Remote control having a display with multi-function EL segments
AssigneeUniversal Electronics Inc.
InventorStephen Brian Gates
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Abstract
An EL display is provided with EL segments which are individually illuminable and which include one or more complete function key images and/or fragments of complete function key images. One or more of the EL segments may thus be illuminated to present multiple, different user interfaces each having one or more complete function key images. A complete function key image presented as part of a user interface may be a complete key image that was included as part of an illuminated EL segment or may be formed by a combination of key image fragments included as part of multiple illuminated EL segments.
Claims14
A remote control, comprising:
- a plurality of keys in a key matrix;
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- an electroluminescent (EL) display comprising a plurality of flexible (EL) segments disposed in cooperating relation above the key matrix, each EL segment being individually illuminable and each EL segment having a plurality of image fragments such that the plurality of EL segments are illuminable in various combinations to cause interleaved ones of the plurality of image fragments of illuminated EL segments to be combined in various combinations to form various complete images over corresponding ones of the plurality of keys in the key matrix whereby the remote control is provided with the ability to have various remote control user interfaces.
An electroluminescent (EL) display comprising a plurality of flexible, individually illuminable EL segments disposed in cooperating relation wherein each EL segment has a plurality of image fragments such that the plurality of EL segments are illuminable in various combinations to cause interleaved ones of the plurality of image fragments of illuminated EL segments to be combined in various combinations to form various complete images whereby the various complete images are presentable in substantially the same spot on the EL display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.