Remote Control Sliding Modules for Dynamic Pointing Mode Switching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional remote controls with multiple functions, such as multimedia controls and keyboards, often confuse users due to the overlap of keys and inconsistent operation directions, especially when the remote control's orientation does not match the cursor movement on the television system, leading to user inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
A remote control system with sliding modules and a detecting unit that generates signals based on relative positions and orientations, allowing the system to switch between pointing modes, enabling a single pointing interface to perform various operations like horizontal and vertical movements by adjusting the pointing mode codes transmitted to the electronic device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple input interfaces (keyboard, mouse, touch panel) are disposed on the same remote control, then the remote control can provide diverse input functions, but the user finds it confusing and difficult to operate
Solution Approach 1:
The remote control is divided into multiple modules: a first module containing a first input interface and a second module containing a second input interface and pointing interface. These modules can slide relative to each other, allowing users to selectively expose and use different interfaces based on the current operation needs, thereby reducing confusion while maintaining functionality diversity.
2Device complexity
If the remote control uses fixed pointing interface without orientation detection, then the structure is simple, but the operating direction of the remote control is inconsistent with the moving direction of the cursor on the television
Solution Approach 1:
The pointing interface operates dynamically by detecting the relative position between the first and second modules through the detecting unit. Based on this detection, the control module generates different pointing mode codes (first pointing mode code or second pointing mode code) that adjust the cursor movement direction to match the remote control's physical orientation, ensuring consistent operation without adding complex directional keys.
3Measurement precision
If separate directional keys are added for different pointing modes, then the pointing mode switching is precise, but the device complexity and number of keys increase
Solution Approach 1:
The remote control uses its own structural configuration (relative position of modules) as the input signal for mode switching. The detecting unit automatically detects the relative position between modules, and the control module automatically generates the appropriate pointing mode code without requiring additional directional keys or user input for mode selection, thereby achieving precise pointing mode accuracy while maintaining simplicity.
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AI summary
The present relates to a remote control method and a remote control system capable of switching different pointing modes. The remote control method includes a detecting unit of a remote control detecting a relative position between a first module and a second module of the remote control so as to generate a detecting signal, transmitting a pointing mode code to an electronic device according to the detecting signal by wireless communication technology, and the electronic device performing movement of an icon according to the pointing mode code and pointing mode relation information.