Information exchange method and information exchange system

• US 9,320,068 B2
• Filed: 08/10/2012
• Issued: 04/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Inventors: Kao, Meng-Chao, Lin, Hui-Chen, Chen, Po-Hsu, Lin, Ching-Nan, Hsu, Chien-Yeh, Lin, Cheng-Wei
• Primary Examiner(s): Desta, Elias
• Application Number:
  US13/571,368
• Publication Number:
  US 20130282306A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,348 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup

Abstract

An information exchange method includes steps of shaking a first electronic device and a second electronic device simultaneously; recording a first vibration waveform of the first electronic device and recording a second vibration waveform of the second electronic device; determining whether the first vibration waveform and the second vibration waveform match each other; and transmitting a first information related to the first electronic device to the second electronic device when the first vibration waveform and the second vibration waveform match each other.

Claims

1. An information exchange method comprising:

a user stacking a first electronic device and a second electronic device with each other and shaking the first electronic device and the second electronic device simultaneously;

recording a first vibration waveform of the first electronic device and recording a second vibration waveform of the second electronic device;

determining whether the first vibration waveform and the second vibration waveform match each other; and

transmitting a first information related to the first electronic device to the second electronic device when the first vibration waveform and the second vibration waveform match each others;

wherein determining whether the first vibration waveform and the second vibration waveform match each other comprises;

detecting N first characteristic points of the first vibration waveform and detecting N second characteristic points of the second vibration waveform, wherein N is a positive integer larger than one;

calculating a first time interval between every two adjacent first characteristic points so as to obtain N−

1 first time intervals and calculating a second time interval between every two adjacent second characteristic points so as to obtain N−

1 second time intervals;

calculating a time difference between each of the first time intervals and each of the second time intervals so as to obtain N−

1 time differences; and

determining that the first vibration waveform and the second vibration waveform match each other when each of the N−

1 time differences is smaller than a first threshold.

2. The information exchange method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting a second information related to the second electronic device to the first electronic device when the first vibration waveform and the second vibration waveform match each other.

3. The information exchange method of claim 1, wherein the first information is stored in a server, the first electronic device and the second electronic device both communicate with the server, the information exchange method further comprises:

the first electronic device transmitting the first vibration waveform to the server and the second electronic device transmitting the second vibration waveform to the server;

the server determining whether the first vibration waveform and the second vibration waveform match each other; and

the server transmitting the first information to the second electronic device when the first vibration waveform and the second vibration waveform match each other.

4. The information exchange method of claim 3, wherein the server further stores a second information related to the second electronic device, the information exchange method further comprises:

the server transmitting the second information to the first electronic device when the first vibration waveform and the second vibration waveform match each other.

5. The information exchange method of claim 1, wherein the first information is stored in the first electronic device, the first electronic device and the second electronic device communicate with each other, the information exchange method further comprises:

the second electronic device transmitting the second vibration waveform to the first electronic device;

the first electronic device determining whether the first vibration waveform and the second vibration waveform match each other; and

the first electronic device transmitting the first information to the second electronic device when the first vibration waveform and the second vibration waveform match each other.

6. The information exchange method of claim 5, wherein a second information is stored in the second electronic device, the information exchange method further comprises:

the first electronic device transmitting the first vibration waveform to the second electronic device;

the second electronic device determining whether the first vibration waveform and the second vibration waveform match each other; and

the second electronic device transmitting the second information to the first electronic device when the first vibration waveform and the second vibration waveform match each other.

7. The information exchange method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the first vibration waveform and the second vibration waveform match each other further comprises:

calculating an amplitude difference between the first vibration waveform, which is intercepted from the first first characteristic point to the N-th first characteristic point, and the second vibration waveform, which is intercepted from the first second characteristic point to the N-th second characteristic point, when each of the N−

1 time differences is smaller than the first threshold; and

determining that the first vibration waveform and the second vibration waveform match each other when the amplitude difference is smaller than a second threshold.

8. The information exchange method of claim 1, wherein the N first characteristic points comprise peaks, valleys, or combination thereof, and the N second characteristic points comprise peaks, valleys, or combination thereof.

9. An information exchange system comprising:

a first electronic device;

a second electronic device; and

a server storing a first information related to the first electronic device, the first electronic device and the second electronic device both communicating with the server;

wherein when a user stacks the first electronic device and the second electronic device with each other and shakes the first electronic device and the second electronic device simultaneously, the first electronic device records a first vibration waveform and transmits the first vibration waveform to the server and the second electronic device records a second vibration waveform and transmits the second vibration waveform to the server;

the server determines whether the first vibration waveform and the second vibration waveform match each other; and

the server transmits the first information to the second electronic device when the first vibration waveform and the second vibration waveform match each others;

wherein the server detects N first characteristic points of the first vibration waveform and detects N second characteristic points of the second vibration waveform, wherein N is a positive integer larger than one the server calculates a first time interval between every two adjacent first characteristic points so as to obtain N−

1 first time intervals and calculates a second time interval between every two adjacent second characteristic points so as to obtain N−

1 second time intervals;

the server calculates a time difference between each of the first time intervals and each of the second time intervals so as to obtain N−

1 time differences; and

the server determines that the first vibration waveform and the second vibration waveform match each other when each of the N−

1 time differences is smaller than a first threshold.

10. The information exchange system of claim 9, wherein the server further stores a second information related to the second electronic device and the server transmits the second information to the first electronic device when the first vibration waveform and the second vibration waveform match each other.

11. The information exchange system of claim 9, wherein the server calculates an amplitude difference between the first vibration waveform, which is intercepted from the first first characteristic point to the N-th first characteristic point, and the second vibration waveform, which is intercepted from the first second characteristic point to the N-th second characteristic point, when each of the N−

1 time differences is smaller than the first threshold; and

the server determines that the first vibration waveform and the second vibration waveform match each other when the amplitude difference is smaller than a second threshold.

12. The information exchange system of claim 9, wherein the N first characteristic points comprise peaks, valleys, or combination thereof, and the N second characteristic points comprise peaks, valleys, or combination thereof.

13. An information exchange system comprising:

a first electronic device storing a first information; and

a second electronic device communicating with the first electronic device;

wherein when a user stacks the first electronic device and the second electronic device with each other and shakes the first electronic device and the second electronic device simultaneously, the first electronic device records a first vibration waveform and the second electronic device records a second vibration waveform and transmits the second vibration waveform to the first electronic device;

the first electronic device determines whether the first vibration waveform and the second vibration waveform match each other; and

the first electronic device transmits the first information to the second electronic device when the first vibration waveform and the second vibration waveform match each others;

wherein the first electronic device detects N first characteristic points of the first vibration waveform and detects N second characteristic points of the second vibration waveform, wherein N is a positive integer larger than one the first electronic device calculates a first time interval between every two adjacent first characteristic points so as to obtain N−

1 first time intervals and calculates a second time interval between every two adjacent second characteristic points so as to obtain N−

1 second time intervals;

the first electronic device calculates a time difference between each of the first time intervals and each of the second time intervals so as to obtain N−

1 time differences; and

the first electronic device determines that the first vibration waveform and the second vibration waveform match each other when each of the N−

1 time differences is smaller than a first threshold.

14. The information exchange system of claim 13, wherein the first electronic device calculates an amplitude difference between the first vibration waveform, which is intercepted from the first first characteristic point to the N-th first characteristic point, and the second vibration waveform, which is intercepted from the first second characteristic point to the N-th second characteristic point, when each of the N−

1 time differences is smaller than the first threshold; and

the first electronic device determines that the first vibration waveform and the second vibration waveform match each other when the amplitude difference is smaller than a second threshold.

15. The information exchange system of claim 13, wherein the N first characteristic points comprise peaks, valleys, or combination thereof, and the N second characteristic points comprise peaks, valleys, or combination thereof.

16. The information exchange system of claim 13, wherein the second electronic device stores a second information, when the first electronic device and the second electronic device are shaken simultaneously, the first electronic device records the first vibration waveform and transmits the first vibration waveform to the second electronic device and the second electronic device records the second vibration waveform;

the second electronic device determines whether the first vibration waveform and the second vibration waveform match each other; and

the second electronic device transmits the second information to the first electronic device when the first vibration waveform and the second vibration waveform match each other.

17. The information exchange system of claim 16, wherein the second electronic device detects N first characteristic points of the first vibration waveform and detects N second characteristic points of the second vibration waveform, wherein N is a positive integer larger than one;

the second electronic device calculates a first time interval between every two adjacent first characteristic points so as to obtain N−

1 first time intervals and calculates a second time interval between every two adjacent second characteristic points so as to obtain N−

1 second time intervals;

the second electronic device calculates a time difference between each of the first time intervals and each of the second time intervals so as to obtain N−

1 time differences; and

the second electronic device determines that the first vibration waveform and the second vibration waveform match each other when each of the N−

1 time differences is smaller than a first threshold.

18. The information exchange system of claim 17, wherein the second electronic device calculates an amplitude difference between the first vibration waveform, which is intercepted from the first first characteristic point to the N-th first characteristic point, and the second vibration waveform, which is intercepted from the first second characteristic point to the N-th second characteristic point, when each of the N−

1 time differences is smaller than the first threshold; and

the second electronic device determines that the first vibration waveform and the second vibration waveform match each other when the amplitude difference is smaller than a second threshold.

19. The information exchange system of claim 17, wherein the N first characteristic points comprise peaks, valleys, or combination thereof, and the N second characteristic points comprise peaks, valleys, or combination thereof.