Patent ID: 7675247
Filing Date: 2010-03-09
Classification: G08C

Abstract:
1. A remote control transmitter including an operation button for starting to operate a plurality of light fittings, comprising: a memory for storing data representing a plurality of control signals for respective channels corresponding respectively to the light fittings; a measurer for calculating a period of time during which said operation button is pressed based on a detected event starting when said operation button is pressed and ending when said operation button is released, and outputting a signal representing the calculated period of time as a measured period of time; a transmitter for outputting a control signal based on the data stored in said memory; and a controller for setting one of the channels based on said signal output from said measurer, and controlling said transmitter to output a control signal based on the data stored in said memory in association with the set channel, wherein said controller sets said first channel if said measured period of time represented by said signal output from said measurer is shorter than a predetermined period of time, and sets said second channel if said measured period of time represented by said signal output from said measurer is longer than said predetermined period of time.