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Remote control apparatus

US4322855A · kind A · utility

20Cited by
6References
11Claims
0Family size

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Filing dateJun 18, 1980
Grant dateMar 30, 1982
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Expiry dateJun 18, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03J9/04
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A remote control apparatus having a commander and a receiver. In a wireless remote control system for a television receiver having a channel command device and a responding device, the channel command device includes a channel selecting circuit for selecting one channel command from among a plurality of predetermined channel commands, a command signal generating circuit for generating a channel command signal corresponding to a selected channel command, and a channel command transmitting circuit having a speaker for transmitting the channel command signal; and the responding device includes a channel command receiving circuit having a microphone for receiving the transmitted channel command signal and a channel command discriminating circuit for discriminating the channel command signal and supplying a channel selecting signal corresponding to the discriminated channel command signal to control a tuning circuit of the television receiver. Further, there is provided in the responding device, a return signal generating circuit for producing a return signal corresponding to the channel command indicated by the channel selecting signal and a return signal transmitting circuit having a …

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