Electronic device and method for automatically controlling electronic device

Abstract

The invention relates to an electronic device and a method for automatically controlling the electronic device.Specifically, the electronic device is connected a plurality of peripheral devices and contains a storage unit and a control circuit, wherein the storage unit records a preset time and a control list; the control list records chosen electronic devices and at least one of the peripheral devices and the operation mode thereof.The control circuit detects whether the preset time is the same as a reference time; if yes, the control circuit controls the chosen electronic device or the operation of the peripheral devices according to setting in the control list, so that the effect of automatically controlling the chosen electronic device and the operation of the peripheral devices can be achieved as long as users preset time, device to be controlled and operation mode.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a method for controlling an electronic device, in particular to a method for automatically controlling an electronic device by using a CEC communication protocol. Background technique [0002] High Definition Multimedia Interface (High Definition Multimedia Interface, hereinafter referred to as HDMI) is a fully digital image and sound transmission interface, so that various video or audio devices (such as: set-top boxes, DVD players, personal computers, TVs, stereos, etc.) are connected to each other to provide clear digital picture or sound quality, replacing older analog audio and video transmission interfaces, such as SCART or RCA terminals. [0003] There is a communication protocol in the HDMI standard, the Consumer Electronic Control (CEC) communication protocol, which is mainly used to allow users to use an active device to control multiple slaves connected to the active device through the HDMI interface. Drive device o...

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[0004] Although the video or audio devices that can support the CEC protocol are very convenient to operate and are becoming more and more popular, these video or audio devices still need manual control to make these video or audio devices operate, and it is impossible to operate without a user. In the case of control, use a certain video or audio device (called the active device) to control the operation of other video or audio devices (called the slave device). Therefore, for some people who often go out, because they cannot personally control These video or audio devices miss many TV programs or important information, so how to automatically control these video or audio devices that can support the CEC protocol, then become the focus of the present invention's intended improvement

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