JP2012010096A - Remote controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide technique for indicating a series of respective kinds of processing requiring multiple indications to a control object apparatus at appropriate timings without operating an operation button of a remote controller.SOLUTION: A remote controller stores a command string including multiple commands to be performed when a specified action using the remote controller is performed by a user, and detects a physical quantity when the remote controller is moved by the user. The remote controller determines whether or not the specified action is performed based on the physical quantity detected when the remote controller is moved. When the performance of the specified action is determined, the remote controller sequentially transmits the respective commands corresponding to the specified action in the command string to a control object in accordance with a predetermined time interval to indicate the respective commands.

Description

  The present invention relates to a remote control device.

  Patent Document 1 below discloses a technique for instructing a toy such as a dog or a car to perform a predetermined operation by performing an operation of moving or tilting the remote control device main body in a predetermined direction instead of a button operation provided in the remote control device. And Patent Document 2.

JP 2008-173210 A JP 2008-023011 A

By the way, when remotely controlling not only a toy but also an electric product such as a television, it may be necessary to operate a button provided on the remote control device a plurality of times. For example, when a series of processes requiring a plurality of instructions are performed on a control target, such as when a desired program is selected from a large number of recorded program data and played back, the operation button is pressed multiple times. Must be operated.
The present invention provides a technique for instructing a control target device at a suitable timing for a series of processes requiring a plurality of instructions without operating an operation button of a remote control device.

  According to a first aspect of the present invention, a remote control device according to a first aspect of the present invention executes detection means for detecting movement when held by a user and moved by the user, and a predetermined specific operation in a predetermined order. A storage unit that stores control information defining a command sequence that is a combination of a plurality of commands indicating a power process, and a determination that determines whether or not the specific operation has been performed based on a detection result detected by the detection unit And a time interval corresponding to each command according to the order of the command sequence defined in the control information corresponding to the specific operation when the determination unit determines that the specific operation has been performed by the control unit. And transmitting means for sequentially transmitting each command to the controlled object.

  Further, in the remote control device according to claim 2 of the present invention, the specific operation is an operation in which an operation locus when moved is a predetermined shape, and the storage means corresponds to the specific operation. The trajectory shape and the control information corresponding to the trajectory shape are stored, the determination means determines whether an operation corresponding to the trajectory shape has been performed based on the detection result, and the transmission means includes the When it is determined by the determining means that the operation corresponding to the trajectory shape has been performed, the commands in the command sequence defined by the control information corresponding to the trajectory shape are controlled according to the order and the control target at the time interval. Is transmitted.

  Further, in the remote control device according to claim 3 of the present invention, the detection means detects a physical quantity according to movement when moved by the user, and the storage means has a physical quantity according to the specific operation. Based on the physical quantity detected by the detection unit and the reference value in the storage unit when the determination unit determines that the specific operation has been performed. The time interval is adjusted, and each command of the command sequence is sequentially transmitted to the control target.

  According to the remote control device of the first aspect of the present invention, only a specific operation is performed using the remote control device, and the control target is processed at a timing corresponding to the time for processing a series of commands according to the operation. Each command can be indicated.

  According to the remote control device of the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to sequentially instruct the control target to process a series of commands corresponding to the motion of the trajectory shape simply by moving the remote control device to the specific trajectory shape.

  According to the remote control device of the third aspect of the present invention, the time interval for instructing each command can be adjusted according to the change in the physical quantity when the remote control device is moved so as to achieve a specific operation.

It is a figure showing the external appearance of the remote control device which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a remote control device according to the first embodiment. 3 illustrates an example of a control information table in the first embodiment. (A) is a figure explaining circular operation | movement of the remote control apparatus in Embodiment 1. FIG. (B) is a figure explaining the inclination operation | movement of the remote control apparatus in Embodiment 1. FIG. 3 shows an operation flow of the remote control device according to the first embodiment. 3 illustrates an appearance of a mobile phone according to a second embodiment. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile phone according to Embodiment 2. FIG. (A) is a figure explaining the swing operation | movement of the mobile telephone which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. (B) is a figure which shows the example of the control information table which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an operation flow of the mobile phone according to the second embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the mail preparation screen which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a figure showing the external appearance of the remote control apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 3. FIG. It is a block diagram showing the structure of the remote control apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 3. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the control information table in Embodiment 3. 10 shows an operation flow of the remote control device according to the third embodiment. (A)-(c) is a figure which shows the example of a display of the television screen which concerns on Embodiment 3. FIG.

<Overview>
The remote control device according to the present invention sequentially instructs each control target device in time series with each command in a command sequence previously associated with the movement according to the movement of the main body of the remote control device by the user. .
A conventional remote control device is provided with a plurality of operation buttons. When a user performs a plurality of desired operations simultaneously or successively on a control target device, each user can select a button assigned in advance to each operation. Although the device to be controlled was operated by operating, the remote control device of the present invention is assigned in advance to the movement of the remote control device main body, for example, by moving the remote control device main body to a predetermined shape or tilting it. A plurality of time-series control details are instructed to the device to be controlled at a predetermined timing.

  Examples of devices to be controlled by the remote control device of the present invention include toys, robots, mobile phones, personal computers, televisions, recording devices, and the like. Hereinafter, as an application example of the remote control device of the present invention, a toy car is operated. An example of operating a mobile phone using a mobile phone and an example of operating a television will be described.

<Embodiment 1>
Hereinafter, an example of operating a car toy using the remote control device according to the present invention will be described.
(Configuration of remote control device)
FIG. 1 shows a remote control device according to this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, a power button 10a is provided at the top of the casing of the remote control device 10 in this embodiment, and a three-axis (XYZ) acceleration sensor 10b is provided inside the casing. The acceleration sensor detects the acceleration (ax, ay, az) in each axial direction applied to the remote control device 10. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the remote control device 10 in FIG. 1 is moved by holding the left end with the left hand and the right end with the right hand.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of remote control device 10. The remote control device 10 includes a control unit 11, a detection unit 12, an operation unit 13, a communication unit 14, and a storage unit 15. The control unit 11 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), and a RAM (Random Access Memory) memory. The CPU controls each unit connected to the control unit 11 by executing a control program stored in the ROM.

  The detection unit 12 includes the acceleration sensor 10b, and sends acceleration (ax, ay, az) detected for each axial direction to the control unit 11 every predetermined time. The operation unit 13 includes the power button 10a, receives a button operation for switching on / off of a power source (not shown) of the remote control device 10, and sends an operation signal indicating the received button operation to the control unit 11. Under the control of the control unit 11, the communication unit 14 generates a remote control signal having a predetermined frequency according to a command for a toy that is a control target device, and transmits the remote control signal from an antenna (not shown).

  The storage unit 15 is configured by a nonvolatile storage medium, and stores a control information table in which control contents corresponding to the operation of the remote control device 10 are defined. FIG. 3 shows an example of the control information table 100. In the present embodiment, the movement of the remote control device 10 is set as a circular operation (clockwise or counterclockwise) for moving the remote control device so as to draw a circle and a tilt operation for tilting the remote control device 10 forward, backward, left and right.

  As shown in FIG. 4A, the circular operation is an operation in which the remote control device 10 is horizontally moved and moved clockwise or counterclockwise, and the shape of the locus of moving the remote control device 10 becomes circular. The tilting operation is an operation of tilting the remote control device 10 in any of the front, rear, left, and right directions. In this embodiment, the Y axis direction is the front and rear direction (the Y axis negative direction is the front and the Y axis positive direction is the rear) The X-axis direction is defined as the left-right direction (X-axis negative direction is left and X-axis negative direction is right).

  This control information table 100 is referred to when specifying the operation of the remote control device 10 based on the acceleration detected when the remote control device 10 is moved. For example, as shown in FIG. 4A, when the remote control device 10 is moved horizontally to draw a circle, the acceleration in the Z-axis direction hardly changes, but the acceleration in the X and Y-axis directions is clockwise, It changes according to the motion of drawing a circle counterclockwise. In the present embodiment, the displacement of the acceleration vector (hereinafter referred to as acceleration displacement information) in each clockwise and counterclockwise circular motion, and the acceleration (ax, ay, az) detected when the remote controller 10 is moved. ) To determine whether a clockwise or counterclockwise circular motion has been performed.

  Similarly, in the case of the tilt operation, the acceleration of the Z-axis and the X-axis or the Y-axis changes according to the tilt direction. Therefore, predetermined acceleration displacement information corresponding to the tilt operation according to each tilt direction, and the remote control device Based on the acceleration vector displacement based on the acceleration (ax, ay, az) detected when 10 is moved, it is determined in which direction the remote control device 10 is inclined. Further, the tilt angle is obtained from the detected acceleration, and when the tilt angle is equal to or greater than a predetermined tilt angle, it is determined that the tilting operation is being performed.

The control information table 100 stores the control contents of the car (toy) corresponding to the movement of the remote control device 10 described above, and the control contents are a plurality of time-series instructed at predetermined time intervals. A command or a single command is set.
For example, as control contents corresponding to a clockwise circular motion, (1) a right advance command for instructing a right advance and (2) a left advance command for instructing a left advance are alternately performed at predetermined time intervals (for example, 5 s). It is defined that a total of six instructions are given continuously, and when a clockwise circular motion is performed, six commands, that is, a right advance command → a left advance command → a right advance command → a left advance command → A right advance command → a left advance command is sequentially instructed. As shown in FIG. 4 (b), the toy for which this command sequence is instructed moves forward for a fixed time with respect to the traveling direction S of the toy A, and then moves forward for a fixed time by changing the course to the left. repeat. In addition, although the time interval which instruct | indicates this command demonstrates the example previously memorize | stored in ROM etc., you may make it possible for a user to set a time interval arbitrarily, and the speed of operation and the shape of the locus | trajectory operated were demonstrated. You may make it adjust according to exercise | movement physical quantities, such as magnitude | size and the drawing direction (clockwise, counterclockwise) of a locus | trajectory shape.

  Further, as a control content corresponding to the forward tilt operation and the rear tilt operation, a forward command for instructing to move forward and a backward command for instructing to reverse are set. In the present embodiment, the remote control device 10 is instructed to move forward or backward while the remote control device 10 is tilted forward or backward at an angle exceeding a predetermined tilt angle from the horizontal state. When the posture becomes a predetermined inclination angle or less, the forward or backward instruction is stopped.

  Further, as control contents corresponding to the rightward tilting operation and the leftward tilting operation, a right turn command for instructing to turn right and a left turn command for instructing to turn left are set in a predetermined time. For example, when a rightward tilting operation is performed, an instruction to turn right is given three times.

(Operation)
FIG. 5 shows an operation flow of the remote control device according to the present embodiment. In the following description, the power source of the remote control device 10 is turned on, the acceleration sensor starts detecting the acceleration, and the detected acceleration data is sequentially stored in the RAM, and a predetermined number of accelerations are stored in the RAM. Data shall be stored.

  When the remote controller 10 is not in a stationary state, that is, when an acceleration equal to or greater than the gravitational acceleration when the remote controller 10 is stationary is detected (step S11: NO), the control unit 11 determines the detected acceleration and the storage unit 15 Based on the control information table 100, the operation performed on the remote control device 10 by the user is specified (step S12).

  Specifically, when an acceleration equal to or greater than the gravitational acceleration is detected, the control unit 11 obtains an acceleration vector using accelerations (ax, ay, az) sequentially stored in the RAM, and detects a displacement of the acceleration vector. . Then, based on the acceleration displacement information corresponding to each operation of remote control device 10 defined in advance in control information table 100, the operation corresponding to the detected displacement of the acceleration vector is specified.

  For example, when a clockwise circular motion is performed, the transition of the acceleration vector displacement based on the XY component of the acceleration detected from the start of the motion to the end of the motion is the same as the transition of the acceleration displacement information for the clockwise circular motion. If it is, it is determined that a clockwise circular motion has been performed. In addition, when a forward tilt motion is performed, the transition of the acceleration vector displacement based on the YZ component of the acceleration detected from the start of motion to the end of motion is the transition of acceleration displacement information with respect to the forward tilt motion. In the case where the forward tilt angle is equal to or greater than the predetermined tilt angle, it is determined that the forward tilt operation has been performed.

  In step S12, when the operation of the remote control device 10 can be specified (step S12: YES), the control unit 11 uses the control content defined as the control content corresponding to the specified operation of the remote control device 10 as control information. Read from the table 100 (step S13). Then, the control unit 11 sequentially sends each command in the read command sequence to the communication unit 14, generates a remote control signal having a predetermined frequency corresponding to each command in the communication unit 14, and sets a predetermined time interval. Thus, remote control signals are sequentially transmitted from the communication unit 14 to the toy (step S14). For example, when the specified operation of the remote control device 10 is a circular operation (clockwise), the right advance command and the left advance command are alternately instructed to the toy six times at a predetermined time interval.

  In step S11, the control unit 11 performs an operation of switching the power button off when the acceleration greater than the gravitational acceleration is not detected by the detection unit 12 and the remote control device 10 is in a stationary state (step S11: YES). Steps S11 to S14 are performed until NO is performed (step S15: NO), and the toy control process is terminated when an operation for switching the power off is performed. In step S12, when the operation of the remote control device 10 cannot be specified (step S12: NO), the control unit 11 performs the process of step S15 as described above.

  In the first embodiment described above, a plurality of commands to be executed in a predetermined order can be instructed at predetermined time intervals simply by moving the remote control device 10 clockwise or counterclockwise. Therefore, unlike a conventional remote control device, a plurality of commands for performing a series of processes can be instructed in one operation without providing a large number of switches for instructing each operation. In the first embodiment, an example in which the instructions of the right advance command and the left advance command are alternately performed at the same time interval has been described. However, even if all time intervals or some time intervals instructing the command are the same, They may be all different.

<Embodiment 2>
In the present embodiment, by moving the mobile phone in a predetermined shape or direction, the mobile phone is used as a remote control device, and the functions of the mobile phone are executed. Examples of functions of the mobile phone to be executed include a mail creation function and a one-segment program viewing function. Hereinafter, the details of the mobile phone according to the present embodiment will be described.

(Appearance of mobile phone 20)
FIG. 6 shows the appearance of the mobile phone according to the present embodiment. The cellular phone 20 includes an upper casing 20a and a lower casing 20b, and the upper casing 20a is provided with a display 20c for displaying images and a speaker 20d. The lower housing 20b is provided with an operation button group 20e including numeric keys and direction keys, and a microphone 20f. Inside the lower housing 20b, a triaxial acceleration sensor 20g similar to that of the first embodiment is provided. Is provided.

(Configuration of mobile phone 20)
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the mobile phone 20. The control unit 21 includes a CPU and ROM and RAM memories. The CPU controls each unit connected to the control unit 21 by executing a control program stored in the ROM. Specifically, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8A, when the user performs an operation of horizontally swinging rightward with the operation button group 20e of the mobile phone 20 facing upward, An automatic mail creation function is executed to display a mail creation screen for a predetermined specific address on the display 20c. Note that the specific destination may be a destination set by the user in advance, or set based on a predetermined condition for specifying the destination, such as a destination of a mail sent most recently. The address of the specific destination may be stored in a predetermined area in the storage unit 23, or information that can extract the address of the specific destination from the address registered in the address book is stored in the storage unit 23. May be stored.

The detection unit 22 includes the above-described triaxial acceleration sensor 20g, and detects accelerations (ax, ay, az) in the respective axial directions at predetermined time intervals and outputs them to the control unit 21. The storage unit 23 stores user data such as a control information table and an address book created by the user. Here, an example of the control information table in the present embodiment is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 8B, the control information table 200 is set with a swinging motion in the right direction as the operation of the mobile phone 20. The control contents corresponding to the rightward swing operation include (1) a mail execution command for displaying a mail creation screen, (2) a destination setting command for displaying address book data and selecting and displaying a specific destination address, ( 3) A plurality of commands including a display command for displaying a mail creation screen in which a specific destination address is set as a destination is set. Note that the time interval from the mail execution command to the execution of the destination setting command and the time interval from the destination setting command to the execution of the display command are set in advance in the ROM or the like.

  When the control button group 20e of the mobile phone 20 is turned up and shaken horizontally to the right, the acceleration in the Y-axis and Z-axis directions of the acceleration sensor 20g hardly changes, but the acceleration in the X-axis direction changes. In this embodiment, when the acceleration in the Y-axis and Z-axis directions (Y component, Z component) is within the threshold range of each component, and the acceleration in the X-axis direction (X component) exceeds the threshold of the X component, It is assumed that the movement to the right is performed.

  Returning to FIG. 7, the description of the configuration is continued. The display unit 24 includes the display 20c described above, and displays various images such as a menu image and a mail creation image under the control of the control unit 21. The operation unit 25 includes the above-described operation button group 20 e and sends an operation signal indicating the button operation pressed by the user to the control unit 21. The voice output unit 26 includes the speaker 20d described above, and amplifies and outputs the voice signal of the conversation voice during telephone communication under the control of the control unit 21. The sound collection unit 27 includes the microphone 20 f described above, and sends the sound signal of the sound collected by the microphone 20 f to the control unit 21. The communication unit 28 performs wireless communication with the base station, and transmits and receives voice data and electronic mail data during a call.

<Operation>
Hereinafter, the operation of the mobile phone 20 in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The control unit 21 of the mobile phone 20 determines whether or not the mobile phone 20 is in a stationary state based on the acceleration output from the detection unit 22 every predetermined time (for example, 5 msec) (step S21). That is, the acceleration (ax, ay, az) detected by the acceleration sensor 20g is an acceleration equal to or higher than the gravitational acceleration in a state where the operation button group 20e of the mobile phone 20 is stationary (hereinafter referred to as a stationary state). In some cases, it is determined that the mobile phone 20 has been moved, and if the acceleration is not equal to or greater than the gravitational acceleration in a stationary state, it is determined that the mobile phone 20 is in a stationary state.

When the control unit 21 determines that the mobile phone 20 is not stationary but moved (step S21: NO), the control unit 21 moves the mobile phone 20 to the right based on the acceleration detected when the mobile phone 20 is moved. It is determined whether or not an operation to shake is performed (step S22).
That is, when the detected YZ component of the acceleration is within the threshold range of acceleration when the mobile phone 20 is stationary and the X component is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold value, it is determined that the motion to the right is performed.

  In step S22, when the control unit 21 determines that the operation of shaking the mobile phone 20 in the right direction has been performed (step S22: YES), the control corresponding to the operation of shaking in the right direction in the control information table 200 in the storage unit 23. The command sequence defined in the contents is read (step S23).

  Then, the control unit 31 sequentially executes each command in the read command sequence in time series at a predetermined time interval (step S24). Specifically, a mail execution command defined as a command string of an automatic mail creation function corresponding to a rightward swing motion is first executed. By executing this command, a mail creation screen is displayed on the display unit 24. Then, by executing the destination setting command, for example, after the mail creation screen is displayed for a certain period of time, the address book data in the storage unit 23 is displayed on the display unit 24, and a specific address is selected as the destination address. Subsequently, by executing the display command, for example, after selecting and displaying the destination address for a certain period of time, the selection display of the destination address is terminated, and the mail creation screen in which the destination address is set as the destination of the mail creation screen Is displayed on the display unit 24. After the execution of these series of commands is completed, as shown in FIG. 10, a mail creation screen in which a predetermined specific destination address is input as a destination (TO) is displayed on the display 20c of the mobile phone 20. Is done. The display time of the mail creation screen and the selection display time of the destination address may be the same time or different times, and the time interval for executing the command may be determined according to these display times.

  When the mobile phone 20 is stationary at step S21 (step S21: YES) or when the mobile phone 20 is not moved rightward at step S22 (step S22: NO), it is determined by the user. When an operation of pressing the button of the operation unit 25 is performed (step S25: YES), the control unit 21 performs a process according to the button operation pressed by the user (step S26). If the user does not press the button on the operation unit 25 (step S25: NO), the process returns to step S21 and the above-described processing is repeated.

  A normal mail creation operation is performed by pressing an operation button for executing a mail creation function to display a mail creation screen on the display 20c, and displaying an address book, a past mail transmission history, and a reception history. An operation for selecting the mail address of the other party must be performed, and an operation for setting the address as the mail destination must be performed. In the embodiment described above, a specific address in the address book data is selected and displayed as a destination address by simply using the mobile phone 20 as a remote control device and moving the mobile phone 20 horizontally to the right. A mail creation screen in which the destination address thus set is set as the destination is displayed on the display 20c. Therefore, the user can confirm the selected destination address without performing an address selection operation at the time of mail creation, and can easily display a mail creation screen for a desired destination.

<Embodiment 3>
In the present embodiment, a television having a recording function is operated by moving the remote control device in a predetermined shape, direction, or the like. To make a recording reservation for a specific program using a conventional remote control device, press the recording reservation button to display an electronic program guide (EPG) on the TV screen, and select the program you want to record. An operation for reserving recording of the selected program must be performed. The remote control device according to the present embodiment can set a recording reservation for a specific program simply by performing an operation of drawing a circle with the remote control device.

(Appearance of remote control device)
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an appearance of the remote control device according to the present embodiment. The remote control device 30 according to this embodiment is provided with an operation button group 30a to which numeric buttons and various functions are assigned, as in the conventional remote control device, and the remote control device 30 has the same configuration as in the first embodiment. A triaxial acceleration sensor 30b is provided. In the present embodiment, the horizontal direction in FIG. 11 is defined as the X axis, the vertical direction is defined as the Y axis, and the direction perpendicular to the XY plane is defined as the Z axis (not shown).

(Configuration of remote control device 30)
Next, the configuration of the remote control device 30 will be described. FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the remote control device 30 in the present embodiment. The control unit 31 includes a CPU and ROM and RAM memories. The CPU controls each unit connected to the control unit 31 by executing a control program stored in the ROM. Specifically, as in the first embodiment, the control unit 31 analyzes the displacement of the acceleration vector based on the acceleration detected when the remote control device 30 is moved by the user, and responds to each predefined operation. The operation of the remote control device 30 is specified based on the acceleration displacement information to be performed, and each command defined in a control information table described later is instructed to the television (not shown).

  The detection unit 32 includes the acceleration sensor 30b described above, and detects the acceleration every predetermined time and sends it to the control unit 31 as in the first embodiment. The storage unit 33 is configured by a non-volatile storage medium and stores data such as a control information table. Here, an example of the control information table in this embodiment is shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 13, in the control information table 300 in the present embodiment, a circular operation (clockwise) is set as the movement of the remote control device, and as its control content, (1) an EPG display command for displaying EPG on the television screen (2) A program selection command for selecting a program at a specific time of a predetermined channel and (3) a confirmation display command for setting a recording reservation for the selected program and displaying a recording reservation confirmation screen are defined. It is assumed that the time interval from the instruction of the EPG display command to the instruction of the program selection command and the time interval from the instruction of the program selection command to the instruction of the confirmation display command are set in advance in the ROM or the like. Further, the time and channel of the program to be reserved for recording are arbitrarily set in advance by the user and stored in a predetermined area in the storage unit 33. Further, the circular operation (clockwise) in the present embodiment is a state in which the operation button group 30a of the remote control device 30 is horizontally held upward (hereinafter referred to as a stationary state), similarly to the circular operation (clockwise) of the first embodiment. It is a movement that moves in a clockwise direction.

  The operation unit 34 includes the various operation button groups 30 a described above, receives operations from the user, and sends operation signals indicating the received button operations to the control unit 31. The communication unit 35 has a function of generating and transmitting a remote control signal having a predetermined frequency corresponding to the command under the control of the control unit 31.

(Operation)
Hereinafter, the operation of the remote control device 30 in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. It is assumed that the acceleration in each axial direction detected by the acceleration sensor 30b of the remote control device 30 every predetermined time is sequentially sent to the RAM, and a predetermined number of acceleration data is stored in the RAM. When the control unit 11 detects that the remote control device 30 has been moved, that is, when acceleration equal to or greater than the gravitational acceleration when the remote control device 10 is in a stationary state is detected (step S31: NO), the detected acceleration is detected. Based on the control information table 300 in the storage unit 33, the operation performed by the user on the remote control device 30 is specified (step S32).

  Specifically, when an acceleration equal to or greater than the gravitational acceleration is detected, the control unit 11 obtains an acceleration vector using the acceleration (ax, ay, az) stored in the RAM, and detects the displacement of the acceleration vector. If the transition of the acceleration displacement information of the circular motion (clockwise) defined in the control information table 300 is the same as the transition of the detected acceleration vector displacement, the circular motion (clockwise) is performed. Judge that

  In step S32, when the control unit 31 determines that the circular motion (clockwise) is performed (step S32: YES), the command defined as the control content corresponding to the circular motion (clockwise) from the control information table 300. A column is read (step S33).

  Then, the control unit 31 sequentially sends each command of the read command sequence to the communication unit 35, generates a remote control signal of a predetermined frequency corresponding to the command in the communication unit 35, and transmits the remote control signal at a predetermined time interval. The information is sequentially transmitted to the television (step S34).

  When a circular motion (clockwise) is performed, (1) an EPG display command, (2) a program selection command, and (3) a confirmation display command are sequentially sent to the communication unit 35, and a remote control signal for each command is generated. Are sequentially transmitted to the television at predetermined time intervals. In this case, (1) an EPG display screen 310 as shown in FIG. 15A is displayed on the television screen in accordance with an instruction of the EPG display command. Then, after the EPG display screen 310 is displayed for a certain period of time, (2) in response to an instruction of the program selection command, as shown in FIG. The program 320 corresponding to “22:00 to 23:00” is selected. Then, after the EPG display screen 310 is displayed for a certain period of time with the program 320 selected, (3) the recording reservation setting of the selected program 320 is made according to the instruction of the confirmation display command, as shown in FIG. As described above, the recording reservation screen 330 for confirming the information of the program 320 reserved for recording is displayed on the television screen. Note that the display time of the EPG display screen 310 and the selection display time of the program 320 may be the same time or different times, and the time interval for instructing the command may be determined according to these display times.

  In step S31, the control unit 11 determines that the remote control device 30 is in a stationary state (step S31: YES) or a clockwise circular motion cannot be specified in step S32 (step S32: NO). When the operation of pressing the button of the operation unit 34 is performed by the user (step S35: YES), the control unit 31 generates a remote control signal corresponding to the button operation pressed by the user in the communication unit 35. A call is made (step S36). If the user does not press the button on the operation unit 34 (step S35: NO), the process returns to step S21 and the above-described processing is repeated.

  In the third embodiment described above, a preset program can be set for recording reservation only by moving the remote control device 30 in a circular direction clockwise, so that the program can be easily displayed without operating the operation button group 30a. You can make a recording reservation. In the above-described embodiment, an example in which a specific program is reserved for recording by a circular motion has been described. However, a series of processes for selecting and playing a specific program from recorded programs and a specific artist appearing. For example, the program may be selected from the EPG and listed. In these cases, as in the third embodiment, the command sequence and the time interval for instructing the command are defined in advance. By defining the columns in association with each other, processing corresponding to each operation can be instructed at a predetermined time interval.

<Modification>
Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be implemented in various other forms. For example, the above-described embodiment may be modified as follows to implement the present invention, or may be implemented in combination with each modification. Hereinafter, modifications of the embodiment according to the present invention will be described.

(1) In the first embodiment, the example in which the right advance and the left advance are alternately performed 6 times at intervals of 5 s irrespective of the size and speed of the circle (trajectory shape) when the circular operation is performed has been described. The time interval for instructing the right advance command and the left advance command and the number of times of repeating the right advance and the left advance may be changed according to the size of the image, the drawing direction (clockwise, counterclockwise) and the speed. That is, the control amount related to the command instruction such as the time interval for instructing the command or the number of times to instruct the command may be adjusted according to the physical amount such as the operated movement amount or speed. For example, when adjusting according to the size of the trajectory shape, the total acceleration vector corresponding to the trajectory shape is stored in advance as a reference value, and the acceleration based on the acceleration detected from the operation start to the operation end The adjustment amount is determined based on a predetermined condition for adjusting the control amount, such as adjusting the control amount according to the difference between the sum of the vectors and the reference value. Note that the trajectory shape information indicating the size of the predetermined trajectory shape, which serves as a reference when determining the adjustment amount, may be stored in advance in the storage unit 23, or the acceleration corresponding to the predetermined trajectory shape. You may make it memorize | store data in the memory | storage part 23 and obtain | require the magnitude | size of a locus | trajectory shape based on acceleration data and a predetermined arithmetic expression.
Also, the movement for each trajectory shape is defined as the first classification, the size of the trajectory shape, the direction of the motion in which the trajectory shape is drawn (clockwise, counterclockwise, etc.), and the motion speed (acceleration) in which the trajectory shape is drawn. Or the like) may be defined in advance in accordance with each parameter of the second classification, which further classifies the operation of the first classification. For example, in the first classification, an operation for rotating a toy with respect to a circular trajectory shape is defined, and in the second classification, a mode of a rotational operation such as two rotations at a rotational speed v (m / s) is defined clockwise. To do. As described above, after specifying the operation based on the trajectory shape defined in the first classification, the operation mode defined in the second classification is specified, and the specified operation and the operation mode are transmitted to the control target. Good.

(2) In the first embodiment, the control content when the circular motion is performed is an example in which the right forward and the left forward are alternately performed. For example, when the circular motion (clockwise) is performed, the toy is A command for moving to a shape similar to the trajectory shape, such as associating a command for turning clockwise a plurality of times, may be associated. In this case, since the toy can perform the same movement as the moved locus shape, it is possible to perform a sensory remote control operation in accordance with the actual movement.

(3) In the first embodiment, the operation of the remote control device 10 is specified based on the displacement of the acceleration vector. However, the acceleration peak at which the acceleration is maximized is detected from the acceleration data detected every predetermined time. An operation corresponding to the direction of the acceleration vector at the acceleration peak, for example, an operation of switching the moving direction of the toy from forward to backward may be performed at the timing of the acceleration peak. Further, the control amount of the operation, for example, the movement time or movement speed, the number of turns, etc. may be adjusted according to the magnitude of acceleration at the acceleration peak.

(4) In the second embodiment, it is defined that the automatic mail creation function is executed by a rightward swing motion. For example, when a function for viewing a one-segment program is provided, According to the movement of the mobile phone 20, a command for selecting a predetermined specific channel and a command for receiving program data of the selected channel and outputting audio and video are executed at predetermined time intervals. May be defined. When a music playback function for playing back music data is provided, a command for selecting specific music data determined in advance by the movement of the mobile phone 20 and a command for outputting a musical tone of the selected music data May be defined to be executed. That is, it is only necessary to define a plurality of commands corresponding to a series of processes to be executed in a predetermined order as control contents of specific operations performed on the mobile phone 20.

(5) In the first to third embodiments, the command sequence executed in accordance with the predetermined order and time interval has been described with respect to the example defined for the circular motion (trajectory shape motion) and the motion to the right. An operation that draws a shape such as a circle, a quadrangle, a figure such as an 8-character, or a character such as an alphabet or a number, or an operation that combines a plurality of operations such as tilting in a specific direction and shaking several times may be used. .

(6) In the above-described first to third embodiments, an example in which the movements of the remote control devices 10 and 30 and the mobile phone 20 are detected using an acceleration sensor has been described. For example, a gyro sensor, a speed sensor, or the like is used. You may make it detect.

(7) In the above-described first to third embodiments, the example in which each command in the command sequence is sequentially specified according to a predetermined time interval has been described. However, the operation (processing) of the control target by executing each command is continued. It is configured so that the time (for example, the time to move the toy forward and backward, the time to select and display the transmission destination address, the time to select and display the program to be recorded, etc.) can be arbitrarily set, and according to the set operation duration The time interval for instructing or executing the command may be automatically adjusted. In this case, a time interval for instructing or executing a command for the duration of the operation may be stored in advance, or the duration of each operation may be added to a predetermined arithmetic expression using the duration of the operation as a parameter. May be substituted to calculate the time interval.

(8) Programs executed by the remote control device or the mobile phone in the above-described embodiments and modifications are a magnetic recording medium (magnetic tape, magnetic disk, etc.), an optical recording medium (optical disk, etc.), a magneto-optical recording medium, and a semiconductor memory. Or the like stored in a computer-readable recording medium. It is also possible to download the musical sound reproducing apparatus using a communication means such as the Internet.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10,30 ... Remote control device, 10b, 20g, 30b ... Acceleration sensor 11, 21, 31 ... Control part, 12, 22, 32 ... Detection part, 13, 25, 34 ... Operation part, 14, 28, 35 ... Communication Part, 15, 23, 33 ... storage part, 24 ... display part

Claims (3)

Detection means for detecting movement when gripped by the user and moved by the user;
Storage means for storing control information defining a command sequence that is a combination of a plurality of commands indicating processing to be executed in a predetermined order for a predetermined specific operation;
Determination means for determining whether or not the specific operation has been performed based on a detection result detected by the detection means;
When it is determined by the determining means that the specific operation has been performed, the control target is controlled at a time interval corresponding to each command according to the order of the command sequence defined in the control information corresponding to the specific operation. A remote control device comprising: a transmission unit that sequentially transmits each command to the remote control device. The specific operation is an operation in which an operation locus when moved is a predetermined shape,
The storage means stores a trajectory shape corresponding to the specific action and the control information corresponding to the trajectory shape,
The determination means determines whether an operation corresponding to the trajectory shape has been performed based on the detection result,
When the determination unit determines that the operation corresponding to the trajectory shape has been performed by the determination unit, the transmission unit follows each command in the command sequence defined by the control information corresponding to the trajectory shape according to the order. The remote control device according to claim 1, wherein the remote control device transmits the control target at time intervals. The detection means detects a physical quantity corresponding to the movement when moved by the user,
The storage means stores a reference value based on a physical quantity according to the specific operation,
The transmission unit adjusts the time interval based on the physical quantity detected by the detection unit and the reference value in the storage unit when the determination unit determines that the specific operation has been performed. The remote control device according to claim 1, wherein each command of the command sequence is sequentially transmitted to the control target.

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