Patent ID: 7998741

Claim:
A remote control system comprising: a clinical specimen processing device that processes a clinical specimen; an image pickup device used for picking up an image of the clinical specimen processing device; a control apparatus used for remote-controlling the clinical specimen processing device and comprising a first display; and a status informing device that comprises a second display and acquires status information concerning a state of the clinical specimen processing device; wherein the status informing device further comprises: an input/output interface having circuitry that processes the picked-up image of the clinical specimen processing device from the image pickup device; an image output interface having circuitry that processes images for a display screen comprising the picked-up image on the second display; and a communications interface coupled to a communication network, the communications interface having circuitry that transmits display screen information used for displaying the same screen as the display screen displayed on the second display of the status informing device to the control apparatus through the communication network; and wherein the control apparatus further comprises: a communications interface having circuitry that processes the display screen information from the status informing device; and an image output interface having circuitry that outputs the picked-up image to the first display on the basis of the received display screen information.