Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Proximity-based user interface system and method for multifunction devices
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Application No.: US15010144Application Date: 2016-01-29
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Publication No.: US09794443B2Publication Date: 2017-10-17
- Inventor: William Su , Jenny Zhang
- Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba , Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Minato-ku JP Shinagawa-ku
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Minato-ku JP Shinagawa-ku
- Agency: Ulmer & Berne LLP
- Main IPC: H04N1/32
- IPC: H04N1/32 ; H04N1/00

Abstract:
A document processing system and method includes a display, and an embedded controller that includes a BLUETOOTH low energy network interface that is configured for communications with mobile computing devices. When a mobile computing device of a user approaches to within a threshold distance of the document processing system, the user can be presented with directions to the document processing system or service related information about the document processing system. With the mobile computing device is within close proximity of the document processing system, the embedded controller sends the user interface of the document processing system to the mobile computing device for display to the user. The distance between the mobile computing device and the document processing system can be approximated using the received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of BLUETOOTH low energy communications received from the mobile computing device by the document processing system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170223218A1 PROXIMITY-BASED USER INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIFUNCTION DEVICES Public/Granted day:2017-08-03
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