JPWO2014002322A1 - Portable terminal, electronic device control system, and electronic device control method - Google Patents

Abstract

It is an object to improve the operability of remote control operation using a portable terminal. The portable terminal (13) includes a storage unit (132) that stores an identification code that is identification information of the operation target (11) and setting information for operating the operation target in association with each other, and an operation target (11). The near field communication unit (130) that performs the near field communication with the near field communication device (110) associated with the wireless communication device and acquires the identification code of the operation target, and the medium distance wireless communication having a longer communicable distance than the near field communication The intermediate-range wireless communication means (131) that controls the operation target is provided. When the identification code of the operation target is acquired by the proximity wireless communication unit (130) during the operation of the operation target, the setting information associated with the acquired identification code is called from the storage unit (132), and the intermediate distance The wireless communication means (131) performs an operation on the operation target using the called setting information.

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable terminal, an electronic device control system, an electronic device control method, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program, and in particular, a portable terminal capable of operating a plurality of operation objects, an electronic device control system, an electronic The present invention relates to a device control method and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a technique for operating a plurality of electronic devices to be operated using a mobile terminal is known.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a home appliance control system that controls a plurality of home appliances using a mobile communication terminal. The cellular phone terminal registers cellular radio communication means, short-range wireless communication provided separately from the radio communication means, and remote operation content stored in the storage means of the home electric appliance together with identification information. Registration means and transmission control means for transmitting the selected remote operation content together with identification information of the corresponding home appliance to the home appliance by short-range wireless communication means.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a multi-function device including an NFC communication unit that performs non-contact communication with a mobile terminal device and a Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication unit. In this multifunction device, when the mobile terminal device is within the communication range of the NFC communication unit, communication setting information for establishing Bluetooth communication and a function ID indicating a function for data processing in the multifunction device are obtained by non-contact communication. And received from the mobile terminal device. The Bluetooth communication unit establishes communication with the mobile terminal device based on the communication setting information received by the NFC communication unit, transmits and receives data from the mobile terminal device by non-contact communication, and sets the function ID received from the mobile terminal device. Process the data with the appropriate function.

  Further, in Patent Document 3, each controlled device is provided with a visible code for identifying itself, and the mobile terminal inputs image data regarding the code of the controlled device, and the image data It is disclosed that a controlled device to be controlled is determined by recognizing and control information is transmitted to the controlled device based on the determination result.

JP 2003-319470 A JP 2009-135865 A JP 2005-72764 A

  However, in the system disclosed in Patent Document 1, the mobile terminal is configured such that the mobile terminal acquires remote operation content and identification information by short-range wireless communication based on Bluetooth (registered trademark) or IEEE802.11. When a plurality of operation objects are installed close to each other, there is a possibility that short-range wireless communication may be performed with a device that is not intended by the user.

  Further, in the system disclosed in Patent Document 2, when an instruction is given to an operation target multifunction device from a portable terminal, NFC communication is performed and Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication is performed each time the command is issued. Therefore, it is necessary for the mobile terminal device to acquire communication setting information for this purpose from the multifunction peripheral. For this reason, there is a problem that it takes time to cause the multifunction device to execute desired data processing.

  However, in the system disclosed in Patent Document 3, since the barcode for identifying the controlled device has to be read by the mobile terminal, the user needs software that reads the barcode in the state of being close to the controlled device. It must be started up, and the user's work becomes complicated.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and a portable terminal capable of reading out setting information of an operation target and using the portable terminal as a remote controller by a simple and intuitive user operation, and the mobile terminal An object is to provide a control method.

  One aspect of the mobile terminal according to the present invention includes a proximity wireless communication unit that performs proximity wireless communication with a proximity wireless communication device associated with an operation target and acquires identification information for identifying the operation target; The identification information acquired by the wireless communication unit and the setting information for operating the operation target acquired when the proximity wireless communication by the proximity wireless communication unit is established or started are stored in association with each other. Storage means, and medium-range wireless communication means for controlling the operation object by medium-range wireless communication having a longer communicable distance than the proximity wireless communication. After the identification information and the setting information are stored in the storage unit, when the proximity wireless communication unit acquires the identification information for identifying the operation target, the medium-range wireless communication unit is acquired The operation target is controlled using the setting information of the storage means associated with the identification information.

  An electronic device control system according to the present invention is an electronic device control system including an NFC communication device associated with an operation target and a mobile terminal, wherein the mobile terminal is associated with the operation target. Proximity wireless communication means for performing proximity wireless communication with a proximity wireless communication device and acquiring identification information for identifying the operation target, the identification information acquired by the proximity wireless communication means, and the proximity wireless communication means A storage unit that associates and stores setting information for operating the operation target, which is acquired when the close proximity wireless communication is established or started, and the identification information and the setting information are stored in the storage unit Then, when the identification information for identifying the operation target is acquired by the proximity wireless communication unit, the identification information stored in the storage unit is associated with the identification information. Using a constant information, and a medium-range wireless communication means for performing control of the operation target by a long medium range wireless communication communicable distance than the proximity wireless communication.

  Further, the electronic device control method according to the present invention causes the portable terminal to perform proximity wireless communication with the proximity wireless communication device associated with the operation target, to acquire identification information for identifying the operation target, The identification information acquired by close proximity wireless communication and the setting information for operating the operation target acquired when the close proximity wireless communication by the close proximity wireless communication means is established or started are stored in association with each other. When the mobile terminal acquires the identification information for identifying the operation target by the proximity wireless communication, the mobile terminal uses the setting information associated with the identification information stored in the mobile terminal. The control of the operation target is performed by middle-range wireless communication having a longer communicable distance than the close-range wireless communication.

  The non-transitory computer readable medium storing the portable terminal, the electronic device control system, the electronic device control method, and the program according to the present invention can improve the operability of the operation target using the portable terminal.

It is a figure which shows the whole structure of the electronic device control system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the data of the memory | storage part of the portable terminal of the electronic device control system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the electronic device control system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the electronic device control system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of application of the electronic device control system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of application of the electronic device control system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of application of the electronic device control system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the memory | storage part of the portable terminal of the electronic device control system which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the electronic device control system which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the electronic device control system which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the electronic device control system which concerns on Embodiment 4 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the electronic device control system which concerns on Embodiment 4 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the electronic device control system which concerns on Embodiment 5 of this invention.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of an electronic device control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The electronic device control system includes an operation target 11 and a mobile terminal 13. The operation target 11 is an electronic device that is remotely controlled by the mobile terminal 13. The portable terminal 13 is configured to function as a remote controller that can operate a plurality of operation objects 11 at once. The operation target 11 can be configured as, for example, home appliances such as a television, an air conditioner, a microwave oven, and a washing machine, and various electronic devices such as a personal computer and a printer. Moreover, the portable terminal 13 can be comprised with the portable electronic device provided with communication functions, such as a smart phone, a tablet terminal, slate PC, and PDA.

  The operation target 11 includes an NFC communication unit 110, a mid-range wireless communication unit 111, and a storage unit 112. The NFC communication unit 110 performs NFC (Near Field Communication) communication with the NFC communication unit 130 provided in the mobile terminal 13. Similarly, the intermediate distance wireless communication unit 111 performs intermediate distance wireless communication with the intermediate distance wireless communication unit 131 provided in the mobile terminal 13.

  Here, “NFC communication” in this description refers to contactless proximity wireless communication, which indicates communication having a shorter communicable distance than Bluetooth (registered trademark), WiFi, and infrared communication. In non-contact communication, a coil is built in the NFC communication device side, and when the NFC communication device comes close to the magnetic field generated from the NFC communication unit 110 (reader) of the mobile terminal, data is transmitted from the NFC communication device. It is a mechanism to be done. The communicable distance of NFC communication is preferably about several mm to several cm. For example, non-contact communication such as RFID standards can be used as “NFC communication”.

  In the present description, “medium-range wireless communication” indicates communication having a longer communicable distance than NFC communication. Specifically, the “medium-range wireless communication” can be configured by Bluetooth (registered trademark), WiFi (Wireless Fidelity), or infrared communication. The communicable distance of the mid-range wireless communication unit 111 is preferably about several tens of centimeters to several meters.

  The storage unit 112 stores “identification information” of the operation target 11 and “setting information” that is information necessary for remote control (remote operation) of the operation target 11 from the portable terminal 13. Specifically, the “identification information” can be configured by an identification code that is individually assigned to an operation target that is configured by characters and numbers assigned to each operation target 11. The identification code may be any code as long as the mobile terminal 13 can uniquely recognize the operation target 11. For example, a code assigned to the operation target 11 at the time of manufacturing the operation target 11 may be used as identification information, and individual codes set by the mobile terminal 13 for each operation target 11 are used as identification information. May be. The “setting information” includes, for example, a remote control code that is a code that defines a data format used when the operation target 11 is controlled.

  Similar to the operation target 11, the mobile terminal 13 includes an NFC communication unit 130, a mid-range wireless communication unit 131, and a storage unit 132. The NFC communication unit 130 performs NFC communication with the NFC communication unit 110 of the operation target 11. Further, the intermediate distance wireless communication unit 131 performs intermediate distance wireless communication with the intermediate distance wireless communication unit 111 of the operation target 11. Note that each communication unit is substantially the same as the corresponding communication unit of the operation target 11, and thus description thereof is omitted.

  The storage unit 132 of the portable terminal 13 stores the identification information of the operation target 11 and the setting information in association with each other. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating data in the storage unit 132 of the mobile terminal 13. In the storage unit 132, identification information acquired from a plurality of operation objects 11 and setting information are stored in association with each other. In FIG. 2, the identification code set for the operation target 11 is used as the identification information of the operation target 11, and the remote control code set for the operation target 11 is used as the setting information.

  It should be noted that each element indicated as “˜unit” in the present description is realized by cooperation of hardware and software. Specifically, each element is realized by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) (not shown) provided in the operation target 11 or the mobile terminal 13 executing a predetermined program and controlling hardware. Each element may be realized by hardware.

  Next, the operation of the electronic device control system configured as described above will be described. In the mobile terminal 13 configured as described above, when the user brings the mobile terminal 13 close to the operation target 11, NFC communication is started by the NFC communication unit 130 of the mobile terminal 13 and the NFC communication unit 110 of the operation target 11. The NFC communication between the operation target 11 and the mobile terminal 13 functions as a trigger for the following two operations in the first embodiment.

  Specifically, (1) NFC communication functions as a trigger for an operation of acquiring setting information for the mobile terminal 13 to operate the operation target 11. In other words, when communication between the NFC communication unit 130 and the NFC communication unit 110 is started, the setting information of the operation target 11 is registered in the mobile terminal 13. (2) NFC communication functions as a trigger for calling the setting information corresponding to the operation target 11 after the mobile terminal 13 acquires the setting information. In other words, when communication between the NFC communication unit 130 and the NFC communication unit 110 is started, the setting information of the operation target 11 is called. Therefore, in the following description of the operation, (1) the operation for acquiring the setting information and (2) the operation for operating the operation target 11 by remote control using the acquired setting information will be described separately.

  In (1), the timing when the setting information of the operation target 11 is registered in the portable terminal 13 may be when NFC communication is established. Similarly, in the case of (2), the timing when the setting information of the operation target 11 is called may be when NFC communication is established.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation when the mobile terminal 13 acquires setting information from the operation target 11 in the electronic device control system of the present invention. In the initial state, the setting information of the operation target 11 is not stored in the mobile terminal 13, and the user cannot operate the operation target 11 by remote control using the mobile terminal 13. In this state, first, the user touches (closes) the portable terminal 13 to the operation target 11. Here, “touch” indicates that the mobile terminal 13 is brought into contact with the operation target 11 or is brought close enough to be brought into contact. Thereby, the NFC communication unit 130 of the mobile terminal 13 and the NFC communication unit 110 of the operation target 11 start (establish) NFC communication. In this NFC communication, the identification information and setting information of the operation target 11 are transmitted from the NFC communication unit 110 of the operation target 11 to the NFC communication unit 130 of the mobile terminal 13 (step S1). In other words, using NFC communication between the operation target 11 and the mobile terminal 13 as a trigger, the identification information and the setting information are transmitted from the NFC communication unit 110 of the operation target 11 to the NFC communication unit 130 of the mobile terminal 13.

  On the mobile terminal 13 side, the determination as to whether NFC communication has been performed is repeated until NFC communication is detected (step S2). If it is detected in step S2 that the mobile terminal 13 and the operation target 11 have performed NFC communication (YES in step S2), the identification information and the setting information acquired from the operation target 11 by NFC communication are associated with each other. The data is stored in the storage unit 132 of the mobile terminal 13. Thereby, the identification information and setting information of the operation target 11 are registered in the portable terminal 13 (step S3). As described above, in the first embodiment, the setting information of the operation target 11 is registered in the mobile terminal 13 using NFC communication as a trigger.

  Similarly, with respect to the other operation target 11, the mobile terminal 13 also identifies the identification information and the setting information of the mobile terminal 13 each time the user brings the mobile terminal 13 close to the NFC communication unit 110 associated with the operation target 11. To get. The acquired identification information and setting information are stored in the storage unit 132 in association with each other. Thereby, the identification information and setting information corresponding to the operation target 11 selected by the user are acquired in the mobile terminal 13.

  Note that information indicating the time at which NFC communication is performed may be stored in the storage unit 132. For example, by storing in the storage unit 132 that stores information indicating the time at which the mobile terminal 13 and the operation target 11 last performed NFC communication, when a predetermined period has elapsed since the last NFC communication, The identification information and the setting information may be deleted from the storage unit 132 and a free area may be secured in the storage unit 132.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation when the operation target is remote-controlled using the acquired setting information after the mobile terminal 13 acquires the setting information. First, the user touches (closes) the mobile terminal 13 to the operation target 11 for which the user wants to perform a remote control operation. As a result, the NFC communication unit 130 of the mobile terminal 13 and the NFC communication unit 110 of the operation target 11 start NFC communication. In this NFC communication, the identification information and setting information of the operation target 11 are transmitted from the NFC communication unit 110 of the operation target 11. In the example of FIG. 4, both the identification information and the setting information are transmitted to the mobile terminal 13 by NFC communication. However, only the identification information is transmitted from the operation target to the mobile terminal 13. May be. On the mobile terminal 13 side, the determination as to whether NFC communication has been performed is repeated until NFC communication is detected (step S2).

  In step S2, when it is detected that there is NFC communication (YES), the mobile terminal 13 searches the storage unit 132 for the identification information acquired by NFC communication, and if the identification information matches, Calls the setting information associated with the identification information. Here, it is assumed that the user moves the mobile terminal 13 away from the operation target 11 by moving away from the operation target 11. Thereafter, the mobile terminal 13 performs a remote control operation of the operation target 11 using medium-range wireless communication having a longer communicable distance than NFC communication, using the read setting information in accordance with a user operation.

  As described above, the storage unit 132 of the mobile terminal 13 stores identification information and setting information of the plurality of operation objects 11. Therefore, each time the user touches the NFC communication unit 110 of the operation target 11 with the mobile terminal 13, the setting information of the operation target 11 that has performed NFC communication is selected from a plurality of setting information and called. Thereby, the portable terminal 13 can be functioned as a remote control (universal remote control) of the plurality of operation objects 11.

  FIG. 5 shows an example in which the system according to the first embodiment is applied as a television control system, and the portable terminal 13 performs a remote control operation of the television that is the operation target 11. First, as shown in FIG. 6, the user brings the mobile terminal 13 close to the television that is the operation target 11. Thereby, the portable terminal 13 and the operation target 11 start NFC communication. Identification information and setting information are transmitted from the operation target 11 to the portable terminal 13 by NFC communication (step S1 in FIG. 3). In the portable terminal 13, the received identification information and setting information are associated with each other and stored in the storage unit 132 (step S3 in FIG. 3).

  Next, after the setting information is registered, as shown in FIG. 7, the user brings the mobile terminal 13 close to the television that is the operation target 11. Thereby, the portable terminal 13 and the operation target 11 start NFC communication. Identification information and setting information are transmitted from the operation target 11 to the mobile terminal 13 by NFC communication (step S1 in FIG. 4). The mobile terminal 13 that has received the identification information calls the setting information associated with the identification information from the storage unit 132 (step S3 in FIG. 4). Then, using the setting information, the operation target 11 is operated by medium-range wireless communication (step S4 in FIG. 4). In addition to the remote control code, the setting information of the operation target 11 can include information for starting an application of the mobile terminal 13 corresponding to the operation target 11. For example, when the operation target 11 is a television as shown in FIG. 5, if the information for calling an application for displaying a screen for selecting a channel is stored as setting information, the setting information as shown in FIG. A screen for selecting a channel when calling can be displayed on the mobile terminal 13.

  Thus, according to the electronic device control system according to the first embodiment, the mobile terminal 13 acquires the setting information from the operation target 11 using NFC communication as a trigger. Here, in NFC communication, the communicable distance is set to about several mm to several cm. Therefore, even if a plurality of operation objects 11 are installed in the vicinity of the mobile terminal 13, the NFC communication with a short communicable distance is used as a trigger, so that the operation object 11 intended by the user is the mobile terminal 13. Is easy to identify, and it is easy to avoid a situation where the user accidentally communicates with another operation target 11. Thereby, the operativity of remote control operation using the portable terminal 13 can be improved.

  In the above description, the NFC communication unit 110 has been described as being installed in the operation target 11. However, the NFC communication unit 110 is configured as a communication tag and is not installed in the operation target 11 itself. This communication tag may be arranged close to the operation target 11. In this case, the identification information and setting information of the operation target 11 can be acquired from the adjacent communication tag by NFC communication.

  In the above description, the NFC communication unit 130 and the medium-range wireless communication unit 131 are described as being provided in the mobile terminal 13. A distance wireless communication unit (not shown) may be further provided. The long-distance wireless communication unit can be configured as a communication unit that communicates with a base station for wide-area wireless communication such as 3G (3rd Generation of the International Mobile Telecommunication 2000 standard).

  In the above description, the identification information and setting information of the operation target 11 are acquired by NFC communication. However, if the setting information of the operation target 11 can be acquired using NFC communication as a trigger, the setting information is You may acquire by other than NFC communication. For example, the setting information of the operation target 11 may be acquired by performing medium-range wireless communication with the middle-range wireless communication unit 111 of the operation target 11 using NFC communication as a trigger. In addition, setting information of the operation target 11 from an external server via an Internet communication network or the like based on the identification information of the operation target 11 acquired by NFC communication triggered by performing NFC communication with the operation target 11 You may comprise so that it may acquire.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
Next, an electronic device control system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described. In the second embodiment, information regarding the appearance of the operation target 11 is used as identification information of the operation target 11 instead of an identification code. As illustrated in FIG. 8, the storage unit 112 of the operation target 11 is associated with information regarding the appearance of the operation target 11 of the operation target 11 together with the identification information of the operation target 11. Here, the information regarding the appearance is a feature amount of an image acquired when the operation target 11 is photographed by the camera of the mobile terminal 13 or an image of the operation target 11. For example, as the feature amount of the image, the aspect ratio of the outer shape of the operation target 11, the ratio of the color to the whole, the image data of the operation target 11, and the like can be used. Information regarding the outer shape is stored in the storage unit 112 of the operation target 11 together with the setting information, and is transmitted to the portable terminal 13 by NFC communication.

  When the user wants to use the operation target 11 as a remote control, the user captures an image of the operation target 11 with the camera of the mobile terminal 13 as shown in FIG. Thereby, the image of the air conditioner that is the operation target 11 is acquired by the portable terminal 13. The mobile terminal 13 collates the image acquired by the mobile terminal 13 with information regarding the appearance of the operation target 11 registered in the mobile terminal 13 and calls the setting information associated with the information with a high degree of match. Then, the operation target 11 is controlled according to the user's operation using the called setting information.

  Thus, in the system according to the second embodiment, information related to the appearance of the operation target 11 is used as identification information for the operation target 11. Thereby, the user can call the setting information according to the operation target 11 only by copying the electronic device to be operated with the camera of the mobile terminal 13. Therefore, as in the first embodiment, when calling a remote control function, an arbitrary operation target 11 is selected from a position relatively away from the operation target 11 without causing the operation target 11 to touch the mobile terminal 13. Then, the setting information associated with the operation object 11 can be called.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
Next, an electronic device control system according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention will be described. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a part of the electronic device control system according to the third embodiment. In the system according to the third embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10, the tag-like NFC communication unit 111 (not shown) in the first embodiment is built in the card on which the picture of each operation target 11 is displayed. ing. When registering the setting information, the user touches the portable terminal 13 on an arbitrary card. Thereby, the NFC communication part 111 provided in the card and the portable terminal 13 perform NFC communication, and the identification information and the setting information are transmitted from the card to the portable terminal 13.

  When using the mobile terminal 13 as a remote controller, the user brings the mobile terminal 13 close to the card of the operation target 11 that the user wants to operate. Thereby, NFC communication is established between the card and the mobile terminal 13, and identification information and setting information are transmitted from the NFC communication unit of the card to the mobile terminal 13. The portable terminal 13 calls the setting information associated with the received identification information from the storage unit 132, and performs a remote control operation of the operation target 11 using this setting information.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
Next, an electronic device control system according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention will be described. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a part of an electronic device control system according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention. In the fourth embodiment, position information is used as identification information of the operation target 11. Specifically, when the user brings the mobile terminal 13 close to the desired operation target 11 when registering the setting information, the operation target 11 and the mobile terminal 13 start NFC communication. Using the NFC communication as a trigger, the mobile terminal 13 uses GPS (Global Positioning System) to acquire position information of the self (mobile terminal 13) that is brought close to the mobile terminal 13. Then, this position information is stored in the storage unit 132 as identification information of the operation target 11 in association with the setting information acquired from the operation target 11.

  And when using the portable terminal 13 as a remote control of the operation target 11, as shown in FIG. 12, a user points the portable terminal 13 in the direction of the desired operation target 11. As shown in FIG. Here, the mobile terminal 13 is provided with a GPS function for acquiring its own position information and a sensor (3-axis sensor, 6-axis sensor, acceleration sensor) for detecting the direction of the mobile terminal 13. Based on the current position of the mobile terminal 13 detected by the GPS function and the directed direction of the mobile terminal 13 detected by the sensor, the mobile terminal 13 predicts the location where the user points the mobile terminal 13, The predicted location is collated with the position information stored in the storage unit 132. Specifically, the current position of the mobile terminal 13 detected by the GPS function is used as a reference, and the position information existing on the extension line in the direction of the mobile terminal 13 detected by the sensor is searched. And the setting information of the operation target 11 having position information with a high degree of match as identification information is called. Then, the operation target 11 is controlled using this setting information.

  As described above, in the electronic device control system according to the fourth embodiment, when the mobile terminal 13 is used as a remote controller, it is only necessary to point the mobile terminal 13 in the direction of the operation target. It can be done sensuously without complicated operations.

  In the fourth embodiment, when the mobile terminal 13 is used as a remote control for the operation target 11, the user has described that the form terminal 13 is directed toward the desired operation target 11. The mobile terminal 13 may acquire position information when the operation target 13 is touched on the operation target 11 and call the setting information of the operation target 11 having position information corresponding to the acquired position information as identification information. In this case, since the sensor which detects the direction of the portable terminal 13 becomes unnecessary, the process at the time of calling setting information can be simplified.

Embodiment 5 FIG.
Next, an electronic device control system according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention will be described. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a configuration of data stored in the storage unit 132 of the electronic device control system according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention. In the fifth embodiment, a plurality of pieces of information such as an identification code, an image feature amount, and position information can be registered as identification information of the operation target 11. In addition, as setting information set for each operation target 11, not only a remote control code but also an application corresponding to the operation target 11 is associated.

  When the user uses the mobile terminal 13 as a remote control, the mobile terminal 13 starts an application associated with the operation target 11. Thereby, the convenience regarding a user's remote control operation can be improved.

  Each operation object 11 does not need to have information on all items. For example, position information is not set in the operation target 11 with the identification code “1AB”. In this way, a plurality of identification information and setting information can be arbitrarily registered.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be changed as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the present invention. In addition, the electronic device control systems according to Embodiments 1 to 4 described above can be implemented in appropriate combination.

In the above-described embodiments, the present invention has been described as a hardware configuration, but the present invention is not limited to this. The present invention can also realize arbitrary processing by causing a CPU (Central Processing Unit) to execute a computer program. )

  The program may be stored using various types of non-transitory computer readable media and supplied to a computer. Non-transitory computer readable media include various types of tangible storage media. Examples of non-transitory computer-readable media include magnetic recording media (for example, flexible disks, magnetic tapes, hard disk drives), magneto-optical recording media (for example, magneto-optical disks), CD-ROMs (Read Only Memory), CD-Rs, CD-R / W and semiconductor memory (for example, mask ROM, PROM (Programmable ROM), EPROM (Erasable PROM), flash ROM, RAM (random access memory)) are included. The program may also be supplied to the computer by various types of transitory computer readable media. Examples of transitory computer readable media include electrical signals, optical signals, and electromagnetic waves. The temporary computer-readable medium can supply the program to the computer via a wired communication path such as an electric wire and an optical fiber, or a wireless communication path.

  Although the present invention has been described with reference to the exemplary embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above. Various changes that can be understood by those skilled in the art can be made to the configuration and details of the present invention within the scope of the invention.

  This application claims the priority on the basis of Japanese application Japanese Patent Application No. 2012-142916 for which it applied on June 26, 2012, and takes in those the indications of all here.

11 Operation target 13 Mobile terminal 110, 130 NFC communication unit 111, 131 Medium-range wireless communication unit 112, 132 Storage unit

Claims (11)

Storage means for storing an identification code, which is identification information of an operation target, and setting information for operating the operation target in association with each other;
Proximity wireless communication means for performing proximity wireless communication with a proximity wireless communication device associated with the operation target and obtaining an identification code of the operation target;
Medium-range wireless communication means for controlling the operation target by medium-range wireless communication having a longer communicable distance than the proximity wireless communication,
When the identification code of the operation target is acquired by the proximity wireless communication unit during the operation of the operation target, the setting information associated with the acquired identification code is called from the storage unit, and the medium The distance wireless communication means is a portable terminal that performs the operation of the operation target using the called setting information. Storage means for storing information relating to the appearance characteristics of the operation target, which is identification information of the operation target, and setting information for operating the operation target in association with each other;
Image acquisition means for acquiring images;
Medium-range wireless communication means for controlling the operation target by medium-range wireless communication having a longer communicable distance than the proximity wireless communication,
When the operation target image data is acquired by the image acquisition unit during the operation of the operation target, the setting information associated with the information about the feature of the appearance corresponding to the acquired image data is stored in the setting information. A portable terminal that is called from a storage unit, and wherein the medium-range wireless communication unit performs an operation on the operation target using the called setting information.   The portable terminal according to claim 2, wherein the information regarding the feature of the appearance includes at least one of an aspect ratio of the outer shape of the operation target, a ratio of a color to the whole, and image data of the operation target. Storage means for associating and storing position information of the operation target, which is identification information of the operation target, and setting information for operating the operation target;
Proximity wireless communication means for performing proximity wireless communication with a proximity wireless communication device associated with the operation target;
Self-position acquisition means for acquiring self-position information;
Medium-range wireless communication means for controlling the operation target by medium-range wireless communication having a longer communicable distance than the proximity wireless communication,
During the operation of the operation target, when the proximity wireless communication means performs proximity wireless communication with the proximity wireless communication device, the position acquisition means acquires the position information of itself,
The setting information associated with the operation target position information corresponding to the acquired position information is called from the storage unit, and the medium-range wireless communication unit uses the called setting information to A mobile device that performs operations. Storage means for associating and storing position information of the operation target, which is identification information of the operation target, and setting information for operating the operation target;
Proximity wireless communication means for performing proximity wireless communication with a proximity wireless communication device associated with the operation target;
Self-position acquisition means for acquiring self-position information;
Direction detection means for detecting the direction in which it is directed;
Medium-range wireless communication means for controlling the operation target by medium-range wireless communication having a longer communicable distance than the proximity wireless communication,
During the operation of the operation target, the self-position acquisition unit and the direction detection unit detect the position information of the mobile terminal and the directed direction of the mobile terminal,
Using the detected position information as a reference, a position corresponding to the directed direction of the mobile terminal is detected, and the setting information associated with the operation target position information corresponding to the position is called from the storage unit ,
The medium-distance wireless communication means is a portable terminal that performs an operation on the operation target using the called setting information. An identification code that is identification information of the operation target and setting information for operating the operation target are stored in association with each other,
At the time of operation of the operation target, perform proximity wireless communication with a proximity wireless communication device associated with the operation target to obtain the identification code of the operation target,
Call the setting information associated with the acquired identification code,
An operation target control method for performing an operation on the operation target by middle-range wireless communication having a communicable distance longer than that of the close proximity wireless communication using the called setting information. Information relating to the appearance characteristics of the operation target, which is identification information of the operation target, and setting information for operating the operation target are stored in association with each other,
When the operation target is operated, the operation target image data is acquired;
Calling the setting information associated with the information regarding the appearance features corresponding to the acquired image data;
An operation target control method for performing an operation on the operation target using the called setting information.   The operation target control method according to claim 7, wherein the information related to the appearance characteristic includes at least one of an aspect ratio of an outer shape of the operation target, a ratio of a color to the whole, and image data of the operation target. The operation target position information, which is identification information of the operation target, and the setting information for operating the operation target are stored in association with each other,
At the time of operation of the operation target, when performing proximity wireless communication with the proximity wireless communication device associated with the operation target, to acquire its own location information,
Call the setting information associated with the position information of the operation target corresponding to the acquired position information of the self from the storage unit,
An operation target control method for performing an operation on the operation target using the called setting information. The operation target position information, which is identification information of the operation target, and the setting information for operating the operation target are stored in association with each other,
At the time of operation of the operation target, the position information of the mobile terminal and the direction of the mobile terminal are detected
Detecting a position corresponding to the directed direction of the mobile terminal with reference to the detected position information,
Calling the setting information associated with the operation target position information corresponding to the position from the storage means;
An operation target control method for performing an operation on the operation target using the called setting information. An identification code that is identification information of the operation target and setting information for operating the operation target are stored in association with each other,
At the time of operation of the operation target, perform proximity wireless communication with a proximity wireless communication device associated with the operation target to obtain the identification code of the operation target,
Call the setting information associated with the acquired identification code,
A non-transitory computer-readable program that stores a program for causing a computer to execute a process for performing an operation on the operation target through medium-distance wireless communication having a communicable distance longer than the proximity wireless communication using the called setting information Medium.

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