Universal remote controller and remote control method thereof

摘要

A universal remote controller and a remote control method thereof are provided. The universal remote controller includes a communication module which communicates with a plurality of devices; an input unit through which a user command is input; and a controlling unit which determines a pointed device, among the plurality of devices, that the universal remote controller is pointing towards, and controls the communication module to transmit the user command to the pointed device to control the pointed device.

主权项

1. A universal remote controller comprising:
a communication module which wirelessly communicates with a plurality of devices; an input unit through which a user command is input; and a controlling unit which controls the communication module to wirelessly and directly receive identification information and a control information list from an external device, determines, based on the received identification information and a signal, a pointed device, which is a device that the universal remote controller is pointing towards, and controls the communication module to transmit a control signal generated based on the received control information list to the pointed device in response to the user command input through the input unit, wherein the identification information comprises relative location information of a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) provided on each of the plurality of devices or flickering information based on the wavelength of each of the LEDs provided on each of the plurality of devices, and wherein the control information list comprises control information for each function in order to control one or more functions of the plurality of devices.