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Electronic device controlling apparatus, electronic device controlling system, and electronic device controlling method

US7613922B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 18, 2003
Grant dateNov 3, 2009
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Expiry dateAug 27, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08C17/02
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic device controlling apparatus is disclosed which includes: a communication unit for communicating with electronic devices; a storing element for storing personal identification information and personal information in correspondence with each other; a detecting element for detecting personal identification information and a location where a person identified by the detected personal identification information is present; a searching element for searching the storing element for the personal information corresponding to the personal identification information detected by the detecting element; and a controlling element which, based on the personal information searched for by the searching element, causes the communication unit to transmit a control signal to the electronic device installed in the detected location.

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