US 4,878,055 A · Remote control device

Abstract

The remote control device is equipped with at least one movable panel arranged rotatably to cover an operation panel having a plural number of operation keys arranged thereon, so composed as to permit manipulating the operation keys from an upper side of the movable panel and having function markings imprinted thereon, and is composed in such a manner that, when the operation panel is covered with the movable panel, a remote control transmitter is switched to the function mode displayed on the movable panel and transmits, upon operating the same keys, signals different from those sent out while the operation panel is not covered with the movable panel. The movable panel is made of a flexible material or equipped with windows formed at the positions corresponding to the operation keys, and locked when it is set at the position covering the operation panel.

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Dependent claims

A wireless remote control device so adapted as to permit changing remote control functions allocated to operation keys, comprising:

a body having a wireless transmitter for transmitting at least one of audio and video control signals;
an operation panel on the body equipped with a plural number of operation keys;
a function switching means for changing the functions of said operation keys;
at least one movable panel arranged pivotably to cover said operation panel, so composed as to permit operating said operation keys from an upper side of said movable panel and having markings imprinted on the surface thereof to indicate the functions of said operation keys;
and
a switching operation means capable of switching said function switching means to the function mode displayed on said movable panel in conjunction with rotation of said movable panel.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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