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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 1997
Filed:
May. 19, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takashi Deguchi, Kusatsu, JP;
Makoto Hori, Ohmihachiman, JP;
Morihiro Nakayama, Kusatsu, JP;
Hiroyuki Unida, Kusatsu, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka-fu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
341176 ;
Abstract
A remote control system includes a first remote control unit having complete functional capabilities and a second remote control unit having simplified and abbreviated functional capabilities. An apparatus is controlled in a detailed manner by the first remote control unit. For example, the operational mode and timer settings are set by the first remote control unit. On the other hand, the second remote control unit is limited to activating and deactivating the apparatus and/or the timer of the apparatus.