Book type wireless remote control apparatus

Claim 1

A wireless remote control apparatus for controlling an appliance having operating conditions, the apparatus comprising: first and second case means each having a portable size and providing first operating portions, disposed on inner surfaces thereof, and second operating portions disposed on an outer surface of one of said first and second case means, for selectively setting operation conditions of said appliance; movable joint means, having an opening/closing support, for connecting said first and second case means to form a book type case which can be freely opened/closed while said first operation portions which are disposed on the inner surfaces of said first and second case means oppose each other; transmitting means, disposed in said opening/closing support of said movable joint means, for radio-transmitting transmission data representing said set operating conditions from said first and second operation portions; and indicating means which includes a cylindrical transparent member and a light-emitting device disposed inside said cylindrical transparent member and is disposed at said movable joint means, for indicating an operation state of said transmitting means when said transmitting means transmits said transmission data, wherein said indicating means indicates an operation state of said transmitting means by light emitted from said light-emitting device radiating through said cylindrical transparent member to the outside thereof, both when a user operates said first operation portion disposed on the inner surfaces of said first and second case means in a state where said book type case is open, and when the user operates said second operation portion disposed on the outer surface of said first and second case means in a state where said book-type case is closed.