Remote control apparatus and portable communication terminal

Abstract

A portable communication terminal having a remote control apparatus includes a CPU. The CPU detects electronic appliances around there by a wireless tag reader, displays a plurality of characters respectively corresponding to the detected plurality of appliances on the monitor, transmits test signals to these appliance, and changes a manner of the character of the appliance except for the appliance which responds, that is, the appliance which is in an off-state. Furthermore, the CPU detects identification information of a base station which is able to communicate with the terminal, registers the identification information detected under a desired location condition in the register, and determining whether or not a match condition is satisfied between detected identification information and the identification information which has been registered. Then, if the determination result is affirmative, the electronic appliance around there is detected by the wireless tag reader, and an operation screen for remotely controlling the detected appliance on a monitor is displayed.

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         21 . A portable communication terminal capable of specifying a location of said portable communication terminal by receiving respective identification information of a plurality of base stations, comprising:
 a communicator operable to executes communication processing with the plurality of base stations;   an information detector operable to detects the respective identification information of the plurality of base stations which are able to be communicated with by said communicator;   a register operable to registers the respective identification information detected by said information detector;   a determiner operable to determine at an arbitrary location whether or not a match condition is satisfied between the respective identification information detected by said information detector at the arbitrary location and identification information registered by said register;   an appliance detector operable to detects an electronic appliance existing around the location where a determination result by said determiner is affirmative; and   a display operable to displays an operation screen to remotely control the electronic appliance detected by said appliance detector   
     
     
         22 . A portable communication terminal according to  claim 21 , wherein
 said base station repeatedly sends a PN signal, and   said information detector notes the PN signal sent from said base station.   
     
     
         23 . A portable communication terminal according to  claim 21 , wherein
 said base station repeatedly sends an identification signal including the identification information of said base station, and   said information detector notes the identification signal sent from said base station.   
     
     
         24 . A portable communication terminal according to  claim 23 , wherein
 said base station is a wireless LAN access point, and   said identification signal includes an MAC address assigned to said wireless LAN access point.   
     
     
         25 . A portable communication terminal according to  claim 21 , wherein
 said electronic appliance has a wireless tag storing appliance identification information, and   said appliance detector includes a reader for reading the appliance identification information stored in said wireless tag.   
     
     
         26 . A portable communication terminal according to  claim 21 , further comprising:
 a creator which creates a control signal adapting to the electronic appliance detected by said appliance detector;   a transmitter which transmits the control signal created by said creator to a processor of the electronic appliance detected by said appliance detector; and   a responding appliance detector which detects an electronic appliance responding to the control signal transmitted by said transmitter, wherein   said display changes a display manner of said operation screen according to a detection result of said responding appliance detector.   
     
     
         27 . A portable communication terminal according to  claim 26 , wherein said transmitter repeatedly sends said control signal. 
     
     
         28 . A portable communication terminal according to  claim 26 , further comprising an acquirer operable to acquires appliance control information to remotely control an electronic appliance detected by said appliance detector by utilizing said communicator, wherein said creator creates said control signal on the basis of the appliance control information acquired by said acquirer. 
     
     
         29 . A recording medium recording an appliance control program, wherein said appliance control program causes a processor of a portable communication terminal having a communicator for executing communication processing with a plurality of base station to execute following steps of:
 an information detecting step which detects identification information of a plurality of base station which is able to be communicated by said communicator;   a registering step which registers the identification information detected by said information detecting step at a specific location;   a determining step which determines at an arbitrary location whether or not a match condition is satisfied between the identification information detected by said information detecting step at the arbitrary location and the identification information registered by said registering step;   an appliance detecting step which detects an electronic appliance existing around the location wherein a determination result by said determining step is affirmative; and   a displaying step which displays an operation screen to remotely control the electronic appliance detected by said appliance detecting step.   
     
     
         30 . An appliance controlling method for a portable communication terminal having a communicator to perform communication processing with a plurality of base station, comprising:
 an information detecting step which detects identification information of a plurality of base station which is able to be communicated by said communicator;   a registering step which registers the identification information detected by said information detecting step at a specific location;   a determining step which determines at an arbitrary location whether or not a match condition is satisfied between the identification information detected by said information detecting step at the arbitrary location and the identification information registered by said registering step;   an appliance detecting step which detects an electronic appliance existing around the location where a determination result by said determining step is affirmative; and   a displaying step which displays an operation screen to remotely control the electronic appliance detected by said appliance detecting step.