Patent ID: 6927697

Claim:
A remote control system for operating a drive unit and a peripheral unit to be used together with the drive unit, which are included in a receiving side group, by remote control with data which are repeatedly transmitted from a transmitter; wherein the data transmitted repeatedly includes an area for setting a first control information in association with an operational condition of a user with regard to a specific operation of the drive unit and another area for setting a second control information for controlling a specific operation of the peripheral unit; the transmitter comprises: a data generating device for generating the data repeatedly so that the data always includes the first control information set in the area for the first control information and generating the data so that the data includes the second control information set in the other area as well as the first control information set in the area in the case where the user performs operation with regard to the specific operation of the peripheral unit; and the receiving side group comprises: a drive unit control device which is provided in association with the drive unit and controls the specific operation of the drive unit on the basis of the first control information included in the data transmitted from the transmitter; and a peripheral unit control device which is provided in association with the peripheral unit and controls the specific operation of the peripheral unit on the basis of the second control information included in the data transmitted from the transmitter.