JP4660370B2 - Mobile terminal control method, mobile terminal, instruction information transmitting apparatus, and mobile terminal control system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a control method for controlling an operation mode of a mobile terminal, a mobile terminal whose operation mode is controlled by this method, and a control system operated by this method. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for controlling an operation mode of a wireless telephone device that operates in various operation modes such as a manner mode.

In recent years, with the widespread use of wireless telephones, problems such as malfunction of electronic devices such as pacemakers caused by radio waves transmitted from the wireless telephones, and use of wireless telephones in unfavorable places (movie theaters, theaters, etc.) have become problems. For this reason, it is desired to restrict the use of a radio telephone in a specific place, but at present, there is no choice but to rely on the manners of the user of the radio telephone.
Several techniques have been proposed as means for solving this problem (for example, Patent Documents 1 to 7 below).

JP 2002-78017 A JP 2000-13497 A JP-A-11-215562 JP-A-11-69412 JP-A-10-304443 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-215483 Japanese Patent No. 2891961

Conventionally, there have been the following problems regarding the regulation of the use of wireless telephones.
First, when relying on the user's voluntary operation to limit the use of wireless telephones, even users with good manners have forgotten to operate and there is a problem that the usage regulations cannot be effectively implemented. It was.
Secondly, in recent years, with the improvement of the performance of wireless telephones, the number of wireless telephones having various manner modes has increased. In addition, regulations are diversified. For example, in areas such as airports, it is required to turn off the power when boarding an airplane, but in the waiting room, sending and receiving e-mails are allowed and the manner mode is set. All that is required is not required until the power is turned off. However, the technology proposed in the past by the above-mentioned patent documents and the like only supports control of one type of operation mode such as power ON / OFF as a restriction means, and flexible operation according to various types of restriction areas. There was a problem that the mode could not be supported.

  Thirdly, in such a conventional technique, the types of operation modes that can be controlled are very limited (to one type), and therefore, detailed control of the operation modes originally intended by the facility manager who sets the restricted area is possible. There was a problem that I could not. In particular, as in the example of the airport described above, it was not possible to cope with the gradual regulation in a place where regulations with different degrees were set in a gradual manner.

  In view of the above problems, the present invention provides, for example, a control method capable of shifting a mobile terminal to a plurality of types of operation modes without bothering the user in an area where the operation mode of the mobile terminal is regulated, and the like. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile terminal that is controlled automatically.

  In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, a plurality of different types of radio signals are transmitted to the mobile terminal, and the operation mode of the mobile terminal is changed according to the order in which the plurality of radio signals are received. Then, the relationship between the order of receiving the radio signals and the operation mode to be changed is separately transmitted to the mobile terminal.

Therefore, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a mobile terminal control method for controlling an operation mode of a mobile terminal, wherein a plurality of different types of radio signals are transmitted to the mobile terminal, and a plurality of radio signals are transmitted. A control method is provided that includes transmitting to the mobile terminal instruction information indicating the relationship between the order in which signals are received and the operation mode in which the mobile terminal that has received these radio signals should transition.
The order in which the mobile terminal receives the radio signals may be determined by sequentially transmitting each of the radio signals from different locations along the movement path of the mobile terminal.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the operation mode is controlled by the above method, the receiving unit that receives the radio signal and the instruction information, and the order in which the plurality of radio signals are received according to the received instruction information. A mobile terminal comprising a mode changing unit that changes the operation mode in response is provided.

  Furthermore, according to the third aspect of the present invention, the operation is performed by the above method, and the relationship between the order of receiving a plurality of radio signals and the operation mode in which the mobile terminal that has received these radio signals should transition is indicated. An instruction information transmitting apparatus for transmitting instruction information to a mobile terminal is provided.

  Further, according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control system for a mobile terminal that controls an operation mode of the mobile terminal, and a plurality of radio signal transmissions for transmitting any one of a plurality of different radio signals to the mobile terminal. And an instruction information transmitting apparatus that transmits to the mobile terminal instruction information that indicates a relationship between an order in which a plurality of radio signals are received and an operation mode in which the mobile terminal that has received these radio signals should transition. A control system is provided.

According to the present invention, it is possible to change the operation mode of the mobile terminal without depending on the operation of the user. As a result, it is possible to prevent omission of mode change in the use restriction area of the mobile terminal.
In addition, since the types of operation modes instructed to the mobile terminal can be increased by increasing the types of radio signals, it is possible to shift to various operation modes that have been installed in the mobile terminal but cannot be used externally. In addition, the mobile terminal can be controlled from the outside.

  In addition, by allowing the mobile terminal to separately instruct the mobile terminal the relationship between the order in which radio signals are received and the operation mode to be transitioned, a detailed operation according to the intention of the facility manager who sets the restricted area It becomes possible to control the mode. For example, regulations such as airports can be set in stages.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an overall system having a radio telephone control system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The overall system includes a radio telephone 50 according to an embodiment of the present invention, a mobile core network system 20 that connects the radio telephone 50 to a communication network, and radio telephones 50 in areas A1 and A2 where use of the radio telephone 50 is restricted. And a radio telephone control system 10 that controls the operation mode and restricts the use. The mobile core network system 20 is the same as an existing system, and includes a mobile switching center 21, a radio base station controller 22, radio base stations 23 and 24, and the like.

The radio telephone control system 10 is configured by arranging an instruction information transmitting device 11, radio signal transmitting devices 12 and 13, and 14 and 15 at appropriate positions in a restricted area.
The radio telephone control system 10 is arranged according to the purpose of regulation by a business operator who sets a restriction area, and this business operator may be different from a communication business operator that provides communication services by the mobile core network system 20. For example, it may be an airport manager or a railway operator who manages a common space such as an airport or a station.

The wireless signal transmission devices 12 to 15 are wireless transmission devices that transmit one or more wireless signals selected from different types of wireless signals. For example, the wireless signal transmission devices 12 to 15 modulate radio waves to be transmitted to the wireless telephone 50 as signals by modulating arbitrary information. It can be realized by a device capable of transmitting.
Here, as different types of radio signals, different radio signals generated by modulating baseband signals having different data contents as shown below may be used, and radio signals having different radio wave frequencies may be used.

The radio signal transmission devices 12 to 15 are combinations of two or more devices that transmit different types of radio signals, for example, a combination of the radio signal transmission devices 12 and 13 and a combination of the radio signal transmission devices 14 and 15. The combined wireless signal transmitters (for example, 12 and 13) are arranged in order along the movement path of the wireless telephone 50 so that the signal reachable ranges of the combined wireless signal transmitters do not overlap. The
Therefore, the wireless signal transmitters 12 and 13 combined with each other and the wireless telephone 50 that passes through the signal reachable range of 14 and 15 are different in types transmitted from the two wireless signal transmitters combined. Two signals are received in an order according to the arrangement order.

For example, in the example of FIG. 1, the radio signal transmitted from the radio signal transmitter 12 is B, the radio signal transmitted from the radio signal transmitter 13 is C, and the radio signal transmitted from the radio signal transmitter 14 is D. Assuming that the radio signal transmitted from the radio signal transmission device 15 is C, the radio telephone 50 that proceeds from the non-regulation area A0 to the first regulation area A1 receives the radio signals in the order of B → C, and the first The radio telephone 50 that proceeds from the restriction area A1 to the second restriction area A2 receives the radio signals in the order of D → C.
The business operator who sets the restriction area in this way forms a reception order pattern that is a pattern of the order of receiving a combination of different types of wireless signals by arranging a plurality of wireless signal transmission devices 12 to 15. Is possible. In the following description, the radio signals transmitted by the radio signal transmission devices 12 to 15 are referred to as “pattern forming signals”.

The instruction information transmitting apparatus 11 is restriction pattern data which is instruction information for instructing the relationship between each reception order pattern formed in this way and the operation mode to which the wireless telephone 50 received in each reception order pattern should change. Is transmitted to the wireless telephone 50.
By specifying such restriction pattern data, the wireless telephone 50 can determine which operation mode the mobile phone 50 should transition to when receiving the pattern formation signal.

For example, a business operator who sets a restricted area is installed at a boundary between the non-restricted area A0 and the first restricted area A1, as in the combination of the wireless signal transmission devices 12 and 13 illustrated in FIG. It is possible to designate the wireless telephone 50 that is about to enter the first restricted area A1 to operate in the operation mode intended by the operator.
In addition, a wireless telephone that attempts to enter the second restricted area A2 by being installed at a boundary between the first restricted area A1 and the second restricted area A2, such as a combination of the wireless signal transmitters 14 and 15. 50 can be designated to operate in an operation mode different from the first restriction area A1.

An example of the data structure of the pattern formation signal transmitted from the wireless signal transmitters 12 to 15 and the restriction pattern data transmitted from the instruction information transmitter 11 is shown in FIG.
The pattern forming signal and the restriction pattern data may be radio signals obtained by modulating baseband data having the same data structure with the same modulation method in order to simplify the configuration of the receiving circuit by the receiving radio telephone 50. As shown in the figure, the data structure has an ID portion for storing an ID representing the type of radio signal and a parameter portion for storing information to be notified to the radio telephone 50.

The pattern forming signals of different types transmitted from the wireless signal transmission devices 12 to 15 may be wireless signals obtained by modulating baseband data having different IDs. FIG. 3 shows an example of each pattern formation signal transmitted from the wireless signal transmission devices 12-15.
For example, a pattern formation signal with ID = B is transmitted from the wireless signal transmission device 12, a pattern formation signal with ID = C is transmitted from the wireless signal transmission device 13, and a pattern with ID = D is transmitted from the wireless signal transmission device 14. A formation signal is transmitted, and a pattern formation signal of ID = C is transmitted from the wireless signal transmission device 15.
In this way, it is possible to generate different types of pattern formation signals only by the difference in ID. For this reason, in this embodiment, information is not included in the parameter part, but some information (for example, information indicating that the signal is transmitted from a genuine wireless signal transmission device approved by a communication carrier) is included in the parameter part. Also good.

FIG. 4 is an exemplary diagram of restriction pattern data. As shown in the figure, the restriction pattern data has ID = A different from any of the above-described pattern formation signals, and the wireless telephone 50 is the restriction pattern data transmitted from the instruction information transmitting apparatus 11 by this ID. Identify that.
In addition, the restriction pattern data includes data indicating the relationship between the reception order pattern of the pattern formation signal and the operation mode to which the wireless telephone 50 received in each reception order pattern should be changed in its parameter part.

The data indicating the relationship between the reception order pattern and the corresponding operation mode can be realized by table data as shown in the figure, for example.
Here, in the table data, each row corresponds to one reception order pattern, a field for specifying the reception order pattern according to the type of the pattern formation signal received at the first time and the second time, and the radio received at the reception order pattern. And a field for designating an operation mode to be changed by the telephone 50, and associates an operation mode corresponding to the reception order pattern.

  For example, in the pattern of the first row, when the pattern formation signal ID received at the first time is B and the pattern formation signal ID received at the second time is C, the wireless telephone 50 Indicates that the mode should be switched to the manner mode. Since such a reception order pattern occurs when proceeding from the non-restricted area A0 to the restricted area A1, the radio telephone 50 in the restricted area A1 is instructed to enter the manner mode.

  Further, for example, in the pattern of the third row, when the pattern formation signal ID received at the first time is D and the pattern formation signal ID received at the second time is C, the wireless telephone set 50 indicates that the mode should be changed to the power-off mode. Since such a reception order pattern occurs when proceeding from the first restriction area A1 to the second restriction area A2, the radio telephone 50 in the second restriction area A2 is instructed to turn off the power.

In the field for designating the operation mode corresponding to the reception order pattern, the operation in which the radiotelephone 50 transitions to the designated operation mode is instructed by directly designating each operation mode to which the radiotelephone 50 should transit. An operation instruction number may be stored. Such an operation instruction number may be integer data uniquely assigned to each operation mode to which the wireless telephone 50 can transition. In the example of FIG. 4, the operation instruction number = 1 is assigned to the power supply OFF, and the operation instruction number = 2 is assigned to the manner mode.
In the field for designating the operation mode corresponding to the reception order pattern, for example, by instructing the mode of transition operation of the wireless telephone 50 such as “return to the previous operation mode”, each operation mode to be transited is indirectly set. Information to be specified may be stored. In the example of FIG. 4, the operation instruction number = 9 is assigned to the transition operation “return to the previous operation mode”. The configuration of the radio telephone 50 that performs such a transition operation will be described later.

Here, as can be seen from FIG. 1, for example, the wireless telephone 50 that proceeds from the non-regulated area A0 to the restricted area A1 receives the reception order pattern of B → C, but conversely, the wireless telephone 50 that proceeds from the restricted area A1 to the unregulated area A0. 50 is received in a reception order pattern of C → B. That is, different reception order patterns are formed on the forward path and the return path between the areas.
Therefore, when a reception order pattern for transition to a certain operation mode is specified in the restriction pattern data, the reception order pattern in the opposite order is designated as a pattern for instructing “return to the previous operation mode”. If it is included in the restriction pattern data, it is preferable that the wireless telephone 50 can return to the operation mode when leaving the restriction area through the same route as the forward route (in order to enter a certain restriction area). (Even when there are several routes, the same mode of wireless signal transmitters can be provided in these routes so that the operation mode can be restored even if the route is different from the outbound route and exits the restricted area.) .

  In the example of the restriction pattern data shown in FIG. 4, in the reception order pattern of the second row, the ID of the pattern formation signal received for the first time is C corresponding to the movement from the restriction area A1 to the non-restriction area A0. When the pattern formation signal received in the second time is a reception order pattern whose ID is B, it is instructed to transition to the immediately preceding operation mode, and the second restriction area in the reception order pattern in the fourth row Corresponding to the movement from A2 to the first restriction area A1, the ID of the pattern formation signal received at the first time is C and the ID of the pattern formation signal received at the second time is D. Is instructed to transition to the previous operating mode.

  Accordingly, the radio telephone 50 is instructed to make a transition from the pre-regulation mode to the manner mode to the power supply OFF in the forward path from the non-regulation area A0 to the first regulation area A1 to the second regulation area A2. On the other hand, on the return path, it is instructed to sequentially return from power OFF → manner mode → pre-regulation mode.

The installation location of the radio signal transmission devices 12 to 15 is a path (for example, a path through which the radio telephone 50 that is about to move between the non-regulated area A0 and the first regulated area A1 or between the different regulated areas A1 and A2 (for example, It is preferable to select a gate).
When the “return to the previous operation mode” transition operation is set as in the restriction pattern data shown in FIG. 4, the order of entry to the radio telephone 50 that is about to leave the predetermined restriction area is Although it is necessary to receive the pattern formation signals in the reverse order, it is not necessary for the entrance and the exit to be the same gate. There may be other outlets in which the wireless signal transmission devices 12 to 15 are installed so as to form a reception order pattern in the reverse order of the reception order and the entrance order, in pairs with the entrance.

  In addition, it is preferable that the instruction information transmitting device 11 is provided in a place before the boundary from the non-restricted area A0 to the restricted areas A1 and A2, and where the radio telephone 50 always passes. However, since the reception order does not affect the operation as in the case of the radio signal transmission apparatuses 12 to 15, it is not always necessary to be provided in a place where the moving direction is restricted, such as a gate, and it is also necessary to install each gate. Therefore, it suffices if it is provided immediately before the gate where the radio signal transmission device is provided.

FIG. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram of a radiotelephone 50 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The radio telephone 50 has a function of receiving and decoding radio signals transmitted from the instruction information transmitting device 11 and the radio signal transmitting devices 12 to 15 and automatically controlling the operation mode according to the information.
Therefore, the radio telephone 50 is configured to include a power supply unit 51 that is an existing circuit, a mobile communication circuit unit 52 that provides a communication service, and a regulation circuit unit 60 that controls the operation mode of the radio telephone 50. Note that power is supplied to the regulation circuit unit 60 independently of the mobile communication circuit unit 52.

  Further, the regulation circuit unit 60 receives a radio signal transmitted from the instruction information transmission device 11 and the radio signal transmission devices 12 to 15 and decodes it into a baseband signal, and decodes the received signal for control. Necessary information is read out and stored in the storage unit 63, and a mode change unit 62 that determines an operation mode to be changed by the radio telephone 50 based on the received signal and the information stored in the storage unit 63, and a mode change unit 63 And an instruction unit 64 that outputs an operation operation (key operation) signal for causing the radio telephone 50 to transition to the determined operation mode and then outputs this signal to the input interface of the mobile communication circuit unit 52.

  The storage unit 63 also includes a first signal storage unit 71 for storing the type of pattern formation signal received by the wireless telephone 50 from the wireless signal transmission devices 12 to 15 for the first time, and pattern formation received for the second time. A second signal storage unit 72 for storing the signal type, a current mode storage unit 73 for storing the current operation mode of the wireless telephone 50 at the time when the mode change unit 62 outputs the operation mode, and instruction information A storage area of the restriction pattern data storage unit 74 received from the transmission device 11 is allocated.

Hereinafter, an example of a method of controlling the operation mode of the radio telephone 50 will be described with reference to FIG. In this example, the examples shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 3 are used for the data transmitted from the instruction information transmitting apparatus 11 and the radio signal transmitting apparatuses 12 to 15, respectively.
In step S <b> 1, the signal receiver 61 of the radio telephone 50 receives a radio signal from any one of the instruction information transmitter 11 and the radio signal transmitters 12 to 15. In step S2, the mode changing unit 62 extracts information stored in the ID portion from the received signal, and determines whether the received signal is restriction pattern data (whether ID = A).

If the received signal is restriction pattern data, the mode change unit 62 stores the reception signal (restriction pattern data) in the restriction pattern data storage unit 74 in the storage unit 63 in step S3.
At this time, when the pattern formation signal has already been received and the IDs of the pattern formation signals received at the first time and the second time are stored in the first signal storage unit 71 and the second signal storage unit 72, the mode The changing unit 62 clears the IDs of these stored pattern formation signals (step S4).
FIG. 7 shows an example of restriction pattern data stored in the restriction pattern data storage unit 74. As shown in the figure, the data stored in the restriction pattern data storage unit 74 is the same table data as the restriction pattern data stored in the parameter portion of the reception data shown in FIG. However, the restriction pattern data storage unit 74 may adopt another data structure instead.

If it is determined in step S2 that the received signal is not restriction pattern data, in step S5, the mode changing unit 62 determines whether the received signal is a pattern formation signal (ID is B, C, or D). Is determined. If the received signal is not a pattern formation signal, the process is terminated without doing anything.
On the other hand, if it is determined that the received signal is a pattern formation signal, the mode changing unit 62 refers to the contents of the first signal storage unit 71 in step S6 and has already received the first pattern formation signal. It is determined whether or not. If the first pattern formation signal has not been received yet, the ID of the received signal is stored in the first signal storage unit 71 in step S7.

If the first pattern formation signal has already been received in the determination in step S6, the mode changing unit 62 stores the ID of the received signal in the second signal storage unit 72 in step S8.
Thereafter, in steps S9 and S10, the mode change unit 62 searches the restriction pattern data stored in the restriction pattern data storage unit 74 and stores the restriction pattern data in the first signal storage unit 71 and the second signal storage unit 72, respectively. It is determined whether or not there is a designated operation mode or operation instruction number for the reception order pattern formed by the IDs of the pattern formation signals received at the first time and the second time. When there is no designated operation mode or the like, in step S11, the IDs of the pattern formation signals stored in the first signal storage unit 71 and the second signal storage unit 72 are cleared (step S11), and the process is terminated. To do.

If it is determined in step S10 that there is a designated operation mode or operation instruction number, the mode changing unit 62 determines whether or not an operation instruction for returning to the previous operation mode is designated (the designated operation instruction number is 9 is determined (step S12).
When the designated operation mode is not an operation instruction for returning to the previous operation mode but in another operation mode (eg, manner mode, power OFF), the mode change unit 62 sets the current operation mode to the current mode. After storing in the storage unit 73 by the first-in first-out method (step S13), the designated operation mode and operation instruction number are output to the instruction unit 64.

The instruction unit 64 determines an operation operation (key operation) signal for changing the operation mode of the radio telephone 50 to the input operation mode. For this purpose, the regulation circuit unit 60 stores information that associates the operation mode with the corresponding key operation signal in the key operation storage unit 65. FIG. 8 shows an example of data stored in the key operation storage unit 65.
As shown in the figure, the key operation storage unit 65 stores table data in which each operation mode of the radio telephone 50 and an operation operation (key operation) signal for changing to these operation modes are associated with each other. For example, an operation mode in which the “PWR” key is pressed is designated in the power-off operation mode, an operation in which the “#” key is designated in the manner mode, and an operation in which “*” is designated in the drive mode.

The instruction unit 64 determines a key operation stored in association with the input operation mode according to the table data. Then, the same key input signal as when this key operation is performed is generated and output to the input interface of the mobile communication circuit unit 52, whereby the operation mode of the radio telephone 50 is changed.
Thereafter, in step S11, the mode changing unit 62 clears the IDs of the pattern formation signals stored in the first signal storage unit 71 and the second signal storage unit 72, and ends the process.

  On the other hand, when the operation instruction to return to the previous operation mode is specified in the determination in step S12, the mode change unit 62 takes out the operation mode or the operation instruction number last stored in the current mode storage unit 73. The extracted operation mode and the like are output to the instruction unit 64 (step S15). The instruction unit 64 determines a key operation corresponding to this operation mode and outputs a corresponding key input signal to the input interface of the mobile communication circuit unit 52. By this operation, the operation mode of the radio telephone 50 is restored to the previous operation mode.

  After that, the mode change unit 62 clears the operation mode or operation instruction number extracted in step S15 from the current mode storage unit 73 (step S16), and then in step S11, the first signal storage unit 71 and the second signal storage unit 72. The ID of the pattern formation signal stored in (1) is cleared, and the process ends.

Next, in the following explanation, an entry into the area A1 where the use of the wireless telephone is not required but the power supply OFF is not required as the use restriction but the use in the manner mode is desirable, and the area A2 which is always desired to be turned off is entered. An example of a stepwise regulation method will be described as an example. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an arrangement example of the wireless signal transmission device and the instruction information transmission device 11 in an area where such gradual regulation is performed.
An example of such a situation is an airport. In such an airport example, there is an airport waiting lobby in the area (first regulation area A1) that is not required until the power is turned off as a use restriction, but is preferably used in the manner mode. In the (second restriction area A2), an airplane can be considered.

  In the example shown in FIG. 9, a first gate G1 is provided on a route from the area A0 where there is no use restriction to the airport waiting lobby A1, and a plurality of passage routes G1a to G1c are provided on the first gate G1. A second gate G2 is provided from the airport waiting lobby A1 to the airplane plane A2, and a plurality of passage paths G2a to G2c are provided to the second gate G2.

  Reference numerals 12a to 12c, 13a to 13c, 14a to 14c, and 15a to 15c denote wireless signal transmission devices, respectively. The wireless signal transmission devices 12a to 12c transmit pattern formation signals of ID = B, and wireless signals The transmitters 13a to 13c transmit a pattern formation signal with ID = C, the wireless signal transmitters 14a to 14c transmit a pattern formation signal with ID = D, and the wireless signal transmitters 15a to 15c form a pattern with ID = C. A signal shall be transmitted. Further, it is assumed that the restriction pattern data transmitted by the instruction information transmitting apparatus 11 is the same as the example shown in FIG.

Furthermore, the wireless signal transmission devices 12a and 13a, 12b and 13b, and 12c and 13c are provided along the passenger's movement route in the middle of the passage routes G1a, G1b, and G1c, respectively, and the wireless signal transmission devices 12a to 12c are provided. The radio signal transmitters 13a to 13c are provided near the airport waiting lobby A1 near the area A0 where there is no use restriction.
The wireless signal transmission devices 14a and 15a, 14b and 15b, and 14c and 15c are provided along the passenger's movement route in the middle of the passage routes G2a, G2b, and G2c, respectively, and the wireless signal transmission devices 14a to 14c are provided. Is located near the airport waiting lobby A1, and the wireless signal transmission devices 15a to 15c are located near the airplane plane A2.

  Now, it is assumed that the passenger who has the radio telephone 50 completes the baggage inspection and enters the airport waiting lobby A1 from the area A0 where there is no use restriction. When the wireless telephone 50 passes through the first gate G1 provided with a plurality of passages G1a to G1c, the restriction pattern data (ID = A) is transmitted from the instruction information transmitting device 11 provided near the entrance before passing through the gate. Is received and stored.

Thereafter, the radio telephone 50 passes through one of the passages G1a to G1c of the gate G1. At this time, the radio telephone 50 first passes near any one of the radio signal transmission devices 12a to 12c (ID = B) and then passes near any one of the radio signal transmission devices 13a to 13c (ID = C). Therefore, the radiotelephone 50 receives pattern formation signals in the order of reception order pattern B → C.
Thereafter, the radio telephone 50 checks whether or not the operation mode to be changed when the pattern formation signal is received in the reception order pattern B → C is specified in the received restriction pattern data. Transition to. In this example, the radio telephone 50 transits to the manner mode.

Next, the passenger carrying the wireless telephone 50 passes through one of the passages G2a to G2c of the second gate G2 and boards the airplane A2. At this time, after passing near any one of the wireless signal transmission devices 14a to 14c (ID = D), the wireless phone then passes near any one of the wireless signal transmission devices 15a to 15c (ID = C). 50 receives pattern formation signals in the order of reception order pattern D → C.
Thereafter, the radio telephone 50 checks whether or not the operation mode corresponding to the reception order pattern D → C is specified in the restriction pattern data, and transitions to the specified operation mode. In this example, the radio telephone 50 changes the operation mode so that the power is turned off.

The radio telephone 50 also stores the previous operation mode (normal mode) in a first-in first-out manner when transitioning to the manner mode by entering the airport waiting lobby A1 from the area A0 where there is no use restriction. Even when the power is turned off by boarding from the airport waiting lobby A1 into the airplane plane A2, the previous operation mode (manner mode) is stored in a first-in first-out manner.
Then, when the radio telephone 50 receives the pattern formation signal in the order of the reception order pattern C → D when the radio telephone 50 passes through the gate G2 in the opposite direction and exits from the airplane A2 to the airport waiting lobby A1, Transition to the operation mode (manner mode) to release the power off. Further, when the radio telephone 50 receives the pattern formation signal in the order of the reception order pattern C → B when exiting from the airport waiting lobby A1 to the unrestricted area A0 through the gate G1, the operation mode immediately before storing is received. Transition to and cancel the manner mode.

As described above, when the radio telephone 50 enters a plurality of areas in which different regulations are set in stages, the radio telephone 50 can change the operation mode in stages in accordance with the set regulations. Also, by storing the previous operation mode in a first-in first-out manner when changing the operation mode, it is possible to release the operation mode step by step when entering from these areas.
Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 10, the second restriction area A2 in which the second restriction is set to a degree different from the first restriction within the range of the first restriction area A1 in which the first restriction is set. Even if two restricted areas with different degrees of restriction are set in a superimposed manner, the wireless telephone 50 can be controlled to be in an operation mode suitable for each area.

  Also, as can be understood from FIG. 9, the instruction information transmitting device 11 is provided for each gate path unlike the radio signal transmitting devices 12a to 12c, 13a to 13c, 14a to 14c, and 15a to 15c. There is no need. Here, when the business operator who manages the airport intends to change the restriction contents of each area, it is only necessary to change the restriction pattern data transmitted from the instruction information transmitting device 11, and thus the restriction pattern as in the present invention. By specifying the operation mode by data, it is possible to save the cost and labor of setting change caused by changing the restriction pattern data.

  Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, specific embodiments of the present invention will be added below for easy understanding of the present invention.

(Appendix 1)
A method for controlling a mobile terminal for controlling an operation mode of the mobile terminal, comprising:
Sending a plurality of different types of radio signals to the mobile terminal, and instructing the relationship between the order of receiving the plurality of radio signals and the operation mode that the mobile terminal that has received these radio signals should transition to Transmitting instruction information to the mobile terminal;
A method for controlling a mobile terminal.

(Appendix 2)
The mobile terminal according to supplementary note 1, wherein an order in which the mobile terminal receives the radio signal is determined by sequentially transmitting each of the radio signals from different locations along a moving path of the mobile terminal. Control method.

(Appendix 3)
The method for controlling a mobile terminal according to appendix 1 or 2, wherein the instruction information indicates an order of receiving the radio signals for returning the mobile terminal to a previous operation mode.

(Appendix 4)
The supplementary note 3 is characterized in that the instruction information is a reception order for returning to the previous operation mode in an order opposite to the reception order of the radio signals for transitioning the mobile terminal to a predetermined operation mode. The control method of the described mobile terminal.

(Appendix 5)
The method of controlling a mobile terminal according to any one of appendices 1 to 4, wherein a plurality of the radio signals are selected from three or more types of the radio signals.

(Appendix 6)
The mobile terminal whose operation mode is controlled by the method according to any one of appendices 1 to 5,
A receiver for receiving the radio signal and the instruction information;
According to the received instruction information, a mode change unit that changes the operation mode according to the order of receiving the plurality of radio signals;
A mobile terminal comprising:

(Appendix 7)
An instruction information transmitting apparatus that operates according to the method according to any one of appendices 1 to 5,
An instruction characterized by transmitting, to the mobile terminal, instruction information indicating a relationship between an order of receiving the plurality of radio signals and an operation mode to which the mobile terminal that has received the radio signals should transition Information transmission device.
(Appendix 8)
A radio signal transmitting apparatus that operates according to the method according to any one of appendices 1 to 5,
One of a plurality of radio signals of different types is transmitted to the mobile terminal.

(Appendix 9)
9. The radio signal transmitting apparatus according to appendix 8, wherein the radio signal transmitting apparatus is disposed at a location along a movement route of the mobile terminal.
(Appendix 10)
A mobile terminal control system for controlling an operation mode of the mobile terminal by the method according to any one of appendices 1 to 5,
A plurality of radio signal transmitting devices for transmitting any of a plurality of radio signals of different types to the mobile terminal;
An instruction information transmitting device for transmitting, to the mobile terminal, instruction information instructing a relationship between an order of receiving the plurality of radio signals and an operation mode in which the mobile terminal that has received the radio signals should transition;
A control system for a mobile terminal, comprising:

(Appendix 11)
The control system according to appendix 10, wherein the radio signal transmission device is arranged along a movement route of the mobile terminal.

  The present invention is applicable to a control method for controlling the operation mode of a mobile terminal, a mobile terminal whose operation mode is controlled by this method, and a control system that operates by this method. More specifically, the present invention can be applied to a radio telephone that operates in various operation modes such as a manner mode and a control method of the operation mode.

It is a block diagram of the whole system which has a radio telephone control system by the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the data structure of a pattern formation signal and regulation pattern data. It is a figure which illustrates a pattern formation signal. It is a figure which illustrates regulation pattern data. It is a block diagram of the radio telephone by the Example of this invention. 3 is a flowchart of a method for controlling an operation mode of a radio telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which illustrates the data memorized by a regulation pattern data storage part. It is a figure which illustrates the data memorize | stored in a key operation memory | storage part. It is a figure which shows the example of arrangement | positioning of a radio signal transmitter and an instruction information transmitter. It is a schematic diagram of the example of the restriction | limiting area set by superposing different kinds of restrictions.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Radio telephone control system 11 Instruction information transmitter 12-15 Radio signal transmitter 20 Mobile core network 50 Radio telephone

Claims (5)

A method for controlling a mobile terminal for controlling an operation mode of the mobile terminal, comprising:
Sending types a plurality of different radio signals to the mobile terminal, and instructs the mobile terminal by receiving the plurality of wireless signals is the operation mode after the transition to transition, it instructs according to the received order of the plurality of radio signals Sending information to the mobile terminal;
A method for controlling a mobile terminal. 2. The movement according to claim 1, wherein an order in which the mobile terminal receives the radio signal is determined by sequentially transmitting each of the radio signals from different locations along a movement path of the mobile terminal. Terminal control method. The mobile terminal whose operation mode is controlled by the method according to claim 1 or 2,
A receiver for receiving the radio signal and the instruction information;
According to the received instruction information, a mode change unit that changes the operation mode according to the order of receiving the plurality of radio signals;
A mobile terminal comprising: An instruction information transmitting apparatus that operates according to the method according to claim 1 or 2,
An instruction characterized by transmitting, to the mobile terminal, instruction information indicating a relationship between an order of receiving the plurality of radio signals and an operation mode to which the mobile terminal that has received the radio signals should transition Information transmission device. A mobile terminal control system for controlling an operation mode of a mobile terminal,
A plurality of radio signal transmitting devices for transmitting any of a plurality of different types of radio signals to the mobile terminal;
The operation mode after the transition the mobile terminal makes a transition by receiving the plurality of wireless signals, the instruction information instructing according to the received order of the plurality of radio signals, the instruction information transmitting unit that transmits to the mobile terminal,
A control system for a mobile terminal, comprising:

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