Image recognition for pairing of devices
First Claim
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a memory configured to store a device management list associating first identification information corresponding to the information processing apparatus, second identification information corresponding to another information processing apparatus, and a dictionary image corresponding to the another information processing apparatus, the second identification information comprising address information corresponding to the another information processing apparatus and an indication of a connection method for connecting with the another information processing apparatus, the dictionary image being an image assigned one-to-one to each of a plurality of information processing apparatuses including the information processing apparatus and the another information processing apparatus;
a wireless interface configured to communicate with the another information processing apparatus;
an imaging unit that captures image data displayed by a display of the another information processing apparatus; and
circuitry configured tosend a request for the device management list to a server that is separate from the information processing apparatus and the other information processing apparatus;
receive the device management list from the server and control the memory to store the device management list;
determine whether the captured image data displayed by the another information processing apparatus includes the dictionary image corresponding to the another information processing apparatus and stored in the device management list; and
when it is determined that the captured image data displayed by the another information processing apparatus includes the dictionary image corresponding to the another information processing apparatus;
retrieve, from the memory, the second identification information; and
control the wireless interface to transmit, to the another information processing apparatus, a request for pairing with the another information processing apparatus, the request for pairing being based on the second identification information.
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus that stores a table associating first identification information corresponding to the information processing apparatus, second identification information corresponding to another information processing apparatus, and an image corresponding to the another information processing apparatus; captures image data; determines whether the captured image data includes the image corresponding to the another information processing apparatus; and controls a wireless interface to transmit, to the another information processing apparatus, a request for pairing with the another information processing apparatus when the determining determines that the captured image data includes the image corresponding to the another information processing apparatus.
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18 Claims
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1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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a memory configured to store a device management list associating first identification information corresponding to the information processing apparatus, second identification information corresponding to another information processing apparatus, and a dictionary image corresponding to the another information processing apparatus, the second identification information comprising address information corresponding to the another information processing apparatus and an indication of a connection method for connecting with the another information processing apparatus, the dictionary image being an image assigned one-to-one to each of a plurality of information processing apparatuses including the information processing apparatus and the another information processing apparatus; a wireless interface configured to communicate with the another information processing apparatus; an imaging unit that captures image data displayed by a display of the another information processing apparatus; and circuitry configured to send a request for the device management list to a server that is separate from the information processing apparatus and the other information processing apparatus; receive the device management list from the server and control the memory to store the device management list; determine whether the captured image data displayed by the another information processing apparatus includes the dictionary image corresponding to the another information processing apparatus and stored in the device management list; and when it is determined that the captured image data displayed by the another information processing apparatus includes the dictionary image corresponding to the another information processing apparatus; retrieve, from the memory, the second identification information; and control the wireless interface to transmit, to the another information processing apparatus, a request for pairing with the another information processing apparatus, the request for pairing being based on the second identification information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:
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sending, to a server that is separate from the information processing apparatus and another information processing apparatus, a request for a device management list associating first identification information corresponding to the information processing apparatus, second identification information corresponding to the another information processing apparatus, and a dictionary image corresponding to the another information processing apparatus, the second identification information comprising address information corresponding to the another information processing apparatus and an indication of a connection method for connecting with the another information processing apparatus, the dictionary image being an image assigned one-to-one to each of a plurality of information processing apparatuses including the information processing apparatus and the another information processing apparatus; receiving the device management list from the server and storing the device management list in a memory; capturing image data displayed by a display of the another information processing apparatus by an imaging unit; determining whether the captured image data displayed by the another information processing apparatus includes the dictionary image corresponding to the another information processing apparatus and stored in the device management list; and when the determining determines that the captured image data displayed by the another information processing apparatus includes the dictionary image corresponding to the another information processing apparatus; retrieving, from the memory, the second identification information; and controlling a wireless interface to transmit, to the another information processing apparatus, a request for pairing with the another information processing apparatus, the request for pairing being based on the second identification information.
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18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer program instructions, which when executed by an information processing apparatus, cause the information processing apparatus to perform a process comprising:
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sending, to a server that is separate from the information processing apparatus and another information processing apparatus, a request for a device management list associating first identification information corresponding to the information processing apparatus, second identification information corresponding to the another information processing apparatus, and a dictionary image corresponding to the another information processing apparatus, the second identification information comprising address information corresponding to the another information processing apparatus and an indication of a connection method for connecting with the another information processing apparatus, the dictionary image being an image assigned one-to-one to each of a plurality of information processing apparatuses including the information processing apparatus and the another information processing apparatus; receiving the device management list from the server and storing the device management list in a memory; capturing image data displayed by a display of the another information processing apparatus; determining whether the captured image data displayed by the another information processing apparatus includes the dictionary image corresponding to the another information processing apparatus; and when the determining determines that the captured image data displayed by the another information processing apparatus includes the dictionary image corresponding to the another information processing apparatus and stored in the device management list; retrieving, from the memory, the second identification information; and controlling a wireless interface to transmit, to the another information processing apparatus, a request for pairing with the another information processing apparatus, the request for pairing being based on the second identification information.
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Specification