JP2017076292A5

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Publication number: JP2017076292A5
Application number: JP2015204086A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2015-10-15
Publication date: 2018-11-22
Anticipated expiration: 2035-10-15

Description

本発明に係る通信装置の一態様は、他の通信装置とデータの送受信および制御信号の送受信が可能な第一の通信手段と、前記第一の通信手段とは異なる通信手段であって、他の通信装置から特定の制御信号を受信可能な第二の通信手段と、第一の動作モードで動作する機能の少なくとも一部を制限することによって当該第一の動作モードよりも低消費電力で動作する第二の動作モードにおいて、前記第一の通信手段を動作させ、前記第二の動作モードで動作する機能の少なくとも一部を制限することによって当該第二の動作モードよりも低消費電力で動作する第三の動作モードにおいて、前記第一の通信手段の動作を制限し、第二の通信手段を動作させる通信制御手段と、前記第二の動作モードにおいて、予め定められた条件を満たした場合、動作モードを前記第二の動作モードから前記第三の動作モードへ切替える切替手段と、を備える。 One aspect of the communication apparatus according to the present invention includes a first communication unit capable of transmitting and receiving transceiver and control signals of other communication devices and data from said first communication means a different communication means, the other The second communication means that can receive a specific control signal from the communication device and at least a part of the function that operates in the first operation mode, thereby operating with lower power consumption than the first operation mode In the second operation mode, the first communication means is operated, and at least a part of the functions that operate in the second operation mode is restricted, thereby operating with lower power consumption than in the second operation mode. in a third operation mode in which, to limit the operation of the first communication means, and communication control means for operating the second communication means, in said second operation mode, if satisfying predetermined conditions Comprising switching means for switching the operation mode from the second operation mode to the third mode of operation, the.

Claims

A first communication means capable of transmitting / receiving data and transmitting / receiving a control signal to / from another communication device;
Wherein the first communication means a different communication means, a second communication means capable of receiving a specific control signal from another communication device,
In the second operation mode that operates with lower power consumption than the first operation mode by limiting at least a part of the functions that operate in the first operation mode, the first communication means is operated, By restricting at least some of the functions that operate in the second operation mode, the operation of the first communication means is restricted in the third operation mode that operates with lower power consumption than the second operation mode. Communication control means for operating the second communication means;
In the second operation mode, a communication device comprising switching means for switching the operation mode from the second operation mode to the third operation mode when a predetermined condition is satisfied .

A subsystem that includes the first communication unit, the second communication unit, and the communication control unit, and executes a communication process for controlling communication with the other communication device, and a process different from the communication process A main system to be executed, and
The first operation mode is an operation mode for operating the main system and the subsystem,
2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second operation mode and the third operation mode are operation modes in which the operation of the main system is restricted and the subsystem is operated.

The first communication means includes
Communication system using a wired LAN, a communication system for connecting a radio base station as a wireless terminal using a wireless LAN, and at least one communication of communication systems to be connected to the radio terminal as a radio base station using a wireless LAN The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein data transmission / reception and control signal transmission / reception are performed in a system.

The second communication means is
The specific control signal is received by a communication system including at least one of an optical wireless communication system using light including infrared rays and a short-range wireless communication system. Communication equipment.

In the second operation mode, as the first communication scheme Ru using the communication means, selecting means for alternatively selecting a plurality of different communication schemes,
Storage means for storing information relating to switching of the operation mode;
In the second operation mode, first determination means for determining whether or not communication by the communication method selected by the selection means is possible;
A second determining unit that determines whether to continue the second operation mode based on the information stored by the storage unit when the first determining unit determines that the communication is impossible; The communication device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising: a determination unit.

The storage means stores history information indicating a history of switching of the operation mode,
The second determining means is
When it is determined by the first determination means that the communication is impossible,
When the history information includes a history of switching from the third operation mode to the second operation mode, the communication method selected by the selection unit among the plurality of communication methods It is determined that the second operation mode is continued by a communication method different from
If the history information does not include a history of switching from the third operation mode to the second operation mode, it is determined to switch from the second operation mode to the third operation mode. The communication apparatus according to claim 5.

The storage means stores switching instruction information instructing switching to the third operation mode in accordance with a user operation,
The second determining means is
If it is determined by the first determination means that the communication is impossible, and if the switching instruction information is stored, it is determined to switch from the second operation mode to the third operation mode. The communication device according to claim 5, wherein:

The display control means for displaying information indicating that the operation mode has been switched from the second operation mode to the third operation mode by the switching means. The communication apparatus according to claim 1.

The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the condition is that the control signal is not received by the first communication unit for a predetermined period.

The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first communication unit and the second communication unit communicate using different communication methods.

A first communication means capable of transmitting / receiving data and control signals to / from another communication device, and a communication means different from the first communication means, and capable of receiving a specific control signal from the other communication device A second communication means, and a communication control method executed by a communication device comprising:
In the second operation mode that operates with lower power consumption than the first operation mode by limiting at least a part of the functions that operate in the first operation mode, the first communication means is operated, By restricting at least some of the functions that operate in the second operation mode, the operation of the first communication means is restricted in the third operation mode that operates with lower power consumption than the second operation mode. Operating the second communication means;
And switching the operation mode from the second operation mode to the third operation mode when a predetermined condition is satisfied in the second operation mode.

The program for functioning a computer as each means of the communication apparatus of any one of Claim 1 to 10 .