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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2006
Ryutaro Sakai, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Isamu Arie, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Yuki Kubota, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Kuninori Hyogo, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Fumiya Matsuoka, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Ryutaro Sakai, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Isamu Arie, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Yuki Kubota, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Kuninori Hyogo, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Fumiya Matsuoka, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present embodiments provide systems and methods for use in remote controlling devices including consumer electronic devices. Some embodiments provide a remote control system that comprises a processor, a display driver coupled with the processor, a touch screen display coupled with and receiving display control signals from the display driver such that the touch screen display displays one of a plurality of control views with a fixed number of function buttons displayed in each of the plurality of control views, a tactile screen cover extending over and covering the touch screen display through which selections of one or more of the function buttons is detected, and a wireless transmitter coupled with the processor that wirelessly transmits function signals in response to a detection of a selection of one of the function buttons.