Mobile Handset Camera-Based Device Targeting for Session Setup
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Solution Overview
Problem
Configuring and establishing communication sessions between advanced computing devices in complex environments is challenging due to device identification and mobility issues, requiring significant technical knowledge and effort.
Innovation Solution
A mobile device with real-time targeting logic and image sensor capabilities identifies and visualizes nearby devices, allowing users to initiate communication sessions by analyzing location, orientation, and object recognition information, enabling easy targeting and data transfer.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional configuration methods are used for establishing communication sessions between computing devices, then technical knowledge and effort are required, but device identification and session establishment become difficult in complex environments with multiple mobile devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a camera-based visual interface as an intermediary between the user and the complex network environment. The camera captures images of physical devices, and the system processes these images to identify target devices and establish communication sessions. This visual intermediary simplifies the interaction by translating physical device pointers into digital communication targets, eliminating the need for users to navigate complex technical configurations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical/configuration-based device selection methods with an optical/image-based system. Instead of requiring users to manually configure network settings or navigate through device lists, the system uses the camera to optically identify and select target devices. This substitution of mechanical configuration with optical recognition dramatically simplifies the operation.
2Ease of operation
If visual indication of device location is provided to simplify device identification, then ease of operation improves, but device complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a visual copy or representation of the physical environment through camera imaging. Instead of requiring complex processing of raw sensor data from multiple sources, the system uses a camera to capture a visual copy of the scene, which is then processed to identify and highlight target devices. This copying approach simplifies the processing by working with image data rather than integrating multiple complex sensor inputs.
3Ease of operation
If image sensor and object recognition logic are added to enable real-time targeting, then ease of operation and device targeting capability improve, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent leverages the universality of the camera component, which is already present in most mobile devices for photography and video. By repurposing this existing universal component for device identification and targeting, the patent avoids adding specialized hardware. The same camera used for taking pictures is used to capture and identify communication devices, eliminating the need for separate identification hardware.
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AI summary
Computer-based methods and devices for identifying devices and objects that can be targeted for the purpose of establishing a communication session are described. In an example embodiment, a mobile handset displays a visual indication of the location of devices in proximity relative to the location and orientation of the mobile handset. A mobile handset includes object recognition logic for determining when the mobile handset is targeting another device with which the mobile handset is authorized to communicate. In some cases, the targeted device may be a non-computing object serving as a proxy for another computing device.