It is impossible to know who invented the remote control, but one of the earliest remote controls was developed in 189 613809 8 by an inventor named Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) (who worked for Edison and was also hailed as a genius inventor) called "Method of and Apparatus for Controlling Mechanism of Moving." Vehicle or Vehicles”。

    The early remote control used to control televisions was invented in the 1950s by an American appliance company called Zenith (now acquired by LG), and was initially wired. In 1955, the company developed a wireless remote control device called "Flashmatic", but this device could not tell whether the beam was coming from the remote control or not, and it had to be aligned to control. In 1956, Robert Adler developed a remote control called "Zenith Space Command", which is also a modern wireless remote control device, he uses ultrasonic waves to adjust the channel and volume, each button emits a different frequency, but this device may also be interfered with by general ultrasound, and some people and animals (such as dogs) can hear the sound made by the remote control.

    In the 1980s, when semiconductor devices for transmitting and receiving infrared rays were developed, ultrasonic control devices were slowly replaced. Even as other wireless transmission methods such as Bluetooth continue to be developed, this technology continues to be widely used today.