Remote control
AssigneesHONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsTING LUO, XIAN-WEI MA
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Abstract
A remote control capable of indicating which electronic device controlled by the remote control is in use is provided. A remote control includes a microprocessor, a touch panel with a plurality of contact areas, and a state indication unit. Each of the contact areas is labeled with one color and each of the contact areas is configured to control one electronic device; the state indication unit is configured to indicate which of the electronic devices is in the on state; the microprocessor controls whether to turn on one electronic device based on the contact operation on each of the contact areas, and directs the state indication unit to display the color of the determined contact areas in relation to the electronic devices.
Claims7
A remote control, comprising:
- a touch panel configured for generating contact signals in response to contact, wherein the touch panel comprises a plurality of contact areas, each of the contact areas labeled with a distinguishing color, and each of the contact areas corresponding to one electronic device to be controlled by the remote control;
- a state indication unit configured for displaying one or more distinguishing colors corresponding to one or more of the contact areas;
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- a microprocessor configured for determining which contact areas are contacted, and which type of contact operation is selected on the touch panel in response to the contact signal transmitted from the touch panel, and further configured for controlling the state indication unit to display the distinguishing colors corresponding to the contacted contact areas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.