Remote control system, remote control apparatus and remote control method
First Claim
1. A remote control system comprising:
- a remote control apparatus for identifying control-object apparatuses by capturing respective images of a plurality of apparatuses belonging to a desired control scenario and connected to a network, and for transmitting control scenario information concerning cooperative operation among a plurality of control-object apparatuses which are determined by a combination of types of the identified said control-object apparatuses; and
a network control unit for constituting said network, by containing said plurality of apparatuses, and for, on receiving said control scenario information from said remote control apparatus, outputting, to said apparatuses prescribed in the received control scenario information, control orders for causing said apparatuses to execute operations prescribed in the received control scenario information.
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Abstract
Provided is a remote operation system capable of coordinating the operations of a plurality of devices without harming the familiar, intuitive behavior style of remote control operation. The remote operation system is provided with: a remote operation device which captures images of each of a plurality of devices connected to a network and specifies the devices to be operated, and which transmits operation scenario information on the coordinated operations performed among the plurality of devices to be operated, the coordinated operations being determined by the combination of the types of the specified devices to be operated; and a network control unit which outputs operation commands for executing operations specified by the operation scenario information received, to the devices specified by the operation scenario information received, when the network accommodating the plurality of devices is constructed and the operation scenario information is transmitted from the remote operation device.
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1. A remote control system comprising:
- a remote control apparatus for identifying control-object apparatuses by capturing respective images of a plurality of apparatuses belonging to a desired control scenario and connected to a network, and for transmitting control scenario information concerning cooperative operation among a plurality of control-object apparatuses which are determined by a combination of types of the identified said control-object apparatuses; and
a network control unit for constituting said network, by containing said plurality of apparatuses, and for, on receiving said control scenario information from said remote control apparatus, outputting, to said apparatuses prescribed in the received control scenario information, control orders for causing said apparatuses to execute operations prescribed in the received control scenario information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- a remote control apparatus for identifying control-object apparatuses by capturing respective images of a plurality of apparatuses belonging to a desired control scenario and connected to a network, and for transmitting control scenario information concerning cooperative operation among a plurality of control-object apparatuses which are determined by a combination of types of the identified said control-object apparatuses; and
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9. A remote control apparatus for remotely controlling a plurality of apparatuses contained in a network control unit, the remote control apparatus comprising:
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a control-object apparatus identification unit for capturing respective images of a plurality of said apparatuses belonging to a desired control scenario, and thereby identifying apparatuses to control; and a control scenario output unit for outputting control scenario information prescribing operations of each apparatus in cooperative operation among a plurality of control-object apparatuses which are determined by a combination of types of the identified said control-object apparatuses, wherein, receiving said control scenario information, said network control unit causes said control-object apparatuses to execute operations prescribed by the control scenario information. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A remote control method comprising the steps of:
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capturing by a remote control apparatus respective images of a plurality of apparatuses belonging to a desired control scenario and connected to a network control unit, and thereby identifying control-object apparatuses by the remote control apparatus; transmitting control scenario information concerning cooperative operation among a plurality of control-object apparatuses determined by a combination of types of the identified said control-object apparatuses by said remote control apparatus; and outputting by said network control unit, to the apparatuses prescribed by the received said control scenario information, control orders causing the apparatuses to execute operations prescribed by the received said control scenario information. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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