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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2014
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Haruo Oba, Kanagawa, JP;
Taku Sugawara, Tokyo, JP;
Takeo Inagaki, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Rekimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Matsushita, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Ayatsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method, and a program in which information can be reliably exchanged when performing wireless communication by allowing a user to know a communication distance at which devices can be connected. A communication unitperforms Bluetooth communication with a communication unit, which serves as a Bluetooth module, provided for a cellular telephone. A CPUdisplays an image corresponding to the cellular telephone based on the input level of Bluetooth radio waves transmitted from the cellular telephone. For example, when the input level of the radio waves transmitted from the cellular telephone is equal to the maximum input, the CPUsets the level of transparency to be 0, and displays the image corresponding to the cellular telephone on an LCDso that a background image is not transmitted at all. When the input level of the radio waves is almost equal to the reception sensitivity, the CPUdisplays the image corresponding to the cellular telephone on the LCDby setting the level of transparency to be 90% so as to transmit the background image. The present invention can be applied to an information processing apparatus, for example, a personal computer, a PDA, or a cellular telephone.