System and method for providing a low power remote control
AssigneeUniversal Electronics Inc.
InventorsArsham Hatambeiki, Christopher Lee Sommerville, Weidong William Wang
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Abstract
To conserve power in a controlling device having a processing device in communication with an input element and a transmitting device the processing device is caused to be placed into a low-power state for at least a portion of a transmission inactive interval intermediate the transmission of at least a pair of command frames. The command frames are caused to be transmitted by the transmitting device in response to an activation of the input element sensed via the processing device to thereby command a functional operation of an intended target device.
Claims12
A method for conserving power in a controlling device having a processing device in communication with an input element and a transmitting device, comprising:
- in response to an activation of the input element sensed via the processing device, causing the transmitting device to transmit at least two command frames to thereby command a functional operation of an intended target device;
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- causing the processing device to be transitioned from an active-power state into a low-power state for an amount of time which occurs during and which is no longer than a transmission inactive interval intermediate the transmission of the at least two command frames;
- wherein the amount of time the processing device is caused to be placed into the low-power state is adjustable by the controlling device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.