DEVICE AND METHOD OF INFORMATION TRANSFER

• US 20140320542A1
• Filed: 04/29/2013
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: NARUSE, Tetsuya
• Application Number:
  US13/872,522
• Publication Number:
  US 20140320542A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/690
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/18 Use of optical transmission of display information

Abstract

Discussed herein is a method to transfer information from an output side terminal of a first device to an input side terminal of a second device. Information is enclosed in a predetermined region on the display panel of the device and is transmitted by changing the brightness (luminance) or the RGB color of the image with respect to time. A sensor positioned within the predetermined region detects the modulated luminance value of the information and demodulates the detected luminance to acquire the information. After performing the demodulation process, the acquired information is displayed on a display panel.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to

modulate data to be communicated to another information processing apparatus; and

control a display to modify at least one of a luminance value and a color value of information displayed at the display with respect to time based on the modulated data.

2. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the displayed information is in a predetermined region of the display and is enclosed by a guide.

3. The information processing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the modified at least one of a luminance value and a color value is detected by a sensor of another information processing apparatus, when the sensor of the another information processing apparatus is positioned in a location coinciding with the guide.

4. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the modified at least one of a luminance value and a color value is detected by a sensor of another information processing apparatus, and the another information processing apparatus is further configured to demodulate the data based on the detection at the sensor.

5. The information processing apparatus of claim 4, wherein the sensor is configured to detect a change in the at least one of the luminance value and the color value of the information displayed at the display.

6. The information processing apparatus of claim 5, wherein the another information processing apparatus is configured to demodulate the data based on a magnitude of the change in at least one of the luminance value and the color value detected by the sensor.

7. The information processing apparatus of claim 4, wherein the sensor is selected from the group consisting of an optical sensor, an illumination sensor and a red blue green color intensity sensor.

8. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to control the display to display a plurality of information enclosed within corresponding guides and communicate the data to the another information processing apparatus by modifying at least one of a luminance value and a color value of the plurality of information enclosed within corresponding guides.

9. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the circuitry modulates the data to be communicated based on at least one of the luminance value and the color value of the information displayed on the display.

10. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the circuitry modulates the data to be communicated based on a luminance value of the display.

11. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data to be communicated is control data that controls the another information processing apparatus when the another information processing apparatus is disposed on a surface of the display.

12. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to receive control data and generate the data to be transmitted to the another information processing apparatus, when the another information processing apparatus is disposed on a surface of the display.

13. The information processing apparatus of claim 12, wherein the received control data includes a control command which controls an operation of an accessory disposed on a surface of the display and the modulated data is generated by modifying at least one of the luminance value and the color value of the display.

14. The information processing apparatus of claim 13, wherein the accessory is controlled to move in a desired direction based on a corresponding change in at least one of the luminance value and the color value indicated by a corresponding controller.

15. The information processing apparatus of claim 14, wherein the accessory is a is a motor vehicle.

16. The information processing apparatus of claim 4, wherein the other information processing apparatus is configured to generate a random number based on at least one of the luminance value and the color value detected by the sensor.

17. An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:

modulating data to be communicated to another information processing apparatus; and

controlling a display to modify at least one of a luminance value and a color value of information displayed at the display with respect to time based on the modulated data.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer program instructions, which when executed by an information processing apparatus, cause the information processing apparatus to perform a process, the process comprising:

modulating data to be communicated to another information processing apparatus; and

controlling a display to modify at least one of a luminance value and a color value of information displayed at the display with respect to time based on the modulated data.