Remote control system for device connected to network
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYuichi Matsumoto, Masaki Kutsuna
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Abstract
A control device remotely controls a controlled device. The control device includes a display unit, a communication unit and a control unit. The display unit displays a control panel of the controlled device. The control unit produces operation information. The communication unit sends the operation information to the controlled device. The operation information includes a shifting history of a cursor displayed on the control panel. The shifting history includes identification information of buttons depressed by the cursor in a single operation.
Claims12
A control device for remotely controlling a controlled device, comprising:
- a display unit that displays a control panel used to control the controlled device, the control panel including a cursor that can shift among button elements;
- a control unit that produces operation information;
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- a communication unit that sends the operation information to the controlled device,
- wherein the operation information includes identification information corresponding to a shifting history of the cursor, and a code corresponding to depression, and
- wherein the shifting history of the cursor includes identification information of button elements selected by the cursor.
A controlled device controlled remotely by a control device, comprising:
- a communication unit that sends a control panel used to control the controlled device to the control device, and receives operation information from the control device, the control panel including a cursor that can shift among button elements;
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- a control unit that controls the controlled device using the operation information,
- wherein the operation information includes identification information corresponding to a shifting history of the cursor, and a code corresponding to depression, and
- wherein the shifting history of the cursor includes identification information of button elements selected by the cursor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.