red energy emitted from different remote units in a single i... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6246810 | Method and apparatus for controlling time delay in optical slip rings An optical slip ring system provides for the transfer of information between a rotating frame and a stationary frame. The optical slip ring system includes a modulated light source, an optical fiber ring for receiving modulated light from the modulated li... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6225938 | Universal remote control system with bar code setup A universal remote control system with bar code activated set up wherein the device to be controlled such as a TV, VCR or other consumer electronic product, and the associated remote control unit are pre-programmed and adapted to automatically reconfigure... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6198408 | Method and apparatus for controlling electrical appliances by remote control transmitters A method and apparatus for controlling an electrical appliance by means of a command signal transmitted by a particular remote control transmitter, by means of a converter device which includes a receiver for receiving the command signal, a microprocessor... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6130625 | Universal remote control with incoming signal identification A remote control for consolidating several native remote controls of consumer electronic devices identifies, stores and re-transmits signals of the other remote controls for operating several of the electronic devices with one remote control unit. The rem... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6069672 | Remote control for a receiver A cordless remote control for a receiver, more particularly for a television set, comprising a reader for a data medium, said data medium containing information for the activating the remote control and/or at least one program channel of said receiver.... | 05/30/2000 |
