Communication device

• US 9,262,913 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2015
• Issued: 02/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Yamada, Kazunori, Yamaguchi, Kohei, Iida, Shigehiro, Sakakibara, Mizuho, Ohnishi, Toshiaki, Yamaoka, Masaru, Oshima, Mitsuaki, Ohira, Tomoaki, Matsumoto, Michihiro, Mukai, Tsutomu, Matsushita, Yosuke, Ohtsubo, Shohji, Nakae, Hironori
• Primary Examiner(s): Trinh, Sonny
• Application Number:
  US14/698,947
• Publication Number:
  US 20150310736A1
• Time in Patent Office: 293 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.2, 455/41.1, 455/67.11, 455/448, 455/556.1, 398/118, 398/126
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/91 Remote control based on location and proximity
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/93 Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/77 for interrogation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/148 Migration or transfer of sessions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/65 Environment-dependent, e.g. using captured environmental data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• 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 mobile device includes a position sensing unit, a remote control information obtainment unit, and a storage unit. Position information obtained by the position sensing unit is stored in the storage unit in association with remote control information. The mobile device further includes a directional space obtainment unit and an apparatus specification unit. The mobile device recognizes a direction pointed by a user using the mobile device, and enables operation of a terminal apparatus existing in the pointing direction.

Claims

1. A wireless communication terminal comprising:

a position information obtainment unit configured to estimate terminal position information which is position information of the wireless communication terminal, using an internal sensor;

a peripheral apparatus information storage unit configured to store, as unique information corresponding to a peripheral apparatus registered beforehand, at least an apparatus ID, position information, and an identifier of the peripheral apparatus, the identifier indicating whether or not the peripheral apparatus supports optical communication for modulating information as a light emitting pattern and transmitting the modulated information;

an imaging device that obtains light generated by the peripheral apparatus modulating the information as the light emitting pattern;

an optical communication information obtainment unit configured to decode the information from the light emitting pattern of the light obtained by the imaging device;

a server cooperative communication unit configured to notify the apparatus ID obtained by the optical communication information obtainment unit and state information which is information indicating a state of the apparatus to a server via a network, and obtain user presentation information from the server, the user presentation information being at least one of screen information, sound information, an application, a script, a URL, and link information to another server that correspond to the state information; and

a peripheral apparatus limiting unit configured to select a peripheral apparatus capable of the optical communication based on a current position of the wireless communication terminal, from the terminal position information and the peripheral apparatus information,

wherein the optical communication information obtainment unit is configured to complement the information received by the optical communication, using information corresponding to the selected peripheral apparatus.

2. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the wireless communication terminal compares the information of the selected peripheral apparatus and the information already received by the optical communication, and complement the information before obtaining all information transmitted by the optical communication.