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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2007
Eric Stephen Carlsgaard, Zionsville, IN (US);
Mark Gilmore Mears, Zionsville, IN (US);
James Duane Tenbarge, Fishers, IN (US);
Eric Stephen Carlsgaard, Zionsville, IN (US);
Mark Gilmore Mears, Zionsville, IN (US);
James Duane Tenbarge, Fishers, IN (US);
Shenzhen TCL New Technology Ltd, Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN;
Abstract
There is provided a system and method for remote control of a television with a manually actuatable control element. More specifically, in one embodiment, there is provided a remote control for a television with a manually actuatable control element. The remote control may comprise a manually actuatable control element configured to generate a signal in response to an activation of the control element by a user, wherein the signal is generated at one of a plurality of different levels based on a characteristic of the activation, and a control system configured to receive the signal and to produce one of a plurality of television commands in response to the signal, wherein the command produced corresponds to the level of the signal.