METHOD FOR UTILIZING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE TO SEARCH AN OBJECT AND RELATED MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20080085735A1
• Filed: 10/04/2007
• Published: 04/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: BenQ Corporation (Qisda Corporation), Qisda Corporation
• Original Assignee: BenQ Corporation (Qisda Corporation), Qisda Corporation
• Inventors: Lin, Hsien-Chung
• Application Number:
  US11/867,010
• Publication Number:
  US 20080085735A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/556.1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/24 Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface

Abstract

A method for utilizing a mobile communication device to search an object includes: (a) attaching a receiver on an object; (b) building wireless connection of the mobile communication device and the receiver; (c) setting object information corresponding to the object in the mobile communication device and generating a first wireless signal according to the object information; (d) the mobile communication device outputting the first wireless signal; (e) the receiver transmitting a second wireless signal to the mobile communication device after receiving the first wireless signal from the mobile communication device; and (f) the mobile communication device displaying information of a location of the object according to the second wireless signal transmitted from the receiver.

Claims

1. A method for utilizing a mobile communication device to search an object comprising:

(a) attaching a receiver on an object;

(b) building wireless connection of the mobile communication device and the receiver;

(c) setting object information corresponding to the object in the mobile communication device and generating a first wireless signal according to the object information;

(d) the mobile communication device outputting the first wireless signal;

(e) the receiver transmitting a second wireless signal to the mobile communication device after receiving the first wireless signal from the mobile communication device; and

(f) the mobile communication device displaying information of a location of the object according to the second wireless signal transmitted from the receiver.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein step (b) comprises building bluetooth wireless connection of the mobile communication device and the receiver, and step (c) comprises matching the mobile communication device with the receiver via bluetooth wireless connection.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step that the receiver presenting an indication information for indicating the location of the object after receiving the first wireless signal from the mobile communication device.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the indication information is selected from the group consisting of a sound and a light.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein step (f) comprises the mobile communication device calculating a distance between the mobile communication device and the object according to the second wireless signal transmitted from the receiver and the mobile communication device displaying the distance between the mobile communication device and the object.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein step (f) comprises the mobile communication device determining that the mobile communication device moves to the object or moves away from the object according to the second wireless signal transmitted from the receiver and the mobile communication device displaying a status that the mobile communication device moves to the object or moves away from the object.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein step (f) further comprises the mobile communication device determining that the mobile communication device moves to the object or moves away from the object according to enhancement or decay of the second wireless signal.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising the receiver transmitting a third wireless signal to the mobile communication device and the mobile communication device displaying information of low battery of the receiver according to the third wireless signal transmitted from the receiver.

9. A mobile communication system being capable of searching an object, the mobile communication device system comprising:

a receiver disposed on the object, the receiver comprising a first wireless communication module for transmitting a first wireless signal; and

a mobile communication device comprising;

a second wireless communication module for communicating with the first wireless communication module wirelessly;

a display module; and

a control module electrically connected to the second wireless communication module and the display module for controlling the display module to display information of a location of the object according to the first wireless signal transmitted from the first wireless communication module and received by the second wireless communication module.

10. The mobile communication system of claim 9 wherein the first wireless communication module and the second wireless communication module are bluetooth wireless communication modules.

11. The mobile communication system of claim 9 wherein the receiver further comprises an indication interface for presenting indication information for indicating the location of the object after the first wireless communication module receives a second wireless signal transmitted from the second wireless communication module.

12. The mobile communication system of claim 11 wherein the indication interface is selected from the group consisting of a speaker and a light emitter.

13. The mobile communication system of claim 9 wherein the control module controls the display module to display a status that the mobile communication device moves closer to the object or moves away from the object according to enhancement or decay of the strength of the first wireless signal transmitted from the first wireless communication module and received by the second wireless communication module.

14. The mobile communication system of claim 9 wherein the control module controls the display module to display information of low battery of the receiver according to the first wireless signal transmitted from the first wireless communication module and received by the second wireless communication module.

15. A mobile communication device capable of communicating with a receiver disposed on an object, and the receiver comprising a first wireless communication module for transmitting a first wireless signal, the mobile communication device comprising:

a second wireless communication module for communicating with the first wireless communication module;

a display module; and

a control module electrically coupled to the second wireless communication module and the display module, the control module controlling the display module to display information of a location of the object according to the first wireless signal transmitted from the first wireless communication module and received by the second wireless communication module.

16. The mobile communication device of claim 15 wherein the first wireless communication module and the second wireless communication module are bluetooth wireless communication modules.

17. The mobile communication device of claim 15 wherein the receiver further comprises an indication interface for presenting indication information for indicating the location of the object after the first wireless communication module receives a second wireless signal transmitted from the second wireless communication module.

18. The mobile communication device of claim 17 wherein the indication interface is selected from the group consisting of a speaker and a light emitter.

19. The mobile communication device of claim 15 wherein the control module controls the display module to display a status that the mobile communication device moves closer to the object or moves away from the object according to enhancement or decay of the strength of the first wireless signal transmitted from the first wireless communication module and received by the second wireless communication module.

20. The mobile communication device of claim 15 wherein the control module controls the display module to display information of low battery of the receiver according to the first wireless signal transmitted from the first wireless communication module and received by the second wireless communication module.