US Patent No: 5,128,668

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Remote-controlled electronic equipment with a transmitting function

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Abstract

Remote-controlled electronic equipment with a transmitting function is disclosed which comprises a remote-control signal receiving section for receiving a remote-control signal containing a device address of a desired piece of electronic equipment to be controlled and command information on a desired instruction, and a communication section for transmitting a signal frame assembled on the basis of decoded data of the remote-control signal. Further disclosed is a remote-control signal transmitter for use in controlling the electronic equipment wherein a remote-control signal transmitted from the transmitter contains a device address of a desired piece of the electronic equipment to be controlled and command information on a desired instruction. The present invention still further provides a distributed remote-control system comprising at least two pieces of the electronic equipment mentioned above, a common remote-control signal transmitter mentioned above, and a signal transmission line for connecting the electronic equipments to each other, wherein the desired piece of the electronic equipment is either directly controlled when a remote-control signal from the remote-control signal transmitter is received by the desired piece of the electronic equipment, or indirectly controlled when the remote-control signal is received by another piece of the electronic equipment connected to the desired piece of the electronic equipment through the signal transmission line.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.OSAKA27275

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hase, Yukiko Machida, JP 2 20
Ikezaki, Masao Neyagawa, JP 22 385

Cited Art

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SONY CORPORATION (3)
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RCA LICENSING CORPORATION, TWO INDEPENDENCE WAY, PRINCETON, NJ 08540, A CORP. OF DE (2)
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Dual Gebruder Steidinger (1)
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HERMANN, LAWRENCE W., DALLAS, (1)
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RPC Corporation (1)
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SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (1)
4,386,424 Broad band telecommunication system 5 1980
 
XANTECH CORPORATION (1)
4,509,211 Infrared extension system 104 1983

Patent Citation Ranking

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U.S. Philips Corporation (2)
5,479,385 Apparatus interconnected for the communication of control messages 5 1993
5,650,775 Control system for controlling consumer apparatus 12 1995
 
ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC. (1)
7,352,288 Apparatus and method for preventing malfunction of remote controller 0 2004
 
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. (1)
6,132,824 Multilayer catheter balloon 46 1997
 
PENDRAGON ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH LLC (1)
5,949,351 System and method for bi-directional transmission of information between a remote controller and target systems 36 1996
 
PLANET SYSTEM CO., LTD. (1)
6,750,781 Appliance control system utilizing bidirectional power line communications 11 2000
 
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (1)
6,784,872 Bidirectional remote control system 8 2000
 
THOMSON LICENSING (1)
6,895,252 Economical extension of the operating distance of an RF remote link accommodating information signals having differing carrier frequencies 5 2001
 
Video Control Technology, Inc. (1)
5,341,166 System for controlling selected devices having unique sets of control codes 72 1992