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US 6,633,227 B1Granted
Method for operating a remote control, and remote control
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorStefan Schmitz
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Abstract
A method of allocating a remote control to a base station. The base station delivers a search signal. The remote control receives the search signal, compares it with a reference signal, and delivers a contact signal if they match. On receiving certain contact signals in response, the base station then delivers an identification signal, and after receiving it, the remote control sends back to the base station a code signal identifying it unambiguously.
Claims10
A method of allocating a remote control to a base station, comprising the steps of:
- causing the base station to deliver a search signal;
- causing the remote control to receive the search signal;
- causing the remote control to compare the search signal with a reference signal;
- if the search signal matches the reference signal, causing the remote control to deliver a contact signal after a period of time that is determined by a group number and that is characteristic of the remote control has elapsed;
- causing the base station to deliver an identification signal after the contact signal is received;
- causing the remote control to receive the identification signal;
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- causing the remote control to send back a device code that unambiguously identifies the remote control, wherein the remote control is differentiated by the device code from another remote control associated with the same group number.
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A base station, comprising:
- a transceiver including:
- an arrangement for delivering a search signal and an identification signal,
- an arrangement for receiving a contact signal and a device code from a remote control, and
- an arrangement for performing at least one of a triggering operation and an analyzing operation with respect to a signal to be at least one of sent and received by the transceiver;
- wherein the transceiver delivers the identification signal on receipt of a contact signal associated with the remote control and the identification signal causes every remote control receiving the identification signal to send back a respective device code identifying unambiguously every remote control receiving the identification signal.
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A remote control, comprising:
- a transceiver including:
- an arrangement for receiving a search signal and an identification signal,
- an arrangement for delivering a contact signal and a device code, wherein the contact signal is delivered after a period of time characteristic of the remote control and determined by a group number has elapsed after receipt of the search signal, and
- an arrangement for performing at least one of an analyzing operation and a triggering operation with respect to a signal to be at least one of received and sent.
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A device, comprising:
- a base station provided with a first transceiver including:
- an arrangement for delivering a search signal and an identification signal,
- an arrangement for receiving a contact signal and a device code from a remote control, and
- an arrangement for performing at least one of a triggering operation and an analyzing operation with respect to a signal to be at least one of sent and received by the transceiver;
- and
- a plurality of remote controls, each remote control provided with a respective second transceiver including:
- an arrangement for receiving the search signal and the identification signal,
- an arrangement for delivering the contact signal and the device code, wherein the contact signal is delivered after a period of time characteristic of the remote control and determined by a group number has elapsed after receipt of the search signal, and
- an arrangement for performing at least one of an analyzing operation and a triggering operation with respect to the signal to be at least one of received and sent, wherein each one of the remote controls is identified by respective group numbers, and wherein at least one group number is assigned to multiple remote controls at the same time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.