Method and apparatus for displaying an image of a device based on radio waves

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8977322-B2
Application number	US-201414254608-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 16, 2014
Priority date	Aug 28, 2001
Publication date	Mar 10, 2015
Grant date	Mar 10, 2015

Abstract

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method, and a program in which information can be reliably exchanged when performing wireless communication by allowing a user to know a communication distance at which devices can be connected. A communication unit 28 performs Bluetooth communication with a communication unit, which serves as a Bluetooth module, provided for a cellular telephone. A CPU 21 displays an image corresponding to the cellular telephone based on the input level of Bluetooth radio waves transmitted from the cellular telephone. For example, when the input level of the radio waves transmitted from the cellular telephone is equal to the maximum input, the CPU 21 sets the level of transparency to be 0, and displays the image corresponding to the cellular telephone on an LCD 32 so that a background image is not transmitted at all. When the input level of the radio waves is almost equal to the reception sensitivity, the CPU 21 displays the image corresponding to the cellular telephone on the LCD 32 by setting the level of transparency to be 90% so as to transmit the background image. The present invention can be applied to an information processing apparatus, for example, a personal computer, a PDA, or a cellular telephone.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
a processing circuitry to:
communicate with an electronic device via radio wave;
obtain identification information concerning the electronic device via the radio wave;
specify an image based on the obtained identification information; and
calculate a display position of the image to be displayed based on a status of the radio wave,
wherein the image is obtained by changing at least two of a leve…

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Oba Haruo
• Sugawara Taku
• Inagaki Takeo
• Rekimoto Junichi
• Matsushita Nobuyuki
• Ayatsuka Yuji

Classifications

• G06T11/10

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04W40/246

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W8/005

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F3/14 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06T3/4038 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic