Patent ID: 8068737
Filing Date: 2011-11-29
Classification: G08C

Abstract:
1. A remote control device which remotely controls a plurality of electronic apparatuses connected to an apparatus control device, the remote control device comprising: a key-inputting unit in which an input operation for instructing an infrared remote control operation of at least one of the electronic apparatuses to be performed is inputted; a storage unit that stores a first table in which port numbers assigned to ports of the apparatus control device and the electronic apparatuses connected to the corresponding port are associated, and stores a second table in which the electronic apparatuses and infrared codes for controlling the corresponding electronic apparatuses are associated; and a control unit which registers port number information in the first table and type information of the at least one of the electronic apparatuses to be controlled in the second table, identifies content of the input operation based on the set port number information and the set type information, determines if the content of the input operation is valid, sends control data necessary for an infrared control operation of at least one of the electronic apparatuses corresponding to the input operation when the content of the input operation is valid, which control data includes a port number associated with the selected electronic apparatus in the first table and the infrared code for the selected electronic apparatus, and receives a response signal from the apparatus control device indicating that the input operation for instructing an infrared remote control operation of at least one of the electronic apparatuses has been successfully received by the apparatus control device, wherein the control unit does not send subsequent control data for subsequent infrared control operations until the response signal indicating that the input operation has been successfully received by the apparatus control device is received by the control unit.