Control method and control apparatus for apparatus including short range wireless communication module

• US 9,565,241 B2
• Filed: 10/05/2012
• Issued: 02/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Hyun-young, Jung, Hee-won
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, THANH C
• Application Number:
  US13/646,107
• Publication Number:
  US 20140057565A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,586 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.1, 455/41.2, 455/67.11, 455/550.1, 455/567, 455/569, 455/575.1, 455/456.1, 455/457, 455/566, 340/539.1, 340/539.23, 340/825.49, 345/169, 345/172, 345/173, 345/174
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/567 Multimedia conference systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/026 using orientation information, e.g. compass
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

A control method and control apparatus for determining a relative location of a mobile terminal with respect to a display apparatus by using short range wireless communication. A method of controlling a display apparatus including a plurality of short range wireless communication modules, the method includes: performing short range wireless communication with a mobile terminal through a short range wireless communication module included in the display apparatus; identifying the short range wireless communication module performing the short range wireless communication with the mobile terminal from among the plurality of short range wireless communication modules; determining a relative location of the mobile terminal with respect to the display apparatus according to the result of identifying; and determining a location on a screen of the display apparatus to display data according to the relative location and displaying the data on the screen of the display apparatus according to the determined location.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a display apparatus comprising a plurality of short range wireless communication modules, the method comprising:

performing short range wireless communication with a mobile terminal through a short range wireless communication module included in the display apparatus;

identifying the short range wireless communication module performing the short range wireless communication with the mobile terminal from among the plurality of short range wireless communication modules;

determining a relative location of the mobile terminal with respect to the display apparatus according to the result of identifying; and

determining a location on a screen of the display apparatus to display data according to the relative location and displaying the data on the screen of the display apparatus according to the determined location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the relative location is a location where the mobile terminal is placed on the screen of the display apparatus.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the relative location is a location where the mobile terminal is placed within a predetermined range of a front portion of the display apparatus.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving data to be displayed on the display apparatus from the mobile terminal.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising receiving information about the mobile terminal via the short range wireless communication,

wherein the displaying of the data on the screen of the display apparatus comprises displaying the data on the screen of the display apparatus while further considering the information about the mobile terminal.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the data comprises a graphic user interface (GUI) object of the mobile terminal, and

the displaying of the data on the screen of the display apparatus comprises displaying a GUI including the GUI object according to the relative location of the mobile terminal with respect to the display apparatus.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the displaying of the data on the screen of the display apparatus comprises gradually expanding a region where the GUI is displayed from the relative location of the mobile terminal with respect to the display apparatus.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising transmitting a control command input through the GUI displayed on the display apparatus to the mobile terminal through the short range wireless communication.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the performing of the short range wireless communication with the mobile terminal comprises transmitting network information for connecting the mobile terminal and the display apparatus via a communication method other than the short range wireless communication to the mobile terminal, and

the method further comprises connecting to the mobile terminal via the other communication method by using the network information.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the connecting to the mobile terminal via the other communication method comprises connecting to the mobile terminal through an access point included in the display apparatus.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the connecting to the mobile terminal via the other communication method comprises:

receiving a communication connection request according to the transmitted network information from the mobile terminal; and

connecting to the mobile terminal by using a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) direct communication method according to the received communication connection request.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving information about a list of data stored in the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal; and

displaying the received information about the list on the screen of the display apparatus according to the determined relative location.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving data through the other communication method from the mobile terminal; and

storing the received data.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising transmitting the data stored in the display apparatus to the mobile terminal via the other communication method.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

transmitting information about requesting to transmit the data stored in the mobile terminal to another mobile terminal connected to the display apparatus, to the mobile terminal;

receiving information about a transmission state of the data from the mobile terminal; and

displaying the received information about the transmission state on the screen of the display apparatus.

16. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving information about an application installed in the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal,

wherein the displaying of the data comprises:

displaying an execution screen of the application installed in the mobile terminal on the screen of the display apparatus; and

displaying a menu about the application of which the execution screen is displayed on the screen, on the screen of the display apparatus.

17. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

displaying data on the screen of the display apparatus;

comparing the relative location of the mobile terminal with respect to the display apparatus and a region where the data is displayed on the screen of the display apparatus; and

transmitting the data to the mobile terminal, when the relative location of the mobile terminal is included in the region where the data is displayed based on the result of comparing.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the relative location comprises:

receiving information about geomagnetism detected by a geomagnetic sensor included in the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal;

comparing the received information about geomagnetism and information about geomagnetism detected by a geomagnetic sensor included in the display apparatus; and

determining the relative location by detecting a relative angle of the mobile terminal with respect to a predetermined reference line of the display apparatus, based on the result of comparing.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of claim 1.

20. A method of controlling a mobile terminal comprising a short range wireless communication module, the method comprising:

performing short range wireless communication with a display apparatus through the short range wireless communication module included in the mobile terminal;

receiving network information which is used for connecting to the display apparatus via a communication method other than the short range wireless communication from the display apparatus via the short range wireless communication, wherein the network information includes a list of communication methods performable by the display apparatus;

connecting to the display apparatus by using the communication method based on the received network information, wherein the communication method is selected from the communication methods performable by the display apparatus; and

transmitting data to be displayed on the display apparatus based on the connection.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the connecting to the display apparatus comprises connecting to the display apparatus by connecting to an access point included in the display apparatus.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the connecting to the display apparatus comprises connecting to the display apparatus by using a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) direct communication method by using the network information.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein the data to be displayed comprises information about a list of data stored in the mobile terminal.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

receiving information about requesting to transmit data included in the list of data stored in the mobile terminal to another mobile terminal, and information for linking communication with the other mobile terminal, from the display apparatus;

linking communication with the other mobile terminal based on the information for linking communication with the other mobile terminal;

transmitting the data to the other mobile terminal; and

transmitting information about a transmission state of the data to the display apparatus.

25. The method of claim 20, wherein the data to be displayed comprises information about a graphic user interface (GUI) object of the mobile terminal.

26. The method of claim 25, further comprising:

receiving a control command from the display apparatus;

performing the received control command; and

returning the result of performing the control command to the display apparatus.

27. The method of claim 20, further comprising determining data to be transmitted to the display apparatus according to a state of the mobile terminal.

28. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

receiving identification information of the short range wireless communication module included in the display apparatus via the short range wireless communication from the display apparatus; and

upon receiving the identification information, transmitting information about geomagnetism detected by a geomagnetic sensor included in the mobile terminal to the display apparatus.

29. A display apparatus capable of communication, the display apparatus comprising:

a plurality of short range wireless communication modules capable of short range wireless communication with a mobile terminal;

an identification unit for identifying a short range wireless communication module performing short range wireless communication with the mobile terminal from among the plurality of short range wireless communication modules;

a location determination unit for determining a relative location of the mobile terminal with respect to the display apparatus according to the result of identifying by the identification unit; and

a screen output unit for determining a location to display data to be displayed on the screen of the display apparatus according to the relative location determined by the location determination unit, and displaying the data on the screen of the display apparatus according to the determined location.

30. The display apparatus of claim 29, wherein the relative location is a location where the mobile terminal is placed on the screen of the display apparatus.

31. The display apparatus of claim 29, wherein the relative location is a location where the mobile terminal is placed within a predetermined range of a front portion of the display apparatus.

32. The display apparatus of claim 29, further comprising a data transceiver for receiving the data to be displayed from the mobile terminal.

33. The display apparatus of claim 32, wherein the data transceiver receives information about the mobile terminal via the short range wireless communication, and

the screen output unit displays the data on the screen of the display apparatus while further considering the information about the mobile terminal.

34. The display apparatus of claim 32, wherein the data comprises a graphic user interface (GUI) object of the mobile terminal,

the display apparatus further comprises a GUI generation unit for generating a GUI comprising the GUI object, and

the screen output unit displays the generated GUI comprising the GUI object according to the relative location of the mobile terminal with respect to the display apparatus.

35. The display apparatus of claim 34, wherein the screen output unit gradually expands a region where the GUI is displayed from the relative location of the mobile terminal with respect to the display apparatus.

36. The display apparatus of claim 35, wherein the data transceiver transmits a control command input through the GUI displayed on the display apparatus to the mobile terminal through the short range wireless communication.

37. The display apparatus of claim 29, further comprising a network connection unit for transmitting network information for connecting the mobile terminal and the display apparatus to the mobile terminal through the short range wireless communication module by using a communication method other than the short range wireless communication, and connecting to the mobile terminal by using the other communication method using the network information.

38. The display apparatus of claim 37, wherein the network connection unit connects to the mobile terminal through an access point included in the display apparatus.

39. The display apparatus of claim 37, wherein the network connection unit connects to the mobile terminal by using a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) direct communication method.

40. The display apparatus of claim 37, further comprising:

a data transceiver for receiving data from the mobile terminal; and

a data storage unit for storing the received data.

41. The display apparatus of claim 37, further comprising:

a data storage unit for storing data; and

a data transceiver for transmitting the data stored in the data storage unit to the mobile terminal by using a communication method connected through the network connection unit.

42. The display apparatus of claim 37, further comprising a data transceiver for receiving information about a list of data stored in the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal,

wherein the screen output unit displays the received list on the screen of the display apparatus according to the relative location.

43. The display apparatus of claim 37, further comprising a data transceiver for transmitting information about requesting to transmit data stored in the mobile terminal to another mobile terminal connected to the display apparatus, and receiving information about a transmission state of the data from the mobile terminal,

wherein the screen output unit displays the information about the transmission state on the screen of the display apparatus.

44. The display apparatus of claim 37, further comprising a data transceiver for receiving information about an application installed in the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal,

wherein the screen output unit displays an execution screen of the application installed in the mobile terminal and a menu about the application of which the execution screen is displayed on the screen, according to the relative location of the mobile terminal.

45. The display apparatus of claim 37, wherein the screen output unit displays data on the screen of the display apparatus,

the location determination unit compares the relative location of the mobile terminal and a region where the data is displayed on the screen of the display apparatus, and

the display apparatus further comprises a data transceiver for transmitting the data to the mobile terminal when the relative location of the mobile terminal is included in the region where the data is displayed based on the result of comparing by the location determination unit.

46. The display apparatus of claim 29, wherein at least one of the short range wireless communication modules receives information about geomagnetism detected by a geomagnetic sensor included in the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal, and

the location determination unit determines the relative location while further considering the result of comparing the received information about geomagnetism and information about geomagnetism detected by a geomagnetic sensor included in the display apparatus.

47. The display apparatus of claim 29, wherein the plurality of short range wireless communication modules are arranged in a lattice shape on a rear portion of the screen of the display apparatus.

48. A mobile terminal comprising a short range wireless communication module, the mobile terminal comprising:

a short range wireless communication unit for receiving network information which is used for connecting to the display apparatus via a communication method other than the short range wireless communication from a display apparatus through the short range wireless communication module included in the mobile terminal, wherein the network information includes a list of communication methods performable by the display apparatus;

a network connection unit for connecting to the display apparatus by using the communication method based on the received network information, wherein the communication method is selected from the communication methods performable by the display apparatus; and

a data transceiver for transmitting data to be displayed on the display apparatus based on the connection.

49. The mobile terminal of claim 48, wherein the network connection unit connects to the display apparatus by connecting to an access point included in the display apparatus.

50. The mobile terminal of claim 48, wherein the network connection unit connects to the display apparatus via a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) direct communication method by using the network information.

51. The mobile terminal of claim 49, wherein the data to be displayed comprises information about a list of data stored in the mobile terminal.

52. The mobile terminal of claim 48, wherein the data to be displayed comprises information about a graphic user interface (GUI) object of the mobile terminal.

53. The mobile terminal of claim 52, wherein the data transceiver receives a control command from the display apparatus, and

the mobile terminal further comprises a control unit for controlling the mobile terminal according to the received control command and returning the result of performing the control command to the display apparatus.

54. The mobile terminal of claim 48, wherein the data transceiver determines data to be transmitted to the display apparatus according to a state of the mobile terminal.

55. The mobile terminal of claim 48, further comprising a geomagnetic sensor for generating information about geomagnetism via detection,

wherein the short range wireless communication unit transmits the information about the geomagnetism to the display apparatus through the short range wireless communication.

56. A method of controlling a mobile terminal comprising a short range wireless communication module, the method comprising:

performing short range wireless communication with a display apparatus through the short range wireless communication module included in the mobile terminal;

determining a relative location of the mobile terminal with respect to the display apparatus according to the short range wireless communication;

receiving network information which is used for connecting to the display apparatus via a communication method other than the short range wireless communication from the display apparatus via the short range wireless communication;

connecting to the display apparatus by using the communication method based on the received network information; and

determining a location on a screen of the display apparatus to display data according to the relative location and transmitting data, which is generated based on the determined location, to be displayed on the display apparatus based on the connection.