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Information apparatus having an interface for a remote control

  • US 10,802,694 B2
  • Filed: 11/18/2014
  • Issued: 10/13/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for controlling an information apparatus, the information apparatus having a touch panel display and being connected to a network, an electric curtain device being controlled over the network, the electric curtain device being capable of opening and closing a curtain through remote operation, the method causing the touch panel display to:

  • display on the touch panel an operation icon causing an operation screen for the electric curtain device to be displayed when selected;

    display the operation screen for the electric curtain device when selecting of the operation icon is sensed,the operation screen simultaneously displayinga curtain image representing the curtain of the electric curtain device and movable on the operation screen to a target position in response to an input operation on the curtain image comprising a pinch-out operation, causing outputting of a first open control command instructing movement of the curtain to a corresponding target position corresponding to the target position of the curtain image, the movement of the curtain being sensed by a position sensor, which outputs the results thereof to the touch panel display, anda schematic curtain movement image,different from the curtain image,displayed on the operation screen as overlapped on the curtain image,which moves in response to the movement of the curtain image, as a result of the instructing of curtain movement by the pinch-out operation via the first open control command to change the position of the curtain, and as a result of the sensing of the changing position of the curtain by the position sensor, andwhich is erased when the curtain is moved to the corresponding target position corresponding to the target position to which the curtain image is moved,wherein the schematic curtain movement image represents the actual position of the curtain, thereby facilitating a comparison between the actual position of the curtain and the curtain image;

    sense a width of the pinch out operation on the operation screen of the touch panel display;

    when the pinch-out operation is sensed on the curtain image of the operation screen, output to the network the first open control command for opening the curtain of the electric curtain device in accordance with an operation width of the pinch-out operation on the curtain image;

    when the operation width of the pinch out operation on the curtain image corresponds to less than fully open, open the curtain image on the operation screen by a width matching an operation width of the pinch out operation on the curtain image,when the operation width of the pinch out operation on the curtain image corresponds to fully open, fully open the curtain image on the operation screen, andwherein the electric curtain device receives the first open control command via the network and is responsive to the first open control command in opening the curtain device to a width matching the operation width.

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