Patent ID: 8138942

Claim:
A remote control transmitting device comprising: a case; an annular operating unit rotatably attached to the case; a rotation detecting device detecting an angle of rotation and a direction of rotation of the annular operating unit around a rotation center axis; a displaying unit for displaying a plurality of control content that controls a controlled device; an inputting switch, connected to the case, for selecting, by an inputting operation, specific control content from the plurality of control content that is displayed on the displaying unit; an operating signal generating device generating control data for controlling the controlled device using selected control content, from the angle of rotation and the direction of rotation detected by the rotation detecting device, in a control mode, wherein the specific control content has been selected by an inputting operation of the inputting switch, wherein, in the control mode, the specific content operates the controlled device rotationally; and a transmission device transmitting control data to the controlled device; a guide displaying device installed next to the annular operation unit, wherein the guide displaying device displays a direction of rotation of the controlled device in the control mode, wherein, in the control mode, when the annular operation unit is operated rotationally in the direction of rotation displayed by the guide displaying device, the control data controls the controlled device rotationally according to a rotational operation direction displayed by the guide displaying device using the angle of rotation and the direction of rotation detected by the rotation detecting device; wherein the annular operating unit attached to the case so as to cover the entire outline of a surface of the case; and wherein the inputting switch and displaying unit attached to a surface of a case that is exposed to an opening at the rotational center side of the annular operation unit.