Patent ID: 8339304

Claim:
A remote control signal generation device for converting a primary remote control signal compliant to a first code system used by a predetermined remote controller into a secondary remote control signal compliant to a second code system and outputting the secondary remote control signal, the predetermined remote controller having a battery holder configured to hold a plurality of batteries having a predetermined specification as a power source to obtain a rated electromotive force from the plurality of batteries, the remote control signal generation device comprising: an exterior member configured to be held in the battery holder, in place of one of the plurality of batteries and electrically coupled to the predetermined remote controller; a converter section, responsive to the exterior member electrically coupled to the predetermined remote controller, for being supplied with a voltage corresponding to a total value of the electromotive force of the remaining batteries to convert the supplied voltage into an output voltage corresponding to the rated electromotive force; a primary remote control signal detection section for detecting the primary remote control signal; a signal code conversion processing section for generating the secondary remote control signal compliant to the second code system corresponding to the primary remote control signal detected by the primary remote control signal detection section; and a secondary remote control signal transmission section for transmitting the secondary remote control signal generated by the signal code conversion processing section, wherein the converter section and the signal code conversion processing section are disposed in the exterior member.