Patent ID: 7990288

Claim:
A remote control device ( 10 ), comprising: a circuit board ( 140 ) with control inputs ( 46 ) arranged on one surface thereof ( 44 ) in a matrix configuration; a base containing the circuit board; control elements ( 42 ) which, following an activating action performed by a user, activate one control input ( 46 ) of the control inputs on the circuit board ( 140 ), and are incorporated in a selection mask ( 30 , 30 x , 30 y ) arranged over the control inputs ( 46 ) for selecting which control inputs of the circuit board ( 140 ) are activated by an activating action of the user, wherein the selection mask is a keypad ( 30 ) acting as a cover on the base and including: windows ( 40 a , 40 b , 40 c ) each closed by a pad ( 42 a , 42 b , 42 c ) which defines an operating surface for the user, and one projecting activator on an internal surface ( 32 ) of each pad ( 42 a , 42 b , 42 c ) for activating a control input on the circuit board when the pad is pressed by the user; and wherein the circuit board and the control inputs provide functions of a group of remote control devices and more than one interchangeable keypad is provided, each keypad being associated to the functions of a remote control device of the group of remote control devices; whereby when one selection mask is applied on the base, the associated remote control device of the group is formed.