Wireless communication device and non-transitory computer-readable medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9936381-B2
Application number	US-201514854686-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 15, 2015
Priority date	Nov 28, 2014
Publication date	Apr 3, 2018
Grant date	Apr 3, 2018

Abstract

A master terminal transmits sound waves that are a synchronization signal from a speaker to a slave terminal at random time intervals. Upon acquiring the sound waves that are the synchronization signal by microphone, the slave terminal promptly transmits a response signal through wireless communication to the master terminal. The master terminal receives the response signal and a terminal ID transmitted from the slave terminal. The master terminal receives the response signal multiple times and determines whether time intervals when synchronization signals were transmitted and time intervals when response signals were received match. When the synchronization signal time intervals and the response signal time intervals match, the master terminal recognizes the slave terminal that transmitted response signals at time intervals matching the synchronization signal time intervals as a wireless communication connection target. Slave terminals that transmitted response signals at time intervals not matching the synchronization signal time intervals are excluded from wireless communication connection targets.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wireless communication device for controlling connection with at least one terminal, wherein the wireless communication device comprises:
one or more processors configured to:
control a transmitter to transmit a plurality of synchronization signals, wherein timings at which N pairs of sequentially transmitted synchronization signals, of the plurality of synchronization signals, are transmitted define corresponding N (where N is an integer of 2 or more) synchronization signal time intervals,
wherein the one or more processors are configured to set a timing at which one synchronization signal and another subsequently transmitted synchronization signal of the plurality of synchronization signals are transmitted to define a shortened synchronization signal time interval on the basis of a time for the one synchronization signal to reach a radial distance from the wireless communication device,
wherein the radial distance defines a range within which the at least one terminal will be recognized as a connection target;

store at least M synchronization signal time intervals of the N synchronization signal time intervals, where M<N (where M is an integer of 1 or more);
determine that a receiver received a plurality of response signals, wherein each of the plurality of response signals is received before elapse of a corresponding one of the N synchronization signal time intervals;
store a timing of the each of the plurality of response signals received,
wherein timings of M pairs of sequentially received response signals of the plurality of response signals define M response signal time intervals;

perform a comparison of the M synchronization signal time intervals with the M response signal time intervals;
determine whether to recognize the at least one terminal as the connection target based on a result of the comparison; and
establish connection with the at least one terminal recognized as the connection target based on the result of the comparison.

2. The wireless communication device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the one or more processors are configured to recognize the at least one terminal as the connection target when it is determined that the M synchronization signal time intervals and the M response signal time intervals match.

3. The wireless communication device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the one or more processors are configured to control the transmitter to transmit the plurality of synchronization signals by sound waves.

4. The wireless communication device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the one or more processors are configured to control the receiver to receive the plurality of response signals that the at least one terminal has transmitted by sound waves.

5. The wireless communication device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the one or more processors are configured to control the receiver to receive the plurality of response signals by detecting vibrations transmitted from the at least one terminal.

6. The wireless communication device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the one or more processors are configured to control the transmitter to transmit the plurality of synchronization signals at random time intervals.

7. The wireless communication device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
control the transmitter to transmit a public key for encryption included in the plurality of synchronization signals;
control the receiver to receive the plurality of response signals including a personal identification number encrypted by the at least one terminal using the public key; and
decrypt the personal identification number using a private key corresponding to the public key, and establish connection with the at least one terminal recognized as the connection target, using the decrypted personal identification number.

8. The wireless communication device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the transmitter and the receiver are configured to accomplish wireless communication.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that cause a computer to control connection with at least one terminal, wherein the instructions cause the computer to:
control a transmitter to transmit a plurality of synchronization signals, wherein timings at which N pairs of sequentially transmitted synchronization signals, of the plurality of synchronization signals, are transmitted define corresponding N (where N is an integer of 2 or more) synchronization signal time intervals,
wherein the instructions cause the computer to set a timing at which one synchronization signal and another subsequently transmitted synchronization signal of the plurality of synchronization signals are transmitted to define a shortened synchronization signal time interval on the basis of a time for the one synchronization signal to reach a radial distance from the wireless communication device,
wherein the radial distance defines a range within which the at least one terminal will be recognized as a connection target;

store at least M synchronization signal time intervals of the N synchronization signal time intervals, where M<N (where M is an integer of 1 or more);
determine that a receiver received a plurality of response signals, wherein each of the plurality of response signals is received before elapse of a corresponding one of the N synchronization signal time intervals;
store a timing of the each of the plurality of response signals received,
wherein timings of M pairs of sequentially received response signals of the plurality of response signals define M response signal time intervals;

perform a comparison of the M synchronization signal time intervals with the M response signal time intervals;
determine whether to recognize the at least one terminal as the connection target based on a result of the comparison; and
establish connection with the at least one terminal recognized as the connection target based on the result of the comparison.

Assignees

• Casio Computer Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tabata Yuji
• Tomida Takahiro

Classifications

• H04W56/001 Primary

  Synchronization between nodes · CPC title

• H04L9/006

  involving public key infrastructure [PKI] trust models (network architecture or network communication protocol for supporting authentication of entities using certificates in a packet data network H04L63/0823) · CPC title

• H04W12/02

  Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII] · CPC title

• H04W12/04 Primary

  Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA] · CPC title

• H04L63/0823

  using certificates (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263) · CPC title