Patent ID: 6975301
Filing Date: 2005-12-13
Classification: G08C

Abstract:
1. An improved remote control for a television having a cursor displayed on the television screen, comprising: a remote control; a conventional button fixed on said remote control, and the function of said conventional button being independent of where the cursor appears on the television screen; a light-scope having a lens for defining a narrow filed of view and a photo detector for detecting the light signal passing through the lens, and said light-scope being fixed on said remote control and having the narrow filed of view defined by the lens aligned in the same direction as pointed by said remote control; a light emitter driven by an electric signal that is converted from the light signal detected by the photo detector in said light-scope, for sending back to the television a communicating light signal representing the light signal emitted from the aiming point on the television screen pointed by said light-scope, whereby the television can display the cursor at that aiming point; and a non-conventional button fixed on said remote control, and the function of said non-conventional button being depend on where said cursor appear on the television screen.