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US 9,872,325 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for connecting device through image recognition in mobile terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorYun-Woo Lee
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method for reading an image in a mobile terminal to establish a connection with a neighbor apparatus corresponding to the read image are provided. The apparatus includes an apparatus connector. The apparatus connector determines a neighbor apparatus to which a user desires to connect by reading a corresponding image, and establishes a connection with the determined neighbor apparatus.
Claims22
An apparatus comprising:
- a memory;
- a camera;
- a communication interface;
- and
- a processor adapted to:
- obtain, using the camera, an image corresponding to an external electronic device,
- determine, based at least in part on the image, information to be used for a communication connection between the apparatus and the external electronic device,
- establish, using the communication interface, the communication connection based at least in part on the information, and
- store, in response to the establishing, the image in the memory as mapped with the information used for the communication connection.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a camera;
- memory to store first connection information corresponding to a first electronic device and second connection information corresponding to a second electronic device;
- a communication interface;
- and
- a processor adapted to:
- activate the camera in response to an event corresponding to a request for a communication connection between the apparatus and an external electronic device,
- obtain, using the camera, an image corresponding to the external electronic device,
- select connection information corresponding to the external electronic device from the first connection information and the second connection information based at least in part on the image, and
- establish, using the communication interface, the communication connection based at least in part on the selected connection information.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a camera;
- memory to store one or more device identifiers, each of the one or more device identifiers corresponding to an electronic device external to the apparatus;
- a communication interface;
- and
- a processor adapted to:
- activate the camera in response to identifying an event corresponding to a request for a communication connection between the apparatus and the external electronic device,
- obtain, using the camera, an image of an external electronic device,
- select an identifier from the one or more identifiers stored in the memory based at least in part on the image,
- obtain, based at least in part on the identifier, connection information to be used for the communication connection, and
- establish, using the communication interface, the communication connection based at least in part on the connection information.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a camera;
- memory to store an image corresponding to an external electronic device;
- a display;
- a communication interface;
- and
- a processor adapted to:
- activate the camera in response to identifying an event corresponding to a request for a communication connection between the apparatus and the external electronic device,
- obtain the image corresponding to the external electronic device using the camera,
- store the obtained image in the memory,
- display, via the display, the image corresponding to the external electronic device and stored in the memory,
- receive an input with respect to the image as displayed via the display, and
- establish, using the communication interface, the communication connection based at least in part on the receiving of the input.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.