TERMINAL DEVICE AND REMOTE CONTROL METHOD

摘要

A terminal device and a remote control method having high usability are provided. In a terminal device having a function for remote control of electric equipments, the current position and the current height of the terminal device are detected. In addition, an azimuth and an inclination toward which the terminal device is placed are detected. Furthermore, position information and height information of electric equipments to be controlled are stored, an electric equipment having the azimuth and the inclination toward which the terminal device is placed within predetermined ranges is selected by referring to information of the position, the height, the azimuth, and the inclination of the terminal device and information of the position and the height of the electric equipments, and the selected electric equipment is remotely controlled.

主权项

1. A terminal device that remotely controls electric equipments, the terminal device comprising:
a position information acquiring unit that acquires position information of the terminal device; a height information acquiring unit that acquires height information of the terminal device; an azimuth detecting unit that detects an azimuth toward which the terminal device is placed; an inclination detecting unit that detects an inclination of the terminal device; a storage unit that stores position information and height information of the electric equipments acquired from the electric equipments; and a control unit that remotely controls an electric equipment selected from a plurality of the electric equipments, wherein the control unit: calculates azimuths of the electric equipments toward the terminal device based on the position information of the terminal device acquired by the position information acquiring unit and the position information of the electric equipments stored in the storage unit; calculates inclinations of the electric equipments toward the terminal device based on the height information of the terminal device acquired by the height information acquiring unit and the height information of the electric equipments stored in the storage unit; and compares the calculated azimuths with the azimuth, toward which the terminal device is placed, detected by the azimuth detecting unit, compares the calculated inclinations with the inclination of the terminal device detected by the inclination detecting unit, and selects the electric equipment having the azimuth and the inclination toward which the terminal device is placed within predetermined ranges with respect to the calculated azimuth and the calculated inclination as the electric equipment to be remotely controlled.