IP Library Granted Patent US 8,634,031
Granted Patent B2
US 8,634,031 · App. 13/493,427 · Granted Jan 21, 2014

Remote control terminal and information processing apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,634,031
App. No.
13/493,427
Granted
Jan 21, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a remote control terminal, including: a first terminal-side wireless-communication unit configured to interactively communicate with a control-target information processing apparatus by using a first wireless communication system, to control the information processing apparatus; a second terminal-side wireless-communication unit configured to interactively communicate with the information processing apparatus by using a second wireless communication system, the second wireless communication system being higher in speed than the first wireless communication system; a camera unit configured to obtain video data; and a first controller configured to control the second terminal-side wireless-communication unit to transmit the video data obtained by the camera unit to the information processing apparatus by using the second wireless communication system.

Claims (82)

1. A remote control terminal, comprising:

a first terminal-side wireless-communication unit configured to interactively communicate with an information processing apparatus by using a first wireless communication system;

a second terminal-side wireless-communication unit configured to interactively communicate with the information processing apparatus by using a second wireless communication system, the second wireless communication system being higher in speed than the first wireless communication system;

a camera unit configured to obtain video data; and

a first controller configured to control the first terminal-side wireless-communication unit to send a request to the information processing apparatus to use the second wireless communication system, via the first wireless communication system, and

to receive a first startup instruction replied from the information processing apparatus to start the second terminal-side wireless communication unit.

2. The remote control terminal according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an input unit configured to receive, from a user of said remote control terminal, an input of an instruction to execute processing of the video data obtained by the camera unit, wherein

the first controller is configured

to send the request in response to the input from the user.

3. The remote control terminal according to claim 1 , wherein

the first controller is configured

to control the second terminal-side wireless-communication unit to receive a second startup instruction via the second wireless communication system, the second startup instruction being generated by the information processing apparatus after generating the first startup instruction, and

to start the camera unit.

4. The remote control terminal according to claim 3 , wherein

the first controller is configured to set a sleep status of the first terminal-side wireless-communication unit, in a case where the first controller starts the second terminal-side wireless-communication unit.

5. The remote control terminal according to claim 4 , wherein

the first controller is configured

to control the second terminal-side wireless-communication unit to receive a stop instruction via the second wireless communication system, the stop instruction being generated by the information processing apparatus,

to stop the second terminal-side wireless-communication unit and the camera unit, and

to return the first terminal-side wireless-communication unit in the sleep status to a startup status.

6. A remote control terminal, comprising:

a first terminal-side wireless-communication unit configured to interactively communicate with an information processing apparatus by using a first wireless communication system;

a second terminal-side wireless-communication unit configured to interactively communicate with the information processing apparatus by using a second wireless communication system, the second wireless communication system being higher in speed than the first wireless communication system;

a camera unit configured to obtain video data;

a motion detection unit configured to detect a motion of the remote control terminal, and

a first controller is configured

to determine an unoperated status of the remote control terminal based on a detection result by the motion detection unit, and

to control the second terminal-side wireless-communication unit to send, in a case where the unoperated status is determined, a notification to the information processing apparatus such that the information processing apparatus sends a stop instruction, via the second wireless communication system, to stop the second terminal-side wireless-communication unit.

7. A remote control terminal, comprising:

a first terminal-side wireless-communication unit configured to interactively communicate with an information processing apparatus by using a first wireless communication system;

a second terminal-side wireless-communication unit configured to interactively communicate with the information processing apparatus by using a second wireless communication system, the second wireless communication system being higher in speed than the first wireless communication system;

a microphone unit configured to obtain audio data; and

a first controller configured to control the first terminal-side wireless-communication unit to send a request to the information processing apparatus to use the second wireless communication system, via the first wireless communication system, and

to receive a third startup instruction replied from the information processing apparatus to start the second terminal-side wireless communication unit.

8. The remote control terminal according to claim 7 , further comprising:

an input unit configured to receive, from a user of said remote control terminal, an instruction to transmit the audio data obtained by the microphone unit to the information processing apparatus by using the second wireless communication system, wherein

the first controller is configured

to send the request in response to the instruction from the user.

9. The remote control terminal according to claim 7 , wherein

the first controller is configured

to control the second terminal-side wireless-communication unit to receive a fourth startup instruction via the second wireless communication system, the fourth startup instruction being generated by the information processing apparatus after generating the third startup instruction, and

to start the microphone unit.

10. The remote control terminal according to claim 9 , wherein

the first controller is configured to set a sleep status of the first terminal-side wireless-communication unit, in a case where the first controller starts the second terminal-side wireless-communication unit.

11. The remote control terminal according to claim 10 , wherein

the first controller is configured

to control the second terminal-side wireless-communication unit to receive a stop instruction via the second wireless communication system, the stop instruction being generated by the information processing apparatus,

to stop the second terminal-side wireless-communication unit and the microphone unit, and

to return the first terminal-side wireless-communication unit in the sleep status to a startup status.

12. A remote control terminal, comprising:

a first terminal-side wireless-communication unit configured to interactively communicate with an information processing apparatus by using a first wireless communication system;

a second terminal-side wireless-communication unit configured to interactively communicate with the information processing apparatus by using a second wireless communication system, the second wireless communication system being higher in speed than the first wireless communication system;

a microphone unit configured to obtain audio data;

a motion detection unit configured to detect a motion of the remote control terminal, and

a first controller configured

to determine an unoperated status of the remote control terminal based on a detection result by the motion detection unit, and

to control the second terminal-side wireless-communication unit to send, in a case where the unoperated status is determined, a notification to the information processing apparatus such that the information processing apparatus sends a stop instruction, via the second wireless communication system, to stop the second terminal-side wireless-communication unit.

13. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a first apparatus-side wireless-communication unit configured to interactively communicate with a remote control terminal by using a first wireless communication system;

a second apparatus-side wireless-communication unit configured to interactively communicate with the remote control terminal by using a second wireless communication system, the second wireless communication system being higher in speed than the first wireless communication system; and

a second controller configured to control the first apparatus-side wireless communication unit

to receive a request to use the second wireless communication system sent from the remote control terminal,

to send a first startup instruction to the remote control terminal to start the second terminal-side wireless-communication unit, via the first wireless communication system.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein

the second controller is configured to control the second apparatus-side wireless communication unit to send, after sending the first startup instruction, a second startup instruction to the remote control terminal to start the camera unit of the remote control terminal, via the second wireless communication system.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein

the second controller is configured to control the second apparatus-side wireless-communication unit to send, via the second wireless communication system, a stop instruction to the remote control terminal

to stop, in a case where, when the information processing apparatus is connected with the remote control terminal via the second wireless communication system, a status, where the information processing apparatus fails to receive the video data from the remote control terminal, continues for a predetermined continuous time period, the second terminal-side wireless-communication unit and the camera unit of the remote control terminal, and

to return the first terminal-side wireless-communication unit in the sleep status to a startup status.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein

the second controller is configured to control the first apparatus-side wireless-communication unit

to receive a request to use the second wireless communication system sent from the remote control terminal, the remote control terminal sending the request when the remote control terminal receives, as a trigger, from a user, an input of an instruction to execute processing of audio data obtained by a microphone unit provided in the remote control terminal, and

to send a third startup instruction to the remote control terminal to start the second terminal-side wireless-communication unit, via the first wireless communication system.

17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein

the second controller is configured to control the second apparatus-side wireless communication unit to send, after sending the third startup instruction, a fourth startup instruction to the remote control terminal to start the microphone unit of the remote control terminal, via the second wireless communication system.

18. The information processing apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein

the second controller is configured to control the second apparatus-side wireless-communication unit to send, via the second wireless communication system, a stop instruction to the remote control terminal

to stop, in a case where, when the information processing apparatus is connected with the remote control terminal via the second wireless communication system, a status, where the information processing apparatus fails to receive the audio data from the remote control terminal, continues for a predetermined continuous time period, the second terminal-side wireless-communication unit and the microphone unit of the remote control terminal, and

to return the first terminal-side wireless-communication unit in the sleep status to a startup status.

19. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein

the remote control terminal sends the request after the remote control terminal receives from a user, an input of an instruction to execute processing of video data obtained by a camera unit provided in the remote control terminal.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SATURN LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 043177/0794 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2012
From: IKEDA, YASUHISA
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028388/0710 →