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US 2010/0163383 A1Published application
Multi media controller
AssigneeBang & Olufsen A/S
InventorKaj Nielsen
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Abstract
A multifunction unit for control of multimedia equipment; the unit might act as a stand-alone device or being integrated into the multimedia equipment. Different individual combinations of individual objects enable for different functional capabilities. The multifunction unit for control of multimedia equipment has access to external sources via standard network interfaces and protocols.
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A multifunction unit for control of multimedia equipment, the unit comprising one or more of:
- a first object comprising a part adapted to detect a rotational movement in a predetermined plane, the part being engageable by a user at an upper surface at least substantially in the plane or at a circumferential surface portion at least substantially in the plane,
- a second object comprising a part adapted to detect a rotational movement along a circumferential surface portion at least substantially in the plane,
- a third object having one, two or more user activatable elements positioned in or at an outer circumference at least substantially in the predetermined plane, and
- an other object comprising one, two or more user activatable elements at or in a surface at least substantially along the predetermined plane.
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A multifunction unit for control of multimedia equipment, the unit characterized by:
- a first object being a rotational device configured to have the rotational axis perpendicular to the horizontal surface plane of the multifunction unit,
- two or more buttons disposed inside the perimeter of the rotational device where the two or more buttons are aligned along one or more of the radial lines having the centre point in the centre of the rotating device,
- a second object being a rotational device configured to have the rotational axis parallel to the rotational axis of the first object,
- a third object being a device configured to have one or more buttons on the surface of the perimeter of the third object, and
- a fourth object being a device that constitutes the fixture for an assembly including the first object and the second object and the third object.
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