COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20130231065A1
• Filed: 02/27/2013
• Published: 09/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corporation (Olympus Corporation)
• Inventors: NONAKA, Osamu, HAYASHI, Toshikazu
• Granted Patent: US 9,215,003 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/26 at least one of which is mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2755 by optical scanning
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera

Abstract

A communication apparatus includes an operation information converting unit that converts a relative position change between a portable apparatus and a communication apparatus into operation information in order to establish wireless communication with the portable apparatus, a transceiving unit that receives the operation information from the portable apparatus, and a transmission control unit that causes the transceiving unit to establish communication for transmitting content data to the portable apparatus when the operation information received by the transceiving unit matches operation information which is set in advance.

Claims

1. A communication apparatus that performs wireless communication with another portable apparatus and transmits content data including image data, the communication apparatus comprising:

an operation information converting unit that converts a relative position change between the portable apparatus and the communication apparatus into operation information in order to establish wireless communication with the portable apparatus;

a transceiving unit that receives the operation information from the portable apparatus; and

a transmission control unit that causes the transceiving unit to establish communication for transmitting the content data to the portable apparatus when the operation information received by the transceiving unit matches operation information which is set in advance.

2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit that displays setting information for establishing communication,

wherein the operation information is information converted according to a temporal change of a result of imaging the setting information displayed on the display unit.

3. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit that displays setting information for establishing communication,

wherein the operation information is information converted according to the setting information that changes according to consecutive imaging by the portable apparatus.

4. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit that displays setting information for establishing communication,

wherein the operation information is information converted according to size of the setting information that changes according to consecutive imaging by the portable apparatus.

5. The communication apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

an audio detecting unit that detects a sound;

an audio determining unit that determines whether or not the sound detected by the audio detecting unit is a sound output from the portable apparatus; and

a display control unit that causes the display unit to display the setting information when the audio determining unit determines that the sound detected by the audio detecting unit is the sound output from the portable apparatus.

6. The communication apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a setting unit that sets the setting information including identification information of the communication apparatus for establishing wireless communication with the portable apparatus, a password corresponding to the identification information, and operation information to permit transmission of the content data according to a specific operation of the portable apparatus.

7. A communication apparatus that performs wireless communication with another portable apparatus and transmits content data including image data, the communication apparatus comprising:

an imaging unit that images a specified field of view region to generate image data;

a setting information extracting unit that extracts setting information included in a setting image generated by the imaging unit for establishing communication;

an operation information converting unit that converts a specific position change operation at the time of imaging in the communication apparatus into operation information; and

a transceiving unit that transmits the operation information converted by the operation information converting unit to the portable apparatus.

8. The communication apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein the operation information is information converted according to the setting image that changes according to consecutive imaging by the portable apparatus.

9. The communication apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising:

an audio detecting unit that detects a sound; and

an audio determining unit that determines whether or not the sound detected by the audio detecting unit is a sound output from the portable apparatus,

wherein the operation information converting unit converts the position change operation into the operation information when the audio determining unit determines that the sound detected by the audio detecting unit is the sound output from the portable apparatus.

10. A communication apparatus, further comprising:

an imaging unit that images a specified field of view region to generate image data;

a setting information extracting unit that extracts setting information included in a setting image generated by the imaging unit for establishing communication;

an operation information converting unit that converts a specific position change operation associated with imaging in the communication apparatus into operation information; and

a transceiving unit that transmits the operation information converted by the operation information converting unit to the portable apparatus.

11. The communication apparatus according to claim 10,

wherein the operation information is based on a sound output from the portable apparatus or light emitted from the portable apparatus.

12. A communication apparatus that performs wireless communication with another apparatus and receives content data including image data, the communication apparatus comprising:

a transceiving unit that receives operation information indicating a relative position change between another apparatus and the communication apparatus from another apparatus in order to establish wireless communication with another apparatus; and

a transmission control unit that causes the transceiving unit to establish communication for receiving the content data transmitted from another apparatus when the operation information received by the transceiving unit matches operation information which is set in advance.

13. A communication method executed by a communication apparatus that performs wireless communication with another portable apparatus and transmits content data including image data, the communication method comprising:

displaying communication information;

receiving operation information converted according to a specific position change operation associated with display imaging of the portable apparatus, from the portable apparatus; and

permitting the content data to be transmitted to the portable apparatus when the received operation information matches setting information which is set in advance.

14. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium with an executable program stored thereon, wherein the program instructs a processor, which is disposed in a communication apparatus that performs wireless communication with another portable apparatus and transmits content data including image data, to execute:

displaying communication information;

receiving operation information converted according to a specific position change operation associated with display imaging of the portable apparatus, from the portable apparatus; and

permitting the content data to be transmitted to the portable apparatus when the received operation information matches setting information which is set in advance.

15. A communication method between a first apparatus and a second apparatus, comprising:

imaging a code for communication displayed on the second apparatus;

determining operation information including a relative position change between the first apparatus and the second apparatus associated with the imaging; and

acquiring information from the first apparatus transmitted after the operation information is transmitted.

16. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium with an executable program stored thereon, wherein the program instructs a processor, which is disposed in each of a first apparatus and a second apparatus, to execute:

imaging a code for communication displayed on the second apparatus;

determining operation information including a relative position change between the first apparatus and the second apparatus associated with the imaging; and

acquiring information from the first apparatus transmitted after the operation information is transmitted.

17. A communication method executed by a communication apparatus that performs wireless communication with another apparatus and receives content data including image data, the communication method comprising:

receiving, by a transceiving unit, operation information indicating a relative position change between another apparatus and the communication apparatus from another apparatus in order to establish wireless communication with another apparatus; and

causing the transceiving unit to establish communication for receiving the content data transmitted from another apparatus when the operation information received by the transceiving unit matches operation information which is set in advance.

18. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium with an executable program stored thereon, wherein the program instructs a processor, which is disposed in a communication apparatus that performs wireless communication with another apparatus and receives content data including image data, to execute:

receiving, by a transceiving unit, operation information indicating a relative position change between another apparatus and the communication apparatus from another apparatus in order to establish wireless communication with another apparatus; and

causing the transceiving unit to establish communication for receiving the content data transmitted from another apparatus when the operation information received by the transceiving unit matches operation information which is set in advance.