System and methods for enhanced remote control functionality

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9620003-B2
Application number	US-201313851601-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2013
Priority date	May 11, 2010
Publication date	Apr 11, 2017
Grant date	Apr 11, 2017

Abstract

A hand-held device having a touch sensitive surface uses a relative distance from an origin location to each of a plurality of touch zones of the touch sensitive surface activated by a user to select a one of the plurality of touch zones as being intended for activation by the user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a display device displaying a 3-D object having a plurality of layered surfaces; and
a controlling device adapted to transmit commands to control functional operations of the display device having an accelerometer wherein operational software of the controlling device responds to a signal generated by the accelerometer indicative of z-axis navigational movement of the controlling device made to initiate a transmission of a communication to the display device to cause a different surface of the 3-D object to be displayed by the display device.

2. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the communication comprises an individual step page command.

3. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the accelerometer additionally provides a signal for selectively enabling user interfaces of the controlling device.

4. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the display device communicates with the control device to selectively enable and disable transmission of a communication to cause a different surface of the 3-D object to be displayed by the display devices.

5. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the 3-D object comprises a program guide and the plurality of surfaces comprise pages of program guide data.

6. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein operational software of the controlling device differentiates between a signal generated by the accelerometer indicative of z-axis navigational movement of the controlling device made to initiate a transmission of a communication to the display device to cause a different surface of the 3-D object to be displayed by the display device and a signal generated by the accelerometer indicative of z-axis navigation movement of the controlling device made to initiate a transmission of a command to cause the 3-D object displayed within the display device to be moved within the display of the display device.

Assignees

• Universal Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Hatambeiki Arsham
• Kohanek Jeffrey
• Busek Naimisaranya D

Classifications

• G08C2201/50

  Receiving or transmitting feedback, e.g. replies, status updates, acknowledgements, from the controlled devices · CPC title

• H04N21/42222

  Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device · CPC title

• G06F3/03547

  Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface · CPC title

• H04N2005/4428

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G08C19/00

  Electric signal transmission systems (G08C17/00 takes precedence) · CPC title