Remote controller
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorAkira Kimura
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Abstract
A remote controller includes: a switch for selecting one of a plurality of options in one dimension out of control items laid out in a plurality of dimensions, an item selector for selecting one of a plurality of options in another dimension out of the control items laid out in the plurality of dimensions. The remote controller transmits a remote control code in accordance with an output of the switch and an output of the item selector. The device to be controlled by the remote controller is provided with a display for showing the control items in accordance with a signal from the remote controller. Every time the first remote control code is transmitted, the display displays control items selectable by the item selecting means for a certain period of time.
Claims7
A remote controller comprising:
- a switch for selecting one of a plurality of options in one dimension out of control items laid out in a plurality of dimensions;
- and
- an item selector for selecting one of a plurality of options in another dimension out of the control items laid out in the plurality of dimensions,
- wherein a remote control code in accordance with an output of the switch and an output of the item selector is transmitted.
A device comprising a display for displaying control items in accordance with a signal from the remote controller,
- a remote controller comprising:
- a switch for selecting one of a plurality of options in one dimension out of control items laid out in a plurality of dimensions;
- and
- an item selector for selecting one of a plurality of options in another dimension out of the control items laid out in the plurality of dimensions,
- wherein a remote control code in accordance with an output of the switch and an output of the item selector is transmitted,
- wherein the switch outputs a first remote control code and
- the item selector outputs a second remote control code,
- wherein every time the first remote control code is transmitted, the display displays control items selectable by the item selector for a certain period of time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.