# US 10,375,749 B2 · Mobile device and method of pairing the same with electronic device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,375,749 B2 - Document ID: US10375749B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/182,479 - Filed: 2018-11-06 - Published: 2019-03-07 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2014-07-29 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Jae-woo Ko; Jae-young Lee; Hyun-jung Kim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10375749B2 ## CPC - H04W 76/14: Direct-mode setup - G02B 27/0093: {with means for monitoring data relating to the user, e.g. head-tracking, eye-tracking} - G02B 27/017: {Head mounted} - G06F 3/012: {Head tracking input arrangements} - G06F 3/013: {Eye tracking input arrangements (G06F3/015 takes precedence)} - G06V 10/10: Image acquisition (document image scanning and transmission H04N1/00; control of digital cameras H04N23/60) - G06V 20/20: in augmented reality scenes - G06V 40/18: Eye characteristics, e.g. of the iris - H04L 63/0876: {based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint} - H04M 1/72412: using two-way short-range wireless interfaces - H04M 1/72415: for remote control of appliances - H04N 21/4108: {characterised by an identification number or address, e.g. local network address (protecting specific internal or external computer components using identification number G06F21/73; network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming H04L61/00)} - H04N 21/41407: {embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop (constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57)} - H04N 21/42204: {User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor (constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205)} - H04N 21/42222: {Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device} - H04N 21/4223: Cameras (H04N23/00 takes precedence) - H04N 21/44231: {Monitoring of peripheral device or external card, e.g. to detect processing problems in a handheld device or the failure of an external recording device (configuring of peripheral devices in general G06F9/4411; reporting information sensed by appliance or service execution status of appliance services in a home automation network H04L12/2823; monitoring the status of connected device in data switched networks H04L43/0817)} - H04N 21/8455: {involving pointers to the content, e.g. pointers to the I-frames of the video stream} - H04W 4/21: for social networking applications - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04W 12/06: Authentication - H04W 12/50: Secure pairing of devices - H04W 84/18: Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks - G02B 2027/0138: {comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera} - G02B 2027/014: {comprising information/image processing systems} - G02B 2027/0141: {characterised by the informative content of the display} - G02B 2027/0178: {Eyeglass type (eyeglass details G02C)} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract Methods and devices are provided of pairing glasses with an electronic device is provided. The glasses store identification information and device information regarding a plurality of electronic devices, the device information being usable to pair the glasses with the plurality of electronic devices. The glasses obtain an image of at least one electronic device via a camera of the glasses. The glasses extract identification information of the at least one included in the image. The glasses select the electronic device based on the extracted identification information and the stored identification information. The glasses pair with the electronic device based on the device information of the electronic device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of pairing electronic devices by glasses, the method comprising: determining, by the glasses, a first electronic device to pair with by tracking eyes of a user of the glasses; performing, by the glasses, user authentication with the first electronic device based on feature points of irises of the user; determining, by the glasses, a second electronic device to pair with by tracking the eyes of the user; performing, by the glasses, user authentication with the second electronic device based on the feature points of the irises of the user; and controlling, by the glasses, the first electronic device and the second electronic device to pair with each other. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: obtaining an image of the first electronic device and an image of the second electronic device by the tracking of eyes of the user; and obtaining identification information of the first electronic device and identification information of the second electronic device by analyzing the image of the first electronic device and the image of the second electronic device, respectively, wherein the determining of the first electronic device to pair with and the determining of the second electronic device to pair with are performed based on the identification information of the first electronic device and the identification information of the second electronic device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the analyzing of the image of the first electronic device and the image of the second electronic device comprises: extracting at least one feature of the first electronic device from the image of the first electronic device and at least one feature of the second electronic device from the image of the second electronic device; and registering the at least one feature of the first electronic device as the identification information of the first electronic device and the at least one feature of the second electronic device as the identification information of the second electronic device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling of the first electronic device and the second electronic device to pair comprises: controlling the second electronic device to continue to reproduce content which is reproduced by the first electronic device prior to the pairing between the first electronic device and the second electronic device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the controlling of the first electronic device and the second electronic device to pair comprises: controlling the second electronic device to receive information of the content from the first electronic device, and wherein the continuing to reproduce the content is performed based on the received information of the content from the first electronic device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the information of the content comprises a bookmark indicating a point of content being reproduced. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the bookmark comprises information of the user of the glasses. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the controlling of the second electronic device to continue to reproduce the content comprises: controlling the second electronic device to continue to reproduce the content from the point of the content indicated by the bookmark. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the tracking of the eyes of the user of the glasses is performed by capturing the eyes of the user of the glasses. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising: extracting the features points of the irises of the user based on the capturing of the eyes of the user. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling of the first electronic device and the second electronic device to pair comprises: transmitting device information of the first electronic device to the second electronic device; and controlling the second electronic device to pair with the first electronic device based on the device information of the first electronic device. ### Claim 12 Glasses comprising: an eye-tracking camera configured to obtain an image of eyes of a user of the glasses; and a processor configured to: track eyes of the user and extract feature points of irises of the user based on the obtained image of the eyes of the user, determine first and second electronic devices to pair with based on the eyes of the user, perform user authentication with the first and second electronic devices based on the feature points of the irises, and control the first electronic device and the second electronic devices to pair with each other. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The glasses of claim 12, further comprising: a camera configured to obtain an image of the first electronic device and an image of the second electronic device based on the tracking of eyes of the user; and wherein the processor is configured to obtain identification information of the first electronic device and identification information of the second electronic device by analyzing the image of the first electronic device and the image of the second electronic device, respectively, and wherein the determining of the first electronic device to pair with and the determining of the second electronic device to pair with are performed based on the identification information of the first electronic device and the identification information of the second electronic device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The glasses of claim 13, wherein the analyzing of the image of the first electronic device and the image of the second electronic device comprises: extracting at least one feature of the first electronic device from the image of the first electronic device and at least one feature of the second electronic device from the image of the second electronic device; and registering the at least one feature of the first electronic device as the identification information of the first electronic device and the at least one feature of the second electronic device as the identification information of the second electronic device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The glasses of claim 12, wherein the controlling of the first electronic device and the second electronic device to pair comprises: controlling the second electronic device to continue to reproduce content which is reproduced by the first electronic device prior to the pairing between the first electronic device and the second electronic device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The glasses of claim 15, wherein the controlling of the first electronic device and the second electronic device to pair comprises: controlling the second electronic device to receive information of the content from the first electronic device, and wherein the continuing to reproduce the content is performed based on the received information of the content from the first electronic device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The glasses of claim 16, wherein the information of the content comprises a bookmark indicating a point of content being reproduced. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The glasses of claim 17, wherein the controlling of the second electronic device to continue to reproduce the content comprises: controlling the second electronic device to continue to reproduce the content from the point of the content indicated by the bookmark. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The glasses of claim 12, wherein the controlling of the first electronic device and the second electronic device to pair comprises: transmitting device information of the first electronic device to the second electronic device; and controlling the second electronic device to pair with the first electronic device based on the device information of the first electronic device. ### Claim 20 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed, cause at least one processor to perform operations comprising: determining a first electronic device to pair with by tracking eyes of a user of the glasses; performing user authentication with the first electronic device based on feature points of irises of the user; determining a second electronic device to pair with by tracking the eyes of the user; performing user authentication with the second electronic device based on the feature points of the irises of the user; and controlling the first electronic device and the second electronic device to pair with each other.