KR20150139373A - System and method for wireless connection between wireless communication device, apparatus and control method applied to the same - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a system and a method for wirelessly connecting wireless communications devices, which can promptly, precisely, and wirelessly connect the wireless communications devices by minimizing an operation of a user in a general procedure for wirelessly connecting the wireless communications devices by using a mobile terminal having an NFC function as a wireless connection support device, an apparatus applied thereto, and a method for operating the same. The wireless communication devices comprises: an information reception unit, a communications scheme selection unit, and a wireless connection control unit.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system and method for wireless connection between wireless communication apparatuses,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wireless connection system between wireless communication apparatuses, and more particularly, to a wireless connection system for wireless connection between wireless communication apparatuses, To a wireless connection system between a wireless communication system and a wireless communication apparatus, a device applied thereto, and a method of the apparatus.

Currently, various wireless communication methods such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are used. Due to the development of the wireless communication technology and the hardware technology development of the device, wireless communication function is mounted on various kinds of devices located in the home or office Home network services have emerged that support wireless connections between devices, sharing and controlling information between devices.

The basis of such a home network service is a wireless connection between devices.

Generally, a conventional wireless connection procedure between devices attempts to wirelessly connect another device by operating one device as a main device.

More specifically, in the existing inter-device wireless connection procedure, a user activates a wireless connection function of a main device, searches for a wireless-connectable device in the vicinity from the main device, selects a device to be connected, , And when the wireless connection between the devices is successfully completed, they can be connected to each other through wireless communication between the devices.

However, since the above-described conventional wireless connection procedure between devices requires a lot of operations by the user, wireless connection between devices is difficult to be successfully performed if the user does not understand the entire process of the wireless connection procedure between the devices.

In addition, in the above-described conventional inter-device wireless connection procedure, even if the user understands the entire process of the inter-device wireless connection procedure, there is a need for the user to perform a lot of operations.

On the other hand, in the modern society, most people (users) have their own mobile terminals, and the spread of NFC (Near Field Communication) services such as settlement and door lock Most of the recently released mobile terminals are equipped with such NFC functions.

This NFC function exists in the NFC card mode and the NFC reader mode. The NFC reader mode is a mode in which the other party of the NFC card mode accessed within a specific short distance is recognized. The NFC card mode is a mode that can be recognized by the other party in the NFC reader mode.

Accordingly, the present invention proposes a method for enabling quick and accurate wireless communication between wireless communication apparatuses by minimizing the user's operation in all procedures for wireless connection between devices using a mobile terminal equipped with an NFC function do.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a wireless connection assisting apparatus that acquires wireless connection information from a tag included in a first wireless communication apparatus, When acquiring wireless connection information of the first wireless communication apparatus, acquiring wireless connection information of the second wireless communication apparatus when the wireless connection information of the second wireless communication apparatus other than the first wireless communication apparatus is acquired, The first wireless communication apparatus is capable of performing wireless communication with the first wireless communication apparatus based on the wireless connection information of the second wireless communication apparatus, And the second wireless communication apparatus selects the second wireless communication apparatus based on the connection information of the specific wireless communication system included in the wireless connection information of the second wireless communication apparatus, The present invention provides a system and method for wireless connection between wireless communication apparatuses that attempt wireless connection with a communication apparatus, thereby minimizing user operation in various procedures for wireless connection between wireless communication apparatuses, thereby enabling quick and accurate wireless connection between wireless communication apparatuses have.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a wireless communication system and a wireless communication system that receive wireless connection information related to another wireless communication apparatus from a wireless connection support apparatus, The wireless communication device selects a specific wireless communication method among at least one wireless communication method used in the other wireless communication device and uses the connection information of the specific wireless communication method included in the wireless connection information of the other wireless communication device And a method of operating a wireless communication device that attempts wireless connection with the other wireless communication device in accordance with the specific wireless communication method, thereby minimizing the user's operation in all procedures for wireless connection between wireless communication devices Thereby enabling quick and accurate wireless communication between the wireless communication devices.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a wireless communication system and a wireless communication method which are capable of acquiring wireless connection information from a tag included in a first wireless communication apparatus through a short- When the wireless connection information of the second wireless communication device other than the first wireless communication device is acquired at the time of acquiring the wireless connection information of the wireless communication device, Wherein the first wireless communication apparatus is provided with the second wireless communication apparatus and the second wireless communication apparatus is provided with the second wireless communication apparatus, The present invention provides a wireless connection support device and an operation method of a wireless connection support device that enable a wireless connection with a wireless communication device to be attempted, And minimizing user operation in various procedures, thereby enabling quick and accurate wireless communication between wireless communication devices.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless communication apparatus including an information receiving unit for receiving wireless connection information related to another wireless communication apparatus from a wireless connection supporting apparatus; A communication mode selection unit selecting a specific radio communication mode among at least one radio communication mode used by the other radio communication device based on the radio connection information of the other radio communication device; And a wireless connection control unit for attempting wireless connection with the other wireless communication device according to the specific wireless communication method using the connection information of the specific wireless communication method included in the wireless connection information of the other wireless communication device do.

Preferably, the wireless connection information of the other wireless communication device is information obtained by the wireless connection support device from a tag included in the other wireless communication device through a short-range wireless communication method, When acquiring wireless connection information related to the wireless communication device from the tag included in the wireless communication device through the short distance wireless communication method and when wireless connection information of another wireless communication device is acquired, To the wireless communication apparatus.

Preferably, the communication mode selection unit may select, from the at least one wireless communication method used by the other wireless communication apparatus, the wireless communication method used in the wireless communication apparatus by the specific wireless communication method.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for supporting wireless connection, comprising: an information obtaining unit obtaining wireless connection information from a tag included in a first wireless communication apparatus through a short-range wireless communication system; And when wireless connection information of a second wireless communication device other than the first wireless communication device is acquired at the time of acquiring wireless connection information of the first wireless communication device, To the first wireless communication apparatus so that the first wireless communication apparatus performs wireless communication with the second wireless communication apparatus on the basis of the wireless connection information of the second wireless communication apparatus, And a wireless connection support controller for enabling a wireless connection with the second wireless communication device to be attempted.

Preferably, the wireless connection support control unit may control the wireless communication apparatus based on the wireless connection information of the first wireless communication apparatus, based on the wireless connection information of the first wireless communication apparatus, And provide wireless connection information of the communication device to the first wireless communication device.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless connection method between wireless communication apparatuses, the wireless connection support apparatus including: acquiring wireless connection information from a tag included in a first wireless communication apparatus; Wherein when the wireless connection support device acquires wireless connection information of the first wireless communication device and wireless connection information of the second wireless communication device other than the first wireless communication device is acquired, Providing wireless connection information of the first wireless communication device to the first wireless communication device; The first wireless communication device selecting a specific wireless communication method among at least one wireless communication method used by the second wireless communication device based on wireless connection information of the second wireless communication device; And the first wireless communication apparatus performs wireless communication with the second wireless communication apparatus using the connection information of the specific wireless communication system included in the wireless connection information of the second wireless communication apparatus, And attempting a wireless connection.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of operating a wireless communication device, the method comprising: receiving wireless connection information associated with another wireless communication device from a wireless connection supporting device; A communication method selecting step of selecting a specific wireless communication method among at least one wireless communication method used by the other wireless communication device based on wireless connection information of the other wireless communication device; And a wireless connection control step of attempting wireless connection with the other wireless communication device according to the specific wireless communication method using the connection information of the specific wireless communication method included in the wireless connection information of the other wireless communication device .

Preferably, the wireless connection information of the other wireless communication device is information obtained by the wireless connection support device from a tag included in the other wireless communication device through a short-range wireless communication method, When acquiring wireless connection information related to the wireless communication device from the tag included in the wireless communication device through the short distance wireless communication method, when the wireless connection information of the other wireless communication device is acquired, Information to the wireless communication device.

Preferably, in the communication method selection step, the wireless communication method used by the wireless communication apparatus can be selected from the at least one wireless communication method used by the other wireless communication apparatus by the specific wireless communication method.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an operation method of a wireless connection supporting apparatus, comprising: acquiring wireless connection information from a tag included in a first wireless communication apparatus through a short-range wireless communication scheme; And when wireless connection information of a second wireless communication device other than the first wireless communication device is acquired at the time of acquiring wireless connection information of the first wireless communication device, To the first wireless communication apparatus so that the first wireless communication apparatus performs wireless communication with the second wireless communication apparatus on the basis of the wireless connection information of the second wireless communication apparatus, And a wireless connection support control step for enabling a wireless connection with the second wireless communication apparatus to be attempted.

Preferably, the wireless connection support control step includes a step of, based on the wireless connection information of the first wireless communication apparatus, the second wireless communication apparatus using at least one of the at least one wireless communication systems used in the first wireless communication apparatus, And provide wireless connection information of the wireless communication device to the first wireless communication device.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless connection system between wireless communication apparatuses, the wireless connection apparatus comprising: a first wireless communication apparatus that receives wireless connection information associated with another wireless communication apparatus from a wireless connection support apparatus, A wireless communication device that selects a specific wireless communication method among at least one wireless communication method used by the other wireless communication device and attempts wireless connection with the other wireless communication device according to the specific wireless communication method; And acquiring wireless connection information from a tag included in the wireless communication device, and when wireless connection information of another wireless communication device other than the wireless communication device is acquired at the time of acquiring wireless connection information of the wireless communication device, And a wireless connection support device for providing wireless connection information of the wireless communication device to the wireless communication device.

Therefore, according to the wireless connection system and method between the wireless communication apparatuses of the present invention, and the apparatuses and the method of the apparatuses applied thereto, it is possible to minimize the user's operations in the procedures for wireless connection between the wireless communication apparatuses, An effect of enabling wireless connection can be achieved.

1 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a wireless connection system between wireless communication apparatuses according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
2 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a configuration of a wireless communication apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a configuration of a wireless connection supporting apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
4 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a control flow of a wireless connection method between wireless communication apparatuses according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation method of a wireless communication apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation method of a wireless connection supporting apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, a wireless connection system between wireless communication apparatuses according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

1, a wireless connection system between wireless communication apparatuses according to the present invention includes wireless communication apparatuses 100A, 100B, ... capable of wireless connection with other wireless communication apparatuses, And a wireless connection support device 200 for supporting the wireless connection.

Here, the wireless communication apparatuses 100A, 100B,... May be wireless communication systems capable of wireless connection with other wireless communication apparatuses through at least one of various wireless communication systems such as Wi-Fi, Function device.

At this time, in addition to the wireless communication function for wireless connection, the wireless communication devices 100A, 100B,... Can communicate with each other through a near field wireless communication function (e.g. Near Field Communications, NFC).

That is, it is preferable that the radio communication apparatuses 100A, 100B, ... have an NFC module (not shown) supporting the above-described short-range wireless communication system, that is, the NFC system.

The wireless communication apparatuses 100A, 100B,... May be various types of devices located in the home or office, for example, a refrigerator, a TV, a washing machine, and audio.

Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, it is described that the radio communication apparatus 100A is a refrigerator and the radio communication apparatus 100B is a TV by referring to the radio communication apparatus 100A and the radio communication apparatus 100B.

The wireless connection supporting apparatus 200 is a device that supports wireless connection between wireless communication apparatuses. The wireless connection supporting apparatus 200 is equipped with a remote wireless communication function (for example, NFC) for recognizing, .

That is, the wireless connection supporting apparatus 200 preferably includes an NFC module (not shown) supporting the above-described short-range wireless communication system, that is, the NFC system.

Such a wireless connection supporting device 200 is preferably a mobile device such as a smart phone, a notebook, etc., which is a portable device that most of the users (users) have in the modern society.

There are NFC functions, NFC card mode and NFC reader mode. The NFC reader mode is a mode for recognizing the other party of the NFC card mode that is accessed within a certain proximity. The NFC reader mode can acquire information about the other party in the NFC card mode. It can provide information about itself to the other party of the NFC reader mode as a mode in which the user can be recognized.

Accordingly, the wireless communication apparatuses 100A, 100B, and the wireless connection supporting apparatus 200 can operate in one of the NFC card mode and the NFC reader mode.

Hereinafter, for convenience of description, an example in which the wireless connection supporting apparatus 200 has an NFC reader mode and supports wireless connection between the wireless communication apparatus 100A and the wireless communication apparatus 100B will be described.

First, when the user connects the wireless connection supporting apparatus 200 to a device such as one of the wireless communication apparatus 100A and the wireless communication apparatus 100B, for example, the wireless communication apparatus 100A, Can be brought close.

The wireless connection supporting apparatus 200 recognizes the tag included in the other party, that is, the wireless communication apparatus 100A through the short-range wireless communication system, that is, the NFC system, Obtain information.

Specifically, the wireless connection assisting device 200 acquires tag information from the tag by recognizing (tagging) the tag included in the other party, that is, the wireless communication device 100A through the NFC method, The service server can access the service server according to the access information based on the information and the tag identification information, and can acquire the information according to the tag identification information, that is, the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100A, from the service server.

Of course, the wireless connection supporting apparatus 200 can directly acquire the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100A from the tag by recognizing (tagging) the tag included in the other party, that is, the wireless communication apparatus 100A through the NFC scheme It will be possible.

Then, the wireless connection supporting apparatus 200 stores / holds wireless connection information of the acquired wireless communication apparatus 100A.

Thereafter, when the user connects the wireless connection supporting device 200 to the remaining one of the wireless communication device 100A and the remaining one of the wireless communication devices 100B, for example, the wireless communication device 100B, .

Accordingly, the wireless connection supporting apparatus 200 recognizes the tag included in the other party, that is, the wireless communication apparatus 100B through the short-range wireless communication system, that is, the NFC system, and acquires the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100B from the tag do.

Specifically, the wireless connection assisting device 200 acquires tag information from the tag by recognizing (tagging) the tag included in the other party, that is, the wireless communication device 100B through the NFC method, The service server can access the service server according to the access information based on the information and the tag identification information, and can obtain the information according to the tag identification information, that is, the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100B, at the service server.

Of course, the wireless connection supporting apparatus 200 can directly acquire the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100B from the tag by recognizing (tagging) the tag included in the other party, that is, the wireless communication apparatus 100B through the NFC scheme It will be possible.

When the wireless connection supporting device 200 acquires the wireless connection information of the wireless communication device 100B by recognizing (tagging) the tag included in the wireless communication device 100B through the NFC method as described above, And provides the wireless connection information of the other wireless communication apparatus 100A previously acquired and stored / retained therein to the wireless communication apparatus 100B recognized this time.

As described above, the radio communication apparatus 100B that receives the radio connection information of the other radio communication apparatus, that is, the radio communication apparatus 100A, from the radio connection support apparatus 200 determines, based on the radio connection information of the radio communication apparatus 100A, And selects a specific wireless communication method from among at least one wireless communication method used in the wireless communication apparatus 100A.

Then, the wireless communication apparatus 100B performs wireless connection with the wireless communication apparatus 100A in accordance with the specific wireless communication system using the connection information of the specific wireless communication system included in the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100A .

As described above, according to the present invention, when it is assumed that the wireless communication apparatuses 100A, 100B, ... and the wireless connection supporting apparatus 200 are equipped with a short range wireless communication function (e.g., NFC) The radio communication apparatus 100A and the radio communication apparatus 100B are operated only by bringing the radio communication apparatus 100A and the radio communication apparatus 100B closer to each other, An inter-wireless connection may be attempted.

Hereinafter, the configuration of a radio communication apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

The wireless communication apparatus 100 according to the present invention includes an information receiving unit 110 for receiving wireless connection information related to another wireless communication apparatus from the wireless connection support apparatus 200, (120) for selecting a specific radio communication method among at least one radio communication method used by the other radio communication apparatus, and a radio communication method selection unit And a wireless connection controller (130) for attempting a wireless connection with the other wireless communication device according to the specific wireless communication method using the connection information of the wireless communication device.

The wireless communication apparatus 100 according to the present invention corresponds to the wireless communication apparatus 100A and the wireless communication apparatus 100B mentioned in Fig. 1, and for convenience of explanation, the wireless communication apparatus 100 The description will be made with reference to the radio communication apparatus 100B corresponding to the radio communication apparatus 100B and the radio communication apparatus 100A as another radio communication apparatus.

The information receiving unit 110 receives wireless connection information related to another wireless communication apparatus, that is, the wireless communication apparatus 100A, from the wireless connection support apparatus 200. [

At this time, the wireless connection information of the other wireless communication apparatus, that is, the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100A is transmitted from the tag provided in the wireless communication apparatus 100A to the wireless connection support apparatus 200 via the short- ).

The wireless connection information of the wireless communication device 100A includes connection information for at least one wireless communication method used in the wireless communication device 100A.

For example, it is assumed that the wireless communication device 100A can use the wireless communication method of Wi-Fi and RF.

In this case, the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100A includes connection information (e.g., Wi-Fi connection information, connection procedure, etc.) for making a wireless connection with the wireless communication apparatus 100A through the Wi-Fi wireless communication system , Connection information (e.g., RF connection information, connection procedure, etc.) for wireless connection through the RF wireless communication method.

Hereinafter, a process of receiving wireless connection information related to the wireless communication device 100A by the information receiving unit 110 will be described.

The information receiving unit 110 receives various wireless signals such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, RF, and the like through a communication module (not shown) supporting at least one wireless communication method among various wireless communication methods such as Wi-Fi, It is possible to receive the wireless connection information of the wireless communication device 100A provided from the wireless connection support device 200 according to one of the wireless communication methods.

For example, it is assumed that the wireless communication device 100B can use the wireless communication method of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

In this case, the information receiving unit 110 can receive wireless connection information of the wireless communication device 100A provided from the wireless connection supporting device 200 according to the Wi-Fi wireless communication method through a communication module (not shown) have.

Of course, the information receiving unit 110 may receive the wireless connection information of the wireless communication device 100A provided from the wireless connection supporting device 200 according to the Bluetooth wireless communication method through a communication module (not shown).

The communication mode selection unit 120 selects one of at least one radio communication method used in the radio communication apparatus 100A based on the radio connection information of the radio communication apparatus 100A received from the radio connection support apparatus 200 Select the wireless communication method.

Specifically, the communication mode selection unit 120 selects, from among at least one of the wireless communication systems used in the wireless communication apparatus 100A, the wireless communication apparatus 100A that uses the wireless communication apparatus 100B including the communication mode selection unit 120, The communication method can be selected by a specific wireless communication method.

For example, as described above, it is assumed that the wireless communication apparatus 100B can use the wireless communication scheme of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and the wireless communication apparatus 100A can use the wireless communication scheme of Wi-Fi and RF I suppose.

In this case, based on the wireless connection information of the wireless communication device 100A received from the wireless connection support device 200, the communication mode selection part 120 selects the wireless communication method used by the wireless communication device 100A as Wi -Fi, and RF, and confirms whether there is a wireless communication method used in the wireless communication apparatus 100B among them.

That is, the communication mode selection unit 120 confirms what type of radio communication system the radio communication apparatus 100A and the radio communication apparatus 100B can use.

Accordingly, the communication mode selection unit 120 selects Wi-Fi as a wireless communication method to be used also in the wireless communication apparatus 100B among the Wi-Fi and RF used in the wireless communication apparatus 100A, The communication method can be selected by a specific wireless communication method.

The wireless connection control unit 130 transmits connection information (e.g., Wi-Fi connection information, connection procedure, and the like) of a specific wireless communication method, that is, Wi-Fi wireless communication method included in the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100A To attempt wireless connection with the wireless communication device 100A in accordance with the Wi-Fi wireless communication method.

Hereinafter, a configuration of a wireless connection supporting apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

The wireless connection supporting apparatus 200 according to the present invention includes an information obtaining unit 210 for obtaining wireless connection information from a tag included in a first wireless communication apparatus through a short range wireless communication system, When the wireless connection information of the second wireless communication device other than the first wireless communication device is acquired at the time of acquiring wireless connection information, wireless connection information of the second wireless communication device is provided to the first wireless communication device And a second wireless communication device that wirelessly communicates with the second wireless communication device in accordance with a specific one of wireless communication methods used by the second wireless communication device based on wireless connection information of the second wireless communication device in the first wireless communication device And a wireless connection support control unit 220 for allowing the wireless connection support unit 220 to attempt wireless connection.

Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, reference will be made to the radio communication apparatus 100B as a first radio communication apparatus and the radio communication apparatus 100A as a second radio communication apparatus by using the reference numerals of FIG.

The information obtaining unit 210 obtains wireless connection information from a tag included in the first wireless communication apparatus, that is, the wireless communication apparatus 100B through a short-range wireless communication system (e.g., NFC).

More specifically, a wireless connection supporting apparatus 200 is connected to a device such as a wireless communication apparatus 100A or a device such as a wireless communication apparatus 100B, Can be brought within a certain proximity.

The information acquiring unit 210 recognizes (tags) the tag included in the other party, that is, the wireless communication apparatus 100B through the short-range wireless communication system, that is, the NFC scheme, .

Specifically, the information obtaining unit 210 obtains the tag information from the tag by recognizing (tagging) the tag included in the other party, that is, the radio communication apparatus 100B through the NFC method, And the tag identification information, and obtains the information according to the tag identification information, that is, the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100B, from the service server.

Of course, the information acquiring unit 210 can also acquire the wireless connection information of the wireless communication device 100B directly from the tag by recognizing (tagging) the tag included in the other party, that is, the wireless communication device 100B through the NFC scheme will be.

When acquiring the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100B as described above, the wireless connection support control unit 220 determines whether or not the wireless connection information of a wireless communication apparatus other than the wireless communication apparatus 100B is acquired Check.

For example, when the user connects the wireless connection supporting apparatus 200 to the wireless communication apparatus 100B among the wireless communication apparatus 100A and the wireless communication apparatus 100B, If the wireless connection supporting apparatus 200 is brought close to the wireless communication apparatus 100A within a specific short distance, the information obtaining unit 210 may first obtain the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100A.

At this time, if the wireless connection support controller 220 acquires the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100A, the wireless connection support controller 220 determines whether or not the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus other than the wireless communication apparatus 100A is acquired I will confirm.

In this case, the wireless connection support control unit 220 may store / retain the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100A because the wireless connection information of the other wireless communication apparatus is not acquired.

When the user brings the wireless connection supporting apparatus 200 closer to the wireless communication apparatus 100B among the wireless communication apparatus 100A and the wireless communication apparatus 100B within a specific short distance, The acquiring unit 210 will acquire the wireless connection information of the wireless communication device 100B as described above.

At this time, the wireless connection support control unit 220 also acquires the wireless connection information of the wireless communication device 100B and determines whether or not the wireless connection information of the wireless communication device other than the wireless communication device 100B is acquired I will confirm.

In this case, the wireless connection support control unit 220 will confirm that the wireless connection information of the other wireless communication apparatus, for example, the wireless communication apparatus 100A is stored / retained, that is, the acquired state.

When the wireless connection information of the other wireless communication apparatus, i.e., the wireless communication apparatus 100A, which has been acquired and stored / held at the time of acquiring the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100B, is confirmed , The wireless communication apparatus 100A provides the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100A to the wireless communication apparatus 100B so that the wireless communication apparatus 100A can use the wireless connection apparatus 100A in the wireless communication apparatus 100A based on the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100A The wireless communication apparatus 100A can attempt wireless connection according to a specific wireless communication scheme among at least one wireless communication scheme.

More specifically, the wireless connection support control unit 220 determines, based on the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100B acquired by the information acquisition unit 210, at least one It is preferable to provide the wireless connection information of the wireless communication device 100A to the wireless communication device 100B through a specific wireless communication method among the wireless communication methods.

For example, if the wireless communication apparatus 100B can use the wireless communication scheme of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, as described above, the wireless connection support controller 220 may be configured to determine, based on the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100B It is recognized that the wireless communication method used by the wireless communication device 100B is Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, and whether the wireless communication supporting device 200 can use the wireless communication method exists.

When the wireless connection support controller 220 confirms Wi-Fi as a wireless communication scheme to be used also in the wireless connection support device 200 among the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth used in the wireless communication device 100B, The wireless communication method can be selected as the specific wireless communication method.

Accordingly, the wireless connection support control unit 220 determines whether or not the connection information (e.g., Wi-Fi connection information, connection procedure) of the specific wireless communication method included in the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100B, Etc.), wireless connection information of the wireless communication device 100A is transmitted to the wireless communication device 100B through a wireless connection with the wireless communication device 100B by establishing a wireless connection with the wireless communication device 100B according to the Wi-Fi wireless communication method, .

As described above, according to the wireless communication apparatus and the wireless connection supporting apparatus of the present invention, and the wireless connection system including the apparatus and the wireless communication apparatus, the wireless communication apparatuses 100A, 100B, The wireless communication apparatus 100A and the wireless communication apparatus 100B are connected to the wireless connection support apparatus 100A and the wireless communication apparatus 100B are connected to each other by wireless communication, Wireless connection between the wireless communication device 100A and the wireless communication device 100B can be attempted only by bringing the wireless communication device 100 closer to the wireless communication device 100A.

Therefore, according to the present invention, by using a mobile terminal equipped with an NFC function as a wireless connection supporting device in general, user operations are minimized in various procedures for wireless connection between wireless communication devices, The effect of enabling the connection can be expected.

Hereinafter, a wireless connection method between wireless communication apparatuses according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 4 to FIG. For convenience of explanation, reference will be made to the above-mentioned reference numerals of Figs. 1 to 3.

First, a wireless connection method between wireless communication apparatuses according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

Hereinafter, for ease of explanation, reference will be made to the reference numerals shown in Fig.

The wireless connection supporting apparatus 200 is brought close to a device such as the one of the wireless communication apparatus 100A and the wireless communication apparatus 100B, for example, the wireless communication apparatus 100A, .

The wireless connection support apparatus 200 recognizes (tags) a tag included in the other party, that is, the wireless communication apparatus 100A through the short-range wireless communication system, that is, the NFC scheme (S10) The wireless connection information of the mobile terminal 100A is acquired (S20).

Then, the wireless connection supporting apparatus 200 stores / holds wireless connection information of the acquired wireless communication apparatus 100A (S30).

Thereafter, when the user connects the wireless connection supporting device 200 to the remaining one of the wireless communication device 100A and the remaining one of the wireless communication devices 100B, for example, the wireless communication device 100B, .

The wireless connection support device 200 recognizes (tags) the tag included in the other party, that is, the wireless communication device 100B through the short-range wireless communication method, that is, the NFC method (S40) (S50).

When the wireless connection supporting device 200 acquires the wireless connection information of the wireless communication device 100B by recognizing (tagging) the tag included in the wireless communication device 100B through the NFC method as described above, And acquires wireless connection information of another wireless communication apparatus 100A that has been acquired in advance and stored / held in the wireless communication apparatus 100B (S60).

The wireless communication apparatus 100B receives the wireless connection information of the other wireless communication apparatus, that is, the wireless communication apparatus 100A from the wireless connection support apparatus 200 (S70) The wireless communication apparatus 100A selects a specific wireless communication method from among at least one wireless communication method used in the wireless communication apparatus 100A (S80).

Then, the wireless communication apparatus 100B performs wireless connection with the wireless communication apparatus 100A in accordance with the specific wireless communication system using the connection information of the specific wireless communication system included in the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100A (S90).

Hereinafter, a method of operating a wireless communication apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

The method of operation of the wireless communication device 100 according to the present invention receives wireless connection information related to another wireless communication device, that is, the wireless communication device 100A, from the wireless connection support device 200 (S100).

For example, the method of operating the wireless communication device 100 according to the present invention may be performed by a communication module (not shown) supporting at least one wireless communication method among various wireless communication methods such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and RF , Wireless connection information of the wireless communication device 100A provided from the wireless connection supporting device 200 according to one of various wireless communication methods such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and RF.

For example, it is assumed that the wireless communication device 100B can use the wireless communication method of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

In this case, a method of operating the wireless communication device 100 according to the present invention is a method of operating the wireless communication device 100A provided from the wireless connection supporting device 200 according to a Wi-Fi wireless communication method through a communication module (not shown) Lt; / RTI >

Of course, the method of operation of the wireless communication device 100 according to the present invention may be applied to a wireless connection of the wireless communication device 100A provided from the wireless connection support device 200 according to the Bluetooth wireless communication method through a communication module (not shown) Information can be received.

At this time, the wireless connection information of the other wireless communication apparatus, that is, the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100A is transmitted from the tag provided in the wireless communication apparatus 100A to the wireless connection support apparatus 200 via the short- ).

The method of operation of the radio communication apparatus 100 according to the present invention will be described below based on the radio connection information of the radio communication apparatus 100A received from the radio connection support apparatus 200 A specific wireless communication method is selected from at least one wireless communication method (S110).

Specifically, the method of operation of the radio communication apparatus 100 according to the present invention is characterized in that, of at least one radio communication method used in the radio communication apparatus 100A, the radio communication method used by the radio communication apparatus 100B is specified The wireless communication method can be selected.

For example, as described above, it is assumed that the wireless communication apparatus 100B can use the wireless communication scheme of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and the wireless communication apparatus 100A can use the wireless communication scheme of Wi-Fi and RF I suppose.

In this case, the operation method of the radio communication apparatus 100 according to the present invention is a method of using the radio communication apparatus 100A in the radio communication apparatus 100A based on the radio connection information of the radio communication apparatus 100A received from the radio connection support apparatus 200 And recognizes that the wireless communication method used by the wireless communication device 100B is Wi-Fi or RF.

That is, the operation method of the radio communication apparatus 100 according to the present invention is to confirm what radio communication system can be used by both the radio communication apparatus 100A and the radio communication apparatus 100B.

The operation method of the radio communication apparatus 100 according to the present invention is a method of confirming Wi-Fi as a radio communication system used in the radio communication apparatus 100B among Wi-Fi and RF used in the radio communication apparatus 100A , The Wi-Fi wireless communication method can be selected as a specific wireless communication method.

The operation method of the wireless communication device 100 according to the present invention is a method of operating the wireless communication device 100A in accordance with a specific wireless communication method included in the wireless connection information of the wireless communication device 100A, Information, a connection procedure, etc.) to the wireless communication apparatus 100A in accordance with the Wi-Fi wireless communication scheme (S120).

Accordingly, when the wireless connection with the wireless communication device 100A is successfully completed (Yes in S130), the method of operating the wireless communication device 100 according to the present invention ends the wireless connection procedure between the devices, (NO in step S130), the wireless communication apparatus 100A proceeds to step S110 described above, finds another wireless communication method that can be selected as a specific wireless communication method, and performs a subsequent step to perform a wireless connection with the wireless communication apparatus 100A You can try again.

Hereinafter, an operation method of a wireless connection supporting apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

The wireless connection supporting apparatus 200 is brought close to a device such as the one of the wireless communication apparatus 100A and the wireless communication apparatus 100B, for example, the wireless communication apparatus 100A, .

The method for operating the wireless connection supporting apparatus 200 according to the present invention recognizes (tags) a tag included in the other party, that is, the wireless communication apparatus 100A through the near field wireless communication system, that is, the NFC scheme, The wireless connection information of the wireless communication device 100A is obtained (S200).

When the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100A is obtained as described above, the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus other than the wireless communication apparatus 100A is obtained (S210). ≪ / RTI >

In this case, since the wireless connection information of the other wireless communication apparatuses is not acquired (No in S210), the wireless connection support apparatus 200 according to the present invention determines the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100A (S220).

Thereafter, when the user connects the wireless connection supporting device 200 to the remaining one of the wireless communication device 100A and the remaining one of the wireless communication devices 100B, for example, the wireless communication device 100B, .

The method of operating the wireless connection supporting apparatus 200 according to the present invention is a method of recognizing (tagging) a tag included in the other party, that is, the wireless communication apparatus 100B through a short range wireless communication system, that is, And acquires wireless connection information of the device 100B (S230).

When the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100B is acquired as described above, the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus other than the wireless communication apparatus 100B is obtained (S240). ≪ / RTI >

In this case, the operation method of the wireless connection supporting apparatus 200 according to the present invention will confirm that the wireless connection information of another wireless communication apparatus, for example, the wireless communication apparatus 100A is stored / retained, that is, the acquired state.

Accordingly, the method of operating the wireless connection supporting apparatus 200 according to the present invention can be applied to another wireless communication apparatus, that is, the wireless communication apparatus 100A, which has been acquired and stored / held at the time of acquiring the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100B, The wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100A is supplied to the wireless communication apparatus 100B in step S250 and the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100A is transmitted from the wireless communication apparatus 100B The wireless communication apparatus 100A can attempt wireless connection with the wireless communication apparatus 100A according to a specific wireless communication scheme among at least one wireless communication scheme used by the wireless communication apparatus 100A based on the wireless connection information.

More specifically, the method of operating the wireless connection supporting apparatus 200 according to the present invention is based on the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100B acquired in step S230, It is preferable to provide the wireless connection information of the wireless communication device 100A to the wireless communication device 100B through a specific wireless communication method among at least one wireless communication method.

For example, in the method of operating the wireless connection supporting apparatus 200 according to the present invention, when the wireless communication apparatus 100B can use the wireless communication scheme of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth as described above, Fi and Bluetooth on the basis of the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100B and confirms whether there is a wireless communication system available in the wireless connection support apparatus 200 among them.

The method of operating the wireless connection supporting apparatus 200 according to the present invention is a method of wireless communication using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth among the wireless connection supporting apparatus 200 among the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth used in the wireless communication apparatus 100B. The Wi-Fi wireless communication method can be selected as a specific wireless communication method.

The operation method of the wireless connection supporting apparatus 200 according to the present invention is a method of operating the wireless connection supporting apparatus 200 according to the specific wireless communication method included in the wireless connection information of the wireless communication apparatus 100B, Fi connection information, a connection procedure, and the like), when a wireless connection is established by attempting wireless connection with the wireless communication device 100B according to the Wi-Fi wireless communication method, wireless connection information of the wireless communication device 100A To the wireless communication device 100B.

The wireless communication device 100B can receive the wireless connection information of the wireless communication device 100A provided from the wireless connection support device 200 according to the Wi-Fi wireless communication method through a communication module (not shown) (S260).

As described above, according to the wireless connection method between wireless communication apparatuses of the present invention, the wireless communication apparatuses 100A, 100B, and the wireless connection support apparatus 200 can perform a short-range wireless communication function (e.g., NFC) The wireless communication device 100A and the wireless communication device 100B are connected to each other by wireless communication device 100A and wireless communication device 100B by wireless communication device 100A ) And the wireless communication device 100B may be attempted.

Therefore, according to the present invention, by using a mobile terminal equipped with an NFC function as a wireless connection supporting device in general, user operations are minimized in various procedures for wireless connection between wireless communication devices, The effect of enabling the connection can be expected.

The method of wireless connection between wireless communication devices, the method of operating a wireless communication device, and the method of operating a wireless connection supporting device according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in the form of a program command that can be executed through various computer means, Can be recorded on the medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and configured for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

According to the present invention, there is provided a system and method for wireless connection between wireless communication apparatuses, an apparatus applied thereto, and an operation method of the apparatus, by minimizing a user operation in a procedure for wireless connection between wireless communication apparatuses, The present invention is not limited to the use of the related technology, but merely has a possibility of being marketed or operated, and it can be practically and practically carried out. It is an invention that is industrially applicable.

100A, 100B: Wireless communication device
200: Wireless connection support device

Claims (12)

An information receiving unit for receiving wireless connection information related to another wireless communication device from a wireless connection supporting device;
A communication mode selection unit selecting a specific radio communication mode among at least one radio communication mode used by the other radio communication device based on the radio connection information of the other radio communication device; And
And a wireless connection controller for attempting a wireless connection with the other wireless communication device according to the specific wireless communication method using the connection information of the specific wireless communication method included in the wireless connection information of the other wireless communication device And the wireless communication device. The method according to claim 1,
The wireless connection information of the other wireless communication apparatus is information obtained by the wireless connection support apparatus from a tag included in the other wireless communication apparatus through a short-
The wireless connection support device includes:
When acquiring wireless connection information related to the wireless communication device from the tag included in the wireless communication device through the short-range wireless communication method, when the wireless connection information of the other wireless communication device is acquired, And provides the connection information to the wireless communication device. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the communication mode selection unit comprises:
Wherein the radio communication apparatus selects the radio communication system used by the radio communication apparatus from the at least one radio communication system used by the other radio communication apparatus by the specific radio communication system. An information obtaining unit obtaining wireless connection information from a tag included in the first wireless communication apparatus through a short-range wireless communication scheme; And
When acquiring wireless connection information of the first wireless communication apparatus, acquiring wireless connection information of the second wireless communication apparatus when the wireless connection information of the second wireless communication apparatus other than the first wireless communication apparatus is acquired, 1 wireless communication apparatus according to a specific radio communication method among at least one radio communication method used in the second radio communication apparatus on the basis of radio connection information of the second radio communication apparatus in the first radio communication apparatus And a wireless connection support controller for enabling a wireless connection with the second wireless communication device to be attempted. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the wireless connection support controller comprises:
Wherein the first wireless communication device transmits wireless connection information of the second wireless communication device to the first wireless communication device through a specific wireless communication method among at least one wireless communication method used by the first wireless communication device based on the wireless connection information of the first wireless communication device. And provides the wireless connection supporting device to the communication device. The wireless connection supporting apparatus comprising: acquiring wireless connection information from a tag included in the first wireless communication apparatus;
Wherein when the wireless connection support device acquires wireless connection information of the first wireless communication device and wireless connection information of the second wireless communication device other than the first wireless communication device is acquired, Providing wireless connection information of the first wireless communication device to the first wireless communication device; And
The first wireless communication device selecting a specific wireless communication method among at least one wireless communication method used by the second wireless communication device based on wireless connection information of the second wireless communication device; And
Wherein the first wireless communication device is capable of wirelessly communicating with the second wireless communication device in accordance with the specific wireless communication method using the connection information of the specific wireless communication method contained in the wireless connection information of the second wireless communication device, And attempting to establish a wireless connection between the wireless communication apparatuses. An information reception step of receiving wireless connection information related to another wireless communication apparatus from a wireless connection support apparatus;
A communication method selecting step of selecting a specific wireless communication method among at least one wireless communication method used by the other wireless communication device based on wireless connection information of the other wireless communication device; And
And a wireless connection control step of attempting wireless connection with the other wireless communication device according to the specific wireless communication method using the connection information of the specific wireless communication method included in the wireless connection information of the other wireless communication device Wherein the wireless communication device is a wireless communication device. 8. The method of claim 7,
The wireless connection information of the other wireless communication device is information obtained by the wireless connection support device from a tag included in the other wireless communication device through a short-
The wireless connection support device includes:
When acquiring wireless connection information related to the wireless communication device from the tag included in the wireless communication device through the short-range wireless communication method, when the wireless connection information of the other wireless communication device is acquired, And provides connection information to the wireless communication device. 8. The method of claim 7,
The communication method selection step includes:
Wherein the radio communication method used in the radio communication apparatus is selected from among the at least one radio communication system used in the other radio communication apparatus by the specific radio communication system. An information acquiring step of acquiring wireless connection information through a short-range wireless communication scheme from a tag provided in the first wireless communication apparatus; And
When acquiring wireless connection information of the first wireless communication apparatus, acquiring wireless connection information of the second wireless communication apparatus when the wireless connection information of the second wireless communication apparatus other than the first wireless communication apparatus is acquired, 1 wireless communication apparatus according to a specific radio communication method among at least one radio communication method used in the second radio communication apparatus on the basis of radio connection information of the second radio communication apparatus in the first radio communication apparatus And a wireless connection support control step of enabling a wireless connection with the second wireless communication device to be attempted. 11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein the wireless connection support control step comprises:
Wherein the first wireless communication device transmits wireless connection information of the second wireless communication device to the first wireless communication device through a specific wireless communication method among at least one wireless communication method used by the first wireless communication device based on the wireless connection information of the first wireless communication device. Wherein the wireless communication device is provided with a communication device. When receiving the wireless connection information related to the other wireless communication device from the wireless connection support device, determines a specific wireless communication method among at least one wireless communication method used by the other wireless communication device based on the wireless connection information of the other wireless communication device A wireless communication device which selects a wireless connection with the other wireless communication device according to the specific wireless communication method; And
When acquiring wireless connection information from a tag included in the wireless communication device and acquiring wireless connection information of another wireless communication device other than the wireless communication device when acquiring wireless connection information of the wireless communication device, And a wireless connection support device for providing wireless connection information of the communication device to the wireless communication device.

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