COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20170331564A1
• Filed: 09/11/2015
• Published: 11/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: TANAKA, KATSUYUKI, ISHIBASHI, YOSHIHITO, IDE, YUJI, UNO, MASAHIRO, FUNAMOTO, KAZUHISA
• Granted Patent: US 10,090,935 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 13/005 Transmission systems in which the medium consists of the human body
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/70 specially adapted for specific purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/40 for selective distribution or broadcast

Abstract

[Object] To provide a communication device, a communication method, and a communication system, which can reduce the burden of the user, while maintaining convenience of the user at the time of communication establishment. [Solution] A communication device includes a communication unit that communicates with a first communication device or a second communication device by using human body communication, with regard to setting information for establishing communication between the first communication device and the second communication device. A communication device includes a communication unit that communicates with a third communication device by using human body communication with regard to setting information for establishing communication with a second communication device, and establishes communication with the second communication device based on the setting information. A communication device includes a communication unit that communicates with a third communication device by using human body communication with regard to setting information for establishing communication with a first communication device, and establishes communication with the first communication device based on the setting information.

Claims

1. A communication device comprising:

a communication unit that communicates with a first communication device or a second communication device by using human body communication, with regard to setting information for establishing communication between the first communication device and the second communication device.

2. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein

the setting information includes first setting information which is setting information of the first communication device, and

the communication unit receives the first setting information from the first communication device by using the human body communication.

3. The communication device according to claim 2, wherein

the communication unit transmits a transmission authorization inquiry of the first setting information to the first communication device, and

when a transmission authorization is received from the first communication device, the communication unit transmits the first setting information to the second communication device by using the human body communication.

4. The communication device according to claim 3, wherein

when a plurality of pieces of the first setting information exist, the communication unit transmits the transmission authorization inquiry to the first communication device, and

transmits a piece of the first setting information indicated by the received transmission authorization to the second communication device by using the human body communication.

5. The communication device according to claim 2, wherein

when a plurality of pieces of the first setting information exist, the communication unit transmits a part or all of the plurality of pieces of the first setting information to the second communication device by using the human body communication.

6. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein

the setting information includes second setting information which is setting information of the second communication device,

the communication unit receives the second setting information from the second communication device by using the human body communication, and

the communication unit transmits the received second setting information to the first communication device.

7. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein

when a predetermined signal is received from another communication device, the communication unit transitions to a state capable of the human body communication.

8. A communication device comprising

a communication unit that

communicates with a third communication device by using human body communication with regard to setting information for establishing communication with a second communication device, and

establishes communication with the second communication device based on the setting information.

9. The communication device according to claim 8, wherein

the setting information includes first setting information which is setting information of the communication device, and

the communication unit transmits the first setting information to the third communication device by using the human body communication.

10. The communication device according to claim 9, further comprising:

a control unit that notifies a user that a transmission authorization inquiry has been made when the transmission authorization inquiry of the first setting information is received from the third communication device, and decides whether or not to authorize transmission of the first setting information on a basis of user operation that is performed with regard to the notification.

11. The communication device according to claim 9, wherein

the setting information includes second setting information which is setting information of the second communication device,

the communication unit receives the second setting information from the third communication device, and

the communication unit establishes communication that differs from the human body communication with the second communication device on a basis of the received second setting information.

12. The communication device according to claim 8, wherein

the communication unit transmits a signal that prompts the human body communication.

13. A communication device comprising

a communication unit that

communicates with a third communication device by using human body communication with regard to setting information for establishing communication with a first communication device, and

establishes communication with the first communication device based on the setting information.

14. The communication device according to claim 13, wherein

the setting information includes first setting information which is setting information of the first communication device, and

the communication unit receives the first setting information from the third communication device by using the human body communication.

15. The communication device according to claim 14, wherein

the communication unit discards the first setting information, after communication with the first communication device.

16. The communication device according to claim 13, wherein

the setting information includes second setting information which is setting information of the communication device,

the communication unit transmits the second setting information to the third communication device by using the human body communication, and

the communication unit receives a communication establishment request transmitted from the first communication device on a basis of the second setting information, and establishes communication with the first communication device on a basis of the communication establishment request.

17. The communication device according to claim 13, further comprising:

a detection unit for detecting a user approaching the communication device,

wherein the communication unit transmits a signal that prompts the human body communication, when the approaching user is detected by the detection unit.

18. A communication method comprising:

transmitting setting information for establishing communication between a first communication device and a second communication device to the first communication device or the second communication device by using human body communication; and

establishing the communication between the first communication device and the second communication device on a basis of the setting information.

19. A communication system comprising:

a function for transmitting setting information for establishing communication between a first communication device and a second communication device to the first communication device or the second communication device by using human body communication; and

a function for establishing the communication between the first communication device and the second communication device on a basis of the setting information.