Conception and Development of a System Family for an Universal Remote Control

 

Idea of the work

Palm-Handhelds can be used as a remote control via the the IrDA interface. Objective of this work is to develop a concept allowing the creation of a system family which enables the combination of different features within one remote control. It is necessary to elaborate a (eventually not complete) list of the features and functions to be implemented. Furthermore the concept should be designed in a way, that different components can be combined in as desired. Additionally, the individual user adaption of different operating controls should be assured. Usage scenarios and funcionalities of the handheld beyond a simple remote control will also be evaluated in this work and implemented accordingly.

The goal

A system family architecture and its integration in the current video system will be developed. Thus, the interaction of this subproject with the vdr-project needs to be considered. A software for Palm-Handhelds will be prototypically developed to test and evaluate the elaborated concept.

 

The Result - in german!