Apparatus for identifying device and method for controlling same

    公开(公告)号:US10055978B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-21

    申请号:US15513966

    申请日:2014-09-25

    CPC classification number: G08C17/02 G08C2201/30 G08C2201/51 H04B1/40 H04Q9/00

    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for recognizing an adjacent peripheral device and a method for controlling the same. The apparatus comprises: a memory that stores power codes and operating codes that correspond to a plurality of different devices; a communication unit that transmits at least one of the power codes and the operating codes to a target device; a detection unit that detects a change of the state of the target device that has received the transmitted power code or operating code; and a controller that sequentially transmits the plurality of power codes to the target device; identifies the target device as a device that corresponds to the power codes transmitted to the target device in cases where the target device is turned on; and transmits one or more operating codes to the target device and identifies the target device based on at least one operating code that drives the target device among the transmitted operating codes in cases where a plurality of devices correspond to the power codes.

    Method and apparatus for managing operation of a driver's mobile telephone

    公开(公告)号:US09779565B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-03

    申请号:US15078281

    申请日:2016-03-23

    Abstract: A motor vehicle controls operation of a mobile electronic device and includes a fingerprint sensor which scans a driver's fingerprint and produces a first electronic representation of the driver's fingerprint. A wireless transceiver receives from the mobile electronic device a first air-borne signal including a second electronic representation of the driver's fingerprint. An electronic processor determines whether the vehicle is in motion, compares the first electronic representation of the driver's fingerprint to the second electronic representation of the driver's fingerprint, and causes the transceiver to transmit a second air-borne signal to the mobile electronic device. The second air-borne signal instructs the mobile electronic device to disable itself. The second air-borne signal is transmitted only if the processor determines that the vehicle is in motion and ascertains as a result of the comparison that the first electronic representation of the driver's fingerprint matches the second electronic representation of the driver's fingerprint.

    Home appliance, home appliance system, and method of controlling the same

    公开(公告)号:US09722668B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-01

    申请号:US14247863

    申请日:2014-04-08

    CPC classification number: H04B5/0031 G08C17/02 G08C2201/42 G08C2201/51

    Abstract: A home appliance, a home appliance system, and a method of controlling the same are provided. The home appliance includes a display unit that outputs an operation setting and an operation state. The home appliance further includes a tag unit that performs Near Field Communication (NFC) with a terminal. The home appliance further includes a controller that (i) stores product information at the tag unit, (ii) receives data stored at the tag unit, (iii) changes the operation setting, (iv) controls the operation state, and (v) outputs the changed operation setting to the display unit. The controller (i) determines network connection information that is stored at the tag unit by the terminal, (ii) stores the network connection information in a communication unit, and (iii) transmits and receives data wirelessly by connecting, through the communication unit, to a network that is associated with the network connection information.

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