JP2007208916A - Communication terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication terminal device capable of communicating with an opposite-side party through simple operations, without the risk of leakage of personal information. <P>SOLUTION: An opposite-side party information storage unit 102 stores and manages correspondence relation between radio tag information and opposite-side party information; information on a wireless tag 21 is received by holding a card 20 in which the wireless tag 21 is embedded, over a mobile phone 10; opposite-side party information, corresponding to the information of the radio tag, is acquired from the opposite-side party information storage unit 102 based on the received radio tag information; and communication with the opposite-side party is established, by automatically originating a call, based on the acquired opposite-side party information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication terminal apparatus, and more particularly, to a communication terminal apparatus that can communicate with a partner with a simple operation.

  Recent communication terminal devices such as mobile phones are equipped with various functions, and it is particularly difficult for infants and elderly people to quickly communicate with their intended counterparts.

  For example, although a mobile phone has an address book function, it is not easy for an infant or an elderly person to register a destination with respect to the address book and find a specific destination from the address book.

  Also, in the mail function of a mobile phone, it is not easy to perform desired settings and send mail to the other party.

  Conventionally, a technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 is known as a technique for facilitating registration of a destination in an address book or the like.

In this Patent Document 1, a wireless tag for transmitting wireless tag information including contact information is attached to a business card or the like, and the wireless tag is held over a mobile phone to store the contact information in a memory in the mobile phone. The contact information is used to enable communication with the other party.
JP 2004-208097 A

  However, the configuration described in Patent Document 1 has a problem that personal information may be leaked depending on the usage method because contact information is directly transmitted from the wireless tag to the mobile phone.

  In addition, in the configuration described in Patent Document 1, it is easy to capture contact information, but in order to communicate with the other party, an operation to call the stored contact information is required. However, for infants and elderly people, communication with the other party is not always easy.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a communication terminal device that can communicate with a partner by a simple operation without fear of leakage of personal information.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a communication terminal device having a communication function for communicating with a counterpart based on counterpart information, a radio tag receiving means for receiving information from a radio tag, and information on the radio tag, A counterpart information storage means for storing and managing a correspondence relationship with the counterpart information, and a counterpart corresponding to the information of the radio tag from the counterpart information storage means based on the information of the radio tag received by the radio tag reception means A destination information acquisition unit for acquiring destination information and a communication unit for automatically making a call based on the destination information acquired by the destination information acquisition unit to establish communication with the destination.

  According to the present invention, the correspondence relationship between the wireless tag information and the counterpart information is stored and managed by the counterpart information storage means, the radio tag information is received by holding the radio tag over the communication terminal device, and the reception So as to acquire destination information corresponding to the information of the wireless tag from the destination information storage means based on the information of the received wireless tag, and automatically make a call based on the acquired destination information to establish communication with the destination. Since it is configured, personal information is not directly transmitted between the wireless tag and the communication terminal device, so there is no risk of leakage of personal information, and communication with the other party can be performed with a simple operation. There is an effect.

  Embodiments of a communication terminal apparatus according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  In the following embodiments, the case where the present invention is applied to a mobile phone will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a cellular phone configured by applying the communication terminal device of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, the mobile phone 10 according to the first embodiment includes a wireless tag receiver 101, and a wireless tag receiver is provided by holding a card 20 embedded with a wireless tag 21 carried by a user over the mobile phone 10. The wireless tag information is acquired from the wireless tag 21 of the card 20 by 101, the communication partner information is specified based on the wireless tag information, and an automatic call is made based on the specified communication partner information, and Configured to establish communication.

  Here, the wireless tag information acquired from the wireless tag 21 of the card 20 by the wireless tag receiver 101 is meaningless information as it is, and this wireless tag information is stored in the mobile phone 10 as specific communication partner information. The mobile phone 10 specifies communication partner information based on this association.

  According to such a configuration, wireless tag information, which is meaningless information as it is, is transmitted from the wireless tag 21 to the wireless tag receiver 101. As a result, information from the wireless tag 21 to the wireless tag receiver 101 is transmitted. Even if the third party obtains this card and analyzes the RFID tag information by analyzing the card, there is no possibility that the third party will know the communication partner information, which is personal information.

  Further, according to this configuration, since the usage method is easy to understand intuitively, any person can use it. In particular, it is easier for an infant or the like to hold the parent's photo over the mobile phone than to search for the parent's phone number from the phone book inside the mobile phone.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the mobile radio telephone 10 shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 2, the mobile radio telephone 10 includes a radio tag receiver 101, a partner information storage unit 102, an operation unit 103, a transmission / reception processing unit 104, an antenna 105, a signal processing unit 106, a speaker 107, a microphone 108, and a display unit 109. The power supply unit 110 and the control unit 111 are provided.

  Here, when the RFID tag receiver 101 and the card 20 shown in FIG. 1 are held over the portable radio telephone 10, the RFID tag information is received in a contactless manner from the RFID tag 21 embedded in the card 20. It is.

  The partner information storage unit 102 stores partner information such as a telephone number of the partner in correspondence with the wireless tag information.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the counterpart information storage unit 102.

  In FIG. 3, destination information indicating a destination phone number or the like is stored in association with RFID tag information, for example, code information of a predetermined bit.

  That is, in the mobile phone 10 according to the first embodiment, a plurality of cards corresponding to the respective destinations as shown in FIG. 4 are configured to be usable. Information is stored.

  However, the RFID tag information stored in the RFID tag of each card here is code information or the like that has no meaning as it is. This code information identifies the card, but does not directly represent the destination information.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of four cards 20-1 to 20-4. For example, the card 20-1 shown in FIG. Code information “ccc” is stored in the wireless tag 21-1, and an illustration or the like that explicitly indicates that the other party is “papa” is written on the surface. Yes.

  The card 20-2 shown in FIG. 4B is used when a call is made to “Mama”, and the wireless tag 21-2 stores code information “aaa”. On the surface, an illustration or the like that explicitly indicates that the other party is “mama” is described.

  Similarly, the card 20-3 shown in FIG. 4C is used when making a call with “kindergarten” in order to make necessary communication with the kindergarten to be attended, for example. -3 stores code information “ddd”, and an illustration or the like that explicitly indicates that the other party is “kindergarten” is written on the surface thereof.

  The card 20-4 shown in FIG. 4D is used, for example, when making a call to the “police” in an emergency, and the radio tag 21-4 has code information “bbb”. An illustration or the like that explicitly indicates that the other party is a “police” is written on the surface.

  The plurality of cards shown in FIG. 4 are selected according to the call partner and are placed over the mobile phone 10.

  In FIG. 3, calls using the respective cards 20-1 to 20-4 corresponding to the code information stored in the wireless tags 21-1 to 21-4 of the respective cards 20-1 to 20-4. The other party information including the telephone number of the other party is stored.

  The operation unit 103 has various keys including a dial key and a power ON key.

  The transmission / reception processing unit 104 performs processing of a radio signal transmitted / received via the antenna 105.

  The signal processing unit 106 processes an audio signal output to the speaker 107 and an audio signal input from the microphone 108. Here, the speaker 107 and the microphone 108 function as a handset for the voice call of the mobile phone 10.

  The display unit 109 displays various information of the mobile phone 10, and the power supply unit 110 supplies power to each unit of the mobile phone 10.

  The control unit 111 performs overall control of the operation of each unit of the mobile phone 10, and in the first embodiment, the destination information is based on the radio tag information received (read) by the radio tag receiver 101. A process of acquiring partner information corresponding to the RFID tag information from the storage unit 102, a process of automatically calling the partner based on the acquired partner information, and establishing communication with the partner are performed.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile phone 10 according to the first embodiment shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 5, when any of the cards as shown in FIG. 4 is held over the mobile phone 10, the wireless tag receiver 101 reads the wireless tag information from the wireless tag 21 of the card 20 (step 501).

  Next, the control unit 111 searches the partner storage unit 102 based on the RFID tag information read by the RFID tag receiver 101 (step 502), and acquires partner information corresponding to the RFID tag information (step 502). Step 503).

  For example, assuming that the card held over the mobile phone 10 is the card 20-1 whose communication partner is “daddy” shown in FIG. 4A, the wireless tag receiver 101 has the wireless tag 21-1 of the card 20-1. 3, the control unit 112 searches the table shown in FIG. 3 based on the code information “ccc”, and obtains destination information such as the telephone number of “papa”. get.

  Then, the control unit 111 controls the transmission / reception processing unit 104 to automatically call the partner based on the acquired partner information to establish communication with the partner (step 504), and ends this process.

  According to such a configuration, when a call is made with a desired destination, simply by holding the card 20 corresponding to the destination over the mobile phone 10, a call is automatically established to the destination and communication is established. It is possible to communicate with the other party with a simple operation, and since the other party information is not directly stored in the card 20, personal information is not leaked even if the card 20 is lost.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing Example 2 of a cellular phone to which the communication terminal device of the present invention is applied.

  In the second embodiment, communication is established with the other party by using a plurality of cards and combining the cards.

  That is, in FIG. 6, communication is established with the other party by holding the cards 20 and 30 over the mobile phone 10 when communication is established.

  Here, the card 20 is the same as the card 20 used in the first embodiment. That is, the wireless tag 21 of the card 20 stores code information for acquiring the partner information as in the card 20 used in the first embodiment.

  In the second embodiment, the card 30 stores user identification information in the magnetic tag 31.

  Then, only when the combination of the card 20 and the card 30 is appropriate, communication is established by automatic call to the re-hand.

  According to such a configuration, for example, an illustration or the like preferred by a child is written on the card 30, and it is necessary to always carry only this card 30 so that it will not be lost. By overlapping the card 20 and holding it over the mobile phone 10, it becomes possible to restrict the use of this system other than a specific user.

  FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the mobile phone 10 for realizing the second embodiment.

  The mobile phone 10 shown in FIG. 7 is configured by adding an identification information storage unit 112 to the mobile phone 10 shown in FIG. Other configurations are the same as those of the mobile phone 10 shown in FIG. 2, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

  Here, the identification information storage unit 112 stores and manages identification information of users of this system in advance.

  The control unit 111 compares the identification information received (read) from the wireless tag 31 of the card 30 by the wireless tag receiver 102 with the identification information managed by the identification information storage unit 112, and only if the two match, the card The partner information can be acquired from the partner information storage unit 102 based on the RFID tag information received from the twenty RFID tags 21.

  By configuring in this way, it becomes possible to restrict the use of this system other than a specific user.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile phone 10 in the second embodiment shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 8, when the cards 20 and 30 shown in FIG. 6 are held over the mobile phone 10, the wireless tag receiver 101 reads the wireless tag information from the wireless tag 21 of the card 20 and the wireless tag 31 of the card 30, respectively. (Step 801).

  Next, the control unit 111 compares the wireless tag information (identification information) read from the wireless tag 31 of the card 30 with the identification information managed in the identification information storage unit 112, and determines whether or not they match (Step S111). 802). Here, if they do not match (NO in step 802), this process cannot be used, so this process is terminated as it is.

  If the identification information read from the wireless tag 31 of the card 30 matches the identification information managed by the identification information storage unit 112 in step 802 (YES in step 802), the wireless of the card 20 read by the wireless tag receiver 101 is detected. The partner storage unit 102 is searched based on the RFID tag information of the tag 21 (step 803), and the partner information corresponding to the RFID tag information is acquired (step 804).

  Then, the control unit 111 controls the transmission / reception processing unit 104 to automatically call the partner based on the acquired partner information to establish communication with the partner (step 805), and ends this process.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to restrict the use of this system other than a specific user, and it is possible to communicate with the other party with a simple operation. Since no prior information is stored, personal information will not leak even if the card 20 is lost.

  FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing Example 3 of a mobile phone to which the communication terminal device of the present invention is applied.

  In the third embodiment, by using a card that stores RFID tag information corresponding to the setting items in the mobile phone, the setting items in the mobile phone can be automatically set to perform communication. .

  In FIG. 9, in addition to the card 20 for designating the communication partner, four cards, a card 40 for setting the mail function, a card 50 for specifying the mail contents, and a card 60 for setting the security gateway of the other party are shown. When the wireless tag information of the wireless tags 21, 41, 51, 61 of the four cards 20, 40, 50, 60 is read by the wireless tag receiver 101 of the mobile phone 10, The mail can be transmitted to the destination designated by 20 with the desired setting set with the cards 40, 50, 60.

  That is, in this case, the following four cards 20, 40, 50, 60 are sent to the company A, which is the communication destination, by using the security gateway and sending an e-mail “I will return home from now”. It is possible to automatically execute by simply holding the mobile phone 10 over the mobile phone 10.

  FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the mobile phone 10 for realizing the third embodiment.

  The mobile phone 10 shown in FIG. 10 is configured by adding a setting item information storage unit 113 to the mobile phone 10 shown in FIG. Other configurations are the same as those of the mobile phone 10 shown in FIG. 2, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

  Here, the setting item information storage unit 113 stores and manages the setting items in the mobile phone in association with the wireless tag information.

  The control unit 111 stores and manages information in the setting item information storage unit 113 based on the wireless tag information received (read) from the wireless tags 41, 51, and 61 of the cards 40, 50, and 60 by the wireless tag receiver 102. The mobile phone setting items and the like are set with reference to the above, and the counterpart information storage unit 102 is searched based on the radio tag information received (read) from the radio tag 21 of the card 20 to obtain the counterpart information. To communicate with the settings.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile phone 10 in the third embodiment shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 11, when a card is placed over the mobile phone 10, the wireless tag receiver 101 reads the wireless tag information from the wireless tag of the card (step 1101).

  Next, the control unit 111 automatically sets the in-installation setting item based on the read RFID tag information (step 1102).

  For example, as shown in FIG. 9, the card held over the mobile phone 10 is a card 20 for specifying a communication partner, a card 40 for setting a mail function, a card 50 for specifying a mail content, and a security gateway of the partner. When the number of cards 60 to be set is four, first, the mail function is set by referring to the stored data of the setting item information storage unit 103 based on the wireless tag information read from the wireless tag 41 of the card 40, and the card Based on the wireless tag information read from the 50 wireless tags 51, the mail content is set by referring to the stored data in the setting item information storage unit 103, and the setting item information is set based on the wireless tag information read from the wireless tag 61 of the card 60. The security gateway is set with reference to the data stored in the storage unit 103.

  Next, the control unit 111 searches the partner storage unit 102 based on the RFID tag information of the RFID tag 21 of the card 20 read by the RFID tag receiver 101 (step 1103), and the partner corresponding to the RFID tag information. Prior information is acquired (step 1104).

  Then, the control unit 112 controls the transmission / reception processing unit 104 to automatically call the partner based on the acquired partner information to establish communication with the partner (step 1105), and ends this process.

  According to such a configuration, for example, using a security gateway to company A, an operation of sending an e-mail “I will return home now” by simply holding the following four cards over the mobile phone 10 Can do.

  In other words, according to this configuration, it is possible to use a setting item that is digitized in the field as a visual and physical object, which can be used closer to human sensibility, and can be set without being restricted by language. Is also possible.

  In the first to third embodiments, the wireless tag is embedded in the card. For example, if the handicapped person is embedded, the wireless tag is embedded in the photograph, or the handicapped person is present. The present invention can be similarly realized by embedding a wireless tag in a doll or the like having a certain shape.

  Further, in a configuration in which a plurality of wireless tags are held in combination, a configuration in which the plurality of wireless tags are carried in a small bag, and the bag is held over a mobile phone for communication can be employed.

  Further, the present invention is not limited to a mobile phone, and can be similarly applied to any communication terminal device having a communication function for communicating with a counterpart.

  The present invention is applicable to a communication terminal device such as a mobile phone having a communication function for communicating with a partner based on the partner information.

  According to the present invention, the correspondence relationship between the wireless tag information and the counterpart information is stored and managed by the counterpart information storage means, the radio tag information is received by holding the radio tag over the communication terminal device, and the reception So as to acquire destination information corresponding to the information of the wireless tag from the destination information storage means based on the information of the received wireless tag, and automatically make a call based on the acquired destination information to establish communication with the destination. Since it is configured, personal information is not directly transmitted between the wireless tag and the communication terminal device, so that there is no risk of leakage of personal information, and communication with the other party can be performed with a simple operation.

It is a block diagram which shows one Example of the mobile telephone comprised by applying the communication terminal device of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the detailed structure of the portable radio telephone 10 shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the information memorize | stored in the other party information storage part shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the card | curd used for Example 1 shown in FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the mobile phone according to the first embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1. It is a block diagram which shows Example 2 of the mobile telephone to which the communication terminal device of this invention is applied. 10 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a mobile phone for realizing Example 2. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the mobile telephone in Example 2 shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows Example 3 of the mobile telephone to which the communication terminal device of this invention is applied. FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a mobile phone for realizing the third embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the mobile telephone in Example 3 shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the operation screen used for the confirmation process of the security mail preserve | saved at the security transmission / reception box of the mail DB part shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Mobile phone 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 Card 21, 31, 41, 51, 61 Wireless tag 101 Wireless tag receiver 102 Counterpart information storage part 103 Operation part 104 Transmission / reception processing part 105 Antenna 106 Signal processing part 107 Speaker 108 Microphone 109 Display unit 110 Power supply unit 111 Control unit

Claims (3)

In a communication terminal device having a communication function for communicating with a partner based on the partner information
Wireless tag receiving means for receiving information from the wireless tag;
Partner information storage means for storing and managing the correspondence between the information of the wireless tag and the partner information;
Partner information acquisition means for acquiring partner information corresponding to the information of the wireless tag from the partner information storage means based on the information of the wireless tag received by the wireless tag receiving means;
A communication terminal device comprising: communication means for automatically making a call based on the counterpart information acquired by the counterpart information acquisition means and establishing communication with the counterpart. The wireless tag receiving means includes
Receive information from multiple wireless tags,
The communication means includes
The communication establishment is established with a partner corresponding to the partner information acquired by the partner information acquiring unit when the information of the plurality of wireless tags received by the wireless tag receiving unit is a specific combination. Item 2. The communication terminal device according to Item 1. A setting item storage means for storing a correspondence relationship between the information on the wireless tag and the setting item in the apparatus;
The wireless tag receiving means includes
Receive information from multiple wireless tags,
The communication means includes
Communicate with the other party by performing in-device settings based on the in-device setting items corresponding to the wireless tag information stored in the setting item storage means among the information of the plurality of wireless tags received by the wireless tag receiving means. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the communication terminal device is performed.

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