IP Library Granted Patent US 10,412,777
Granted Patent B2
US 10,412,777 · App. 15/856,976 · Granted Sep 10, 2019

Electronic apparatus and method

Inventor: Masatoshi Murakami (Hamura Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: Qingdao Hisense Electronics Co., Ltd.; Toshiba Visual Solutions Corporation
H04W76/16H04W4/80H04W8/005H04W84/12H04W88/16H04W92/02
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Patent No.
US 10,412,777
App. No.
15/856,976
Granted
Sep 10, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, system includes a receiver and electronic circuitry. The electronic circuitry configured to determine whether the first user is present near a first apparatus of apparatuses, determine whether the first user is present near a second apparatus of the apparatuses, establish a first communication route with the first apparatus for the communication with the first user in response to the request, if it is determined that the first user is present near the first apparatus, and establish a second communication route with the second apparatus for the communication with the first user in response to the request, if it is determined that the first user is present near the second apparatus.

Claims (24)

1. A system comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a request of communication with a first user;

electronic circuitry configured to:

determine whether the first user is present near a first electronic apparatus of electronic apparatuses;

determine whether the first user is present near a second electronic apparatus of the electronic apparatuses;

establish a first communication route with the first electronic apparatus for the communication with the first user in response to the request, if it is determined that the first user is present near the first electronic apparatus; and

establish a second communication route with the second electronic apparatus for the communication with the first user in response to the request, if it is determined that the first user is present near the second electronic apparatus.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the electronic circuitry is further configured to establish a third communication route with a portable terminal of the first user, if it is determined that the first user is not present near any one of the electronic apparatus.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the electronic circuitry is configured to determine whether the first user is present near the first electronic apparatus based on image data of a camera of the first electronic apparatus.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the electronic circuitry is configured to determine whether the first user is present near the first electronic apparatus based on whether near-field communication is established between a portable terminal of the first user and the first electronic apparatus.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the electronic circuitry is configured to establish a communication route with a portable terminal of the first user, if it is determined that the first user is present near the first electronic apparatus, and if the portable terminal of the first user is held by the first user.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the electronic circuitry is configured to establish a communication route with a portable terminal of the first user, if it is determined that the first user is present near the first electronic apparatus, if the portable terminal of the first user is not held by the first user, and if the portable terminal of the first user is located in a registered place.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein if electronic circuitry is determined that an apparatus as a communication connection destination for communication with the first user is not specified, an output indicating that the communication connection destination is unclear is generated.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the electronic circuitry is configured to establish a communication route between a portable terminal of the first user and the first electronic apparatus, if a call is received in the portable terminal of the first user.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the receiver configured to receive a request of communication with the first user in response to an incoming call to a portable terminal of the first user.

10. A method comprising:

receiving a request of communication with a first user;

determining whether the first user is present near a first electronic apparatus of electronic apparatuses;

establishing a first communication route with the first electronic apparatus for the communication with the first user in response to the request, if it is determined that the first user is present near the first electronic apparatus;

determining whether the first user is present near a second electronic apparatus of the electronic apparatuses; and

establishing a second communication route with the second electronic apparatus for the communication with the first user in response to the request, if it is determined that the first user is present near the second electronic apparatus.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein a third communication route is established with a portable terminal of the first user, if it is determined that the first user is not present near any one of the electronic apparatus.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein whether the first user is present near the first electronic apparatus based on image data of a camera of the first electronic apparatus.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein whether the first user is present near the first electronic apparatus based on whether near-field communication is established between a portable terminal of the first user and the first electronic apparatus.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 16, 2020
From: QINGDAO HISENSE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: HISENSE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053798/0200 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2019
From: TOSHIBA VISUAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
To: QINGDAO HISENSE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049903/0733 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2018
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA VISUAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045650/0084 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2017
From: MURAKAMI, MASATOSHI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA VISUAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044502/0558 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-100273 · May 19, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180338341A1 · Nov 22, 2018