Wireless communication apparatus and control method thereof

Abstract

A wireless communication apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The wireless communication apparatus includes: a first communication unit which receives a video signal from an image device; a video processor which processes the video signal; a second communication unit establishes a wireless connection with another device; and a controller receives wireless connection information from the image device through the first communication unit, and controls the second communication unit to establish the wireless connection with the other device based on the received wireless connection information.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A wireless communication apparatus which communicates configured to communicate with an image device, the wireless communication apparatus comprising:
 a first communication unit which has a wired connection with the image device and receives, the first communication unit configured to receive a video signal and wireless connection information from the image device, wherein the first communication unit is implemented by a first hardware circuit; 
 a video processor which processes configured to process the video signal; 
 a second communication unit which wirelessly communicates configured to wirelessly communicate with another device, wherein the second communication unit is implemented by a second hardware circuit; and 
 a controller controls configured to control the second communication unit to communicate with the another device to establish a wireless connection of at least two from among at least two of the wireless communication apparatus, the image device and the another device based on the received wireless connection information through the first communication unit, wherein the controller comprises a microprocessor, 
 wherein the controller determines is further configured to determine a wireless connection mode based on the wireless connection information according to a current wireless network state, and controls to control the second communication unit to communicate with the another device to establish the wireless connection based on the determined wireless connection mode. 
 
     
     
       2. The wireless communication apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the another device is the image device. 
     
     
       3. The wireless communication apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the wireless connection comprises a connection with a wireless router. 
     
     
       4. The wireless communication apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the wireless connection mode comprises one of an infrastructure mode, an ad-hoc mode, a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) direct mode, and a Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) mode. 
     
     
       5. The wireless communication apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the wireless connection information comprises at least one of a device identification, a security key and a security type. 
     
     
       6. The wireless communication apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the controller displays is configured to display a graphical user interface (GUI), which includes information for establishing the wireless connection on a display unit. 
     
     
       7. The wireless communication apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising a user input unit which receives a user's input,
 wherein the controller controls is configured to establish the wireless connection in accordance with the received user's input. 
 
     
     
       8. The wireless communication apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the first communication unit communicates is configured to communicate based on a high-definition multimedia interface-consumer electronics control (HDMI-CEC) standard. 
     
     
       9. The wireless communication apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the first communication unit communicates is configured to communicate based on a universal serial bus (USB) standard. 
     
     
       10. The wireless communication apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising a display unit which displays is configured to display an image based on the video signal processed by the video processor. 
     
     
       11. A control method of a wireless communication apparatus that communicates with an image device and displays an image based on a video signal, the method comprising:
 receiving wireless connection information and the video signal through a first communication unit configured to have a wired connection with the image device from the image device; 
 communicating with another device through a second communication unit configured to have a wireless connection with the another device to establish a wireless connection of at least two from among at least two of the wireless communication apparatus, the image device and the another device based on the received wireless connection information through the first communication unit; 
 determining a wireless connection mode based on the wireless connection information according to a current wireless network state; and 
 establishing the wireless connection through the second communication unit based on the determined wireless connection mode. 
 
     
     
       12. The method according to  claim 11 , wherein the establishing of the wireless connection comprises establishing the wireless connection with the image device. 
     
     
       13. The method according to  claim 11 , wherein the establishing of the wireless connection comprises establishing the wireless connection with a wireless router to which the image device is connected. 
     
     
       14. The method according to  claim 11 , wherein the wireless connection mode comprises one of an infrastructure mode, an ad-hoc mode, a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) direct mode, and a Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) mode. 
     
     
       15. The method according to  claim 11 , wherein the wireless connection information comprises at least one of a device identification, a security key and a security type. 
     
     
       16. The method according to  claim 11 , further comprising displaying a graphical user interface (GUI), which includes information regarding establishing the wireless connection. 
     
     
       17. The method according to  claim 11 , further comprising receiving a user's input,
 wherein the establishing of the wireless connection comprises establishing the wireless connection in accordance with the received user's input. 
 
     
     
       18. The method according to  claim 11 , wherein the receiving comprises receiving through the first communication unit communicates based on a high-definition multimedia interface-consumer electronics control (HDMI-CEC) standard. 
     
     
       19. The method according to  claim 11 , wherein the receiving comprises receiving through the first communication unit communicates based on universal serial bus (USB) standard. 
     
     
       20. A wireless communication apparatus which communicates configured to communicate with at least one image device, the wireless communication apparatus comprising:
 a first communication unit which has implemented by a first hardware circuit configured to have a wired connection with the at least one image device and receives to receive a video signal and wireless connection information from the at least one image device; 
 a second communication unit implemented by a second hardware circuit configured to have a wireless communication; 
 a video processor which processes configured to process the video signal; and 
 a controller determines configured to determine a wireless connection mode based on the received wireless connection information received through the first communication unit, and controls a to control the second communication unit to establish the wireless connection to be established based on the determined wireless connection mode, wherein the controller comprises a microprocessor. 
 
     
     
       21. The wireless communication apparatus according to  claim 20 , wherein, based on the wireless connection information received from a first image device from among the at least one image device, the controller controls is configured to control the second communication unit to establish the wireless connection to be established with a second image device from among the at least one image device. 
     
     
       22. A control method of a wireless communication apparatus configured to communicate with at least one image device, the method comprising:
 receiving wireless connection information and a video signal from the at least one image device through a first communication unit implemented by a first hardware circuit configured to have a wired connection with the at least one image device and receive the video signal from the at least one image device; 
 determining a wireless connection mode based on the received wireless connection information received through the first communication unit; and 
 establishing a wireless connection via based on the determined wireless connection mode through a second communication unit implemented by a second hardware circuit configured to have the wireless communication. 
 
     
     
       23. The method according to  claim 22 , wherein the establishing of the wireless connection comprises establishing the wireless connection with a second image device from among the at least one image device based on the wireless connection information received from a first image device from among the at least one image device. 
     
     
       24. The wireless communication apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the image device includes one of a digital versatile disc (DVD) player, a BluRay disc (BD) player, a set-top box, a personal computer, a camcorder and a portable terminal. 
     
     
       25. The wireless communication apparatus according to  claim 24 , wherein the wireless connection comprises a connection with a wireless router. 
     
     
       26. A wireless communication apparatus comprising:
 a communication unit first hardware communication circuit configured to communicate with a first device connected with a second device; 
 a second hardware communication circuit configured to communicate wirelessly; and 
 a controller implemented by a processor configured to receive, from the second first device, information for wireless communication with the second device in a predetermined wireless communication mode through the first hardware communication circuit and to control the communication unit second hardware communication circuit to establish the a wireless connection with the second device based on the received information for wireless communication received from the first device through the first hardware communication circuit. 
 
     
     
       27. The wireless communication apparatus according to  claim 26 , wherein the communication unit comprises:
 a first communication unitthe first hardware communication circuit is configured to have a wired connection and communicate with the first device; and 
 a second communication unitthe second hardware communication circuit is configured to wirelessly communicate with the second device. 
 
     
     
       28. The wireless communication apparatus according to  claim 26 , wherein the communication unit receives first hardware communication circuit is configured to receive state information on the second device from the first device,
 the state information comprises information on whether to wirelessly communicate with the second device, and 
 the controller controls is further configured to control the communication unit second hardware communication circuit to establish the wireless connection with the second device based on the state information. 
 
     
     
       29. The wireless communication apparatus according to  claim 28 , wherein the predetermined wireless communication mode comprises a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) direct mode. 
     
     
       30. A wireless communication apparatus comprising:
 a first hardware communication circuit configured to communicate with a first device connected with a second device and to receive from the first device wireless connection information for wireless communication with the second device;   a second hardware communication circuit configured to communicate wirelessly; and   a controller implemented by a processor configured to determine a wireless communication mode from among a plurality of wireless communication modes of the wireless communication apparatus based on the wireless connection information and to control the second hardware communication circuit to establish a wireless connection with the second device in the determined wireless communication mode based on the received wireless connection information for wireless communication from the first device.   
     
     
       31. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 30, wherein the first hardware communication circuit is configured to have a wired connection and communicate with the first device, and
 the second hardware communication circuit is configured to wirelessly communicate with the second device.   
     
     
       32. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 30, wherein the first hardware communication circuit is configured to receive state information on the second device from the first device, and
 the controller is further configured to control the second hardware communication circuit to establish the wireless connection with the second device based on the state information.   
     
     
       33. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 32, wherein the determined wireless communication mode comprises a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) direct mode, and
 the wireless connection information received from the first device comprises information for the wireless connection with the second device in the wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) direct mode.   
     
     
       34. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 30, wherein the determined wireless communication mode comprises a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) direct mode, and
 the wireless connection information received from the first device comprises information for the wireless connection with the second device in the wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) direct mode.   
     
     
       35. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the controller is configured to determine the wireless connection mode according to a current wireless network state. 
     
     
       36. The method according to claim 22, wherein the determining the wireless connection mode comprises determining the wireless connection mode according to a current wireless network state.