Remote control apparatus and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11436918-B2
Application number	US-202117357330-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2021
Priority date	Oct 17, 2018
Publication date	Sep 6, 2022
Grant date	Sep 6, 2022

Abstract

A remote control apparatus is provided. The remote control apparatus includes a directional antenna, a communicator, and a processor configured to, based on a wireless signal being received from an external device through the directional antenna, identify an angle at which the wireless signal is received, based on the angle being within a predetermine range, obtain identification information of the external device by parsing the wireless signal, based on the identification information, identify whether the external device is registered to a server and based on identifying that the external device is not registered to the server, transmit a signal for requesting registration to the external device through the communicator.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A remote control apparatus comprising:
a directional antenna;
a communicator; and
a processor configured to:
based on a wireless signal being received from an external device through the directional antenna, identify an angle at which the wireless signal is received,
based on the angle being within a predetermined range, obtain identification information of the external device by parsing the wireless signal, and
based on the obtained identification information, control the communicator to transmit a signal to an electronic device for registering the external device to a server,

wherein the processor is further configured to identify the angle based on a first signal received from the external device and a second signal received from the external device.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wireless signal comprises the identification information of the external device.

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
identify whether the external device is a device registered to the server based on information on a device registered to the server and the identification information of the external device, and
based on identifying that the external device is not registered to the server, control the communicator to transmit the signal for requesting registration of the external device to the electronic device.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the information on the device registered to the server is received from at least one of the server and the electronic apparatus.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to, based on a user input for registering the external device being received, identify the angle at which the wireless signal is received.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
an IR transmitter,
wherein the processor is further configured to, based on a user input for controlling the external device being received, identify the angle at which the wireless signal is received.

7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the identification information includes information on Mac address of the external device.

8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the directional antenna includes two parallel antennas, and
wherein the first signal and the second signal received from the external device are signals reached the two parallel antennas.

9. A method for controlling a remote control apparatus, the method comprising:
receiving a wireless signal from an external device;
identifying an angle at which the wireless signal is received;
based on the angle being within a predetermined range, obtaining identification information of the external device by parsing the wireless signal; and
based on the obtained identification information, transmitting a signal to an electronic device for registering the external device to a server,
wherein the identifying of the angle comprises identifying the angle based on a first signal received from the external device and a second signal received from the external device.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the wireless signal comprises the identification information of the external device.

11. The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the transmitting comprises:
identifying whether the external device is a device registered to the server based on information on a device registered to the server and the identification information of the external device, and
based on identifying that the external device is not registered to the server, transmitting the signal for requesting registration of the external device to the electronic device.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the information on the device registered to the server is received from at least one of the server and the electronic apparatus.

13. The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the identifying comprises: based on a user input for registering the external device being received, identifying the angle at which the wireless signal is received.

14. The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the identifying comprises: based on a user input for controlling the external device being received, transmitting an IR signal corresponding to the user input to the external device, and identifying the angle at which the wireless signal is received.

15. The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the identification information includes information on Mac address of the external device.

16. The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the remote control apparatus includes a directional antenna, and the directional antenna includes a first parallel antenna, and a second parallel antenna, and
wherein the first signal received from the external device is a signal received through the first parallel antenna and the second signal received from the external device is a signal received through the second parallel antenna.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Seo Jehwan
• Kim Minsup
• Song Kihyun
• Yoon Sukhoon
• Lee Jongkeun

Classifications

• G08C2201/32

  Remote control based on movements, attitude of remote control device · CPC title

• H04W60/04

  using triggered events · CPC title

• G08C17/00 Primary

  Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link · CPC title

• H04L2101/622

  Layer-2 addresses, e.g. medium access control [MAC] addresses · CPC title

• H04L67/125 Primary

  involving control of end-device applications over a network · CPC title