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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1999
Irvin J. Vanderpohl, III, Greensburg, IN (US);
Duane P. Fridley, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Steve A. Dixon, Hamilton, OH (US);
Vern Palm, Batesville, IN (US);
Richard J. Schuman, Cary, NC (US);
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A television control system for controlling different models of hospital televisions, has an input device for receiving an input from a person, and a controller for interfacing with hospital televisions. The controller generates control signals clusters reflective of the input, and the clusters include a plurality of sequentially-generated, individual control signals for specific operational function of a plurality of different models of hospital televisions including ON/OFF, CHANNEL UP, CHANNEL DOWN, SELECT/MUSIC, PREVIOUS CHANNEL, MUTE, CLOSED CAPTION, and CHANNEL DIGIT operational functions.