Remote control system, remote control method, remote controller, and electronic device
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorHideki Sato
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Abstract
A remote control system for a user to operate at least one device using a remote controller includes device specification means for specifying a device located in front of the user who is holding the remote controller via a first communication medium under a constraint on at least one of directivity and a transmittable distance, and remote control means for transmitting a remote control request from the remote controller to the specified device via a second communication medium under less constraint on the directivity and the transmittable distance in accordance with an instruction input from the user.
Claims22
A remote control system for a user to operate at least one device using a remote controller, comprising:
- device specification means for specifying a device located in front of the user who is holding the remote controller via a first communication medium under a constraint on at least one of directivity and a transmittable distance;
- and
- remote control means for transmitting a remote control request from the remote controller to the specified device via a second communication medium under less constraint on the directivity and the transmittable distance in accordance with an instruction input from the user.
A remote control method for a user to operate at least one device using a remote controller, comprising the steps of:
- specifying a device located in front of the user who is holding the remote controller via a first communication medium under a constraint on at least one of directivity and a transmittable distance;
- and
- transmitting a remote control request from the remote controller to the specified device via a second communication medium under less constraint on the directivity and the transmittable distance in accordance with an instruction input from the user.
A remote controller operating at least one device, comprising:
- first communication means for performing communication via a first communication medium under a constraint on at least one of directivity and a transmittable distance;
- second communication means for performing communication via a second communication medium under less constraint on the directivity and the transmittable distance;
- device specification means for specifying a device located in front of a user who is holding the remote controller via the first communication medium;
- user input means for inputting an instruction from the user;
- and
- remote control means for transmitting a remote control request to the specified device via the second communication medium in accordance with the instruction input from the user.
An electronic device to be controlled by a remote controller, comprising:
- first communication means for performing communication via a first communication medium under a constraint on at least one of directivity and a transmittable distance;
- second communication means for performing communication via a second communication medium under less constraint on the directivity and the transmittable distance;
- device specification means for transmitting a response to a device search request received from the remote controller via the first communication medium;
- and
- remote control means for performing a device operation corresponding to a remote control request received from the remote controller via the second communication medium.
A remote control system for a user to operate at least one device using a remote controller, comprising:
- a device specification unit specifying a device located in front of the user who is holding the remote controller via a first communication medium under a constraint on at least one of directivity and a transmittable distance;
- and
- a remote controller transmitting a remote control request from the remote controller to the specified device via a second communication medium under less constraint on the directivity and the transmittable distance in accordance with an instruction input from the user.
A remote controller operating at least one device, comprising:
- a first communication unit performing communication via a first communication medium under a constraint on at least one of directivity and a transmittable distance;
- a second communication unit performing communication via a second communication medium under less constraint on the directivity and the transmittable distance;
- a device specification unit specifying a device located in front of a user who is holding the remote controller via the first communication medium;
- a user input unit inputting an instruction from the user;
- and
- a remote controller transmitting a remote control request to the specified device via the second communication medium in accordance with the instruction input from the user.
An electronic device to be controlled by a remote controller, comprising:
- a first communication unit performing communication via a first communication medium under a constraint on at least one of directivity and a transmittable distance;
- a second communication unit performing communication via a second communication medium under less constraint on the directivity and the transmittable distance;
- a device specification unit transmitting a response to a device search request received from the remote controller via the first communication medium;
- and
- a remote controller performing a device operation corresponding to a remote control request received from the remote controller via the second communication medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.