RECOGNITION DEVICE, RECOGNITION METHOD, REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE, RECOGNITION PROGRAMME, AND SERVER

摘要

A storage unit (100) associates and stores: an ID for an electronic device (B) that is a recognition candidate; an instruction for controlling the electronic device (B) and altering the appearance of the electronic device (B); and appearance characteristics information that shows the appearance characteristics of the electronic device (B) when the electronic device (B) has carried out the instruction. An instruction selection unit (200) selects the instruction to be carried out for the electronic device (B) from among instructions stored in the storage unit (100). A communication unit (300) transmits the instruction selected by the instruction selection unit (200) to the electronic device (B). A capture unit (400) captures an image of the electronic device (B). A matching unit (500) matches image characteristics information showing the characteristics of the captured image captured by the capture unit (400) and appearance characteristics information corresponding to the instruction transmitted by the communication unit (300), and recognizes the electronic device (B).