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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2014
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Toshiaki Ohnishi, Kyoto, JP;
Masaru Yamaoka, Osaka, JP;
Mitsuaki Oshima, Kyoto, JP;
Michihiro Matsumoto, Shiga, JP;
Tomoaki Ohira, Tokyo, JP;
Shohji Ohtsubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Mukai, Osaka, JP;
Yosuke Matsushita, Osaka, JP;
Hironori Nakae, Osaka, JP;
Kazunori Yamada, Aichi, JP;
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
The communication device can easily serve as an extended user interface such as a remote controller of a target apparatus without causing any complicated operations to a user. The communication device includes the following units. An apparatus information obtainment unit () obtains apparatus information from an apparatus. A position information obtainment unit () obtains position information of the communication device (). An operation information obtainment unit () obtains operation information based on the apparatus information. A storage unit () stores the position information as apparatus position information indicating as a position of the apparatus, in association with the operation information. A direction sensor unit () detects direction of the communication device (). A directional space calculation unit () calculates a directional space of the communication device (). A selection unit (a) specifies the apparatus existing in the directional space based on the apparatus position information and selects the operation information associated with the specified apparatus. An operation information transmission unit () transmits, based on the selected operation information, a control signal to the specified apparatus so as to allow the communication device to operate the apparatus.