Device and method of communication by infrared between a user and a remotely controllable apparatus

An interactive system for communication by infrared radiation between a user and a remotely controllable apparatus so as to carry out a specified application, comprising:

• a first device including
• a) interfacing means for one of visual or sound interfacing with the user, and
• b) at least one sensor actuatable by the user and capable of triggering a transmission of infrared signals for the remotely controllable apparatus,
• a second device for transmitting and receiving infrared signals, said second device being associated with the remotely controllable apparatus in which at least in part the specified application is stored,
• wherein said first device further includes
• a) transmitting means for transmitting infrared signals corresponding to control instructions for the controllable apparatus on the basis of an actuation of the at least one sensor, and
• b) receiving means for receiving and processing infrared signals transmitted by the second device, which infrared signals from the second device are capable of controlling the interfacing means,
• c) first processing means configured so as to code into ASCII, and to store, the infrared signals corresponding to the control instructions for controlling the remotely controllable apparatus,
• wherein said second device includes a second processing means for receiving the infrared signals corresponding to the control instructions for controlling the remotely controllable apparatus from the transmitting means and for issuing associated commands to the remotely controllable apparatus, and for transmitting infrared signals corresponding to the control instructions for controlling the interfacing means of the first device, as a function of the specified application.

A method of communication between a user and an apparatus which can be remotely controlled by infrared radiation via a programmable interfacing device, comprising the steps of:

• providing the device with a box associated with several individual sensors located some distance from said box and connecting the respective sensors to the box in a removable manner,
• coding infrared signals corresponding to the remotely controllable apparatus into ASCII and storing said signals thus coded in a memory of the device,
• storing control instructions for control of the apparatus corresponding to a specified application in a memory of the device,
• associating with each sensor a transmission by the device of infrared signals corresponding to said control instructions, and
• controlling said infrared transmission via one of more actions by the user on one or more of said sensors, so that said specified application is carried out.

A method of communication between a user and an apparatus which can be remotely controlled by infrared radiation so as to carry out a specified application, including (a) a first device having (i) interfacing means and (ii) at least one sensor actuatable by the user and capable of triggering a transmission of infrared signals for remote control of the apparatus, and (b) a second device for transmitting and receiving infrared signals and which is connected to the remotely controllable apparatus, and wherein said remotely controllable apparatus includes at least in part instructions relating to said specified application, the method comprising the steps of:

• coding the infrared signals corresponding to instructions for controlling the remotely controllable apparatus into ASCII and storing said signals thus coded,
• associating the transmission by the first device of the infrared signals corresponding to said control instructions with each sensor of the first device,
• coding the infrared signals corresponding to the instructions for controlling the interfacing means of the first device into ASCII and storing said signals thus coded;
• controlling the infrared transmission of the first device to the second device connected to the remotely controllable apparatus, via one or more actions by the user on one of more of said sensors,
• carrying out at least one step of the specified application on the basis of the infrared signals transmitted by the first device and received by the second device, and
• controlling the transmission by the second device of the infrared signals corresponding to the instructions for controlling the interfacing means of the first device.

A method of communication between a user and an apparatus which can be remotely controlled by infrared radiation so as to carry out a specified application, including (a) a first device having (i) interfacing means and (ii) at least one sensor actuatable by the user and capable of triggering a transmission of infrared signals for remote control of the apparatus, and a second device for transmitting and receiving infrared signals and which is connected to the remotely controllable apparatus, wherein said remotely controllable apparatus includes at least in part instructions relating to said specified application, the infrared signals corresponding to the instructions for controlling the remotely controllable apparatus having been coded into ASCII in a memory, wherein each sensor is associated with the transmission by the first device of infrared signals corresponding to said control instructions, and wherein the infrared signals corresponding to the instructions for controlling the interfacing means of the first device have been coded and stored in a memory, the method comprising the steps of:

• controlling the infrared transmission of the first device to the second device which is associated with the remotely controllable apparatus, via one or more actions by the user on one or more of said sensors,
• carrying out at least one step of the specified application on the basis of the infrared signals transmitted by the first device and received by the second device,
• controlling the transmission by the second device of the infrared signals corresponding to the instructions for controlling the interfacing means of the first device, and
• repeating said steps iteratively so as to carry out said specified application in whole or in part.