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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2019
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Hiroshi Amano, Osaka, JP;
Toshihisa Nakano, Osaka, JP;
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling a terminal apparatus, to remotely operate a plurality of appliances, the terminal apparatus including a memory that stores setting information for setting a plurality of target appliances to be operated by remote operation. The method includes causing a computer of the terminal apparatus to judge whether the setting information includes information about the plurality of target appliances; causing a display of the terminal apparatus to, when the computer judges that the setting information includes information about the plurality of target appliances, display a start instruction image, that includes an instruction image region that provides an instruction for the remote operation to the plurality of target appliances and provides a starting instruction for the remote operation; and causing the computer, when the instruction image region is operated, to output control data for providing the instruction for the remote operation to the plurality of target appliances.