| 摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate the user's ill feeling that an apparatus operates or stops freely in itself even if a user keeps his hand off from the apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: An apparatus controller 5 is used to control the apparatuses such as lighting equipment 3 and air conditioners 4, which are installed in home and remote-controlled from the outside with a mobile terminal (mobile telephone) 1, etc., through a communication circuit 2, such as a telephone circuit, the Internet, or the like. The equipment controller 5 is equipped with a control signal transmitting means which transmits control signals controlling the apparatuses 3 and 4 on the basis of remote control, an automatic transmitting means which automatically transmits the same control signals or different control signals when a certain time has elapsed after the control signals are transmitted, and a person detecting sensor 6 which is capable of detecting the presence of a person. When the presence of a person is detected within the prescribed time, the automatic transmitting means stops sending the control signals. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI</p> |
