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WO2006072870A1
WO2006072870A1 PCT/IB2005/054427 IB2005054427W WO2006072870A1 WO 2006072870 A1 WO2006072870 A1 WO 2006072870A1 IB 2005054427 W IB2005054427 W IB 2005054427W WO 2006072870 A1 WO2006072870 A1 WO 2006072870A1
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Sheng Jin
Xin Chen
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  • This invention relates generally to a remote controller, and more particularly to an intelligent remote controller.
  • the present remote controller has developed to be an advanced universal remote control panel, which provides a single and easy-to-manage platform for all home consumer electronic products.
  • the Pronto of Philips is a very good example.
  • the functions of touchscreen and Internet accessing has been integrated into such remote controller.
  • the function of Internet accessing could be used to update the user interfaces and infrared remote control code, and to browse web pages on the remote controller.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an intelligent remote controller, which could help the user to set the device more appropriately according to the surrounding context-aware information.
  • the context-aware information is dynamical changing information associated with the operation of the device. Controlling the remote controlled device according to the corresponding context-aware information could make the operation of the device more appropriate or more coincidental with the user's needs.
  • the context-aware information of an air conditioner could be the present temperature
  • the context-aware information of a television could be the present noise, etc.
  • a remote controller for remote controlling at least one electronic device, said remote controller comprises: acquiring means for acquiring context-aware information associated with controlling of the electronic device; control means for sending control signal according to the context-aware information to enable the electronic device to execute a corresponding operation.
  • said acquiring means comprises sensing means for sensing surrounding environment of the electronic device to obtain the context-aware information.
  • Said context-aware information may be, for example, temperature, moisture, noise, etc.
  • the acquiring means could also comprise comprises network downloading means for downloading the context-aware information from a network system.
  • Said network system could be either the Internet or the Intranet of a house or office building, which is connected to a sensor network.
  • control means could further comprise recommendation means for recommending the control signal to a user according to the context-aware information; feedback receiving means for receiving a feedback on the recommendation from the user; execution means for sending the control signal according to the feedback to enable the electronic device to execute a corresponding operation.
  • a method for remote controlling an electronic device comprises the steps of acquiring context-aware information associated with controlling of the electronic device firstly; then sending control signal according to the context-aware information to enable the electronic device to execute a corresponding operation.
  • the method of the present invention may also include the step of sensing surrounding environment of the electronic device to obtain the context-aware information.
  • the method of the present invention may also include the step of downloading the context-aware information from a network system.
  • the method of the present invention may also include the step of acquiring a predefined rule associated with the control signal, and then sending the control signal according to the context-aware information and the predefined rule to enable the electronic device to execute a corresponding operation.
  • the remote controller could obtain the context- aware information of the remote controlled electronic device, and the related context-aware information will be presented on the display of the remote controller as a reference for the user, and the remote controller further recommends some appropriate settings and receives the user's feedback on the recommendation, thereby to enable the user to more appropriately use said electronic device.
  • Fig. 1 is the structure diagram of the remote controller of the present invention
  • Fig. 2 is an exemplary user interface of the remote controller of the present invention
  • Fig. 3 is the flow chart of the method for remote controlling the electronic device of the present invention.
  • the same reference numerals indicate the similar or the same features or functions.
  • Fig. 1 is the structure diagram of the remote controller of the present invention.
  • the remote controller 100 is used for controlling one or more electronic devices.
  • Said remote controller is usually a removable remote controller, such as the Pronto remote controller of Philips Co., for controlling many kinds of home appliances.
  • said remote controller 100 may also be a special remote controller that could control only one device.
  • the remote controller 100 comprises an acquiring means 110 and a control means 120, and it could also comprise a user profile 130 and a display means 140.
  • the acquiring means 110 is used for acquiring the context-aware information of the remote controlled electronic device.
  • the acquiring means 110 could acquire the surrounding context-aware information in many ways, one of which is providing a sensing means 112 on the remote controller 100, for example, the sensing means 112 composes of one or a plurality of the sensors like temperature sensor, moisture sensor, noise sensor, light sensor, etc.
  • the acquiring means 110 could directly acquire the surrounding context-aware information through the sensing means 112, which includes the temperature, the moisture, the noise and the light intensity, etc.
  • Another way in which the acquiring means 110 acquires context- aw are information is to download the context-aware information from the network system through the network downloading means 114.
  • the network system thereof could be the Intranet of a house or an office building, which is connected to a sensor network.
  • sensor network is composed of various kinds of sensors distributed at different positions of a house or an office building, and is used for acquiring context-aware information.
  • the network downloading means 114 could be connected to the Intranet so as to conveniently download the context-aware information obtained by the sensor network.
  • the network downloading means 114 could also be connected to the Internet to download context-aware information therefrom.
  • the network downloading means 114 sends the ID of the remote controlled electronic device through the WLAN interface to the server that provides the context-aware information.
  • the server that provides the context-aware information could be maintained either by the manufacturer of the remote controlled electronic device or the remote controller ,or by the context-aware information provider.
  • the server learns from the ID of the device that said remote controlled electronic device is an air conditioner, then it sends the information that the current local temperature is 30 0 C to the network downloading means 114.
  • the network downloading means 114 could also be connected to other websites of the Internet to obtain the context-aware information. For example, when there is no special context-aware information server on the Internet, the network downloading means 114 could download information about the weather from websites that provide weather information, or download the television program schedule from the website of the television station. After receiving information associated with the context-aware information from other websites, the network downloading means filters according to the ID of the remote controlled device to generate the context-aware information needed by the remote controlled device.
  • the acquiring means 110 could have both the sensing means 112 and the network downloading means 114 , through both of which the context- aware information is acquired.
  • the control means 120 is used for sending a control signal according to the context- aware information acquired by the acquiring means 110 so as to make the remote controlled electronic device to execute a corresponding operation.
  • the control operations of the control means 120 are illustrated as follows: With respect to an air conditioner, the control means 120 sends a control signal of setting the air conditioner temperature to be 25°C to the air conditioner on the basis of the context-aware information that the environment temperature is 30 0 C.
  • control means 120 sends a signal of startup to the humidifier to start it on the basis that the environment moisture is lower than a preset value.
  • the control means 120 sends a control signal of setting the volume to be 50 decibels to the music center or the television when turning on the music center or the television on the basis that the environment noise is 30 decibels.
  • the control means 120 could also be provided with a recommendation means 122.
  • the recommendation means 122 receives the context-aware information from the acquiring means 110 and acquires the predefined rules associated with the remote controlled device from the user profile 130.
  • the predefined rules could be, for example, that the government suggests that air conditioner temperature is preferably higher than 26°C to save energy consumption; the air conditioner temperature should not be lower than
  • the recommendation means 122 integrates the context-aware information and the predefined rules to generate a recommendation, and sends said recommendation to the execution means 126 to generate the control signal. Or else, the recommendation generated by the recommendation means 122 is provided to the user so that the user sets the remote controlled device with reference to the context-aware information and the recommendation of the remote controller. In this way, the user feedback receiving means 124 receives commands input by the user and sends the user command to the execution means 126 to generate the corresponding control signal. It should be understood that those skilled in the art may make many changes to the control means 120 and the user profile 130.
  • the predefined rules in addition to obtaining the predefined rules from the user profile 130, they could also be downloaded from the Internet or the Intranet.
  • the user may also input the predefined rules.
  • the user may input predefined rules associated with his physiological information.
  • the user profile 130 could store not only the predefined rules, but also information like the history of the user's operation, the record of the user's interest, etc.
  • the command input by the user received by the user feedback receiving means 124 may be based on the user's feedback on said recommendation.
  • the user feedback receiving means 124 may not be set within the control means 120, as long as it is the device that could receive the user's feedback and transmit the user's feedback to the control means 120.
  • the remote controller 100 could also have a display means 140 for displaying the acquired context-aware information and the recommendation from the recommendation means 122 so as to prompt the user to make appropriate operations.
  • Fig. 2 is an exemplary user interface of the remote controller of the present invention, wherein the context- aw are information area on the display shows the context- aware information of the air conditioner and the operation recommendation of the remote controller.
  • Fig. 3 is the flow chart of the method for remote controlling the electronic device, and the method for remote controlling the electronic device of the present invention will be described in detail in conjunction with Fig. 3.
  • the remote controller starts to update the time of the context-aware information:
  • the manufacturer of the remote controller or the user sets the time for the remote controller to automatically update the time of the context-aware information, for example, at 12:00 each day. Under such circumstance, no matter the remote controller is in an active status or in a standby status, it will automatically start the update.
  • the context-aware information could be updated when the user changes the present user interface of the remote controller to control another device. For example, when the user clicks the tag or button on the touch- screen to switch the user interface into the control interface of the air conditioner, the remote controller starts updating the context-aware information associated with the air conditioner.
  • the remote controller When the user operates with the remote controller, if the remote controller judges that said operation inappropriate, it will start updating the context-aware information. For example, if the user operates with the remote controller to make the air conditioner to refrigerate a room where the temperature is only 4°C, the remote controller will deem the user's operation false and need to recommend appropriate operation to the user. 5) The user directly inputs instructions to require obtaining the context- aw are information.
  • step S310 acquiring the context-aware information associated with the control of an electronic device.
  • the context-aware information could be obtained through many ways, one of which is to provide a sensing means, such as one or a plurality of sensors from temperature sensor, moisture sensor, noise sensor, light sensor, etc., on the remote controller.
  • the remote controller could directly obtain the context-aware information including temperature, moisture, noise, light intensity, etc.
  • the network that could provide context-aware information may be the Intranet of a house or an office building, which is connected to a sensor network.
  • Such sensor network is composed of various kinds of sensors distributed in different positions of a house or office building for obtaining context-aware information.
  • the remote controller is connected to the Intranet to conveniently download the context-aware information obtained by the sensor network.
  • Another way of obtaining context-aware information from the network is to obtain context-aware information though the Internet.
  • the server maintained by the manufacturer of the remote controller or the remote controlled device or by the context- aware information service provider in the Internet is used for collecting and providing context-aware information associated with the device.
  • the remote controller sends to the server the ID of the device that could indicate the type of the remote controlled device.
  • the server obtains the type of the device according to the ID of the device, i.e., whether said device is an air conditioner or a television, etc.
  • the server searches context-aware information associated with device of said type and sends the context-aware information to the remote controller.
  • the context-aware information provided by the server is exemplified as follows:
  • the server judges according to the received ID of the device that the remote controlled device is an air conditioner, it will send context-aware information associated with the air conditioner to the remote controller. For example, the highest temperature today is 36°C and the current temperature is 30 0 C.
  • the server will send television program schedule to the remote controller.
  • the server could also inform the remote controller of the channel that is reporting said events.
  • the server will send to the remote controller information of the foods that are suitable for the season and the fruits newly come into the market.
  • the server could also send information about making temperature compensation to the refrigerator according to the current season and the region where the user stays.
  • the server will send to the remote controller the information of the latest issued movie DVD.
  • the remote controller downloads corresponding information from different websites on the Internet, and then the remote controller filters the relevant information according to the remote controlled device so as to obtain the corresponding context-aware information.
  • the remote controller could search for weather information and television program schedule information, etc. from the search engines or special websites on the Internet. After downloading the relevant web pages, the contents of the web pages are filtered to generate the corresponding context-aware information.
  • step S320 acquiring the predefined rules associated with the control signal.
  • the predefined rules are some restrictive conditions for the operation of the device and information like the interest of the user that is associated with operation of the device.
  • the predefined rules could be stored in the user profile.
  • the predefined rules could be that the government suggests that air conditioner temperature is preferably higher than 26°C to save energy consumption. When the temperature is high, it will be more in comply with the body science to set the room temperature to be lower than the outside temperature by 5 0 C. In addition, the elder users may set the air conditioner temperature to be not lower than 26.5°C, etc.
  • the predefined rule could be that the volume should not be set to be higher than 80 decibels, etc.
  • step S330 the remote controller provides a recommendation on the control signal according to said context-aware information and predefined rules.
  • recommendations for different devices examples are given as follows:
  • the context-aware information is that the highest temperature of today is 36°C and the current temperature is 30 0 C.
  • the predefined rules include that the government suggests that air conditioner temperature should not be lower than 26°C, and the user requests that the air conditioner temperature should not be lower than 26.5°C. Then in step S330, it is suggested that the air conditioner should be set to 27°C.
  • the context-aware information is the television program schedule.
  • the remote controller recommends to the user the television programs therein based on information of the history of the programs watched by the user, etc.
  • the remote controller could also suggest the user to watch a channel that is reporting an event according to the important events current happening.
  • the context-aware information is that the current room noise is 30 decibels.
  • the user rule is that the volume of the music center cannot be higher than 80 decibels.
  • the user is suggested setting the volume to be 50 decibels. If the music center is in the turned-on state currently, and the current noise is 45 decibels, the noise of the surrounding environment could be obtained since said noise has already included the volume of the music center itself and the remote controller knows the setting of the current volume of the music center.
  • the remote controller could re-set the volume of the music center according to the noise of the surrounding environment.
  • step S340 generating a control signal according to the received feedback of the user on said recommendation.
  • the user could modify the recommendation presented on the remote controller or input commands on the remote controlled device according to the user recommendation to generate a control signal.
  • step S350 sending said control signal to enable the electronic device to execute a corresponding operation, such as increasing the temperature setting of the air conditioner, lowering the moisture of the humidifier, etc.
  • step S310 After acquiring the context-aware information associated with the control of an electronic device in step S310, a control signal could then be generated in step S330 and said signal could be sent in step S350.
  • the remote controller needs to download context-aware information, it is not always necessary to send the ID of the device and the user information to the server.
  • the manufacturer of air conditioner puts the collected context-aware information associated with modifications of the air conditioner on a URL, and the special remote controller of the air conditioner could directly connect to the URL specified by the manufacturer to download context-aware information associated with the air conditioner.
  • the predefined rules could also be dynamically modified and not be stored in the user profile, and they could also be downloaded through the network.

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L'invention se réfère à une télécommande et concerne une télécommande intelligente pouvant aider l'utilisateur à régler de manière appropriée le dispositif électronique selon des informations sensibles au contexte. La télécommande comprend: des moyens d'acquisition d'informations sensibles au contexte associées à la commande du dispositif électronique; des moyens de commande pour envoyer le signal de commande, selon les informations sensibles au contexte, afin de faire exécuter une opération correspondante par le dispositif électronique.
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