Patent ID: 7932811

Claim:
A remote controller controlling a plurality of devices each including a sensor and a transmitter connected to said sensor, comprising: a transmission portion; an input device configured to accept an instruction to the remote controller; memory configured to store, pieces of information of control signals respectively controlling said devices, wherein pieces of information are stored in association with combinations of situations respectively sensed by said sensors; a display device configured to display information of an apparatus controlled by the remote controller; a reception portion configured, to receive signals respectively representing a human's movement, wherein each of the signals is sent by each said transmitter; a determination circuit configured to determine whether or not a combination of each of the signals received by the reception portion matches a combination of the pieces of information stored in the memory; and a generator configured to generate a control signal for controlling an apparatus, wherein said generator is configured to: generate, in response to the instruction to the input device, a control signal for controlling an apparatus predetermined as an apparatus to be controlled by the remote controller; and generate, in association with the combinations of said situations represented by a plurality of signals received in serial order by said reception portion with a reception interval being at most a predetermined threshold value, and with said pieces of information stored in said memory, control signals respectively controlling said plurality of devices when the combination of each of the signals and the combination of the pieces of information match; and wherein the transmission portion is configured to transmit said generated control signals as infrared signals.