APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEVICE SEARCH FOR HIGH-SPEED BASED BLUETOOTH APPLICATIONS

• US 20100136910A1
• Filed: 12/01/2009
• Published: 06/03/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: PARK, Seong Hee, JANG, Il-Soon, LEE, Seong-hee, CHOI, Sangsung
• Application Number:
  US12/628,320
• Publication Number:
  US 20100136910A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.200
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

Provided are a device searching method of a Bluetooth application and an apparatus using the same. The apparatus includes an application unit that generates a command for searching a Bluetooth device in a surrounding area of the device searching apparatus, a stack unit that performs a Bluetooth device initialization process and processes the command generated in the application unit, a first module unit that searches first Bluetooth devices in the surrounding area of the device searching apparatus, and a second module unit that searches second Bluetooth devices in the surrounding area of the device searching apparatus.

Claims

1. A device search apparatus searching a Bluetooth device, comprising:

an application unit that generates a command for searching a Bluetooth device in a surrounding area of the device searching apparatus;

a stack unit that performs a Bluetooth device initialization process and processes the command generated in the application unit;

a first module unit that searches a first Bluetooth device in the surrounding area of the device searching apparatus; and

a second module unit that searches a second Bluetooth device in the surrounding area of the device searching apparatus.

2. The device search apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first module unit comprises:

a first process layer that transmits the command processed in the stack unit and transmits a search result of the first Bluetooth device to the stack unit; and

a first Bluetooth module unit that searches the first Bluetooth device based on the command received from the first process layer, stores and provides service type information of the first Bluetooth device from device class factors included in a response message received from the first Bluetooth device.

3. The device search apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second module unit comprises:

a second process layer that transmits the command processed in the stack unit and transmits a search result of the second Bluetooth device to the stack unit; and

a second Bluetooth module unit that searches the second Bluetooth device based on the command received from the second process layer, stores and provides service type information of the second Bluetooth device from device class factors included in a response message received from the second Bluetooth device.

4. The device search apparatus of claim 3, wherein the second process layer further comprises a protocol adaptation unit that converts Bluetooth application data to ultra-wideband communication (UWB) data for processing the same.

5. The device search apparatus of claim 4, wherein the second Bluetooth device is a device providing services based on the UWB.

6. A method of a device search apparatus for searching a Bluetooth device, comprising:

performing initializing of a Bluetooth device of a predetermined type;

generating an inquiry command according to an externally input device search command and broadcasting the generated inquiry command to Bluetooth devices in a surrounding area of the device search apparatus;

checking device class factor values included in inquiry result response messages received from the surrounding Bluetooth devices;

determining whether a Bluetooth device having transmitted the inquiry result response message is a first Bluetooth device or a second Bluetooth device based on the device class factor value; and

if the Bluetooth device having transmitted the inquiry result response message is the second Bluetooth device, providing search information including information on a service type provided by the second Bluetooth device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the second Bluetooth device is a device providing an ultra-wideband (UWB) communication-based service.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the service type information is included in service class field information included in the device class factor value.