Patent ID: 8582036

Claim:
A remote control apparatus for communicating with an electric apparatus by radio communication, comprising: a plurality of operation keys; a non-contact reader/writer configured to at least one of read out information from an information recording medium and write information to the information recording medium; transmission/reception means for transferring a radio signal to and from the electric apparatus by the radio communication; and control means having at least a power control function for controlling the power of said remote control apparatus; said control means controlling said transmission/reception means to a normal power state until a predetermined period of time elapses after a key signal is inputted thereto by an input of any of said operation keys to enable transfer of the radio signal from the electric apparatus by said transmission/reception means, wherein the predetermined period of time is reset when the radio signal from the electric apparatus is received by said transmission/reception means, and said control means controlling said transmission/reception means to a low power consumption state after the predetermined period of time elapses.