US 12,333,931 B2
Apparatus and method for establishing IR control code database of user terminal
Sang Tae Kim, Daegu (KR); and So Young Lee, Gyeongsangbuk-do (KR)
Assigned to OHSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Busan (KR)
Filed by OHSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Busan (KR)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/809,942.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0120565 (KR), filed on Sep. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0076373 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G08C 23/04 (2006.01); G06F 16/908 (2019.01)
CPC G08C 23/04 (2013.01) [G06F 16/908 (2019.01); G08C 2201/20 (2013.01); G08C 2201/50 (2013.01); G08C 2201/92 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of establishing an IR database of a user terminal, wherein the user terminal is connected to a first device through a first interface and to a media device through a second interface and is configured to control the media device by using an infrared (IR) blaster, the method comprising:
starting, by the first device in a first (a) step, a setting mode for establishing an IR control code set corresponding to the media device in the user terminal;
receiving, by the first device in a first (b) step, a recent version database comprising a plurality of IR control code sets for a plurality of different models and manufacturers of consumer media devices, wherein each IR control code set includes infrared control codes for the user terminal to control a specific model and manufacturer of a media device through infrared communication, from an external server, each IR control code set corresponding to different target devices to be controlled,
outputting, by the first device in a second step, setting screen information on a display device linked to the first device, the setting screen information being for selecting product type and manufacturer information of the media device to be controlled by the user terminal;
receiving, by the first device in a third step in response to the setting screen information in the second step, product type and manufacturer selection information of the media device selected by a user through a preset input means of the user terminal;
searching, by the first device in a fourth step, the recent version database to extract an IR code set corresponding to the product type and manufacturer information from the IR data, and extracting the IR code set, wherein, when multiple IR control code sets corresponding to the product type and manufacturer are found the fourth step comprises displaying the multiple IR control code sets on the display device for the user to select one of the multiple IR control code sets to be extracted;
transmitting, by the first device in a fifth step, the extracted IR control code set to the user terminal through the first interface; and
storing, by the user terminal, the IR control code set in the IR database.