COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR DATA TRANSMISSION

• US 20110188483A1
• Filed: 08/20/2010
• Published: 08/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pantech Corporation (Ideahub, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Pantech Co. Ltd. (Pantech Incorporated)
• Inventors: Kim, Chang Hun, Lee, Hyung Chul, Jeung, Seung Min, Shin, Jin Woo, Jeon, Hyeon Ji
• Granted Patent: US 8,797,921 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/64 file transfer between terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00307 with a mobile telephone apparatus constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00326 with a data reading, recognizing or recording apparatus, e.g. with a bar-code apparatus arrangements for the associated working of recording or reproducing apparatus with related apparatus G11B31/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00347 with another still picture apparatus, e.g. hybrid still picture apparatus circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between image input and image output device H04N1/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0035 User-machine interface; Control console input or output arrangements for computers G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00411 the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32106 separate from the image data, e.g. in a different computer file
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/001 Sharing resources, e.g. processing power or memory, with a connected apparatus or enhancing the capability of the still picture apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0053 Optical, e.g. using an infrared link
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0055 By radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3205 of identification information, e.g. name or ID code H04N2201/3209 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3226 of identification information or the like, e.g. ID code, index, title, part of an image, reduced-size image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3273 Display
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3278 Transmission

Abstract

A communication terminal captures an image of a device having a local area wireless communication function, displays the image on a screen, and performs local area wireless communications with the device while further displaying data stored in the device on the screen.

Claims

1. A communication terminal, comprising:

an image photographing unit to capture an image of a device;

a communication unit to perform local area wireless communications with the device;

a storage unit to store data received from the device;

an image output unit to display the capture image of the device; and

a control unit to perform data processing so that data information corresponding to the data stored in the device is displayed on the image output unit.

2. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control unit matches the data information with the captured image of the device to display the matched data information on the image output unit.

3. The communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising an input unit to input commands to the control unit to relay data transmission/reception with the device through the communication unit and the storage unit.

4. The communication terminal according to claim 3, wherein the control unit relays the data transmission/reception to transmit a data file from the device for transmission, selected through the input unit, to another device for reception, selected through the input unit.

5. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the image output unit displays a progress indicator while the control unit relays data transmission to or from the device.

6. The communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein the image output unit displays a progress indicator while the control unit relays data transmission to or from the device.

7. The communication terminal according to claim 3, wherein the image output unit displays a progress indicator while the control unit relays data transmission to or from the device.

8. The communication terminal according to claim 4, wherein the image output unit displays a progress indicator while the control unit relays data transmission to or from the device.

9. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the image output unit displays a success indicator to indicate successful local area wireless communications with the device.

10. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the communication unit performs local area wireless communications over a plurality of local area wireless communication modes.

11. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the captured image of the device is a real-time image.

12. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the communication unit further comprises three antennas disposed in a triangular shape to perform a triangular survey for devices.

13. A method for data transmission of a communication terminal, comprising:

displaying a captured image of a device for transmission, the device for transmission having a local area wireless communication function;

performing local area communications with the device;

matching data file information stored in the device received through the local area wireless communications with the captured image of the device; and

displaying the matched data file information.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising relaying data transmission to or from the device based on an inputted instruction.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising displaying a progress indicator of data transmission/reception to or from the device while relaying data transmission to or from the device.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising displaying a progress indicator of data transmission/reception to or from the device while relaying data transmission to or from the device.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising displaying a success indicator indicating successful local area wireless communications with the device.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the captured image of the device is a real-time image.

19. A communication terminal, comprising:

an image photographing unit to capture a real-time image of a device; and

an image output unit to display the real-time image merged with data information corresponding to data stored in the device.

20. A communication terminal, comprising:

an image photographing unit to capture a first real-time image of a first device and a second real-time image of second device;

an image output unit to concurrently display the first real-time image, the second real-time image, first data of the first device, and second data of the second device; and

a control unit to match the first data with the first device and the second data with the second device.

21. The communication terminal of claim 20, wherein the control unit controls a data transmission from the first device to the second device.

22. The communication terminal of claim 21, wherein the image output unit displays an icon corresponding to the data of the first device, and the data transmission comprises dragging the icon to the second real-time image of the second device.