Remote control device, information processing apparatus, information processing system, and remote control method

1. A remote control device, comprising:

an operation section configured

to receive input of an instruction from a user, and

to receive input of an analog value with respect to the instruction, the analog value being representative of a weight of the instruction;

a controller configured

to convert the instruction input in the operation section into an instruction bit string for infrared communication,

to convert the analog value input in the operation section into an analog value bit string for infrared communication, and

to perform a predetermined determination; and

an infrared-communication section configured to send an infrared signal,

in which the infrared signal includes a predetermined plurality of instruction frames each representative of the instruction bit string and, depending upon a result of the predetermined determination, a weight frame representative of the analog value bit string, and

in which the predetermined determination includes determining whether the instruction is still being input and whether the instruction frames have been sent the predetermined plurality of times and, only when a result thereof indicates that the instruction is still being input and the instruction frames have been sent the predetermined plurality of times, the infrared signal includes the weight frame arranged after the predetermined plurality of instruction frames.

2. The remote control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the instruction bit string has a first bit length, and

the analog value bit string has a second bit length, the second bit length being different from the first bit length.

3. The remote control device according to claim 2 , wherein

the analog value bit string having the second bit length includes a first bit string and a second bit string, the first bit string indicating the analog value, the second bit string being a complement of the first bit string.

4. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

an infrared receiving section configured to receive an infrared signal sent from a remote control device, the remote control device including an operation section configured to receive input of an instruction from a user, and to receive input of an analog value with respect to the instruction, the analog value being representative of a weight of the instruction, the remote control device being configured to convert the instruction input in the operation section into an instruction bit string for infrared communication, and the analog value input in the operation section into an analog value bit string for infrared communication, and to perform a predetermined determination, and the remote control device being configured to send an infrared signal; and

a controller section configured

to decode the received infrared signal to obtain the bit strings,

to determine the instruction input by the user and the analog value, and

to execute the instruction based on the analog value,

in which the infrared signal includes a predetermined plurality of instruction frames each representative of the instruction bit string and, depending upon a result of the predetermined determination, a weight frame representative of the analog value bit string, and

in which the predetermined determination includes determining whether the instruction is still being input and whether the instruction frames have been sent the predetermined plurality of times and, only when a result thereof indicates that the instruction is still being input and the instruction frames have been sent the predetermined plurality of times, the infrared signal includes the weight frame arranged after the predetermined plurality of instruction frames.

5. An information processing system, comprising:

a remote control device including

an operation section configured

to receive input of an instruction from a user, and

to receive input of an analog value with respect to the instruction, the analog value being representative of a weight of the instruction,

a control device configured

to convert the instruction input in the operation section into an instructions bit string for infrared communication,

to convert the analog value input in the operation section into an analog value bit string for infrared communication, and

to perform a predetermined determination, and

an infrared-communication section configured to send an infrared signal; and

an information processing apparatus including

an infrared receiving section configured to receive an infrared signal sent from the remote control device, and

a controller section configured

to decode the received infrared signal to obtain the bit strings,

to determine the instruction input by the user and the analog value, and

to execute the instruction based on the analog value,

in which the infrared signal includes a predetermined plurality of instruction frames each representative of the instruction bit string and, depending upon a result of the predetermined determination, a weight frame representative of the analog value bit string, and

in which the predetermined determination includes determining whether the instruction is still being input and whether the instruction frames have been sent the predetermined plurality of times and, only when a result thereof indicates that the instruction is still being input and the instruction frames have been sent the predetermined plurality of times, the infrared signal includes the weight frame arranged after the predetermined plurality of instruction frames.

6. A remote control method, comprising:

receiving, by an operation section, input of an instruction from a user and input of an analog value with respect to the instruction, the analog value being representative of a weight of the instruction;

converting, by a converting section, the instruction input in the operation section into an instruction bit string for infrared communication, and the analog value input in the operation section into an analog value bit string for infrared communication;

performing a predetermined determination; and

sending, by an infrared-communication section, an infrared signal,

in which the infrared signal includes a predetermined plurality of instruction frames each representative of the instruction bit string and, depending upon a result of the predetermined determination, a weight frame representative of the analog value bit string, and

in which the predetermined determination includes determining whether the instruction is still being input and whether the instruction frames have been sent the predetermined plurality of times and, only when a result thereof indicates that the instruction is still being input and the instruction frames have been sent the predetermined plurality of times, the infrared signal includes the weight frame arranged after the predetermined plurality of instruction frames.