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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2008
Masahide Yamaki, Tokyo, JP;
Shusuke Tsuchiya, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyoshi Sekiguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A remote control device controls a medical device or a medical control device for controlling the medical device by infrared light communication, and includes: an infrared light emission unit for emitting infrared light for performing infrared light communication; a control unit for allowing the infrared light emission unit to emit first infrared light for conveying control information for control of the medical device, and second infrared light conveying predetermined information and having a frequency different from that of the first infrared light; and an infrared light reception unit for receiving the infrared light emitted from the infrared light emission unit. The control unit determines whether or not the infrared light received by the infrared light reception unit is the second infrared light.