TERMINAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSCEIVING DATA THEREOF

• US 20100151796A1
• Filed: 09/17/2009
• Published: 06/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KWAK, Hyun-koo, PARK, Sung-joon, JO, Soo-hyun, JUNG, Ji-su, HAN, Jae-uk, CHEON, Ka-won
• Granted Patent: US 8,630,583 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/73
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/64 file transfer between terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A terminal device and a data transceiving method are provided. The terminal device includes a sensing unit which senses a momentum of the terminal device, an interface unit which receives a momentum from at least one external device, and a control unit which performs one of a data receiving operation, a data transmitting operation, and a data transceiving operation with the at least one external device depending on a comparison value obtained from a comparison of the sensed momentum with the received momentum to allow two devices to exchange data more easily.

Claims

1. A terminal device which communicates with at least one external device located within a communicable range, the terminal device comprising:

a sensing unit which senses a momentum of the terminal device resulting from a movement of the terminal device;

an interface unit which receives a momentum from the at least one external device, resulting from a movement of the external device; and

a control unit which performs one of a data receiving operation, a data transmitting operation, and a data transceiving operation with the at least one external device depending on a comparison value obtained from a comparison of the sensed momentum with the received momentum.

2. The terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sensing unit senses the momentum of the terminal device in real time and outputs the momentum.

3. The terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sensing unit comprises an acceleration sensor which measure an acceleration of the terminal device.

4. The terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the interface unit transmits the sensed momentum of the terminal device to the at least one external device.

5. The terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control unit compares the sensed momentum of the terminal device with the received momentum of the at least one external device to calculate the comparison value, and, if the calculated comparison value falls within a first pre-set error range, the control unit controls the interface unit to perform one of the data receiving operation, the data transmitting operation, and the data transceiving operation.

6. The terminal device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the control unit calculates a variation in the momentum of the terminal device, sensed in real time.

7. The terminal device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the interface unit transmits the calculated variation to the at least one external device and receives a variation in the momentum of the external device, measured in real time, from the at least one external device.

8. The terminal device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the control unit compares the calculated variation of the terminal device with the received variation of the external device to calculate a comparison value, and if the comparison value falls within a second pre-set error range, the control unit controls the interface unit to perform one of the data receiving operation, the data transmitting operation, and the data transceiving operation.

9. The terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the interface unit to activate connection with the at least one external device via a network if the at least one external device is located in the communicable range.

10. The terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein, if it is determined that the data transceiving operation is performed, the control unit controls the interface to receive data, which exists in a specific folder of the external device and which does not exist in a specific folder of the terminal device, from the at least one external device and to transmit data, which exists in the specific folder of the terminal device and which does not exist in the specific folder of the at least one external device, to the at least one external device.

11. A data communication method of a terminal device which communicates with at least one external device located within a communicable range, the data transceiving method comprising:

sensing a momentum of the terminal device resulting from a movement of the terminal device;

receiving a momentum from the at least one external device, resulting from a movement of the external device; and

performing one of a data receiving operation, a data transmitting operation, and a data transceiving operation with the at least one external device depending on a comparison value obtained from a comparison of the sensed momentum with the received momentum.

12. The data communication method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the sensing operation senses the momentum of the terminal device in real time and outputs the momentum.

13. The data communication method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the sensing operation senses the momentum using an acceleration sensor which measures an acceleration of the terminal device.

14. The data communication method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising transmitting the sensed momentum of the terminal device to the at least one external device.

15. The data communication method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the performing one of the data receiving operation, the data transmitting operation, and the data transceiving operation comprises:

comparing the sensed momentum of the terminal device with the received momentum of the at least one external device to calculate the comparison value; and

performing one of the data receiving operation, the data transmitting operation, and the data transceiving operation if the calculated comparison value falls within a first pre-set error range.

16. The data communication method as claimed in claim 12, further comprising calculating a variation in the momentum of the terminal device, sensed in real time.

17. The data communication method as claimed in claim 16, further comprising:

transmitting the calculated variation to the at least one external device; and

receiving a variation in the momentum of the external device, measured in real time, from the at least one external device.

18. The data communication method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the performing one of the data receiving operation, the data transmitting operation, and the data transceiving operation comprises:

comparing the calculated variation of the terminal device with the received variation of the external device to calculate a comparison value; and

if the comparison value falls within a second pre-set error range, performing one of the data receiving operation, the data transmitting operation, and the data transceiving operation.

19. The data communication method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising activating connection with the at least one external device via a network if the at least one external device located in the communicable range.

20. The data communication method as claimed in claim 11, wherein, if it is determined that the data transceiving operation is performed, the data transceiving method further comprises receiving data, which exists in a specific folder of the external device and which does not exist in a specific folder of the terminal device, from the at least one external device and transmitting data, which exists in the specific folder of the terminal device and which does not exist in the specific folder of the at least one external device, to the at least one external device.

21. A terminal device comprising:

an interface unit which communicates with at least one external device located within a communicable range; and

a control unit which controls the interface unit to perform one of a data receiving operation, a data transmitting operation, and a data transceiving operation with the at least one external device if the at least one external device is shaken along with the terminal device.

22. The terminal device as claimed in claim 21, further comprising a storage unit which is provided with a specific folder,

wherein the control unit performs one of the data receiving operation, the data transmitting operation, and the data transceiving operation such that, after performing the one of the data receiving operation, the data transmitting operation, and the data transceiving operation, data stored in the specific folder in the terminal device is the same as the data stored in a specific folder of the at least one external device.

23. The terminal device as claimed in claim 21, wherein, if shaking movements of the terminal device and the at least one external device satisfy a predetermined condition, the control unit performs one of the data receiving operation, the data transmitting operation, and the data transceiving operation.