Connection method for near field communication

• US 8,699,948 B2
• Filed: 10/19/2011
• Issued: 04/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Mobile Communications Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Takatsuka, Susumu, Naruse, Tetsuya
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, TUAN HOANG
• Application Number:
  US13/276,825
• Publication Number:
  US 20120190299A1
• Time in Patent Office: 909 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.1, 455/41.2, 455/404.2, 455/405, 455/410, 455/411, 455/550.1, 455/556.1
• US Class Current: 455/41.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/00 Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion

Abstract

A host side wireless communication terminal and guest side wireless communication terminals are stacked together, for example. The wireless communication terminals each generate an access point list within a range wherein near field wireless communication can be performed. The host side wireless communication terminal stores the data of the vibratory waveform by the user tapping a finger or the like on the casing, as reference data. The guest side wireless communication terminals detect the vibratory waveforms propagated through the casing or the like of the host side device, set the vibratory waveform data as key data, and transmits this to the host side by near field wireless communication. Upon the key data and reference data matching, the host side wireless communication device performs near field wireless communication pairing between the wireless communication devices that have transmitted the key data thereof.

Claims

1. A near field wireless communication connection method comprising:

generating a list of a plurality of near field wireless communication devices, said list including a near field wireless communication device;

tapping, as a stimulus, with an external device to generate a physical vibratory waveform, said plurality of near field communication devices at least partially overlapping one another;

detecting the physical vibratory waveform in response to the stimulus applied to at least one of said plurality of near field wireless communication devices;

storing in a storage unit physical vibratory waveform data, as reference data, regarding said physical vibratory waveform detected in said detecting;

receiving key data transmitted from the near field wireless communication device via near field wireless communication, wherein the key data is generated in correspondence with the physical vibratory waveform; and

pairing with the near field wireless communication device when the reference data matches the key data,

wherein said plurality of near field communication devices are stacked on one another.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein

said detecting includes detecting said physical vibratory waveform with an acceleration sensor or a microphone.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating said physical vibratory waveform as a sound or a mechanical vibration when said stimulus is applied by an external device on at least one of said plurality of near field communication devices that are at least partially overlapping one another.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein

said list of the plurality of near field wireless communication devices includes IDs of the plurality of near field wireless communication devices.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

selecting said near field wireless communication device as a host device from said plurality of near field wireless communication devices.

6. A near field wireless communication connection apparatus comprising:

a list generating unit that generates a list of a plurality of near field wireless communication devices, said list including a near field wireless communication device;

a vibration detector that detects a physical vibratory waveform in response to a stimulus applied to at least one of said plurality of near field wireless communication devices;

a storage unit that stores therein physical vibratory waveform data, as reference data regarding said physical vibratory waveform detected by the vibration detector;

a receiver that receives key data transmitted from the near field wireless communication device via near field wireless communication, wherein the key data is generated in correspondence with the physical vibratory waveform; and

a processor that pairs the near field wireless communication device when the processor determines the reference data matches the key data,

wherein said vibration detector detects tapping, as said stimulus, with an external device to generate said physical vibratory waveform, said plurality of near field communication devices at least partially overlapping one another, and

said plurality of near field communication devices are stacked on one another.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein

said vibration detector being an acceleration sensor or a microphone.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein

said physical vibratory waveform being a sound or a mechanical vibration that is generated when said stimulus is applied by an external device on at least one of said plurality of near field communication devices that are at least partially overlapping one another.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein

said list of the plurality of near field wireless communication devices includes IDs of the plurality of near field wireless communication devices.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein

said apparatus being in said near field wireless device and said near field wireless device being a host device for said plurality of near field wireless communication devices.

11. A computer readable storage device having instructions that when executed by a processor implement a near field wireless communication connection method comprising:

generating a list of a plurality of near field wireless communication devices, said list including a near field wireless communication device;

tapping, as a stimulus, with an external device to generate a physical vibratory waveform, said plurality of near field communication devices at least partially overlapping one another

detecting the physical vibratory waveform in response to the stimulus applied to at least one of said plurality of near field wireless communication devices;

storing in a storage unit physical vibratory waveform data, as reference data regarding said physical vibratory waveform detected in said detecting;

receiving key data transmitted from the near field wireless communication device via near field wireless communication, wherein the key data is generated in correspondence with the physical vibratory waveform; and

pairing of the near field wireless communication device when the reference data matches the key data,

wherein said plurality of near field communication devices are stacked on one another.

12. The computer program storage device of claim 11, wherein

said detecting includes detecting said physical vibratory waveform with an acceleration sensor or a microphone.

13. The computer program storage device of claim 11, wherein the method, further comprising:

generating said physical vibratory waveform as a sound or a mechanical vibration when said stimulus is applied by an external device on at least one of said plurality of near field communication devices that are at least partially overlapping one another.

14. The computer program storage device of claim 11, wherein

said list of the plurality of near field wireless communication devices includes IDs of the plurality of near field wireless communication devices.

15. The computer program storage device of claim 14, wherein the method further comprising:

selecting said near field wireless communication device as a host device from said plurality of near field wireless communication devices.