Device and recognition control method among devices

• US 8,244,180 B2
• Filed: 02/26/2008
• Issued: 08/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lim, Hun, Lee, Jin Wook, Lee, Gene Moo, Kong, Won Keun
• Primary Examiner(s): ADDY, ANTHONY S
• Application Number:
  US12/037,201
• Publication Number:
  US 20090100199A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,631 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.1, 455/456.2, 455/456.3, 455/456.4, 455/456.5, 455/456.6, 455/457, 455/553.1, 455 411- 413, 455/92, 455/151.1, 455/151.2, 455/352, 455/557, 370/331, 370/332, 370/338, 370/310, 370/328
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/006 with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals

Abstract

A recognition control method among devices, the recognition control method includes receiving a second device recognition signal via a wireless signal module of a first device from a wireless signal module of a second device, and recognizing that the second device is located in a direction from the first device through the second device recognition signal. With respect to the second device, the method includes receiving a first device recognition signal via the wireless signal module of the second device from the wireless signal module of the first device, and recognizing that the first device is located in a direction from the second device through the first device recognition signal.

Claims

1. A recognition control method among devices, the recognition control method comprising:

receiving a second device recognition signal via a wireless signal module of a first device from a wireless signal module of a second device;

recognizing that the second device is located in a direction from the first device through the second device recognition signal;

receiving a first device recognition signal via the wireless signal module of the second device from the wireless signal module of the first device;

recognizing that the first device is located in a direction from the second device through the first device recognition signal, wherein the wireless signal module of the first device communicates with the wireless signal module of the second device based on when the wireless signal module of the first device faces the wireless signal module of the second device;

receiving an input corresponding to the direction from the first device and with respect to an implementation of an application;

determining that a device located in the direction from the first device is the second device; and

transmitting application information about a computing operation of the application to the second device so as to have the second device perform a computing operation corresponding to the application information received from the first device.

2. The recognition control method of claim 1, wherein:

the first device comprises a plurality of wireless signal modules provided to predetermined locations of the first device, and

the method further comprises transmitting a first device recognition signal via the wireless signal modules of the first device to respective wireless signal modules of other devices correspondingly facing the wireless modules of the first device.

3. The recognition control method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a third device recognition signal via a second wireless signal module of the first device from a wireless signal module of a third device; and

recognizing that the third device is located in a second direction from the first device through the third device recognition signal.

4. The recognition control method of claim 1, wherein the recognizing that the first device is located in the direction from the second device comprises:

setting location information of the first device as information about the direction from the second device;

extracting first device information from the first device recognition signal; and

storing the first device information corresponding to the information about the direction from the second device.

5. The recognition control method of claim 4, wherein the first device information comprises one or more of type information, identification information, permission information, management contents information, and network address information of the first device.

6. The recognition control method of claim 1, wherein the recognizing that the second device is located in the direction of the first device comprises:

setting location information of the second device as information about the direction from the first device;

extracting second device information from the second device recognition signal; and

storing the second device information corresponding to the information about the direction from the first device.

7. The recognition control method of claim 6, wherein the second device information comprises one or more of type information, identification information, permission information, management contents information, and network address information of the second device.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program that, when read by at least one computer, causes the computer to perform the recognition control method among devices according to claim 1.

9. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

receiving instructions from a user of the first device to communicate with the second device that is determined by the user.

10. A wireless communication device, comprising:

a plurality of wireless signal modules configured to transceive a device recognition signal to/from another device, one of the plurality of wireless signal modules communicating with a wireless signal module of the other device based on when the wireless signal module of the first device faces the wireless signal module of the second device;

a device information extraction unit configured to extract device information from a device recognition signal from a second device, wherein the device recognition signal of the second device is received by a wireless signal module among the plurality of wireless signal modules which faces towards the second device;

a device information storing unit configured to store the device information corresponding to information about a direction of the second device;

an application control unit configured to;

control an implementation of an application; and

receive direction information corresponding to the implementation of the application; and

a device information reply unit configured to, where device information corresponding to the direction information is requested by the application control unit;

extract the device information corresponding to the direction information from the device information storing unit; and

reply to the application control unit.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the plurality of the wireless signal modules transmit a device recognition signal of the device, and where the device is moved to the direction of the second device, the wireless signal module that received the device recognition signal from the second device transmits the device recognition signal of the device to the second device.

12. The device of claim 10, wherein:

the device information extraction unit extracts device information from a device recognition signal from a third device, wherein the device recognition signal of the third device is received by a wireless signal module among the plurality of wireless signal modules which faces towards the third device; and

the device information storing unit stores the device information from the third device corresponding to information about a direction of the third device.

13. The device of claim 10, wherein the device information comprises one or more of type information, identification information, permission information, management contents information, and network address information of the second device.

14. The device of claim 10, wherein, in response to the device information received from the device information reply unit being the second device information, the application control unit transmits application information to the second device using the second device information so as to have the second device perform a computing operation corresponding to the application information, the application information corresponding to the implementation of the application.

15. A recognition control method among devices, the recognition control method comprising:

receiving a second device recognition signal via one of a plurality of wireless signal modules provided to a first device;

recognizing a direction to the second device according to which of the wireless signal modules receives the second device recognition signal;

transmitting an input corresponding to the direction of the first device and with respect to an implementation of an application, wherein a device located in the direction from the first device is determined to be the second device; and

transmitting application information about a computing operation of the application to the second device so as to have the second device perform a computing operation corresponding to the application information.

16. A recognition control method among devices, the recognition control method comprising:

receiving a second device recognition signal via a wireless signal module of a first device from a wireless signal module of a second device; and

recognizing that the second device is located in a direction from the first device through the second device recognition signal;

receiving an input corresponding to the direction from the first device and with respect to an implementation of an application;

determining that a device located in the direction from the first device is the second device; and

transmitting application information about a computing operation of the application to the second device so as to have the second device perform a computing operation corresponding to the application information received from the first device.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

receiving instructions from a user of the first device to communicate with the second device that is determined by the user.

18. The method of claim 16, the method further comprising:

setting location information of the second device as information about the direction from the first device;

extracting second device information from the second device recognition signal; and

storing the second device information corresponding to the information about the direction from the first device,

wherein the second device information comprises permission information.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the application information includes data to be processed and output by the second device.

20. A wireless communication device, comprising:

a plurality of wireless signal modules configured to transceive a device recognition signal to/from another device;

a device information extraction unit configured to extract device information from a device recognition signal from a second device, wherein the device recognition signal of the second device is received by a wireless signal module among the plurality of wireless signal modules which faces towards the second device;

a device information storing unit configured to store the device information corresponding to information about a direction of the second device;

an application control unit configured to;

control an implementation of an application; and

receive direction information corresponding to the implementation of the application; and

a device information reply unit configured to, where the device information corresponding to the direction information is requested by the application control unit;

extract the device information corresponding to the direction information from the device information storing unit; and

reply to the application control unit.

21. The device of claim 20, wherein in response to the device information received from the device information reply unit being the second device information, the application control unit transmits application information to the second device using the second device information so as to have the second device perform a computing operation corresponding to the application information, the application information corresponding to the implementation of the application.