JP2019164502A - Information processing device, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an information processing device capable of more surely completing write processing.SOLUTION: An information processing device of an embodiment comprises a processing unit and a transmission control unit. The processing unit performs processing on the basis of information acquired from a reader/writer which performs contactless communication with a medium. When the medium is a terminal device having contactless communication mode, the transmission control unit determines whether or not a predetermined time has passed from the timing at which the latest response is made to the reader/writer from the medium. When the predetermined time has passed from the timing, the transmission control unit causes the reader/writer to transmit a response request to the medium.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program.

  In recent years, in contact with reader / writers in railways, buses, and other transportation systems, information on entrance stations (stops in the case of buses), information on participating stations, and information on the sections available to users A traffic IC (Integrated Circuit) card capable of writing (periodic charge or charge amount) or a terminal device equipped with a similar function is used. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a process of writing a charge amount to an IC card or a terminal device is performed, a technique for completing the writing process even if communication with a reader / writer is interrupted is known.

  Some terminal devices require authentication by a user when a writing process is performed. The terminal device can perform the writing process only in the authentication state authenticated by the user. Further, the authentication state is timed out when processing is not performed within a predetermined time after the authentication state is started. When the writing process performed on such a terminal device requires time, the terminal device may not be able to complete the writing process.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-212601

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that can complete the writing process more reliably.

  The information processing apparatus according to the embodiment includes a processing unit and a transmission control unit. The processing unit performs processing based on information acquired from a reader / writer that communicates with the medium in a non-contact manner. When the medium is a terminal device having a non-contact communication mode, the transmission control unit determines whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed from the timing at which the most recent response is performed from the medium to the reader / writer, When the predetermined time has elapsed from the timing, a response request for the medium is transmitted to the reader / writer.

It is a figure showing typically an example of a station service system concerning an embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen of the authentication application performed in a terminal device. It is a figure showing an example of the composition of the station service system concerning an embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process which concerns on the determination of the determination part of information processing apparatus.

  Hereinafter, an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. The information processing apparatus according to the embodiment is an information processing apparatus that can complete the writing process more reliably.

(First embodiment)
Drawing 1 is a figure showing typically an example of station service system 1 concerning an embodiment. The station service system 1 includes an information processing device 100, a reader / writer 200, an input device 300, and a display device 400. A reader / writer 200, an input device 300, and a display device 400 are connected to the information processing device 100, and the reader / writer 200, the input device 300, and the display device 400 operate based on the control of the information processing device 100. .

[About station service system 1]
The information processing apparatus 100 is an apparatus used for ticket gate operations performed in manned ticket gates. Ticketing services performed at manned ticket gates are, for example, work performed by station staff, processing for overpass settlement of users using the station, processing for invalidating (effectively using) tickets, and processing for deleting entrance stations, etc. Is a business to do.

  The reader / writer 200 reads and writes data on a medium used by the user based on the control of the information processing apparatus 100. The medium is, for example, an IC (Integrated Circuit) card or a terminal device having a card emulation function (hereinafter referred to as a terminal device TM). The terminal device TM is a device including an input device, a display device, a communication device, a storage device, and an arithmetic device, such as a mobile phone such as a smartphone, a tablet terminal, and various personal computers. In the following description, a case where the medium used by the user is the terminal device TM will be described. Details of the terminal device TM will be described later. Further, in the following description, a user who uses a station and uses the terminal device TM is simply referred to as “user”.

  The input device 300 is, for example, a keyboard, mouse, or touch pad device, and transmits information indicating an input operation to the information processing device 100. The input device 300 receives an operation indicating that the station staff starts the passover settlement process or starts the process of invalidating the ticket, and transmits information indicating the operation to the information processing apparatus 100. To do.

  The display device 400 is a display device including, for example, a liquid crystal display panel or an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) display panel. The display device 400 displays the image data acquired from the information processing device 100. The display device 400 displays an image received from the information processing device 100, such as an image indicating the payment amount associated with the overpass settlement, an image indicating that the processing for invalidating the ticket is completed, and the like.

  The storage device included in the terminal device TM stores information used for managing one or more electronic money services, for example. The information used for managing the electronic money service is, for example, information in which the electronic money service service ID, charge amount, usage history (for example, XX store use) is associated with each electronic money service. is there. In the present embodiment, the terminal device TM includes only information used for managing the traffic electronic money service, and the user will describe a case where the terminal electronic device uses the traffic electronic money.

[Terminal device TM]
The terminal device TM has a function capable of contactless communication with the reader / writer 200. The terminal device TM includes, for example, a passive type IC chip that transmits and receives information to and from the reader / writer 200 using RFID (Radio Frequency IDentifier) technology, and performs non-contact communication with the reader / writer 200. The terminal device TM writes information in the storage unit (the storage unit M shown in the figure) according to the content of the command transmitted from the information processing device 100 via the reader / writer 200, or the information written in the storage unit M. Read out. Further, the terminal device TM reads information stored in the storage unit M, and transmits the read information to the information processing device 100 via the reader / writer 200.

  In the storage unit M of the terminal device TM, for example, an application program executed by the terminal device TM, a medium ID, a charge amount (payment amount) of electronic money, and the like are encoded and stored.

  Note that the terminal device TM includes at least a storage unit M in which the medium ID is written, and the charge amount may not be written in the storage unit M. In this case, the charge amount is managed on the electronic money server device side that manages the electronic money.

[About authentication of terminal device TM]
Here, some terminal devices TM require authentication by a user when a charge amount associated with payment or the like is written. For example, when a charge amount is written, the user activates an authentication application of the terminal device TM and performs authentication. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the screen IM of the authentication application executed in the terminal device TM. For example, on the screen IM of the terminal device TM, information indicating the type of electronic money to be used (in the drawing, a mark indicating the type of electronic money or an illustration of an IC card of electronic money) can be used. The balance of electronic money is shown.

  In the authentication application, for example, authentication is performed by inputting a password by the user or biometric authentication (for example, fingerprint authentication or face authentication) of the user. As shown in FIG. 2, when authentication is completed, a message such as “Please hold it over the reader” is displayed. While this message is displayed on the screen IM, the terminal device TM is in the “authenticated state” and can write the charge amount associated with the settlement or the like. In other words, when this message is not displayed on the screen IM, the terminal device TM is not in the “authenticated state” and cannot write the charge amount associated with the settlement or the like. The authentication state is an example of “non-contact communication mode”.

  The authentication application times out the “authentication state” when communication with the reader / writer 200 is not performed for the timeout time in the “authentication state”, that is, when the communication idle time is the timeout time or more. As a result, it is possible to prevent the “authentication state” of the terminal device TM from being continued unintentionally (for example, by an erroneous operation). The timeout time is, for example, about several tens of seconds.

[Required time for writing charge amount]
Here, there is a case where the user visits a manned ticket gate in a scene where it is necessary to carry over and settle, and the station staff carries over and settles. In this case, the station staff carries out the transfer settlement process according to the following procedures (1) to (3).

Procedure (1): The information of the terminal device TM of the user is read by the reader / writer 200, and the station where the user entered and the presence or absence of the regular section are specified.
Procedure (2): Based on the specified information, calculate (acquire) the user's current transfer fee to the station.
Procedure (3): The charge amount of the user terminal device TM is written by the reader / writer 200, and the settlement fee is settled.

  The authentication application of the terminal device TM is required to continue the “authentication state” from the procedure (1) to the procedure (3). However, if the time during which communication is not performed during the procedure (1) to the procedure (3) continues for the timeout period or longer, the authentication application times out the “authentication state”, so the procedure (3) should be performed. I can't. In this case, when the procedure (3) is performed, the user needs to perform authentication again by the authentication application. Hereinafter, a mechanism for suppressing the occurrence of this effort by the processing of the information processing apparatus 100 will be described.

[Configuration of station service system 1]
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the station service system 1 according to the embodiment. As described above, the information processing apparatus 100 communicates with each of the reader / writer 200, the input apparatus 300, and the display apparatus 400. The information processing apparatus 100 includes a reception unit 102, a communication control unit 104, a determination unit 106, and a processing unit 108 as functional units. These functional units are realized, for example, when a hardware processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) executes a program (software). In addition, some or all of these components include hardware (circuits) such as LSI (Large Scale Integration), ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array), and GPU (Graphics Processing Unit). Part (including circuit)), or may be realized by cooperation of software and hardware. The program may be stored in advance in a storage device such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or a flash memory, or is stored in a removable storage medium such as a DVD or CD-ROM, and the storage medium is stored in the drive device. It may be installed by being attached. The reception unit 102, the communication control unit 104, the determination unit 106, and the processing unit 108 are connected by an internal bus.

  The accepting unit 102 accepts information indicating an operation input by the input device 300. For example, in this example, the reception unit 102 receives information (hereinafter, referred to as start information) indicating that the overpass settlement process is started from the input device 300.

  The communication control unit 104 controls the reader / writer 200 based on the processing of each functional unit included in the information processing apparatus 100 to perform non-contact communication with the terminal device TM. The communication control unit 104 is an example of a “transmission control unit”.

  Based on the control of the communication control unit 104, the determination unit 106 determines the elapsed time after the most recent processing command is transmitted from the reader / writer 200 to the terminal device TM, after the procedure (1) is performed. Count until 3) is completed. The processing command is a command related to the processing of procedure (1) to procedure (3). Specifically, the determination unit 106 starts counting the timer after the procedure (1) is performed, and resets the timer count every time the latest processing command is transmitted to the terminal device TM. The determination unit 106 determines whether the timer count is less than a predetermined time. The predetermined time is a value indicating a time shorter than a timeout time during which the “authentication state” is timed out. As described above, when the timeout time is, for example, about several tens [seconds], the predetermined time is, for example, about several tens [seconds].

  When the determination unit 106 determines that the timer count is equal to or longer than the predetermined time, the communication control unit 104 controls the reader / writer 200 and transmits a response request command to the terminal device TM. The determination unit 106 resets the timer count each time a response request command is transmitted under the control of the communication control unit 104. The authentication application has a function of receiving a response request command transmitted by the reader / writer 200 and transmitting the response command to the reader / writer 200. By such processing, it is possible to suppress the communication idle time from exceeding the timeout time between the terminal device TM and the reader / writer 200, and to prevent the “authentication state” from being timed out.

  The processing unit 108 performs various types of processing (for example, a transfer settlement process) based on an operation input to the input device 300 and information received by the reader / writer 200.

[Processing flow]
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing related to the determination performed by the determination unit 106 of the information processing apparatus 100. The process of this flowchart is executed when, for example, the user carries out a settlement at a manned ticket gate. More specifically, the process of this flowchart is executed when the reception unit 102 receives start information.

  The determination unit 106 waits until the information transmitted by the terminal device TM is received in response to the processing command for acquiring the information of the terminal device TM (step S102). Next, when the determination unit 106 receives information transmitted by the terminal device TM in response to a processing command for acquiring information of the terminal device TM, the determination unit 106 starts a timer count (step S104).

  Next, the determination unit 106 determines whether or not the next processing command has been transmitted (step S106). When the next processing command has not been transmitted, the determination unit 106 determines whether or not the timer count is equal to or longer than a predetermined time (step S108). If the timer count is not equal to or greater than the predetermined time, the determination unit 106 proceeds with the process to step S106. Next, the determination unit 106 determines to transmit a response request command when the timer count is equal to or longer than the predetermined time (step S110). If it is determined in step S110 that a response request command is to be transmitted, the communication control unit 104 controls the reader / writer 200 and transmits the response request command to the terminal device TM. Next, the determination unit 106 resets the timer count (step S112) and advances the process to step S106. The timer count is automatically restarted after being reset.

  Next, when the next processing command is transmitted in step S106, the determination unit 106 resets the timer count (step S114), and determines whether or not the processing up to the procedure (3) is completed (step S114). S116). If the process up to step (3) has not been completed, the determination unit 106 advances the process to step S106. Next, when the processing up to the procedure (3) is completed, the determination unit 106 ends the timer count (step S118) and ends the processing.

[When the medium is an IC card]
In the above description, the case where the medium is the terminal device TM has been described as an example. However, when the medium is an IC card, the IC card may execute an application or authenticate the user of the IC card. Because it is not possible, a situation where the “authentication status” times out does not occur. Therefore, when the medium is an IC card, the processing of the flowchart shown in FIG. 4 may not be performed. The information processing apparatus 100 further includes, for example, a medium determination unit that determines whether the medium is a terminal device TM or an IC card. Each function unit included in the information processing apparatus 100 has a determination result of the medium determination unit as follows: When the medium is the terminal device TM, the process of the flowchart shown in FIG. 4 is executed. When the medium is the IC card, the process of the flowchart is not executed. The IC card is an example of “an electronic storage medium that is not a terminal device”. Details of the determination method of the medium determination unit will be described below.

(A) Determination based on presence / absence of “authentication state” The medium determination unit determines that the communication result is “non-contact communication mode” (for example, “authentication state”) based on the communication result between the reader / writer 200 and the medium, for example. If it indicates that the medium is the terminal device TM, the medium is determined to be an IC card if the communication result indicates that it is not in the “non-contact communication mode”. Here, when the medium is an IC card, the medium cannot respond to a response request command or the like transmitted by the reader / writer 200. For this reason, the medium determination unit can determine whether the medium is the terminal device TM or the IC card based on the communication result (for example, the behavior when the processing command is transmitted in the procedure (1)). .

  Note that, in the terminal device TM, when the authentication application is not activated, the “authentication state” is not entered, and therefore the “authentication state” is not timed out. Therefore, even if the medium is the terminal device TM, when the terminal device TM communicates with the reader / writer 200 in a state where the terminal device TM is not in the “authentication state”, the terminal device TM may be subjected to the same processing as the IC card. .

(B) Determination Based on Input of Input Device 300 The medium determination unit determines, for example, whether the medium is the terminal device TM or an IC card based on the operation of the station staff input to the input device 300. Also good. In this case, the station staff inputs to the input device 300 an operation indicating whether the object for which the passover settlement process is performed is the terminal device TM or the IC card. Based on the information received by the receiving unit 102, the medium determination unit determines that the medium is the terminal device TM when the information indicates that the target of the settlement process is the terminal device TM, and the information Indicates that the target of the transfer settlement process is an IC card, it is determined that the medium is an IC card.

[Summary of Embodiment]
As described above, the information processing apparatus 100 included in the station service system 1 of the present embodiment includes the processing unit 108 that performs processing based on information acquired from the reader / writer 200 that communicates with the medium in a non-contact manner, and the medium In the case of the terminal device TM having the non-contact communication mode (in this example, “authentication state”), whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed from the timing when the terminal device TM sent the most recent response to the reader / writer 200 And a transmission control unit (in this example, the communication control unit 104) that transmits a response request to the terminal device TM to the reader / writer 200 when a predetermined time has elapsed from the timing. The writing process can be completed.

[Examples other than station service system 1]
In the above description, the process performed in the station service system 1 (for example, the overpass settlement process) has been described when the information processing apparatus 100 performs a process that does not time out the “authentication state” of the terminal apparatus TM. I can't. The information processing apparatus 100 is, for example, any process as long as a situation occurs in which a time-out period or more elapses from when the terminal apparatus TM is set to the “authenticated state” to when the charge amount is written. The processing may be performed.

  Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. These embodiments and their modifications are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are also included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Station service system, 100 ... Information processing apparatus, 102 ... Reception part, 104 ... Communication control part, 106 ... Determination part, 108 ... Processing part, 200 ... Reader / writer, 300 ... Input device, 400 ... Display apparatus, EL ... Organic, ID ... medium, IM ... screen, M ... storage unit, TM ... terminal device

Claims (8)

A processing unit that performs processing based on information acquired from a reader / writer that communicates with a medium in a contactless manner;
When the medium is a terminal device having a non-contact communication mode, it is determined whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed from a timing at which a response from the medium to the reader / writer has been performed most recently. When time has elapsed, a transmission control unit that causes the reader / writer to transmit a response request for the medium;
An information processing apparatus comprising: The non-contact communication mode is started by starting an application of the terminal device, and is ended according to a communication idle time.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. A medium determination unit that determines whether the medium is a terminal device having the non-contact communication mode based on a communication result of communication performed between the medium and the reader / writer;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2. A medium determination unit that determines whether the medium is an electronic storage medium that is not a terminal device having the non-contact communication mode based on a communication result of communication performed between the medium and the reader / writer; Prepared,
The transmission control unit does not cause the reader / writer to transmit the response request when the determination result of the medium determination unit indicates that the medium is the electronic storage medium.
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3. A reception unit that receives a user input indicating the type of the medium;
A medium determination unit that determines whether the medium is a terminal device having the non-contact communication mode based on information indicating the type of the medium received by the reception unit;
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The information processing device is a device that performs station service processing,
The processing unit executes processing related to fare settlement.
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5. Computer
Processing based on information acquired from a reader / writer that communicates with the medium in a non-contact manner,
When the medium is a terminal device having a non-contact communication mode, it is determined whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed from the timing at which the most recent response is performed from the medium to the reader / writer,
When the predetermined time has elapsed from the timing, a response request for the medium is transmitted to the reader / writer.
Information processing method. On the computer,
Based on information acquired from a reader / writer that communicates with the medium in a non-contact manner,
When the medium is a terminal device having a non-contact communication mode, it is determined whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed from the timing when the latest response is performed from the medium to the reader / writer,
When the predetermined time has elapsed from the timing, a response request for the medium is transmitted to the reader / writer.
program.

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