Patent ID: 8203436
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: G08C

Abstract:
1. A remote controller for operating another apparatus, comprising: an operating unit having a plurality of operation keys to which different key numbers have been allocated and with which operation commands for operating said another apparatus have been associated; a transmitting/receiving unit configured to communicate with said another apparatus by radio communication which can make bidirectional communication; a storing unit configured to store the operation commands associated with said operation keys; and a control unit configured to read out the operation command according to the operation executed to said operating unit from said storing unit and transmit said operation command to said another apparatus through said transmitting/receiving unit, wherein said control unit forms a request signal for requesting code information including a key number allocated to a predetermined one of said operation keys and the operation command which corresponds to said key number, transmits said request signal to said another apparatus through said transmitting/receiving unit, receives the code information corresponding to said request signal from said another apparatus through said transmitting/receiving unit, and allows said operation command to be associated with the operation key to which the same key number as the key number included in said code information has been allocated and allows the operation command to be stored into said storing unit.