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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2009
Filed:
May. 12, 2006
Applicants:
Kazushige Ouchi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takuji Suzuki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Akihisa Moriya, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabuhsiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An appliance control apparatus including an acceleration sensor which senses an acceleration resulting from a user motion; a recognition unit which recognizes a control-object apparatus and a control attribute set to the control-object apparatus from the acceleration sensed by the sensor; a control command generator which generates a control command according to the control attribute recognized by the recognition unit; and a transmitter which transmits the control command generated by the control command generator to the control-object apparatus recognized by the recognition unit.