IP Library Granted Patent US 11,329,972
Granted Patent B2
US 11,329,972 · App. 16/498,195 · Granted May 10, 2022

Information processing device, information processing method, and program

Inventor: Tomoyoshi Matsushita (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SHARP NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
H04L63/083H04L67/141
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Patent No.
US 11,329,972
App. No.
16/498,195
Granted
May 10, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing device makes a communication connection with an external device. The information processing device establishes a service connection with the external device upon determining an input of a determination key from the external device in the determination-key-input-reception time.

Claims (28)

1. An information processing device, comprising:

an image output configured to output an image representing a determination key and being before the determination-key-input-reception time and another image representing being in the determination-key-input-reception time, wherein the image and the another image are displayed on a display;

an input timing determination part configured to determine an input of the determination key to an external device in the determination-key-input-reception time; and

a connection part configured to establish a service connection with the external device when the input timing determination part determines the input of the determination key in the determination-key-input-reception time.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the image output outputs to the display the image including an identification of a count start key indicating an input of a count start instruction until expiration of the determination-key-input-reception time, an identification of the determination key requesting an input of the determination key until expiration of the determination-key-input-reception time, and a remaining time until a reference timing of the determination-key-input-reception time after the input of the count start key, and

wherein the input timing determination part determines the input of the determination key before the expiration of the determination-key-input-reception time after the input of the count start key.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the image output outputs the image indicating a number representing the remaining time until the reference timing of the determination-key-input-reception time after the input of the count start key.

4. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the image output outputs the image indicating a graphical chart representing the remaining time until the reference timing of the determination-key-input-reception time after the input of the count start key.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the input timing determination part determines the input of the determination key from each external device among a plurality of external devices in the determination-key-input-reception time.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising an access processor configured to output access information to the plurality of external devices in common.

7. An information processing method, comprising:

outputting an image representing a determination key and being before the determination-key-input-reception time and another image representing being in the determination-key-input-reception time, wherein the image and the another image are displayed on a display;

determining an input of the determination key to an external device in the determination-key-input-reception time; and

establishing a service connection with the external device.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the determination key is a single character.

9. The information processing method according to claim 7 , wherein the determination key is a single character.

10. An information processing device, comprising:

an image output configured to output an image representing a determination key and being before the determination-key-input-reception time and another image representing being in the determination-key-input-reception time, wherein the image and the another image are displayed on a display; and

a processor coupled to a memory storing instructions, the processor being configured to:

determine an input of the determination key to an external device in the determination-key-input-reception time; and

establish a service connection with the external device when the processor determines the input of the determination key in the determination-key-input-reception time.

11. The information processing device according to claim 10 , wherein the determination key is a single character.

12. The information processing device according to claim 10 , wherein the image output outputs to the display the image including an identification of a count start key indicating an input of a count start instruction until expiration of the determination-key-input-reception time, an identification of the determination key requesting an input of the determination key until expiration of the determination-key-input-reception time, and a remaining time until a reference timing of the determination-key-input-reception time after the input of the count start key.

13. The information processing device according to claim 12 , wherein the processor determines the input of the determination key before the expiration of the determination-key-input-reception time after the input of the count start key.

14. The information processing device according to claim 13 , wherein the image output outputs the image indicating a number representing the remaining time until the reference timing of the determination-key-input-reception time after the input of the count start key.

15. The information processing device according to claim 13 , wherein the image output outputs the image indicating a graphical chart representing the remaining time until the reference timing of the determination-key-input-reception time after the input of the count start key.

16. The information processing device according to claim 10 , wherein the processor determines the input of the determination key from each external device among a plurality of external devices in the determination-key-input-reception time.

17. The information processing device according to claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to output access information to the plurality of external devices in common.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Jun 26, 2026
From: SHARP NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 075830/0213 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 17, 2022
From: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
To: SHARP NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 059434/0883 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2019
From: MATSUSHITA, TOMOYOSHI
To: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 050517/0748 →
Continuity (1)
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