US 12,425,724 B2
Method and system for auto-detection and auto-connection between a device and an accessory device
Naveen Chinya Krishnamurthy, Fremont, CA (US); Ojas Gandhi, San Ramon, CA (US); Neal Nai-Chang Yu, San Mateo, CA (US); Rajesh Madhur, San Jose, CA (US); and Otto Sievert, Oceanside, CA (US)
Assigned to GoPro, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by GoPro, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/678,370.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/234,159, filed on Aug. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0057637 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/66 (2023.01); H04N 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04N 5/77 (2006.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04N 23/661 (2023.01) [H04N 7/108 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04N 5/77 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for seamless connectivity, the method comprising:
automatically detecting, by one of an image capture device and an accessory device, a wired connection between the image capture device and the accessory device via an interface cable;
in response to detection of the wired connection, automatically initiating, by the one of the image capture device and the accessory device, connection processing associated with a wireless communication protocol stored in the image capture device and the accessory device; and
automatically connecting the image capture device to the accessory device via the wireless communication protocol when the connection processing initiated in response to detection of the wired connection is complete.