| US 7,522,087 B2 | ||
| Remote control device | ||
| Yoshikazu Shibamiya, Kanagawa (Japan); Takashi Yamamoto, Kanagawa (Japan); Masaki Kutsuna, Kanagawa (Japan); and Tetsu Fukuda, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 29, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/391,629. | ||
| Application 11/391629 is a continuation of application No. 10/443953, filed on May 23, 2003, granted, now 7,071,865. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2002-152257 (JP), filed on May 27, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0227033 A1, Oct. 12, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G08C 19/12 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 341—176 [345/173; 725/37] | 5 Claims |
| 1. A display apparatus comprising:
a receiving unit that receives from a remote control device position data corresponding to a contact position, the contact
position being detected by a track pad unit and the track pad unit being included in the remote control device;
a communication unit that receives from an external device an operational panel used to control the external device;
a display unit that displays the operational panel received by the communication unit;
a control unit that controls the operational panel using the position data received by the receiving unit; and
a sound output unit that outputs a predetermined sound,
wherein the control unit allocates operable elements included in the operational panel to the track pad unit without changing
an array of the operable elements included in the operational panel, and
wherein the predetermined sound is output from the sound output unit, if the control unit determines that an operable element
corresponding to the position data is operated.
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