Patent ID: 8378969

Claim:
A remote control apparatus mountable on a vehicle comprising: an operation input section having a two-dimensional freedom of movement operable to control a position of an indicator in a predetermined operation area on a display separate from the remote control apparatus; a lighting section configured to illuminate the operation input section; an illumination switch; means for determining whether a predetermined self-diagnostic condition is met; means for setting a self-diagnostic mode when the self-diagnostic condition is met; and a control section configured to control the lighting section, wherein the self-diagnostic mode diagnoses a fault in the operation input section, when the self-diagnostic mode is set, the control section controls illumination duty of the lighting section based on an illumination pattern corresponding to an X-Y position of the operation input section, and when the self-diagnostic mode is not set, the control section controls the illumination duty of the lighting section based on a status of the illumination switch.