PRODUCTION OF VISUAL CODES FOR PAIRING ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT

• US 20080081666A1
• Filed: 09/28/2007
• Published: 04/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
• Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
• Inventors: Lebihen, Thierry, Papin, Christophe E., Adelbert, Santie V., Masera, Eric
• Granted Patent: US 7,912,426 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/557
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/77 Graphical identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

The invention is intended for the technological field of data communication between electronic equipment (1-4) forming part of a system of electronic equipment (10). The invention more specifically relates to a method and a system to facilitate, using an identifier having the form of a visual code, the transmission of command data to one of the electronic equipment items of the system, when the electronic equipment that produces the visual code is activated. The transmission of command data intended for one of the equipment items is performed following the reading and decoding of the visual code, for example with another equipment item of the system.

Claims

1. A command process of a first electronic equipment item forming part of a system of compatible electronic equipment, the system comprising a second electronic equipment item capable of producing a visual code and a third electronic equipment item capable of reading a visual code, the process comprising the following steps:

a) in response to an activation of the second equipment item, the automatic production of a visual code comprising command execution data; and

b) in response to the reading of the visual code by means of the third equipment item, the decoding of the visual code to extract command data from it and the transmission of the command data to the first equipment item to execute them with the second equipment item.

2. The process according to claim 1, wherein the visual code comprises the data of an executable program intended for the third equipment item and comprising the automatic execution instructions of step b).

3. The process according to claim 1, wherein the execution of the command, from the first equipment item, is a transmission and printing instruction of data, for example text and image, to the second equipment item.

4. The process according to claim 1, wherein the compatibility of the equipment is realized by a hardware and software configuration of the equipment of the system to perform data communications between the equipment.

5. The process according to claim 4, wherein the data communication between the equipment is performed using a wireless link, for example Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.

6. The process according to claim 1, wherein the activation of the second equipment item is a powering up of the second equipment item or a downloading of software into the second equipment item.

7. The process according to claim 1, wherein the production of the visual code is performed using a printing unit, like a printer for example.

8. The process according to claim 1, wherein the first equipment item and the third equipment item form a single terminal, like for example a digital camera or phonecam equipped with means for reading and decoding visual codes.

9. The process according to claim 1, wherein the visual code is a barcode, or a two dimensional code.

10. The process according to claim 9, wherein the visual code comprises equipment identification data, like for example an equipment network address expressed in alphanumeric form.

11. The process according to claim 9, wherein the visual code comprises data relating to physical data processing or data storage units specific respectively to the equipment.

12. The process according to claim 9, wherein the visual code comprises data specific to software implemented with the equipment.

13. The process according to claim 12, wherein the data specific to the software comprise data to make a connection between the three equipment items from the activation of the second equipment item.

14. The process according to claim 9, wherein the visual code comprises encryption data.

15. The process according to claim 1, wherein the visual code is printed on a self-adhesive support, on paper for example.

16. The process according to claim 15, wherein the self-adhesive support can also comprise legible instructions for using the visual code.

17. The process according to claim 15, wherein the visual code is removable from the self-adhesive support, for example along pre-cut lines.

18. The process according to claim 9, wherein the visual code is an image displayed on a screen of the second equipment item.

19. A system to command a first electronic equipment item forming part of a system of compatible electronic equipment;

the system comprising a second electronic equipment item capable of producing a visual code when activated, and a third electronic equipment item capable of reading and decoding the visual code, the command of the first equipment item being performed according to the process in claim 1.