Pairing A Mobile Terminal With A Wireless Device

• US 20150133051A1
• Filed: 04/12/2012
• Published: 05/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Vahlne, Daniel, Jamal-Syed, Shaheer
• Granted Patent: US 9,380,621 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/20 in augmented reality scenes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals

Abstract

A mobile terminal includes a camera for capturing a first image, a radio transceiver for discovering wireless devices and determining a position of the discovered wireless devices with respect to the mobile terminal, processing means for projecting the position of each discovered wireless device onto the first image and creating a second image by overlaying symbols at the projected positions, and a display for displaying the second image, the mobile terminal being arranged for pairing, in response to a request from a user of the mobile terminal selecting one of the overlaid symbols, the corresponding wireless device with the mobile terminal.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal (100;

210) comprising;

a camera (101) for capturing a first image (310),

a radio transceiver (102) for;

discovering at least one wireless device (202-205) capable of effecting wireless communications with the mobile terminal, and determining a bearing and a distance from the mobile terminal to a position of each of the discovered wireless devices,

processing means (103) for;

projecting the position of each of the discovered wireless devices onto the first image, and creating a second image (320) by overlaying symbols (322-325), onto the first image, at the projected positions of the discovered wireless devices, and

a display (104) for displaying the second image, wherein the processing means is further for pairing, in response to a request from a user (201) of the mobile terminal selecting one of the discovered wireless devices, the selected discovered wireless device with the mobile terminal.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the processing means is further for:

identifying, by image processing the first image, at least one object (312-315) suitable for pairing, and

correlating the projected position of each of the discovered wireless devices with the identified objects suitable for pairing.

3. The mobile terminal according to claim 2, wherein the radio transceiver is further for:

receiving, from each of the discovered wireless devices, information pertaining to a type of the discovered wireless device, and the processing means is further for;

retrieving, from a database (108), information pertaining to a visual appearance of each type of discovered wireless device, and identifying at least one object suitable for pairing based on the information pertaining to the visual appearance of each type of discovered wireless device.

4. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the radio transceiver is further for:

receiving, from at least one of the discovered wireless devices, information pertaining to respective distances from the at least one discovered wireless device (202) to other discovered wireless devices (203-205), and the processing means is further for;

correlating the bearings and distances determined by the mobile terminal with the distances received from the discovered wireless devices.

5. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the display is a touch screen.

6. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the radio transceiver is a Bluetooth radio transceiver.

7. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the radio transceiver is a WiFi radio transceiver.

8. A method (400) of pairing a mobile terminal (210) comprising a radio transceiver, a camera, and a display, with a wireless device (202-205), the method comprising:

capturing (401) a first image (310),

discovering (402) at least one wireless device (202-205) capable of effecting wireless communications with the mobile terminal,

determining (403) a bearing and a distance from the mobile terminal to a position of each of the discovered wireless devices,

projecting (404) the position of each of the discovered wireless devices onto the first image,

creating (405) a second image (320) by overlaying symbols (322-325), onto the first image, at the projected positions of the discovered wireless devices,

displaying (406) the second image on the display, and

pairing (408), in response to a request (407) from a user of the mobile terminal selecting one of the discovered wireless devices, the selected discovered wireless device with the mobile terminal.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

identifying (411), by image processing the first image, at least one object (312-315) suitable for pairing, and

correlating (412) the projected position of each of the discovered wireless devices with the identified objects suitable for pairing.

10. The method according to claim 9, further comprising:

receiving (421), from each of the discovered wireless devices, information pertaining to a type of the discovered wireless device, and

retrieving (422), from a database, information pertaining to a visual appearance of each type of discovered wireless device, wherein the identifying (411) at least one object suitable for pairing is based on the information pertaining to the visual appearance of each type of discovered wireless device.

11. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

receiving (431), from each of the discovered wireless devices, information pertaining to respective distances from the discovered wireless device (202) to other discovered wireless devices (203-205), and

correlating (432) the bearings and distances determined by the mobile terminal with the distances received from the discovered wireless devices.

12. A computer program (109) comprising computer program code, the computer program code being adapted, if executed on a processor (103), to implement the method according to claim 8.

13. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium (107), the computer readable storage medium having the computer program (109) according to claim 12 embodied therein.