JP2015012599A - Method for starting or terminating portable terminal application using low-power consumption radio apparatus in specific area - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for controlling the start or termination of an arbitrary application with the use of a low-power consumption apparatus when a user holding a portable terminal moves to a specific area.SOLUTION: A portable terminal includes a device incorporating a low-power consumption radio apparatus 1 or externally connected to the apparatus and has a control application of the low-power consumption radio apparatus 1 and an object application for performing start or termination. A low-power consumption radio apparatus 2 is installed at a place where the performance of the control of the object application is desired. The low-power consumption radio apparatus 1 is controlled by the control application of the portable terminal so as to perform transmission/reception with the low-power consumption radio apparatus 2 and to transmit information to the control application. The control application of the portable terminal controls the start or termination of the object application on the basis of the information of the object application in accordance with pre-registered information with respect to the low-power consumption radio apparatus 2.

Description

The present invention uses a low power consumption wireless device of a portable terminal in a specific area defined by a low power consumption wireless device installed in advance, and the low power consumption wireless device communicates with each other, thereby controlling the portable terminal. The present invention relates to a method for controlling activation or termination of another application of a mobile terminal from an application.

A portable terminal can be carried as an information terminal device and has various applications and communication devices. The user of the mobile terminal needs to manually operate activation or termination of the application of the mobile terminal as necessary.

Although there are control applications for communication devices that use portable radio waves, and control applications that the communication devices themselves have, there are problems of practical control accuracy and power consumption. Control of any application by the low power consumption wireless device is not realized. Reference Patent 1 is a system for monitoring a movement route. In order to specify an area for the movement range, it is necessary to deploy a communication device over a wide range, and it is difficult to construct an environment.

In Reference Patent 2, the user can use only within the function and range of the application provided by the system. The systems of Reference Patent 3 and Reference Patent 4 realize switching of wireless communication means other than the carrier. However, it is not possible to target any application that the user desires.

The user of the mobile terminal needs to manually operate activation or termination of the application of the mobile terminal as necessary. Although there are control applications for communication devices that use portable radio waves, and control applications that the communication devices themselves have, there are problems of practical control accuracy and power consumption. In specifying the position using the portable radio wave of the carrier, the accuracy may be rough and the control may not match the intention. When the WIFI of the mobile terminal is maintained in the activated state, the power consumption is large and the mobile terminal may be connected to an unintended network. Position measurement using GPS consumes a lot of power, and indoor use is limited. When the mobile terminal consumes a large amount of power, it is difficult to maintain the function.

In view of the above, when the user holding the mobile terminal moves to a specific area, the user does not manually start or end any application on the low power consumption wireless device. Or it aims to provide a way to quit.

In order to achieve the above object, an aspect of the present invention is a portable terminal having a low power consumption wireless device 1 which is a movable information terminal, a low power consumption wireless device 2 for determining a specific location, a portable terminal and low power consumption. The gist of an application for controlling the wireless device 1 is shown in FIG.

The portable terminal has a display unit, an input unit, and a processor. The portable terminal includes a device (FIG. 2-b) in which the low power consumption wireless device 1 is built-in (FIG. 2-a) or externally connected. The portable terminal has a control application for the low power consumption wireless device 1. The portable terminal has a target application that is automatically activated or terminated.

It is assumed that the target application is set according to the user's purpose at the time of start-up, or the purpose can be achieved by the setting at the time of start-up.

The low power consumption wireless device 1 is controlled by a control application of the mobile terminal. The low power consumption wireless device 1 transmits and receives with the low power consumption wireless device 2 and transmits the status to the control application.

The low power consumption wireless device 2 is arranged in an area where the target application of the portable terminal is desired to be activated or terminated. When there are a plurality of target areas, the low power consumption radio apparatus 2 is arranged in each of the target areas. The low power consumption wireless device 2 may be a low power consumption wireless device of a mobile terminal different from the low power consumption wireless device 1 or a low power consumption wireless device arranged on a moving object. In addition, when the target area does not fall within the radio wave range of one low power consumption wireless device, it is assumed that it is covered by a network configured with the low power consumption wireless devices.

The control application of the mobile terminal has a user interface. The control application includes individual identification or network ID registration of the low power consumption wireless device 2, registration of the radio wave intensity of the low power consumption wireless device 2, registration of the target application, registration of activation or termination of the target application, and target from the user interface Application launch settings can be made. The control application periodically performs wireless transmission of an individual identification ID from the low power consumption wireless device 1 at intervals of 1 to 60 seconds. (FIG. 3A) The control application is a transmission from the low power consumption wireless device 2 registered from the reception information from the low power consumption wireless device 1 or the radio wave reception confirmation information transmitted from the low power consumption wireless device 1. It is confirmed from the ID of individual identification. When receiving a transmission from the low power consumption wireless device 2, the control application checks whether the received radio wave intensity is within or outside the registered radio wave intensity range. The control application controls activation or termination of the registered target application when the radio field intensity is within the registered radio field intensity range. (FIG. 3B) When the control application cannot receive the transmission from the low power consumption wireless device 2, the control application determines that the target application is out of range and controls activation or termination of the target application. The target application must be kept activated when used. It is possible to eliminate unnecessary transmission and confirmation by providing device attribute information in the transmission information of the low power consumption wireless device.

According to the present invention, when a user holding a portable terminal moves to a specific place where the low power consumption wireless device 2 is placed, it is possible to automatically start or end an arbitrary application, and to reduce power consumption. The power consumption can be reduced by using the power wireless device, and the mobile terminal can always maintain the low power consumption wireless device in the activated state. In addition, a plurality of low power consumption wireless devices placed in a specific area can form a new mutual network with a plurality of portable terminals, which becomes a basis for another system.

It is a block diagram of the present invention. It is the schematic of a portable terminal with a built-in type low power consumption radio | wireless apparatus. It is the schematic of the portable terminal which has an external type low power consumption radio | wireless apparatus. It is a control flow at the time of radio wave reception of a control application. It is a control flow of out-of-range determination of a control application. It is an example of connection with a wireless LAN wireless device. This is an example of the portable terminal 3 and the portable terminal 4. This is a connection example of Bluetooth wireless and a car navigation system.

Embodiments 1 and 2 shown below are for illustrating an apparatus and a method for embodying the technical idea of the present invention, and include arrangement of a low power consumption wireless apparatus, limitation of target applications, and control. It does not limit the application functions. Various changes can be added to the system concept of the present invention within the technical scope described in the claims.

As shown in FIG. 4, the portable terminal has a function of connecting to a LAN network by a wireless LAN wireless device, and the target application is a wireless LAN control application. The low power consumption wireless device 1 on the portable terminal side is a built-in type, and the low power consumption wireless device 2 for specifying the location is placed in the vicinity of the wireless LAN router. In this case, the low power consumption wireless device 1 and the low power consumption wireless device 2 that can communicate in an area of several to several tens of meters are used in order to assume indoors such as homes, workplaces, or stores with wireless LAN free spots. .

It is assumed that the control application is set in advance with the PANID for individual identification of the low power consumption wireless device 2, the radio wave intensity range, the target application as a wireless LAN control application, activated within the range, and terminated outside the range. The radio wave intensity range is set within the transmittable range of the low power consumption radio apparatus 2 and within the communicable range of the mobile terminal and the wireless LAN router.

When the user enters the area of the set radio wave intensity of the low power consumption wireless device 2 while starting the control application of the portable terminal, the low power consumption wireless device 1 transmits from the low power consumption wireless device 2. Receive. The control application receives the notification from the low power consumption wireless device 1 and activates the wireless LAN control application according to the flow of FIG. The activated wireless LAN control application connects to the LAN network by its own function. The user does not need to operate the mobile terminal to connect to the LAN network.

When the user goes out of the set radio wave intensity range of the low power consumption wireless device 2 or when the low power consumption wireless device 1 goes out to an area where transmission from the low power consumption wireless device 2 cannot be received, The control application ends the wireless LAN control application according to the flow of FIG. The terminated wireless LAN control application disconnects the connection to the LAN network by its function.

The user can automatically control activation or termination of the application of the mobile terminal depending on the inside or outside of the area. In addition, the use of a low power consumption wireless device makes it easy to reduce power consumption and maintain the functions of the control application.

As shown in FIG. 5, it is assumed that the portable terminal 3 has a built-in low power consumption wireless device 1 and the portable terminal 4 has a built-in low power consumption wireless device 2. A low power consumption wireless device 1 and a low power consumption wireless device 2 that can communicate in an area of several to several tens of meters are used.

The control application of the portable terminal 3 and the portable terminal 4 is set in advance so that the individual identification PANID of each low power consumption wireless device, the radio wave intensity range, the application of music playback as the target application, start within the range, and end outside the range. It is assumed that The radio wave intensity is set to an arbitrary intensity.

When the user 5 of the mobile terminal 3 starts the control application and approaches the user 6 of the mobile terminal 4 from outside the area, the user 6 approaches the user 5 by playing music in the music playback application. It becomes possible to notice. The user 5 can specify the location of the user 6. It can be used for waiting in crowds and meeting with unacquainted parties.

As shown in FIG. 6, the mobile terminal has a function of connecting to a car navigation system via Bluetooth, and the target application is a Bluetooth control application. The low power consumption wireless device 1 on the portable terminal side is a built-in type, and the low power consumption wireless device 2 for specifying the area is placed in the vicinity of the car navigation system of the automobile. In this case, the low power consumption wireless device 1 and the low power consumption wireless device 2 that can communicate in an area of several meters are used.

It is assumed that the control application is set in advance with the PANID for individual identification of the low power consumption wireless device 2, the radio wave intensity range, the Bluetooth control application as the target application, activated within the range, and terminated outside the range. The radio wave intensity range is within the transmission possible range of the low power consumption wireless device 2 and within the communication range of Bluetooth of the mobile terminal and the car navigation system.

When the user enters the area of the set radio wave intensity of the low power consumption wireless device 2 while starting the control application of the portable terminal, the low power consumption wireless device 1 transmits from the low power consumption wireless device 2. Receive. The control application receives the notification from the low power consumption wireless device 1 and starts the Bluetooth control application according to the flow of FIG. The activated Bluetooth control application performs connection from Bluetooth to the car navigation system by its function. The user can perform the tethering function of the portable terminal, music playback in the portable terminal, etc. from the car navigation system without being aware of the Bluetooth connection.

When the user goes out of the set radio wave intensity range of the low power consumption wireless device 2 or when the low power consumption wireless device 1 goes out to an area where transmission from the low power consumption wireless device 2 cannot be received, The control application terminates the Bluetooth control application according to the flow of FIG. The terminated Bluetooth control application disconnects the connection to the LAN network by its function.

The system of the present invention can be used for starting and ending a communication device of a mobile terminal as a person holding the mobile terminal moves, and can be used for offload measures for distributing a mobile phone network to other networks. .

1 Low power consumption wireless device 1
2 Low power consumption wireless device 2
3 Mobile terminal 3
4 Mobile terminal 4
5 User 5
6 User 6

Reference Patent 1

JP 2006-20953 A

Reference Patent 2

JP2008-131594

Reference Patent 3

JP 2004-350108 A

Reference Patent 4

JP 2004-153404 A

Claims (4)

A display unit, an input unit, a processor, a built-in low power consumption wireless device, a portable terminal having control application software for the low power consumption wireless device, and a low place placed in a place where any application of the portable terminal is desired to be activated or terminated Individual ID identification, radio field strength registration, target application registration, target application activation or termination registration, and target application of power consumption wireless devices and other low power consumption wireless devices that have a user interface on a portable terminal A system built from control application software that can register operation settings at startup. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal is an external connection type low power consumption wireless device instead of the built-in low power consumption wireless device. The low power consumption radio apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 is a ZigBee radio apparatus. The individual identification ID according to claim 1 is an IEEE64 bit possessed by Zigbee, a PANID possessed by a Zigbee network, a mobile number possessed by a mobile terminal, a MAC address, or an arbitrary character string determined by a user.

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