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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1996
Shizuka Ishimura, Ora-gun, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A plurality of remote control decoders are provided for decoding an encoded signal from a remote control receiving module, to generate remote control data, the remote control decoders each decoding a signal encoded in a different remote control data format. A key scanning circuit is provided for scanning a key matrix, to fetch key input data. A selection circuit is provided for selecting either the remote control data from the plurality of remote control decoders or key input data from the key scanning circuit. A transmission register is provided to store the selected data. The stored data are serially transmitted in synchronism with a synchronous signal. With this arrangement, a plurality of kinds of remote control transmitter can be used, in addition to the fact that any of the data from the remote control transmitters and the data from the key matrix can be transmitted via a common communication line.