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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2015
Sony Mobile Communications Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Ide, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Mobile Communications Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for communicating between a first device and second device, where each device includes a motion sensor. Communication functions are triggered by comparing motion data derived from each device. For example, when the first device is worn on a user's wrist (e.g., a smartwatch) and the second device (e.g., a smartphone) is held in the user's hand corresponding to the user's wrist, then moving the hand and devices results in correlated motion data between the devices. This correlated motion indicates the devices correspond to the same user. Further, human-body communication between the devices provides additional indicia that the devices correspond to the same user. Thus, based on the above-identified correlated motion and human-body communication the same user can be inferred and predefined communication task between the devices can be performed, such as unlocking the devices, exchanging identification codes, or exchanging other information.