SOURCE APPARATUS, SINK APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SHARING INFORMATION THEREOF

• US 20100146064A1
• Filed: 11/24/2009
• Published: 06/10/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: KIM, Jintae, BAE, Changseok, SON, Jiyeon
• Application Number:
  US12/624,570
• Publication Number:
  US 20100146064A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2827 Reporting to a device within the home network; wherein the reception of the information reported automatically triggers the execution of a home appliance functionality

Abstract

The present invention relates to platform architecture of smart devices according to information sharing, a sink apparatus, and a source apparatus, and more specifically, to platform architecture of smart devices capable of sharing information commonly used between daily living devices and thus, providing intelligent services, a sink apparatus, and a source apparatus. The source apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention includes: a sensing unit that generates sensing data; a sharing information processing unit that generates sharable information based on the sensing data and converts the sharing information into sharing messages and transmits them to at least one sink apparatus by a wired and wireless network; and a source communication unit that notifies the sharing information from the sharing information processing unit to at least one sink apparatus through the wired or wireless network.

Claims

1. A source apparatus, comprising:

a sensing unit that generates sensing data;

a sharing information processing unit that generates sharing information based on the sensing data, converts the sharing information into sharing messages and provides them to at least one sink apparatus through a wired or wireless network; and

a source communication unit that notifies the sharing information from the sharing information processing unit to at least one sink apparatus through the wired or wireless network.

2. The source apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the sharing information of the sharing information processing unit includes a sharing information list for solicitation of receiving the sharing information by at least one sink apparatus.

3. The source apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the sharing information list of the sharing information processing unit includes at least one of a sharing information type, a code value for the corresponding sharing information, a description of the corresponding sharing information, and control parameters to be converted for the corresponding sharing information.

4. The source apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the sharing information list of the sharing information processing unit further includes a registration list for the sink apparatus which is to receive the sharing messages.

5. The source apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a collection and analysis unit that collects and analyzes the sensing data from the sensing unit; and

a recognizer that extracts features based on the sensing data analyzed by the collection and analysis unit and recognizes specific patterns or specific information that are matched to the extracted features.

6. The source apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the sharing information processing unit determines whether the specific information is information permitted to be opened based on the recognized results in the recognizer and if so, generates the sharing information.

7. The source apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising:

a user interface

wherein the sharing information processing unit determines whether the specific information is information permitted to be opened based on the recognized results in the recognizer, according to permission or non-permission of disclosure that is input to the user interface.

8. A sink apparatus, comprising:

a sink communication unit that receives sharing messages selectively including sharing information from at least one source apparatus through a wired or wireless network;

a message processing unit that controls devices corresponding to the corresponding sharing information according to whether there is the sharing information of the sharing messages received through the sink communication unit; and

a device controller that controls devices corresponding to the sharing information from the message processing unit.

9. The sink apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the sharing information of the message processing unit includes a sharing information list for solicitation of receiving the sharing information by at least one source apparatus.

10. The sink apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the sharing information list of the message processing unit includes at least one of a sharing information type, a code value for the corresponding sharing information, a description of the corresponding sharing information, and control parameters to be converted for the corresponding sharing information.

11. The sink apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising:

a determining unit that determines whether the sharing information included in the sharing message can be used according to the solicitation of the message processing unit; and

a parameter converter that converts the sharing information into the types and parameter values of the control parameters and transmits it to the device controller according to the request of the message processing unit.

12. The sink apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the message processing unit recognizes whether there is the sharing information based on whether the sharing messages are control messages previously promised with at least one source apparatus.

13. The sink apparatus according to claim 12, wherein when the sharing messages are the control messages, the determining unit determines whether the corresponding sharing information included in the sharing messages can be used.

14. The sink apparatus according to claim 12, wherein when the sharing information is included in the sharing messages according to the recognition results of the message processing unit, the parameter converter converts the corresponding sharing information included in the sharing messages into the types and parameter values of the control parameters and transmits it to the device controller.

15. The sink apparatus according to claims 8, further comprising:

a legacy device that is not controlled by the device controller; and

an adaptor that supports connection with the legacy device.

16. A method for sharing information of a source apparatus, comprising:

generating sensing data;

processing sharing information by generating sharing information based on the sensing data, converting the sharing information into sharing messages and providing them to at least one sink apparatus through a wired or wireless network; and

source communicating that notifies the sharing information from the sharing information processing to at least one sink apparatus through the wired or wireless network.

17. The method for sharing information of a source apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the sharing information of the sharing information processing includes a sharing information list for solicitation of receiving the sharing information by at least one sink apparatus.

18. A method for sharing information of a sink apparatus, comprising:

sink communicating that receives sharing messages selectively including sharing information from at least one source apparatus through a wired or wireless network;

message processing that controls devices corresponding to the corresponding sharing information according to whether there is the sharing information of the sharing messages received through the sink communicating; and

device controlling that controls devices corresponding to the sharing information from the message processing.

19. The method for sharing information of a sink apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the sharing information of the message processing includes a sharing information list for solicitation of receiving the sharing information by at least one source apparatus.

20. The method for sharing information of a sink apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the sharing information list of the message processing includes at least one of a sharing information type, a code value for the corresponding sharing information, a description of the corresponding sharing information, and control parameters to be converted for the corresponding sharing information.