Patent ID: 8659466

Claim:
A remote control apparatus comprising: a main body; a sliding unit that is slidable along a plurality of positions at the main body; a communication unit to communicate with an external device; a controller to control a mode of the external device in correspondence to a position among the plurality of positions of the sliding unit with respect to the main body; a display unit disposed at one surface of the main body to display status information of the external device; and a manipulation unit to allow a user input to change the status information, wherein the controller changes the mode of the external device from a power off mode to a power on mode when the sliding unit slides from a first position to a second position of the main body, wherein the controller displays a status information of the external device on a portion of the display unit corresponding to the first position when the sliding unit slides from the first position to the second position of the main body, wherein the controller displays operating keys on the manipulation unit when the sliding unit slides from the first position to the second position of the main body, and wherein the display unit and the manipulation unit take the form of touch screens.