Storage medium storing device registration program and method for device registration

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9372646-B2
Application number	US-201514636762-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 3, 2015
Priority date	Mar 5, 2014
Publication date	Jun 21, 2016
Grant date	Jun 21, 2016

Abstract

A device registration program causes a computer in a mobile terminal to function as a device detecting section, a designated device discriminating section, a display control section, and a device registration section. The device detecting section detects any devices communicable with the mobile terminal. The designated device discriminating section discriminates a device designated according to an orientation of the mobile terminal on the basis of location information and orientation information of the mobile terminal and location information of each of the detected devices. The display control section causes display of a list of icons indicating models of the detected devices and display of an icon of the discriminated device in a different manner than the other icons in the list. The device registration section registers the discriminated device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing therein a device registration program to be executed by a computer in a mobile terminal in which a device driver is to be installed, wherein
the device registration program causes the computer to function as a device detecting section, a designated device discriminating section, a display control section, and a device registration section,
the device detecting section detects one or more devices communicable with the mobile terminal,
the designated device discriminating section obtains location information and orientation information of the mobile terminal through a positon detecting device and an orientation detecting device that are built into the mobile terminal, obtains location information of the one or more devices from the one or more devices through a wireless communication device built into the mobile terminal, and on the basis of the location information and the orientation information of the mobile terminal and the location information of the one or more devices, discriminates a device designated by a user through orientation of the mobile terminal from the one or more devices,
the display control section causes a display device of the mobile terminal to display a list including one or more icons indicating models of the detected one or more devices and display an icon corresponding to the device discriminated by the designated device discriminating section in an enlarged scale in the list,
once the icon is displayed in the enlarged scale, the designated device discriminating section sets a timer that times a predetermined time period,
when the designated device discriminating section detects a change in orientation of the mobile terminal over a predetermined angle before elapse of the predetermined time period, the designated device discriminating section resets the timer,
once the timer determines elapse of the predetermined time period, the designated device discriminating section determines the device being discriminated as a registration target device,
when the registration target device is determined, the display control section causes the display device to display a setting screen that is to receive a name to be assigned to the registration target device, and
the device registration section registers the device determined as the registration target device by the designated device discriminating section.

2. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein the designated device discriminating section determines directions of the mobile terminal toward the one or more devices according to the location information of the mobile terminal and the location information of the one or more devices, and discriminates a device toward which direction most closely matches the orientation of the mobile terminal according to the orientation information of the mobile terminal from the devices toward which directions are determined, as the device designated by the user through the orientation of the mobile terminal.

3. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein the designated device discriminating section repeatedly obtains the orientation information of the mobile terminal, and discriminates again the device designated by the user through the orientation of the mobile terminal from the one or more devices on the basis of the location information and the orientation information of the mobile terminal and the location information of the one or more devices upon detection of a change in orientation of the mobile terminal.

4. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 3 , wherein the designated device discriminating section detects a change of the device designated by the user through the orientation of the mobile terminal, and the display control section changes the icon to be displayed in the enlarged scale in the list in conjunction with the change of the designated device.

5. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein the device registration section stores to a storage device setting information about the device to be registered in association with a driver for the device to be registered.

6. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein the devices are image forming apparatuses.

7. A method for device registration to be executed by a computer in a mobile terminal in which a device driver is to be installed, comprising:
detecting one or more devices communicable with the mobile terminal;
obtaining location information and orientation information of the mobile terminal through a position detecting device and an orientation detecting device that are built into the mobile terminal;
obtaining location information of the one or more devices from the one or more devices through a wireless communication device built into the mobile terminal;
discriminating a device designated by a user through orientation of the mobile terminal from the one or more devices on the basis of the location information and the orientation information of the mobile terminal and the location information of the one or more devices;
causing a display device of the mobile terminal to display a list including one or more icons indicating models of the detected one or more devices and display an icon corresponding to the discriminated device in an enlarged scale in the list;
setting once the icon is displayed in an enlarged scale, a timer that times a predetermined time period:
resetting the timer when a change in orientation of the mobile terminal over a predetermined angle is detected before elapse of the predetermined time period;
determining once elapse of the predetermined time period is determined, a device being discriminated as a registration target device;
causing the display device to display a setting screen that is to receive a name to be assigned to the registration target device: and
registering the device determined as the registration target device.

Assignees

• Kyocera Document Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Konishi Kohei

Classifications

• G06F3/1292

  Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing · CPC title

• G06F3/123

  Software or firmware update, e.g. device firmware management · CPC title

• G06F3/1225 Primary

  Software update, e.g. print driver, modules, plug-ins, fonts · CPC title

• G06F3/1279

  Controller construction, e.g. aspects of the interface hardware · CPC title

• G06F3/1209

  resulting in adapted or bridged legacy communication protocols, e.g. emulation, protocol extension · CPC title