Communication device, communication system, communication method, program and recording medium
First Claim
1. A communication device comprising:
- an acquisition section which obtains, from each of plurality of communication devices, motion information indicating the motion of the communication device in space;
a display section which displays each of motion images representing the motions of the plurality of communication devices in space on the basis of the motion information obtained from the communication devices; and
a communication section which urges the user to select one of the motion images displayed by said display section, and which performs communication with the communication device indicated by the selected motion image.
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Abstract
A communication device which urges a user to select another communication device with which communication should be performed in a plurality of communication devices existing as candidates for communication, and which performs communication with the selected communication device. The communication device has an acquisition section which obtains, from each of the plurality of communication devices, motion information indicating the motion of the communication device in space, a display section which displays each of motion images representing the motions of the plurality of communication devices in space on the basis of the motion information obtained from the communication devices, and a communication section which urges the user to select one of the motion images displayed by the display section, and which performs communication with the communication device indicated by the selected motion image.
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25 Claims
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1. A communication device comprising:
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an acquisition section which obtains, from each of plurality of communication devices, motion information indicating the motion of the communication device in space;
a display section which displays each of motion images representing the motions of the plurality of communication devices in space on the basis of the motion information obtained from the communication devices; and
a communication section which urges the user to select one of the motion images displayed by said display section, and which performs communication with the communication device indicated by the selected motion image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A communication device used in the field of view of a user of another communication device, comprising:
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a transmission section which transmits motion information indicating the motion of said communication device in space to said another communication device to enable a motion image representing the motion of said communication device in space to be displayed by a display section of said another communication device; and
a communication section which communicates with said another communication device in response to the user'"'"'s selection of said another communication device of said communication device as a terminal with which communication should be performed, on the basis of the motion image displayed by the display section of said another communication device and the result of visual recognition of the motion of said communication device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A communication system comprising a plurality of first communication devices used in the field of view of a user of another communication device, and a second communication device which urges a user to select one of said plurality of first communication devices with which communication should be performed, and which performs communication with the selected communication device, each of said first communication devices having:
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a transmission section which transmits motion information indicating the motion of said first communication device in space to said second communication device to enable a motion image representing the motion of said first communication device in space to be displayed by a display section of said second communication device; and
a communication section which communicates with said second communication device when the user of said second communication device selects said first communication device as a terminal with which communication should be performed, on the basis of the motion image displayed by the display section of said second communication device and the result of visual recognition of the motion of said first communication device, said second communication device having;
an acquisition section which obtains, from each of said plurality of first communication devices, motion information indicating the motion of said first communication device in space;
a display section which displays each of motion images representing the motions of said plurality of first communication devices in space on the basis of the motion information obtained from said first communication devices; and
a communication section which urges the user to select one of the motion images displayed by said display section, and which performs communication with said first communication device indicated by the selected motion image.
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23. A communication method comprising:
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an acquisition step of obtaining, from each of plurality of communication devices, motion information indicating the motion of the communication device in space;
a display step of displaying each of motion images representing the motions of the plurality of communication devices in space on the basis of the motion information obtained from the communication devices; and
a communication step of urging the user to select one of the motion images displayed in said display step, and performing communication with the communication device indicated by the selected motion image.
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24. A program for controlling a communication device, said program enabling the communication device to function as:
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an acquisition section which obtains, from each of plurality of communication devices, motion information indicating the motion of the communication device in space;
a display section which displays each of motion images representing the motions of the plurality of communication devices in space on the basis of the motion information obtained from the communication devices; and
a communication section which urges the user to select one of the motion images displayed by the display section, and which performs communication with the communication device indicated by the selected motion image.
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25. A program storage device readable by a digital processing apparatus and having a program of instructions which are tangibly embodied on the storage device and which are executable by the processing apparatus to for controlling a communication device, the method comprising:
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obtaining, from each of plurality of communication devices, motion information indicating the motion of the communication device in space;
displaying each of motion images representing the motions of the plurality of communication devices in space on the basis of the motion information obtained from the communication devices; and
prompting a user to select one of the motion images displayed by said display section; and
performing communication with one of said communication devices indicated by the selected motion image.
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Specification