JP2006074353A - Remote control operation system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic equipment operation system which is easy for a user to operate and can customize key assignment, irrespective of type of electronic equipment only by having information indispensable for operating target equipment and an application for realizing the function of a remote controller dedicated to specific electronic equipment by using the information, without having a an unnecessary remote control table unnecessary in the remote controller. <P>SOLUTION: The electronic equipment operating system is characterized in that in the remote controller with a function of reading a two-dimensional code, the information necessary for operating the electronic equipment by remote control, and the application program for realizing a function of a remote controller dedicated to the specific electronic equipment by using the information, are installed in the remote controller by the two-dimensional code to operate the operation target electronic equipment, by remote control. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a remote control operation system for an electronic device using a remote controller with a two-dimensional code reading function, and causes the remote controller to read an application program for operating the electronic device with the remote controller and a remote control code unique to the electronic device using the two-dimensional code. Thus, the present invention relates to an electronic device operating system that can be operated as a remote control device dedicated to the electronic device to be operated.

A conventional remote control device that can selectively use remote control codes of a plurality of devices performs selection designation by key operation of the remote control. Upon selection, the operation manual is provided with a table containing the name of the manufacturer of the target device and key operations for selecting the model of the TV, video, etc. on the back of the remote control, etc. The code was set. In order to remove the frequent use of this operation, a remote control code setting method using a bar code has been proposed (for example, Patent Document 1). This is a technique in which the remote controller code setting that has been manually performed by a user according to an operation manual or an operation table is performed only by reading a barcode. However, since the amount of information that the barcode can display is about 20 digits, in order to set the remote control code with the barcode, the remote control itself needs to have a setting table for each manufacturer. He only selected the manufacturer provided on the table. This technique has the disadvantage that it is necessary to prepare a large number of tables for each manufacturer, and devices that are not prepared in the table cannot be used. Further, in Patent Document 2, instead of manually setting an electronic device with an electronic device with a two-dimensional code reading function, a setting is automatically performed by reading a two-dimensional code, and the user only determines it. A technique that makes it easy to set an electronic device has been proposed. When this technology is applied to a remote control, all the settings that can be manually performed by the user can be performed with a two-dimensional code.However, if there are multiple applications depending on the remote control and the data format differs for each application, It becomes necessary to prepare two-dimensional codes of a plurality of data formats, and it is not possible to cope with a new remote controller format format. Furthermore, since the electronic device is automatically set by the two-dimensional code and the user only confirms it, it is impossible to arbitrarily set the key assignment of the remote controller.
JP 2003-324882 A JP 2004-145525 A

  Only the application that does not have an unnecessary remote control code table in the remote control and realizes the function as a remote control dedicated to a specific electronic device using the information necessary to operate the target device and the information It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic device operation system that can be easily operated by a user and can be customized for key assignments.

  According to the present invention, the remote control code specific to the electronic device is read by the remote control using the two-dimensional code, so that the remote control itself does not need to have an unnecessary remote control code table. In addition, the application program for operating the electronic device with the remote controller is also read into the remote controller by the two-dimensional code, so that the application corresponding to the new remote controller format can be used at any time. Furthermore, since the application has a user interface that arbitrarily associates the keys of the remote controller with the device-specific key codes acquired by the two-dimensional code, it becomes possible to provide a more flexible remote control operation system. .

  According to the present invention, there is an effect that it is possible to easily set a remote control function in an electronic device. Setting is performed using a two-dimensional code, but only the information necessary for operating the target device with the remote control is stored in the two-dimensional code and transferred to the remote control, so the remote control side must have an unnecessary remote control code table There is an advantage that there is no. Furthermore, by installing the device-specific application itself on the remote control side using a two-dimensional code, it is easy to handle any remote control format.

  FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the present invention. The printer host computer 101 is connected to an interface 109 installed in the printer 103 by an interface cable 102 and controls the printer 103. The printer 103 includes a CPU 104, a ROM 105, a RAM 106, a printing mechanism 107, a remote control receiving unit 108, an interface 109, and a memory card interface 110. The ROM 105 stores a program for the CPU 104 to control the printer 103. The printing mechanism 107 is controlled by the CPU 104 and prints arbitrary information. The remote control receiving unit 108 receives a key code for operating the printer 103 and sends the received code to the CPU 104, so that the printer 103 performs an operation corresponding to the key code. The interface 109 receives arbitrary data from the printer host computer 101 and sends it to the CPU 104. A non-volatile memory is inserted into the memory card interface 110 to read data in the non-volatile memory and send it to the CPU 104.

  The mobile phone 113 with a QR code reading function / remote control transmission function includes a controller 114, a ROM 115, a RAM 116, a remote control transmission unit 117, a QR code reading unit 118, an operation unit 119, and a display unit 120. The ROM 115 stores a program for the controller 114 to control the mobile phone 113 with a QR code reading function / remote control transmission function. The controller 114 controls the remote control transmission unit 117, the QR code reading unit 118, the operation unit 119, and the display unit 120. The user operates the operation unit 119 while looking at the user interface displayed on the display unit 120.

  The CPU 104 prints an application program for operating the printer 103 with a remote controller and a QR code 112 of information including data used by the application on the print medium 111. Information including application program and data used by the application is stored in the ROM 105, received from the printer host computer 101 via the interface 109, or read from the source memory inserted in the nonvolatile memory card interface 110 Can be considered. The format of the information including the application program and the data used by the application may be either the data itself or the image data after the data is converted into a QR code. The QR code 112 printed on the print medium 111 by the printing mechanism 107 of the printer 103 is read by the QR code reading unit 118 of the mobile phone 113 with a QR code reading function / remote control transmission function and sent to the controller 114. FIG. 2 shows a control flowchart of the mobile phone with the QR code reading function / remote control transmission function after reading the QR code.

  The user starts (201) the QR code reading application of the mobile phone. Next, the QR code is read by the QR code reading unit of the mobile phone, and the read data is analyzed by the QR code reading application in the mobile phone (202). As a result of the analysis, if it is determined that the information includes the application program for operating the printer with the remote control and data used by the application program (203), the remote control application program is equipped with a QR code reading function / remote control transmission function. It is installed (205) in the mobile phone. If it is determined in the determination (203) that the data is other data, the processing is performed by an application capable of processing the data. When the installation (205) is completed, the remote control application is activated (206) automatically or manually by the user. This application is a user for associating the key code corresponding to each operation for operating the printer with the remote control and the operation key actually mounted on the mobile phone with QR code reading function / remote control transmission function. An interface is provided, and the user can arbitrarily determine (207) the key assignment of the remote control according to the user interface. With the above flow, the printer remote control operation is realized (208) using the mobile phone with QR code reading function / remote control transmission function.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the application program for operating with the remote controller and the information including the data used by the application are stored in one QR code has been described. However, it is also conceivable to separately convert the application program and information used by the application into a QR code. In this case, it is effective that the application program has a function of reading a QR code including data used by the application and recognizing data included in the QR code. With this function, it is also possible to realize a remote control operation of the printer by reading a QR code including only data used by an application and determining a key assignment by the user.

(Industrial applicability)
As an application example of the present invention, a case in which an electronic device or an electronic device is remotely operated with a mobile phone having a two-dimensional code reading function and an infrared communication function can be considered. When operating an electronic device with a remote control function of a mobile phone, it is necessary to set a remote control code such as a custom code or a key code for operating the electronic device, and the present invention can easily set a remote control code. It is valid. Furthermore, when the electronic device to be investigated is a printer, there is an advantage that it is not necessary to prepare a two-dimensional code in advance by printing a two-dimensional code including remote control code information as necessary. .

It is a typical figure showing the structure of this invention. It is a flowchart showing operation | movement of a mobile telephone with a QR code reading function / remote control transmission function.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 Printer host computer 102 Interface cable 103 Printer which can be operated by remote control 104 CPU
105 ROM
106 RAM
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 107 Printing mechanism 108 Remote control receiver 109 Interface 110 Memory card interface 111 Print medium 112 QR code 113 Mobile phone with QR code reading function / remote control transmission function 114 Controller 115 ROM
116 RAM
117 Remote control transmission unit 118 QR code reading unit 119 Operation unit 120 Display unit 201 Start QR code reading application of mobile phone 202 QR code reading / analysis 203 Judgment whether remote control application program 204 Interpret data by predetermined application, Perform predetermined processing 205 Install remote control application 206 Start up remote control application of mobile phone 207 The user associates the key code in the read data with the key of the mobile phone through the user interface 208: Remote control operation of printer by remote control application

Claims (4)

  In a remote controller with a two-dimensional code reading function, an application program that realizes information necessary for operating an electronic device with the remote controller and a function to operate as a remote controller dedicated to the electronic device using the information is obtained by the two-dimensional code. An electronic device operating system which is installed on a remote control and operates an electronic device to be operated with the remote control.   2. The electronic device operation system according to claim 1, wherein the information necessary for operating the electronic device with a remote control includes a custom code of the remote control and a key code table corresponding to each operation and operation of the electronic device. Electronic equipment operation system.   2. The electronic device operation system according to claim 1, wherein the application program includes a remote control custom code stored in information necessary for operating the electronic device with the remote control, and a key code table corresponding to each operation and operation of the electronic device. It has a user interface that can associate data with each operation of the electronic device and the keys of the remote control, and can realize the function as a remote control that allows the user to determine the key function of the electronic device. Electronic device operation system characterized.   4. The electronic device operating system according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a printer, and information necessary for operating the printer with a remote controller and a function of operating as a remote controller dedicated to the printer using the information. An electronic apparatus operating system in which a printer prints two pieces of information with an application program for realizing the two-dimensional code.

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