Remote control protector for anti-light interference

A remote control protector for anti-light interference includes a body and a shelter. The body includes a housing space, a first surface, and a second surface. The housing space is for disposing a remote control. The first surface includes a first opening communicating with the housing space. The second surface includes a second opening communicating with the housing space and the second opening is adapted to expose a transceiver of the remote control. The shelter extends from the second surface of the body along an axial direction of the body, surrounds the second surface, and has an outlet opening communicating with the second opening of the second surface.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a remote control protector, and more particularly to a remote control protector capable of anti-light interference.

2. Description of Related Art

Infrared ray (IR) is one of the common wireless communication techniques in the world and is implemented in most of the remote controls to control electronic devices, such as televisions, air conditioners, MP3 players, DVD players, and so on. The reason for IR transceiver being widely used in the remote control is that the IR transceiver has some advantages, such as small volume, low cost, low power consumption, and so on.

The IR is a kind of invisible light and there are many IRs existing in the living environment. For example, electronic devices may emit IR signals for communication, and the sun and many other objects, such as light bulbs and candles, may emit IRs. The IRs as environmental IRs emitted by the sun and the objects may affect the IR signals for the IR transceiver of the remote control and cause the communication error of the IR transceiver of the remote control. In addition, the IR signal received by the IR transceiver is easy to be interfered by the atmosphere. The flash and motion of the sun may also interrupt the IR signals. Moreover, many environmental factors, such as the sun light and atmosphere, and so on, may absorb energy from the IR to attenuate the performance of the IR signal when the IR transceiver receives the IR signal. Therefore, when the remote control is used under the sun, the remote control is easy to be affected.

However, the conventional remote control didn't include a protector to minimize the effect from the environmental IRs. It is necessary to design a protector for the conventional remote control to reduce the communication interruption from the environmental IRs.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An objective of the present invention is to provide a remote control protector for anti-light interference to reduce the communication interruption from the environmental IRs when the remote control is receiving the IR signal. The remote control protector of the present invention comprises a body and a shelter. The body includes a housing space, a first surface and a second surface. The housing space is for disposing a remote control. The first surface includes a first opening communicating with the housing space. The second surface includes a second opening communicating with the housing space and the second opening is adapted to expose a transceiver of the remote control. The shelter extends from the second surface of the body along an axial direction of the body, surrounds the second surface, and has an outlet opening communicating with the second opening of the second surface.

In order to achieve the aforementioned objective, the present invention also provides a remote control protector for anti-light interference that comprises a body and a shelter. The body comprises a housing space, a first surface, a second surface, a third opening, and a fourth opening. The housing space is for disposing a remote control. The first surface includes a first opening communicating with the housing space and the first surface is located at a top end of the body. The second surface includes a second opening communicating with the housing space and the second opening is located at a front end of the body. The third opening communicates with the housing space and the third opening is formed on a bottom end of the body, and the third opening is opposite to the first opening. The fourth opening communicates with the housing space and the fourth opening is formed at a rear end of the body and the fourth opening is opposite to the second opening. The shelter extends from the second surface of the body along an axial direction of the body, surrounds the second surface, and has an outlet opening communicating with the second opening of the second surface.

According to the aforementioned description, the remote control protector in the present invention includes a shelter to block the environmental IRs so as to prevent the interruption from the environmental IRs. Therefore, the communication error of the transceiver (such as IR transceiver) in the remote control mounted in the protector of the present invention can be minimized and the accuracy of the transceiver in the remote control of the present invention can be enhanced.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

These and other aspects of the embodiments herein will be better appreciated and understood when considered in conjunction with the following description and the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1is a perspective view of a remote control protector for anti-light interference in a first embodiment of the present invention.FIG. 2is a cross-sectional view of the remote control protector for anti-light interference in the first embodiment of the present invention.FIG. 3is a perspective view of the remote control protector for anti-light interference combining with a remote control in the first embodiment of the present invention. With reference toFIG. 1andFIG. 2, the remote control protector10for anti-light interference includes a body11and a shelter12. The remote control protector10may be made of silica gel. The body11and the shelter12are formed integratedly.

The body11is made of silica gel, such that the body11is elastic and deformable. The body11includes a housing space13, a first surface14, a first opening141, a second surface15, and a second opening151. The first surface14of the body11is located at a top end of the body11. The second surface15is located at a front end of the body11and is adjacent to the first surface14.

The housing space13is formed in the body11. The first opening141is formed within an inner edge142of the first surface14of the body11and communicates with the housing space13. The width and the length of the first opening141are shorter than the width and the length of the housing space13. The second opening151is formed within an inner edge of the second surface15and communicates with the housing space13.

With reference toFIG. 3, the remote control protector10is configured to dispose a remote control16. The remote control16may have multiple keypads161and a display monitor162on a top end thereof and a transceiver163on a front end thereof. The transceiver163in the embodiment of the present invention can be an IR transceiver. However, the transceiver163in a different embodiment of the present invention can be any optical transceiver or Bluetooth transceiver, and it is not limited herein. Because the body11is elastic and deformable, the remote control16may be put into the housing space13through the first opening141, and the inner edge142of the first surface14would limit the position of the remote control16not to fall off from the body11. The first opening141may expose the multiple keypads161and the display monitor162, such that a user may operate the keypads161and watch the display monitor162. The second opening151may expose the transceiver163of the remote control16, such that the transceiver163can emit/receive IR signals and the IR signals travel through the second opening151.

The shelter12extends from the second surface15of the body11along an axial direction of the body and surrounds the second surface15. The shelter12includes a front end121and an outlet opening122. The outlet opening122extends from the second surface15of the body11to the front end121of the shelter12. The outlet opening122communicates with the second opening151and the exterior. In this embodiment, the width and the length of the outlet opening122may be longer than the width and the length of the second opening151. The depth of the outlet opening122may be between 20 mm and 30 mm. In addition, the shelter12and the outlet opening122function as a lens hook for a digital lens reflex camera (DSLR) to block the environmental light. Without the lens hook, the environmental light will keep transmitting and reflecting between lenses in the DSLR and ghost images or poor images may be generated by the environmental light. Accordingly, when the shelter12and the outlet opening122are assembled in the body11of the remote control protector10, the environmental IRs are efficiently blocked. Therefore, the signal transmission between the remote controller and a target is increased when the shelter12and the outlet opening122are assembled.

Hence, when the transceiver163of the remote control16emits/receives the IR signals, the IR signals may travel through the second opening151and the outlet opening122. The shelter12works as a shield to block the environmental IRs interrupting the receiving path of the IR signals. As a result, the influence of the environmental IRs would be minimized. In other words, since the influence of the environmental IRs in the transceiver163is minimized, the transmission distance of the transceiver163is accordingly increased.

FIG. 4is a cross-sectional view of the remote control protector10for anti-light interference in a second embodiment of the present invention. As shown inFIG. 4, compared with the first embodiment of the present invention, the body11of the second embodiment further includes a third opening171. The third opening171is formed on a bottom end17of the body11and the third opening171is opposite to the first opening141. The third opening171communicates with the housing space13. Since the third opening171is located at the bottom surface of the body11and manufacture information, such as brand name, manufacture date, and so on, of the remote control16is also disposed at the bottom surface of the remote control16, the third opening171may expose the manufacture information of the remote control16.

FIG. 5is a cross-sectional view of the remote control protector10for anti-light interference in a third embodiment of the present invention. As shown inFIG. 5, compared with the first embodiment of the present invention, the body11of the third embodiment further includes a fourth opening181. The fourth opening181is formed on a rear end18of the body11and communicates with the housing space13. The fourth opening181is opposite to the position of the second opening151. If the remote control16used in the present invention includes at least one connector (not shown) at the rear end of the remote control16and the connector is used to connect data transmission cable or power cable, such as USB cable, and so on, the fourth opening181may expose the connector of the remote control16.

FIG. 6is a cross-sectional view of the remote control protector10for anti-light interference in a fourth embodiment of the present invention. As shown inFIG. 6, compared with the first embodiment of the present invention, the body11of the fourth embodiment further includes the third opening171as disclosed in the second embodiment of the present invention and the fourth opening181in the third embodiment of the present invention.

Accordingly, by implementing the remote control protector for anti-light interference in the present invention, the influence of the environmental IRs to the IR received by the transceiver (such as IR transceiver) may reduce and the accuracy of the usage of the remote control may be enhanced.