Remote control system

• US 20040061621A1
• Filed: 09/18/2003
• Published: 04/01/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ALPS Electric Company Limited (Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: ALPS Electric Company Limited (Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ishida, Muneki
• Application Number:
  US10/664,689
• Publication Number:
  US 20040061621A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/825.72
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 19/28 using pulse code

Abstract

A remote control system includes a remote control apparatus which stores software programs for driving different kinds of devices capable of wireless communication and which recognizes the devices when the devices are positioned within a set range. The remote control apparatus includes a monitor for displaying information of one or more of the devices which are being recognized and a controller for controlling the devices and the monitor. Accordingly, a plurality of devices can be easily controlled.

Claims

1. A remote control system comprising:

a remote control apparatus which stores software programs for driving different kinds of devices capable of wireless communication and which recognizes the devices when the devices are positioned within a set range,

wherein the remote control apparatus includes a monitor for displaying information of one or more of the devices which are being recognized and a controller for controlling the devices and the monitor.

2. A remote control system according to claim 1, wherein the remote control apparatus further includes a controlled-device selector for selecting a device to be controlled when two or more of the devices are recognized.

3. A remote control system according to claim 1, wherein the monitor is built-in in the remote control apparatus.

4. A remote control system according to claim 2, wherein the monitor is built-in in the remote control apparatus.

5. A remote control system according to claim 1, wherein the monitor is disposed separately from the remote control apparatus, and

wherein information is communicated between the remote control apparatus and the monitor by wireless communication.

6. A remote control system according to claim 2, wherein the monitor is disposed separately from the remote control apparatus, and

wherein information is communicated between the remote control apparatus and the monitor by wireless communication.

7. A remote control system according to claim 1, further comprising a printer for recording the information of the devices.

8. A remote control system according to claim 1, wherein the controller is controlled by a CPU such that the controller provides operational feel corresponding to the device being controlled.

9. A remote control system according to claim 2, wherein the controller is controlled by a CPU such that the controller provides operational feel corresponding to the device being controlled.

10. A remote control system according to claim 3, wherein the controller is controlled by a CPU such that the controller provides operational feel corresponding to the device being controlled.

11. A remote control system according to claim 4, wherein the controller is controlled by a CPU such that the controller provides operational feel corresponding to the device being controlled.

12. A remote control system according to claim 5, wherein the controller is controlled by a CPU such that the controller provides operational feel corresponding to the device being controlled.

13. A remote control system according to claim 6, wherein the controller is controlled by a CPU such that the controller provides operational feel corresponding to the device being controlled.

14. A remote control system according to claim 7, wherein the controller is controlled by a CPU such that the controller provides operational feel corresponding to the device being controlled.

15. A remote control system according to claim 8, wherein the controller is a rotation controller having a rotating wheel for operation.

16. A remote control system according to claim 9, wherein the controller is a rotation controller having a rotating wheel for operation.

17. A remote control system according to claim 10, wherein the controller is a rotation controller having a rotating wheel for operation.

18. A remote control system according to claim 11, wherein the controller is a rotation controller having a rotating wheel for operation.

19. A remote control system according to claim 12, wherein the controller is a rotation controller having a rotating wheel for operation.

20. A remote control system according to claim 13, wherein the controller is a rotation controller having a rotating wheel for operation.