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Method of avoiding signal interference among a plurality of remote control signals

US5663716A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 8, 1995
Grant dateSep 2, 1997
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Expiry dateFeb 8, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08C19/28
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A transmitting and receiving system includes two or more remote controls and a single receiver, which a machine or apparatus to be controlled is equipped with. Each remote control has a proper number "i" allotted thereto, and is capable of sending a control signal to the machine or apparatus. The repetitive period ST of transmission is composed of a transmission permitting data frame STa and a transmission preventing data frame STb, provided that the transmission permitting data frame Sta is equal to or shorter than the transmission preventing data frame STb (STa.ltoreq.STb). The transmission permitting data frame STa is determined by multiplying a given transmission unit of time TT by 2.sup.i-1. The transmission unit of time TT is composed of a data present sub-section DTa and a data absent sub-section DTb, provided that data-present sub-section DTa is equal to or shorter than data-absent sub-section DTb (DTa.ltoreq.DTb).

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