Wireless terminal, wireless communication system, and wireless communication control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9148705-B2
Application number	US-201414162752-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 24, 2014
Priority date	Jan 24, 2013
Publication date	Sep 29, 2015
Grant date	Sep 29, 2015

Abstract

A wireless terminal communicates with a wireless communication apparatus including one or more wireless access points, and is used in a facility including a plurality of seats. The wireless terminal includes a seat position identifying unit, a distance determination unit, and a processing setting unit. The seat position identifying unit identifies a seat position of a user of the wireless terminal. The distance determination unit determines a distance from the identified position to the one or more wireless access points. The processing setting unit sets the processing associated with communication based on the determined distance.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wireless terminal that communicates with a wireless communication apparatus including one or more wireless access points, the wireless terminal being used in a facility including a plurality of seats, the wireless terminal comprising:
a seat position identifying unit configured to identify a seat position of a user of the wireless terminal;
a distance determination unit configured to determine a distance from the identified seat position to the one or more wireless access points; and
a terminal-side processing setting unit configured to set processing associated with communication based on information about the determined distance.

2. The wireless terminal according to claim 1 , wherein
the terminal-side processing setting unit sets at least one of a data communication rate, a data size, and an initial value of automatic gain control to be used in communication from the wireless terminal to the one or more wireless access points.

3. The wireless terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the information about the distance includes information indicating a wireless access point to be selected from the wireless access points and set as a wireless access point used for communication, and
the terminal-side processing setting unit sets the selected wireless access point as the wireless access point used for communication.

4. The wireless terminal according to claim 3 , wherein the distance determination unit determines a distance from the identified seat position to the wireless access point to be set as the wireless access point used for communication, and
the distance determination unit includes
a multiple-distance determination unit configured to determine a distance from the seat position to each of the wireless access points, and
a selector configured to select, as the wireless access point used for communication, the wireless access point with the shortest distance from the seat position based on information about the determined distance from the seat position to each wireless access point.

5. The wireless terminal according to claim 3 , wherein
the distance determination unit determines a distance from the identified seat position to the wireless access point to be set as the wireless access point used for communication, and
the distance determination unit includes
a multiple-distance determination unit configured to determine a distance from the seat position to each of the wireless access points, and
a selector configured to select the wireless access point to be set as the wireless access point used for communication based on information about the determined distance from the seat position to each access point and surrounding arrangement information for the identified seat position.

6. A wireless terminal that communicates with a wireless communication apparatus including one or more wireless access points, the wireless terminal being used in a facility including a plurality of seats, the wireless terminal comprising:
a seat position identifying unit configured to identify a seat position of a user of the wireless terminal;
a distance determination unit configured to determine a distance from the identified seat position to the one or more wireless access points; and
a transmission unit configured to transmit information about the determined distance to the one or more wireless access points to set processing associated with communication.

7. The wireless terminal according to claim 6 , wherein the processing associated with communication includes setting at least one of a data communication rate and a data size to be used in communication from the one or more wireless access points to the wireless terminal.

8. The wireless terminal according to claim 6 , wherein the processing associated with communication includes setting a wireless access point selected from the wireless access points as a wireless access point used for communication.

9. A wireless communication system, comprising:
the wireless terminal according to claim 6 ; and
a wireless communication apparatus,
wherein the wireless communication apparatus includes a wireless access point configured to communicate with the wireless terminal, and a processing setting unit configured to set processing associated with communication based on the information about the distance that is transmitted from the wireless terminal.

10. A wireless terminal that communicates with a wireless communication apparatus including one or more wireless access points, the wireless terminal being used in a facility including a plurality of seats, the wireless terminal comprising:
a seat position identifying unit configured to identify a seat position of a user of the wireless terminal;
a communication unit configured to transmit information about the identified seat position to the wireless communication apparatus, and receive information about a distance from the wireless terminal to the one or more wireless access points determined based on information about the seat position; and
a terminal-side processing setting unit configured to set processing associated with communication based on information about the distance.

11. A wireless communication system, comprising:
the wireless terminal according to claim 10 ; and
a wireless communication apparatus,
wherein the wireless communication apparatus includes a wireless access point configured to communicate with the wireless terminal, and a distance determination unit configured to determine a distance to the wireless access point based on the information about the seat position that is transmitted from the wireless terminal, and
the wireless communication apparatus transmits the information about the determined distance to the wireless terminal via the wireless access point.

12. A wireless terminal that communicates with a wireless communication apparatus including one or more wireless access points, the wireless terminal being used in a facility including a plurality of seats, the wireless terminal comprising:
a seat position identifying unit configured to identify a seat position of a user of the wireless terminal; and
a transmission unit configured to transmit information about the identified seat position to the one or more wireless access points to set processing associated with communication.

13. The wireless terminal according to claim 12 , wherein the processing associated with communication includes setting at least one of a data communication rate and a data size to be used in communication from the one or more wireless access points to the wireless terminal.

14. The wireless terminal according to claim 12 , wherein the processing associated with communication includes setting a wireless access point selected from the wireless access points as a wireless access point used for communication.

15. A wireless communication system, comprising:
the wireless terminal according to claim 12 ; and
a wireless communication apparatus,
wherein the wireless communication apparatus includes a wireless access point configured to communicate with the wireless terminal, a distance determination unit configured to determine a distance to the wireless access point based on the information about the seat position that is transmitted from the wireless terminal, and a processing setting unit configured to set processing associated with communication based on the determined distance.

16. A wireless communication controller that controls communication with a wireless terminal via a wireless access point, the wireless terminal being used in a facility including a plural

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hatakeyama Takeshi
• Higashida Masaaki

Classifications

• B60N2230/20

  Wireless data transmission · CPC title

• B60N2/0027

  for detecting the position of the occupant or of occupant's body part · CPC title

• B60N2/002

  Seats provided with an occupancy detection means mounted therein or thereon (detection means responsive to presence or absence of children B60N2/266) · CPC title

• B60N2002/0272

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• H04N21/25841

  involving the geographical location of the client (retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00) · CPC title