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Control signal repeater system

US5307193A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 10, 1992
Grant dateApr 26, 1994
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Expiry dateDec 10, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08C2201/40
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This is a method and associated apparatus for operating a control signal repeater system to receive infrared (IR) control signals at a first location and cause duplicate control signals to be input at a second location to an IR-controlled device containing an IR detector with connecting wires without creating a duplicate IR signal at the location of the controlled device. This is accomplished by directing voltage-inducing energy into the wires of the IR detector in the controlled device so that the signals are induced directly into the wiring to be amplified and used without the need for first generating an IR beam into the IR detector.

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