Claims
- 1. A remote control apparatus operating in at least a position input mode and a command input mode, the apparatus comprising:
- an operation panel;
- input positional information producing means for producing input positional information in response to an input position with respect to said operation panel;
- a mode key for switching said position input mode and said command input mode;
- switching means for switching said position input mode and said command input mode in response to operation of said mode key;
- transmitting means for transmitting a transmission signal;
- control means for causing said transmitting means to transmit positional information formed based on said input positional information as said transmission signal during said position input mode and for causing said transmitting means to transmit a command signal formed based on said input positional information as said transmission signal during said command input mode; and
- a position mode switching key for switching between an absolute mode and a relative mode during said position input mode, wherein said control means causes said transmitting means to transmit absolute positional information based on said input positional information as said transmission signal during said absolute, and causes said transmitting means to transmit relative positional information based upon said input positional information as said transmission signal during said relative mode.
- 2. The remote control apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
- storage means for storing therein data of a correspondence relationship between said input positional information and said command signal, wherein said control means causes said transmitting means to transmit said command signal as said transmission signal during said command input mode, wherein said command signal is determined based on said data of said correspondence relationship stored in said storage means.
- 3. The remote control apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said control means causes said transmitting means to transmit absolute positional information based on said input positional information as said transmission signal during said position input mode.
- 4. The remote control apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
- display means for displaying whether said position input mode or said command input mode is transmitted.
- 5. The remote control apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein said display means is a light emitting element which is turned ON in a first mode of said position input mode and said command input mode and is turned OFF in a second mode of said position input mode and said command input mode.
- 6. The remote control apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein said control means turns OFF said light emitting element in such a case that no input operation of said operation panel and said mode keys is performed for a time period longer than a preselected time period.
- 7. The remote control apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
- first carrier signal producing means for producing a carrier signal having a first frequency; and
- second carrier signal producing means for producing a carrier signal having a second carrier frequency different from said first carrier frequency, wherein said transmitting means transmits said transmission signal based on said first carrier signal in said position input mode and transmits said transmission signal based on said second carrier signal in said command input mode.
- 8. The remote control apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein said first frequency is higher than said second frequency.
- 9. The remote control apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein a plurality of marks indicative of commands corresponding to respective areas in said command input mode are made on respective areas of said operation panel.
- 10. A remote control apparatus operating in at least a position input mode and a command input mode, the apparatus comprising:
- an operation panel,
- input positional information producing means for producing input positional information in response to an input position with respective to said operation panel;
- a mode key for switching said position input mode and said command input mode;
- switching means for switching said position input mode and said command input mode in response to operation of said mode key;
- transmitting means for transmitting a transmission signal;
- control means for causing said transmitting means to transmit positional information formed based on said input positional information as said transmission signal during said position input mode and for causing said transmitting means to transmit a command signal formed based on said input positional information as said transmission signal during said command input mode;
- display means for displaying whether said position input mode or said command input mode is transmitted, wherein said display means is a light emitting element which is turned ON in a first mode of said position input mode and said command input mode and is turned OFF in a second mode of said position input mode and said command input mode,
- wherein said control means turns OFF said light emitting element in such a case that no input operation of said operation panel and said mode keys is performed for a time period longer than a preselected time period, and
- wherein said control means switches to said second mode of said position input mode and said command input mode in such a case that no input operation of said operation panel and said mode keys is performed for a time period longer than a preselected time period.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a division of prior application Ser. No. 08/906,105 filed Aug. 5, 1997.
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