Electronic apparatus and method of pairing in electronic apparatus

• US 9,426,606 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2015
• Issued: 08/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Ki-Wan, Ahn, Jong-Hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Hai V
• Application Number:
  US14/633,894
• Publication Number:
  US 20150373484A1
• Time in Patent Office: 543 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.2, 455/41.3
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/08 Mobility data transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a communication unit configured to transmit an altered apparatus Identification (ID) and a controller configured to detect a user'"'"'s action in a pairing mode of the electronic apparatus, to determine additional information according to the user'"'"'s action, and to transmit the altered apparatus ID including an apparatus ID of the electronic apparatus and the additional information to another electronic apparatus that can be paired with the electronic apparatus.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a communication unit configured to transmit an altered apparatus Identification (ID); and

a controller configured to;

detect a user'"'"'s action in a pairing mode of the electronic apparatus,

determine additional information according to the user'"'"'s action, and

transmit the altered apparatus ID including an apparatus ID of the electronic apparatus and the additional information to another electronic apparatus that can be paired with the electronic apparatus,

wherein the additional information corresponds to a display method of the apparatus ID on the other device.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a sensor configured to detect a shaking of the electronic apparatus,

wherein the controller is further configured to detect the user'"'"'s action including at least one of a duration of the shaking of the electronic apparatus, a number of times of the shaking of the electronic apparatus, and an intensity of the shaking of the electronic apparatus.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a microphone configured to output a signal according to a tapping on the microphone,

wherein the controller is further configured to detect at least one of a number of times of the tapping on the microphone and an intensity of the tapping on the microphone according to the user'"'"'s action corresponding to the tapping on the microphone.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, further comprising one of a button and a key,

wherein the controller is further configured to detect one of (i) a duration of a pressing of the one of the button and the key and (ii) a number of times of the pressing of the one of the button and the key according to the user'"'"'s action corresponding to the pressing of the one of the button and the key.

5. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a communication unit configured to receive an altered apparatus Identification (ID) including an apparatus ID and additional information from another electronic apparatus that can be paired with the electronic apparatus;

a controller configured to;

determine a display method corresponding to the additional information included in the received altered apparatus ID in a pairing mode,

make the additional information included in the altered apparatus ID hidden, and

display the apparatus ID according to the determined display method; and

a display unit configured to display the apparatus ID according to the determined display method.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 5, wherein the additional information corresponds to at least one of a duration of a shaking of the other electronic apparatus, a number of times of the shaking of the other electronic apparatus, and an intensity of the shaking of the other electronic apparatus.

7. The electronic apparatus of claim 5, wherein the additional information corresponds to at least one of a number of times of tapping on a microphone of the other electronic apparatus and an intensity of the tapping on the microphone of the other electronic apparatus.

8. The electronic apparatus of claim 5, wherein the additional information corresponds to one of (i) a duration of a pressing of one of a button and a key of the other electronic apparatus and (ii) a number of times of the pressing of the one of the button and the key of the other electronic apparatus.

9. The electronic apparatus of claim 5, wherein the display method is one of a highlighting display method, a size enlarging display method, and a shaking display method.

10. A method of pairing an electronic apparatus and another electronic apparatus, the method comprising:

detecting, by the electronic apparatus, a user'"'"'s action in a pairing mode of the electronic apparatus;

determining additional information according to the user'"'"'s action;

creating an altered apparatus Identification (ID) that includes the additional information and an apparatus ID of the electronic apparatus; and

transmitting the altered apparatus ID to the other electronic apparatus,

wherein the additional information corresponds to a display method of the apparatus ID on the other device.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the detecting of the user'"'"'s action comprises detecting at least one of a duration of a shaking of the electronic apparatus, a number of times of the shaking of the electronic apparatus, and an intensity of the shaking of the electronic apparatus.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the detecting of the user'"'"'s action comprises detecting at least one of a number of times of a tapping on a microphone of the electronic apparatus and an intensity of the tapping on the microphone of the electronic apparatus.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the detecting of the user'"'"'s action comprises detecting at least one of (i) a duration of a pressing of one of a button and a key of the electronic apparatus and (ii) a number of times of the pressing of the one of the button and the key of the electronic apparatus.

14. A method of pairing an electronic apparatus and another electronic apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving an altered apparatus Identification (ID) that includes an apparatus ID and additional information from the other electronic apparatus;

determining a display method corresponding to the additional information included in the altered apparatus ID;

making the additional information included in the altered apparatus ID hidden; and

displaying the apparatus ID according to the determined display method.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the additional information corresponds to at least one of a duration of a shaking of the other electronic apparatus, a number of times of the shaking of the other electronic apparatus, and an intensity of the shaking of the other electronic apparatus.

16. The method of claim 15,

wherein the display method is a highlighting display method, and

wherein, while displaying the apparatus ID, an intensity of highlighting performed by the highlighting display method increases as one of the duration of the shaking increases, the number of times of the shaking increases, and the intensity of the shaking increases.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the additional information corresponds to at least one of a number of times of a tapping on a microphone of the other electronic apparatus and an intensity of the tapping on the microphone of the other electronic apparatus.

18. The method of claim 17,

wherein the display method is a size enlarging display method, and

wherein, while displaying the apparatus ID, a size of the displayed apparatus ID increases according to the size enlarging display method as one of the duration of the shaking increases, the number of times of the shaking increases, and the intensity of the shaking increases.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the additional information corresponds to one of (i) a duration of a pressing of one of a button and a key of the other electronic apparatus and (ii) a number of times of the pressing of the one of the button and the key of the other electronic apparatus.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the display method is one of a highlighting display method, a size enlarging display method, and a shaking display method.