Patent ID: 8068013

Claim:
A RF communication module comprising: an antenna for receiving a Radio Frequency (RF) signal, the RF signal having been modulated with remote control data and transmitted from a remote control transmitter; a RF communication circuit unit for demodulating remote control data from the RF signal received by the antenna; and a communication control unit having: a Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (UART) interface, freely connectable to a device-side microcomputer of a device to be controlled remotely by a remote control transmitter, for outputting the remote control data demodulated at the RF communication circuit unit as bit stream remote control data, and a pulse signal interface, freely connectable to a pulse modulated signal input port of the device-side microcomputer, for outputting a pulse modulated signal that is pulse modulated with the remote control data demodulated at the RF communication circuit unit; wherein the remote control data transmitted by the RF signal is output freely, as either a bit stream or pulse modulated signal, to the device-side microcomputer of the controlled device.