Wireless device detection
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsChristophe Le Thierry D'ennequin, Toshiaki Jozawa
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the detection at least one wireless communication device associated with an entity on an image. The invention further relates to transmitting information enabling detection of a wireless communication device associated with an entity on an image. The detection is performed before, during, or after capture of the image.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- transmitting, from a detecting device, a signal triggering transmission, from at least one wireless communication device, of a signal;
- detecting, at the detecting device, the at least one wireless communication device one of before, during and after capture of an image, wherein the at least one wireless communication device is associated with an entity on the image, wherein the detecting comprises receiving the signal transmitted from the at least one wireless communication device, and wherein the signal transmitted from the at least one wireless communication device comprises information about a received signal strength of the signal triggering transmission of the signal from the at least one wireless communication device, wherein a radiation characteristic of the detecting device is configured to correspond with an angle of view of the detecting device;
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- storing an identifier of one of the entity and the at least one detected wireless communication device with the captured image, wherein the detecting device comprises a directional antenna and an image capturing device, and wherein the radiation characteristic of the directional antenna is configured to correspond with the angle of view of the image capturing device.
An apparatus comprising:
- a communication interface configured to transmit a signal triggering transmission, from at least one wireless communication device, of a signal;
- wherein the apparatus is further configured to detect the at least one wireless communication device one of before, during and after capture of an image, wherein the at least one wireless communication device is associated with an entity on the image, wherein detecting the at least one wireless communication device comprises receiving the signal transmitted from the at least one wireless communication device, and wherein the signal transmitted from the at least one wireless communication device comprises information about a received signal strength of the signal triggering transmission of the signal from the at least one wireless communication device, wherein a radiation characteristic of the apparatus is configured to correspond with an angle of view of the apparatus;
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- a memory configured to store an identifier of one of the entity and the at least one detected wireless communication device with the captured image, wherein the apparatus comprises a directional antenna and an image capturing device, and wherein the radiation characteristic of the directional antenna is configured to correspond with the angle of view of the image capturing device.
A method comprising:
- transmitting information enabling detection, by a detecting device, of a wireless communication device associated with an entity on an image one of before, during and after capture of the image, wherein the information is transmitted in response to a received signal transmitted from the detecting device to trigger transmission of the information and comprises information about a received signal strength of the received signal, wherein a radiation characteristic of the detecting device is configured to correspond with an angle of view of the detecting device;
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- storing an identifier of one of the entity and the at least one detected wireless communication device with the captured image, wherein the detecting device comprises a directional antenna and an image capturing device, and wherein the radiation characteristic of the directional antenna is configured to correspond with the angle of view of the image capturing device.
An apparatus comprising a communication interface configured to transmit information enabling detection, by a detecting device, of a wireless communication device associated with an entity on an image one of before, during and after capture of the image, wherein the information is transmitted in response to a received signal transmitted from the detecting device to trigger transmission of the information and comprises information about a received signal strength of the received signal, wherein a radiation characteristic of the detecting device is configured to correspond with an angle of view of the detecting device;
- wherein the detecting device comprises a memory configured to store an identifier of one of the entity and the at least one detected wireless communication device with the captured image, wherein the detecting device comprises a directional antenna and an image capturing device, and wherein the radiation characteristic of the directional antenna is configured to correspond with the angle of view of the image capturing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.