CONTROL METHOD FOR RAPID CONNECTION AND DATA TRANSMISSION BETWEEN DEVICES

• US 20180049257A1
• Filed: 04/24/2015
• Published: 02/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wuxi Shiling Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Wuxi Shiling Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Liu, Jun, Shen, Jianfeng, Wang, Xiaodong, Chen, Lin, Li, Hua, Sun, Ping
• Granted Patent: US 10,321,501 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 1/121 by printing code marks applying code marks to labels B65C9/46; marking or coding completed packages B65B61/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10366 the interrogation device being adapted for miscellaneous applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/48 Transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/77 for interrogation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup

Abstract

A control method for rapid connection and data transmission between devices includes: writing relevant information about a wireless short-range communication module in a slave device into an RFID label via an RFID reader module, or printing the relevant information into a bar code label via a bar code printer and fixing the RFID label or the bar code label on the sensor device; and by using the RFID reader module or a bar code recognizer in the master device, reading information about the RFID label or the bar code label, starting the function of the wireless short-range communication module according to the acquired information, automatically matching the relevant information, and popping up a corresponding user interface according to the obtained type information about the sensor device to display the collected data.

Claims

1. A control method for performing rapid connection and data transmission between devices, comprising:

writing, by a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader and writer module, relevant information about a wireless short-range communication module in a slave device into an RFID label, the relevant information comprising address information and sensor device type information, or printing, by a bar code printer, the relevant information into a bar code label; and

fixing the RFID label or the bar code label onto the slave device; and

reading, by the RFID reader and writer module or a bar code reader in the master device, information from the RFID label or from the bar code label;

starting a function of the wireless short-range communication module according to the read information;

automatically matching relevant information, and popping up a corresponding user interface according to the obtained slave device type information to display collected data.

2. The control method for performing rapid connection and data transmission between devices as claimed in claim 1, wherein the collected data is transmitted to a data center by a wireless local-area or wide-area communication module.

12. The control method for performing rapid connection and data transmission between devices according to claim 1, wherein the slave device is a sensor device, and the master device is a terminal device.

13. The control method for performing rapid connection and data transmission between devices according to claim 1, wherein the automatically matching relevant information comprises automatically matching a secret key.

14. The control method for performing rapid connection and data transmission between devices according to claim 2, wherein the wireless local-area communication module is wireless local-area WIFI module, and the wide-area communication module is selected from a group consisting of a wireless wide-area 2G module, a wireless wide-area 3G module and a wireless wide-area 4G module.

3. A control method for performing rapid connection and data transmission between devices, wherein when a sensor device has a wireless short-range communication function, for performing rapid connection and then rapid data transmission by using a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) label, the method comprises:

Step 1;

writing, by a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader and writer module, relevant information about a wireless short-range communication module into an RFID label, writing a serial number and type information of a sensor device into the RFID label, the relevant information about the wireless short-range communication module comprising a Media Access Control (MAC) address of a Bluetooth or a WIFI wireless network Service Set Identifier (SSID) and a secret key, and fixing the RFID label onto the sensor device;

Step 2;

when it is necessary to acquire data information about the sensor device, reading information from the RFID label by using an RFID function of a terminal device, to acquire information about the wireless short-range communication module and sensor device type information;

judging a used communication mode from the read information;

when a Bluetooth function is used, automatically starting, by the terminal device, a Bluetooth module, searching for a Bluetooth module with the corresponding name;

after the Bluetooth module is found, performing Bluetooth pairing by automatically inputting the read secret key information; and

after pairing is successful, sending a command to establish a connection; and

when the read information indicates that the sensor device is connected through WIFI, automatically connecting the terminal device to an SSID of the corresponding wireless local area network and inputting the read secret key information; and

after the connection to the SSID of the wireless local area network is successful, automatically connecting client software on the terminal device to the sensor device to acquire data from the sensor device; and

Step 3;

after the connection is established, automatically selecting and entering, by the terminal device, an application interface for the sensor device according to the sensor device type information acquired from the RFID label;

when the sensor device acquires sensing data, automatically uploading the sensing data to the application interface for the sensor device of the terminal device through the wireless short-range communication connection that is already established; and

if necessary, uploading the sensing data to a remote background server through a wireless local-area or wide-area module of the terminal device.

4. The control method for performing rapid connection and data transmission between devices as claimed in claim 3, wherein after the Step 3, the method further comprises:

Step X;

maintaining the established data link, until the terminal device starts to read the RFID label for next time or before establishing a new wireless short-range communication connection; and

when the link is broken, automatically re-establishing the connection according to the Bluetooth MAC address or the SSID and the secret key of the wireless local area network;

or

Step Y;

when data transmission is completed and the connection needs to be disconnected, clicking, by a user, an off key on a user operation interface to switch off a Bluetooth or WIFI device;

or, after the terminal device is screen-off, entering a power-saving mode or automatically disconnecting the connection of the wireless short-range communication module, and after the terminal device is screen-on, re-establishing the connection.

5. The control method for performing rapid connection and data transmission between devices as claimed in claim 3, wherein when the sensor device has the wireless short-range communication function, implementing rapid connection and then implementing rapid data transmission by using the RFID label or a bar code label by performing the Steps 1 to 3 and the Steps X and Y.

15. The control method for performing rapid connection and data transmission between devices according to claim 3, wherein the wireless short-range communication module is selected from a group consisting of Bluetooth, ZigBee and WIFI.

16. The control method for performing rapid connection and data transmission between devices according to claim 3, wherein when the sensor device type information indicates that the sensor device is a thermometer, the Step 3 comprises:

after the connection is established, automatically selecting and entering, by the terminal device, a temperature collection interface according to the sensor device type information acquired from the RFID label;

when the sensor device acquires a body temperature of a patient, automatically uploading the body temperature to the application interface for the sensor device of the terminal device through the wireless short-range communication connection that is already established.

17. The control method for performing rapid connection and data transmission between devices according to claim 3, wherein the background server is a data center.

18. The control method for performing rapid connection and data transmission between devices according to claim 5, wherein the wireless short-range communication function is selected from a group consisting of Bluetooth, ZigBee, WIFI.

6. A control method for performing rapid connection and data transmission between devices, wherein when a used device does not have a wireless short-range communication function, a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) label and a bar code label only contain device information;

and wherein after RFID label data or bar code label data is read, automatically judging, by a system, what the device is, and then entering a corresponding interface for convenience of user operations; and

for example, when blood pressure information is to be presented, entering a blood pressure information input interface, and when blood glucose information is to be presented, entering a blood glucose information input interface, such that the user has a convenient and fast use experience.

19. The control method for performing rapid connection and data transmission between devices according to claim 6, wherein the slave device is a sensor device, and the master device is a terminal device.

7. A control method for performing rapid connection and data transmission between devices, the method applied to a data transmission system, the data transmission system comprising at least one master device and a slave device, wherein both the master device and the slave device comprise a wireless short-range communication module;

the terminal device comprises a master control unit, a power management unit, a wireless short-range communication module, a wireless local-area or wide-area communication module, a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader and writer module, an antenna, and a bar code reader;

the power management unit, the wireless short-range communication module, the wireless local-area or wide-area communication module, the bar code reader and the RFID reader and writer module are electrically connected to the master control unit, respectively;

the antenna is connected to the RFID reader and writer module;

the power management unit is configured to supply power to the whole system;

the wireless short-range communication module is configured to transmit data between the master device and the slave device;

the RFID reader and writer module is configured to perform data collection of an RFID electronic label; and

the bar code reader is configured to identify a bar code label.

8. The control method for performing rapid connection and data transmission between devices as claimed in claim 7, wherein the RFID reader and writer module supports a plurality of bands, and the master control unit consists of a mobile phone platform and an operating system, and is configured to perform RFID data processing.

9. The control method for performing rapid connection and data transmission between devices as claimed in claim 7, wherein the RFID reader and writer module performs transmission and receiving by adopting an omnidirectional antenna.

10. The control method for performing rapid connection and data transmission between devices as claimed in claim 7, wherein a wireless local area network WIFI module or a wireless wide area network 2G/3G/4G module is integrated in the master control unit, and is configured to complete connection and data exchange with an external server through WIFI or 2G/3G/4G wireless communications, and the master control unit is also provided with a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) screen for human-computer interaction.

11. The control method for performing rapid connection and data transmission between devices as claimed in claim 7, wherein the bar code reader may read bar code information, a bar code containing device and secret key information;

and light emitted by the bar code reader contains location light, capable of rapidly and accurately reading the bar code.

20. The control method for performing rapid connection and data transmission between devices according to claim 10, wherein the external server is a data center.