Communication apparatus, communication method, and computer readable recording medium

• US 10,185,387 B2
• Filed: 10/27/2016
• Issued: 01/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Inventors: Hayashi, Toshikazu, Nonaka, Osamu
• Primary Examiner(s): Xavier, Antonio
• Application Number:
  US15/336,496
• Publication Number:
  US 20170045933A1
• Time in Patent Office: 817 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/01 Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer G06F3/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/04 Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/68 Gesture-dependent or behaviour-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/10 Small scale networks; Flat hierarchical networks

Abstract

A communication apparatus includes a transceiving unit that transmits content data to a portable apparatus and receives temporal change information of a touch position from the portable apparatus, and a transmission control unit that establishes wireless communication between the portable apparatus and the communication apparatus and causes the transceiving unit to transmit the content data to the portable apparatus when the temporal change information of the touch position received by the transceiving unit is substantially identical with preset setting information.

Claims

1. A communication apparatus that performs wireless communication with a portable apparatus, the communication apparatus comprising:

a processor that establishes the wireless communication between the portable apparatus and the communication apparatus; and

a transceiving unit that (1) receives connection information from the portable apparatus when the communication apparatus is in a playback mode and the portable apparatus is in a reception mode, and (2) transmits, in accordance with control signals from the transmission control unit when the communication apparatus is in the playback mode and the portable apparatus is in the reception mode, content data to the portable apparatus,

wherein the processor generates control signals causing the transceiving unit of the communication apparatus to transmit the content data to the portable apparatus responsive to a determination that the connection information received by the transceiving unit of the communication apparatus is substantially identical with preset setting information that was previously stored by the communication apparatus during the playback mode of the communication apparatus, when the communication apparatus is in the playback mode and the portable apparatus is in the reception mode.

2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the connection information includes temporal change information of a position of touch on a touch panel of the portable apparatus.

3. The communication apparatus of claim 2, wherein the processor further determines whether the setting information and the temporal change information of the position of the touch received by the transceiving unit are identical with each other within a specified range, and

wherein the processor causes the transceiving unit to transmit the content data to the portable apparatus according to determination of whether the setting information and the temporal change information of the position of the touch received by the transceiving unit are identical with each other within the specified range.

4. The communication apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:

a display panel that displays content corresponding to the content data during the playback mode of the communication apparatus; and

a second touch panel that (1) is superimposed on the display panel, (2) detects a touch of an object from outside, and (3) receives an input of a position signal according to a detected position wherein the processor further causes the display panel to display a path of a touch operation performed on the second touch panel based on a temporal change signal of the position input from the second touch panel.

5. The communication apparatus of claim 3, wherein the processor further converts the temporal change information of a position of the touch to at least one specific character, and

stores the at least one specific character as the present setting information.

6. A communication apparatus that performs wireless communication with a portable apparatus, the communication apparatus comprising:

a processor that establishes the wireless communication between the portable apparatus and the communication apparatus;

a display panel that displays content corresponding to the content data during a playback mode of the communication apparatus;

a touch panel that receives a touch input operation by a user of the communication apparatus, wherein the processor further causes the display panel to display a path of the touch input received by the touch panel; and

a transceiving unit that (1) receives connection information from the portable apparatus when the communication apparatus is in the playback mode and the portable apparatus is in a reception mode, wherein the connection information includes a touch input received by a touch panel of the portable apparatus, and (2) transmits, in accordance with control signals from the processor when the communication apparatus is in the playback mode and the portable apparatus is in the reception mode, content data to the portable apparatus,

wherein the processor generates control signals causing the transceiving unit of the communication apparatus to transmit the content data to the portable apparatus responsive to a determination that the connection information received by the transceiving unit of the communication apparatus is substantially identical with preset setting information that was previously stored by the communication apparatus during the playback mode of the communication apparatus, when the communication apparatus is in the playback mode and the portable apparatus is in the reception mode.

7. A communication apparatus that performs wireless communication with a portable apparatus, the communication apparatus comprising:

a processor that establishes the wireless communication between the portable apparatus and the communication apparatus;

a display panel that displays content corresponding to the content data during a playback mode of the communication apparatus;

a touch panel that receives a touch input operation by a user of the communication apparatus, wherein the processor further causes the display panel to display a character corresponding to the touch input received by the touch panel; and

a transceiving unit that (1) receives connection information from the portable apparatus when the communication apparatus is in the playback mode and the portable apparatus is in a reception mode, wherein the connection information includes a touch input received by a touch panel of the portable apparatus, and (2) transmits, in accordance with control signals from the processor when the communication apparatus is in the playback mode and the portable apparatus is in the reception mode, content data to the portable apparatus,

wherein the processor generates control signals causing the transceiving unit of the communication apparatus to transmit the content data to the portable apparatus responsive to a determination that the connection information received by the transceiving unit of the communication apparatus corresponds to the character that was previously stored by the communication apparatus during the playback mode of the communication apparatus, when the communication apparatus is in the playback mode and the portable apparatus is in the reception mode.

8. A method performed by a communication apparatus, the method comprising:

recording, when the communication apparatus is in a playback mode, (1) content data and (2) first setting information, wherein the first setting information is communicated directly to a user of a portable apparatus;

receiving from the portable apparatus, when the communication apparatus is in the playback mode and the portable apparatus is in a reception mode, second setting information;

determining whether the first setting information recorded is substantially identical to the second setting information received; and

responsive to a determination that the first setting information recorded is substantially identical to the second setting information received, (1) establishing wireless communication between the portable apparatus and the communication apparatus and (2) transmitting the content data recorded to the potable apparatus, when the communication apparatus is in the playback mode and the portable apparatus is in the reception mode.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the first setting information is communicated orally from a user of the communication apparatus to the user of a portable apparatus.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein the first setting information is communicated directly to the user of a portable apparatus via a display of the first setting information on the communication apparatus.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the first setting information is a character.

12. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

deleting the setting information after transmitting the content data to the portable apparatus.

13. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium with an executable program stored thereon, wherein the program instructs a processor, which is disposed in a communication apparatus, to execute:

recording, when the communication apparatus is in a playback mode, (1) content data and (2) first setting information, wherein the first setting information is communicated directly to a user of a portable apparatus;

receiving from the portable apparatus, when the communication apparatus is in the playback mode and the portable apparatus is in a reception mode, second setting information;

determining whether the first setting information recorded is substantially identical to the second setting information received; and

responsive to a determination that the first setting information recorded is substantially identical to the second setting information received, (1) establishing wireless communication between the portable apparatus and the communication apparatus and (2) transmitting the content data recorded to the potable apparatus, when the communication apparatus is in the playback mode and the portable apparatus is in the reception mode.

14. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of claim 13 wherein the first setting information is communicated orally from a user of the communication apparatus to the user of a portable apparatus.

15. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of claim 13 wherein the first setting information is communicated directly to the user of a portable apparatus via a display of the first setting information on the communication apparatus.

16. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of claim 15 wherein the first setting information is a character.

17. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of claim 13 further comprising:

deleting the setting information after transmitting the content data to the portable apparatus.