KR101108035B1 - mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

An ID card is stored in a memory of the electronic device (2), and a bidirectional communication device is installed in the portable telephone (1) and the electronic device (2) do. Reads the ID code stored in the memory of the electronic device 2 using the bidirectional communication function from the portable telephone 1 and transmits it to the server 5 via the Internet 4. [ And downloads the electronic device operation program PB1 according to the ID code from the server 5 to the cellular phone 1. [

Electronic device control, remote control

Description

[0001]

1 is a system configuration diagram of a remote control system including an embodiment of a portable terminal apparatus according to the present invention

2 is a view showing a schematic internal configuration of a cellular phone and an electronic apparatus in this remote control system

3 is a diagram showing a state in which an electronic device operation program is downloaded to a cellular phone in this remote control system

Fig. 4 is a view for explaining the remote operation of an electronic device using a mobile phone in this remote control system

DESCRIPTION OF THE REFERENCE NUMERALS

1: mobile phone 2: electronic device

3: Base Station 4: Internet

5: Server 1-1: Microcomputer

1-2: Light-receiving unit 1-3:

1-4: first memory 1-5: second memory

1-6: display unit 1-7: key operation unit

2-1: Micom 2-2: Receiver                 

2-3: light emitting portion 2-4: nonvolatile memory

PA: Electronic Identification Program

PB (PB1, PB2): Electronic device control program

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable terminal device such as a portable telephone that can be used as a remote control device for remotely operating a control target device such as an electronic device.

BACKGROUND ART [0002] Conventionally, most of electronic devices capable of remotely operating (for example, electronic devices such as digital terrestrial waves, CS / BS and other public broadcasting receiving devices) have a simple or complex GUI (Graphical User Interface) , &Quot; remote controller "). Although the remote controller usually has one dedicated remote controller for one electronic device, in recent years, a remote controller capable of performing basic operations such as " simple remote controller " may be attached in order to simplify the operation.

On the other hand, there is a technique described in Patent Document 1 below, for example, for a technique of using a portable terminal device represented by a portable telephone having a communication function as a remote controller. In this patent document 1, a remote control code is accumulated for each operation of each product of each maker in a storage device of a distribution center, and a method of reading a remote control code according to a request from the portable telephone and sending the remote control code to a portable telephone Respectively.

In this method, a user inputs a maker name, a manufacture name, a format name, and the like of an electronic device to be remotely operated from a portable telephone in the form of individual telephone numbers. For example, designate maker name, manufacture name, format name, etc. by inputting individual telephone number of 0120-088-298-1240 (088 ... format name, 2 ... VTR, 98 ... 98 type, 12 ... A company Product, 40 ... lot number).

On the other hand, after designating the maker name, product name, format name and the like, the operation menu sent from the distribution center is displayed on the screen of the cellular phone. From this operation menu, it is possible to select, as a remote control code for receiving a signal, a remote control code capable of only basic operations and a remote control code capable of all operations.

As a method of using this portable telephone with a remote controller, it is possible to receive a signal of a remote control code capable of all operations, receive a signal of a remote control code capable of basic operation only, or receive a signal of an individual remote control code for each electronic appliance . Thereby, one mobile phone can be used as a plurality of remote controllers, and the number of remote controllers in the home can be reduced.

Patent Document 1:

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-285945 (paragraphs 0013 to 0014)

However, in the technique of Patent Document 1 described above, since the maker name, the product name, the type name, etc. of the electronic device are keyed in the form of individual telephone numbers and sent from the portable telephone to the distribution center, Since it is very troublesome to search for individual telephone numbers, a lot of effort is required in order to be compatible with a remote controller.                         

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a portable terminal device capable of greatly alleviating efforts to be combined with a remote controller.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable terminal device including a portable terminal device, comprising: a unique information reading means for reading non-contact unique information stored in a memory of a device to be controlled; And a unique information transmitting means for transmitting the unique information to the server.

In the present invention, the portable terminal apparatus reads the unique information (for example, ID code) stored in the memory of the control target device in a noncontact manner and transmits it to the server via the Internet. The server can know the maker name, product name, format name, etc. of the control target device by the transmitted unique information.

Here, when a program enabling the remote control of the control target device specified by the unique information is transmitted from the server to the portable terminal device and downloaded to the portable terminal device, the remote control function can be added to the portable terminal device.

On the other hand, a list of programs enabling remote control of the control target device specified from the unique information may be transmitted from the server to the portable terminal device, and the list of programs may be displayed on the screen of the portable terminal device. For example, a program that enables all operations and a program that allows only basic operations are displayed in a list, and a user selects which program to download from the list. Then, the selected program is sent from the server to the portable terminal device and downloaded to the portable terminal device.

In the present invention, the unique information reading means and the unique information transmitting means may be configured in hardware or may be provided as a program. In this case, the program may be downloaded from the server via the Internet, or may be set in advance.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a remote control system including an embodiment of a portable terminal apparatus according to the present invention.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a portable telephone, 2 denotes an electronic apparatus such as a television or an air conditioner, 3 denotes a base station, 4 denotes an Internet, and 5 denotes a server. The base station 3 and the server 5 are connected via the Internet 4. In this remote control system, the portable telephone 1 corresponds to the portable terminal device referred to in the present invention, and the electronic device 2 corresponds to the control target device. On the other hand, the portable terminal apparatus may not necessarily be a portable telephone, but may be a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) or the like.

In the present embodiment, the cellular phone 1 and the electronic device 2 are provided with a bi-directional communication function such as a short-range wireless transmission / reception function (for example, Bluetooth, IrDA (Infrared Data Association) An ID code is stored in the memory of the electronic device 2 as unique information of the electronic device 2. The ID code is for specifying the maker name, product name, format name, etc. of the electronic device 2 constantly .

The server 5 is provided with an electronic device identification program PA and an electronic device operation program PB by a Java 占 application or the like. Only one program (PA) for identification of electronic apparatuses is prepared for all the electronic apparatuses used in this system. On the other hand, a plurality of electronic device control programs PB are prepared corresponding to ID codes of various electronic apparatuses used in this system.

In addition, the electronic device operation program PB is provided with two types of programs: a program PB1 that enables the entire operation and a program PB2 that allows only basic operations. That is, in this embodiment, two types of electronic equipment operating programs, PB1 and PB2, are prepared corresponding to one ID code.

Fig. 2 shows a schematic internal configuration of the cellular phone 1 and the electronic device 2. As shown in Fig. The electronic device 2 includes a microcomputer 2-1, a light receiving unit 2-2, a light emitting unit 2-3, and a nonvolatile memory 2-4 have. The above-described ID code is stored in the nonvolatile memory 2-4 in addition to the remote control code according to various operations in the electronic device 2. [

The portable telephone 1 includes a microcomputer 1-1, a light receiving unit 1-2, a light emitting unit 1-3, a first memory 1-4, a second memory 1-5, A display section 1-6, a key operation section 1-7, and a radio communication section 1-8. The memory 1-4 stores basic programs executed by the microcomputer 1-1. In the memory 1-5, an electronic device identification program PA and an electronic device operation program PB downloaded from the server 5 are stored.

Hereinafter, the operation of adding the remote control function to the portable telephone 1 for enabling the remote control of the electronic device 2 in the remote control system will be described.                     

[Downloading program for identifying electronic devices]

The cellular phone 1 accesses the server 5 via the Internet 4 via the base station 3 and downloads the electronic device identification program PA prepared in the server 5 1: arrows (1) and (2)). This downloaded electronic device identification program (PA) is stored in the memory (1-5) of the portable telephone (1). This electronic device identification program (PA) corresponds to the unique information reading means and the unique information transmitting means in the present invention.

[Acquisition of ID from electronic device]

Subsequently, the portable telephone 1 is brought close to the electronic device 2, and the processing operation of the electronic device identification program PA is started to the microcomputer 1-1. Thereby, the microcomputer 1-1 sends an ID code acquisition instruction to the electronic device 2 via the light emitting unit 1-3 (Fig. 1 and Fig. 2: arrow ③). This ID code acquisition command is sent as a remote control code (code example).

The electronic device 2 receives an ID code acquisition command from the portable telephone 1 through the light receiving section 2-2 and sends it to the microcomputer 2-1. The microcomputer 2-1 decodes a received ID code acquisition command (a code example of a remote control code) and combines it with the remote control code stored in the nonvolatile memory 2-4, It is confirmed that it is acquisition instruction. Then, the microcomputer 2-1 reads the ID code stored in the nonvolatile memory 2-4, converts the read ID code into a code example, and transmits the ID code to the cellular phone ( 1) (Fig. 1 and Fig. 2: arrow ④).

[Transmission of the obtained ID code to the server]

The cellular phone 1 receives the ID code from the electronic device 2 via the light receiving unit 1-2 and sends it to the microcomputer 1-1. The microcomputer 1-1 decodes the received ID code (code example of the ID code) and sends it to the server 5 via the Internet 4 via the wireless communication unit 1-8 (Figs. 1 and 2 : Arrow ⑤).

[Return of Program List]

The server 5 receives the ID code from the cellular phone 1 and creates a list (program list) of the electronic device operation programs PB1 and PB2 prepared corresponding to the received ID code, And returns the list to the cellular phone 1 (Fig. 2 and Fig. 3: arrow ⑥).

[Select program from list]

The cellular phone 1 receives the program list from the server 5 via the wireless communication unit 1-8 and sends it to the microcomputer 1-1. The microcomputer 1-1 displays the received program list on the display unit 1-6.

Here, the user selects which program to download from the displayed program list. In this example, since the electronic device operation programs PB1 and PB2 are displayed in the program list, one of them is selected. Here, it is assumed that the electronic device operation program PB1 is selected. Then, the microcomputer 1-1 notifies the server 5 that the electronic device operation program PB1 has been selected through the wireless communication unit 1-8 (Fig. 2 and Fig. 3: arrow ⑦).

[Downloading of the electronic control program]

The server 5 receives the notification from the portable telephone 1 and selects the selected electronic device operation program PB1 from among the electronic device operation programs PB1 and PB2 prepared in response to the ID code of the electronic device 2 And sends it to the cellular phone 1 (Fig. 2 and Fig. 3: arrow ⑧).

The portable telephone 1 receives the electronic device operation program PB1 from the server 5 via the wireless communication unit 1-8 and sends it to the microcomputer 2-1. The microcomputer 2-1 stores (downloads) the received electronic device operation program PB1 in the memory 1-5.

In this example, it is described that the electronic device control program PB1 is selected from the program list. However, when the electronic device control program PB2 is selected, the selected electronic device control program PB2 is transmitted from the server 5 to the portable telephone 1).

On the other hand, following the electronic device manipulation program PB1, the electronic device manipulation program PB2 may be downloaded and both programs may be imported into the portable telephone 1. [ As a result, the cellular phone 1 can be used as a dedicated remote controller capable of all operations, and can also be used as an easy remote controller capable of only basic operations. In addition, the ID code stored in the memory of the electronic device can be similarly read for other electronic devices, and the electronic device control program prepared corresponding to the ID code can be downloaded.

[Remote control operation]

The remote control operation for the electronic apparatus 2 from the portable telephone 1 is performed as follows. The microcomputer 1-1 transmits the remote control code according to the key operation from the key operation unit 1-7 to the electronic device 2 in accordance with the electronic device operation program PB1 downloaded to the memory 1-5 do. The remote control code is transmitted through the light emitting unit 1-3 (FIGS. 3 and 4: arrow 9).

The electronic device 2 receives the remote control code (code example) from the cellular phone 1 through the light receiving unit 2-2 (Fig. 4) and sends it to the microcomputer 2-1. The microcomputer 2-1 decodes the received remote control code (code example) and combines it with the remote control code stored in the nonvolatile memory 2-4 to recognize the operation contents instructed by the remote control code. Then, the microcomputer 2-1 executes processing according to the contents of the operation.

As can be seen from the above description, according to the cellular phone 1 of the present embodiment, the ID code stored in the nonvolatile memory 2-4 of the electronic device 2 is read out non-contactly and sent to the server 5, The manufacturer name, the product name, the format name, and the like of the electronic device 2 are specified by the user 5, so that it is not necessary to perform troublesome input operations such as key input of individual telephone numbers, And efforts to make it more compatible with the present invention are greatly reduced.

On the other hand, in the above-described embodiment, the electronic device operation program PB is of two types, PB1 and PB2, but the type may be further increased.

The electronic device control program PB may be of one kind. In this case, it is not necessary to select the electronic device operation program from the program list, and the electronic device operation program just needs to be downloaded.

In the above-described embodiment, the electronic device identification program PA is first downloaded from the server 5, but the electronic device identification program PA may be set in advance in the cellular phone 1 .

As can be seen from the above description, according to the portable terminal apparatus of the present invention, the unique information stored in the memory of the control target device is read in noncontact manner and transmitted to the server via the Internet, Or a product name and a type name can be specified so that complicated input operations such as key input of an individual telephone number do not have to be performed and the individual telephone numbers can be ignored so that effort for common use with the remote control can be greatly reduced do.

Claims (4)

A unique information reading means for requesting unique information identifying the control target device from the control target device in a noncontact manner stored in a memory of the control target device and receiving the unique information from the control target device in response thereto; Unique information transmission means for transmitting the read unique information to a server via the Internet; Program list display means for displaying a list of programs enabling remote control of the control target device sent from the server according to the unique information transmitted via the Internet; And And means for downloading a desired program selected from the list of displayed programs from the server, The server comprises: And a plurality of programs having different operating ranges for the same control target device. delete delete The method according to claim 1, Wherein the unique information reading means and the unique information transmitting means are programs downloaded from the server via the Internet.

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