JP2017112618A5

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Publication number: JP2017112618A5
Application number: JP2016254087A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2016-12-27
Publication date: 2017-08-03
Anticipated expiration: 2034-06-25

Description

本発明の目的は、通信に利用する情報をＮＦＣタグに書き込む際に、ユーザの入力ミスが発生するのを防止できる技術を提供することにある。 An object of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of preventing a user input error from occurring when information used for communication is written in an NFC tag .

上記目的を達成するために本発明の一態様に係る情報処理装置は以下のような構成を備える。即ち、
印刷装置の識別情報の入力をユーザから受け付ける受付手段と、
前記識別情報に基づいて前記印刷装置との接続が可能であるかどうか判定する判定手段と、
前記判定手段によって前記印刷装置との接続が可能であると判定されたことに少なくとも従って、ＮＦＣタグに前記識別情報に基づくデータを少なくとも含むタグデータを近接無線通信を用いて書き込む書き込み手段と、を有することを特徴とする。 In order to achieve the above object, an information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention has the following arrangement. That is,
Accepting means for accepting input of identification information of the printing apparatus from a user;
Determination means for determining whether or not connection with the printing apparatus is possible based on the identification information;
Write means for writing tag data including at least data based on the identification information to the NFC tag by using proximity wireless communication, at least in accordance with the determination means determining that the connection with the printing apparatus is possible. It is characterized by having.

本発明によれば、通信に利用する情報をＮＦＣタグに書き込む際に、ユーザの入力ミスが発生するのを防止できるという効果がある。 According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent a user input error from occurring when information used for communication is written in an NFC tag .

Claims

Accepting means for accepting input of identification information of the printing apparatus from a user;
Determination means for determining whether or not connection with the printing apparatus is possible based on the identification information;
Write means for writing tag data including at least data based on the identification information to the NFC tag by using proximity wireless communication, at least in accordance with the determination means determining that the connection with the printing apparatus is possible.
An information processing apparatus comprising:

The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the identification information for receiving input by the receiving unit includes at least an IP address of a printing apparatus.

The information processing according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit performs a connection test with the printing apparatus based on the identification information, and determines whether the connection with the printing apparatus is possible. apparatus.

The determination unit determines that the connection to the printing apparatus is possible at least in accordance with the connection with the IP address using a communication method different from the proximity wireless communication and the presence of the apparatus has been confirmed. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2.

5. The information according to claim 1, further comprising a generation unit that generates the tag data to be written to the NFC tag based on the identification information received by the reception unit. 6. Processing equipment.

The accepting means further accepts a setting related to the activation of the application from the user,
The generation unit generates tag data including at least data based on the identification information and data indicating an application to be started when a setting for starting the application is made. The information processing apparatus described in 1.

The accepting means further accepts an input from a user for setting whether or not to include information relating to wireless connection in tag data to be written to the NFC tag,
The generation unit generates tag data including at least data based on the identification information and data corresponding to the access point for the wireless connection, at least in accordance with the setting including the information regarding the wireless connection by the reception unit. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein:

The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a reading unit that reads tag data from the NFC tag using proximity wireless communication.

The determination means determines that the connection with the printing apparatus is possible, and prompts the user to touch the information processing apparatus to the NFC tag at least in response to receiving a user instruction for writing. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying a notification.

The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the display unit displays a predetermined notification when the determination unit determines that connection with the printing apparatus is not possible.

The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the predetermined notification is an error notification.

The display means further displays a notification indicating that the writing has been completed in accordance with the successful writing of the tag data to the NFC tag by the writing means, and the writing means has written the tag data to the NFC tag. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein a notification indicating that writing has failed is displayed in accordance with failure of the information processing apparatus.

A method for controlling an information processing apparatus,
An accepting step of accepting input of identification information of the printing apparatus from a user;
A determination step of determining whether connection with the printing apparatus is possible based on the identification information;
A writing step of writing tag data including at least data based on the identification information to an NFC tag using near field wireless communication, at least in accordance with the determination step determining that the connection with the printing apparatus is possible;
A method for controlling an information processing apparatus, comprising:

The control method according to claim 13, wherein the identification information that receives an input in the receiving step includes at least an IP address of a printing apparatus.

15. The control according to claim 13, wherein the determination step performs a connection test with a printing apparatus based on the identification information to determine whether the connection with the printing apparatus is possible. Method.

The determination step determines that the connection to the printing apparatus is possible at least in accordance with the connection with the IP address using a communication method different from the proximity wireless communication and confirmation of the existence of the apparatus. The control method according to claim 14.

The control according to any one of claims 13 to 16, further comprising a generation step of generating the tag data to be written to the NFC tag based on the identification information received in the reception step. Method.

The accepting step further accepts a setting related to the activation of the application from the user,
18. The generation step generates tag data including at least data based on the identification information and data indicating an application to be started when a setting related to the activation of the application is made. The control method described in 1.

The accepting step further accepts an input of a setting as to whether or not to include information related to wireless connection in tag data written to the NFC tag from a user,
The generation step generates tag data including at least data based on the identification information and data corresponding to an access point for the wireless connection in accordance with the setting including the information regarding the wireless connection in the reception step. The control method according to claim 17.

The control method according to any one of claims 13 to 19, further comprising a reading step of reading tag data from the NFC tag using proximity wireless communication.

Notification that prompts the user to touch the information processing apparatus to the NFC tag at least in accordance with the determination that the connection with the printing apparatus is possible in the determination step and the user instruction to write is accepted The control method according to any one of claims 13 to 20, further comprising a display step of displaying.

The control method according to claim 21, wherein the display step displays a predetermined notification when it is determined in the determination step that the connection with the printing apparatus is not possible.

The control method according to claim 22, wherein the predetermined notification is an error notification.

A notification indicating that the writing has been completed is displayed in accordance with the successful writing of the tag data to the NFC tag in the writing step, and the writing is performed in accordance with the writing of the tag data to the NFC tag being failed in the writing step. The control method according to any one of claims 13 to 23, further comprising a second display step of displaying a notification indicating failure.

A method for controlling an information processing apparatus,
An accepting step of accepting input of identification information of the printing apparatus from a user;
A determination step of determining whether connection with the printing apparatus is possible based on the identification information;
Even if a user instruction to write the identification information to the NFC tag is accepted when it is determined that the connection with the printing apparatus is not possible in the determination step, a predetermined error is not written to the NFC tag. A display step for displaying the notification;
A control method characterized by comprising:

The program for making a computer perform each step of the control method of the information processing apparatus of any one of Claim 13 thru | or 25.

27. The program according to claim 26, wherein the program is an application program that can be installed in an information processing apparatus.