JP2001126000A - Information control method for home bus system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information control method for a home bus system to make pieces of information recorded in an IC card mutually usable among plural pieces of equipment the operation of which in mutual cooperation is enabled due to appearance of a home bus. SOLUTION: In this home bus system with the IC card 1 to enable reading or writing of information from the outside by providing a central processing part to perform judgment and a processing by receiving electrical information inside, a terminal 5 to be electrically connected with the IC card and to read or write the information and the home bus 17 to be connected with a terminal part by light or electromagnetism and on which the electrical information is transferred, IC card information read from the IC card by the terminal 5 is transferred on the home bus 17.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a home bus system capable of inputting / outputting data to / from the outside of a device housing and connecting a plurality of devices. In particular, a device connected to a home bus is recorded on an IC card. The present invention relates to an information control method of a home bus system for exchanging information of an IC card on a home bus in order to use information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, control of a plurality of devices connected to each other using a home bus system is disclosed in, for example,
As disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 75255, a method is disclosed in which the operation of a specific device is controlled by a remote device from a remote place via another device connected via a home bus. As the operation of the device, control of the device alone such as control of the power supply of a television or an air conditioner is performed. On the other hand, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-36605, in response to the widespread use of sales forms such as shopping via a television and Internet shopping via a communication line, for example, an IC card is used as a means of settlement. A method using recorded information has emerged. In particular, electronic money is recorded on an IC card, and instant payment using the electronic money has been widely used.

[0003]

In the prior art, although data can be exchanged between devices connected to the home bus, information recorded on the IC card can be transmitted to the devices connected to the home bus. They could not use each other.

Further, payment using information recorded on the IC card cannot be used by other devices connected to the home bus.

[0005] Further, payment using information recorded on an IC card from a remote place using a remote device cannot be performed.

An object of the present invention is to provide a home bus system which enables information recorded on an IC card to be used mutually among a plurality of devices which can operate in cooperation with each other with the advent of the home bus. An object of the present invention is to provide an information control method.

Another object of the present invention is to enable information recorded on an IC card to be mutually usable among a plurality of devices which can operate in cooperation with each other with the advent of a home bus, and It is an object of the present invention to provide an information control method for a home bus system that enables a plurality of devices to handle information recorded on an IC card.

[0008] Still another object of the present invention is to make information recorded on an IC card mutually available between a plurality of devices that can operate in cooperation with each other with the advent of a home bus, and A home that enables a plurality of devices to handle information recorded on an IC card, and that allows payment using information recorded on the IC card at a location remote from the device using a remote device. An object of the present invention is to provide a bus system information control method.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a central processing unit for receiving and judging and processing electrical information, and reads or writes information from outside. Card, a terminal device that is electrically connected to the IC card and reads or writes information, and a home bus that is connected to the terminal device by light or electromagnetic force and moves electrical information. In the home bus system, the terminal device moves the IC card information read from the IC card on the home bus.

[0010] The present invention also provides an IC card having a central processing unit for receiving electrical information and performing judgment and processing therein and capable of reading or writing information from the outside, A terminal device that is electrically connected to read or write information, a home bus that is connected to the terminal device by light or electromagnet to move electrical information, and an IC card that the terminal device reads from an IC card While moving information on the home bus, the terminal device has at least light or electromagnetic transmission means,
And a relay device electrically connected to the home bus and having a light or electromagnetic receiving unit is provided, and the terminal device transmits information read from the IC card using light or electromagnetic waves, The relay device receives the received light or electromagnetic waves, and further adds at least unique information indicating the own device to the information received by the relay device, and outputs the information to the home bus.

Further, the present invention provides an IC card having a central processing unit for receiving electrical information and performing judgment and processing therein and capable of reading or writing information from the outside, In a home bus system having a terminal device which is electrically connected to read or write information and a home bus which is electrically connected to the terminal device by light or electromagnet to move electric information, the terminal device is an IC card. The IC card information read from the PC is moved on the home bus, and
Reading the card operation instruction information, outputting the IC card information read from the IC card according to the IC card operation instruction information to the home bus with the IC card operation instruction information added thereto. .

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of the first embodiment of the present invention. 1 is an IC card, 2 is electronic money information, 3 is an IC card central processing unit which performs processing such as reading and writing of electronic money information 2 and communication with the outside, 4 is an IC card central processing unit 3 and the outside of the IC card 1 This is an IC card connection unit for communicating with the IC card. The IC card 1 has electronic money information 2, an IC card central processing unit 3, and an IC card connection unit 4 therein.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a terminal device, 6 denotes a connection unit that performs communication via the IC card connection unit 4 of the IC card 1, and 7 denotes a connection unit.
The central processing unit 8 controls the entire terminal device 5 such as the control of the IC card 1 via the PC. The central processing unit 8 is connected to the central processing unit 7, and the device number information A is an ID number unique to the terminal device 5. An input device for the user of the terminal device 5 to input an instruction to the central processing unit 7, an infrared light emitting unit 10 that emits an infrared signal 11 in accordance with the instruction of the central processing unit 7, and 12 transmitted to the terminal device 5. An infrared light receiving section for receiving the received infrared signal 13 and transmitting the received information to the central processing unit 7;
3, an infrared intensity detecting section inside the infrared light receiving section 12 for detecting the intensity of the energy and transmitting an output corresponding to the detected intensity to the central processing unit 7; Is an intensity comparison function, which is a calculation function inside the central processing unit 7, for comparing the output of the central processing unit 7 with the information received by the infrared light receiving unit 12. The terminal device 5 includes a connection unit 6, a central processing unit 7, device number information 8, an input device 9, an infrared light emitting unit 10, and an infrared light receiving unit 12 therein.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a device A connected to the home bus 17, reference numeral 18 denotes a device B, which is a second device connected to the home bus 17, and reference numeral 19 denotes a third device, which is a third device connected to the home bus 17. Equipment.

Reference numeral 20 denotes an infrared signal 1 emitted by the terminal device 5.
1, a central processing unit 21 for controlling the operation of the device A16, 22 an infrared light emitting unit for emitting an infrared signal 13, and 23 an infrared light receiving unit 20 receiving the infrared signal 11 and information received. 24 is an infrared transmission / reception control function which is a function inside the central processing unit 21 for judging the contents of the processing and transmitting the infrared signal 13 from the infrared light emitting section 22, and 24 is equipment number information which is an ID number unique to the equipment A16. B and 25 are transmission / reception circuits that perform processing for the central processing unit 21 to communicate with other devices connected to the home bus 17. The device A16 has an infrared light receiving section 20, a central processing unit 21, an infrared light emitting section 22, and a device number information log 24 therein.
And a transmission / reception circuit 25.

Reference numeral 26 denotes an infrared signal 1 emitted by the terminal device 5.
1 is an infrared light receiving section of the device B18, and 27 is the device B
A central processing unit for controlling the operation of 18; 28, an infrared light emitting unit of the device B18 which emits the infrared signal 13 '; 29, reception of the infrared signal 11 by the infrared light receiving unit 26; A central processing unit 27 for processing the transmission of the infrared signal 13 ′ from the light emitting unit 28
An infrared transmission / reception control function as an internal function;
Device number information C, 31 which is an ID number unique to 8, is a transmission / reception circuit for performing processing for the central processing unit 27 to communicate with other devices connected to the home bus 17. Equipment B18
Has an infrared receiving section 26, a central processing unit 27, an infrared emitting section 28, device number information 30, and a transmission / reception circuit 31 inside.

Reference numeral 32 denotes a central processing unit for controlling the external communication device 19, and reference numeral 33 denotes a device connected to the home bus 17 and transmits information flowing on the home bus 17 to the central processing unit 32 and information from the central processing unit 32 to the home. A transmission / reception circuit for sending out on the bus 17 is an ID unique to the external communication device 19.
The device number information 35, which is a number, is connected to the central processing unit 32 and the other end is connectable to a communication line, and exchanges electronic information between the central processing unit 32 and another device via the communication line. A modem device that enables the data transmission, a data switching function for switching between input and output of electronic information to and from the modem device 35 inside the central processing unit 32, and a modem 37 on the home bus 17 acquired from the transmission / reception circuit 33 inside the central processing unit 32 An IC card data extraction function for extracting information output from the IC card 1 from the information of the IC card 1 and transmitting the extracted information from the modem device 35 via the data switching function 36;
Is obtained from the data switching function 36 through the communication line obtained from the modem device 35 inside the central processing unit 32, extracts information for the IC card 1 from the obtained information, and transmits the extracted information to a transmission / reception circuit. This is an IC card data extraction function to be transmitted from the computer 33 to the home bus 17.

Further, the configuration of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. 1 have the same reference numerals. A telephone line 34 is used as a communication line. A host device 35 is connected to the modem device 35 of the external communication device 19 via the communication line 34 and exchanges electronic information. 36
Indicates a device C having a configuration similar to that of the device A16 or the device B18 in FIG. FIG. 2 shows a state in which a plurality of devices are receiving the infrared signal 11 emitted from the terminal device 5. The device A16 that has received the infrared signal 11,
Each of the devices B18 and C36 emits a response infrared signal 13 with a unique time difference.

With the above configuration, the operation of the present invention will be described below.
This will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 3 is a data configuration diagram showing electronic information communicated by the infrared signal 11, the infrared signal 13 and the infrared signal 13 'of the present embodiment having the configuration shown in FIG. (A) is a connection request signal using infrared rays which is transmitted to a device in which a plurality of terminal devices 5 will initially exist. As the content of the electronic information, as the device that transmitted the connection request signal 71,
The central processing unit 7 of the terminal device 5 reads out the device number information 8 and adds it. (B) is a connection response signal 72 returned by the device A16 in response to the connection request signal 71 of (a). The central processing unit 21 of the device A16 includes the device number information 24 in the content of the electronic information. , And device number information A8. (C) is a connection response signal 72 returned by the device B18 in response to the connection request signal 71 of (a). The content of the electronic information includes the central processing unit 2 of the device B18.
7 adds the device number information C30 together with the device number information A8. (D) is a connection confirmation signal 73 transmitted when the terminal device 5 of this embodiment selects, for example, the device A16. The contents of the electronic information include a device number B indicating the device A16 as the selected device. Are added together with the device number information A8. (E) shows the selected device A16
Is a connection confirmation response signal 74 returned when the connection confirmation signal shown in (d) is received, and the device number B 24 is added together with the device number information 8.

In FIG. 3, the devices that have received the connection request signal transmitted by the terminal device 5 are two devices, device A16 and device B18.
Although one example is shown, even if there is another device C36,
The operation of mutually transmitting and receiving the electronic information shown in (a) to (e) is performed by using different device numbers.

Further, the operation of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a data configuration diagram showing the contents of electronic information communicated with the infrared signal 11, infrared signal 13 and 13 'of the present embodiment having the configuration shown in FIG. , The information when the connection is cut off for some reason after the connection is established with each other. (A) is a reconnection request signal 75 using infrared rays transmitted to a device in which a plurality of terminal devices 5 may exist, and the contents of the electronic information include the terminal as the device that has transmitted the reconnection request. The central processing unit 7 of the device 5 reads and adds the device number information 8. (B) shows the device A16
Is the reconnection response signal 76 returned in response to the reconnection request signal 75 of (a), and the contents of the electronic information include the device A16
The central processing unit 21 adds the device number information B 24 together with the device number information A 8. (C) is a reconnection response signal 76 returned by the device B18 in response to the reconnection request signal 75 of (a). The central processing unit 27 of the device B18 includes the device number information C in the content of the electronic information. 30 is added together with the device number information A8. (D) is a reconnection confirmation signal 77 transmitted when the terminal device 5 of the present embodiment selects, for example, the device A16. The contents of the electronic information include the device number information C30 and the device number information I. 8 are added. (E) is a reconnection acknowledgment signal that is returned when the selected device A16 receives the reconnection acknowledgment signal 77 shown in (d), and the content of the electronic information includes device number information c. 30 and device number information a 8 are added. is there.

In FIG. 4, as in FIG. 3, two examples of the device which has received the connection request signal transmitted by the terminal device 5 are the device A16 and the device B18.
Even if there is 6, using a different device number, (a)
(E) transmit / receive electronic information to / from each other.

The operation of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a data structure diagram showing the contents of electronic information communicated with the infrared signal 11, infrared signal 13 and 13 'of the present embodiment having the structure shown in FIG. 1, according to the transmission and reception of the electronic information shown in FIG. After the mutual connection is established, the value of the electronic money information 2 recorded inside the IC card 1 is changed by an instruction from the terminal device 5 so that the data for moving the electronic money information equivalently can be changed. Is shown. (A)
Is a transfer start request signal 79 sent by the terminal device 5 to transmit a request to start transfer of electronic money information via the host device 35 connected to the end of the telephone line 34 and the external communication device 19. . The transmitted signal 79 includes the device number information A 8 of the terminal device 5 as a device that has transmitted infrared rays,
Device number information of device A16 to which a connection has already been established
Terminal device 5 to which electronic money information is transferred in addition to the terminal device 5
And the device number information D of the external communication device 19 connected to the home bus 17 and serving as an input / output port for communication with the outside. At this time, the terminal device 5 obtains the information of the device number information D 34 of the external communication device 19 in advance by using, for example, a command for obtaining information of a device capable of moving electronic money information to the outside. Is what it is.

(B) is a transfer start response signal returned by the external communication device 19 when the electronic money information can be transferred. The information transmitted to the device A16 via the home bus 17 includes the device A16. Sends its own device number information A8. Terminal device 5 receiving the response shown in (b)
Communicates with the IC card 1 to obtain electronic money information,
The electronic money information signal 81 shown in FIG. The device A16 transfers the received electronic money information shown in (c) to the external communication device 19 via the home bus 17. The external communication device 19 sends the electronic money information to the host device 35 via the telephone line 34, and acquires the electronic money confirmation information returned by the host device 35. After the acquisition, the electronic money confirmation information is transmitted to the device A 16 via the home bus 17. The device A16 sends the acquired electronic money confirmation information 82 to the terminal device 5 in the form of data shown in (d). The terminal device 5 transmits the received electronic money confirmation information shown in FIG.
To communicate.

The IC card central processing unit 3 checks the electronic money information 2 against the electronic money information 2 and confirms that the electronic money information has been correctly transferred to and from the host device 35. To the effect. Upon receiving the notification, the terminal device 5 creates the electronic money information transfer end request signal 83 and the like shown in FIG. (E)
The device A 16 that has received the electronic money information transfer end request signal 83 and the like shown in (1) notifies the external communication device 19 via the home bus 17 that the transfer of electronic money information has been completed. The external communication device 19 sends the notification to the host device 3
5 The host device 35 confirms the received notification, and returns a termination response to the notification if the notification is correct. The external communication device 19 that has received the end response sends the response to the terminal device 5 as the electronic money information transfer end response signal 84 shown in (f). The terminal device 5 that has received the response signal ends the electronic money transfer process.

Further, the operation of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 shows the present embodiment having the configuration shown in FIG.
FIG. 7 is an operation flowchart showing the operation of the central processing unit 7 of the terminal device 5 from the start of connection with the device on the home bus to the establishment of the connection. The user of the terminal device 5 operates the input device 9 to instruct the start of the data communication using infrared rays between the terminal device 5 and the device on the home bus. According to the instruction, the terminal device 5 starts the connection (S61). First, the terminal device 5 emits the infrared signal 11 shown in FIG. 3A from the infrared light emitting unit 10, and sets a predetermined reception waiting time (S62). Infrared signal 1 sent from terminal device 5
1 is received by the devices on the home bus 17, and after each device waits for a waiting time unique to each device, FIG.
The connection response shown in (c) is transmitted as infrared signals 13 and 13 '(S63). The terminal device 5 includes the infrared receiving unit 1
In step 2, the infrared signals 13 and 13 'transmitted from each device are received, and at the same time, the intensity information of the infrared signal received by the infrared intensity detector 14 is acquired and recorded (S64).

Thereafter, the terminal device 5 confirms whether the previously set reception waiting time has elapsed (S65), and compares the recorded intensity information of the infrared signal from each device with the intensity comparison function inside the central processing unit 7. Compare by 15. As a result of the comparison, the device number information of the device having the largest infrared signal intensity information is set to the selected device number information, and the connection confirmation shown in FIG. 3D is transmitted as an infrared signal (S66). The device selected in the connection confirmation sets the selected device number information A shown in FIG. 3E and sends a connection confirmation response (S6).
7). Upon receiving the received connection confirmation response, the terminal device 5 confirms that the selected device number information is the same as the device number information A set in FIG. 3D (S68). The connection is established (S69).

Further, the operation of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 shows that the central processing unit 7 of the terminal device 5 of the present embodiment having the configuration shown in FIG. 1 establishes a connection with the device on the home bus according to the flowchart shown in FIG. The connection is disconnected due to some factor such as the above, and the central processing unit 7 of the terminal device 5 from the start of reconnection to the establishment of reconnection
FIG. 6 is an operation flowchart showing the operation of FIG. Upon detecting that the connection has been disconnected, the terminal device 5 starts reconnection (S7).
1). Then, the infrared signal 11 shown in FIG. 4A is emitted, and a predetermined reception waiting time is set (S7).
2). The infrared signal 11 transmitted from the terminal device 5 is received by the devices on the home bus 17, and each device waits for a waiting time unique to each device, and then responds to the reconnection response shown in FIGS. Are transmitted as infrared signals 13 and 13 '(S73). The terminal device 5 receives the infrared signals 13 and 13 'transmitted from each device by the infrared light receiving unit 12, and simultaneously acquires and records the intensity information of the infrared signal received by the infrared intensity detection unit 14 (S74).

Thereafter, the terminal device 5 confirms whether or not the previously set reception waiting time has elapsed (S75), and compares the recorded intensity information of the infrared signal from each device with the intensity comparison function inside the central processing unit 7. Compare by 15. As a result of the comparison, the device number information of the device having the largest infrared signal intensity information is set to the selected device number information, and the reconnection confirmation shown in FIG. 4D is transmitted as an infrared signal (S76). The device selected by the reconnection confirmation sets the selected device number information A shown in FIG. 4E and sends a reconnection confirmation response (S77). Upon receiving the received reconnection confirmation response, the terminal device 5 confirms that the selected device number information is the same as the device number information A set in FIG. 4D (S7).
8) If they are the same, the connection is established and the reconnection is completed (S
79).

Further, the operation of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 illustrates the use of the terminal device 5 after the central processing unit 7 of the terminal device 5 having the configuration shown in FIG. 1 establishes a connection with the device on the home bus according to the flowchart shown in FIG. Flowchart of the operation of the central processing unit 7 of the terminal device 5 when the user operates the input device 9 to instruct the terminal device 5 to move electronic money between the terminal device 5 and the host device 35 via the external communication device 19 on the home bus. It is.

When the terminal device 5 starts moving electronic money information in accordance with a user's instruction, it first sends a request to start moving electronic money information shown in FIG. 5A (S81). In the request, the device number information d of the external communication device 19 is set as the partner to which the electronic money moves. The terminal device 5 that has transmitted the movement start request waits for a response from the communication partner device A16 during the prescribed reception waiting time. The device A16 is
Upon receiving the movement start request, the request is transferred via the home bus 17 to the external communication device 19 set as a movement target. When the external communication device 19 receives the request,
The start of electronic money information transfer with the host device 35 via the telephone line 34 is notified. When the electronic money information can be moved to and from the host device 35, the external communication device 19 outputs a movement start response of the electronic money information to the home bus 17. The device A that has detected the movement start response outputs the movement start response shown in FIG. 5B as an infrared signal (S82). The terminal device 5 receives the movement start response (S83), confirms that the device number information is correctly set (S84), and starts moving the electronic money information. The terminal device 5 instructs the IC card central processing unit 3 of the IC card 1 to move the electronic money information 2 via the IC card connection unit 4.

The IC card central processing unit 3 reads the electronic money information 2 and outputs the electronic money information of the amount according to the instruction from the terminal device 5 (S85). IC card 1
Terminal device 5, which has received the electronic money information from
The information indicating the electronic money information shown in (c) is transmitted by infrared rays. Upon receiving the information indicating the electronic money information, the device A16 transfers the obtained electronic money information to the external communication device 19 via the home bus 17. The external communication device 19 that has received the transfer transmits the electronic money information to the host device 35. The host device 35 confirms the electronic money information,
Outputs electronic money confirmation information. The external communication device 19 that has received the electronic money confirmation information transfers the electronic money confirmation information to the device A 16 via the home bus 17. The device A16 transmits information indicating confirmation of the electronic money information shown in FIG. 5D by infrared rays (S86). The terminal device 5 receives the information indicating the confirmation of the electronic money information (S
87), confirms that the device number information is set correctly (S88), and transmits the confirmation information of the electronic money to the IC card 1.

When the IC card central processing unit 3 confirms that the electronic money confirmation information is correct, it outputs electronic money transfer end information (S89). The terminal device 5 that has received the transfer end information of the electronic money from the IC card 1
A request to confirm the transfer of electronic money information shown in (e) is transmitted by infrared rays. Upon receiving the electronic money information transfer confirmation request, the device A 16 sends the external communication device 1 via the home bus 17.
9 to transfer the acquired electronic money transfer end information. The external communication device 19 that has received the transfer transmits the transfer end information of the electronic money to the host device 35. The host device 35
The electronic money transfer end information is confirmed, and electronic money transfer end response information is output. The external communication device 19 that has received the transfer end response information of the electronic money is the home bus 1
7, the transfer end response information of the electronic money is transferred to the device A16. The device A16 sends the electronic money information transfer end response shown in FIG. 5F by infrared rays (S9).
0). The terminal device 5 receives the transfer end response of the electronic money information (S91), confirms that the device number information is set correctly (S92), and ends the transfer of the electronic money information (S93).

The effect of the present embodiment by the above-described operation will be described below.

In this embodiment, even if the communication between the terminal device 5 and the device A becomes impossible, the connection is made again by the intensity of the infrared signal. This also has the effect that communication can be continued. In addition, since infrared communication is established for both sending and receiving electronic money information, data can be exchanged with the host device 35 to confirm information. In addition, the device A16 and the device B1 of this embodiment
8, each of the device C36 and the external communication device 19 is, of course, not limited in any place where the same home bus 17 is laid. For example, each device is distributed to a different living room. Any one of the devices receives the infrared signal 11 of the terminal device 5 and receives the infrared signal 1
It is only necessary that the terminal device 5 can receive 3.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the configuration will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals. The second embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that the device A 36 and the device B 37 have only the infrared light receiving units 20 and 26, respectively, and do not have the infrared light emitting means. Further, the terminal device 38 also has only the infrared light emitting section 10 and does not have the infrared receiving means and the intensity comparison function.

Further, the configuration of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present embodiment.

The same configuration as in FIG. 9 and the same configuration as in the first embodiment are given the same numbers. In this embodiment, the terminal device 38 is configured to only transmit the infrared signal 39 but not to receive it. The devices A36, B37, and C40 connected to the home bus 17 are all configured to receive infrared signals.

With the above configuration, the operation of the present invention will be described below.
This will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 11 is a data configuration diagram showing electronic information communicated by the infrared signal 39 of the present embodiment having the configuration shown in FIG. (A) is a connection request signal using infrared rays which is transmitted to a device in which a plurality of terminal devices 5 will initially exist. As the contents of the electronic information, the central processing unit 7 of the terminal device 38 reads out and adds the device number information 8 as the device that transmitted the connection request signal 80. Also, the device number information D 34 of the external communication device is set and added as a device to be connected to. Further, a serial number 79 is added to the signal to be transmitted in the order of the signal to be transmitted. (B) is a connection request signal 80 transferred to the home bus 17 after the device A 36 receives the connection request signal 80 of (a), and the content of the electronic information includes the central processing unit 21 of the device A 36. , Device number information B 24 is further added. (C) is the connection request signal 80 transferred to the home bus 17 after the device B 37 receives the connection request signal 80 of (a), and the contents of the electronic information include:
The central processing unit 27 of the device B37 has device number information C30.
Is added instead of the device number information B 24 in (b).

(D) is movement start information 82 which is transmitted when the terminal device 38 of the present embodiment starts moving electronic money information, and the device number information 8 is read out as the contents of the electronic information. Further, a serial number 81 in the order of signals to be transmitted and a device number information D 34 of an external communication device as a device to be connected are further added. (E)
Is an electronic money information signal 85 transmitted when the terminal device 38 executes the transfer of the electronic money information. The device number information 8 is read, added to the contents of the electronic information, and further transmitted. The serial number 83 in the signal order and the device number information D3 of the external communication device as the device to be requested for connection.
4 and information 85 indicating electronic money information are further added. (F) is information 87 indicating the end of the transfer sent by the terminal device 38 when the transfer of the electronic money information ends, and the contents of the electronic information include the device number information A 8 and the serial number in the order of the signal to be sent. 86 and the device number information D 34 of the external communication device as a device to be connected is further added.

Further, the operation of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 12 is an operation flowchart showing the operation of the central processing unit 32 of the present embodiment having the configuration shown in FIG. First, the external communication device 19 sets a reception waiting time for one data on the home bus 17 (S1201). After that, it waits for information addressed to the external communication device 19 sent on the home bus 17 via the transmission / reception circuit 33, and if there is information, acquires and records the information (S1202). Next, the device that has received the infrared ray adds the device number information of the device itself as the number of the transferred device to the received connection request signal and outputs the signal to the home bus (S120).
3). It is checked whether or not the previously set reception waiting time has elapsed (S1204), and the monitoring and reception of information are continued while the reception waiting time has not elapsed. After the reception waiting time has elapsed, the recorded information destined for the external communication device 19 is read out, the recorded information is compared, and the same source number assigned the same serial number to the own device (for example, the terminal in the present embodiment) Is extracted (S1205).

Next, the extracted information is classified for each serial number, and information having the smallest serial number is extracted from the classified serial numbers (S1206). Next, it is determined whether or not the extracted serial number is unprocessed (S1207). If the serial number has been processed, information of the next younger serial number is extracted (S120).
8) Next, it is determined whether or not the extracted serial number is unprocessed (S1207). On the other hand, if the extracted serial number is unprocessed, the number of information of the same serial number at the same source is checked (S1208). If there is one information, the information is processed (S1209). If there is a plurality of pieces of information, it is determined whether or not the contents are all the same (S1210). If they are the same, the information is processed (S1209). When they are different, each information is compared, and the most common information is determined (S121).
1). At this time, for example, when two of the three data are the same and one is different, two identical data are extracted. The central processing unit 32 processes the extracted information (S1209).

After that, it is confirmed whether or not there is information of the next serial number in the data previously recorded and classified for each serial number (S1212). If there is information of the following serial number,
The data is extracted (S1213), and the process returns to the post-extraction process to continue the determination and the process. If there is no data of the next serial number, confirm that necessary information has been acquired (S1).
214) If it has been acquired, the process ends. If it has not been acquired, the process returns to the operation (S1203) for setting the reception waiting time of one data on the home bus 17, and the process is continued.

Further, the operation of this embodiment will be described in detail.
Here, a terminal 38 for processing data on the home bus 17
Of the host device 3 via the terminal device 38 and the external communication device 19 on the home bus 17 by operating the input device 9
A case in which the transfer of electronic money to the electronic money 5 is instructed will be described as an example. When the terminal device 38 starts moving electronic money information in accordance with a user's instruction, the terminal device 38 first sends out a connection request signal shown in FIG. The device A 36 and the device B 37 which have received the connection request signal respectively set the device number information of their own devices, and
The connection request shown in (c) is transferred to the home bus 17. Thereafter, the external communication device 1 connected by the home bus 17
9 corresponds to FIG. 11B and FIG.
A connection request in the form of 1 (c) is received.

Next, the terminal device 38 sends the movement start signal shown in FIG. Device A that has received the movement start signal
36 and the device B 37 transfer the start of movement to the home bus 17. The external communication device 19 receives this movement start,
The information is transmitted to the host device 35 via the telephone line 34. Further, the terminal device 38 sends out the electronic money information signal of FIG. Device A3 that has received the electronic money information signal
6 and the device B 37 transfer the electronic money information onto the home bus 17. The electronic money information is received by the external communication device 19 and transmitted to the host device 35 via the telephone line 34. Thereafter, the terminal device 38 sends the movement end signal shown in FIG. Device A36 that has received the movement end signal
Or the device B 37 transfers the end of movement to the home bus 17. The external communication device 19 receives this movement end and transmits it to the host device 35 via the telephone line 34,
The transfer of electronic money is completed.

The effect of the present embodiment by the above-described operation will be described below.

In the present embodiment, the terminal device 38 has only an infrared transmission function, and the devices on the home bus 17 have only an infrared reception function. Therefore, as compared with the first embodiment, the terminal device does not need an infrared receiving function, and the device does not need an infrared transmitting function. Note that the device A36 and the device B3 of this embodiment
7. As long as the device C40 and the external communication device 19 are located at the place where the same home bus 17 is laid, it goes without saying that there is no limitation on the installation location. Even so, any one of the devices may receive the infrared signal of the terminal device 38.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a third embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the configuration will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals. The third embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the device A 36 has only the infrared light receiving unit 20 and no infrared light emitting means, and the connection unit 4 of the IC card 1
4 is connected to the home bus 17. Further, the terminal device 45 also has only the infrared light emitting section 10 and does not have the infrared ray receiving means and the intensity comparison function, and there is no connection section of the IC card 1. 42 is a central processing unit for controlling the IC card device 41, and 43 is an I / O device unique to the IC card device 41.
Device number information E, which is a D number, is a connection unit. I
The C card device 41 includes the transmission / reception circuit 25 and the central processing unit 4.
2, a device number information terminal 43 and a connection unit 44. Reference numeral 46 denotes an infrared signal emitted by the infrared light emitting unit 10 of the terminal device 45 of this embodiment. 47 is an IC card number which is an ID number unique to the IC card recorded inside the IC card 1, and 48 is a password which can be registered and changed for each IC card. The IC card 1 is the same as that shown in FIG.
It has an ID number 47 and a password that are unique to the card.

Further, the configuration of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 14 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present embodiment.

The same components as those of FIG. 13 and those of the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals. In this embodiment,
The terminal device 45 is configured to transmit only the infrared signal 46 but not to receive it. The IC card device 41 connected to the home bus 17 has a configuration to which the IC card 1 can be connected. Each of the device A36, the external communication device 19, and the IC card device 41 is, of course, not limited in any place as long as the same home bus 17 is laid. May be arranged in different rooms.

With the above configuration, the operation of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

FIG. 15 is a data configuration diagram showing electronic information communicated by the infrared signal 46 and information transmitted on the home bus having the configuration shown in FIG.
(A) is a movement start signal 91 using infrared rays that is transmitted when the terminal device 45 starts moving electronic money information to a device that may initially exist. As the content of the electronic information, the central processing unit 7 of the terminal device 45 reads and adds the device number information 8 as the device that has transmitted the information 91 indicating the start of movement. Further, a serial number 88 is added to the signal to be transmitted in the order of the signal to be transmitted. As the IC card, the device number information E 43 of the IC card device is set, and an IC card number 89 indicating the target IC card is also added. Further, the terminal device 45 allows the user to input a password in advance through the input device 9, encrypts the input password, and adds the encrypted password 90. In this embodiment, the random number information is encrypted in addition to the password,
A different code is generated each time, and the random number information is also included in the encrypted password and transmitted.

(B) is a movement start signal transferred to the home bus 17 after the device A36 receives the movement start information 91 of (a), and the contents of the electronic information include the device A36.
The central processing unit 21 of FIG. The movement start signal transmitted on the home bus 17 is:
The information is acquired by the IC card device 41 in the same manner as the information is acquired by the external communication device of the second embodiment. The IC card device 41 that has acquired the movement start signal replaces the encrypted password 90 with the IC card designated by the target IC card number.
Transfer to card 1. The IC card 1 decrypts the input encrypted personal identification number by the central processing unit 3 of the IC card and checks it against the personal identification number 48 recorded. If the result of the verification is correct, according to the information indicating the start of the transfer of the electronic money information,
Start moving electronic money.

(C) shows the case where the transfer of the electronic money is started.
The C card device 41 is the electronic money information 94 output on the home bus 17. The device number d34 of the external communication device 19 is set, and the information 9 indicating that it is electronic money information is set.
3 and information 92 indicating a serial number in the order of signals to be transmitted is set and added. The external communication device 19
The operation of acquiring the electronic money information from the data on the home bus 17 is the same as in the second embodiment.

(D), the external communication device 19 transmits the received electronic money information to the host device 35 via the telephone line, and thereafter receives the electronic money confirmation information from the host device 35, and receives the received electronic money information. Confirmation information of IC
This is the confirmation of the confirmation information 97 of the electronic money to be transmitted to the home bus 17 for transfer to the card device 41.

The IC card device 41 that has extracted the electronic money confirmation information 97 from the home bus 17 transmits the electronic money confirmation information 91 to the IC card 1 from the extracted data. The IC card central processing unit 3 confirms the received confirmation information 97 of the electronic money and, if normal, outputs an end of the electronic money transfer processing. IC that has received the end of the electronic money transfer process from IC card 1
The card device 41 outputs, on the home bus 17, information 99 indicating the end of the transfer of the electronic money information shown in (e).
The external communication device 19 that has extracted the information 99 indicating the end of the transfer of the electronic money information notifies the host device 35 of the end of the transfer of the electronic money, and then indicates the transfer end response of the electronic money information shown in (f). The information 101 is output. The IC card device 41 that has extracted the information indicating the electronic money information transfer end response completes the transfer of the electronic money.

The effect of the present embodiment by the above-described operation will be described below.

In this embodiment, the terminal device 45 has only an infrared transmitting function, and the device on the home bus has only an infrared receiving function. Therefore, as compared with the first embodiment, the terminal device does not need an infrared receiving function and the device does not need an infrared transmitting function, and the effect of the simple configuration is the same as that of the second embodiment. .

Further, in this embodiment, the IC card 1 is stored in a dedicated IC card device, and the terminal device can control the IC card on the home bus only by transmitting the personal identification number. There is also an effect that the trouble of arranging and replacing near the terminal device can be omitted.

In this embodiment, the terminal device 45 decrypts the encrypted personal identification number inside the IC card.
There is also an effect that an IC card cannot be easily used by anyone other than the authorized user of the card.

Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the configuration will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals. 57 is a device D connected to the home bus 17,
Reference numeral 58 denotes an information display device for displaying information from the home bus 17 provided in the device D57. Device D57
Has an infrared light receiving section 20, a central processing unit 21, a device number information line 24, an information display device 58, and a receiving circuit 25 therein. The difference between the device D and the first embodiment shown in FIG.
57 is similar to the third embodiment in that it has only the infrared light receiving unit 20 and does not have the infrared light emitting unit.
Also, the point that the terminal device 45 has only the infrared light emitting section 10 and does not have the infrared ray receiving means and the intensity comparison function, and that the terminal section 45 has no connection section of the IC card 1 is also the same as the third embodiment. is there.

Reference numeral 50 denotes a central processing unit for controlling the IC card device. A plurality of connection units 44 of the IC card 1 are provided and connected to the central processing unit 50. Reference numeral 43 denotes a device number information e, which is an ID number unique to the plurality of IC card devices 49; In the multiple IC card device 49, reference numeral 52 denotes an in-device IC card information table that records information of an IC card that can be registered and changed for each IC card, and reference numeral 51 denotes management such as rewriting and erasing of the in-device IC card information table 52. This is an IC card information table creation function for performing

The IC card information table creation function 51 is realized as a function of software in the central processing unit 50 in this embodiment. 53 is an IC of the first embodiment.
In addition to the function of the connection unit 44 with the card 1, the connection unit with a detector has a function of notifying the central processing unit 50 of the presence or absence of the IC card as an electric signal. Reference numerals 54, 55, 56, and 60 denote IC card information, which is information unique to each IC card recorded inside each IC card 1,
IC card number A, IC card number c, and IC card number d. Each IC card information is information that can be read by any of the IC cards 1 by a common reading method. Reference numeral 61 denotes an IC card information database that is referenced, rewritten, or deleted when the IC card information table creation function 51 creates the in-device IC card information table 52. The multiple IC card device 49 includes a transmission / reception circuit 25, a device number information register 43, an in-device IC card information table 52, a connection unit 53 with a detector, and an IC card information database 61.

Further, the configuration of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 17 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present embodiment. The same configuration as FIG. 16 and the same configuration as the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals. In the present embodiment, the terminal device 45 is configured to only transmit the infrared signal 46 but not to receive it. Further, the plurality of IC card devices 49 connected to the home bus 17 are configured to be able to connect the IC card 1 and to the connection unit 53 with the detector to be able to connect the plurality of IC cards 1. Device D57 is
A television device is used, and a display screen of the television device is used as the information display device 58. Each of the device D57, the external communication device 19, and the plurality of IC card devices 49 is, of course, not limited in any place as long as the same home bus 17 is laid. May be arranged in different rooms.

Further, the configuration of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 18 is an in-device IC card information table 5 generated inside the multiple IC card device 49 of the present embodiment.
FIG. In the present embodiment, the connection part numbers 1, 2,
3, 4 are attached. In the in-device IC card information table 52, for each connection section number, IC card information
IC card number unique to the card, AID and I which are numbers unique to the application software in the IC card
The application name uniquely assigned to the application software in the C card, the user name of the IC card,
The password registered in the plurality of IC card devices 49 for each user is recorded for each connection unit number.
In the case of the present embodiment, of the information recorded in the in-device IC card information table 52, the two information of the IC card number and the AID are the IC card information A 54, IC card information A 55, IC It is recorded in card information C56. I
The C card number D 60 records AID information.

With the above configuration, the operation of the present invention will be described below.
This will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 19 is a data configuration diagram showing the electronic information communicated by the infrared signal 46 and the information transmitted on the home bus of the present embodiment having the configuration shown in FIG.
(A) is an electronic payment start signal using infrared rays which is transmitted when electronic payment is started for a device in which a plurality of terminal devices 45 will initially exist. The central processing unit 7 of the terminal device 45 reads out and adds the device number information 8 as the device that has transmitted the information 103 indicating the start of electronic payment as the content of the electronic information. Further, a serial number 102 is added to the signal to be transmitted in the order of the signal to be transmitted. In addition, the device number information E 43 of the IC card device is set, and a connection unit number with detector t104 to which the target IC card is connected is also added.
Further, the terminal device 45 allows the user to input a password in advance through the input device 9, encrypts the input password, and also adds the encrypted password 105. In this embodiment, the random number information is encrypted in addition to the personal identification number, and a different encryption is generated each time, and the random number information is also included in the encrypted personal identification number and transmitted.

(B) is an electronic payment start signal transferred to the home bus 17 after the device D57 receives the electronic payment start signal of (a), and the contents of the electronic information include the device D57.
The central processing unit 57 adds the device number information B 24. The electronic settlement start signal transmitted on the home bus 17 is acquired by the multiple IC card device 49 in FIG. 17 in the same manner as the external communication device of the second embodiment acquires information. The multiple IC card device 49 that has obtained the electronic settlement start signal decrypts the encrypted personal identification number, and
With reference to the C card information table 52, a comparison is made with the password recorded in the record specified by the connection part number. When the plurality of IC card devices 49 acquire the electronic settlement start signal, the passwords match, and the electronic settlement process is continued.

Further, the operation of the continued processing will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 20 is a data configuration diagram showing information transmitted on home bus 17 after the information shown in FIG. The device 49 for multiple IC cards in FIGS.
After the comparison of the personal identification numbers, the presence / absence of application software usable for electronic payment is determined by referring to the in-device IC card information table 52. When there are a plurality of usable application software, the information shown in FIG. The device number information E 43 of the plurality of IC card devices 49 is set as the device number of the device that has transmitted, and the device number information B of the device D 57 is set as the destination to which an instruction is given. Further, as an instruction to the device D57, a character information 107 for displaying and displaying a character table operation instruction and an input waiting instruction 108 for instructing to acquire information from the input unit are set and added.
The device D57 that has detected the information shown in (a) from the home bus 17 outputs character information to the information display device 58 in FIG. 17 and waits for an infrared signal from the terminal device 45. The user
A number is input using the input device 9 of the terminal device 45. The terminal device 45 sends out the input number as an infrared signal.

The device D57 that has received the infrared signal sets the received number as an input result, and outputs information 111 indicating an input waiting response shown in FIG. The multi-IC card device 49 that has detected the response shown in (b) is the application software specified by the input result among the application software recorded on the IC card 1 selected by the target connection section number. Start electronic payment using. The procedure of the electronic settlement is the same as that of the third embodiment. (C) is information that is output when the plurality of IC card devices 49 determines that there is no application software and there is no usable application software. Character information 114 indicating that there is no usable application software is set, added, and transmitted. (D) is information output when the plurality of IC card devices 49 do not agree with each other as a result of the comparison of the personal identification numbers. Character information 116 indicating that the passwords do not match is set, added and transmitted. In the case of the present embodiment, if the passwords match and if there is only one usable application software in the determination of the presence or absence of the application software, the electronic settlement is started without outputting the information shown in FIG. You. Further, the operation of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
explain. FIG. 21 shows information displayed on the information display device 58 of the device D57 in FIG. FIG.
This is a display when the information shown in (a) is detected by the device D57. In this case, since the device D57 of this embodiment has only an infrared signal as an input means, the device D57 displays an input guide 59 as information for prompting the user to transmit the infrared signal. (B) is a display when the device D57 detects the information shown in FIG. 20 (c), and (c) is a display when the device D57 detects the information shown in FIG. 20 (d).

Further, the operation of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
explain. FIG. 22 is a data configuration diagram showing another example of electronic information communicated by the infrared signal 46 and information transmitted on the home bus according to the present embodiment having the configuration shown in FIG. (A) is a signal 118 indicating the start of electronic payment, which is output as an infrared signal when the user of the terminal device 45 does not input the connection section number. When the user of the terminal device 45 inputs only the signal 118 indicating the start of electronic payment and the encrypted password 119, the signal shown in FIG. The signal is the same as the signal shown in FIG. 19A, except that the target connection section number is not set. (B) is information transferred to the home bus 17 by the device D57 that has received the infrared signal shown in (a). Upon detecting the transferred information shown in (b), the multiple IC card device 49 first decrypts the encrypted personal identification number 119 sent with the information. The decrypted password 119 is compared with the password recorded in the in-device IC card information table 52,
As a result of the comparison, it is considered that the IC card in which the matching personal identification number is set is selected, and the electronic payment processing is continued.
The processing to be continued is the same as the processing shown in FIGS.

Further, the operation of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
explain. FIG. 23 is a data configuration diagram showing still another example of the electronic information communicated by the infrared signal 46 and the information transmitted on the home bus having the configuration shown in FIG. (A) is a signal 121 indicating the start of electronic payment, which is output as an infrared signal when the user of the terminal device 45 does not input the connection section number and the password. When the user of the terminal device 45 inputs only the start of the electronic settlement, the signal shown in FIG. The signal is the same as the signal shown in FIG. 19A, except that the target connection section number and the encrypted password are not set. (B) is information transferred to the home bus 17 by the device D57 that has received the infrared signal shown in (a). The multiple IC card device 49 that has detected the transferred information shown in (b) first searches the group recorded in the in-device IC card information table 52, and determines the connection unit number that can be used for the designated electronic payment. get. The user name corresponding to the acquired connection part number is extracted, and the electronic settlement processing is continued.

Further, the operation of the continued processing will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 24 is a data configuration diagram showing information transmitted on home bus 17 after the information shown in FIG. (A) is information created by the multiple IC card device 49. After extracting the user name, the multiple IC card device 49 creates character information 123 for selecting the user name,
An input wait instruction 109 is added thereto, and instruction information is also created in the device D57 via the home bus 17, and the information is added and transmitted. When detecting the information shown in (a), the device D57 outputs character information for selecting the user name to the information display device 58, and waits for an infrared signal from the terminal device 45. The user
A number is input using the input device 9 of the terminal device 45. The terminal device sends out the input number as an infrared signal. The device D57 that has received the infrared signal sets the received number as an input result, creates and adds information 110 indicating the input result shown in (b), and outputs it to the home bus 17. The IC card device 49 that has detected the information 110 indicating the input result shown in (b) creates and adds the information 127 of the instruction requesting the input of the personal identification number shown in (c), and adds it to the home bus 17. Output.

When the device D57 detects the information shown in (c), it outputs character information to the information display device 58, waits for an infrared signal from the terminal device 45, and after receiving the infrared signal, displays the input result shown in (b). Home bus 17
Output above. (C) and the response thereto are repeated by the number of digits of the personal identification number. In the case of this embodiment, it is repeated four times. As a result of repetition, multiple I
The C card device 49 stores the acquired password and the
The personal identification numbers recorded in the C card information table 52 are compared.
If the results of the comparison match, it is considered that the IC card 1 with the connection number with the matching password has been selected, and the electronic payment processing is continued. The processing to be continued is the same as the processing shown in FIGS. 20 and 21. For example, a screen for selecting the application software shown in FIG.

The operation of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
explain. FIG. 25 shows information displayed on the information display device 58 of the device D57 in FIG. FIG. 24A shows FIG.
This is a display when the information shown in (a) is detected by the device D57. In this case, since the device D57 of this embodiment has only an infrared signal as an input means, the device D57 has an input guide 59 added and displayed in order to prompt the user to transmit the infrared signal. FIG. 24B shows a display when the device D57 detects the information shown in FIG. 24C, and FIG.
This is a display when the device D57 detects the information shown in (d).

Further, the operation of the in-device IC card information table creation function 51 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 26 shows the internal I of the multiple IC card device 49 of FIG.
In the state in which the C card information table 52 is as shown in FIG. 18, the in-device IC card information table 5 when the connection unit 53 with the detector of the connection unit number 1 detects that the IC card 1 has been removed.
FIG. FIGS. 27, 28, and 29 are data configuration diagrams showing the contents of the IC card information database 61 used by the in-device IC card information table creation function 51.

The in-device IC card information table creation function 51
The connection part 53 with the detector of the connection part number 1 is the IC card 1
26, the information corresponding to the connection part number 1 in the in-device IC card information table 52 is deleted, and the in-device IC card information table 52 is updated to the information shown in FIG. .

Next, the IC card 1 is mounted on the connection part 53 with the detector corresponding to the connection part number 1 from which the information has been deleted, and the information of the mounted IC card 1 is stored in the in-device IC card information table 52. The operation of the in-device IC card information table creation function 51 until registration is described. When the IC card 1 is mounted, the connection unit 53 with a detector notifies the in-device IC card information table creation function 51 that the IC card 1 is mounted. The in-device IC card information table creation function 51 performs an activation process according to a procedure commonly defined for the inserted IC card 1. After the activation, the IC card information 54 is read out according to a commonly defined procedure. The IC card information A 54 records an IC card number and an AID.

First, the obtained IC card number is compared with the correspondence table shown in FIG. 27 of the IC card information database 61, and if there is matching information, the corresponding user name and password are obtained. Next, the acquired AID is compared with the correspondence table shown in FIG. 28 of the IC card information database 61, and if there is matching information, the corresponding application name and group are acquired. Obtained by the operation,
The IC card number, AID, application name, group, user name, and personal identification number are stored in the IC card information table 5 in the device.
Record in 2. As a result of recording, IC card information table 5 in the device
2 is updated.

In the above operation, the IC card information
This is the case where C card number and AID are recorded,
The operation of the in-device IC card information table creation function 51 when only the AID is recorded will be described. If only AID is registered, the AI recorded on one IC card
All the Ds are acquired, and the acquired combination of AIDs is compared with the correspondence table shown in FIG. 29 of the IC card information database 61, and if there is information on a matching combination, the corresponding user name is acquired. If the user name can be obtained, it is further compared with the user name in the correspondence table of FIG. 27, and if there is information that matches, the password is obtained from the correspondence table.

Next, the acquired AID, application name, group, user name, and personal identification number are recorded in the in-device IC card information table 52. As a result of the recording, an operation of updating the in-device IC card information table 52 is performed. In the description,
The case where all matching information is recorded in the IC card information database 61 has been described. However, if there is no matching information, the in-device IC card information table creation function 51
The character information is output from the central processing unit 50 to the home bus 17 when the information is lacking, and the information is acquired by requesting the device D57 to input necessary information in accordance with the character information.
The acquired new information is newly recorded in the IC card information database 61. In the case of this embodiment,
Although the IC card number and the AID are recorded in the card information, the application name, group, user name,
It goes without saying that the same operation can be performed even if a part of each information of the personal identification number is recorded.

The effect of this embodiment by the above-described operation will be described below.

In the present embodiment, the terminal device 45 has only an infrared transmission function, and the devices on the home bus have only an infrared reception function. Therefore, as compared with the first embodiment, the terminal device does not need an infrared ray receiving function and the device does not need an infrared ray transmitting function, and the effect of a simple configuration is the same as that of the second embodiment. .

Further, in this embodiment, a plurality of IC cards 1
Are stored in a dedicated IC card device, and
The C card device detects the insertion and removal of the IC card, and automatically stores necessary information inside the plurality of IC card devices. For this reason, the terminal device can control the IC card on the home bus by transmitting only the minimum necessary information such as the personal identification number and the IC card number. There is also an effect that the trouble of disposing and replacing the card near the terminal device can be omitted.

Further, in this embodiment, since the personal identification number output from the terminal device 45 is decrypted inside the plural IC card devices 49, it is not necessary to perform the processing of confirming the personal identification number with the IC card each time. There is also an effect.

[0098]

As described above, according to the present invention, information recorded on an IC card can be mutually exchanged between a plurality of devices that can operate in cooperation with each other with the advent of a home bus. Can be made available.

Further, according to the present invention, information recorded on an IC card can be mutually used among a plurality of devices which can operate in cooperation with each other with the appearance of a home bus, and The information recorded on the IC card can be handled by a plurality of devices.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a data configuration diagram showing an operation of the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a data configuration diagram showing an operation of the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a data configuration diagram showing an operation of the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an operation flowchart showing the operation of the first example of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an operation flowchart showing the operation of the first example of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an operation flowchart showing the operation of the first example of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a second example of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a data configuration diagram showing an operation of the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an operation flowchart showing the operation of the second example of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a third example of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a configuration diagram showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a data configuration diagram showing an operation of the third exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a fourth example of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a configuration diagram showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a configuration diagram showing the contents of a data structure according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a data configuration diagram showing an operation of the fourth example of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a data configuration diagram showing an operation of the fourth exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a display diagram of a screen showing an operation of the fourth example of the present invention.

FIG. 22 is a data configuration diagram showing an operation of the fourth example of the present invention.

FIG. 23 is a data configuration diagram showing an operation of the fourth exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 24 is a data configuration diagram showing an operation of the fourth example of the present invention.

FIG. 25 is a display diagram of a screen showing the operation of the fourth example of the present invention.

FIG. 26 is a configuration diagram showing the contents of a data structure according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 27 is a configuration diagram showing the contents of a data structure according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 28 is a configuration diagram showing the contents of a data structure according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 29 is a configuration diagram showing the contents of a data structure according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: IC card, 2: electronic money information, 5, 38, 45 ...
Terminal device, 9: input device, 10: infrared light emitting unit, 16,
36: device A, 17: home bus, 19: external communication device, 41: IC card device, 47: IC card number,
48: PIN, 49: Device for multiple IC cards, 52:
Device IC card information table.

──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification symbol FI Theme coat ゛ (Reference) G06K 19/00 T (72) Inventor Shigeyuki Ito 292 Yoshidacho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Hitachi, Ltd. Inside the Multimedia Systems Development Division of the Works (72) Kenji Matsumoto Inventor Kenji Matsumoto 292, Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside of the Multimedia Systems Development Division of Hitachi, Ltd. 292 Hitachi Multimedia System Development Division, Hitachi, Ltd. (72) Inventor Tomomi Yamauchi 292 Yoshidacho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan Multimedia System Development Division of Hitachi, Ltd. (72) Hiroshi Shimizu Kanagawa 292 Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Japan Hitachi, Ltd. Inside the Multimedia System Development Division (72) Inventor Akira Naito 292 Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside Multimedia System Development Division Hitachi, Ltd. (72) Inventor Masayuki Inoue 292 Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Address: Hitachi Image Information System, Ltd. (72) Inventor Tetsuji Inami 292, Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture Address: 292, Yoshida-cho, Hitachi Image Information Systems, Ltd. Address: Hitachi Image Information System Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hidenobu Nanami 292, Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture F-term (reference) 5B035 AA00 BB09 BC03 CA38 5B049 AA02 CC39 CC48 DD01 DD04 EE21 GG02 GG03 GG04 GG06 GG07 GG10 5B055 CA05 CB09 EE13 EE27 KK05 5B058 CA02 CA15 KA02 KA06 KA33 KA35 YA02 5K048 BA12 DA02 DB01 DB04 DC07 HA01 HA02 HA04 HA06

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[Claims] 1. An IC card having an internal central processing unit for receiving and judging and processing electrical information and capable of reading or writing information from outside, and electrically connected to the IC card. In a home bus system having a terminal device for reading or writing information and a home bus connected to the terminal device by light or electromagnetic and in which electric information moves, an IC read from the IC card by the terminal device An information control method for a home bus system, wherein card information is moved on the home bus. 2. A relay device, wherein the terminal device has at least an optical or electromagnetic transmitting means, and a relay device electrically connected to the home bus and having an optical or electromagnetic receiving section is provided.
2. The information of the home bus system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal device transmits information read from the IC card using light or electromagnetic waves, and the relay device receives the transmitted light or electromagnetic waves. Control method. 3. The terminal device has optical or electromagnetic receiving means, and the relay device has optical or electromagnetic transmitting means,
3. The information control method for a home bus system according to claim 2, wherein the terminal device and the relay device can transmit and receive each other using the light or the electromagnetic. 4. The terminal device has detecting means for detecting the intensity of light or electromagnetic light emitted by the relay device, and the terminal device is adapted to detect light or electromagnetic intensity detected by the detecting device. 4. The information control method for a home bus system according to claim 3, wherein at least a part of information transmitted by electromagnetic waves or electromagnetic waves is changed. 5. The information control method for a home bus system according to claim 4, wherein the information to be changed is information for specifying the relay device that receives light or electromagnetic waves transmitted from the terminal device. . 6. The home bus system according to claim 2, wherein at least unique information indicating the own device is added to the information received by said relay device and output to said home bus. Information control method. 7. The terminal device reads IC card operation instruction information, and according to the IC card operation instruction information, reads the I
2. The information control method for a home bus system according to claim 1, wherein the IC card information read from the C card is output to the home bus with the instruction information of the IC card operation added. 8. The terminal device reads information for specifying an IC card, selects at least one IC card in accordance with the information for specifying the IC card, and reads the IC card information read from the selected IC card. 8. The information control method for a home bus system according to claim 7, wherein information for specifying the IC card is added to the instruction information of the IC card operation and output to the home bus. 9. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the terminal device comprises at least two ICs.
9. A card is held, and one of the IC cards is selected according to information for specifying the IC card.
Information control method of the home bus system described in the above. 10. A remote control device is provided separately from the terminal device, wherein the remote control device has at least a light or electromagnetic transmitting means and a relay device having light or electromagnetic receiving means, and The relay device is electrically connected to the home bus, the remote control device transmits IC card operation instruction information by light or electromagnetic, and the relay device that receives the instruction information transmits the IC card operation instruction information. 10. An output to a home bus, wherein instruction information for operating the IC card moves on the home bus.
15. The information control method for a home bus system according to 13 or 14. 11. The remote control device is provided with input means such as a number and a symbol, and inputs unique information predetermined for each of the IC cards. The input content is transmitted to the remote control device by an optical or electromagnetic device. Sending out by the sending means, outputting the input content received by the relay means to the home bus, obtaining the input content that the terminal device has moved on the home bus, and obtaining the obtained content. 11. The information control method for a home bus system according to claim 10, wherein an operation is changed according to a result of the processing. 12. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said input content transmitted by said remote control device by means of light or electromagnetic transmission means is encrypted information whose information content cannot be easily deciphered by a generally known method. 12. The information control method for a home bus system according to item 11. 13. A detector for detecting insertion and removal of the IC card in the terminal unit, and the detector detects an IC card.
When the insertion of the card is detected, the terminal device
10. The information control method for a home bus system according to claim 7, wherein at least a part of the IC card information is read from the C card, and at least a part of the read information is recorded. 14. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein said terminal device uses information for specifying said IC card and information recorded from said IC card when said detector detects insertion of said IC card. 10. The information control method for a home bus system according to claim 8, wherein an IC card to be specified is specified, and a process for the specified IC card is executed. 15. Another device connected to the home bus by light or electromagnetic and operable by an instruction signal on the home bus, and a detector for detecting insertion and removal of the IC card is provided in the terminal device. When the detector detects the insertion of the IC card, the terminal device reads at least a part of the IC card information from the IC card, and records at least a part of the read information, and stores the read information in the recorded information. 2. The information control method for a home bus system according to claim 1, wherein a determination process based on the determination is performed, and the instruction signal for controlling another device on the home bus is output to the home bus based on the determination. 16. An IC card which internally has a central processing unit for receiving and judging and processing electric information and capable of reading or writing information from outside, and electrically connected to the IC card. A terminal device for reading or writing information, a home bus connected to the terminal device by light or electromagnet to move electrical information, a connection portion connected to the home bus, and another connection portion. An external communication device having the processing device for controlling transmission / reception of information via the home bus and transmission / reception of information via another connection unit inside the external communication device, and connectable to the other connection unit In a home bus system having a host device, the terminal device moves the IC card information read from the IC card on the home bus, and the processing device of the external communication device moves the host device. Information of the home bus system, wherein the IC card information on the external bus is detected and read, and at least a part of the read IC card information is output from the other connection unit and received by the host device. Control method. 17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the information transmitted from the host device is received from the other connection unit, and the processing device outputs at least a part of the received information from the connection unit to the home bus. An information control method for a home bus system according to claim 16. 18. The terminal device detects and reads information transmitted from the host device and output to the home bus, and reads at least a part of the read information.
18. The information control method for a home bus system according to claim 17, wherein the information is input to a C card. 19. The home according to claim 17, wherein the host device that has received at least a part of the IC card information performs financial processing such as settlement and lending based on the received information. Information control method for bus system. 20. The host device receives at least a portion of the IC card information at least once, and at least once at least a portion of the information output by the host device is input to the IC card; 19. The information control method for a home bus system according to claim 18, wherein the financial processing such as settlement or lending is performed based on the received information.