Patent ID: 8421597

Claim:
A remote control apparatus for remotely controlling electronic equipment provided with a wireless tag which transmits an identification signal, comprising: a receiver which receives the identification signal from the wireless tag provided on the electronic equipment; a first detector which detects, based on the identification signal received by said receiver, an electronic appliance; a creator which creates a control signal adapting to the electronic appliance detected by said first detector; a first transmitter which repeatedly transmits a control signal created by said creator to a processor of said electronic appliance detected by said first detector; a second detector which detects an electronic appliance responding to the control signal transmitted by said first transmitter; and a display which displays an operation screen to remotely control the electronic appliance detected by said second detector, wherein in said operation screen, a character corresponding to the electronic appliance in at least one of an on state or a standby state detected by said second detector is displayed, and a character corresponding to an electronic appliance in an off state, except for the electronic appliance detected by said second detector, out of one or more electronic appliances detected by said first detector is further displayed in a different manner from that of at least one of the characters corresponding to the electronic appliance, detected by said second detector.