US 12,425,829 B2
Method for pairing devices, electronic system, and computer readable storage medium
Wei-Cheng Chiu, Taoyuan (TW)
Assigned to HTC Corporation, Taoyuan (TW)
Filed by HTC Corporation, Taoyuan (TW)
Filed on May 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/736,099.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/299,418, filed on Jan. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0232200 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 8/005 (2013.01) [H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 76/14 (2018.02)] 15 Claims
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1. A method for pairing devices, the devices including a host and an electronic device, wherein the host is a head-mounted display that provides a reality service, the method comprising:
in response to determining a pairing function of the host is triggered, scanning, by the host, for a broadcast signal transmitted by the electronic device;
in response to determining that the broadcast signal from the electronic device is scanned, establishing, by the host, a first connection with the electronic device;
providing, by the host, a first operation hint in visual content of the reality service, wherein the visual content includes a virtual reality avatar, and the virtual reality avatar has a body part corresponding to a first object part, wherein the first operation hint in visual content is used to instruct a user to move a specific electronic device on the first object part according to a specific moving pattern, the first object part corresponding to the body part of the user wearing the host;
receiving, by the host, a first operation information from the electronic device through the first connection, wherein the first operation information is motion data detected by the electronic device;
in response to determining that a moving pattern formed based on the motion data detected by the electronic device matches the specific moving pattern with the specific electronic device on the first object part as instructed by the first operation hint, determining, by the host, that the first operation information corresponds to the first operation hint, pairing, by the host, with the electronic device, and assigning the electronic device to be corresponding to the first object part; and
controlling, by the host, the body part of the virtual reality avatar according to a movement of the electronic device.