IP Library Granted Patent US 9,438,843
Granted Patent B2
US 9,438,843 · App. 14/186,471 · Granted Sep 6, 2016

Operation controlling apparatus

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,438,843
App. No.
14/186,471
Granted
Sep 6, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Operation controlling apparatus executing equipment operation controlling, including: an equipment management portion configured to manage control commands corresponding to plural number of control items; a video producing portion configured to produce videos corresponding to the plural number of control items; a video display portion configured to display video produced by the video producing portion laying on a control surface; a distance detector portion configured to detect distance from the video producing portion to the control surface; and a controller portion configured to control the video display portion, so that a size of the video to be displayed by the video display portion is within a size of the control surface, depending on the distance detected by the distance detector portion, and to make equipment of a control target execute the control command, which is managed by the equipment management portion, when execution of the control item is determined.

Claims (21)

1. An operation controlling apparatus, for executing operation controlling for equipment, comprising:

an equipment management portion, which is configured to manage control commands corresponding to a plural number of control items;

a video producing portion, which is configured to produce videos corresponding to the plural number of control items;

a video display portion, which is configured to display the video produced by the video producing portion laying on a control surface;

a distance detector portion, which is configured to detect distance from the video producing portion to the control surface; and

a controller portion, which is configured to control the video display portion, so that a size of the video to be displayed by the video display portion is within a size of the control surface, depending on the distance detected by the distance detector portion, and to make an equipment of a control target execute a control command associated with a control item, which is managed by the equipment management portion, when execution of the control item is determined, wherein the controller portion controls the video producing portion, so that the control item is changed depending on the distance detected by the distance detector portion.

2. The operation controlling apparatus, as described in the claim 1 , wherein execution of the control item is determined when the distance detected by the distance detector portion changes repetitively.

3. The operation controlling apparatus, as described in the claim 1 , further comprising a motion detector portion, which is configured to detect a movement of the operation surface, wherein the controller portion exchanges the equipment to be the control target, when the motion detector portion detects a predetermined movement.

4. The operation controlling apparatus, as described in the claim 2 , wherein the execution of the control item is determined when a motion detector portion detects a predetermined movement.

5. An operation controlling apparatus, for executing operation controlling for equipment, comprising:

an equipment management portion, which is configured to manage control commands corresponding to a plural number of control items;

a video producing portion, which is configured to produce videos corresponding to the plural number of control items;

a video display portion, which is configured to display the video produced by the video producing portion laying on a control surface;

a distance detector portion, which is configured to detect distance from the video producing portion to the control surface; and

a controller portion, which is configured to:

control the video display portion, so that a size of the video to be displayed by the video display portion is within a size of the control surface, depending on the distance detected by the distance detector portion;

make an equipment of a control target execute the control command, which is managed by the equipment management portion, when execution of the control item is determined; and

control the video producing portion, so that the control item is changed depending on the distance detected by the distance detector portion.

6. The operation controlling apparatus, as described in the claim 5 , wherein execution of the control item is determined when the distance detected by the distance detector portion changes repetitively.

7. The operation controlling apparatus, as described in the claim 5 , further comprising a motion detector portion, which is configured to detect a movement of the operation surface, wherein the controller portion exchanges the equipment to be the control target, when the motion detector portion detects a predetermined movement.

8. The operation controlling apparatus, as described in the claim 6 , wherein the execution of the control item is determined when a motion detector portion detects a predetermined movement.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 3, 2021
From: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058666/0407 →
MERGER Recorded Nov 29, 2021
From: MAXELL, LTD.
To: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058255/0579 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2018
From: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 045142/0208 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 4, 2014
From: HITACHI CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 033685/0883 →