Proxy-based remote control method and system for a digital camera
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsNorman C. Pyle, Mark J. Bianchi
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Abstract
Method and system for enabling an image capture system to respond to at least one command transmitted by a foreign remote control that is associated with a first device. The image capture system is first trained to respond to at least one command that is received from the foreign remote control. A user can then use the foreign remote control to access at least one function of the trained image capture system. For example, the foreign remote control can be used to access a first predefined function of the image capture system by transmitting a first instruction to the image capture system. The image capture system, responsive to the first instruction, performs the first predefined function.
Claims15
A method for enabling an image capture system to respond to at least one command transmitted by a foreign remote control that is associated with a first device, the method comprising:
- training the image capture system to respond to at least one command that is received from the foreign remote control, the training comprising:
- instructing a user to press a button on the foreign remote control for a predetermined function of the image capture system;
- the foreign remote control transmitting a command associated with the button;
- the image capture system receiving the command;
- and the image capture system associating the received command with the predetermined function of the image capture system;
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- employing the foreign remote control to access at least one function of the trained image capture system.
An image capture system comprising:
- a first function that is accessible by a user;
- a proxy-based remote control mechanism for receiving commands from a foreign remote control, for associating at least one received command with the first function of the image capture system, and for storing the association between the received command and the first function in an association table during a training mode;
- wherein the proxy-based remote control mechanism during operation receives commands from the foreign remote control, decodes the received commands by employing the association table, and allows the foreign remote control to access the function of the image capture system corresponding to the decoded command;
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- wherein the training mode comprises:
- instructing a user to press a button on the foreign remote control for a predetermined function of the image capture system;
- the foreign remote control transmitting a command associated with the button;
- the image capture system receiving the command;
- and the image capture system associating the received command with the predetermined function of the image capture system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.