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Systems and methods for controlling devices remotely by embedding command information within video signals. The command information includes gestures or icons which are imbedded into the video signal and enable the user to interpret the command information by viewing the icon or gesture on a monitor

Systems and methods for controlling devices remotely by embedding command information within video signals. The command information includes gestures or icons which are imbedded into the video signal and enable the user to interpret the command information by viewing the icon or gesture on a monitor or display device. By viewing the monitor or display device, the user can determine what command information is conveyed within the video signal. Further, imbedding the visually interpretable icon or gesture within the video signal facilitates transmitting the video signal having the command information imbedded therein using analog to digital conversions and reconversions and transmission through any of a various number of switching networks. The remote devices may by any of a number of electronically controlled electrical or mechanical devices. A device controller at the remote end receives, the decoded command information and generates the appropriate commands to operate the controlled device.

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An apparatus for enabling an operator to receive an incoming video signal and to imbed command information in an outgoing video signal in order to control a device, comprising: means for generating the command information in the form of a visually iconic gesture overlaid onto the incoming video sign

An apparatus for enabling an operator to receive an incoming video signal and to imbed command information in an outgoing video signal in order to control a device, comprising: means for generating the command information in the form of a visually iconic gesture overlaid onto the incoming video signal to define the outgoing video signal, the visually iconic gesture being interpretable by the operator and conveying the command information in accordance with its location within the outgoing video signal; processing means for receiving the outgoing video signal having the visually iconic gesture and decoding the iconic gesture into the command information conveyed by the iconic gesture, the processing means outputting the command information; and device control means for receiving the command information output by the processing means and transforming the command information into control commands for operating the device in accordance with the command information conveyed in the visually iconic gesture.