US 12,225,258 B2
Intelligent remote control positioning and alert system
Swaroop Mahadeva, Bengaluru (IN); and Sadeesh Kumar Karuppiah, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC, Horsham, PA (US)
Filed by ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/959,416.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/252,766, filed on Oct. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0103530 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04N 21/42222 (2013.01) [H04N 21/42221 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a controller device (CD) coupled to a display device;
a remote control unit (RCU) having a top wireless orientation beacon at a first end and a bottom wireless orientation beacon at a second end, wherein the top wireless orientation beacon and the bottom wireless orientation beacon provide location information to the controller device, and wherein the controller device processes the location information to determine a position and orientation of the RCU relative to the controller device; and
wherein the location information is provided in a first signal from the top wireless orientation beacon that includes a first identifier of the top wireless orientation beacon and a first timestamp and in a second signal from the bottom wireless orientation beacon that includes a second identifier of the bottom wireless orientation beacon and a second timestamp.