REMOTE CONTROLLER

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress power consumption in a remote controller including a power generation unit.SOLUTION: The remote controller includes: a plurality of operation buttons each capable of being moved to a steady position and a lowermost position and allowed to be moved from the steady position to the lowermost position in accordance with push-down operation; a plurality of detection units arranged correspondingly to the respective operation buttons to detect the push-down operation of each of the plurality of operation buttons; a power generation unit for performing power generation in accordance with the push-down operation of any one of the plurality of operation buttons; a control unit for identifying the pushed-down operation button on the basis of respective detection results of the plurality of detection parts and transmitting a radio signal corresponding to the identified operation button to a toilet apparatus; and a power supply unit which includes a power accumulation element for accumulating power generated by the power generation unit, and when a voltage of the power accumulation element is boosted to a predetermined value or more, supplies power accumulated in the power accumulation element to the control unit to start the control unit. 【課題】発電部を含むリモコン装置において、消費電力を抑制する。【解決手段】定常位置と最下点位置とに移動可能であり、押し下げ操作に応じて定常位置から最下点位置に移動する複数の操作ボタンと、複数の操作ボタンのそれぞれに対応して設けられ、複数の操作ボタンのそれぞれの押し下げ操作を検出する複数の検出部と、複数の操作ボタンのいずれかの押し下げ操作に応じて発電を行う発電部と、複数の検出部のそれぞれの検出結果を基に、押し下げ操作された操作ボタンを判別し、判別した操作ボタンに対応した無線信号をトイレ装置に向けて送信する制御部と、発電部によって発電された電力を蓄積する蓄電素子を含み、蓄電素子の電圧が所定値以上になった際に、蓄電素子に蓄積された電力を制御部に供給して制御部を起動させる電源部と、を備えたことを特徴とするリモコン装置が提供される。【選択図】図１