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US 9,008,577 · App. 13/698,811 · Granted Apr 14, 2015

Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and program

Inventors: Aramu Mine (Kanagawa, JP); Toyohide Isshi (Kanagawa, JP); Naoki Matsubara (Nagano, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
H04B5/0025G06F3/0488H04M1/7253H04M1/72569H04M2250/04H04M2250/12H04M2250/22G06F1/1632
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Patent No.
US 9,008,577
App. No.
13/698,811
Granted
Apr 14, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an information processing apparatus including a transmission processing unit ( 106 ) that performs near-field one-to-one communication with a communication counterpart device, a reception processing unit ( 108 ), a reception signal intensity detection section ( 114 ) that acquires communication a communication situation with the communication counterpart device, a display processing unit ( 118 ) that performs a display process for performing guidance in a direction in which the communication situation is favorable based on the acquired communication situation, and a display unit ( 302 ) that performs display for the guidance.

Claims (43)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to

perform near-field non-contact one-to-one communication with a communication counterpart device,

acquire a communication situation with the communication counterpart device via the near-field non-contact one-to-one communication,

perform a display process for performing guidance in a direction in which the communication situation is favorable based on the acquired communication situation acquired via the near-field non-contact one-to-one communication, and

display the guidance on the information processing apparatus and the communication counterpart device.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the circuitry has a plurality of antennas, and

wherein the circuitry acquires a communication situation with the communication counterpart device based on the intensity of a reception signal obtained by each of the plurality of antennas.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the circuitry performs a process for displaying a display indicating a directior in which the communication situation is favorable.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

output a sound or a vibration for facilitating the guidance in the direction in which the communication situation is favorable.

5. An information processing system comprising:

a first device that performs communication with a second device using near-field one-to-one communication, wherein

the second device includes circuitry configured to

perform near-field one-to-one communication with the first device,

acquire a communication situation with the first device via on the near-field non-contact one-to-one communication,

perform a display process for performing guidance in a direction in which the communication situation is favorable based on the acquired communication situation acquired via the near-field non-contact one-to-one communication, and

display the guidance on the second device, and

the first device also displays the guidance.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions thereon, the computer-readable instructions when executed by an information processing apparatus causes the information processing apparatus to perform a method comprising:

performing near-field one-to-one communication with a communication counterpart device;

acquiring a communication situation with the communication counterpart device via the near-field non-contact one-to-one communication; and

performing a display process on the information processing apparatus and the communication counterpart device for performing guidance in a direction in which the communication situation is favorable based on the acquired communication situation acquired via the near-field non-contact one-to-one communication.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the near-field non-contact one-to-one communication is a TransferJet communication.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the guidance displayed on one of the information processing apparatus and the communication counterpart device includes an arrow pointing in the direction in which the communication situation is favorable.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the guidance displayed on one of the information processing apparatus and the communication counterpart device includes lines crossing at a target indicating the direction in which the communication situation is favorable.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein,

when the sound is output for facilitating the guidance, a different sound is output when the communication situation between the information processing apparatus and the communication counterpart device is favorable, and

when the vibration is output for facilitating the guidance, the vibration stops when the communication situation between the information processing apparatus and the communication counterpart device is favorable.

11. The information processing system according to claim 5 , wherein the guidance displayed on one of the first device and the second device includes an arrow pointing in the direction in which the communication situation is favorable.

12. The information processing system according to claim 5 , wherein the guidance displayed on one of the first device and the second device includes lines crossing at a target indicating the direction in which the communication situation is favorable.

13. The information processing system according to claim 5 , wherein,

the circuitry of the second device is further configured to output a sound or a vibration for facilitating the guidance in the direction in which the communication situation is favorable,

when the sound is output for facilitating the guidance, a different sound is output when the communication situation between the first device and the second device is favorable, and

when the vibration is output for facilitating the guidance, the vibration stops when the communication situation between the first device and the second device is favorable.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 6 , wherein the guidance displayed on one of the information processing apparatus and the communication counterpart device includes an arrow pointing in the direction in which the communication situation is favorable.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 6 , wherein the guidance displayed on one of the information processing apparatus and the communication counterpart device includes lines crossing at a target indicating the direction in which the communication situation is favorable.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 6 , wherein,

the method further comprising outputting a sound or a vibration for facilitating the guidance in the direction in which the communication situation is favorable,

when the sound is output for facilitating the guidance, a different sound is output when the communication situation between the information processing apparatus and the communication counterpart device is favorable, and

when the vibration is output for facilitating the guidance, the vibration stops when the communication situation between the information processing apparatus and the communication counterpart device is favorable.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2013
From: MINE, ARAMU; ISSHI, TOYOHIDE; MATSUBARA, NAOKI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029638/0332 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-123316 · May 28, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130109310A1 · May 2, 2013