JP2003087398A - Gate device, mobile terminal device, gate system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Problem] In a conventional gate system, the control mode of a mobile phone of a person who has passed through the gate is changed uniformly. The above-mentioned conventional gate system is very effective in the case of restricting the power of the mobile phone of the general customer who enters, but the power of the mobile phone of the related party on the organizer side is turned off as described above. If you do such a regulation,
It is very inconvenient because there is no means for contacting the parties concerned. A gate (20) is an example of a control mode storage unit, and a storage unit (21) for storing a plurality of pieces of information relating to a control mode of the mobile phone (10), an operation program of the gate (20), and the like. A communication unit 23 for transmitting and receiving information to and from the control unit 2;
2 is provided.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gate device, a mobile terminal device and a gate system for changing the control mode of the mobile terminal device in order to restrict the use of the mobile terminal device within a predetermined area. Is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, among mobile terminal devices, in particular, there have been reports on the influence of the electric field strength (electric field strength) emitted by a mobile phone on a human body and low-power equipment, and manners of handling a mobile phone in a place where many publics gather. Enlightenment activities are actively carried out. Specifically, we are calling for people to voluntarily refrain from using mobile phones in places where many people gather. However, even if such a call is made in practice, the use of mobile phones cannot be forcibly restricted. JP-A-10-191454
The gazette describes a technique for forcibly restricting the use of mobile phones. In this technology, when the owner of the mobile phone passes through the gate device, the mobile phone receives a restriction signal transmitted from the gate device, thereby changing the control mode of the mobile phone to restrict the use. is there.

[0003]

By the way, the technique described in the above publication restricts all the cellular phones of a person who has passed through the gate device by uniformly changing them to the same control mode. That is, for example, if the control mode is to turn off the power supply of the mobile phone, the gate device turns off the power supply of all the mobile phones of the passing people to restrict the use of the mobile phone. However, as described above, it may be inconvenient to change the control mode of the mobile phone of the person who uniformly passes through the gate to regulate the mobile phone. That is, in the above example, it is good to turn off the power of the mobile phone of the general customer by installing the gate device at the entrance of the concert venue, but the same applies to the mobile phones of the parties on the organizer side. It is very inconvenient to regulate the above because there is no means to communicate with the people concerned. Therefore, in order to deal with such a case, the above-mentioned related person may use another communication means (for example,
It is inefficient because it is necessary to carry a transceiver etc.). Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gate device when the gate device transmits a signal that changes a control mode of a mobile terminal device such as a mobile phone. To provide a gate device for selectively transmitting a signal to a mobile terminal device from a plurality of signals to be controlled, a mobile terminal device for receiving a signal transmitted from the gate device and changing a control mode, and a gate system. Is.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a gate device for changing the control mode of a mobile terminal device by transmitting information on the control mode to the mobile terminal device, It is configured as a gate device characterized by comprising information regarding a plurality of different control modes. With this configuration,
It is no longer necessary to restrict the use of all the mobile terminal devices that pass through the gate device to the same control mode as in the prior art, and to implement various usage restrictions on the mobile terminal devices. Is possible. By providing the control mode storage means for storing the information on the plurality of different control modes, it is possible to store information on many control modes in the control mode storage means.

The information regarding the control mode may be configured to include information regarding a place where the gate device is installed, information regarding time, or information regarding electronic information provided in the portable terminal device. By configuring the information on the control mode as described above, the control of the mobile terminal device can be performed based on the above-mentioned information (information on the place where the gate device is installed, information on time, the mobile terminal device). It is possible to finely change the mode.

The electronic information may include information about the owner of the mobile terminal device and information about the mobile terminal device. By configuring the electronic information in this way, the control mode of the mobile terminal device is changed based on the electronic information including the above-mentioned information (information about the owner of the mobile terminal device, information about the mobile terminal device). Therefore, the control mode can be changed for each mobile terminal device. Further, by authenticating the electronic information, for example, when the electronic information is an electronic electronic ticket, the gate device transmits information regarding the control mode to the mobile terminal device and the ticket gate of the electronic ticket. It is efficient because it can be authenticated.

Further, when the present invention is regarded as a portable terminal device, in the portable terminal device for changing the control mode based on the information on the control mode transmitted from the gate device, the gate device can control a plurality of different control modes. When the mobile terminal device is provided with the mode information, the mobile terminal device is configured to change the control mode based on the control mode information transmitted from the gate device. By configuring the mobile terminal device in this way, the mobile terminal device that passes through the gate device as in the related art is not restricted to perform the same control in a uniform manner. Various control modes of the apparatus can be implemented. The electronic information may be provided, and the electronic information may be configured to include information regarding the control mode in advance. With this configuration, the mobile terminal device can change its control mode depending on the control mode information stored in advance in the electronic information regardless of whether or not the gate device has passed. When the present invention is regarded as a gate system, in a gate system including a gate device that changes the control mode of the mobile terminal device by transmitting information regarding the control mode to the mobile terminal device, the gate device includes a plurality of gate devices. Is configured as a gate system characterized in that it is provided with information regarding different control modes. Thus, even if the present invention is regarded as a gate system, the mobile terminal device that passes through the gate device as in the prior art is not restricted to perform the same control in a uniform manner. Various control modes of the apparatus can be implemented.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments and examples of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings to provide an understanding of the present invention. It should be noted that the following embodiments and examples are merely examples embodying the present invention and are not of the nature to limit the technical scope of the present invention. Here, FIG. 1 is an example of a situation in which a gate device, a mobile terminal device, and a gate system of the present invention are adopted, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a mobile phone 10 and a gate 20 adopting the present invention, FIG. Is an explanatory view showing the outline of the processing performed on the mobile phone 10 side and the gate 20 side at the time of entry, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing the outline of the processing performed on the mobile phone 10 side and the gate 20 side at the time of exit, FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing an example of a series of processes for transmitting an electronic ticket performed on the mobile phone 10 side,
FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing an example of a series of processes for transmitting information related to electronic ticket authentication and control mode performed on the gate 20 side, and FIG. 7 is an example of a series of processes for changing control mode performed on the mobile phone 10 side. It is a flowchart showing.

First, an example of a situation in which a gate device, a mobile terminal device and a gate system according to an embodiment of the present invention are adopted will be described with reference to FIG. For example, a gate 20 which is an example of a gate device is installed at the entrance of a lobby such as a concert hall, and the owner of a mobile phone 10 which is an example of a mobile terminal device that stores an electronic ticket for a concert (hereinafter referred to as “user”). “)” Passes through the gate 20 at the concert venue to change the mode of authentication of the electronic ticket and control of the mobile phone 10 to enter. Note that the gate device 20 is not limited to being provided at the entrance of the lobby of the concert hall for general customers as described above, but may be provided at, for example, a dedicated gate for staff. Here, "change the control mode of the mobile phone 10".
This will be explained. The change of the control mode is to change the use environment or situation of the mobile phone 10 by limiting the functions of the mobile phone 10. More specifically, it means, for example, turning off the power supply of the mobile phone 10, disabling a call, eliminating the ring tone (manner mode), or changing the volume of the ring tone. It shall be. In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, when the user enters the hall where the concert is actually held from the lobby, the user can use the mobile phone 1 at another gate 30
You may enter by changing the control mode of 0. By doing so, it becomes possible to appropriately change the control mode of the mobile phone 10 according to each place. The mobile phone 10 that changes the control mode of the mobile phone 10 in this manner
The configuration of the gates 20 and 30 and the processing performed by both will be described below.

First, the structures of the mobile phone 10 and the gates 20 and 30 will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, the gate 20,
Since both 30 have the same configuration, the gate 20 will be described below. The mobile phone 10 displays processing and the like performed by the mobile phone 10, and includes a display unit 11 including, for example, a liquid crystal screen, an operation unit 12 through which a user inputs an operation, and an operation of the mobile phone 10. It comprises a storage unit 14 for storing programs and electronic information, a communication unit 15 for transmitting and receiving information using an antenna 16, and a control unit 13 for controlling each of the above units. The storage unit 1
The electronic information stored in 4 is, for example, an electronic ticket, information about the user of the user of the mobile phone 10, such as age, sex, occupation, etc., and the mobile phone 1 such as the type of the mobile phone 10.
It is information about 0. Especially in the following explanation,
The information about the user and the information about the mobile phone 10 will be referred to as “electronic information”. The gate 20 is an example of a control mode storage unit, and stores a plurality of information regarding the control mode of the mobile phone 10, and a storage unit 21 that stores an operation program of the gate 20 and the like, and transmits / receives information to / from the mobile phone 10. The communication unit 23 for performing the operations and the control unit 22 for controlling the above units are provided. In addition, as described above, when the gate device 20 is provided in a staff-only gate or the like, no electronic ticket authentication or the like is required. Therefore, in order to reduce the size and weight of the gate device 20, the gate is included in the gate. Only the communication unit 23 is installed, and the storage unit 2
The control unit 1 and the control unit 22 may be provided in another place (for example, a central monitoring room of a concert hall). In the above description, transmission and reception of information between the mobile phone 10 and the gate 20 are assumed to be performed by the communication units of each other using radio waves. A transmitter / receiver may be provided so that information is transmitted / received by the transmitter / receiver, or Blue
It may be a form of transmission / reception using Bluetooth. The processing performed by transmitting and receiving between the mobile phone 10 and the gate 20 having such a configuration will be described below.

An outline of the processing performed by the mobile phone 10 and the gate 20 when the user enters through the gate 20 will be described with reference to FIG. (Preparation for Electronic Ticket Transmission; Mobile Phone 10 Side Processing) The mobile phone 10 transmits the electronic ticket stored in the storage unit 14 to the gate 20 in order to authenticate the electronic ticket at the gate 20. This process will be described in detail with reference to FIG. First, the operation unit 12 is operated by the user, and the mobile phone 10 is in a state of inputting a password for setting a mode for transmitting the electronic ticket stored in the storage unit 14 to the gate 20 (S10). Then, the control unit 13 determines whether or not the password input by the user through the operation unit 12 sets the mobile phone 10 in the electronic ticket transmission mode (S20). This step S
If it is determined in step 20 that the entered password sets the mobile phone 10 to the electronic ticket transmission mode, the process proceeds to step S30, while the entered password causes the mobile phone 10 to enter the electronic ticket. If the transmission mode is not set, the process of step S10 is performed again. Note that the password is input as described above to prevent the electronic ticket from being transmitted when the mobile phone 10 is arbitrarily operated by another person. If it is determined in step S20 that the input password is for setting the mobile phone 10 in the electronic ticket transmission mode, the control unit 13
Displays a list of electronic tickets stored in the storage unit 14 on the display unit 11 (S30). Subsequently, the electronic ticket to be transmitted is selected from the list by the user (S40), and the control unit 13 starts measuring a predetermined time using the clock function of the mobile phone 10 (S50).
The above time counting is performed to automatically cancel the electronic ticket transmission mode after a predetermined time has elapsed. That is, this process is effective in preventing the mobile phone 10 from being operated by another person and the electronic ticket being transmitted when the mobile phone 10 is left in the electronic ticket transmission mode. (Electronic ticket request; Gate 20 side processing) Then, after the processing of step S50, the control unit 13 of the mobile phone 10
Determines whether the communication unit 15 has received a signal for requesting an electronic ticket transmitted from the communication unit 23 of the gate 20 (S60). (Sending an electronic ticket; processing on the mobile phone 10 side)
When the control unit 13 of the mobile phone determines that the electronic ticket is received in step S60, the electronic ticket selected by the user in step S40 and the electronic information stored in the storage unit 14 are transmitted (S70). On the other hand, step S
If it is determined in 60 that the electronic ticket request signal has not been received from the gate 20 even after a predetermined time has passed (S8).
0), cancel the electronic ticket transmission mode (S9)
0). Further, although the case where the electronic ticket selected by the user is transmitted to the gate 20 has been described above, as another method, for example, when there is an electronic ticket request from the gate 20, the mobile phone 10 sends an electronic ticket. The ticket may be automatically selected and transmitted. For example, the electronic ticket to be transmitted based on the information of the concert that the control unit 13 of the mobile phone 10 includes in the information of the concert to be performed is included in the signal of the electronic ticket request transmitted from the gate 20. May be automatically selected.

(Electronic ticket authentication, control mode signal transmission; gate 20 side processing) The gate 20 performs the above step S.
At 70, the electronic ticket transmitted from the mobile phone 10 is received, and the electronic ticket is authenticated and information regarding the control mode of the mobile phone 10 (that is, a signal for changing the control mode) is transmitted. The processing performed by the gate 20 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. Control unit 22 of gate 20
Determines whether the electronic ticket transmitted from the mobile phone 10 has been received by the communication unit 23 and acquired (S11).
0). If it is determined in step S110 that an electronic ticket has not been acquired, a signal indicating that entry is not possible is transmitted to the mobile phone 10 (S150), while if it is determined that an electronic ticket has been acquired, The process is step S12.
Move to 0. The control unit 22 authenticates the acquired electronic ticket (S120), and subsequently selects information regarding the control mode of the mobile phone 10 (S130). The selection of the information regarding the control mode in step S130 is performed by the mobile phone 1
It is performed based on the electronic information (information about the user, information about the mobile phone 10) transmitted together with the electronic ticket from 0. That is, since the storage unit 21 of the gate 20 stores a plurality of pieces of information regarding the control mode including information about various electronic information, the information about the control mode corresponding to the transmitted electronic information is stored in the plurality of various kinds of electronic information. The above-mentioned selection becomes possible by searching from the information on the control mode including the information on. Further, as a specific example, the following can be performed. For example, if the received electronic information indicates that the person is involved in the concert, the gate 20 sends information regarding the control mode indicating that the person concerned can use the mobile phone to the mobile telephone of the person concerned. To do. On the other hand, if the received electronic information indicates that the customer is a general customer, the gate 20 transmits information about the control mode for restricting the use to the mobile phone of the general customer. That is, it becomes possible to change the control mode by the user of the mobile phone such that the mobile phone of the person involved in the concert is enabled and the mobile phone of the general customer is disabled. Subsequently, the control unit 22 transmits the result of the electronic ticket authentication performed in step S120 and the information regarding the control mode selected in step S130 from the communication unit 23 to the mobile phone 10 (S).
140).

(Authentication Confirmation Display, Control Mode Change; Mobile Phone 10-Side Processing) The mobile phone 10 receives the authentication result of the electronic ticket transmitted from the gate 20 and the information regarding the control mode, and the authentication result. And the control mode of itself are changed. The processing performed by the mobile phone 10 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. First, the mobile phone 10 receives the result of the electronic ticket authentication and the information about the control mode from the communication unit 15 (S210). Then, the control unit 13
Displays the authentication result of the electronic ticket on the display unit 11 to inform the user that the electronic ticket has been authenticated (S220). Of course, if there is a problem in the authentication of the electronic ticket, a message to that effect may be displayed in step S220. continue,
The control unit 13 changes the control mode of itself based on the information on the control mode of step S210 (S230). This change of the control mode may be performed, for example, by the control unit 13 newly developing the operation program stored in the storage unit 14 based on the received information about the control mode. By transmitting and receiving information and performing each process between the mobile phone 10 and the gate 20 as described above, the control mode of the mobile phone 10 can be changed.

[0014]

(Embodiment 1) In addition, the storage unit 21 of the gate 20
The information about the control mode stored in the above may be provided with information about the place and time when the gate 20 is installed.
By doing this, the following can be achieved. By including the information about the place where the gate 20 is installed in the information about the control mode, for example, the gate 2
It is possible to change the control mode of the mobile phone 10 according to the place where 0 is installed. More specifically, referring to FIG. 1, the gate 20 only contains information for reducing the ringing tone as information about the control mode, and the gate 30 installed at the entrance of the hall is controlled. Turn off the power of the mobile phone 10 as information about the mode
By including such information, it is possible to change the control mode of the mobile phone 10 in a stepwise manner and regulate it. Further, by including the information regarding the time in the information regarding the control mode, for example, the control unit 13 of the mobile phone 10 may determine that the concert start time has come and turn off the power of itself.

(Embodiment 2) Of the electronic information stored in the storage unit 14 of the mobile phone 10, for example, an electronic ticket may include information regarding a control mode in advance.
Specifically, for example, when a user purchases an electronic ticket for a concert or a play, the purchased electronic ticket includes information on a control mode such that the power of the mobile phone 10 is turned off at the start time of the concert or the play. You can leave it. By doing so, the control mode of the mobile phone 10 can be changed regardless of the presence or absence of the gate device.

(Embodiment 3) Further, a process when a user leaves a concert hall or the like will be described with reference to FIG. (Request for exit procedure; processing on mobile phone 10 side) The user operates the operation unit 12 of the mobile phone 10 to transmit a signal requesting exit to the gate device 20. (Exit procedure, release signal transmission; gate 20 side processing) The gate 20 receives a signal requesting exit from the mobile phone 10 and sends a release signal to the mobile phone 10 of the user who exits after passing through the gate 20. To send. (Cancellation; Mobile Phone 10-Side Processing) The mobile phone 10 receives the cancellation signal transmitted from the gate 20, whereby the mobile phone 10 whose control mode is restricted is released to the normal use state. In addition, although the user operates the mobile phone 10 to transmit the exit procedure request described above, the mobile phone 10 receives the release signal transmitted from the gate 20 even if the user does not perform such an operation. The control mode may be returned to the normal use state only by performing the above.

[0017]

According to the present invention, in a gate device for changing the control mode of the mobile terminal device by transmitting the information on the control mode to the mobile terminal device, the gate device is provided with information on a plurality of different control modes. It is configured as a gate device. With this configuration, it is possible to prevent the mobile terminal device passing through the gate device from being uniformly changed to the same control mode and restricting its use as in the conventional technique. On the other hand, it is possible to enforce various usage regulations. By providing the control mode storage means for storing the information on the plurality of different control modes, it is possible to store information on many control modes in the control mode storage means.

The information regarding the control mode may be configured to include information regarding a place where the gate device is installed, information regarding time, or information regarding electronic information provided in the portable terminal device. By configuring the information on the control mode as described above, the control of the mobile terminal device can be performed based on the above-mentioned information (information on the place where the gate device is installed, information on time, the mobile terminal device). It is possible to finely change the mode.

The electronic information may include information about the owner of the mobile terminal device and information about the mobile terminal device. By configuring the electronic information in this way, the control mode of the mobile terminal device is changed based on the electronic information including the above-mentioned information (information about the owner of the mobile terminal device, information about the mobile terminal device). Therefore, the control mode can be changed for each mobile terminal device. Further, by authenticating the electronic information, for example, when the electronic information is an electronic electronic ticket, the gate device transmits information regarding the control mode to the mobile terminal device and the ticket gate of the electronic ticket. It is efficient because it can be authenticated.

Further, when the present invention is regarded as a portable terminal device, in the portable terminal device for changing the control mode based on the information on the control mode transmitted from the gate device, the gate device is provided with a plurality of different control modes. When the mobile terminal device is provided with the mode information, the mobile terminal device is configured to change the control mode based on the control mode information transmitted from the gate device. By configuring the mobile terminal device in this way, the mobile terminal device that passes through the gate device as in the related art is not restricted to perform the same control in a uniform manner. Various control modes of the apparatus can be implemented. The electronic information may be provided, and the electronic information may be configured to include information regarding the control mode in advance. With this configuration, the mobile terminal device can change its control mode depending on the control mode information stored in advance in the electronic information regardless of whether or not the gate device has passed. When the present invention is regarded as a gate system, in a gate system including a gate device that changes the control mode of the mobile terminal device by transmitting information regarding the control mode to the mobile terminal device, the gate device includes a plurality of gate devices. Is configured as a gate system characterized in that it is provided with information regarding different control modes. Thus, even if the present invention is regarded as a gate system, the mobile terminal device that passes through the gate device as in the prior art is not restricted to perform the same control in a uniform manner. Various control modes of the apparatus can be implemented.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an example of a situation in which a gate device, a mobile terminal device, and a gate system of the present invention are adopted.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a mobile phone 10 and a gate 20 adopting the present invention.

FIG. 3 shows the mobile phone 10 side and the gate 20 at the time of entry.
Explanatory drawing which showed the outline of the process performed by the side.

FIG. 4 shows the mobile phone 10 side and the gate 20 when exiting
Explanatory drawing which showed the outline of the process performed by the side.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of a series of processes for transmitting an electronic ticket performed on the mobile phone 10 side.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a series of processes for transmitting information regarding the authentication and control mode of an electronic ticket performed on the gate 20 side.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a series of processes for changing the control mode performed on the mobile phone 10 side.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Mobile phone (mobile terminal device) 20, 30 ... Gate (gate device)

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Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A gate device for changing the control mode of a mobile terminal device by transmitting the control mode information to the mobile terminal device, wherein the gate device comprises a plurality of different control mode information. And gate device. 2. The gate device according to claim 1, further comprising a control mode storage means for storing information regarding the plurality of different control modes. 3. The gate device according to claim 1, wherein the information on the control mode includes information on a place where the gate device is installed. 4. The gate device according to claim 1, wherein the information regarding the control mode includes information regarding time. 5. The gate device according to claim 1, wherein the information regarding the control mode includes information regarding electronic information included in the mobile terminal device. 6. The gate device according to claim 5, wherein the electronic information includes information about an owner of the mobile terminal device. 7. The gate device according to claim 5, wherein the electronic information includes information about the mobile terminal device. 8. The gate device according to claim 5, wherein the electronic information is authenticated. 9. In a mobile terminal device for changing a control mode based on information about a control mode transmitted from a gate device, when the gate device has a plurality of information about different control modes, A mobile terminal device, characterized in that a control mode is changed based on information on the control mode transmitted from the gate device. 10. The electronic information includes electronic information, and when the electronic information includes information on the control mode in advance, the control mode is changed based on the information on the control mode. 9. The mobile terminal device according to item 9. 11. A gate system comprising a gate device for changing the control mode of the mobile terminal device by transmitting information on the control mode to the mobile terminal device, wherein the gate device has a plurality of different control modes. A gate system comprising information about aspects.