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Television control system for universal control of hospital televisions
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Inventors: Palm, Vern; Schuman, Richard J.;
Assignee: Hill-Rom, Inc. (Batesville, IN)
Primary Examiner: Horabik; Michael
Assistant Examiner: Asongwed; Anthony A.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP
A television control system for controlling different models of hospital televisions, has an input device for receiving an input from a person, and a controller for interfacing with hospital televisions. The controller generates control signal clusters reflective of the input, and the clusters include a plurality of sequentially-generated, individual control signals for specific operational functions of a plurality of different models of hospital televisions. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention addresses the above-discussed drawbacks of the prior art and meets the objectives set forth above and other objectives by providing a TV control system which universally controls different models of hospital TVs.
In that way, a bed, or pillow speaker, which is outfitted with the invention may be utilized with any one of a number of different hospital TV models from different manufacturers without having to be specially designed or configured for a particular TV model.
The television control system allows a bed or pillow speaker to be moved between areas in the hospital without being dependent upon the model of TV with which it is interfaced.
The inventive system further provides expanded functional capability for controlling a hospital TV while maintaining compatibility with older TVs and providing for suitable radio control of radio functions available on a particular TV model.
By providing universal control of different TV models, the invention reduces the logistical problems between hospital and bed manufacturers when ordering, manufacturing, and installing hospital beds.
Furthermore, the invention gives a hospital greater flexibility in moving and replacing hospital beds and hospital TVs.
Manufacturers do not have to maintain a large inventory of different beds configured for specific TV models, thus reducing inventory costs and post production costs associated with retrofitting or configuring beds in the field for specific TV control.
Furthermore, the invention gives a patient greater flexibility and control of the TV and eliminates the inconveniences and irritations associated with prior hospital TV systems.
To that end, the TV control system of the invention comprises an input device which is operable for interfacing with a person to receive an input, and is further operable for generating an input signal corresponding to the input.
The input device may be in the form of buttons or switches on the side rail of a hospital bed or may be incorporated into the control buttons or switches of a pillow speaker associated with the bed
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