KR101473469B1 - Remote control device and method for controling operation of electronic equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

A remote control device and a method for controlling the operation of the electronic device are provided. Here, the remote control device is a remote control device for controlling the operation of the electronic device, including: a gyro sensor for sensing the direction of movement of the remote control device and outputting a motion detection signal according to each movement direction; A track pad for outputting a contact detection signal according to the contact of the user's finger; An input processor for analyzing the motion detection signal and the contact detection signal to generate operation codes corresponding to the motion detection signals and operation codes corresponding to the contact detection signals, respectively; And a transmitter for outputting a remote control signal including the respective command codes to the electronic device.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a remote control device and an operation control method of an electronic device,

The present invention relates to a remote control apparatus and a method of controlling an operation of an electronic apparatus, and more specifically, a remote control apparatus capable of remotely controlling an electronic apparatus.

Most of electronic devices are provided with a remote controller so that they can be controlled from the outside of the apparatus body. Such a remote controller has buttons corresponding to various functions of the electronic device and is designed to output the remote control signal to the electronic device by wire or wirelessly corresponding to the selected button. And the electronic device is designed to perform an operation according to the received remote control signal.

In recent years, the number of buttons corresponding to each function has been increased in the remote controller according to the trend of various functions of the electronic apparatus, and the function is set through the combination of the buttons. Therefore, the users can not select or set functions intuitively There is a presence. Also, it is troublesome to know the remote control function setting method through the manual provided separately with the electronic device.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a remote control device and an operation control method of an electronic device that can control various electronic devices using a gyro sensor and a trackpad.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a remote control device for controlling an operation of an electronic device, the remote control device comprising: a gyro sensor for sensing a direction of movement of the remote control device and outputting a motion detection signal in accordance with each movement direction; A track pad for outputting a contact detection signal according to the contact of the user's finger; An input processor for analyzing the motion detection signal and the contact detection signal to generate operation codes corresponding to the motion detection signals and operation codes corresponding to the contact detection signals, respectively; And a transmitter for outputting a remote control signal including the respective command codes to the electronic device.

At this time,

And generating a command code for moving a cursor displayed on the screen of the electronic device corresponding to each of the motion detection signal and the contact detection signal, May be different from each other.

In addition, the remote control device may set the moving unit of the cursor according to the motion detection signal to be larger than the moving unit of the cursor according to the contact detection signal.

In addition,

And generate respective command codes for controlling operations of different objects displayed on the screen of the electronic device according to the motion detection signal and the contact detection signal.

In addition,

A command code having a different moving direction of the first object according to the motion detection signal and a moving direction of the second object according to the contact detection signal may be generated.

In addition,

A command code for scrolling the screen of the electronic device according to the motion detection signal and a command code for controlling cursor movement displayed on the screen of the electronic device according to the touch detection signal.

In addition,

Each of the command codes for controlling movement of different axes of the same object displayed on the screen of the electronic device according to each of the motion detection signal and the contact detection signal.

In addition,

A command code for controlling the movement of the same object in the x-axis and y-axis directions is generated according to the motion detection signal, and a command code for controlling movement in the z-axis direction according to the contact detection signal can be generated.

A method of controlling an operation of an electronic device according to another aspect of the present invention is a method of controlling an operation of an electronic device by a remote control device, comprising the steps of: collecting a motion detection signal in accordance with a movement direction of the remote control device from a gyro sensor mounted on the remote control device ; Collecting a touch detection signal from a trackpad mounted on the remote control device in accordance with the contact of the finger; Generating each instruction code matched with the motion control according to the motion detection signal and the motion control according to the contact detection signal; And transmitting a remote control signal including the respective command codes to the electronic device.

At this time, the step of generating each of the instruction codes includes:

Analyzing the motion detection signal to calculate a motion direction and a motion velocity; Calculating a first cursor movement value for moving a cursor displayed on a screen of the electronic device according to the movement direction and the movement speed based on a first cursor movement unit corresponding to the motion detection signal; Analyzing the touch sensing signal to calculate a contact sensing direction and a contact sensing speed; Calculating a second cursor movement value that moves the cursor in accordance with the touch sense direction and the touch sensed speed based on a second cursor movement unit corresponding to the touch sense signal; And generating the instruction code including the first cursor shift value and the instruction code including the second cursor shift value.

In addition, the second cursor movement unit

Can be finely set as compared with the first cursor moving unit.

In addition, the step of generating the respective instruction codes may include:

Selecting a first object displayed on a screen of the electronic device corresponding to the motion detection signal; Analyzing the motion detection signal to calculate a motion direction and a motion velocity; Calculating a first object movement value that moves the first object according to the movement direction and the movement velocity; Selecting a second object displayed on the screen of the electronic device corresponding to the touch detection signal; Analyzing the touch sensing signal to calculate a contact sensing direction and a contact sensing speed; Calculating a second object movement value for moving the second object according to the contact sensing direction and the contact sensing velocity; And generating a command code including the first object movement value and a command code including the second object movement value.

In addition, the step of generating the respective instruction codes may include:

Analyzing the motion detection signal to calculate a motion direction and a motion velocity; Calculating a screen scroll value for scrolling the entire screen according to the movement direction and the movement speed; Analyzing the touch sensing signal to calculate a contact sensing direction and a contact sensing speed; Calculating a cursor movement value for moving the cursor in accordance with the touch sensing direction and the touch sensing speed; And generating a command code including the screen scroll value and a command code including the cursor movement value.

In addition, the step of generating the respective instruction codes may include:

Selecting a first axis corresponding to the motion detection signal; Analyzing the motion detection signal to calculate a motion direction and a motion velocity; Calculating a first axis movement value for rotating the first object displayed on the screen of the electronic device in the first axis direction in accordance with the movement direction and the movement speed; Selecting a second axis corresponding to the touch sensing signal; Analyzing the touch sensing signal to calculate a contact sensing direction and a contact sensing speed; Calculating a second axial movement value that rotates the first object in the second axial direction in accordance with the contact sense direction and the contact sensed speed; And generating a command code including the first axis shift value and a command code including the second axis shift value.

The first axis may include an x-axis and the y-axis, and the second axis may include a z-axis.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, various functions of the electronic device can be easily set by generating the rotation direction of the remote controller and the finger contact by using the gyro sensor and the trackpad.

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a remote control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is an external configuration example of a remote control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation control method of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation control method of an electronic apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation control method of an electronic device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation control method of an electronic apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

Also, the term "part" in the description means a unit for processing at least one function or operation, which may be implemented by hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software.

Hereinafter, a method of controlling an operation of a remote controller and an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a remote control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, the remote control apparatus 100 includes a gyro sensor 101, a trackpad 103, an input processing unit 105, a memory 107, and a transmitting unit 109. [ Here, the remote control apparatus 100 is a device for transmitting a remote control signal for remotely controlling an electronic device (not shown), both wirelessly and wirelessly.

An electronic device (not shown) is a device capable of transmitting and receiving signals with the remote control device 100 in a wire / wireless manner, and includes all devices that can be remotely controlled by the remote control device 100. For example, an IPTV (Internet Procotol TV), a game machine, and the like.

Hereinafter, the detailed configuration of the remote controller 100 will be described. First, a gyro sensor 101 is a concept that includes a sensor for sensing the movement of an object using a gyroscope, an inertial sensor, and an acceleration sensor. The gyro sensor 101 senses the movement direction of the remote controller 100 and outputs a motion detection signal for each movement direction. In this case, a gyro sensor (not shown) for detecting an up and down direction for sensing the movement of the remote control device 100 in the vertical direction and outputting an up / down detection signal, a left / right sensor for sensing left / right movement, And a gyro sensor (not shown).

The trackpad 103 is a kind of pointing device for sensing the touch of a finger or a pen and moving the cursor, and outputs a touch detection signal according to the contact of the finger. At this time, the touch sensing signal may be generated using pressure sensing technology or electrostatic sensing technology.

Here, the motion detection signal output from the gyro sensor 101 and the contact detection signal output from the trackpad 103 are converted into digital signals and output to the input processing unit 105.

The input processing unit 105 analyzes the motion detection signal and the contact detection signal, respectively, and outputs the motion detection signal and the touch detection signal, which correspond to the operation control of the electronic device (not shown) according to the motion detection signal and the operation control of the electronic device Lt; / RTI >

At this time, the input processing unit 105 analyzes the motion detection signal and the contact detection signal input from the gyro sensor 101, and performs an operation of an electronic device (not shown) corresponding to the analyzed motion detection signal and the contact detection signal, respectively Each command code to be controlled can be extracted from the memory 107.

The input processing unit 105 may be implemented as a central processing unit, other chipset, a microprocessor, a microcontroller unit (MCU), or the like.

The memory 107 stores instruction codes corresponding to the motion sense signal and the contact sense signal, respectively. Here, the memory 107 may be installed in the input processing unit 105 considering the size of the remote controller 100, or may be installed independently. And memory 107 may be implemented in a medium such as a dynamic random access memory, a RAM such as a Rambus DRAM, a synchronous DRAM, a static RAM, and the like.

The transmitting unit 109 transmits a remote control signal including each command code generated by the input processing unit 105 under the control of the input processing unit 105 to an electronic device (not shown). At this time, the remote control signal can be transmitted wirelessly or wirelessly according to the connection state with the electronic device (not shown). The remote control signal can be transmitted through at least one of communication means such as infrared communication, Bluetooth or wireless Internet.

2 is an external configuration example of a remote control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the remote control apparatus 100 includes a housing 111, which is made of plastic or metal. The housing 111 may include an upper housing 113 and a lower housing 115.

Here, the trackpad 103 is mounted on the upper housing 113 at a position where the fingers can easily contact the outer surface of the upper housing 113. The upper housing 113 has a flat vertical bar shape.

The lower housing 115 is formed on both sides of the upper housing 113 in a semicircular shape. A gyro sensor 101, an input processing unit 105, a memory 107, and a transmitting unit 109 are incorporated in the housing 111.

Thus, the user's hand 200 has some fingers touching the trackpad 103 and the remaining fingers around the upper housing 113 and holding it, passing through the loop of the lower housing 115.

The shape of the housing 111 is not limited to the above, and various shapes are possible.

Now, a method of controlling the operation of the electronic device (not shown) using the remote control device 100 will be described according to an embodiment.

1, and the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 are used.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation control method of an electronic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the input processing unit 105 receives a motion detection signal from the gyro sensor 101 (S101).

Then, the input processing unit 105 extracts the first cursor movement unit matched with the motion detection signal from the memory 107 (S103).

Next, the input processing unit 105 calculates a first cursor movement value according to the motion detection signal with reference to the first cursor movement unit (S105). That is, the input processing unit 105 calculates the movement direction and the movement speed sensed by the gyro sensor 101 by analyzing the motion detection signal, and calculates a first cursor movement value indicating how much the current cursor position moves in the direction.

Next, the input processing unit 105 generates a command code including the first cursor movement value (S107). At this time, the instruction code can be extracted from the memory 107.

The command code is a control code for controlling the operation of an electronic device (not shown). The command code is a control code for controlling the operation of an electronic device (not shown) Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > time). ≪ / RTI >

On the other hand, the input processing unit 105 receives the contact detection signal from the trackpad 103 (S109).

Then, the input processing unit 105 extracts the second cursor movement unit matched with the touch detection signal from the memory 107 (S111).

Next, the input processing unit 105 calculates a second cursor movement value according to the touch sensing signal with reference to the second cursor movement unit (S113). That is, the input processing unit 105 analyzes the touch sensing signal and calculates a contact sensing direction and a contact sensing speed of a subject (or a finger) in contact with the trackpad 103, 2 Calculate the cursor movement value.

Next, the input processing unit 105 generates a command code including the second cursor movement value (S115).

Then, the transmitting unit 109 outputs a remote control signal including the respective command codes generated in steps S107 and S115 to an electronic device (not shown) (S117).

At this time, the first cursor moving unit and the second cursor moving unit are different from each other. And the first cursor moving unit is set larger than the second cursor moving unit. Therefore, the gyro sensor 101 can be used to freely move the cursor across the entire screen, and the trackpad 103 can be used to set a fine movement of the cursor.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation control method of an electronic device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the input processing unit 105 receives a motion detection signal from the gyro sensor 101 (S201).

Then, the input processing unit 105 selects the first object matched with the motion detection signal from the memory 107 (S203).

Next, the input processing unit 105 calculates a first object movement value according to the motion detection signal for the first object (S205). That is, the input processing unit 105 analyzes the motion detection signal, calculates a movement direction and a movement speed sensed by the gyro sensor 101, and determines a first object movement value .

Next, the input processing unit 105 generates a command code including the first object movement value (S207).

On the other hand, the input processing unit 105 receives the contact detection signal from the trackpad 103 (S209).

Then, the input processing unit 105 selects the second object matched with the touch sensing signal from the memory 107 (S211).

Next, the input processing unit 105 calculates a second object movement value according to the touch detection signal for the second object (S213). That is, the input processing unit 105 analyzes the touch sensing signal and calculates the contact sensing direction and the contact sensing speed of the subject (or the finger) sensed by the trackpad 103 to determine how much the second object is moved And calculates a second object movement value indicating whether to move the object.

Next, the input processing unit 105 generates a command code including the second object movement value (S215).

Then, the transmitting unit 109 outputs a remote control signal including the respective command codes generated in step S207 and step S215 to an electronic device (not shown) (S217).

According to the steps S201 to S217, when the electronic device (not shown) is a game machine, the moving direction of the tank (first object) is controlled by using the gyro sensor 101 and the track pad 103 is used So that the moving direction of the muzzle (second object) mounted on the tank can be controlled.

5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation control method of an electronic device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the input processing unit 105 receives a motion detection signal from the gyro sensor 101 (S301).

Then, the input processing unit 105 calculates a screen scroll value according to the motion detection signal (S303). That is, the input processing unit 105 analyzes the motion detection signal and calculates the movement direction and the movement speed sensed by the gyro sensor 101 to determine how much the image output from the electronic device (not shown) is to be moved up and down and left and right Calculates the screen scroll value to represent.

Next, the input processing unit 105 generates a command code including a screen scroll value (S305).

On the other hand, the input processing unit 105 receives the contact detection signal from the trackpad 103 (S307).

Then, the input processing unit 105 calculates a cursor movement value according to the touch detection signal (S309). That is, the input processing unit 105 analyzes the touch sensing signal and calculates the contact sensing direction and the contact sensing speed of the subject (or the finger) sensed by the trackpad 103 and outputs the cursor to the electronic apparatus (not shown) To calculate the movement amount of the cursor.

Next, the input processing unit 105 generates a command code including the cursor movement value (S311).

Then, the transmitting unit 109 outputs a remote control signal including the respective command codes generated in step S305 and step S311 to an electronic device (not shown) (S313).

6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation control method of an electronic apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the input processing unit 105 receives a motion detection signal from the gyro sensor 101 (S401).

Then, the input processing unit 105 selects the first axis matched with the motion detection signal from the memory 107 (S403). At this time, the first axis may be two axes, for example, the x axis and the y axis.

Next, the input processing unit 105 calculates a first axis movement value for moving the object output on the screen of the electronic device (not shown) according to the motion sensing signal input in the step S401 in the first axis direction (S405) . That is, the input processing unit 105 analyzes the motion detection signal, calculates a movement direction and a movement speed sensed by the gyro sensor 101, and outputs a first axis movement indicating how much the object displayed on the screen is rotated in the first axis direction Calculate the value.

Next, the input processing unit 105 generates a command code including the first axis movement value (S407). At this time, the instruction code can be extracted from the memory 107.

On the other hand, the input processing unit 105 receives the contact detection signal from the trackpad 103 (S409).

Then, the input processing unit 105 selects the second axis matched with the touch sensing signal from the memory 107 (S411). At this time, the second axis may be one axis and may be, for example, the z axis.

Next, the input processing unit 105 calculates a second axis movement value for moving the object output on the screen of the electronic device (not shown) according to the touch sensing signal received in step S409 in the second axis direction (S413) . That is, the input processing unit 105 analyzes the touch sensing signal and calculates the contact sensing direction and the contact sensing speed of the object (or finger) sensed by the trackpad 103 and outputs the object output on the screen to the The second axis shift value is calculated.

Next, the input processing unit 105 generates a command code including the second axis movement value (S415).

Then, the transmitting unit 109 outputs a remote control signal including the respective command codes generated in step S407 and step S415 to an electronic device (not shown) (S417).

According to the steps S401 to S417, the object displayed on the screen is rotated in the x-axis and y-axis directions using the gyro sensor 101 and the object displayed on the screen is moved in the z-axis direction . In this manner, rotation of the same object using the gyro sensor 101 and the trackpad 103 can be controlled.

The embodiments of the present invention described above are not implemented only by the apparatus and method, but may be implemented through a program for realizing the function corresponding to the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention or a recording medium on which the program is recorded.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, It belongs to the scope of right.

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delete delete A remote control device for controlling operation of an electronic device,
A gyro sensor for sensing a movement direction of the remote control device and outputting a motion detection signal according to each movement direction;
A track pad for outputting a contact detection signal according to the contact of the user's finger;
An input processor for analyzing the motion detection signal and the contact detection signal to generate operation codes corresponding to the motion detection signals and operation codes corresponding to the contact detection signals, respectively; And
And a transmitter for outputting a remote control signal including the respective command codes to the electronic device,
The input processing unit,
Generating a respective command code for moving a cursor displayed on a screen of the electronic device corresponding to each of the motion detection signal and the contact detection signal,
Wherein the movement unit of the cursor according to the motion detection signal and the movement unit of the cursor according to the contact detection signal are different from each other and the movement unit of the cursor according to the motion detection signal is set larger than the movement unit of the cursor according to the contact detection signal Lt; / RTI > delete delete delete delete delete delete delete A method for controlling operation of an electronic device by a remote control device,
Collecting a motion detection signal in accordance with a movement direction of the remote control device from a gyro sensor mounted on the remote control device;
Collecting a touch detection signal from a trackpad mounted on the remote control device in accordance with the contact of the finger;
Generating each instruction code matched with the motion control according to the motion detection signal and the motion control according to the contact detection signal; And
And transmitting a remote control signal including the respective command codes to the electronic apparatus,
Wherein generating the respective instruction code comprises:
Analyzing the motion detection signal to calculate a motion direction and a motion velocity;
Calculating a first cursor movement value for moving a cursor displayed on a screen of the electronic device according to the movement direction and the movement speed based on a first cursor movement unit corresponding to the motion detection signal;
Analyzing the touch sensing signal to calculate a contact sensing direction and a contact sensing speed;
Calculating a second cursor movement value that moves the cursor in accordance with the touch sense direction and the touch sensed speed based on a second cursor movement unit corresponding to the touch sense signal; And
Generating a command code that includes the first cursor shift value and a command code that includes the second cursor shift value,
The second cursor movement unit
Wherein the first cursor movement unit is set to be finer than the first cursor movement unit. delete delete delete delete

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