KR102025363B1

KR102025363B1 - Portable Terminal

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Publication number: KR102025363B1
Application number: KR1020130079909A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 정성찬; 김수호; 김준호
Original assignee: 한화테크윈 주식회사
Priority date: 2013-07-08
Filing date: 2013-07-08
Publication date: 2019-09-25
Also published as: KR20150006289A

Abstract

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a portable terminal for registering an electronic device through WIFI communication may include an interface unit that provides an interface for selecting an AP mode or a client mode; When the AP mode is selected through the interface unit, an electronic device connecting unit which searches for a plurality of electronic devices through the AP search, selects an electronic device to be registered among the found plurality of electronic devices, and performs WIFI communication with the selected electronic device. And a network connection unit configured to perform WIFI communication with a router when the client mode is selected through the interface unit.

Description

Portable Terminal

The present invention relates to electronic device registration.

The installation of electronic devices such as cameras and sensors is increasing for theft prevention, accident video shooting, unmanned enforcement, and information collection, and as the transmission speed of wireless networks increases, the use of electronic devices equipped with wireless networks has recently increased. It is increasing rapidly. As such, a camera or electronic device connected using a wireless network does not require a cable for data transmission except for a power cable, thereby ensuring convenience of installation for consumers, and increasing its share in the market because of its freedom of movement.

These devices can be used to view images or information recorded or stored by cameras or electronic devices installed in homes, businesses, restaurants, etc., regardless of the user's current location, or to control electronic devices. The user may register the web page or the server to play the captured image in real time through a personal computer (PC) or a mobile terminal, obtain stored information, or control the electronic device.

However, in the case of electronic devices connected through a network, information may be leaked by an unauthenticated user if the user is not correctly registered and authenticated. Therefore, the user must register the electronic device and the user on a web page or a server. You must proceed. Therefore, in order to register electronic devices including wireless communication circuits such as cameras, sensors, air conditioners, refrigerators, heaters, etc. that do not have dedicated input devices such as monitors and keyboards on web pages or servers, electronic devices, personal computers (PCs), and mobile terminals (Mobile) There is an inconvenience of having to proceed with the registration and authentication process using a wired or wireless connection method using.

KR 2009-0045556

In the present invention, to solve the problem that was not able to perform WIFI communication between the user terminal, the camera and the server at the same time.

In order to solve this problem, as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the portable terminal provides an interface unit for selecting an AP mode or a client mode, and when the AP mode is selected through the interface unit, the portable terminal performs WIFI communication with the electronic device. Performing electronic device connections; And a network connection unit configured to perform WIFI communication with a router when the client mode is selected through the interface unit.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device connection unit and the network connection unit is characterized in that to perform WIFI communication using the same standard.

As another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device connection unit and the network connection unit is characterized in that to perform WIFI communication using different standards.
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device, the router and the portable terminal are characterized in that it is implemented to enable mutual communication via a WIFI communication method.
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the portable terminal is characterized in that it is implemented to directly check and download the information transmitted from the electronic device.
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device connection unit is characterized in that the authentication of the electronic device is further performed after selecting the electronic device to register.

The portable terminal proposed in the present invention supports an interface for selecting an AP mode or a client mode in a user terminal, and the user terminal performs WIFI communication in a camera and AP mode, and uses an WIFI communication in a router and a client mode. Can be registered. As a result, data transmitted from various electronic devices such as a camera and a TV can be transmitted and received remotely from a user terminal.

In addition, there is an effect of eliminating the inconvenience of the connection and removal of the LAN cable, which is a disadvantage of the method of registering the electronic device through the conventional wire. In addition, there is an effect of simplifying a complicated registration procedure, which is a disadvantage of the method of registering an electronic device through a conventional radio.

1 illustrates an example of registering an electronic device using a WIFI network in a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2A and 2B illustrate an embodiment in which an app is installed in a terminal as a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
3 illustrates an embodiment of registering an electronic device in a portable terminal as a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

It is to be noted that the technical terms used herein are merely used to describe particular embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. In addition, the technical terms used in the present specification should be interpreted as meanings generally understood by those skilled in the art unless they are specifically defined in this specification, and are overly inclusive. It should not be interpreted in the sense of or in the sense of being excessively reduced.

In addition, when the technical terms used herein are incorrect technical terms that do not accurately represent the spirit of the present invention, it should be replaced with technical terms that can be understood correctly by those skilled in the art. In addition, the general terms used in the present invention should be interpreted as defined in the dictionary or according to the context before and after, and should not be interpreted in an excessively reduced sense.

1 illustrates an example of registering an electronic device using a WIFI network in a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The portable terminal disclosed in the present invention includes a user equipment (UE), a mobile equipment (ME), a mobile station (MS), a user terminal (UT), a subscriber station (SS), a mobile subscriber station (MSS), and a wireless device. ), Handheld device, AT (Access Terminal), all including the concept of mobile phones, cellular phones, smart phones (Personal Digital Assistants), PMP (Portable Multimedia Player), tablet (tablet) device, computer, or multimedia device.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the portable terminal 100 is assumed to have a built-in WIFI chip that supports the AP mode and the client mode at the same time.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the portable terminal 100 performs WIFI communication with the electronic device 110 such as a camera in the AP mode, and the client terminal WIFI communication with the router 120 or the server in the client mode. It is possible.

The WIFI chip simultaneously supporting the AP mode and the client mode provided in the portable terminal 100 may operate according to the same WIFI standard when simultaneously operating in the AP mode and the client mode. An example of the WIFI communication method is 802.11a / b / g / n / ac. In addition, there is an 802.11b / g / n standard in the 2.4GHz band, 802.11a / n / ac in the 5GHz band.

In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the WIFI chip simultaneously supporting the AP mode and the client mode provided in the portable terminal 100 is different from each other WIFI communication implemented in the AP mode and WIFI communication implemented in the client mode It can be implemented to comply with the standard.

The portable terminal 100 downloads an app for registering an electronic device in the AP mode, and then executes an app to select an electronic device to be registered. For example, after selecting the camera 110, the camera 110 and the portable terminal 100 are connected through WIFI communication. In this case, in order to set only the user with the proper authority to use the above service, a procedure such as inputting an ID and password may be additionally performed.

In the mobile terminal 100, when the SSID and password of the router are input using an app installed in the mobile terminal 100 to communicate with the router 120 or the server in the client mode, the corresponding information uses the WIFI communication method. The electronic device 110 may be transmitted to the router 120 and the electronic device 110 to implement communication with each other through a WIFI communication method. In this case, the portable terminal 100 can directly check and download the information transmitted from the electronic device 110.

In the portable terminal 100, the registered electronic device 110 information may be transmitted to the management server 200 through the router 120 to perform product registration. When registering a product, user information using the electronic device 110, product information of the electronic device 110, a product model name, a country code, and a serial number may be further registered. The management server 200 may perform registration by associating this information with the identification information of the electronic device 110.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the portable terminal 100 includes an interface unit 101, an electronic device connection unit 102, and a network connection unit 103.

The interface unit 101 provides an interface for selecting an AP mode or a client mode as shown in FIG. 2B.

The electronic device connection unit 102 is implemented to perform WIFI communication with the electronic device 110 when the user selects the AP mode through the interface unit 101. The network connection unit 103 is implemented to perform WIFI communication with the router 120 when the user selects the client mode through the interface unit 102.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, although an embodiment of selectively driving the AP mode and the client mode has been disclosed, it should be noted that the embodiment of simultaneously driving the AP mode and the client mode together is not excluded.

2A and 2B illustrate an embodiment in which an app is installed in a terminal as a preferred embodiment of the present invention. 3 illustrates an embodiment of registering an electronic device in a portable terminal as a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2A, the portable terminal may install an application 210 for electronic device registration. When the app 210 is driven, an interface such as a menu board indicating whether the app 210 is driven in the AP mode 221 or the client mode 222 may be provided. When the user selects the AP mode 221, referring to FIG. 3, the terminal 100 searches for the electronic device 110 through the AP discovery (S101). In this case, a plurality of electronic devices within the WIFI communication range may be discovered. Thereafter, after selecting the electronic device to register, authentication is performed (S102). When the authentication is completed, the electronic device 110 requests the registration to the terminal 100 (S103), when receiving a response message (S104) that is registered from the terminal 100, the data transmitted and received by the electronic device is a terminal ( 100 can be confirmed, and the electronic device can be further implemented to register the product in the management server (200).

When the client mode 222 is selected in the portable terminal in FIG. 2B, referring to FIG. 3, the terminal 100 requests activation from the router 120 and receives an activation response from the router (S112). ) May transmit a registration response message for the registration request of the electronic device 110.

As a result, WIFI communication between the electronic device 110, the portable terminal 100, and the router 120 may be implemented.

The embodiments described above are the components and features of the present invention are combined in a predetermined form. Each component or feature is to be considered optional unless stated otherwise. Each component or feature may be embodied in a form that is not combined with other components or features. In addition, it is also possible to combine the some components and / or features to form an embodiment of the present invention. The order of the operations described in the embodiments of the present invention may be changed. Some components or features of one embodiment may be included in another embodiment, or may be replaced with corresponding components or features of another embodiment. It is obvious that the claims may be combined to form an embodiment by combining claims that do not have an explicit citation relationship in the claims or as new claims by post-application correction.

The invention can also be embodied as computer readable code on a computer readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, and the like. The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

The best embodiments have been disclosed in the drawings and specification above. Although specific terms have been used herein, they are used only for the purpose of describing the present invention and are not used to limit the scope of the present invention as defined in the meaning or claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible from this. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

Claims

An interface unit providing an interface for selecting an AP mode or a client mode;
When the AP mode is selected through the interface unit, an electronic device connecting unit which searches for a plurality of electronic devices through the AP search, selects an electronic device to be registered among the found plurality of electronic devices, and performs WIFI communication with the selected electronic device. ; And
And a network connection unit configured to perform WIFI communication with a router when the client mode is selected through the interface unit.
The electronic device, the router, and the portable terminal may communicate with each other through a WIFI communication scheme. In this case, when the portable terminal requests an activation from the router and receives an activation response, the portable terminal receives a registration request for the electronic device. By transmitting a registration response message, the portable terminal, characterized in that implemented to enable to directly check and download the information transmitted from the electronic device.

The method of claim 1,
The electronic device connection unit and the network connection unit, characterized in that for performing the WIFI communication using the same standard.

The method of claim 1,
The electronic device connection unit and the network connection unit is a portable terminal, characterized in that for performing WIFI communication using different standards.

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