REMOTE OPERATION DEVICE, REMOTE OPERATION SYSTEM, REMOTE OPERATION METHOD AND PROGRAM

• US 20110074713A1
• Filed: 07/28/2010
• Published: 03/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Yamada, Eiju, Ohashi, Yoshinori, Kinoshita, Akihiko
• Application Number:
  US12/845,263
• Publication Number:
  US 20110074713A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42209 for displaying non-command information, e.g. electronic program guide [EPG], e-mail, messages or a second television channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4222 Remote control device emulator integrated into a non-television apparatus, e.g. a PDA, media center or smart toy remote control device for a television receiver integrated into a mobile phone H04M1/72415
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42224 Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/44 Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards H04N5/14 takes precedence

Abstract

A remote operation device is provided which includes a display panel for displaying an object, a housing formed along an outer edge of the display panel, a detection unit for detecting a selection operation on the object on the display panel, a remote operation unit for remotely operating an electronic device according to the detected selection operation, and a display control unit for displaying on the display panel the object near a characteristic area of the housing identifiable by touch.

Claims

1. A remote operation device comprising:

a display panel for displaying an object;

a housing formed along an outer edge of the display panel;

a detection unit for detecting a selection operation on the object on the display panel;

a remote operation unit for remotely operating an electronic device according to the detected selection operation; and

a display control unit for displaying on the display panel the object near a characteristic area of the housing identifiable by touch.

2. The remote operation device according to claim 1,

wherein the housing is formed so as to surround the display panel formed in a polygonal shape, and

wherein the characteristic area of the housing corresponds to a corner and/or an edge of the housing.

3. The remote operation device according to claim 1,

wherein the housing is formed along the outer edge of the display panel, and

wherein the characteristic area of the housing corresponds to an uneven part provided on the housing or an uneven part provided at a connection part with the display panel.

4. The remote operation device according to claim 1,

wherein the display control unit causes the display panel to display the object in a manner that the object is displayed near the characteristic area of the housing identifiable by touch, according to an operated state of the remote operation device.

5. The remote operation device according to claim 1,

wherein the detection unit detects a predetermined gesture operation on the display panel, and

wherein the remote operation unit remotely operates the electronic device according to the detected gesture operation.

6. The remote operation device according to claim 1,

wherein the remote operation unit remotely operates the electronic device which is a display device.

7. A remote operation system comprising:

a remote operation device; and

an electronic device which is remotely operated by the remote operation device,

wherein the remote operation device includes

a display device for displaying an object,

a housing formed along an outer edge of the display panel,

a detection unit for detecting a selection operation on the object on the display panel,

a remote operation unit for remotely operating the electronic device according to the detected selection operation, and

a display control unit for displaying on the display panel the object near a characteristic area of the housing identifiable by touch.

8. A remote operation method comprising the steps of:

displaying on a display panel an object near a characteristic area of a housing formed along an outer edge of the display panel, the characteristic area being identifiable by touch; and

remotely operating an electronic device according to a selection operation on the object detected on the display panel.

9. A program for causing a computer to execute a remote operation method, the method comprising the steps of:

displaying on a display panel an object near a characteristic area of a housing formed along an outer edge of the display panel, the characteristic area being identifiable by touch; and

remotely operating an electronic device according to a selection operation on the object detected on the display panel.