Terminal Having Infrared Remote Control Function and Pairing Method for Infrared Remote Control

A terminal having an infrared remote control function, comprising:

• a processor;
• an infrared transmitter coupled to the processor;
• and
• a rotation apparatus coupled to the processor and configured to drive the terminal to rotate in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction under the control of the processor,
• wherein the infrared transmitter is configured to emit an infrared signal to a to-be-remotely-controlled device under the control of the processor, and
• wherein the processor is configured to:
• determine spatial angle coordinates of each to-be-remotely-controlled device in to-be-remotely-controlled devices surrounding the terminal relative to the terminal when in a process of controlling the rotation apparatus to drive the terminal to rotate;
• control, for each determined set of spatial angle coordinates, the rotation apparatus to rotate the terminal according to the spatial angle coordinates such that the infrared signal from the terminal points to a to-be-remotely-controlled device at the spatial angle coordinates;
• and
• control the infrared transmitter to send the infrared signal to the to-be-remotely-controlled device such that the terminal establishes a pairing with the to-be-remotely-controlled device.

A pairing method for infrared remote control of a terminal having an infra red remote control function, comprising:

• selecting, by the terminal, an infrared code from an infrared code library stored in the terminal;
• sending, by the terminal, an infrared signal to a to-be-remotely-controlled device according to the selected infrared code;
• sensing, by the terminal using a sensor of the terminal, a status change of the to-be-remotely-controlled device that occurs after the to-be-remotely-controlled device receives the infrared signal;
• and
• determining, by the terminal according to the status change of the to-be-remotely-controlled device sensed by the sensor, whether the terminal successfully establishes a pairing with the to-be-remotely-controlled device.

A pairing method for infrared remote control of a terminal having an infrared remote control function, wherein the terminal comprises a rotation apparatus configured to drive the terminal to rotate in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, and wherein the method comprises:

• determining, by the terminal, spatial angle coordinates of each to-be-remotely-controlled device in to-be-remotely-controlled devices surrounding the terminal relative to the terminal in a process of controlling the rotation apparatus to drive the terminal to rotate;
• and
• controlling, by the terminal for each determined set of spatial angle coordinates, the rotation apparatus to rotate the terminal according to the spatial angle coordinates such that an infrared signal from the terminal points to a to-be-remotely-controlled device at the spatial angle coordinates;
• and
• sending the infrared signal to the to-be-remotely-controlled device at the spatial angle coordinates in order to establish a pairing with the to-be-remotely-controlled device.