JP2011147004A - Radio communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a radio communication device that simply disconnects and connects a Bluetooth (R) connection. <P>SOLUTION: When the radio communication device is connected with a counterpart device by a first radio communication means, receives identification information regrading second radio communication associated with the counterpart device via the first radio communication means, and is connected with a device having identification information regarding the second radio communication different from the received identification information regarding the second radio communication via a second radio communication means, the radio communication device disconnects the currently connected second radio communication and is connected with a device having the identification information regarding the second radio communication obtained from the counterpart device via the second radio communication means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a wireless communication apparatus.

In recent years, electronic devices represented by mobile phones and PCs are Bluetooth (registered trademark), wireless LA
It has come to have a plurality of wireless communication functions such as N and NFC (Near Field Communication). In such an electronic device, for example, using a close proximity wireless communication method such as NFC, it is possible to communicate over a longer distance than a close proximity wireless communication method such as Bluetooth or wireless LAN, and relatively high speed communication is possible. Bluetooth and wireless LAN by exchanging setting information of various communication methods
Technology that takes over communication (Connection Handover, hereinafter referred to as handover), or technology that disconnects a Bluetooth connection or wireless LAN connection with a device that is connected by Bluetooth or wireless LAN when it is detected by proximity wireless communication Has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Special table 2009-521162

However, for example, when it is desired to make a Bluetooth connection with the second device while being connected to the first device via Bluetooth, the invention described in Patent Document 1
After performing a user operation for disconnecting the connection with the second device, it is necessary to perform a user operation for establishing a connection with the second device, and the operation is complicated.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a wireless communication apparatus that can easily disconnect and connect wireless communication.

  In order to achieve the above object, a wireless communication apparatus according to the present invention includes a first wireless communication unit that performs first wireless communication and a second wireless communication that performs second wireless communication different from the first wireless communication. The wireless communication means communicates with the opposite device by the first wireless communication means, receives the identification information related to the second wireless communication of the device associated with the opposite device, and the received identification related to the second wireless communication If the information is different from the identification information related to the second wireless communication of the device connected by the second wireless communication means, the second wireless communication connection with the device connected by the second wireless communication means is disconnected. And a control means for performing the above.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a wireless communication apparatus that can easily disconnect and connect wireless communication.

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention. The flowchart showing an example of the process of the mobile telephone which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The sequence diagram which shows an example of the specific process of the mobile telephone which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The flowchart showing an example of the process of the mobile telephone which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, a mobile phone is used as an example of a wireless communication device. However, the wireless communication device may be a device having a plurality of wireless communication means, and may be a device such as a smartphone or a PC.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone according to the present embodiment. The cellular phone 1 includes a control unit 51, an operation unit 52, a display unit 53, a voice input / output unit 54, a network communication unit 55, a storage unit 56, a Bluetooth communication unit 57, and an NFC communication unit 58.

  The control unit 51 includes a CPU and the like, and executes a general application as the mobile phone 1. The control unit 51 includes a Bluetooth control unit 51 a that controls the Bluetooth communication unit 57 and an NFC control unit 51 b that controls the NFC communication unit 58.

  The operation unit 52 includes operation keys, a touch panel, a touch sensor, and the like, and inputs a signal corresponding to a user operation to the control unit 51.

  The display unit 53 is configured by a liquid crystal display, an organic EL display, or the like, and displays characters and images according to application operations under the control of the control unit 51.

  The voice input / output unit 54 includes a speaker and a microphone, and performs voice call input / output of a voice call by the radio telephone communication unit 55 and voice / music output of music content and moving image content.

  The network communication unit 55 performs voice communication and packet communication via the base station. For example, when voice is transmitted by voice communication, data obtained by performing signal processing such as encoding and error control on voice data obtained by collecting voice from the microphone of the voice input / output unit 54 is converted into radio waves. Convert and send to base station. The received voice receives radio waves from the base station, converts the radio waves into electrical signals, performs signal processing such as decoding and error correction, and outputs the voice from the speaker of the voice input / output unit 54.

  The storage unit 56 is a ROM (Read Only Memory), a hard disk, a non-volatile memory, a database, and a main control unit 21 that store processing programs for processing performed by the control unit 51 and data necessary for the processing. It consists of RAM (Random Access Memory) etc. which memorize | stores the data used temporarily.

The Bluetooth communication unit 57 includes a Bluetooth communication module and the like, and operates according to the control from the control unit 51. The Bluetooth communication unit 57 enables voice communication with a hands-free device by HFP, and audio by A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile). Audio data can be transferred to the opposite device without using a cable.

  The NFC communication unit 58 includes an NFC communication module and the like, and establishes NFC communication with the opposite device and transmits / receives data by NFC communication with the opposite device based on an instruction from the control unit 51.

As a terminal capable of Bluetooth communication with the mobile phone 1 having the above configuration, for example, a headset and an in-vehicle device (for example, a car navigation system) are assumed. A vehicle equipped with this in-vehicle device has an NFC module for unlocking / locking the door of the driver's seat, and the Bluetooth address of the in-vehicle device is stored in the storage device of the NFC module. ing.

FIG. 2 shows a control unit when the mobile phone 1 is connected to a certain device (for example, a headset) via Bluetooth and is brought close to a position capable of NFC communication with another device (for example, an NFC module) capable of NFC communication. 5 is a flowchart showing processing executed in 51.

When the mobile phone 1 is in a Bluetooth connection with the first device and comes close to a position where it can communicate with the second device capable of NFC communication (S101), authentication is performed with the second device. NFC communication connection is established (S102). NFC communication between the mobile phone 1 and the second device may be one of which is functionally main and the other is subordinate, or may be in a state where they can functionally communicate with each other on an equal basis. . The Bluetooth address of the Bluetooth device associated with the second device is acquired by the established NFC communication (S103).

There is a method of acquiring a Bluetooth address by using a handover function defined in the specification related to connection handover (Connection Handover 1.1) released by NFC Forum (TM). Further, the identification information of the NFC module and the Bluetooth address are associated with each other and stored in the storage unit 56 of the mobile phone 1, and stored in the storage unit 56 in association with the identification information of the NFC module notified by NFC communication. Bluetooth
A method of obtaining an address is also conceivable. Only one of these two Bluetooth address acquisition methods can be used (always only acquire the Bluetooth address by the handover function, or always only acquire the Bluetooth address using the association stored in advance) Either one is used preferentially (if the Bluetooth address cannot be acquired by the handover function, the Bluetooth address is used using the association stored in advance, or the Bluetooth stored using the association stored in advance is used. If the address cannot be acquired, the Bluetooth address acquired by the handover function may be used).

Then, the control unit 51 determines whether or not the Bluetooth address acquired in step S103 matches the Bluetooth address of the opposite device currently connected via Bluetooth (S104). Although not shown, if there is no Bluetooth connected device at the time of step S103, the Bluetooth connection with the device having the acquired Bluetooth address is established.

If the acquired Bluetooth address matches the Bluetooth address of the device currently connected via Bluetooth (Yes in S104), the connection with the first device currently connected via Bluetooth is maintained. If the acquired Bluetooth address and the Bluetooth address of the device currently connected via Bluetooth do not match (No in S104), it is determined that a Bluetooth connection to a device different from the first device currently connected via Bluetooth is requested. Therefore, a request for disconnecting the Bluetooth connection is transmitted to the currently connected first device by Bluetooth communication, and the Bluetooth connection with the first device is disconnected (S105).

Then, after disconnecting the Bluetooth connection in step S105, step S105
A Bluetooth connection with the device having the Bluetooth address acquired in 103 is requested (S106). When acquiring a Bluetooth address by the handover function in step S103, in addition to the Bluetooth address, security information such as a hash and a random value used for pairing can be acquired from the opposite device by NFC communication. To establish a Bluetooth connection.

Even if a Bluetooth connection is requested to a device having the acquired Bluetooth address in step S106, the Bluetooth connection may not be established. For example, in step S103,
Considering the above-mentioned NFC module as the second device, it is a case where the Bluetooth function of the in-vehicle device having the Bluetooth address acquired from the NFC module is not in the ON state, or the in-vehicle device itself is not in the ON state. . Therefore, if the Bluetooth connection is not successfully established (No in S107), the mode is set to accept only the connection request from the device having the Bluetooth address acquired in step S103.

By setting this mode, unnecessary connections from a device different from the device having the Bluetooth address acquired in step S103 can be eliminated, and the Bluetooth connection with the device having the Bluetooth address acquired in step S103 is surely made. Can be established. When the mode is set to accept only the connection request from the device having the Bluetooth address acquired in step S103 (No in S108), the connection request from other than the device having the Bluetooth address acquired in step S103 is rejected (S109). ).

The rejection of the connection request is not limited to the case where the Bluetooth connection is not established even if a connection request from a device other than the device having the Bluetooth address acquired in step S103 is received, but also the device having the Bluetooth address acquired in step S103. Even when a Bluetooth connection is established when a connection request from a device other than the above is received, the connection is disconnected before the service starts.

When the connection request from the device having the Bluetooth address acquired in step S103 is received in the mode in which only the connection request from the device having the Bluetooth address acquired in step S103 is received (Yes in S108), the opposite device Is established (S110), and the mode for accepting only the connection request from the device having the Bluetooth address acquired in step S103 is canceled.

Note that the mode in which only the connection request from the device having the Bluetooth address acquired in step S103 is accepted is close to the second device capable of NFC communication detected in step S101 during this mode setting to a position where NFC communication is possible again. The NFC connection may be canceled when the connection is established. Further, it may be canceled when an NFC connection is established by approaching a device capable of NFC communication different from the second device detected in step S101 during mode setting, and establishing a NFC connection. Alternatively, the elapsed time from the mode setting time may be calculated by a time measuring unit (not shown) included in the mobile phone 1, and this mode may be canceled when it is detected that the elapsed time has exceeded a predetermined time.

In this way, by canceling the mode in which only the connection request from the device having the Bluetooth address acquired in step S103 is received, unnecessary connection from a device different from the device having the Bluetooth address acquired in step S103 is eliminated. Is not permanent. For example, the door is unlocked and locked according to communication with the NFC module installed in the door of the car, and installed in the car when the door is unlocked (that is, when it is expected to get on) If you want to make a Bluetooth connection with the in-vehicle device, if the power to the in-vehicle device is not ON when the door is unlocked, the Bluetooth connection with the in-vehicle device cannot be established, and the mode is set to accept only the connection request from the in-vehicle device. However, since Bluetooth connection with the in-vehicle device becomes unnecessary when getting out of the car, by canceling the mode that accepts only the connection request from the in-vehicle device by performing NFC communication with the NFC module and locking the door Bluetooth connections from other devices (for example, headsets) can be accepted.

When the connection with the first device is established by the above processing and the Bluetooth connection is established with the second device, the user is close to the distance capable of NFC communication with the second device. With only one step of processing, the Bluetooth connection with the first device can be disconnected and the Bluetooth connection with the second device can be established. That is, it is possible to switch the Bluetooth connection destination device quickly without saving the user.

  FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram of specific processing for switching the Bluetooth connection destination to the in-vehicle device when the mobile phone 1 performing the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 2 is connected to the headset via Bluetooth.

First, the mobile phone 1 is in a state where a Bluetooth connection is established with the headset (S1
21). In this state, when it is detected that the mobile phone 1 is close to the NFC module for unlocking / locking the door installed in the car to a distance capable of NFC communication, an NFC connection is established between the mobile phone 1 and the NFC module. Is established (S122). Although not shown, after the NFC connection is established, the NFC module authenticates the mobile phone 1 and unlocks the door of the car. When NFC communication is established between the mobile phone 1 and the NFC module in step S122, a handover request is transmitted from the NFC module to the mobile phone 1 (S123).

In this handover request, the Bluetooth information of the in-vehicle device associated with the NFC module and security information such as a hash and random value used for pairing are notified. The NFC communication unit 58 of the mobile phone 1 receives this handover request and notifies the NFC control unit 51b of the handover request. Then, the NFC communication unit 58 transmits a handover response, which is a response to the handover request, to the NFC module according to the control of the NFC control unit 51b (S124). In this handover response, the Bluetooth of the mobile phone 1
There may be cases where the address is included or not included.

The Bluetooth control unit 51a of the mobile phone 1 detects that the Bluetooth address of the in-vehicle device notified from the NFC control unit 51b does not match the Bluetooth address of the device (headset) currently connected via Bluetooth (S125). Therefore, the Bluetooth control unit 51a transmits a Bluetooth disconnection request to the headset using the Bluetooth communication unit 57 (S126), receives a Bluetooth disconnection response to the Bluetooth disconnection request from the headset (S127), and the headset. The Bluetooth connection with is disconnected (S128).

Thereafter, the Bluetooth control unit 51a of the mobile phone 1 authenticates the device having the Bluetooth address notified by the handover request from the NFC module (on-vehicle device) and the SSP (Secure Simple Pairing) method using the notified security information. When the authentication process is completed (S131), a Bluetooth connection establishment request is transmitted to the device (in-vehicle device) (S129), and a response to the connection establishment request is received from the in-vehicle device (S130). As a result, the Bluetooth connection with the in-vehicle device is established (S1).
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FIG. 4 shows that when the mobile phone 1 is connected to a device (headset) via Bluetooth.
It is a flowchart which shows the 2nd process when approaching to the position which can be communicated with the other apparatus (NFC module) in which NFC communication is possible. Of the processing steps shown in FIG. 4, the same processing steps as those shown in FIG. In the processing of the mobile phone 1 described with reference to FIG. 2, the mobile phone 1 requests the device having the Bluetooth address acquired by the mobile phone 1 in step S106 to establish the Bluetooth connection, whereas the mobile phone 1 shown in FIG. In this process, the mobile phone 1 does not request establishment of a Bluetooth connection.

That is, when the Bluetooth address acquired by NFC communication from the device that has established NFC connection does not match the Bluetooth address of the currently connected device (No in S104),
The Bluetooth connection with the connected device is disconnected (S105), and then a Bluetooth connection request from the opposite device is awaited. If it is not a connection request from a device having a Bluetooth address acquired by NFC communication (No in S208), this request is rejected (S209), and if it is a connection request from a device having a Bluetooth address acquired by NFC communication A Bluetooth connection is established with this device (S210).

The state where the connection request from the device having the Bluetooth address acquired by the NFC communication in step S208 is accepted and the connection request from the other device is rejected is the NFC communication again to the second device capable of NFC communication detected in step S101. It may be released by approaching to a communicable position and establishing an NFC connection. Alternatively, the NFC communication may be canceled when the NFC connection is established by approaching a device capable of NFC communication different from the second device detected in step S101. Alternatively, calculate the elapsed time from the start of waiting to accept a connection request from a device having a Bluetooth address acquired by NFC communication,
When it is detected that the elapsed time exceeds a predetermined time, this state may be canceled.

In the above description, the mobile phone 1 is described as being capable of NFC communication and Bluetooth communication, but is not limited to NFC communication and Bluetooth communication, and NFC communication may be infrared communication or the like. The Bluetooth communication may be a wireless LAN. It is only necessary that the identification information of the second communication can be transmitted by the first communication. Furthermore, if the first communication can be easily established for the user like NFC communication and the communication speed of the second communication is higher than that of the first communication, the second communication is performed by the first communication. Since only information related to communication connection is transmitted / received and data is transmitted / received by the second communication, connection can be established by a simple operation for the user and high-speed data communication can be performed.

In the above description, the communication with the headset, the vehicle-mounted device, and the NFC module has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. In addition, the in-vehicle device and the NFC module do not need to be different devices. For example, a PC capable of NFC communication and capable of Bluetooth communication is notified of the Bluetooth address of the PC by NFC communication with the PC. The Bluetooth address may be compared with the Bluetooth address of the device that is currently connected via Bluetooth. If they do not match, the Bluetooth connection with the device that is currently connected may be disconnected to establish a Bluetooth connection with the PC.

  By adopting the configuration of the embodiment as described above, it is possible to provide a wireless communication apparatus that can easily disconnect and connect wireless communication.

  In addition, it is not limited to the said embodiment, You may change suitably in the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention.

1 mobile phone, 51 control unit, 51a Bluetooth control unit, 51b NFC control unit, 5
2 operation unit, 53 display unit, 54 voice input / output unit, 55 network communication unit, 56 storage unit, 57 Bluetooth communication unit, 58 NFC communication unit

Claims (12)

First wireless communication means for performing first wireless communication;
Second wireless communication means for performing second wireless communication different from the first wireless communication;
The first wireless communication means communicates with the opposite device, receives identification information related to the second wireless communication of the device associated with the opposite device, and the received identification information related to the second wireless communication is the second wireless communication. Control means for disconnecting the second wireless communication connection with the device connected by the second wireless communication means if the wireless communication means differs from the identification information regarding the second wireless communication of the device connected by the wireless communication means. A wireless communication apparatus comprising:   The control means controls the second wireless communication means to disconnect the second wireless communication connection with the connected device, and then identifies the second wireless communication received by the first wireless communication means. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a second wireless communication connection is established with a device having information.   The control means receives the first wireless communication means when it fails to establish a second wireless communication connection with a device having identification information related to the second wireless communication received by the first wireless communication means. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a connection request from a device different from a device having identification information related to the second wireless communication is rejected.   The control means controls the second wireless communication means to disconnect the second wireless communication connection with the connected device, and then identifies the second wireless communication received by the first wireless communication means. A connection request from a device having information is received, and a connection request from a device different from a device having identification information related to second wireless communication received by the first wireless communication unit is rejected. The wireless communication device according to 1.   When the control unit is in a state of rejecting a connection request from a device different from a device having identification information related to the second wireless communication received by the first wireless communication unit, the first wireless communication unit 4. When the first wireless communication is performed, a connection request from a device different from a device having identification information related to the second wireless communication received by the first wireless communication unit thereafter is accepted. Or the radio | wireless communication apparatus of Claim 4. It further has time measuring means for measuring the elapsed time since the connection request from the device different from the device having the identification information regarding the second wireless communication received by the first wireless communication device is set. ,
The control means is different from a device having identification information related to the second wireless communication received by the first wireless communication means when the elapsed time measured by the time measuring means exceeds a predetermined time. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 3 or 4, wherein a connection request from a device is received. First wireless communication means for performing first wireless communication;
Second wireless communication means for performing second wireless communication different from the first wireless communication;
Storage means for storing identification information related to the second wireless communication in association with identification information related to the first wireless communication of the opposite device that performs the first wireless communication by the first wireless communication means;
The first wireless communication means communicates with the opposite device, receives identification information related to the first wireless communication of the opposite device, and is stored in the storage means in association with the identification information related to the first wireless communication. If the identification information related to the second wireless communication is different from the identification information related to the second wireless communication of the device connected by the second wireless communication means, the device connected to the second wireless communication means And a control means for disconnecting the second wireless communication connection.   The control means controls the first wireless communication received by the first wireless communication means after controlling to disconnect the second wireless communication connection with the connected device by the second wireless communication means. 8. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 7, wherein a second wireless communication connection is established with a device having identification information related to the second wireless communication stored in the storage unit in association with information.   The control means is a second device that has identification information related to second wireless communication stored in the storage means in association with identification information related to first wireless communication received by the first wireless communication means. If the establishment of the wireless communication connection fails, identification information relating to the second wireless communication stored in the storage means in association with the identification information relating to the first wireless communication received by the first wireless communication means The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 8, wherein a connection request from a device different from the device having the device is rejected.   The control means controls the first wireless communication received by the first wireless communication means after controlling to disconnect the second wireless communication connection with the connected device by the second wireless communication means. Receiving a connection request from a device having identification information related to the second wireless communication stored in the storage means in association with the information, and the identification information related to the first wireless communication received by the first wireless communication means; 8. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 7, wherein a connection request from a device different from a device having identification information related to the second wireless communication stored in the storage unit in association is rejected.   The control means is a device different from the device having the identification information related to the second wireless communication stored in the storage means in association with the identification information related to the first wireless communication received by the first wireless communication means. When the first wireless communication means performs the first wireless communication in a state where the connection request from is rejected, identification information relating to the first wireless communication received by the first wireless communication means thereafter 11. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 9, wherein a connection request from a device different from a device having identification information related to the second wireless communication stored in the storage unit in association with the wireless communication device is received. . A connection request from a device different from the device having the identification information related to the second wireless communication stored in the storage means in association with the identification information related to the first wireless communication received by the first wireless communication means. It further has a time measuring means for measuring the elapsed time since it was set to the state of refusal,
When the elapsed time measured by the time measuring unit exceeds a predetermined time, the control unit associates with the identification information related to the first wireless communication received by the first wireless communication unit thereafter and stores the stored information. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 9 or 10, wherein a connection request from a device different from a device having identification information relating to the second wireless communication stored in the means is received.

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