US 20030043054A1 (19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2003/0043054 A1 Wachter (43) Pub. Date: Mar. 6, 2003 (54) (7
Patent Application Publication Mar. 6, 2003 Sheet 9 0f 10 US 2003/0043054 A1
Patent Application FIG. 15 Publication Mar. 6, 20 03 Sheet 10 0f 10 US 2003/0043054 A1 4-106 Real time video input from an external video switching d
US 2003/0043054 A1 NON-PROVISIONAL PATENT APPLICATION OF MARTIN RICHARD WACHTER FOR AUTOMATED CONTROL OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001
US 2003/0043054 A1 presentation system, or sales demonstration system) Which has tWo modes of operation: Full Screen Mode and Control Mode. Full Scree
US 2003/0043054 A1 a DSS or satellite receiver, a CD player, a video recorder, a video disc player, a radio tuner, an ampli?er, a tape deck, an audio
US 2003/0043054 A1 nating the need to memorize the location of the function for each different source component. For example, buttons that represents
US 2003/0043054 A1 2) An apparatus as in claim 1 further comprising software for controlling the automated learning and storage system of data necessa
Patent Application Publication Mar. 6, 2003 Sheet 1 0f 10 US 2003/0043054 A1 FIG. 1 <-— 4 I: ) 10—> . 000000 :I 1 3 . 000000 . 3 LI‘ 6 CENTRAL 1
Patent Application Publication FIG. 2 Mar. 6, 2003 Sheet 2 0f 10 Given a handheld remote control with three buttons and a track ball such as the one
Patent Application Publication Mar. 6, 2003 Sheet 3 0f 10 US 2003/0043054 A1 FIG. 3 PRIOR ART
Patent Application Publication Mar. 6, 2003 Sheet 4 0f 10 FIG. 4 US 2003/0043054 A1 Central Processing Unit Digital Audio Decoder AC line enhancer 6 —
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