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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Yin Xia, Beijing, CN;
Lu Fu, Ningbo, CN;
Zhang Yu Lin, Ningbo, CN;
Lei Pan, Ningbo, CN;
Jie Hu, Ningbo, CN;
Bin Xu, Ningbo, CN;
Xiao Lin Sun, Ningbo, CN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Initiating a communication group of devices using device vibration includes encoding a message into a vibration signal using an encoder in a master device, the message including a connection request. A vibration pattern is emitted using a vibration motor by controlling the vibration motor to vibrate with a pattern corresponding to modulations of the vibration signal to send the message through a medium in contact with the master device. A response vibration pattern is received from responding devices using a sensor, the response vibration pattern carrying a response message. The response vibration pattern is decoded with a decoder of the master device to extract the response message from the response vibration pattern. A communication group is established at a host according to the response message for communication between the master device and the responding devices.