Terminal having radio frequency function and method of processing information of the terminal

• US 8,686,834 B2
• Filed: 08/13/2008
• Issued: 04/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Han, Sang-jun, Kim, Dae-hyun, Kim, Bo-mi, Kyung, Bo-hyun, Choi, Myoung-soon, Han, Kuk-hyun, Yang, Pil-Seung, Kim, Hark-joon
• Primary Examiner(s): Bugg, George
• Assistant Examiner(s): OBINIYI, PAULSON IDOWU
• Application Number:
  US12/190,635
• Publication Number:
  US 20090128296A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,057 Days
• Field of Search: 340 101- 106, 3405721-5729, 235375-385
• US Class Current: 340/10.3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10366 the interrogation device being adapted for miscellaneous applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13095 PIN / Access code, authentication

Abstract

Provided are a terminal having a radio frequency identification (RFID) function and a method of processing information of the terminal for allowing intuitive interaction between a screen manipulation and an RFID manipulation with respect to using an RFID related service. The method of processing the information of the terminal including a screen and an RFID recognition unit, includes detecting a screen area corresponding to a position of the RFID recognition unit disposed at a predetermined position of the screen; displaying an RFID icon at a position of the detected screen area; recording information in an RFID tag based on the RFID tag contacting the RFID icon, and recognizing the information from the RFID tag the RFID tag contacting the RFID icon.

Claims

1. A method of processing information of a terminal including a screen and a radio frequency identification (RFID) recognition unit, the method comprising:

detecting a coordinate value of a screen area corresponding to a position within the terminal of the RFID recognition unit disposed at a predetermined position of the screen;

displaying an RFID icon at a position of the detected screen area indicating the corresponding position of the RFID recognition unit within the terminal using the coordinate value of the screen area; and

recording information in an RFID tag in response to contacting the RFID tag with the RFID icon indicating the corresponding position of the RFID recognition unit within the terminal, and recognizing the information from the RFID tag in response to contacting the RFID tag with the RFID icon indicating the corresponding position of the RFID recognition unit within the terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the screen is a liquid crystal display screen (LCD) and the RFID recognition unit is disposed at a fixed position of a lower corner of the LCD screen.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the RFID icon on the screen and an antenna of the RFID recognition unit are disposed at a same position.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the recording the information comprises:

dragging an icon of contents to be recorded in the RFID tag to the RFID icon;

switching the RFID recognition unit to an information write mode; and

recording contents information of the dragged icon in the RFID tag when the RFID tag contacts the RFID icon.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising displaying a message requesting contact of the RFID tag on the screen if an icon of contents is dragged to the RFID icon.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the recognizing the information comprises:

determining whether the RFID tag contacts the RFID icon;

reading information of the RFID tag if it is determined that the RFID tag contacts the RFID icon; and

displaying the read information of the RFID tag on the RFID icon.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the recognizing the information further comprises displaying a message on the RFID icon while the information of the RFID tag is read, wherein the message indicates that tag information is being read.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising calling an RFID related menu based on an object touching the RFID icon.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the calling the RFID related menu comprises:

detecting a touch of the object to the RFID icon on the screen; and

displaying an RFID related menu on the screen if the touch of the object is detected.

10. A terminal having a radio frequency identification (RFID) function, the terminal comprising:

a screen unit which displays an RFID icon and information;

an RFID recognition unit which is disposed within the terminal at a predetermined position of the screen unit, and recognizes an RFID tag; and

a control unit which detects a coordinate value of a screen area corresponding to the position within the terminal of the RFID recognition unit, displays an RFID icon on a position of the screen area indicating the corresponding position of the RFID recognition unit within the terminal using the coordinate value of the screen area, records contents in the RFID tag in response to contacting the RFID tag with the RFID icon indicating the corresponding position of the RFID recognition unit within the terminal, and recognizes information of the RFID tag in response to contacting the RFID tag within the RFID icon indicating the corresponding position of the RFID recognition unit within the terminal.

11. The terminal of claim 10, wherein the screen unit comprises a liquid crystal display (LCD) screen and the RFID recognition unit is disposed at a fixed position of a lower corner of the LCD screen.

12. The terminal of claim 10, wherein the RFID icon on the screen unit and an antenna of the RFID recognition unit are disposed at a same position.

13. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method of processing information of a terminal including a screen and a radio frequency identification (RFID) recognition unit, the method comprising;

detecting a coordinate value of a screen area corresponding to a position within the terminal of the RFID recognition unit disposed at a predetermined position of the screen;

displaying an RFID icon at a position of the detected screen area indicating the corresponding position of the RFID recognition unit within the terminal using the coordinate value of the screen area; and

recording information in an RFID tag in response to contacting the RFID tag with the RFID icon indicating the corresponding position of the RFID recognition unit within the terminal, and recognizing the information from the RFID tag in response to contacting the RFID tag with the RFID icon indicating the corresponding position of the RFID recognition unit within the terminal.