JP2015186163A - Information processing device, search system and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processing device, a search system and a computer program capable of searching for a mobile device which is left in a car.SOLUTION: A search source mobile device 2 transmits a search request (501) to an on-vehicle device 1 through a moving body communication network 4. The on-vehicle device 1, on receiving the search request, searches a device located in a radio communicable area of the on-vehicle device 1 (502), and answers the device name of a mobile device 3, which is left in an automobile and discovered by the search, to the search source mobile device 2 of a user A, as a search result (503) (a). The search source mobile device 2, on receiving the search result, displays on a display 202 the device name of the mobile device 3 of a user B which is received as the search result (b).

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for searching for a misplaced mobile device.

  As a technology for searching for a misplaced mobile device, in-vehicle devices installed in automobiles are connected to mobile phones in automobiles that have established connections through short-range wireless communication interfaces. If you continue even after you get off the vehicle, let the mobile phone communicate via the mobile communication network to the specified call destination via the connection via the short-range wireless communication interface, and leave the mobile phone in the car There is known a technique for notifying that it has been made (Patent Documents 1 and 2).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-348659 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-320269

According to the above-described technology for calling a mobile phone to a predetermined destination and notifying that the mobile phone has been misplaced in a car, the misplaced mobile phone is detected or forgotten from the mobile phone. That the mobile phone and the in-vehicle device are connected via the short-range wireless communication interface, even if the mobile phone is left in the car, the in-vehicle device and the near-field wireless communication interface It cannot be applied to a search for a mobile phone that cannot establish a connection via the Internet. Here, in general, since the short-range wireless communication interface with the in-vehicle device is secured, only a mobile phone for which authentication information is registered in advance can connect to the in-vehicle device via the short-range wireless communication interface. It cannot be established. For this reason, for example, a mobile phone of a user who has boarded a car as a temporary guest cannot establish a connection with the in-vehicle device via the short-range wireless communication interface even in the car.
Therefore, according to this technique, the mobile devices that can be searched are limited to specific mobile devices in advance.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to enable searching for a misplaced mobile device without limitation.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an information processing apparatus including a mobile communication device that performs mobile communication and a wireless interface that performs local wireless communication according to a predetermined wireless communication standard. Search means for searching for a device that performs wireless communication according to the predetermined wireless communication standard, located in a communicable area, and performing search processing for obtaining a name of the searched device; and the mobile communication device through the mobile communication device When a search request transmitted by mobile communication is received, the search means performs the search process, and the name acquired by the search process is transmitted by the mobile communication via the mobile communication device. Search result response means for transmitting to the transmission source of the search request.

Here, such an information processing apparatus may be an in-vehicle apparatus mounted on an automobile or a portable apparatus.
According to such an information processing apparatus, when there is a possibility that a device that performs wireless communication in accordance with the predetermined wireless communication standard may be left near the information processing apparatus, mobile communication is performed on the information processing apparatus. If the search request is transmitted via the information processing device, it is possible to know the name of the device near the information processing device, so it is possible to know whether the device is misplaced near the information processing device.

  In addition, when such an information processing apparatus is a portable apparatus and the information processing apparatus is left behind, if a search request is transmitted to the information processing apparatus via mobile communication, the information processing apparatus Since the name of a nearby device can be known, when the installation location of the device with the name can be specified, the location where the information processing apparatus is misplaced can be known.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, the wireless interface can access a portable information processing device including a mobile communication device that performs mobile communication and a wireless interface that accesses a wireless LAN. Search means for searching for a wireless LAN and performing a search process for acquiring the name of the searched wireless LAN, and when receiving a search request transmitted by the mobile communication via the mobile communication device, the search means And a search result response means for transmitting the name acquired by the search process to the transmission source of the search request by the mobile communication via the mobile communication device. is there.

  According to such an information processing device, when the information processing device is misplaced, if a search request is transmitted to the information processing device via mobile communication, the name of the wireless LAN near the information processing device Therefore, when the installation location of the wireless LAN with the name can be specified, the location where the information processing apparatus is misplaced can be known.

  The present invention also provides a search system comprising the information processing apparatus as described above and a mobile device carried by the user. However, the mobile device includes a mobile communication unit that performs mobile communication, a search request unit that transmits a search request to the information processing device through the mobile communication unit via the mobile communication unit, and the information processing device And a search result display means for displaying the name received from.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to search for a misplaced mobile device without limitation.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the search system which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the vehicle-mounted apparatus and search origin mobile apparatus which concern on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example which shows the search dependent process which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example which shows the search service process which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows search operation | movement of the mobile apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows search operation | movement of the mobile apparatus which concerns on 2nd, 3rd embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.
First, the first embodiment will be described.
FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the search system according to the first embodiment.
As shown in the figure, this search system includes an in-vehicle device 1 mounted on an automobile and a search source mobile device 2, and the search source mobile device 2 accesses the in-vehicle device 1 via a mobile communication network 4. The mobile device 3 that is misplaced in the car is searched.

  Here, the search source mobile device 2 is a portable device having a mobile communication function such as a mobile phone device, a smartphone, or a tablet device, and the mobile device 3 has a wireless interface such as a mobile phone device, a smartphone, or a tablet device. It is a portable device provided.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the in-vehicle device 1 and the search source mobile device 2.
As shown in the figure, the in-vehicle device 1 is a device mounted on an automobile, and as shown in the figure, an input device 101, a display device 102, a voice input / output device 103 having a microphone, a speaker, and the like, Bluetooth (registered trademark). A wireless interface device 104 that performs wireless communication processing in accordance with the standard, an operating system 105 of the in-vehicle device 1, an application that runs on the operating system 105, a storage device 106, a mobile communication device 107 for accessing the mobile communication network 4, Other peripheral devices 108 such as a GPS receiver and a sensor for detecting various states of the automobile are provided.

  Further, the in-vehicle device 1 includes, as the above-described application, a search service application 111 and other applications such as a navigation application 112 that performs a process of calculating a current position of a car and setting and guiding a route to a destination. I have.

  The in-vehicle device 1 is configured using a computer including a CPU, a memory, and the like in hardware, and the operating system 105, applications, and the like execute predetermined computer programs by the computer. Is realized.

  Next, as shown in the figure, the search source mobile device 2 includes an operation unit 201, a display 202, a voice input / output unit 203 including a microphone and a speaker, and wireless communication processing that performs wireless communication processing in accordance with the Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard. Interface unit 204, mobile operating system 205 that is the OS of the smartphone, mobile application that is an application running on the mobile operating system 205, storage unit 206, mobile communication unit 207 for accessing the mobile communication network 4, and others Peripheral device 208.

  Here, the search source mobile device 2 includes, as mobile applications, a mobile phone application 211 that provides a mobile phone function using the mobile communication unit 207, the voice input / output unit 203, and the operation unit 201, a search client application 212, an email Other applications such as an application and a Web browser application are provided.

  The search source mobile device 2 is configured by using a computer having a CPU, a memory, and the like in hardware. The mobile operating system 205, the mobile application, and the like are stored in a predetermined computer program. This is realized by executing.

  Next, the mobile device 3 has the same configuration as that of the search source mobile device 2. However, the mobile device 3 does not have to include the search client application 212.

  Here, the in-vehicle device 1 uses the wireless interface device 104 to search for a device having a wireless interface that complies with the Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard within the wireless communication enabled area of the wireless interface device 104 and performs the search. The Bluetooth device name that is the identification name on the wireless interface according to the Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard of the discovered device can be acquired.

  The in-vehicle device 1 uses the wireless interface device 104 to perform authentication processing (pairing) with the device discovered by the search as described above, and the device that has completed the authentication processing, and Bluetooth (registered trademark) They can connect to each other and communicate with each other according to the standard. However, the authentication process requires the intervention of a user operation (such as inputting a PIN key).

  The in-vehicle device 1 is a device having a wireless interface conforming to the Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard within the wireless communicable area of the wireless interface device 104, and authentication processing has been completed in the past (pairing). Can communicate with each other automatically in accordance with the Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard.

Note that the search source mobile device 2 and the mobile device 3 correspond to devices having a wireless interface according to the Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard.
Hereinafter, in such a search system, an operation of accessing the in-vehicle device 1 from the search source mobile device 2 via the mobile communication network 4 and searching for the mobile device 3 that has been left in the car will be described.

  Here, the operation of searching for the mobile device 3 that has been misplaced in the car of the vehicle includes a search request process performed by the search client application 212 of the search source mobile device 2 and a search service process performed by the search service application 111 of the in-vehicle device 1. It is realized by.

First, a search request process performed by the search client application 212 of the search source mobile device 2 will be described.
FIG. 3 shows the search request processing procedure.
As shown in the figure, in the search request process, when the search client application 212 of the search source mobile device 2 receives a search execution instruction from the user (step 302), the mobile communication network 4 is controlled by controlling the mobile communication unit 207. A data communication path is established with the in-vehicle device 1 via (step 304). Here, the telephone number of the in-vehicle device 1 necessary for establishing the data communication path with the in-vehicle device 1 is the one set in advance in the search source mobile device 2 or input from the user together with the search execution instruction. To accept and use.

  Then, a search request for the peripheral device 108 is issued to the search service application 111 of the in-vehicle device 1 (step 306), and a search result is received from the search service application 111 of the in-vehicle device 1 (step 308).

  Next, if a search result is received from the search service application 111 (step 308), a list of Bluetooth device names indicated by the search result is displayed on the display 202 (step 310).

Then, if a process end instruction from the user is generated, the process ends.
The search request process performed by the search client application 212 of the search source mobile device 2 has been described above.
Next, search service processing performed by the search service application 111 of the in-vehicle device 1 will be described.
FIG. 4 shows the procedure of this search service process.
As shown in the figure, in the search service processing, the search service application 111 of the in-vehicle device 1 receives the search request from the peripheral device 108 via the mobile communication network 4 from the search client application 212 of the search source mobile device 2. The reception via is monitored (step 402).

  If a search request is received (step 402), a device having a wireless interface conforming to the Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard in the wireless communication device 104 can be installed using the wireless interface device 104. Search and acquire the Bluetooth device name of the device found by the search (step 404).

  Then, using the mobile communication device 107, the acquired list of Bluetooth device names is transmitted as a search result to the search client application 212 of the search source mobile device 2 of the search request issue source via the mobile communication network 4 (step 406). ), The process returns to step 402 and waits for reception of the next peripheral device 108 search request.

The search service process performed by the search service application 111 of the in-vehicle device 1 has been described above.
Note that such search service processing and search service application 111 is the mobile communication device of the search request of the peripheral device 108 transmitted from the search client application 212 of the search source mobile device 2 in the mobile communication network 4 in the in-vehicle device 1. It may be activated by the operating system 105 in response to reception via 107.

  Hereinafter, a mobile device that is left behind in a car, realized by the search request processing performed by the search client application 212 of the search source mobile device 2 and the search service processing performed by the search service application 111 of the in-vehicle device 1 as described above. An operation example for searching for 3 is shown.

  Now, a user A who is a user of the vehicle on which the vehicle-mounted device 1 is mounted and a search source mobile device 2 and a user B who is a friend of the user A and a user of the mobile device 3 move in the vehicle on which the vehicle-mounted device 1 is mounted. Then, after arriving at the destination, after user A and user B get off the car and move to another place on foot, user B notices that he has left the mobile device 3 somewhere.

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 5a, the user A is carrying the search source mobile device 2, and the mobile device 3 of the user B is left in the car on which the in-vehicle device 1 is mounted. And

  In this case, when the user A starts the search request process of the search client application 212 of the search source mobile device 2 and instructs the peripheral device 108 to execute the search, the mobile communication is performed from the search source mobile device 2 to the in-vehicle device 1. A search request (501) for the peripheral device 108 is issued via the network 4.

  The in-vehicle device 1 that has received the search request uses the wireless interface device 104 in the search service processing of the search service application 111 to wirelessly comply with the Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard in the wireless communicable area of the wireless interface device 104. The device having the interface is searched (502), and the Bluetooth device name of the device found by the search is acquired. As described above, in the search, the Bluetooth authentication process (pairing) between the in-vehicle device 1 and the mobile device 3 of the user B is not necessary. Therefore, the mobile device 3 of the user B may be any device as long as the device has a wireless interface in accordance with the Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard.

  Here, since the mobile device 3 of the user B is in the vehicle, the mobile device 3 of the user B is discovered by the in-vehicle device 1 and the Bluetooth device name “B'S MOBILE” of the mobile device 3 of the user B is acquired.

Next, the in-vehicle device 1 responds to the search source mobile device 2 of the user A by using the acquired Bluetooth device name of the mobile device 3 of the user B as a search result (503).
Then, the search source mobile device 2 that has received the search result displays the Bluetooth device name “B ′S MOBILE” of the mobile device 3 of the user B received as the search result on the display 202 as shown in FIG.

As a result, the users A and B can recognize that the mobile device 3 of the user B is misplaced in the user A's car.
The first embodiment of the present invention has been described above.
Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the second embodiment, the search service application 111 is not provided in the in-vehicle device 1 in the first embodiment, but the search service application 111 is provided in the mobile device 3 as a mobile application.

  In the second embodiment, the operation for searching for the mobile device 3 that is left behind in the car is the operation of the in-vehicle device 1 and the mobile device 3 in the first embodiment interchanged. However, in the search request processing performed by the search client application 212 of the search source mobile device 2, the communication address such as a telephone number necessary for establishing a data communication path with the search service application 111 of the mobile device 3 is an instruction for executing search. At the same time, it accepts input from the user and uses it.

  Hereinafter, in the second embodiment, the search request processing performed by the search client application 212 of the search source mobile device 2 and the search service processing performed by the search service application 111 of the mobile device 3 are left behind in the car. An example of an operation for searching for the mobile device 3 will be described.

  Now, as shown in FIG. 6a, as in FIG. 5a, the user A and the user B are away from the vehicle on which the in-vehicle device 1 is mounted, and the user A carries the search source mobile device 2 In addition, it is assumed that the mobile device 3 of the user B is left in an automobile in which the in-vehicle device 1 is mounted.

  In this case, the user A activates the search request process of the search client application 212 of the search source mobile device 2, inputs the communication address such as the phone number of the mobile device 3, and instructs the peripheral device 108 to execute the search. Then, a search request (601) for the peripheral device 108 is issued from the search source mobile device 2 to the mobile device 3 via the mobile communication network 4.

  The mobile device 3 that has received the search request uses the wireless interface unit 204 in the search service processing of the search service application 111 to wirelessly comply with the Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard in the wireless communicable area of the wireless interface unit 204. The device having the interface is searched (602), and the Bluetooth device name of the device found by the search is acquired.

  Here, since the mobile device 3 of the user B is in the car of the vehicle on which the in-vehicle device 1 is mounted, the in-vehicle device 1 is found by the mobile device 3 of the user B, and the Bluetooth device name of the in-vehicle device 1 is acquired.

Next, the mobile device 3 of the user B responds to the search source mobile device 2 of the user A using the acquired Bluetooth device name of the in-vehicle device 1 as a search result (603).
Then, the search source mobile device 2 that has received the search result displays the Bluetooth device name of the in-vehicle device 1 received as the search result on the display 202.
As a result, from the displayed Bluetooth device name of the in-vehicle device 1, the users A and B can recognize that the mobile device 3 of the user B is misplaced in the user A's car.

The second embodiment of the present invention has been described above.
Hereinafter, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the third embodiment, wireless communication according to Wi-Fi (IEEE802.11 standard) is used instead of the wireless interface unit 204 that performs wireless communication processing according to Bluetooth in the mobile device 3 in the second embodiment described above. A wireless interface unit 204 that performs processing is provided.

  In step 404 of the search service process of the mobile device 3, the wireless interface unit 204 is used to search for a wireless LAN accessible by the wireless interface unit 204, and the wireless LAN network name (SSID, SSID, ESSID).

  Now, as shown in FIG. 6b, as in FIG. 5a, the user A and the user B are both together, the user A carries the search source mobile device 2, and the mobile device 3 of the user B is a wireless LAN. The access point 5 is left in the restaurant X where the access point 5 is installed.

  In this case, the user A activates the search request process of the search client application 212 of the search source mobile device 2, inputs the communication address such as the phone number of the mobile device 3, and instructs the peripheral device 108 to execute the search. Then, a search request (701) for the peripheral device 108 is issued from the search source mobile device 2 to the mobile device 3 via the mobile communication network 4.

  The mobile device 3 that has received the search request searches for a wireless LAN that can be connected by the wireless interface unit 204 using the wireless interface unit 204 in the search service processing of the search service application 111 (702), and the wireless device found by the search Get the LAN network name (SSID, ESSID).

  Here, since the mobile device 3 of the user B is in the restaurant X, the wireless LAN of the restaurant X is found by the mobile device 3 of the user B, and the network name (SSID, ESSID) of the wireless LAN of the restaurant X Is acquired.

  Next, the mobile device 3 of the user B responds to the searcher mobile device 2 of the user A by using the acquired wireless LAN network name (SSID, ESSID) of the restaurant X as a search result (703).

Then, the search source mobile device 2 that has received the search result displays the network name (SSID, ESSID) of the wireless LAN of the restaurant X received as the search result on the display 202.
As a result, when the displayed network name (SSID, ESSID) represents the restaurant X, or when the wireless LAN network name (SSID, ESSID) of the restaurant X is known, the user A, B can recognize that the mobile device 3 of the user B is misplaced in the restaurant X.

Heretofore, the third embodiment of the present invention has been described.
The embodiment of the present invention has been described above.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... In-vehicle device, 2 ... Search origin mobile device, 3 ... Mobile device, 4 ... Mobile communication network, 5 ... Access point, 101 ... Input device, 102 ... Display device, 103 ... Voice input / output device, 104 ... Wireless interface Device ... 105 Operating system 106 ... Storage device 107 ... Mobile communication device 108 ... Peripheral device 111 ... Search service application 112 ... Navigation application 201 ... Operation unit 202 ... Display 203 ... Audio input / output unit 204 ... Wireless interface unit 205 ... Mobile operating system 206 ... Storage unit 207 ... Mobile communication unit 208 ... Peripheral device 211 ... Mobile phone application 212 ... Search client application

Claims (7)

An information processing apparatus comprising a mobile communication device that performs mobile communication and a wireless interface that performs local wireless communication according to a predetermined wireless communication standard,
Search means for searching for a device that wirelessly communicates with the predetermined wireless communication standard, located in an area where the wireless interface is capable of wireless communication, and performing search processing for acquiring a name of the searched device;
When the search request transmitted by the mobile communication device is received via the mobile communication device, the search means is caused to perform the search processing, and the name acquired by the search processing is assigned to the mobile communication device. An information processing apparatus comprising: search result response means for transmitting to the transmission source of the search request by mobile communication through a mobile communication device. A portable information processing device including a mobile communication device that performs mobile communication and a wireless interface that accesses a wireless LAN,
Search means for searching for a wireless LAN accessible by the wireless interface and performing a search process for acquiring a name of the searched wireless LAN;
When the search request transmitted by the mobile communication device is received via the mobile communication device, the search means is caused to perform the search processing, and the name acquired by the search processing is assigned to the mobile communication device. An information processing apparatus comprising: search result response means for transmitting to the transmission source of the search request by mobile communication through a mobile communication device. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,
The information processing apparatus is an in-vehicle apparatus mounted on an automobile. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,
The information processing apparatus is a portable apparatus. An information processing device according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, and a mobile device carried by a user,
The mobile device is
A mobile communication unit for performing mobile communication;
Search request means for transmitting a search request to the information processing apparatus by the mobile communication via the mobile communication unit;
A search system comprising search result display means for displaying a name received from the information processing apparatus. A computer program that is read and executed by a computer including a mobile communication device that performs mobile communication and a wireless interface that performs local wireless communication according to a predetermined wireless communication standard,
When the search request transmitted by the mobile communication is received via the mobile communication device, the wireless interface is located in an area where wireless communication is possible and performs wireless communication according to the predetermined wireless communication standard And a search step for acquiring the name of the searched device,
A computer program for executing a search result response step of transmitting the name acquired in the search step to the transmission source of the search request by the mobile communication via the mobile communication device. A computer program that is read and executed by a portable computer that includes a mobile communication device that performs mobile communication and a wireless interface that accesses a wireless LAN,
An information processing apparatus comprising a mobile communication device that performs mobile communication and a wireless interface that accesses a wireless LAN,
When receiving a search request transmitted by the mobile communication via the mobile communication device, searching for a wireless LAN accessible by the wireless interface, and obtaining a name of the searched wireless LAN;
A computer program for executing a search result response step of transmitting the name acquired in the search step to the transmission source of the search request by the mobile communication via the mobile communication device.