JP2011198104A - Communication device and communication method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication device and a communication method, capable of selecting an objective application from among a plurality of applications.SOLUTION: The communication device includes a communication means for communicating with an information storage medium and a control means for detecting outstanding information by a predetermined application among the plurality of applications stored in the information storage medium based on the communication with the information storage medium by the communication means, and controlling the execution of settlement processing by the predetermined application.

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication apparatus and a communication method for communicating with an information storage medium such as a mobile phone and an IC card.

  The distance toll collection system applied to toll roads, etc. is operated using a pass ticket. In other words, the toll collection system issues a toll ticket by the toll issuing device installed at the entrance gate, collects the toll ticket issued by the toll collection device installed at the exit gate, and collects the toll collected. A predetermined toll is collected based on the ticket. Entrance information, vehicle type information, and the like are recorded in the issued ticket. Moreover, the automatic toll collection device supports payment of tolls by coins, banknotes, credit cards, and the like.

  In addition to the collection of tolls by the above-mentioned tolls, ETC (Electronic Toll Collection) systems are rapidly spreading. The ETC system performs vehicle confirmation and toll collection by wireless communication between an in-vehicle device installed in a vehicle and a communication device installed in a toll gate.

  Furthermore, in recent years, there is a demand for toll collection using electronic money. For example, electronic money reader / writers (hereinafter referred to as reader / writers) are installed at the entrance gate and the exit gate. A driver or the like of a vehicle holds a mobile phone or an IC card in which electronic money usage information (for example, ID) is stored over a reader / writer. As a result, the reader / writer reads the electronic money usage information stored in the mobile phone or the like, and the toll collection server determines the toll fee based on the read electronic money usage information and the electronic money balance associated with the electronic money usage information. To receive.

  There are a plurality of electronic money standards such as Edy (registered trademark), Suica (registered trademark), Waon (registered trademark), and nanaco (registered trademark). For example, a single mobile phone or the like can store a plurality of electronic money applications corresponding to a plurality of electronic money standards and selectively execute the plurality of electronic money applications.

  For example, an electronic money settlement terminal having a plurality of communication areas corresponding to a plurality of types of electronic money is disclosed (see Patent Document 1). The electronic money settlement terminal determines the type of electronic money depending on which communication area of the plurality of communication areas communicates with the electronic money medium.

JP 2009-258853 A

  In the case of collecting tolls using electronic money as described above, for example, the user holds the handle while holding the handle with one hand, pointing out the mobile phone or the like from the window of the vehicle toward the reader / writer, and holding the mobile phone or the like over the reader / writer. For this reason, it is necessary to devise measures such as making the communication area of the reader / writer relatively large and making it easy to hold a mobile phone or the like.

  When the electronic money payment terminal disclosed in Patent Document 1 is applied in such a usage environment, the operability may not be so good. For example, depending on the stop position of the vehicle, etc., it may be impossible to hold a mobile phone or the like over a predetermined communication area of a plurality of communication areas unless the driver or the like takes a slightly unreasonable posture. In such a situation, the operability is not so good.

  In addition, when the entrance gate receives an entrance process using a predetermined electronic money application, the user remembers that the predetermined electronic money application has been used at the entrance gate, and selects the predetermined electronic money application at the exit gate. Alternatively, a mobile phone or the like is held over a predetermined communication area corresponding to a predetermined electronic money application. That is, it is inconvenient to store which electronic money application is used at the entrance gate.

  Furthermore, the selection operation of a predetermined electronic money application at the exit gate may cause mixing (congestion).

  An object of the present invention is to provide a communication device and a communication method capable of selecting a target application from a plurality of applications.

  A communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a communication unit that communicates with an information storage medium; and a communication unit that communicates with the information storage medium by the communication unit, and includes a plurality of applications stored in the information storage medium. Control means for detecting unsettled information by a predetermined application and controlling execution of a payment process by the predetermined application.

  A communication method according to an embodiment of the present invention communicates with an information storage medium, and based on communication with the information storage medium, unsettled information by a predetermined application among a plurality of applications stored in the information storage medium Is detected, and settlement processing by the predetermined application is executed.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the communication apparatus and communication method which can select the target application from several applications can be provided.

It is a figure which shows the outline of the communication system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of a communication system. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of a reader / writer. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the electronic money payment process part of an information storage medium. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the entrance process using an electronic money application. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the participation process using an electronic money application.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the communication system shown in FIG. The communication system shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is, for example, a toll collection system using electronic money.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the communication system includes a communication terminal 1 (communication device), a traffic control bar 17, and an information storage medium 2 (electronic money application storage medium such as a mobile phone and an IC card). The communication terminal 1 is installed, for example, at an entrance or exit of a toll road, and the information storage medium 2 is possessed by a vehicle driver or the like. For example, the communication terminal 1 includes a control unit 11, a display unit 12, an operation input unit 13, a reader / writer 14, a numeric keypad 15, a traffic control unit 16, and a traffic control bar 17.

  The reader / writer 14 is in contact or non-contact with the information storage medium 2 and stores electronic money usage information (for example, ID), unsettled information (unsettled flag), and traffic history information (entrance) stored in the information storage medium 2. (History information) can be read, and traffic history information (entrance history information, entry history information) can be written to the information storage medium 2.

  The control unit 11 can selectively execute a plurality of communication methods and a plurality of applications (for example, a plurality of electronic money applications). The application switching control by the control unit 11 will be described in detail later. The display unit 12 displays a result of communication with the information storage medium 2 and an authentication result. Moreover, the display part 12 can also display the transaction guidance by the predetermined application elected from the some application. The operation input unit 13 inputs various information to the control unit 11. The numeric keypad 15 inputs numbers and the like to the control unit 11.

  The traffic control unit 16 controls the opening / closing of the traffic control bar 17 based on the pass / fail determination result from the control unit 11. That is, the traffic control unit 16 controls the cancellation of traffic blocking by the traffic control bar 17 based on the traffic permission determination. Correspondingly, the passage blocking by the passage control bar 17 is released.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the reader / writer 14. As shown in FIG. 3, the reader / writer 14 includes a communication I / F 142, a CPU 143, a data memory (nonvolatile memory) 144, a RAM 145, and a ROM 146. The CPU 143 controls transmission of commands and the like to the information storage medium 2 and detects a response from the information storage medium 2.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the electronic money settlement processing unit 20 of the information storage medium 2. The information storage medium 2 is a mobile phone or an IC card. The electronic money settlement processing unit 20 of the information storage medium 2 includes a communication I / F unit 21, a control unit 22, a RAM 23, a ROM 24, a nonvolatile memory (EEPROM, FRAM). , FLASH, etc.) 25.

  For example, the control unit 22 operates based on an IC card program or the like stored in the ROM 24, controls reception of a command or the like from the communication terminal 1 (reader / writer 14), interprets the received command or the like, and performs communication. Controls transmission of responses to the terminal 1 (reader / writer 14).

  The RAM 23 functions as a working memory and stores an execution result corresponding to the execution of the command. The nonvolatile memory 25 stores (backs up) the execution results stored in the RAM. The ROM 24 holds an IC card program executed by the control unit 22.

  Next, an example of admission processing using an electronic money application will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  For example, an entrance toll gate such as a toll road has a communication terminal 1 (hereinafter referred to as an entrance) that can select one of electronic money applications A, B, C, and D corresponding to electronic money A, B, C, and D. A communication terminal 1) is installed. A driver who wishes to make electronic money payment enters a vehicle into a non-ETC lane at an entrance toll gate (ST101), and for example, electronic money applications A, B, C, D corresponding to electronic money A, B, C, D An electronic money settlement is received using the information storage medium 2 capable of selectively executing one of them (ST102).

  For example, the operation input unit 13 of the entrance communication terminal 1 accepts a selection input of one of the electronic money A, B, C, and D. When the operation input unit 13 receives the selection input of the electronic money B (ST103), the control unit 11 activates the electronic money application B and selectively selects one of the electronic money applications A, B, C, and D. When the executable information storage medium 2 is held over the reader / writer 14, the control unit 11 executes an entrance process by the electronic money application B. That is, the reader / writer 14 instructs the information storage medium 2 to make a payment by the electronic money application B, and in response to this, the information storage medium 2 activates the electronic money application B and associates it with the electronic money application B. The received unsettled information (flag), entrance history information, etc. are stored (ST104).

  Alternatively, the display unit 12 of the entrance communication terminal 1 displays that the electronic money A is accepted for about 5 seconds, then displays that the electronic money B is accepted for about 5 seconds, and then accepts the electronic money C. Is displayed for about 5 seconds, next, the electronic money D is accepted for about 5 seconds, and then the electronic money A is accepted again for about 5 seconds. For example, when the information storage medium 2 is held over the reader / writer 14 while the display unit 12 displays that the electronic money B can be received (ST103), the control unit 11 uses the electronic money application B. Perform admission processing. That is, the reader / writer 14 instructs the information storage medium 2 to make a payment by the electronic money application B, and in response to this, the information storage medium 2 activates the electronic money application B and associates it with the electronic money application B. The received unsettled information (flag), entrance history information, etc. are stored (ST104).

  Alternatively, the reader / writer 14 of the entrance communication terminal 1 has a communication area A corresponding to the electronic money A, a communication area B corresponding to the electronic money B, a communication area C corresponding to the electronic money C, and a communication area corresponding to the electronic money D. When the information storage medium 2 is held over the communication area B (ST103), the control unit 11 executes an entrance process by the electronic money application B. That is, the reader / writer 14 instructs the information storage medium 2 to make a payment by the electronic money application B, and in response to this, the information storage medium 2 activates the electronic money application B and associates it with the electronic money application B. The received unsettled information (flag), entrance history information, etc. are stored (ST104).

  Next, an example of a participation process using an electronic money application will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  For example, at a toll gate such as a toll road, a communication terminal 1 (hereinafter referred to as an exit) that can select one of electronic money applications A, B, C, and D corresponding to electronic money A, B, C, and D. A communication terminal 1) is installed. A driver who wishes to make an electronic money payment enters a vehicle into a non-ETC lane at an exit toll gate (ST201). For example, electronic money applications A, B, C, D corresponding to electronic money A, B, C, D An electronic money settlement is received using the information storage medium 2 that can selectively execute one of these (ST202).

  When the information storage medium 2 is held over the reader / writer 14 of the exit communication terminal 1, the reader / writer 14 starts communication with the information storage medium 2. The control unit 11 detects unsettled information (flag) associated with a predetermined application among a plurality of applications stored in the information storage medium 2 based on communication between the reader / writer 14 and the information storage medium 2. The execution of the payment process by a predetermined application is controlled. Hereinafter, an example of controlling the execution of settlement processing by a predetermined application will be described.

  For example, first, the control unit 11 activates the electronic money application A corresponding to the electronic money A (ST203), and confirms whether there is unsettled information associated with the electronic money application A in the information storage medium 2 (ST204).

  When the control unit 11 detects unsettled information associated with the electronic money application A (ST204, YES), the settlement process by the electronic money application A is executed (ST205). That is, the reader / writer 14 instructs the information storage medium 2 to make a payment by the electronic money application A, and the information storage medium 2 responds to the payment by the electronic money application A correspondingly.

  For example, the control unit 11 settles the toll based on the entrance history information stored in association with the electronic money application A of the information storage medium 2 and the remaining amount information of the electronic money A. Further, the reader / writer 14 instructs the deletion of the unsettled information stored in association with the electronic money application A, and instructs the recording of the participation history information. In response to the instruction from the reader / writer 14, the information storage medium 2 erases the unsettled information stored in association with the electronic money application A, and stores appearance history information in association with the electronic money application A. Further, the control unit 11 instructs passage permission based on the completion of the settlement by the electronic money application A. Based on the traffic permission, the traffic control unit 6 cancels the traffic blocking by the traffic control bar 17 (ST215), and the vehicle enters (ST216).

  If the control unit 11 cannot detect unsettled information associated with the electronic money application A (ST204, NO), then the electronic money application B is replaced with the electronic money application A corresponding to the electronic money A. The corresponding electronic money application B is activated (ST206), and the presence or absence of unsettled information associated with the electronic money application B is confirmed with respect to the information storage medium 2 (ST207).

  When the control unit 11 detects unsettled information associated with the electronic money application B (ST207, YES), the settlement process by the electronic money application B is executed (ST208). That is, the reader / writer 14 instructs the information storage medium 2 to make a payment by the electronic money application B, and the information storage medium 2 responds to the payment by the electronic money application B in response to this.

  For example, the control unit 11 settles the toll based on the entrance history information stored in association with the electronic money application B of the information storage medium 2 and the remaining amount information of the electronic money B. Further, the reader / writer 14 instructs the deletion of the unsettled information stored in association with the electronic money application B, and instructs the recording of the participation history information. In response to the instruction from the reader / writer 14, the information storage medium 2 erases the unsettled information stored in association with the electronic money application B, and stores appearance history information in association with the electronic money application B. Further, the control unit 11 instructs passage permission based on the completion of the settlement by the electronic money application B. Based on the traffic permission, the traffic control unit 6 cancels the traffic blocking by the traffic control bar 17 (ST215), and the vehicle enters (ST216).

  If the control unit 11 cannot detect unsettled information associated with the electronic money application B (ST207, NO), the electronic money application B is then replaced with the electronic money C corresponding to the electronic money B. The corresponding electronic money application C is activated (ST209), and the presence or absence of unsettled information associated with the electronic money application C is confirmed with respect to the information storage medium 2 (ST210).

  When the control unit 11 detects unsettled information associated with the electronic money application C (ST210, YES), the settlement process by the electronic money application C is executed (ST211). That is, the reader / writer 14 instructs the information storage medium 2 to make a payment by the electronic money application C, and the information storage medium 2 responds to the payment by the electronic money application C in response to this.

  For example, the control unit 11 settles the toll based on the entrance history information stored in association with the electronic money application C in the information storage medium 2 and the remaining amount information of the electronic money C. Furthermore, the reader / writer 14 instructs the deletion of unsettled information stored in association with the electronic money application C, and instructs the recording of the participation history information. In response to the instruction from the reader / writer 14, the information storage medium 2 erases the unsettled information stored in association with the electronic money application C, and stores appearance history information in association with the electronic money application C. Further, the control unit 11 instructs passage permission based on the completion of the settlement by the electronic money application C. Based on the traffic permission, the traffic control unit 6 cancels the traffic blocking by the traffic control bar 17 (ST215), and the vehicle enters (ST216).

  When the control unit 11 cannot detect the unsettled information associated with the electronic money application C (ST210, NO), the electronic money application C is then replaced with the electronic money application C corresponding to the electronic money C. The corresponding electronic money application D is activated (ST212), and the presence or absence of unsettled information associated with the electronic money application D is confirmed with respect to the information storage medium 2 (ST213).

  When the control unit 11 detects unsettled information associated with the electronic money application D (ST213, YES), the settlement process by the electronic money application D is executed (ST214). That is, the reader / writer 14 instructs the information storage medium 2 to make a payment by the electronic money application D, and the information storage medium 2 responds to the payment by the electronic money application D in response to this.

  For example, the control unit 11 settles the toll based on the entry history information stored in association with the electronic money application D of the information storage medium 2 and the remaining amount information of the electronic money D. Further, the reader / writer 14 instructs the deletion of unsettled information stored in association with the electronic money application D, and instructs the recording of the participation history information. In response to the instruction from the reader / writer 14, the information storage medium 2 erases the unsettled information stored in association with the electronic money application D, and stores appearance history information in association with the electronic money application D. Further, the control unit 11 instructs passage permission based on the completion of the settlement by the electronic money application D. Based on the traffic permission, the traffic control unit 6 cancels the traffic blocking by the traffic control bar 17 (ST215), and the vehicle enters (ST216).

  When the control unit 11 cannot detect unsettled information associated with the electronic money application D (ST213, NO), for example, the display unit 12 displays an error message (ST217).

  As described above, the egress communication terminal 1 can select a target application (application used in the admission process) from a plurality of applications simply by communicating with the information storage medium 2, and executes settlement with the target application. can do. That is, the user is freed from the task of selecting a target application from among a plurality of applications. Therefore, the user does not have to memorize that the predetermined electronic money application is used at the entrance gate. Further, even a user who is unfamiliar with an electronic money application selection operation or the like can easily receive a payment by a target application in a short time. That is, as long as the user holds the information storage medium 2 over the reader / writer 14 from inside the vehicle, the user can receive a settlement process by the target application (an application used in the entrance process), and the convenience is greatly improved.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. In addition, the embodiments may be appropriately combined as much as possible, and in that case, the combined effect can be obtained. Further, the above embodiments include inventions at various stages, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriately combining a plurality of disclosed constituent elements. For example, even if some constituent requirements are deleted from all the constituent requirements shown in the embodiment, the problem described in the column of the problem to be solved by the invention can be solved, and the effect described in the column of the effect of the invention Can be obtained as an invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Communication terminal, 11 ... Control part, 12 ... Display part, 13 ... Operation input part, 14 ... Reader / writer, 15 ... Numeric keypad, 16 ... Traffic control part, 17 ... Traffic control bar, 2 ... Information storage medium, 21 ... Communication I / F unit, 22 ... control unit, 23 ... RAM, 24 ... ROM, 25 ... nonvolatile memory

Claims (5)

A communication means for communicating with the information storage medium;
Based on communication with the information storage medium by the communication means, unsettled information by a predetermined application among a plurality of applications stored in the information storage medium is detected, and execution of settlement processing by the predetermined application is controlled. Control means to
A communication device comprising:   The control means confirms whether there is unsettled information by the first application on the information storage medium based on communication with the information storage medium, and responds to detection of unsettled information by the first application. The settlement processing by the first application is executed, and the presence or absence of unsettled information by the second application is confirmed with respect to the information storage medium in response to the undetected unsettled information by the first application. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein payment processing by the second application is executed in response to detection of unsettled information by the second application.   The control means confirms the presence or absence of unsettled information by the first electronic money application on the information storage medium based on communication with the information storage medium, and stores the unsettled information by the first electronic money application. In response to the detection, a settlement process by the first electronic money application is executed, and in response to the non-detection of the money unsettled information by the first electronic money application, a second The presence or absence of unsettled information by an electronic money application is confirmed, and the settlement process by the second electronic money application is executed in response to the detection of unsettled information by the second electronic money application. Item 4. The communication device according to Item 1.   The control means activates a first application based on communication with the information storage medium, checks whether there is unsettled information by the first application on the information storage medium, and In response to the detection of unsettled information by the first application, a settlement process by the first application is executed, and in response to the undetected unsettled information by the first application, the second application is replaced with the second application. The second application, confirming whether there is unsettled information by the second application on the information storage medium, and responding to detection of unsettled information by the second application, by the second application The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein settlement processing is executed. Communicating with the information storage medium,
Based on communication with the information storage medium, detects unsettled information by a predetermined application among a plurality of applications stored in the information storage medium,
Executing settlement processing by the predetermined application;
A communication method characterized by the above.

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