Method for activating a mobile device in a network, and associated display device and system

A display device coupled to a sensor configured to detect a physical mobile device, the display device comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• initiate activation of the sensor from a standby state and an image processing of a picture of a physical mobile device detected by the sensor based on a detection of a wireless proximity with the physical mobile device;
• recognize the physical mobile device detected by the sensor, the sensor comprising at least one camera, based on the image processing of the picture of the physical mobile device;
• display a virtual device representative of the physical mobile device, the virtual device-being displayed at a first position in an image displayed by the display device such that the first position of the virtual device in the image is linked to a 3D position of the physical mobile device in a capture field of the sensor, the displayed virtual device moving in the displayed image according to a displacement of the physical mobile device;
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• responsive to detecting movement of the displayed virtual device from the first position to an area of the displayed image designated for activation, activate the physical mobile device in a network.

A system comprising:

• a display device;
• a physical mobile device;
• a sensor coupled to the display device and configured to detect the physical mobile device, the sensor comprising at least one camera;
• a processor configured to:
• initiate activation of the sensor from a standby state and an image processing of a picture of the physical mobile device based on a detection of a wireless proximity with the physical mobile device;
• recognize the detected physical mobile device based on the image processing of the picture of the physical mobile device;
• display a virtual device representative of the physical mobile device, the virtual device-being displayed at a first position in an image displayed by the display device, such that the first position of the virtual device in the image is linked to a 3D position of the physical mobile device in a capture field of the sensor, the displayed virtual device moving in the displayed image according to a displacement of the physical mobile device;
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• responsive to detecting movement of the displayed virtual device from the first position to an area of the displayed image designated for activation, activate the physical mobile device in a network.