DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON MOTION IDENTIFICATION

• US 20110189961A1
• Filed: 01/25/2011
• Published: 08/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: DU, Le, XIE, Lin, ZHU, Haoliang
• Application Number:
  US13/013,058
• Publication Number:
  US 20110189961A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/67.11
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/00 Monitoring; Testing of line transmission systems H04B3/46; arrangements for monitoring or testing transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio waves H04B10/07
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/27 for locating or positioning the transmitter

Abstract

A data transmission method and apparatus based on motion identification are disclosed. The method includes detecting and identifying a change of a position status of a data transmission apparatus, detecting, by the data transmission apparatus, a target apparatus when the change of the position status is determined to be a predefined motion, and establishing, by the data transmission apparatus, a connection with the target apparatus and performing, by the data transmission apparatus, a data transmission, if the target apparatus is detected. The data transmission method does not operate through an interface, but can trigger a data transmission apparatus to detect a target apparatus and to perform a data transmission by only identifying a motion of the data transmission apparatus. Thus, the operation of data transmission can be simplified, and a user-friendly operation method can be achieved.

Claims

1. A data transmission method based on motion identification, the method comprising:

detecting and identifying a change of a position status of a data transmission apparatus;

detecting, by the data transmission apparatus, a target apparatus, when the change of the position status is determined to be a predefined motion; and

establishing, by the data transmission apparatus, a connection with the target apparatus and performing, by the data transmission apparatus, a data transmission, if the target apparatus is detected.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the predefined motion comprises a data sending triggering motion or a data reception triggering motion.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the data sending triggering motion comprises using the transmission apparatus to describe a circle in a first predetermined direction, and the data reception triggering motion comprises using the transmission apparatus to describe a circle in a direction opposite to the first predetermined direction.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the data sending triggering motion comprises changing the data transmission apparatus from a substantially vertical orientation into a substantially horizontal orientation, and the data reception triggering motion comprises changing the data transmission apparatus from an inverted substantially vertical orientation into the substantially horizontal orientation.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the data sending triggering motion comprises horizontally moving the transmission apparatus in a second predetermined direction, and the data reception triggering motion comprises horizontally moving the transmission apparatus in a direction opposite to the second predetermined direction.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein a target apparatus detection unit detects the target apparatus by broadcasting an apparatus identification request toward specific directions and receiving a signal fed back from the target apparatus.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the apparatus identification request comprises a wireless signal comprising a high directionality.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the apparatus identification request comprises an Infrared Data Association (IrDA) infrared signal or a millimeter wave signal of 60 gigahertz (GHz).

9. The method of claim 1, wherein, when the data transmission apparatus receives an apparatus identification request of another data transmission apparatus, the data transmission apparatus sends a feedback signal to the other data transmission apparatus.

10. A data transmission apparatus based on motion identification, the apparatus comprising:

a motion sensing and identification unit for detecting and identifying a change of a position status of the apparatus;

a target apparatus detection unit for detecting a target apparatus, when the change of the position status is determined to be a predefined motion; and

a data transmission unit for establishing a connection with the target apparatus and for performing a data transmission, if the target apparatus detection unit detects the target apparatus.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the predefined motion comprises a data sending triggering motion or a data reception triggering motion.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the data sending triggering motion comprises using the transmission apparatus to describe a circle in a first predetermined direction, and the data reception triggering motion comprises using the transmission apparatus to describe a circle in a direction opposite to the first predetermined direction.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the data sending triggering motion comprises changing the data transmission apparatus from a substantially vertical orientation into a substantially horizontal orientation, and the data reception triggering motion comprises changing the data transmission apparatus from an inverted substantially vertical orientation into the substantially horizontal orientation.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the data sending triggering motion comprises horizontally moving the transmission apparatus in a second predetermined direction, and the data reception triggering motion comprises horizontally moving the transmission apparatus in a direction opposite to the second predetermined direction.

15. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the target apparatus detection unit detects the target apparatus by broadcasting an apparatus identification request toward specific directions and receiving a signal fed back from the target apparatus.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the apparatus identification request comprises a wireless signal comprising a high directionality.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the apparatus identification request comprises an Infrared Data Association (IrDA) infrared signal or a millimeter wave signal of 60 gigahertz (GHz).

18. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein, when the data transmission apparatus receives an apparatus identification request of another data transmission apparatus, the data transmission apparatus sends a feedback signal to the other data transmission apparatus.