Terminal device and method for transceiving data thereof

• US 8,630,583 B2
• Filed: 09/17/2009
• Issued: 01/14/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Cheon, Ka-won, Han, Jae-uk, Jung, Ji-su, Kwak, Hyun-koo, Park, Sung-joon, Jo, Soo-hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Pan, Yuwen
• Assistant Examiner(s): AYOTUNDE, AYODEJI O
• Application Number:
  US12/561,698
• Publication Number:
  US 20100151796A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,580 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 455/39
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/64 file transfer between terminals download of applications H04M1/72406; transfer of messages, e.g. SMS, e-mail or MMS H04M1/7243
• 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

Abstract

A terminal device and a data transceiving method are provided. The terminal device includes a sensing unit which senses a momentum of the terminal device, an interface unit which receives a momentum from at least one external device, and a control unit which performs one of a data receiving operation, a data transmitting operation, and a data transceiving operation with the at least one external device depending on a comparison value obtained from a comparison of the sensed momentum with the received momentum to allow two devices to exchange data more easily.

Claims

1. A device which exchanges data with at least one external device located within a communicable range, the device comprising:

a display unit configured to display information related to data stored in the device;

a sensing unit configured to sense a movement of the device and to generate first information related to the movement of the device;

an interface unit configured to receive second information related to a movement of the at least one external device; and

a control unit configured to compare the first information with the second information and to transmit, based on a result of the comparison, the data stored in the device and associated with the information displayed on the display unit to the at least one external device,

wherein the control unit is configured to compare the first information related to the movement of the device with the received second information related to the movement of the at least one external device to calculate a comparison value, and

wherein the control unit is further configured to control the interface unit to transmit the data stored in the device to the at least one external device upon a determination that the calculated comparison value falls within a first pre-set error range.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sensing unit is configured to sense the movement of the device in real time and to output the movement.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sensing unit comprises an acceleration sensor which is configured to measure an acceleration of the device.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the interface unit is configured to transmit the first information related to the movement of the device to the at least one external device.

5. The device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the control unit is configured to calculate a variation in the movement of the device, sensed in real time.

6. The device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the interface unit is configured to transmit the calculated variation to the at least one external device and to receive a variation in the movement of the external device, measured in real time, by the at least one external device.

7. The device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the control unit is configured to compare the calculated variation of the device with the received variation of the external device to calculate a comparison value, and

wherein the control unit is further configured to control the interface unit to transmit the data stored in the device to the at least one external device upon a determination that the calculated comparison value falls within a second pre-set error range.

8. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to control the interface unit to activate a communication with the at least one external device via a network upon a determination that the at least one external device is located in the communicable range.

9. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the interface to receive data, which exists in a specific folder of the at least one external device and which does not exist in a specific folder of the device, from the at least one external device and to transmit data, which exists in the specific folder of the device and which does not exist in the specific folder of the at least one external device, to the at least one external device upon a determination that a data transceiving operation is performed.

10. A data communication method of a device which exchanges data with at least one external device located within a communicable range, the data transceiving method comprising:

displaying information related to data stored in the device;

sensing a movement of the device and generating first information related to the movement of the device;

receiving second information related to a movement of the at least one external device; and

comparing the first information with the second information and transmitting, based on a result of the comparison, the data stored in the device and associated with the information displayed on the display unit to the at least one external device,

wherein the comparing the first information with the second information comprises;

comparing the first information related to the movement of the device with the received second information related to the movement of the at least one external device to calculate a comparison value; and

transmitting the data stored in the device to the at least one external device upon a determination that the calculated comparison value falls within a first pre-set error range.

11. The data communication method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the sensing operation senses the movement of the terminal device in real time and outputs the movement.

12. The data communication method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the sensing operation comprises sensing the movement using an acceleration sensor which measures an acceleration of the device.

13. The data communication method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising transmitting the first information related to the movement of the device to the at least one external device.

14. The data communication method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising calculating a variation in the movement of the device, sensed in real time.

15. The data communication method as claimed in claim 14, further comprising:

transmitting the calculated variation to the at least one external device; and

receiving a variation in the movement of the external device, measured in real time, by the at least one external device.

16. The data communication method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the comparing the first information with the second information comprises:

comparing the calculated variation of the device with the received variation of the external device to calculate a comparison value; and

transmitting the data stored in the device to the at least one external device upon a determination that the comparison value falls within a second pre-set error range.

17. The data communication method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising activating a communication with the at least one external device via a network upon a determination that the at least one external device is located in the communicable range.

18. The data communication method as claimed in claim 10, comprising;

receiving data, which exists in a specific folder of the external device and which does not exist in a specific folder of the device, from the at least one external device and transmitting data, which exists in the specific folder of the device and which does not exist in the specific folder of the at least one external device, to the at least one external device upon a determination that a data transceiving operation is performed.

19. A device comprising:

an interface unit which exchanges data with at least one external device located within a communicable range; and

a control unit which controls the interface unit to transmit data stored in the device to the at least one external device,

wherein the transmission of the data stored in the device to the at least one external device is initiated by shaking the at least one external device together with the device, and

wherein the control unit is configured to transmit the data stored in the device upon a determination that shaking movements of the device and the at least one external device satisfy a predetermined condition.

20. The device as claimed in claim 19, further comprising a storage unit which is provided with a specific folder,

wherein the control unit is configured to transmit the data stored in the device and receive data from the at least one external device such that after transmitting the data stored in the device and receiving the data from the at least one external device, the data stored in the specific folder in the device is the same as the data stored in a specific folder of the at least one external device.