System and method for human body communication
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1. A human body communication system comprising:
- a controlled device measuring a capacitance that corresponds to a distance from the controlled device to a human body, and transmitting information on the measured capacitance through a wireless medium;
a control device receiving the information, determining a transmission power based on the received information, transmitting a control command to the controlled device at the predetermined transmission power through the human body as a transmission medium.
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Abstract
A human body communication system. The human body communication system includes a controlled device measuring a capacitance that corresponds to the distance to a human body, and transmitting information on the measured capacitance through a wireless medium; and a control device receiving the information, and then, based on the information, determining a transmission power and, with the determined transmission power, transmitting a control command of a user to the controlled device using the human body as a medium.
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1. A human body communication system comprising:
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a controlled device measuring a capacitance that corresponds to a distance from the controlled device to a human body, and transmitting information on the measured capacitance through a wireless medium; a control device receiving the information, determining a transmission power based on the received information, transmitting a control command to the controlled device at the predetermined transmission power through the human body as a transmission medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A human body communication method comprising:
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measuring a capacitance that corresponds to a distance from a controlled device to a human body; transmitting information on the measured capacitance through a wireless medium to a control device; receiving the information and determining a transmission power based on the received information; and transmitting a control command to the controlled device at the determined transmission power using a human body as a transmission medium. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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8. The method of claim 8, wherein the measuring of the capacitance comprises periodically measuring the capacitance that corresponds to the distance to the human body.
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11. A method of communicating between a control device in contact with a human body and a controlled device, using the human body as a transmission medium, the method comprising:
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measuring a capacitance corresponding to a distance between the controlled device and the human body and converting the measured capacitance into amperage information corresponding to the capacitance; wirelessly transmitting the converted amperage information from the controlled device to the control device; determining a transmission power based on the transferred amperage information; transferring a control command to the controlled device through the human body at the determined transmission power; re-measuring the capacitance after the transferring and determining whether the re-measured capacitance has changed from a previously measured capacitance by more than a specified tolerance; and wirelessly transmitting amperage information corresponding to the re-measured capacitance to the control device when the re-measured capacitance has changed by more than the specified tolerance. - View Dependent Claims (12, 15)
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13. A method of dynamically setting a control signal magnitude communicated from a control device and a controlled device, using a human body as a transmission medium, the method comprising:
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measuring a capacitance corresponding to a distance between the controlled device and the human body; determining whether the measured capacitance has changed by more than a tolerance when compared to an earlier measured capacitance; wirelessly transmitting amperage information corresponding to the measured capacitance to the control device when the measured capacitance has changed by more than the tolerance; and determining a transmission power based on the wirelessly transmitted amperage information and setting a control signal magnitude based on the wireless transmitted amperage information so as to vary a magnitude of the of the control signal transmitted through the human body based on the distance from the controlled device to the human body. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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14. A method of dynamically controlling a signal strength of a control signal transmitted from a control device in contact with a human body to a controlled device, the method comprising:
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determining whether the controlled device is in a first domain in contact with the human body or a second domain not in contact with the human body based on amperage information related to capacitance by measuring a capacitance corresponding to a distance between the controlled device and the human body, converting the measured capacitance into amperage information which is information on amperage flowing through the human body when the control signal is transmitted from the control device to the controlled device through the human body, and wirelessly transmitting the converted amperage information from the controlled device to the control device; and transmitting the control signal at a first signal strength range when the controlled device is in the first domain and transmitting the control signal at a second signal strength range stronger than the first signal strength range when the controlled device is in the second domain. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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