WIRELESS CONNECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS USING IMAGE RECOGNITION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL

• US 20120173744A1
• Filed: 09/10/2010
• Published: 07/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kwon, Soon-Hwan, Lee, Kwang-Yong
• Application Number:
  US13/395,419
• Publication Number:
  US 20120173744A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/228
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/635 Overlay text, e.g. embedded captions in a TV program
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/77 Graphical identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/205 Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

A method and apparatus for wireless connection with an external device using image recognition in a mobile communication terminal is provided. In the method for wireless connection with an external device using image recognition in a mobile communication terminal, an image including network connection information is acquired by a camera. The network connection information is acquired by recognizing the image through an image recognition algorithm. The wireless connection with the external device is performed using the acquired network connection information.

Claims

1. A method for wireless connection with an external device using image recognition in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

acquiring an image comprising network connection information by a camera;

acquiring the network connection information by recognizing the image through an image recognition algorithm; and

performing the wireless connection with the external device using the acquired network connection information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the network connection information comprises at least one of an external device identifier, a Service Set IDentifier (SSID), a Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) key, and a security key.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the network connection information is recognized from the image of a screen of the external device.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the network connection information is recognized from the image of an inscription on or attachment to a certain region of the external device.

17. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

requesting to change the network connection information according to a key input by a user.

3. A method for wireless connection with a mobile communication terminal in an external device, the method comprising:

displaying network connection information necessary for wireless connection with the mobile communication terminal on an outside of the external device; and

performing the wireless connection with the mobile communication terminal using the network connection information.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the network connection information comprises at least one of an external identifier, a Service Set IDentifier (SSID), a Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) key, and a security key.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the network connection information is displayed on a screen of the external device.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the network connection information is inscribed on or attached to a certain region of the external device.

7. The method of claim 3 further comprising:

changing the network connection information according to a key input by a user to display the changed network connection information.

8. An apparatus for wireless connection with an external device using image recognition in a mobile communication terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a camera unit configured to acquire an image comprising network connection information;

an image processing unit configured to recognize the image through an image recognition algorithm to acquire the network connection information; and

a control unit configured to control the wireless connection with the external device using the acquired network connection information.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the network connection information comprises at least one of an external identifier, a Service Set IDentifier (SSID), a Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) key, and a security key.

18. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the image processing unit is further configured to recognize the network connection information from the image of a screen of the external device.

19. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the image processing unit is further configured to recognize the network connection information from the image of one of an inscription on and attachment to a certain region of the external device.

20. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the control unit is further configured to control to request to change the network connection information according to a key input by a user.

10. An apparatus for wireless connection with a mobile communication terminal in an external device, the apparatus comprising:

a display unit configured to display network connection information necessary for the wireless connection with the mobile communication terminal; and

a control unit configured to control the wireless connection with mobile communication terminal using the network information.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the network connection information comprises at least one of an external identifier, a Service Set IDentifier (SSID), a Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) key, and a security key

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the network connection information is displayed on a screen of the external device.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the network connection information is inscribed on or attached to a certain region of the external device.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the control unit is further configured to change the network connection information according to a key input by a user to provide the changed network connection information to the display unit.