Patent ID: 7905782

Claim:
An information processing apparatus, for controlling infrared radiation devices for radiating infrared light, for executing information processing using imaging information on the infrared light obtained wirelessly from an input device for taking an image of the infrared light radiated by the infrared radiation devices and also receiving an input from a user, the information processing apparatus comprising: a pattern storage memory device configured to store at least one signal pattern corresponding to a respective infrared signal emitted wirelessly by said infrared radiation devices to control a control target device; selection programmed logic circuitry configured to select at least one of the at least one signal patterns stored by the pattern storage memory device in response to receiving a respective input to the input device from the user; and radiation control programmed logic circuitry configured to cause the infrared radiation devices to wirelessly output the infrared signal corresponding to the signal pattern selected by the selection programmed logic circuitry, said signal pattern sent from the information processing apparatus to the infrared radiation devices, and said infrared signal being wirelessly received by the control target device, wherein the at least one signal pattern corresponds to the respective input to the input device from the user, the input configured to control the operation of the control target device.