Establishing a connection based on position

• US 10,129,740 B2
• Filed: 09/08/2015
• Issued: 11/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Saito, Erika, Itoh, Katsutoshi, Yamaura, Tomoya
• Primary Examiner(s): Nawaz, Asad
• Assistant Examiner(s): Yang, Zhaohui
• Application Number:
  US14/847,749
• Publication Number:
  US 20150382186A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,162 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/63 Location-dependent; Proximity-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/20 Master-slave selection or change arrangements

Abstract

Provided is a wireless communication apparatus including a communication unit capable of wireless communication with another wireless communication apparatus, a determination unit for determining whether the communication unit is in proximity to the other wireless communication apparatus, and a control unit for performing, in a case the communication unit is determined to be in proximity to the other wireless communication apparatus, a connection procedure between the communication unit and the other wireless communication apparatus.

Claims

1. A first wireless communication apparatus, comprising:

a detection unit configured to;

detect proximity based on a reception strength of a wireless signal received from a second wireless communication apparatus that is equal to or greater than a particular value; and

detect the proximity based on a first distance between the first wireless communication apparatus and the second wireless communication apparatus;

a communication unit configured to;

generate, based on the detected proximity, a connection start trigger signal including at least one of an identification information of the first wireless communication apparatus, a destination information of the second wireless communication apparatus, or a connection start request information to start a connection between the first wireless communication apparatus and the second wireless communication apparatus,

start a connection procedure based on the generated connection start trigger signal, wherein the connection procedure includes a process related to Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), and wherein the connection procedure is executed within a second distance between the first wireless communication apparatus and the second wireless communication apparatus, wherein the second distance is larger than the first distance; and

a notification unit configured to notify a status of the connection procedure based on the detected proximity.

2. The first wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit is a display screen that shows information of connection status.

5. The first wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the communication unit is further configured to output the connection start trigger signal including the destination information to the second wireless communication apparatus.

3. A first wireless communication apparatus, comprising:

a detection unit configured to;

detect proximity based on a reception strength of a wireless signal received from a second wireless communication apparatus that is equal to or greater than a particular value; and

detect the proximity based on a first distance between the first wireless communication apparatus and the second wireless communication apparatus;

a communication unit configured to;

generate, based on the detected proximity, a connection start trigger signal including at least one of an identification information of the first wireless communication apparatus, a destination information of the second wireless communication apparatus, or a connection start request information to start a connection between the first wireless communication apparatus and the second wireless communication apparatus,

start an IEEE802.11 compliant connection procedure, based on the generated connection start trigger signal, within a second distance between the first wireless communication apparatus and the second wireless communication apparatus, wherein the second distance is larger than the first distance; and

a notification unit configured to notify a status of the IEEE802.11 compliant connection procedure between the first wireless communication apparatus and the second wireless communication apparatus based on the detected proximity.

4. A first wireless communication apparatus, comprising:

a detection unit configured to;

detect proximity based on a reception strength of a wireless signal received from a second wireless communication apparatus that is equal to or greater than a particular value; and

detect the proximity based on a first distance between the first wireless communication apparatus and the second wireless communication apparatus;

a communication unit configured to;

generate, based on the detected proximity, a connection start trigger signal including at least one of an identification information of the first wireless communication apparatus, a destination information of the second wireless communication apparatus, or a connection start request information to start a connection between the first wireless communication apparatus and the second wireless communication apparatus,

start a connection procedure, based on the generated connection start trigger signal, within a second distance between the first wireless communication apparatus and the second wireless communication apparatus, wherein the second distance is larger than the first distance; and

a notification unit configured to notify a status of the connection procedure between the first wireless communication apparatus and the second wireless communication apparatus.