Patent ID: 7907181
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: G08C

Abstract:
1. A remote control device comprising: an acquisition part that acquires continuously an image of an apparatus to be remotely controlled as a subject and an information inherent to the apparatus optically emitted from the apparatus using an image pickup element; a voice recognition part that recognizes an inherent voice uttered from the apparatus; a display part that superimposes and displays the image acquired continuously by the acquisition part and the information inherent to the apparatus; an instruction accepting part that accepts an instruction of selecting a desired apparatus subject to remote control among the apparatuses from which the inherent information is acquired and selecting a desired control content for the selected apparatus from a user; a control signal transmission part that transmits a remote control signal to the apparatus; a remote control part that controls the control signal transmission part to transmit a remote control signal corresponding to the control content of the apparatus selected by the instruction accepting part to the apparatus selected by the instruction accepting part; and an operation situation judgment part that judges whether or not the apparatus is operated in accordance with the remote control signal depending on whether or not the voice recognition part recognizes the inherent voice; wherein the display part displays information of the content in accordance with a judgment of the operation situation judgment part.