JP2009277106A - Noncontact ic card, method and program for controlling noncontact ic card, and mobile information terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a function of a noncontact IC card to be switchable, for example, between business use and private use. <P>SOLUTION: The noncontact IC card 20 includes a hardware section 30 and a software section 40 for a noncontact IC card. The software section 40 includes a control region 41, a first region 42 for private use, a second region 43 for corporate use, and a common region 44. When the noncontact IC card 20 is held over an IC card reader 60 of a company to register a report to work, the control region 41 activates the second region 43 for corporate use and deactivates the first region 42 for private use. On the other hand, when a check-out is registered by the IC card reader 60 of the company, the control region 41 deactivates the second region 43 for corporate use and activates the first region 42 for private use. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to, for example, a non-contact IC card that performs data communication in a non-contact state using so-called electromagnetic induction, a control method and control program for the non-contact IC card, and a mobile phone terminal equipped with a non-contact IC card function It relates to portable information terminals such as.

  In recent years, a non-contact communication system that performs data communication in a non-contact state using so-called electromagnetic induction has become widespread, and this non-contact communication system enables, for example, monetary transactions that do not use currency or automatic ticket gates for transportation facilities. Control, use as an employee ID card or student ID card has been put to practical use. Among mobile phone terminals, which are representative examples of mobile communication terminals, those equipped with a non-contact IC card function have been commercialized. In other words, according to the mobile phone terminal equipped with the contactless IC card function, it is beyond the conventional framework such as a voice communication device and a data communication device, and the daily life such as electronic money, transportation ticket, employee ID card, student ID card, etc. It becomes possible to use it in a close-contact situation.

  Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2006-85302 (Patent Document 1) discloses a technology related to a contactless IC card that can register a plurality of types of available services and an automatic ticket gate that is a reader device thereof. ing. That is, according to this published patent publication, when the user passes the first communication unit of the automatic ticket gate using the non-contact IC card, the type of service used by the user is switched and the second communication unit is passed. The service that the user uses this time is determined. As a result, the user can easily select a service to be used from among a plurality of services received by the contactless IC card.

  Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2008-65781 (Patent Document 2) discloses a technology relating to a contactless IC card in which commuter pass information and fast food information are recorded, an automatic ticket gate as a reader device, and a management server. It is disclosed. According to this published patent gazette, the management server stores two non-contact IC cards in association with each other in the storage unit. When the management server enters the station in the section of the commuter pass owned by the user and the contactless IC card for which no commuter pass information is recorded is used, the card is misused. It is determined that the possibility is high, and a message to that effect is transmitted to the user's mobile phone. Thereby, the collection of the extra fare by the misuse of the non-contact IC card is suppressed.

  Furthermore, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2007-116294 (Patent Document 3) discloses a technique for mounting a non-contact IC card on a dual-mode mobile radio communication terminal. According to this published patent publication, the selection switching control of the communication mode of the dual-mode mobile radio communication terminal is automatically performed using the card reader / writer device of the security gate. Thereby, in a mobile radio | wireless communication terminal, the radio | wireless communication system according to a specific place is selected smoothly and automatically, without a user performing operation.

JP 2006-85302 A (FIG. 1) JP 2008-65781 A (FIG. 1) Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2007-116294 (FIG. 2)

  By the way, recently, for example, two mobile phone numbers such as a work phone and a private phone that can be properly used in one mobile phone terminal have been sold and used by many users.

  For the same reason, in a cellular phone terminal or the like equipped with a non-contact IC function, it is desired that the non-contact IC card function can be used separately for, for example, work use and private use.

  However, at present, a terminal that can use the non-contact IC card function separately for work and private use has not yet been developed and commercialized. Therefore, if you want to use the contactless IC card function for work and private use, prepare two mobile phone terminals equipped with the contactless IC card function, and use these two terminals for work and private use. It is done to use properly.

  As described above, the conventional mobile phone terminal cannot use the non-contact IC function properly for, for example, work use and private use, so that there is a problem in convenience such as the necessity to have two terminals. .

  An object of the present invention is to provide a non-contact IC card capable of selectively using a non-contact IC card function for, for example, work use and private use, a control method and control program therefor, and a portable information terminal.

  In the present invention, when communicating with an external reader / writer through one non-contact IC card hardware, the non-contact IC card is divided into at least two non-contact IC card functions, and one non-contact IC card function is activated. The remaining non-contact IC card functions are deactivated. Thereby, this invention solves the subject mentioned above.

  That is, according to the present invention, when non-contact communication is performed using one non-contact IC card hardware, it is possible to manage one non-contact IC card by dividing it into at least two non-contact IC card functions. Yes. Of these two non-contact IC card functions, only one non-contact IC card function can be actually used.

  In the present invention, a non-contact IC card having one non-contact IC card hardware is divided into at least two non-contact IC card functions and managed, and only one desired non-contact IC card function is activated. By deactivating the rest, for example, the non-contact IC card function can be used properly for work use and private use.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  In the following embodiments, a mobile phone terminal having a non-contact IC card function is cited as an application example of the present invention. Of course, the content described here is merely an example, and it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to this example.

[Schematic configuration of mobile phone terminal]
FIG. 1 shows a basic internal configuration of a mobile phone terminal having the non-contact IC card function.

  In FIG. 1, a communication antenna 13 and a communication circuit 12 transmit and receive signal radio waves for communication such as telephone calls and e-mails, and perform frequency conversion, modulation, demodulation, and the like of these transmission / reception signals.

  The operation unit 15 is a key device such as a numeric keypad, a speech key, an end / power key, or a key device provided on the casing of the cellular phone terminal, and a key device such as a cross key. An operation signal generator for generating the operation signal.

  A GPS (Global Positioning System) unit 21 includes a GPS antenna and a GPS control unit, and measures the current position based on radio waves from GPS satellites.

  The non-contact IC card 20 includes a hardware unit including a signal processing circuit that performs communication between an antenna for a non-contact IC card and a reader / writer, and a software unit that performs control of the hardware unit, signal calculation control, and the like. Consists of. The signal processing circuit of the hardware unit is formed by an integrated circuit (IC) including a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The software unit is formed by the CPU (control unit according to the present invention) executing a non-contact IC card function management and function switching control program described later.

  The memory unit 14 stores, for example, an OS (Operating System) program, a control program for the terminal control unit 11 to control each unit, and a non-contact IC control program for controlling the operation of a non-contact IC card function described later. . In addition to these control programs, the memory unit 14 stores various application programs and various data, and stores data as needed as a work area of the terminal control unit 11. Each program including the non-contact IC control program in the memory unit 14 is stored via a disk-shaped recording medium, an external semiconductor memory, or the like, or is stored via a cable through an external interface or wirelessly. May be.

  The terminal control unit 11 is composed of a CPU, controls various parts of the mobile phone terminal according to the present embodiment, controls various signal processes, performs various controls and signal processes associated with the execution of the non-contact IC control program, and the non-contact IC card 20. Send and receive data between.

  The other block 22 is a part made up of all other components provided in a general mobile phone terminal. Description of all these other components is omitted.

[Schematic configuration of non-contact IC card]
FIG. 2 shows a schematic internal configuration of the non-contact IC card 20. FIG. 2 also shows an external IC card reader 60 that performs data communication and the like with the non-contact IC card 20.

  In the present embodiment, the non-contact IC card 20 includes a hardware unit 30 and a software unit 40.

  The hardware unit 30 includes a non-contact communication antenna, a signal processing circuit formed by an integrated circuit including a CPU, a memory, and the like. Detailed description of the hardware unit 30 will be omitted.

  The software unit 40 is a functional unit that is formed when a CPU provided in the hardware unit 30 of the contactless IC card 20 executes a control program or an application program in the internal memory. Particularly in the case of the embodiment of the present invention, the non-contact IC card function management and function switching control program according to the present invention is executed by the CPU, so that each function as shown in FIG. A block is formed.

  Here, in the present embodiment, the software unit 40 is roughly divided into a control area 41, a first area 42, a second area 43, and a common area 44.

  The first area 42 is an area that is activated when the non-contact IC card 20 is used, for example, privately, and is an area that is deactivated when used for work or the like. Further, in the first area 42 in the activated state, for example, the application of the ticket 53 and the membership card 54 is made effective. That is, the ticket 53 and the membership card 54 in the first area 42 are applications that are activated only when the non-contact IC card 20 is used privately.

  The second area 43 is an area that is activated when the non-contact IC card 20 is used for work, for example, and is deactivated when it is used privately. Further, in the second area 43 when activated, for example, applications such as a ticket 55, an employee ID card and the like 56 are made effective. That is, the ticket 55 and the employee ID card 56 in the second area 43 are applications that are activated only when the contactless IC card 20 is used in a corporation (when used in a company relationship).

  The common area 44 is an area that is always activated. In the common area 44, applications such as electronic money A and electronic money B are prepared. That is, the electronic money A and B in the common area 44 is an application that is always activated regardless of whether the contactless IC card 20 is used privately or used in a corporation. The common area 44 can be deactivated by, for example, invalidation by a security function of the non-contact IC card 20 itself.

  The control area 41 corresponds to the control unit of the non-contact IC card of the present invention, and controls activation / deactivation of the first and second areas 42 and 43.

  That is, as an example, when the contactless IC card 20 is in a state in which the contactless IC card 20 can communicate with the IC card reader 60, the control area 41 depends on the type of the IC card reader 60 or the system to which the IC card reader 60 belongs. 2 Activation / deactivation of the regions 41 and 42 is controlled. For example, when the IC card reader 60 is a card reader of a company's attendance management system and passes through the IC card reader 60 when attending the company, the control area 41 activates the corporate second area 43. The first area 42 for private use is deactivated. Further, for example, when the employee leaves the company and passes the IC card reader 60 of the company's attendance management system, the control area 41 activates the first area 42 for private use and activates the second area for corporation use. 43 is deactivated. The process for controlling the activation / deactivation of the first area 42 and the second area 43 in conjunction with the IC card reader 60 of such a company's attendance management system is performed in the control area 41, for example, employee ID It is executed by the management application 51.

  In this embodiment, the control area 41 can also control activation / deactivation of the first area 42 and the second area 43 by executing other application programs. As an example of the other application program, for example, a schedule application 52 can be cited. That is, as an example of control linked to the schedule application 52, the control area 41 activates the second area 43 for corporations when it is determined from the schedule that the user is in a company, etc. The private first area 42 is deactivated. On the other hand, if it is determined from the schedule, for example, that the user is not working at the date, time or time zone, the control area 41 deactivates the corporate second area 43 and the private first area. 42 is activated.

  Therefore, according to the present embodiment, as an example, when entry / exit to the station ticket gate is performed when the corporate second area 43 is in the activated state, the contactless IC card 20 has the second area 43 in the second area 43. The application of the ticket 55 is used. On the other hand, when the first area 42 for private use is activated, for example, when entering or leaving the station ticket gate, the contactless IC card 20 uses the ticket 53 of the first area 42. The application will be used.

[Operation sequence of non-contact IC card]
A schematic operation sequence of the activation / deactivation control of the first and second areas 42 and 43 in the non-contact IC card 20 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 show an example of an operation sequence when the activation / deactivation control of the first and second areas 42 and 43 is controlled according to the system to which the external IC card reader 60 belongs. . The example of FIG. 3 shows an operation sequence when the first area 42 is activated and the second area 43 is deactivated when the user goes to work. On the other hand, the example of FIG. 4 shows an operation sequence in the case where the first area 42 is deactivated and the second area 43 is activated when the user leaves the office. Illustration and description of the operation sequence related to the common area 44 are omitted.

  First, the operation sequence of FIG. 3 will be described.

  In FIG. 3, when the IC card reader 60 of the control area system and the non-contact IC card 20 become communicable at the time of going to work, the IC card reader 60 activates the second area 43 and the first area 42. Is transmitted to the control area 41.

  Next, the control area 41 makes a deactivation request to one of the first and second areas 42 and 43 which is to be deactivated. In the example of FIG. 3, the control area 41 sends a request T <b> 2 for deactivating the private first area 42 to the first area 42. Then, when there is a response T3 indicating that the deactivation is completed from the first region 42 by the deactivation request T2, the control region 41 recognizes that the first region 42 has been deactivated. .

  Thereafter, the control region 41 requests activation of the region of the first and second regions 42 and 43 that is to be activated. In the example of FIG. 3, a request T4 for activating the second area 43 is sent to the second area 43. When there is an activation response T5 from the second region 43 in response to the activation request T4, the control region 41 recognizes that the second region 43 has been activated.

  Next, the operation sequence of FIG. 4 will be described.

  In FIG. 4, when the non-contact IC card 20 becomes communicable with the IC card reader 60 of the control area system at the time of leaving work, the IC card reader 60 activates the first area 42 to A request T11 for deactivating the area 43 is transmitted to the control area 41.

  Next, the control area 41 makes a deactivation request to one of the first and second areas 42 and 43 which is to be deactivated. In the example of FIG. 4, the control area 41 sends a request T12 for deactivating the second area 43 to the second area 43. When the deactivation response T13 is received from the second region 43 in response to the deactivation request T12, the control region 41 recognizes that the second region 43 has been deactivated.

  Thereafter, the control region 41 requests activation of the region of the first and second regions 42 and 43 that is to be activated. In the example of FIG. 4, a request T <b> 14 for activating the first area 42 is sent to the first area 42. When there is an activation response T15 from the first region 42 in response to the activation request T14, the control region 41 recognizes that the first region 42 has been activated.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the deactivation control is performed first because, for example, if the activation requests T4 and T14 are transmitted first, the first and second This is to prevent both of the regions 42 and 43 from becoming activated.

  Further, in this embodiment, when activating / deactivating control is linked with the schedule application 52, for example, the request T1 is sent from the schedule application 50 to the control area 41 instead of the IC card reader 60 of FIGS. , T11 are output.

  3 and 4 show an example in which the IC card reader 60 outputs the requests T1 and T12. However, the control area 41 itself recognizes the system to which the IC card reader 60 belongs and at the same time recognizes the attendance / leaving. The activation / deactivation of the first and second regions 42 and 43 may be determined according to the recognition result.

  When controlling activation / deactivation without going through the control area system, or when controlling activation / deactivation in response to a request from the other application, for example, input a password. It is desirable to implement security measures such as requesting users.

[Summary]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, in a mobile phone terminal equipped with a non-contact IC card, different types of applications are used depending on the type of external IC card reader or the system to which it belongs and the execution of other applications. Is possible.

  The above description of each embodiment of the present invention is an example of the present invention. For this reason, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made according to the design and the like as long as they do not depart from the technical idea of the present invention.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which activation / deactivation of two non-contact IC card functions for work and private use is automatically controlled in accordance with attendance / leaving to the company has been described. The invention is of course applicable to other use cases.

  Further, for example, the number of activated / deactivated non-contact IC card functions may be three or more. When there are three or more non-contact IC card functions, any one is activated and the rest are deactivated.

  As an example of cooperation with other applications, for example, when the current position detection application by the GPS unit 21 is being executed, the activation as described above is performed based on the current position information detected by the GPS unit 21. / Deactivation control is also possible. That is, in this example, as an example, the control area 41 activates only the second area 43 when the current position is a position of a company registered in advance, and activates only the first area 42 at other positions. Control to activate.

  In addition, as a system to which the IC card reader 60 belongs, for example, when an entrance / exit station of a ticket used with a non-contact IC card 20 is an entrance / exit station used with a commuter pass issued by a company, for example, It may be an automatic ticket gate system at the station. That is, in this example, when it can be recognized that a mobile phone terminal has entered the use section of the commuter commuter pass by communicating with the IC card reader 60 of the automatic ticket gate system, the control area 41 is used for the corporation. Only the 2 region 43 is activated. On the other hand, if the control area 41 recognizes that it has entered the station after passing through the automatic ticket gate system of stations other than the entrance / exit station for the commuter commuter pass, only the first area 42 for private use is activated.

  Further, the activation / deactivation of the first and second regions 42 and 43 may be manually switched by the user via the operation unit 15.

  In the above-described embodiment, a mobile phone terminal having only a non-contact IC card function is taken as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, both a non-contact IC card function and a non-contact IC reader / writer function It is applicable also to the portable information terminal provided with. In the case of this example, activation / deactivation requests may be made to two or more non-contact IC card functions possessed by other portable information terminals from the non-contact IC reader / writer function.

  In addition, the present invention is not limited to a mobile phone terminal. For example, a PDA (PDA: Personal Digital Assistants) having a non-contact IC card function, a personal computer such as a notebook computer, a navigation device, a portable AV device, and a portable game machine It can be applied to various devices.

It is a block diagram which shows the schematic internal structure of the mobile telephone terminal of embodiment of this invention. It is a figure used for description of the schematic internal structure of a non-contact IC card. This is a schematic operation sequence of activation / deactivation control of the first and second areas in the non-contact IC card, and the first area is activated and the second area is deactivated by the user's company work. It is a figure which shows the example of a case. This is a schematic operation sequence of activation / deactivation control of the first and second areas in the non-contact IC card. When the user leaves the company, the second area is activated and the first area is deactivated. It is a figure which shows the example of a case.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Control part (CPU), 12 Communication circuit, 13 Antenna for communication, 14 Memory part, 15 Operation part, 20 Non-contact IC card, 21 GPS part, 22 Other blocks, 30 Non-contact IC card hardware part, 40 Non-contact IC card software section, 41 control area, 42 first area for private use, 43 second area for corporations, 44 common area, 51 employee ID management application, 52 schedule application, 53,55 ticket application , 54 membership card application, 56 employee card and other applications, 57, 58 electronic money application

Claims (10)

One hardware part for non-contact IC card,
A non-contact IC card is managed by dividing it into at least two non-contact IC card functions, and any one non-contact IC card function is activated and the remaining non-contact IC card functions are deactivated. A control unit for performing
A non-contact IC card.   The control unit determines a type of an external IC card reader that can communicate with the hardware unit for the non-contact IC card or a system to which the controller belongs, and determines a desired non-contact IC according to the determination result. The non-contact IC card according to claim 1, wherein switching control is performed to activate the card function and deactivate the remaining non-contact IC card functions.   The control unit performs switching control to activate the desired one non-contact IC card function and deactivate the remaining non-contact IC card functions in response to a request from an application program executed internally. The non-contact IC card according to claim 1 to be performed.   The control unit also manages a non-contact IC card function that is always activated separately from the desired non-contact IC card function to be activated and the non-contact IC card function to be deactivated. The non-contact IC card according to claim 3. A non-contact IC card hardware communicates with an external IC card reader;
The control unit manages the non-contact IC card by dividing it into at least two non-contact IC card functions, activates one desired non-contact IC card function, and deactivates the remaining non-contact IC card functions A step of performing switching control to be
A non-contact IC card control method. A non-contact IC card unit that communicates with an external IC card reader through one non-contact IC card hardware;
A non-contact IC card is managed by dividing it into at least two non-contact IC card functions, and any one non-contact IC card function is activated and the remaining non-contact IC card functions are deactivated. As a control unit that performs
A non-contact IC card control program for causing a central processing unit of a non-contact IC card to function. One hardware part for non-contact IC card,
A non-contact IC card is managed by dividing it into at least two non-contact IC card functions, and any one non-contact IC card function is activated and the remaining non-contact IC card functions are deactivated. A control unit for performing
Mobile information terminal equipped with.   The control unit determines a type of an external IC card reader that can communicate with the hardware unit for the non-contact IC card or a system to which the controller belongs, and determines a desired non-contact IC according to the determination result. 8. The portable information terminal according to claim 7, wherein switching control is performed to activate the card function and deactivate the remaining non-contact IC card functions.   The control unit performs switching control to activate the desired one non-contact IC card function and deactivate the remaining non-contact IC card functions in response to a request from an application program executed internally. The portable information terminal according to claim 7 to be performed.   The control unit also manages a non-contact IC card function that is always activated separately from the desired non-contact IC card function to be activated and the non-contact IC card function to be deactivated. The portable information terminal according to claim 9.

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