To allow a user to control a device to be controlled through easy and intuitive operations.

A remote control device 11 includes a distance measurement unit 102 which measures the amount of distance displacement between the remote control device 11 and the device 21 to be controlled by a user's operation, and an operation information determination unit 106 which determines control contents for controlling the device 21 to be controlled according to the amount of distance displacement measured by the distance measurement unit 102.