Method of controlling device and device thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9924301-B2
Application number	US-201514870142-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2015
Priority date	Oct 22, 2014
Publication date	Mar 20, 2018
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018

Abstract

A device and a method of controlling the device are provided. The method includes detecting a mobile device within a distance from the device, receiving user configuration information from the mobile device, and performing an operation of the device based on the user configuration information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of controlling a device, the method comprising:
detecting, by the device, a mobile device within a distance from the device;
receiving, by the device, a setting value of a user interface to be displayed by the device, from the detected mobile device;
displaying, by the device, the user interface, based on the setting value received from the detected mobile device;
detecting, by the device, another mobile device within the distance from the device;
determining, by the device, whether to change the setting value received from the mobile device to another setting value of the user interface to be displayed by the device and to be received from the other mobile device, based on at least one among a grade of each of the mobile device and the other mobile device and an input selection of the other mobile device; and
receiving, by the device, the other setting value of the user interface to be displayed by the device, from the other mobile device, in response to the determining to change the setting value to the other setting value.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining whether the mobile device is registered to the device,
wherein the receiving comprises receiving the setting value from the mobile device in response to the determining that the mobile device is registered to the device.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising registering the mobile device to the device in response to the determining that the mobile device is not registered to the device.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a wireless signal from the mobile device,
wherein the detecting comprises detecting that the mobile device is within the distance from the device, based on the wireless signal.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the device comprises a medical imaging apparatus.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
receiving, by the device, one or more setting values for capturing an image, from the detected mobile device; and
capturing, by the device, an image, based on the one or more setting values received from the detected mobile device.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising transmitting, to the mobile device, information of an image.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the information of the image comprises an image retake rate.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program comprising instructions configured to cause a computer to perform the method of claim 1 .

10. A method of providing configuration information to a device, the method being performed by a mobile device, and the method comprising:
receiving, by the mobile device, a configuration information request from the device in response to the mobile device being within a distance from the device; and
transmitting, by the mobile device, a setting value of a user interface to be displayed by the device, to the device, in response to the receiving the configuration information request, the setting value being used by the device to display the user interface,
wherein the device:
displays the user interface, based on the setting value transmitted by the mobile device;
detects another mobile device within the distance from the device;
determines whether to change the setting value transmitted by the mobile device to another setting value of the user interface to be displayed by the device and to be received from the other mobile device, based on at least one among a grade of each of the mobile device and the other mobile device and an in input selection of the other mobile device; and
receives the other setting value of the user interface to be displayed by the device, from the other mobile device, in response to the determining to change the setting value to the other setting value.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
receiving a registration request from the device; and
transmitting, to the device, identification information of the mobile device in response to the receiving the registration request.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising transmitting, to the device, a communication signal.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the device comprises a medical imaging apparatus.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising transmitting, by the mobile device, one or more setting values for capturing an image, to the device, in response to the receiving the configuration information request, the one or more setting values being used by the device to capture an image.

15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
receiving information of an image from the device; and
displaying at least one among the information of the image and statistics of the information of the image.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the information of the image comprises an image retake rate.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program comprising instructions configured to cause a computer to perform the method of claim 10 .

18. A device comprising:
a detector configured to detect a mobile device within a distance from the device;
an interface configured to receive, from the detected mobile device, a setting value of a user interface to be displayed by the device; and
a controller configured to control a display to display the user interface, based on the setting value received from the detected mobile device,
wherein the detector is further configured to detect another mobile device within the distance from the device,
the controller is further configured to determine whether to change the setting value received from the mobile device to another setting value of the user interface to be displayed by the device and to be received from the other mobile device, based on at least one among a grade of each of the mobile device and the other mobile device and an input selection of the other mobile device, and
the interface is further configured to receive the other setting value of the user interface to be displayed by the device, from the other mobile device in response to the controller determining to change the setting value to the other setting value.

19. The device of claim 18 , wherein the device comprises a medical imaging apparatus.

20. The device of claim 19 , wherein the interface is further configured to receive, from the detected mobile device, one or more setting values for capturing an image, and
the controller is further configured to control the device to capture an image, based on the one or more setting values received from the detected mobile device.

21. The device of claim 19 , wherein the interface is further configured to transmit, to the mobile device, information of an image.

22. The device of claim 18 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether the mobile device is registered to the device, and
the interface is further configured to:
transmit, to the mobile device, a registration request in response to the controller determining that the mobile device is not registered in the device; and
receive identification information of the mobile device from the mobile device.

23. A device comprising:
a detector configured to detect a mobile device within a distance from the device;
an interface configured to receive user configuration information from the mobile device; and
a controller configured to perform an operation of the device, based on the user configuration information,
wherein the detector is further

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Oh Ki-Jeong

Classifications

• H04L41/0803

  Configuration setting · CPC title

• H04W4/008 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/306

  User profiles · CPC title

• H04L67/125

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

• H04W60/00

  Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration · CPC title