TRANSMISSION CONTROL DEVICE, RECEPTION CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONTENT TRANSCEIVING SYSTEM

• US 20120127197A1
• Filed: 11/09/2011
• Published: 05/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sakayori, Takahiro
• Granted Patent: US 8,948,798 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/619
• 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: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors

Abstract

A transmission control device may include an acquiring unit to acquire information indicating an orientation of a transmission apparatus. In addition, the device may include a control unit to control the transmission apparatus to transmit to a reception apparatus content of the transmission apparatus when an operation is performed to the transmission apparatus after the information indicating the orientation is acquired, the operation corresponding to the orientation.

Claims

1. A transmission control device comprising:

an acquiring unit to acquire information indicating an orientation of a transmission apparatus; and

a control unit to control the transmission apparatus to transmit to a reception apparatus content of the transmission apparatus when an operation is performed to the transmission apparatus after the information indicating the orientation is acquired, the operation corresponding to the orientation.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the control unit controls display on a display screen of an icon indicating the orientation according to a state of the transmission apparatus.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the control unit controls display on a display screen of an indication that another reception apparatus is not the reception apparatus selected for transmission of the content.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the control unit controls display of an index screen for selecting an image as the content to be transmitted.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the control unit controls display of a display screen for selecting the reception apparatus as a transmission destination of the content.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the control unit controls display on a display screen of a positional relationship of the reception apparatus according to an angle of a position of the reception apparatus.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the control unit controls display on a display screen for selecting a plurality of reception apparatuses as transmission destinations of the content.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the control unit controls acquiring of position information and identification information of the reception apparatus.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the control unit controls specifying a folder of the reception apparatus.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the control unit controls transmission of identification information of the device to the reception apparatus.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein the control unit determines whether the reception apparatus permits transmission of the content.

12. The device of claim 1, wherein, when the reception apparatus permits the transmission of the content, the control unit controls the transmission of the content using a gesture as the operation.

13. The device of claim 1, wherein the control unit controls display on a display screen of content selectable to be transmitted to the reception apparatus, according to the orientation of the transmission apparatus.

14. The device of claim 1, wherein the control unit controls display on a display screen of the content with indicia according to the orientation of the transmission apparatus.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein the control unit controls the display of the indicia with the content when information relating to the content corresponds to the orientation of the transmission apparatus.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the control unit controls transmission of the content displayed with the indicia when a predetermined operation is performed to the transmission apparatus.

17. The device of claim 14, wherein the indicia is highlighting.

18. The device of claim 1, wherein the content includes at least one of text, audio, an image, a file or a folder.

19. The device of claim 1, wherein, when the content includes a moving image, the control unit controls the transmission of the moving image to the reception apparatus by streaming.

20. The device of claim 1 further comprising:

a position unit to obtain position information of the reception apparatus and the transmission apparatus.

21. The device of claim 1, wherein the operation is a predetermined gesture.

22. The device of claim 1, wherein the content is transmitted wirelessly.

23. The device of claim 1, wherein directory information of the content is transmitted to the reception apparatus when the content is transmitted.

24. A reception control device comprising:

an operation detection unit to detect an operation performed to a reception apparatus after information indicating an orientation of the reception apparatus is acquired; and

a control unit to control reception of content from a transmission apparatus at the reception apparatus when the operation performed to the reception apparatus corresponds to a predetermined orientation.

25. The device of claim 24, wherein the control unit controls transmission of position information and identification information of the device to the transmission apparatus.

26. The device of claim 24, wherein the control unit controls notifying the transmission apparatus of a rejection of transmission of the content.

27. The device of claim 24, wherein the content corresponds to storage that stores information related to the predetermined orientation.

28. The device of claim 24, wherein the content includes at least one of text, audio, an image, a file or a folder.

29. The device of claim 24, wherein, when the content includes a moving image, the moving image is received streaming.

30. The device of claim 24 further comprising:

a position unit to obtain position information of the reception apparatus.

31. The device of claim 24, wherein the operation is a predetermined gesture.

32. The device of claim 24, wherein the content is received wirelessly.

33. A method of transmission control comprising:

acquiring information indicating an orientation of a transmission apparatus; and

controlling, by a processor, the transmission apparatus to transmit to a reception apparatus content of the transmission apparatus when an operation is performed to the transmission apparatus after the information indicating the orientation is acquired, the operation corresponding to the orientation.

34. A method of reception control comprising:

detecting an operation performed to a reception apparatus after information indicating an orientation of the reception apparatus is acquired; and

controlling, by a processor, reception of content from a transmission apparatus at the reception apparatus when the operation performed to the reception apparatus corresponds to a predetermined orientation.

35. A transceiver apparatus comprising:

an acquiring unit to acquire information indicating an orientation of the apparatus;

an operation detection unit to detect an operation performed to the apparatus; and

a control unit to control the apparatus to transmit to a reception device content of the apparatus when an operation is performed to the apparatus after the information indicating the orientation is acquired, the operation corresponding to the orientation, and

wherein the control unit controls reception of content from a transmission device at the apparatus when the operation performed to the apparatus after the information indicating the orientation is acquired corresponds to a predetermined orientation.