METHOD OF CONTROLLING DEVICE AND DEVICE THEREOF

• US 20180160286A1
• Filed: 02/05/2018
• Published: 06/07/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: OH, Ki-jeong
• Granted Patent: US 10,785,626 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00127 Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture
• 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 1/00514 for individual users
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00973 from a remote device, e.g. receiving via the internet instructions input to a computer terminal
• 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 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration

Abstract

A device and a method of controlling the device are provided. The method includes detecting a mobile device within a distance from the device, receiving user configuration information from the mobile device, and performing an operation of the device based on the user configuration information.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a device, the method comprising:

detecting, by the device, a mobile device within a distance from the device;

receiving, by the device, a setting value of a user interface to be displayed by the device, from the detected mobile device;

determining, by the device, whether to apply the setting value to the device; and

displaying, by the device, the user interface, in response to the determining to apply the setting value to the device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining whether the mobile device is registered to the device,

wherein the receiving comprises receiving the setting value from the mobile device in response to the determining that the mobile device is registered to the device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising registering the mobile device to the device in response to the determining that the mobile device is not registered to the device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the device, another setting value for capturing an image, from the detected mobile device; and

capturing, by the device, an image, based on the other setting value received from the detected mobile device.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program comprising instructions configured to cause a computer to perform the method of claim 1.

6. A method of providing configuration information to a device, the method being performed by a mobile device, and the method comprising:

receiving, by the mobile device, a configuration information request from the device in response to the mobile device being within a distance from the device; and

transmitting, by the mobile device, a setting value of a user interface to be displayed by the device, to the device, in response to the receiving the configuration information request, the setting value being used by the device to display the user interface when applied to the device.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving a registration request from the device; and

transmitting, to the device, identification information of the mobile device in response to the receiving the registration request.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising transmitting, by the mobile device, another setting value for capturing an image, to the device, in response to the receiving the configuration information request, the other setting value being used by the device to capture an image.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving information of an image from the device; and

displaying at least one among the information of the image and statistics of the information of the image.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program comprising instructions configured to cause a computer to perform the method of claim 6.

11. A device comprising:

a detector configured to detect a mobile device within a distance from the device;

an interface configured to receive, from the detected mobile device, a setting value of a user interface to be displayed by the device; and

a controller configured to determine whether to apply the setting value to the device, and to control a display to display the user interface, in response to the determination to apply the setting value to the device.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the interface is further configured to receive, from the detected mobile device, another setting value for capturing an image, and

the controller is further configured to control the device to capture an image, based on the other setting value received from the detected mobile device.

13. The device of claim 11, wherein the interface is further configured to transmit, to the mobile device, information of an image.

14. The device of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether the mobile device is registered to the device, and

the interface is further configured to:

transmit, to the mobile device, a registration request in response to the controller determining that the mobile device is not registered in the device; and

receive identification information of the mobile device from the mobile device.

15. The device of claim 11, wherein the interface is further configured to transmit, to the mobile device, a configuration information request for the setting value.

16. A mobile device comprising:

a communicator configured to receive a configuration information request from a device in response to the mobile device being within a distance from the device; and

a controller configured to control the communicator to transmit, to the device, a setting value of a user interface to be displayed by the device, in response to the communicator receiving the configuration information request, the setting value being used by the device to display the user interface when applied to the device.

17. The mobile device of claim 16, wherein the device comprises a medical imaging apparatus.

18. The mobile device of claim 16, wherein the controller is further configured to control the communicator to transmit, to the device, another setting value for capturing an image, in response to the communicator receiving the configuration information request, the other setting value being used by the device to capture an image.

19. The mobile device of claim 16, further comprising a display,

wherein the communicator is further configured to receive information of an image from the device, and

the controller is further configured to control the display to display at least one among the information of the image and statistics of the information of the image.