Apparatus, method, program and system for remote control
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1. A remote control apparatus, comprising:
- an acquisition section which acquires, by an image pickup element, an image of a device as a subject which is to be remotely controlled and information specific to the device which is optically transmitted from the device;
a storage section which is a non-volatile storage medium for storing the image of the device and the information specific to the device acquired by the acquisition section being associated with each other;
a display section which displays an image stored in the storage section;
an instruction acceptance section which accepts, from a user, instructions of selection of a desired device to be remotely controlled from among devices whose specific information is stored in the storage section being associated with the image and selection of desired control to the selected device;
a communication section which transmits a remote control signal at least to the device; and
a remote controlling section which controls the communication section to transmit a remote control signal corresponding to the control for the device which has been selected via the instruction acceptance section to the device which has been selected via the instruction acceptance section.
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Abstract
According to a remote control apparatus of the present invention, an image and device-specific information acquired by the acquisition section are stored in a non-volatile storage medium being associated with each other. Subsequently, an image stored in the storage medium is displayed, a desired device is selected based on specific information stored in the storage medium, and desired remote control for the device is selected. Then, a remote control signal corresponding to the selected remote control is transmitted to the selected device.
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1. A remote control apparatus, comprising:
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an acquisition section which acquires, by an image pickup element, an image of a device as a subject which is to be remotely controlled and information specific to the device which is optically transmitted from the device; a storage section which is a non-volatile storage medium for storing the image of the device and the information specific to the device acquired by the acquisition section being associated with each other; a display section which displays an image stored in the storage section; an instruction acceptance section which accepts, from a user, instructions of selection of a desired device to be remotely controlled from among devices whose specific information is stored in the storage section being associated with the image and selection of desired control to the selected device; a communication section which transmits a remote control signal at least to the device; and a remote controlling section which controls the communication section to transmit a remote control signal corresponding to the control for the device which has been selected via the instruction acceptance section to the device which has been selected via the instruction acceptance section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A remote control method, comprising the steps of:
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acquiring, by an image pickup element, an image of a device as a subject which is to be remotely controlled and information specific to the device which is optically transmitted from the device; storing the acquired image of the device and the information specific to the device being associated with each other in a non-volatile storage medium; displaying an image stored in the storage medium; accepting from a user instruction of selection of a desired device to be remotely controlled from among devices whose specific information is stored in the storage medium being associated with the image and selection of desired control to the selected device; and transmitting a remote control signal corresponding to the selected control for the selected device to the selected device.
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34. A remote control program for causing a computer to execute the steps of:
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acquiring, by an image pickup element, an image of a device as a subject which is to be remotely controlled and information specific to the device which is optically transmitted from the device; storing the acquired image of the device and the information specific to the device being associated with each other in a non-volatile storage medium; displaying an image stored in the storage medium; accepting from a user instructions of selection of a desired device to be remotely controlled from among devices whose specific information is stored in the storage medium being associated with the image and selection of desired control to the selected device; and transmitting a remote control signal corresponding to the selected control for the selected device to the selected device.
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35. A remote control system, comprising:
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a device which optically transmits specific information; an acquisition section which acquires, by an image pickup element, an image of a device as a subject which is to be remotely controlled and information specific to the device which is optically transmitted from the device; a storage section which is a non-volatile storage medium for storing the image of the device and the information specific to the device acquired by the acquisition section being associated with each other; a display section which displays an image stored in the storage section; an instruction acceptance section which accepts, from a user, instruction of selection of a desired device to be remotely controlled from among devices whose specific information is stored in the storage section being associated with the image and instruction of desired control to the selected device; a communication section which transmits a remote control signal at least to the device; and a remote controlling section which controls the communication section to transmit a remote control signal corresponding to the control for the device which has been selected via the instruction acceptance section to the device which has been selected via the designation accepting section, wherein the device receives the remote control signal transmitted by the communication section and operates in accordance with control corresponding to the remote control signal received.
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