JP3477937B2 - Time setting method and terminal device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is suitable for a mobile terminal device or the like, particularly in the case of a form of downloading (installing) an application program from a parent device,
The method of setting the time of the built-in clock

When the mobile terminal device is used in a specific business, the application program for the specific business is usually downloaded, and then the time of the built-in clock is set and provided to the department using the mobile terminal device.

In many cases, this work is handled by the system department that develops or manages application programs for specific jobs, but the work of setting the time of the built-in clocks of a large number of portable terminal devices in the system department is individual. Since it is necessary to set a value according to the work time for the terminal, it becomes a very troublesome work. Therefore, it is necessary to automatically set the time of the built-in clocks of these terminal devices.

[0004]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of a conventional example, showing a case of a portable terminal (handy terminal). The mobile terminal 2 is a terminal device that is convenient for mainly inputting data while moving, such as inventory work, collection work, and ordering work in a store, and has a function of communicating with a host computer. The input data is transmitted to the host for processing at a later time, or is directly transmitted by radio or the like to be processed by the host.

When installing an application program for carrying out the above-mentioned work such as stocktaking work in the mobile terminal 2, the operator connects the base unit 1 and the mobile terminal 2 with a cable and operates the base unit 1 to operate the application program. Instruct to transfer files. Upon receiving this instruction, the file transfer means of the parent device 1 starts the file transfer process, and when the mobile terminal 2 outputs a request for receiving the application program file, the application program file having the designated file name is transferred in a predetermined manner. Send by unit.

On the other hand, on the portable terminal side, when the operator selects the process "install" with the touch key 5 or the like on the display screen to start the installation program, the installation program outputs a request for receiving the application program file and The data of the transfer unit from the parent device 1 is received and stored in the file device. Such processing is repeated for each data in the transfer unit, and the transfer of all files is completed. After confirming the completion of receiving the file, the operator activates the time setting program (specify "time setting" on the display screen) of the built-in clock 7 with the touch key 5, the key input unit 6, etc., and sets the time for setting. The time of the built-in clock 7 (time at the time of setting) is set based on the display.

As described above, the installation of the application program is completed and the application program can be started. The time of the built-in clock 7 is referred to when recording the data generation time and outputting the data to the printer 3.

[0008]

Conventionally, when setting the time of a built-in clock in a portable terminal device or the like, a time setting program is started from an initial screen displayed when the power is turned on and the time at that time is set manually. I had to type. This work is relatively problematic when each person uses the mobile terminal device for personal use, but if it is necessary to set the time on a large number of mobile terminal devices for business purposes, etc. This is a very troublesome task. There is also the problem of forgetting to set the time.

In view of the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a time setting method in the form of downloading a program from a parent device and a terminal device having the function thereof.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, as shown in the principle diagram of the present invention of FIG. 1, (1) the first aspect of the present invention is that the master unit 40 transfers time to the terminal unit 41.
A time setting method for downloading information and setting the time obtained by the download in a built-in clock 42 included in the terminal device 41 , wherein the master device 40 is an application to the terminal device 41.
When instructed to download the application program, the time information acquired from the built-in clock of the device itself is used for the application.
In addition to the application program, the time information is downloaded to the terminal device 41 together with the application program, the terminal device 41 searches the received download data for the time information, and based on the extracted time information, the device itself has a built-in function. The time of the clock 42 is set.

[0011] As a result of the above, so can be carried out automatically time setting when you download the application program from the parent device 40 to the terminal device 41, there is no need to perform manually input the time setting of a large amount of the terminal device 41. (2) A second aspect of the invention is the same as the first aspect, except that the master unit 4
0 is acquired from the internal clock of the own device only when the time information transmission is specified in the program transmission request from the terminal device 41.
The obtained time information is added to the application program, and the time information is downloaded together with the application program.

That is, since the time information is downloaded only when the terminal device 41 side requests the time information notification, the base device 40 side can deal with it according to the usage of the terminal device 41 .

(3) A third aspect of the present invention is a dow from the base unit 40.
Built-in clock 42 based on the time information notified by download
A terminal 41 for setting the time, the the applique Activation program from the base unit 40 Applications
A classification unit 43 for discriminating the time information from the download data including the additional time information to the program, fractionation hand
And a setting means 44 for setting the time of the built-in clock 42 based on the time information sorted by the step 43 .

With this terminal device 41 , the first to the first
The time setting method of the second invention can be realized.

[0015]

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the invention, FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart of a master unit, and FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart of a mobile terminal.

In the present embodiment, an example is shown in which, when there is a time information request from the portable terminal 20 during a reception request for an application program file, the time information is downloaded following the program file. Even when the time information request is not output, the time information can be downloaded by the designation of the parent device side, and the parent device side can easily deal with it depending on the type of the mobile terminal.

In the parent device 10 of FIG. 2, a file device 17 stores an application program file 33 to be downloaded. Reference numeral 16 denotes a file transfer processing unit which, when a file name is designated by the main control unit 13 and a file transfer is instructed, reads a designated application program file 33 from the file device 17 in a transfer unit, and through the communication control unit 19. Transfer to the mobile terminal 20.

A built-in clock 14 outputs time information. 15
Is a time acquisition processing section, which reads out time information of the internal clock 14 at that time point according to an instruction from the main control section 13 and sets it in the communication control section 19.

A communication control unit 19 communicates with the mobile terminal 20. Reference numeral 18 denotes an editing unit which, when a time information request is issued from the mobile terminal 20, as shown in the download data 35 of FIG. (Indicating the end of transfer) is added, and then the time information obtained from the time information acquisition processing unit 15 is added (for example, described in the first predetermined byte of the transfer unit) and downloaded to the communication control unit 19.

A main control unit 13 analyzes a transmission request from the portable terminal 20 received via the communication control unit 19, and if the transmission request is for the application program file 33, starts a transfer process to the file transfer processing unit 16. If there is a time information request in the transmission request, the time acquisition processing unit 15 is instructed to acquire the time at the end of the file data download, and the editing unit 18 of the communication control unit 19 is instructed to download the time information. .

Reference numeral 11 is a keyboard, and 12 is a display unit, which is used for inputting / outputting data for performing the above-described installation processing and the like. In the mobile terminal 20, 30 is a communication control unit,
It communicates with the communication control unit 19 of 10. Reference numeral 31 denotes a classification unit, which passes the data (time information) received subsequent to the above-mentioned identification information to the time setting unit 28. 29 is a file transfer processing unit, which is an application program file for each received transfer unit 33
Is stored in the file device 34 through the file controller 32. The application program file 33 is started by the main control unit 26 via the file control unit 32 when specified by the touch key 23 or the like, and performs a predetermined business process.

Reference numeral 27 is a built-in clock that counts a predetermined clock and engraves the date and time based on a calendar (not shown).
A time setting unit 28 sets and activates the time of the internal clock 27 based on the time information passed from the sorting unit 31 or the time information input from the key input unit 24 or the like. When the present time display is requested, the time information of the built-in clock 27 is displayed on the display unit 22 via the input / output control unit 25.

In addition, 21 is a printer, 22 is a display section, 23 is a touch key, 24 is a key input section, and an input / output control section 25,
Controlled by the main control unit 26, a process selection instruction such as “install” and “time setting” is input, and the process result is displayed.

The master unit 10 and the mobile terminal 20 having the above-described configurations are R
Connect with the S-232C cable and perform the installation operation. The operations of the parent device 10 and the mobile terminal 20 accompanying this will be described below with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

[Operation of Master Unit] (1) In the display screen of the process menu, the operator selects the process “install” with the keyboard 11, and then inputs the “file name” on the screen displayed. (2) As a result, the main control unit 13 causes the file transfer processing unit 16 to
Is instructed to send the application program file 33 having the specified file name. (3) On the other hand, the same process "install" on the mobile terminal side
Is selected, and a transmission request for the application program file 33 is output to the master device 10. At this time, the time information request sentence is inserted in the transmission request. During this time, the base unit side waits for transmission. (4) The communication control unit 19 that receives this transmission request is the main control unit 13
The main control unit 13 analyzes the transmission request. (5) If it is a transmission request for the application program file 33 and there is no time information transmission request, the main control unit 13
The file transfer processing unit 16 is instructed to start the transfer, and the file transfer processing unit 16 transmits the application program file 33. Then, the installation process ends at the end of this transmission. (6) If it is a transmission request for the application program file 33 and a time information transmission request, the main control unit 13 first instructs the file transfer processing unit 16 to start transfer, and the file transfer control unit 16 determines the transfer unit. Data is repeatedly transmitted until the end of transmission. (7) When the program file transmission is completed, main controller 13
Instructs the time acquisition processing unit 15 to transmit time information, and (8) the time acquisition processing unit 15 reads the time from the built-in clock 14 and sets it in the communication control unit 19. (9)) During this period, hexadecimal data for a predetermined number of bytes is added as identification information, and the editing unit 18 adds the time information set after the identification information (represented by a predetermined number of bytes in the data of the transfer unit). Download. (10) When the download is completed, the process returns to (3) and waits for the next transmission request from the mobile terminal 20. At this time, if the stop key is pressed, the process ends.

As described above, the download data 35 as shown in FIG. 2 is sequentially downloaded to the portable terminal 20. [Operation of Mobile Terminal] (1) After the installation operation of the parent device 10 described above, the operator selects the “install” process from the process selection screen displayed on the display unit 22 of the mobile terminal 20. (2) As a result, the main control unit 26 activates the file transfer processing unit 29, and the file transfer control unit 29 outputs a transmission request including a time information transmission request. (3) As a result, as described above, the transfer unit file data is downloaded from the parent device 10, and this is received and loaded into the file device 34. (4) Since the identification information is received when the download of the file data is completed, the time information received following this identification information is passed to the time setting unit 31. (5) As a result, the time setting unit 28 sets the received time information in the built-in clock 27 and activates it.

As a result, the time information of the built-in clock 14 of the master device 10 is automatically transplanted to the built-in clock 27 of the portable terminal 20 after the application program file 33 is downloaded.

In the above, an example in which the program file is simultaneously downloaded is shown. However, the master device 10 selects the "time setting" process, and the portable terminal 20 selects, for example, "external time setting" and only the time information is displayed. It is also possible to notify and set. Further, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which the time information is transmitted after downloading the application program file 33 has been shown, but if the data format is configured to be discriminable on the mobile terminal side, it may be before transmission of the program file 33, and it is optional. Of course, it may be inserted at the position of.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the time of the built-in clock can be set only by the operation of downloading the application program to the portable terminal device, it becomes easy to initialize the time of a large number of portable terminal devices. This has the effect of improving work efficiency. In addition, it is possible to prevent operation by forgetting the time setting.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart of the base unit

FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart of the mobile terminal.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 parent device 2 mobile terminal 3 printer unit 4 display unit 5 touch key 6 key input unit 7 built-in clock 10 parent unit 11 keyboard 12 display unit 13 main control unit 14 built-in clock 15 time acquisition processing unit 16 file transfer processing unit 17 file device 18 Editing unit 19 Communication control unit 20 Mobile terminal 21 Printer 22 Display unit 23 Touch key 24 Key input unit 25 Input / output control unit 26 Main control unit 27 Built-in clock 28 Time setting unit 29 File transfer processing unit 30 Communication control unit 31 Sorting unit 32 File control unit 33 Application program file 34 File device 35 Download data 40 Base unit 41 Terminal device 42 Built-in clock 43 Sorting means 44 Setting means

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A download time information from the master unit to the terminal device, a time setting method for setting a time obtained by the download <br/> de the built-in clock, comprising the terminal device, the parent machine Is an application program for the terminal device
If the download of is instructed, the time information acquired from the internal clock of the own device to the application program
In addition, at the same time as the application program
The time information is downloaded to the terminal device, the terminal device retrieves the time information from the received download data, and sets the time of the internal clock of the device itself based on the obtained time information. How to set the time. 2. A parent machine, when the time information transmission specified in the program transmission request from the terminal device is present, and a pre SL acquired time information added to the application program, the time information together with the application program The time setting method according to claim 1, wherein the time setting method is downloaded. 3. A terminal device for setting the time of the internal clock based on the notified time information for download from the base unit, the application program from the base unit application
Terminal device, comprising: a sorting means for sorting the time information from the download data including the time information added to the application program, and a setting means for setting the time of the built-in clock based on the sorted time information. .