Steuerungsgerät und -methode für elektronische Einrichtung und elektronische Einrichtung

• Main Author: FUCHU, KATSUKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: German
• Published: 06.11.2003
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; INFORMATION STORAGE; INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORDCARRIER AND TRANSDUCER; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; TRANSMISSION; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

An electronic equipment control apparatus (1) is connected to one or more pieces of external electronic equipment by communication lines (12) and used for controlling the electronic equipment through the communication lines (12). The electronic equipment control apparatus comprises: a communication means for communication with the pieces of external electronic equipment through the communication lines; a control means (71) for controlling operations to request the pieces of external electronic equipment to transmit user interface information for controlling the pieces of external electronic equipment to the electronic equipment control apparatus (1); and a storage means (72) for storing the user interface information transmitted by the pieces of external electronic equipment through the communication lines (12). In the electronic equipment control apparatus (1), it is not necessary for the user to perform operations to install software, that is, the user interface information required for controlling the external electronic equipment from the PC module (1), on the PC module (1) in order to control the external electronic equipment from the PC module (1).