Communication system
View Patent ↗A communication system includes a first terminal and a second terminal including an stow part for stowing the first terminal. The first terminal includes a first light emitter that emits infrared light, a first light receiver that receives infrared light, and a first controller. The first controller causes the first light emitter to emit light based on first specifying information upon receiving a pairing request signal via the first light receiver. The second terminal includes a second stow sensor that detects stow of the first terminal, a second light emitter that emits infrared light, a second light receiver that receives infrared light, and a second controller. The second controller causes the second light emitter to emit light based on a pairing request signal in accordance with detection of stow of the first terminal by the second stow sensor and performs control corresponding to the information including the first specifying information.
1. A communication system comprising:
a first terminal; and
a second terminal including a stow part for stowing the first terminal, the second terminal performing wireless communication with the first terminal,
wherein the first terminal includes
a first light emitter that emits infrared light,
a first light receiver that receives infrared light,
a first memory that stores first specifying information for specifying the first terminal, and
a first controller causes the first light emitter to emit the infrared light based on having the first specifying information upon determining that a signal obtained by demodulating the infrared light received by the first light receiver includes a pairing request signal, and causes the first light emitter to emit the infrared light having operation information including the first specifying information, and
the second terminal includes
a second stow sensor that detects that the first terminal is stowed in the stow part,
a second light emitter that emits infrared light,
a second light receiver that receives infrared light,
a second memory, and
a second controller causes the second light emitter to emit the infrared light based on having the pairing request signal in accordance with detection of stow of the first terminal by the second stow sensor, causes the second memory to store the first specifying information obtained by demodulating the infrared light received by the second light receiver in response to the pairing request signal,
when the second controller determines that the operation information obtained by demodulating the infrared light transmitted from the first terminal received by the second light receiver includes the first specifying information stored in the second memory, performs control corresponding to the information, and
when the second controller determines that the operation information obtained by demodulating the infrared light transmitted from the first terminal received by the second light receiver does not include the first specifying information stored in the second memory, ignores the information.
2. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first terminal includes a detection element, the detection element requiring lower standby power than standby power of the first light receiver, the detection element detecting infrared light,
the second controller causes the second light emitter to emit light based on the pairing request signal upon causing the second light emitter to emit light based on a restoration request signal in accordance with detection of stow of the first terminal by the second stow sensor, and
the first controller resumes an operation in accordance with detection of the infrared light by the detection element in a sleep state.
3. The communication system according to claim 2 , wherein the first terminal includes a first stow sensor that detects that the first terminal is stowed in the stow part, and
the first controller resumes an operation in accordance with detection of the stow of the first terminal by the first stow sensor and detection of the infrared light by the detection element in the sleep state.
4. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the second terminal transmits second specifying information for specifying the second terminal to the first terminal via the second light emitter.
5. The communication system according to claim 4 , wherein the second specifying information is included in the pairing request signal.
6. A communication system comprising:
a first terminal; and
a second terminal that performs wireless communication with the first terminal and engages with the first terminal,
wherein the first terminal includes
a first light emitter that emits infrared light,
a first light receiver that receives infrared light,
a first memory that stores first specifying information for specifying the first terminal, and
a first controller causes the first light emitter to emit the infrared light based on having the first specifying information upon determining that a signal obtained by demodulating the infrared light received by the first light receiver includes a pairing request signal, and causes the first light emitter to emit the infrared light having operation information including the first specifying information, and
the second terminal includes
a second engagement sensor that detects engagement with the first terminal,
a second light emitter that emits infrared light,
a second light receiver that receives infrared light,
a second memory, and
a second controller causes the second light emitter to emit the infrared light based on having the pairing request signal in accordance with detection of the engagement stow of the first terminal by the second engagement stow sensor, causes the second memory to store the first specifying information obtained by demodulating the infrared light received by the second light receiver in response to the pairing request signal,
when the second controller determines that the operation information obtained by demodulating the infrared light transmitted from the first terminal received by the second light receiver includes the first specifying information stored in the second memory, performs control corresponding to the information, and
when the second controller determines that the operation information obtained by demodulating the infrared light transmitted from the first terminal received by the second light receiver does not include the first specifying information stored in the second memory, ignores the information.
7. The communication system according to claim 6 , wherein the second terminal transmits second specifying information for specifying the second terminal to the first terminal via the second light emitter.
8. The communication system according to claim 7 , wherein the second specifying information is included in the pairing request signal.
9. The communication system according to claim 1 ,
each time the second stow sensor detects the first terminal, the second controller causes the second light emitter to emit the infrared light based on having the pairing request signal, and causes the second memory to store the first specifying information obtained by demodulating the infrared light received by the second light receiver in response to the pairing request signal.