Information transmission system and method

• US 9,667,434 B2
• Filed: 07/17/2015
• Issued: 05/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sonix Technology Company Limited (Fortive Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sonix Technology Company Limited (Fortive Corp.)
• Inventors: Huang, Kun-Ming, Ko, Chung-Chih
• Primary Examiner(s): BLOUIN, MARK S
• Application Number:
  US14/802,724
• Publication Number:
  US 20160294573A1
• Time in Patent Office: 683 Days
• Field of Search: 367199
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/02 using infrasonic, sonic or ultrasonic waves
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/018 Audio watermarking, i.e. embedding inaudible data in the audio signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2807 Exchanging configuration information on appliance services in a home automation network arrangements for maintenance or administration involving network analysis for automatically determining the actual topology of a network H04L41/12; hardware or software tools for network management using graphical user interfaces H04L41/22; address allocation H04L61/50
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless

Abstract

An information transmission system includes a mobile device, a signal transmission line and an internet device with networking capabilities. The mobile device includes a user interface, an encoder, a modulator and an audio connector. The user interface receives network setting information, and the encoder is coupled to the user interface to encodes the network setting information into information codes. The modulator is coupled to the encoder to modulate the information codes to form an audio signal embedded with the information codes. The audio connector is coupled to the modulator, and the signal transmission line is connected to the audio connector of the mobile device to transmit the audio signal embedded with the information codes. The internet device is connected to the signal transmission line, receives the audio signal with the embedded information codes, and decodes the information codes into the network setting information.

Claims

1. An information transmission system, comprising:

a mobile device, comprising;

a user interface for receiving network setting information;

an encoder coupled to the user interface to encodes the network setting information into information codes;

a modulator coupled to the encoder to modulate the information codes to form an audio signal embedded with the information codes; and

an audio connector coupled to the modulator to receive the audio signal embedded with the information codes;

a signal transmission line connected to the audio connector of the mobile device to transmit the audio signal embedded with the information codes; and

an internet device with networking capabilities connected to the signal transmission line, the internet device receiving the audio signal with the embedded information codes and decoding the information codes into the network setting information.

2. The information transmission system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information codes are embedded in the audio signal using frequency modulation or amplitude modulation.

3. The information transmission system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information codes are in the form of ASCII codes.

4. The information transmission system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the network setting information comprises a service set identifier and a password.

5. The information transmission system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mobile device is a smart phone or a tablet computer.

6. The information transmission system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the internet device is an electronic device capable of being linked to a wireless local area network.

7. The information transmission system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the internet device is a smoke alarm, an automatic temperature regulator, an IP camera, or a wearable electronic device.

8. The information transmission system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the internet device comprises an information processor and a decoder, the decoder decodes the information codes to get the network setting information, and the information processor executes the network setting for the internet device according to the network setting information.

9. The information transmission system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the information processor links the internet device to a wireless access point according to the network setting information.

10. The information transmission system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the signal transmission line is an audio line.

11. A method for transmitting network setting information, comprising:

encoding network setting information input via a mobile device into information codes;

modulating the information codes to form an audio signal embedded with the information codes;

transmitting the audio signal embedded with the information codes to an internet device with networking capabilities; and

decoding the information codes to provide the internet device with the network setting information.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising:

linking the internet device to a wireless access point according to the network setting information.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the internet device is an electronic device capable of being linked to a wireless local area network.

14. A method for transmitting network setting information for use with an internet device linked to a wireless local area network device, the method comprising the following steps:

using the internet device to receive an audio signal embedded with information codes; and

decoding the information codes embedded in the audio signal to allow the internet device to link the wireless local area network device according to the information codes.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14, further comprising:

encoding network setting information input by an user into the information codes.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the network setting information comprises a service set identifier and a password.

17. The method as claimed in claim 14, further comprising:

transmitting the audio signal embedded with the information codes from a mobile device to the internet device.

18. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the mobile device is a smart phone or a tablet computer.

19. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the information codes are embedded in the audio signal using frequency modulation of amplitude modulation.