Communication device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9262913-B2
Application number	US-201514698947-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 29, 2015
Priority date	Nov 25, 2010
Publication date	Feb 16, 2016
Grant date	Feb 16, 2016

Abstract

A mobile device includes a position sensing unit, a remote control information obtainment unit, and a storage unit. Position information obtained by the position sensing unit is stored in the storage unit in association with remote control information. The mobile device further includes a directional space obtainment unit and an apparatus specification unit. The mobile device recognizes a direction pointed by a user using the mobile device, and enables operation of a terminal apparatus existing in the pointing direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wireless communication terminal comprising:
a position information obtainment unit configured to estimate terminal position information which is position information of the wireless communication terminal, using an internal sensor;
a peripheral apparatus information storage unit configured to store, as unique information corresponding to a peripheral apparatus registered beforehand, at least an apparatus ID, position information, and an identifier of the peripheral apparatus, the identifier indicating whether or not the peripheral apparatus supports optical communication for modulating information as a light emitting pattern and transmitting the modulated information;
an imaging device that obtains light generated by the peripheral apparatus modulating the information as the light emitting pattern;
an optical communication information obtainment unit configured to decode the information from the light emitting pattern of the light obtained by the imaging device;
a server cooperative communication unit configured to notify the apparatus ID obtained by the optical communication information obtainment unit and state information which is information indicating a state of the apparatus to a server via a network, and obtain user presentation information from the server, the user presentation information being at least one of screen information, sound information, an application, a script, a URL, and link information to another server that correspond to the state information; and
a peripheral apparatus limiting unit configured to select a peripheral apparatus capable of the optical communication based on a current position of the wireless communication terminal, from the terminal position information and the peripheral apparatus information,
wherein the optical communication information obtainment unit is configured to complement the information received by the optical communication, using information corresponding to the selected peripheral apparatus.

2. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 1 ,
wherein the wireless communication terminal compares the information of the selected peripheral apparatus and the information already received by the optical communication, and complement the information before obtaining all information transmitted by the optical communication.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Corp America

Inventors

• Yamada Kazunori
• Yamaguchi Kohei
• Iida Shigehiro
• Sakakibara Mizuho
• Ohnishi Toshiaki
• Yamaoka Masaru
• Oshima Mitsuaki
• Ohira Tomoaki
• Matsumoto Michihiro
• Mukai Tsutomu
• Matsushita Yosuke
• Ohtsubo Shohji
• Nakae Hironori

Classifications

• H04B5/24

  Inductive coupling · CPC title

• G08C2201/70

  Device selection · CPC title

• G08C23/04 Primary

  using light waves, e.g. infrared · CPC title

• G08C2201/32

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

• G08C17/02 Primary

  using a radio link · CPC title