WO2001065693A2 - Method and device for transferring data from one device to another - Google Patents
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04Q—SELECTING
- H04Q9/00—Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
- H03J—TUNING RESONANT CIRCUITS; SELECTING RESONANT CIRCUITS
- H03J1/00—Details of adjusting, driving, indicating, or mechanical control arrangements for resonant circuits in general
- H03J1/0008—Details of adjusting, driving, indicating, or mechanical control arrangements for resonant circuits in general using a central processing unit, e.g. a microprocessor
- H03J1/0025—Details of adjusting, driving, indicating, or mechanical control arrangements for resonant circuits in general using a central processing unit, e.g. a microprocessor in a remote control unit
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
- H03J—TUNING RESONANT CIRCUITS; SELECTING RESONANT CIRCUITS
- H03J9/00—Remote-control of tuned circuits; Combined remote-control of tuning and other functions, e.g. brightness, amplification
- H03J9/06—Remote-control of tuned circuits; Combined remote-control of tuning and other functions, e.g. brightness, amplification using electromagnetic waves other than radio waves, e.g. light
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- the invention relates to a device comprising a memory for storing operational data of said device and transfer means for transferring said data to an external device.
- the invention also relates to a method of transferring data from one device to a plurality of further devices.
- the method is very useful for installing large numbers of identical devices, such as radio and television receivers, in e.g. hotels or hospitals.
- the installation of a radio or television receiver is a cumbersome process.
- Offenlegungsschrift DE-A-36 40437 disclose wireless uploading but require the data to be manually entered in the remote control device.
- the device is characterized in that it comprises a light-emitting diode (LED) of a type which emits visible and infrared light, and control means being arranged to selectively control said LED to emit static light indicating device status information represented by said visible light or modulate the light emitted by said LED with said stored data to transfer said stored data to said external device as a modulated infrared light stream.
- LED light-emitting diode
- the invention is based on the recognition that some LEDs which are widely used in radio and television receivers for indicating status information such as on/off/standby may also emit some infrared light.
- the energy of infrared light is low but sufficient to transmit data over a small distance.
- the data can thus be downloaded into an external portable device by holding said device close to the status LED. Once downloaded in the remote control unit, the data can be uploaded to other receivers in a well-known manner.
- a dedicated infrared light-emitting diode can be dispensed with, and standard provisions of television receivers (status LED and infrared receiver) are used. Not only does this save costs, it also has the advantage that the design of the receiver is not compromised.
- An additional advantage of the invention is that stored data can easily be downloaded into an external service diagnostics device.
- Patent Abstracts of Japan discloses a light-emitting source of a type which emits visible and infrared light.
- the light source comprises individual LEDs for visible light and infrared light, and an optical guide which combines the two bundles of light.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a system comprising a device in accordance with the invention.
- Figs. 2 and 3 show diagrams to illustrate the operation of a control circuit which is shown in Fig. 1.
- Fig. 1 shows a television receiver 1 as an embodiment of the device in accordance with the invention.
- the receiver is connected to an antenna 2 and comprises a tuner 10, a signal-processing circuit 11, audio speakers 12, a display screen 13, a control circuit (microprocessor) 14, an infrared receiver 15, a memory 16, and a LED 17.
- Programmable settings such as an ordered list of receivable stations, default values for audio volume, picture brightness, etc. are stored in the (non-volatile) memory 16.
- the receiver is controllable and programmable via a remote control unit 3.
- the remote control unit is conventional in the sense that it comprises a keyboard 31, a control circuit 32, and an infrared LED 33.
- the remote control unit further comprises an infrared receiver 34 and a memory 35.
- the receiver's LED 17 is of a type which emits light having wavelengths in both the visible and invisible part of the spectrum.
- the LED emits visible red light as well as invisible infrared light.
- the visible component is denoted 171 in Fig. 1 and can be seen by a user 4.
- the infrared component may be substantially smaller than the red component.
- This component is denoted 172 in Fig. 1 and detectable by infrared receiver 34 of remote control unit 3.
- Fig. 2 shows a flow chart of operational steps that are carried out by the control circuit 14.
- a step 201 denotes a conventional operation mode of the television receiver. In this mode, the control circuit applies a DC voltage to LED 17 so as to provide a visible indication of a status of the receiver, for example, "on” or “standby".
- the control circuit determines whether the user has given a special "download” command.
- a step 203 is carried out in which the control circuit reads the data stored in non-volatile memory 16 and applies a carrier signal modulated with said data to LED 17.
- a carrier frequency which is conventionally used for infrared data transmission (for example, 36 kHz) can be chosen for this operation.
- Fig. 3 shows a timing diagram to illustrate the operation of the receiver.
- Reference numeral 301 denotes the normal operation mode in which a DC voltage is applied to LED 17.
- Reference numeral 302 denotes the download mode of the receiver in which a modulated carrier is applied to the LED.
- the modulated infrared component of the light is received by the infrared light receiver 34 of remote control unit 3. It may be necessary to hold the remote control unit close to the receiver's LED.
- Receiver 34 demodulates the signal from LED 17 into a baseband signal, and control circuit 32 decodes the baseband signal and stores the data in memory 35. The data is thus transferred from the receiver's memory 16 to the remote control unit's memory 35, and can subsequently be "uploaded" to other television receivers.
- a method and arrangement for installing or updating a large number of television receivers in e.g. hotels is disclosed.
- One of the receivers (1) is manually programmed.
- the data is then downloaded from said receiver into a remote control unit (3) by modulating the conventional status LED (17) of the receiver.
- the status LED is of a type which emits visible light (171) as well as infrared light (172).
- the modulated infrared light beam (172) is detected by an infrared detector (34) of the remote control device and stored (35) therein.
- the data stored in the remote control unit is subsequently uploaded to other receivers using the conventional infrared channel (33,15).
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