| 摘要 |
A remote control (400), is provided for remotely transmitting key-press signal(s) and speech signal(s) to a CPU enabled device, (200), which recognizes and interprets the speech signal(s) as commands for controlling, in accordance with the interpreted commands and the key-press signal(s), electronic(s) equipment and computer applications coupled thereto. A remote control is provided which includes a keypad having key(s) disposed on the remote control that generates key-press signal(s) in response to keypad presses. A microphone (402), coupled to the remote control receives speech and converts the speech signal(s). A transmitter is provided for transmitting the key-press signal(s) of the keypad and the speech signal(s) of the microphone to the CPU enabled device. In a preferred mode, the CPU enabled device provides speech recognition for recognizing and interpreting the speech signal(s) as speech commands and a controller for controlling, in accordance with the key-press signal(s) and the speech commands, the functions and applications, including internet applications, of electronic(s) equipment coupled thereto including a television, a telephone, a VCR, a stereo and a computer. |
