JP2004078734A - Processing system using portable terminal set - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform prescribed processing such as automatic ticket examination by using a portable terminal set such as a portable telephone set. <P>SOLUTION: In a processing system using a portable terminal set for performing prescribed processing by transmitting/receiving data between a portable terminal set owned by a user and a prescribed processor when the portable terminal set enters into the communication range of an antenna of the prescribed processor, the portable terminal set is provided with a battery for driving the portable terminal set and a power generation circuit for receiving a power wave transmitted from the antenna of the prescribed processor and generating power for driving the portable terminal set. When the portable terminal set enters into the communication range of the antenna of the prescribed processor, the portable terminal set is driven by the battery when the portable terminal set can be driven by power supply of the battery, and when the portable terminal set can not be driven by the power supply of the battery, the portable terminal set is switched by a switching means so as to be driven by the power supply of the power generation circuit. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a processing system using a portable terminal capable of performing predetermined processing such as entrance / exit processing using a portable terminal such as a portable telephone carried by a user.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, a non-contact automatic ticket processing system using a non-contact ticket composed of an IC card having a wireless communication function, which is operated mainly in the Tokyo metropolitan area, uses a non-contact ticket that is lightly applied to an antenna of the non-contact automatic ticket gate. By touching or holding over the antenna, the power wave transmitted from the antenna is received to generate power in the contactless ticket, and the generated power is used to drive the contactless ticket. It is configured. When the contactless ticket is driven by the generated electric power, data is exchanged between the contactless ticket and the contactless automatic ticket gate to enter and exit (meaning entry or exit). Is performed. This non-contact automatic ticket gate processing system has a feature that a user (passenger) can obtain convenience such as not having to put a commuter pass in and out of a commuter pass.
[0003]
In recent years, with the progress of IT, many users have come to have portable terminals having a wireless communication function such as a mobile phone and a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance). In view of this, the present applicant has disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-52213, Japanese Patent Application No. 2002-232840, and the like that a portable terminal has a function of a non-contact ticket and performs entrance / exit processing using the portable terminal. We propose a non-contact automatic ticket gate that can be used. When this portable terminal is used, the user does not need to have a contactless ticket, and can obtain convenience such as being able to check the contents of the contactless ticket on a display screen.
[0004]
By the way, even when the portable terminal has the function of the contactless ticket, the battery for driving the portable terminal becomes insufficient in capacity, that is, the battery runs out and the function of the contactless ticket does not stop. In order to achieve this, it is conceivable that a power generation circuit that generates driving power by receiving a power wave from the non-contact automatic ticket gate side is supposed as in the conventional non-contact ticket. .
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, if the function of the contactless ticket incorporated in the portable terminal device is driven only by the power generation circuit that receives the power wave from the outside and generates power, the communication failure due to the shortage of the driving power is prevented beforehand. Therefore, the user is forced to perform a so-called touch-and-go operation in which the mobile terminal is lightly touched by the antenna in order to ensure that the mobile terminal always enters the communication range of the antenna. In addition, at the time of this touch, there is an inconvenience that the mobile terminal vibrates.
[0006]
Therefore, the present invention uses a portable terminal that can be used when the battery of the portable terminal is sufficient, and can be driven by the power generation circuit when the battery is exhausted, in order to solve the above-described disadvantages. It aims to provide a processing system.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a processing system using a portable terminal according to the present invention is arranged such that the portable terminal possessed by the user is within a communication range of an antenna of a predetermined processor. In a processing system using a portable terminal that performs data exchange between the portable terminal and the predetermined processor when the mobile terminal enters, the portable terminal is driven in the portable terminal. And a power generation circuit that receives a power wave transmitted from an antenna of the predetermined processing device and generates power for driving the portable terminal device, wherein the mobile phone is located within a communication range of the antenna of the predetermined processing device. When the terminal is turned on, the portable terminal is driven by the battery when the portable terminal can be driven by the battery power, and the power is generated when the portable terminal cannot be driven by the battery power. Times Switching means for driving the portable terminal provided in the power source is characterized by.
A processing system using a portable terminal according to a second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the portable terminal is a portable telephone.
A processing system using a portable terminal according to a third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the predetermined processing machine is a non-contact automatic ticket gate.
[0008]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view when a mobile terminal is a mobile phone (hereinafter, described as a mobile phone) H and a processor is a non-contact automatic ticket gate (hereinafter, described as a ticket gate) G. is there. An antenna a for communicating with the mobile phone H and a non-contact ticket (not shown) (hereinafter, mainly described as the mobile phone H) is provided on the upper surface on the entrance side of the housing G 'of the ticket gate G. I have. At the entrance side of the ticket gate P of the housing G ', there is provided a display unit 1 for displaying to a user the use state of the ticket gate G, that is, whether or not the user can pass through the ticket gate P. . Also, in FIG. 1, S, S... Are photoelectric type human detectors for detecting the entry of a user into the ticket gate passage P, the exit from the ticket gate passage P, or the passage thereof. It is provided on the side surface of G 'at a predetermined interval. Further, the human detector includes a reflection type sensor provided in a sensor mounting box 2 provided on the upper surface of the housing G1 on the opposite side of the ticket gate P and along the passing direction of the ticket gate P. It is also constituted by human detectors S ', S'... The human detectors S ′, S ′,... Composed of the reflection type sensors detect objects (users) having a predetermined height or more from the floor of the ticket gate P so that an adult user in the ticket gate P can be detected. It is configured to be able to detect.
[0009]
A speaker 3 for announcing predetermined guidance to the user by voice is attached to the side surface of the housing G ', and an exit side and an entrance side of the ticket gate passage P on the side surface of the housing G'. Are provided with doors D1 and D2, respectively. In addition, a display screen 4 for providing predetermined guidance to the user by characters and symbols is attached to a substantially central portion of the upper surface of the housing G '.
[0010]
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 5 denotes a controller for controlling the operation of the ticket gate G, which is mainly composed of a microcomputer. The controller 5 is connected to a reader / writer R (see FIG. 2 described later) to which the above-described antenna a for transmitting and receiving data to and from the mobile phone H is connected.
[0011]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electric configuration of the controller 5 of the ticket gate G and the mobile phone H. The control unit of the controller 5 will be described from the side of the controller 5 provided in the ticket gate G. Numeral 6 is configured to perform arithmetic processing using the system program and working data stored in the memory 7 so that the ticket gate G can be controlled overall. The control unit 6 is connected to a door drive unit 8 for driving and controlling the doors D1 and D2 via an I / O unit (not shown) and a display screen drive unit 9 for driving and controlling the display contents of the display screen 4. Have been. The control unit 6 receives an audio drive unit for driving and controlling the sound of the speaker 3 via an I / O unit and a detection signal of the human detectors S, S..., S ′, S ′. Although a sensor amplifier and the like are connected, they are omitted here.
[0012]
The antenna a for communicating with the mobile phone H is connected to the reader / writer R. The antenna a has a function of exchanging data with the mobile phone H and a contactless ticket (not shown) and a function of supplying power to the mobile phone H and the contactless ticket.
[0013]
The mobile phone H includes a member (a non-contact IC card) that functions as a well-known non-contact ticket, in addition to a well-known mobile phone unit (handset unit) h that functions as a well-known mobile phone. That is, in addition to the above-described mobile phone unit h, the mobile phone H includes a communication control unit 11 for communicating with the ticket gate G via the antenna 10, and a CPU 12 for controlling the mobile phone H as a whole. , A memory 13, a power generation circuit 14 that generates drive power by performing rectification processing or the like on a power wave transmitted from the ticket gate G via the antenna 10, and a battery E as a drive power source for the entire mobile phone H. And a switching control circuit 15 (switching means of the present invention) for switching the power supply from the power generation circuit 14. The memory 13 stores a system program for arithmetic processing of the CPU 12, and as shown on the lower right side of FIG. 3, a commuter pass data storage unit 13a of the memory 13 stores a boarding section and a valid period. And the amount data (SF data) that can be settled at the time of boarding a commuter pass or purchasing a product is stored in the amount data storage unit 13b. Writing (storing) the commuter pass data and the amount data into the memory 13 can be performed by a data writer provided at a predetermined place such as a station or the like. It can also be done by connecting to the host computer of the financial institution.
[0014]
The communication control unit 11, the CPU 12, and the memory 13 are shown separately from the mobile phone unit (handset unit) h for ease of explanation, but are provided in the mobile phone unit h. It goes without saying that it may be shared with the common members.
[0015]
Hereinafter, the control operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Now, it is assumed that the user is carrying the mobile phone H and is going to enter and exit. When the user puts the mobile phone H into the communication range of the antenna a (Yes at Step 100, hereinafter, the step is referred to as “S”), the mobile phone H is output from the antenna a via the antenna 10. The current power wave is received by the power generation circuit 14 (S102).
[0016]
When the power generation circuit 14 receives the power wave, the CPU 12 switches the battery E (not shown) through the switching control circuit 15. The switch is a switch for turning on and off the power of the mobile phone H. Even if the switch for turning on and off the power of the mobile phone H is off, it is turned on and off by the output of the switching control circuit 15) (S104). As a result, the contactless ticket function incorporated in the mobile phone H is driven by the battery E. Therefore, the contactless ticket function incorporated in the mobile phone H receives stable power from the battery E, performs stable data exchange with the ticket gate G, and performs entry / exit processing (Yes at S106, S108). Then, when a series of entrance / exit processing ends, the switch of the battery E is turned off by the switching control circuit 15 (S112).
[0017]
By the way, when the battery E is turned off by the switching control circuit 15 and the battery E has run out (No at S106), the contactless ticket function of the mobile phone H is driven by the battery E. In this case, the contactless ticket function of the mobile phone H is driven by the electric power generated by the electric power generation circuit 14, as in the case of a known contactless ticket (S109). Therefore, even if the battery E of the mobile phone H is dead, the entrance / exit processing can be performed using the power generated by the power generation circuit 14.
[0018]
In the above-described example, the mobile terminal is described as the mobile phone H. However, a mobile terminal having a PDA or another wireless communication function may be used. Further, the processing machine is a contactless automatic ticket gate, but may be a payment machine or the like when a predetermined product is purchased. Further, the above-described non-contact automatic ticket gate may be a dual-purpose automatic ticket gate that can also process magnetic tickets.
[0019]
【The invention's effect】
A processing system using a portable terminal according to claim 1 of the present invention receives a power wave transmitted from a battery for driving the portable terminal and an antenna of a predetermined processing unit in the portable terminal, and executes the portable terminal. A power generation circuit for generating power for driving the terminal is provided, and when the mobile terminal enters the communication range of the antenna of the predetermined processing device, when the mobile terminal can be driven by the power supply of the battery, When the portable terminal is driven by the battery, and when the portable terminal cannot be driven by the power of the battery, switching means for driving the portable terminal by the power of the power generation circuit is provided. Efficient processing can be performed by performing stable communication.
In the processing system using the portable terminal according to the second aspect of the present invention, since the portable terminal is a mobile phone, a widely used mobile phone can be used.
In the processing system using the portable terminal device according to the third aspect of the present invention, since the predetermined processing device is a non-contact automatic ticket gate, efficient entrance / exit processing can be performed.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a processing system using a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the processing machine is a contactless automatic ticket gate, and the portable terminal is a mobile phone; FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a mobile phone and a mobile phone.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an electrical configuration.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a control operation.
[Explanation of symbols]
G Non-contact automatic ticket gates (gates, processing machines)
H Mobile phones (mobile phones, mobile terminals)

Claims (3)

When a portable terminal possessed by a user enters a communication range of an antenna of a predetermined processor, the portable terminal exchanges data between the portable terminal and the predetermined processor to perform a predetermined process. In a processing system using a machine,
A power generation circuit is provided in the mobile terminal to receive power waves transmitted from an antenna of the battery and the predetermined processing device and to generate power for driving the mobile terminal,
When the portable terminal enters the communication range of the antenna of the predetermined processor, the portable terminal can be driven by the power of the battery, and the portable terminal is driven by the battery. In the case where the portable terminal cannot be driven, a switching means for driving the portable terminal with the power supply of the power generation circuit is provided,
A processing system using a portable terminal device. The processing system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal is a mobile phone. 3. The processing system using a portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined processor is a contactless automatic ticket gate.

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