Remote control apparatus and control method thereof

A remote control apparatus comprising:

• guidance-control equipment disposed at a site of a work at which an operation object is positioned, and including image processing means for executing image processing of a condition of said operation object and a condition of an operation appliance for applying a predetermined operation to said operation object and generating work environment data, and control means for inputting a series of operation data of said operation appliance inputted from outside and controlling said operation appliance on the basis of said operation data;
• an input apparatus disposed at a position spaced apart from said site of the work, and including program input means for inputting a work program determining the operation of said operation appliance, and time schedule input means for inputting a time schedule as an actuation timing of the operation of said operation appliance determined by said work program;
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• a control command generation apparatus including a work program memory for storing said work program generated by said program input means, a time schedule controller for storing said time schedule from said time schedule input means and outputting a work name at a timing set by said time schedule, work interpretation means for reading out a work program corresponding to the work name stored in said work program memory when the work name is outputted from said time schedule controller, generating a series of operation data of said operation appliance and sending said operation data to said guidance-control equipment, a work environment map memory for inputting and storing the work environment data outputted from said guidance-control-equipment, and display means capable of displaying a stored content of said work environment map memory.