Information processing apparatus and recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10117079-B2
Application number	US-201615166859-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 27, 2016
Priority date	Jun 8, 2015
Publication date	Oct 30, 2018
Grant date	Oct 30, 2018

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes: a communication unit configured to perform communication with a short-distance wireless communication tag; a display control unit configured to display position information of the communication unit on a display unit; and a first determining unit configured to determine whether an establishing signal for establishing the communication is received from the short-distance wireless communication tag. The communication unit performs the communication with the short-distance wireless communication tag in response to the first determining unit determining that the establishing signal is received.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
a communication interface configured to perform communication with a short-distance wireless communication tag;
processing circuitry configured to determine whether an establishing signal for establishing the communication is received from the short-distance wireless communication tag, and in response to determining that the establishing signal is not received, display position information of the communication interface on a display; and
a sensor configured to detect whether the information processing apparatus is inclined,
wherein the communication interface is configured to perform the communication with the short-distance wireless communication tag in response to the processing circuitry determining that the establishing signal is received, and
when it is determined that the information processing apparatus is held near the short-distance wireless communication tag based on a detection result of the sensor, the processing circuitry displays position information of the communication interface.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an application for performing the communication with the short-distance wireless communication tag, wherein
when the processing circuitry determines that the establishing signal is not received after activation of the application, the processing circuitry is configured to display position information of the communication interface.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an application for performing the communication with the short-distance wireless communication tag, wherein
when it is detected that the information processing apparatus is inclined by a predetermined angle after activation of the application, the processing circuitry displays position information of the communication interface.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to determine whether a start signal for starting the communication is received from the short-distance wireless communication tag when a predetermined positional relationship is established between the communication interface and the short-distance wireless communication tag, wherein
when the processing circuitry determines that the start signal is received and when the processing circuitry determines that the establishing signal is not received, the processing circuitry displays position information of the communication interface.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when the processing circuitry determines that the establishing signal is not received, the processing circuitry is configured to change a display color of the position information of the communication interface on the display.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
the processing circuitry is configured to change an intensity of the display color in a stepwise manner, and
the processing circuitry is configured to determine whether the establishing signal is received until the display color is changed to a maximum level.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when the processing circuitry determines that the establishing signal is not received, the processing circuitry changes a display luminance of position information of the communication interface on the display.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein
the processing circuitry is configured to change the display luminance in a stepwise manner, and
the processing circuitry is configured to determine whether the establishing signal is received until the display luminance is changed to a maximum level.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a memory storing the position information of the communication interface.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the position information of the communication interface is acquired from an outside of the information processing apparatus.

11. A non-transitory recording medium containing an information processing program, the program causing an information processing apparatus including a built-in communication interface to perform communication with a short-distance wireless communication tag and a sensor to detect whether the information processing apparatus is inclined, to perform a method comprising:
determining whether an establishing signal for establishing the communication is received from the short-distance wireless communication tag;
in response to determining that the establishing signal is not received, displaying position information of the communication interface on a display; and
performing communication with the short-distance wireless communication tag in response to determining that the establishing signal is received,
wherein when it is determined that the information processing apparatus is held near the short-distance wireless communication tag based on a detection result of the sensor, the method further comprises displaying position information of the communication interface.

12. A method performed by an information processing apparatus that includes a built-in communication interface to perform communication with a short-distance wireless communication tag and a sensor to detect whether the information processing apparatus is inclined, the method comprising:
determining whether an establishing signal for establishing the communication is received from the short-distance wireless communication tag;
in response to determining that the establishing signal is not received, displaying position information of the communication interface on a display; and
performing communication with the short-distance wireless communication tag in response to determining that the establishing signal is received,
wherein when it is determined that the information processing apparatus is held near the short-distance wireless communication tag based on a detection result of the sensor, the method further comprises displaying position information of the communication interface.

Assignees

• Ueda Shigeo
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ueda Shigeo

Classifications

• G09G2340/14

  Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed · CPC title

• G09G2370/16

  Use of wireless transmission of display information · CPC title

• G09G2320/0666

  for control of colour parameters, e.g. colour temperature · CPC title

• G09G5/02

  characterised by the way in which colour is displayed {(details of colour display specific for CRTs G09G1/28; specific for flat matrix panels other than liquid crystal displays G09G3/2003; specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607)} · CPC title

• H04W4/80 Primary

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title