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US 2010/0149355 A1Published application
Remote control device, method and system
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorsMasaaki KOSHIBA, Atsushi MISAWA
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Abstract
According to a remote control device of the present invention, the operation situation according to the transmission of the remote control signal is judged based on a changing brightness of the image, and the information of the content according to the result of judgment is displayed. Thereby, it is possible to investigate a reaction of the apparatus to be controlled to the remote control signal, and visually indicate the reaction to the user.
Claims9
A remote control device comprising:
- an acquisition part that acquires continuously an image of an apparatus to be remotely controlled as a subject and an information inherent to the apparatus optically emitted from the apparatus using an image pickup element;
- a voice recognition part that recognizes an inherent voice uttered from the apparatus;
- a display part that superimposes and displays the image acquired continuously by the acquisition part and the information inherent to the apparatus;
- an instruction accepting part that accepts an instruction of selecting a desired apparatus subject to remote control among the apparatuses from which the inherent information is acquired and selecting a desired control content for the selected apparatus from a user;
- a control signal transmission part that transmits a remote control signal to the apparatus;
- a remote control part that controls the control signal transmission part to transmit a remote control signal corresponding to the control content of the apparatus selected by the instruction accepting part to the apparatus selected by the instruction accepting part;
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- an operation situation judgment part that judges whether or not the apparatus is operated in accordance with the remote control signal depending on whether or not the voice recognition part recognizes the inherent voice;
- wherein the display part displays information of the content in accordance with a judgment of the operation situation judgment part.
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A remote control method comprising:
- a step of acquiring continuously an image of an apparatus to be remotely controlled as a subject and an information inherent to the apparatus optically emitted from the apparatus using an image pickup element;
- a step of recognizing the inherent voice emitted from the apparatus;
- a step of superposing and displaying the image acquired continuously and the information inherent to the apparatus;
- a step of accepting an instruction of selecting a desired apparatus subject to remote control among the apparatuses from which the inherent information is acquired and selecting a desired control content for the selected apparatus from a user;
- a step of transmitting a remote control signal corresponding to the control content of the selected apparatus to the selected apparatus;
- a step of judging whether or not the apparatus is operated in accordance with the remote control signal depending on whether or not the inherent voice is recognized;
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- a step of displaying information of the content in accordance with a judgment as to the presence or absence of the operation of the apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.