Patent ID: 8622283
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A remote control apparatus for communicating with an electric apparatus by radio communication, the remote control apparatus being configured to have a low power consumption state and a normal power consumption state, the remote control apparatus comprising: a processor; a non-contact reader/writer; a transmission/reception means; and a memory device storing instructions which when executed by the processor, cause the processor, in cooperation with the non-contact reader/writer and the transmission/reception means, to: (a) read first information from an information recording medium; (b) write second information into the information recording medium; (c) using the radio communication, transmit a first signal to the electric apparatus; (d) set the non-contact reader/writer to the low power consumption state while the processor is set to the normal power consumption state; (e) using the radio communication, receive a function confirmation command for confirming a presence of the non-contact reader/writer from the electric apparatus; (f) end the low power consumption state of the non-contact reader/writer before the first information is read from the information recording medium and the second information is written into the information recording medium in response to the function confirmation command from the electric apparatus being received; and (g) using the radio communication, receive a reader/writer execution command for at least one of reading the first information from the information recording medium and writing the second information into the information recording medium, wherein the read/writer execution command is separate from the function confirmation command.