JP6699334B2 - Program, method and information processing apparatus - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a program, a method and an information processing device.

  In recent years, many smart devices typified by smartphones and tablet PCs are equipped with a non-contact communication NFC (Near Field Communication) function. In recent years, a sticker type programmable NFC tag (non-contact IC tag) that can be freely attached to a desired place has been widely distributed, and along with this, various operations can be performed by linking a smart device and an NFC tag. Automation is becoming more popular.

  To automate the operation by linking the smart device and the NFC tag, the information necessary for setting the connection of the wireless network such as Wi-Fi (registered trademark, the same applies below) or Bluetooth (registered trademark, the same applies below) is written in the NFC tag. For example, connecting the wireless device to the wireless network simply by holding the smart device over the NFC tag is an example (for example, Patent Document 1).

  On the other hand, in the NFC standard, when establishing communication, it is necessary to bring both NFC antennas closer to each other by several centimeters or less. In general, the user determines which part of the smart device the NFC antenna is arranged. Since he does not know it, it takes time to find the position of the NFC antenna, and there is a problem that it takes time to connect the contactless communication.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems in the conventional art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a program for facilitating connection of non-contact communication.

  The present inventor has come to the present invention by contriving the following configuration as a result of extensive studies on a program for facilitating connection of non-contact communication.

  That is, according to the present invention, a computer for controlling a portable information processing device having a non-contact communication function displays an ellipse representing the position of a non-contact communication antenna mounted on the portable information processing device. A program is provided for causing the position guidance image to function as position guidance image display means for displaying the position guidance image on the display screen of the information processing apparatus.

  As described above, according to the present invention, a program for facilitating the contactless communication connection is provided.

3 is an external view of the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. FIG. The hardware block diagram of the information processing apparatus of this embodiment. The functional block diagram of the information processing apparatus of this embodiment. 6 is a flowchart of processing executed by the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. The figure which shows the service screen of a printing application. The flowchart of an antenna position definition information acquisition process. The figure for demonstrating antenna position definition information. The figure for demonstrating antenna position definition information. The figure which shows an antenna position definition information management table. FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram of a process of acquiring antenna position definition information. The figure for demonstrating the process which produces|generates an antenna position guidance screen. The figure for demonstrating the process which produces|generates an antenna position guidance screen. The figure for demonstrating the antenna position guidance screen. The flowchart of an antenna position definition information generation process. The figure which shows an antenna position registration screen. The figure for demonstrating the process which produces|generates an antenna position guidance screen. The figure which shows an antenna position definition information management table. The figure which shows an antenna position registration screen.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to embodiments, but the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below. In each of the drawings referred to below, common elements are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be appropriately omitted.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 shows the outer appearance of an information processing apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The information processing device 10 of the present embodiment is a portable information processing device equipped with a function of NFC (Near Field Communication) which is non-contact communication (near field wireless communication), and is provided on the front surface of a housing 12 thereof. A display 30 is provided.

  Although FIG. 1 shows a smartphone as the information processing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, the information processing apparatus 10 is not limited to the smartphone and may be a tablet PC or the like. That is, the information processing device 10 of the present embodiment may be any device as long as it has a non-contact communication function and has a display screen on the front surface of its housing.

  Next, the hardware configuration of the smartphone 10 of this embodiment will be described based on FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the computer 20 that controls the smartphone 10 has at least a processor 22 that controls the operation of the entire apparatus, a ROM 24 that stores a boot program, a firmware program, and the like, and an execution space for executing the program. A RAM 25 provided, an input/output interface 26 to which a display 30 and the like are connected, a wireless network interface 27 for connecting to a short-range wireless network such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, a mobile network such as 3G and LTE, and an operating system (OS 130) and an auxiliary storage device 28 for storing application programs to be described later and the like.

  Further, the smartphone 10 is equipped with an NFC reader/writer 40 that communicates with the computer 20 via the input/output interface 16, and an NFC antenna 42 is connected to the NFC reader/writer 40. The NFC antenna 42 is an antenna for transmitting/receiving a high frequency signal to/from another NFC module, and is arranged at a predetermined position in the housing 12 of the smartphone 10.

  The appearance and the hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment have been described above. Here, the application programs installed in the computer 20 of the smartphone 10 will be described.

  An application program (hereinafter referred to as a print application) for outputting a print job to a printing apparatus via a wireless network is installed in the smartphone 10 of the present embodiment. Here, this print application installed in the smartphone 10 has a function of acquiring destination information of a printing apparatus that transmits a print job from a non-contact IC tag of NFC standard (hereinafter referred to as NFC tag). For example, as shown in FIG. 1, when the NFC tag 60 storing the destination information of the device is attached to the housing of the printing device 50, when the user holds the smartphone 10 over the NFC tag 60, the printing is automatically performed. The job is transmitted to the printing device 50.

  The functional configuration realized by installing the above-described print application on the computer 20 of the smartphone 10 will be described below with reference to the functional block diagram shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the print job generating unit 110 and the antenna position guiding unit 120 are realized by the print application 100 installed in the smartphone 10 of the present embodiment.

  The print job generation unit 110 is a functional unit that receives a designation of a file to be printed from the user, generates a print job related to the file designated by the user, and transmits the print job to the destination designated by the user.

  On the other hand, the antenna position guide unit 120 is a module that is appropriately called from the print job generation unit 110, which is the main program, in order to provide the user with an image for facilitating connection with the NFC tag, and obtains model information. It is configured to include a unit 122, an antenna position definition information acquisition unit 124, a position guide image display unit 125, an antenna position definition information management unit 126, and an antenna position definition information registration unit 128.

  The model information acquisition unit 122 is a functional unit for acquiring model information indicating the model of the own device from the operation system 130 (hereinafter referred to as OS 130) mounted on the smartphone 10.

  The antenna position definition information acquisition unit 124 provides information for defining the position of the NFC antenna corresponding to the model of the own device (hereinafter, antenna position definition information) to the antenna position definition information management unit 126 or an external server device (hereinafter, referred to as “antenna position definition information”). , An external server). The antenna position definition information acquisition unit 124 stores the acquired antenna position definition information in a predetermined storage area 127 managed by the antenna position guide unit 120. The details of the antenna position definition information will be described later. Further, in the following, the position of the NFC antenna may be simply referred to as “antenna position”.

  The antenna position definition information management unit 126 is a functional unit that manages the model information of a portable information processing device (smartphone, tablet PC, etc.) equipped with the NFC function and the antenna position definition information in association with each other.

  The position guide image display unit 125 is a functional unit for displaying an image (hereinafter, referred to as a position guide image) for guiding the position of the NFC antenna mounted on the own device to the user on the display screen of the display 30.

  The antenna position definition information registration unit 128 is a functional unit for accepting registration of the antenna position definition information by the user when the model information of the own device or the antenna position definition information corresponding to the model information cannot be acquired.

  The functional configuration of the information processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment has been described above. Next, the content of the processing executed by the smartphone 10 will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG.

  When the user activates the print application, the print job generation unit 110 executes steps 101 to 104. First, in step 101, the menu screen of the print application shown in FIG. 5A is displayed on the display 30. In response to this, for example, when the user selects “print photo” from the list displayed on the menu screen, the photo selection screen shown in FIG. 5B is displayed. In response to this, when the user selects the thumbnail of the photograph to be printed, the print job acceptance screen is displayed in step 102.

  FIG. 5C exemplarily shows the print job acceptance screen displayed in step 102. As shown in FIG. 5C, the print job acceptance screen displays a preview of the photo selected by the user and a “print setting” button for setting the conditions of the print job. Further, on the print job acceptance screen, two buttons for accepting a print job execution instruction from the user, “print with set device” and “print with NFC tag” are displayed.

  After displaying the print job reception screen, the print job generation unit 110 waits for a job execution instruction from the user in step 103. When the user touches one of the above-mentioned two buttons in response to the display of the print job reception screen (step 103, Yes), “print using NFC tag” is selected in the following step 104. Judge whether or not. As a result, when “print using NFC tag” is not selected (that is, “print with the set device” is selected) (step 104, No), the process proceeds to step 112. In step 112, the IP address, which is the destination information of the printing device set in advance by the user as the printing destination, is read from the predetermined storage area managed by the print application, the print job is sent to the IP address, and the processing is performed. finish.

  On the other hand, when “print using NFC tag” is selected (Yes at step 104), the print job generation unit 110 calls the antenna position guide unit 120 and executes steps 105 to 108.

  First, in step 105, the position guide image display unit 125 determines whether or not the antenna position definition information of the own device is stored in the storage area 127. As a result, when it is determined that the antenna position definition information of the own device is not stored in the storage area 127 (step 105, No), the process proceeds to step 106, and the antenna position definition information acquisition unit 124 causes the antenna position definition information to be acquired. Perform the acquisition process.

  Here, the contents of the antenna position definition information acquisition processing executed by the antenna position definition information acquisition unit 124 will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG.

  First, in step 201, the OS 130 of the smartphone 10 is inquired about the model information of the device itself and acquired. When the model information of the own device can be acquired from the OS 130 (step 202, Yes), the antenna position definition information management unit 126 manages the antenna position definition information corresponding to the model information in the following step 203. It is acquired from the table 200 (described later).

  Here, the "antenna position definition information" will be described.

In the present embodiment, a grid formed by virtually dividing a display area of a display screen of a portable information processing device equipped with an NFC antenna into an appropriate predetermined number of divisions is defined, and then the grid is defined. The set of information (1) to (4) below regarding the above is referred to as “antenna position definition information”.
(1) Number of horizontal divisions of the lattice (hereinafter referred to as the number of horizontal divisions)
(2) Vertical division number of the grid (hereinafter referred to as vertical division number)
(3) Horizontal line position information indicating the position of the horizontal line of the grid passing through the grid point P corresponding to the position of the NFC antenna (hereinafter referred to as horizontal line position)
(4) Vertical line position information indicating the position of the vertical line of the grid passing through the grid point P corresponding to the position of the NFC antenna (hereinafter referred to as vertical line position)

  For example, in the case of “Model A” shown in FIG. 7A, as shown in FIG. 8A, the display area of “Model A” is arranged in a grid pattern with a horizontal division number “4” and a vertical division number “4”. In the grid divided into, the grid point P1 located directly above the NFC antenna 42a is considered as a point corresponding to the position of the NFC antenna 42a. The grid point P1 is a grid point where the "3"-th horizontal line from the top intersects with the "3"-th vertical line from the left. Therefore, in this case, a set of four pieces of information including the number of horizontal divisions “4”, the number of vertical divisions “4”, the horizontal line position “3”, and the vertical line position “3” is defined as the antenna position definition information of “model A”.

  Similarly, in the case of “model B” shown in FIG. 7B, as shown in FIG. 8B, the display area of “model B” is divided into horizontal division number “4” and vertical division number “4”. In the grid formed by dividing the grid into two, the grid point P2 located directly above the NFC antenna 42b is considered as a point corresponding to the position of the NFC antenna 42b. The grid point P2 is a grid point where the "1"-th horizontal line from the top intersects with the "3"-th vertical line from the left. Therefore, in this case, the horizontal division number "4" and the vertical division number " 4”, a horizontal line position “1”, and a vertical line position “3” are set as the antenna position definition information of “model B”.

  Similarly, in the case of “model C” shown in FIG. 7C, as shown in FIG. 8C, the display area of “model C” is divided into a horizontal division number “6” and a vertical division number “6”. In the lattice formed by dividing the lattice into a shape, a lattice point P3 located directly above the NFC antenna 42c is considered as a point corresponding to the position of the NFC antenna 42c. The grid point P3 is a grid point where the "3"-th horizontal line from the top intersects with the "3"-th vertical line from the left. Therefore, in this case, four sets of information of the horizontal division number "6", the vertical division number "6", the horizontal line position "3", and the vertical line position "3" are set as the antenna position definition information of "model C".

  Similarly, in the case of "model D" in which the NFC antenna 42d is mounted at the position shown in FIG. 7(d), as shown in FIG. 8(d), the display area of "model D" is divided into horizontal division numbers "2". , And in a lattice formed by dividing the lattice into the number of vertical divisions “4”, the lattice point P4 located directly above the NFC antenna 42d is considered as a point corresponding to the position of the NFC antenna 42d. The grid point P4 is a grid point where the “4”-th horizontal line from the top intersects with the “2”-th vertical line from the left. Therefore, in this case, a set of four pieces of information including the number of horizontal divisions “4”, the number of vertical divisions “2”, the horizontal line position “1”, and the vertical line position “3” is set as the antenna position definition information of “model D”.

  FIG. 9 exemplarily shows an antenna position definition information management table 200 managed by the antenna position definition information management unit 126. As shown in FIG. 9, the antenna position definition information management table 200 includes a field 201 for storing a model name as model information of a device having an NFC antenna, a field 202 for storing the number of horizontal divisions, and a vertical field. It has a field 203 for storing the number of divisions, a field 204 for storing a horizontal line position, and a field 205 for storing a vertical line position. Then, in the present embodiment, the antenna position definition information management unit 126, on the antenna position definition information management table 200, for each model of the portable information processing device, its model name and antenna position definition information (the number of horizontal divisions, The vertical division number, horizontal line position, vertical line position) are managed in association with each other.

  Here, in the present embodiment, in addition to the antenna position definition information management unit 126 managing the antenna position definition information management table 200, an external server on the network accessible by the smartphone 10 is an antenna position definition information management table. 200 may be managed.

  Here, the processing executed in step 203 when the antenna position definition information management table 200 is managed by both the antenna position definition information management unit 126 of the smartphone 10 and the external server is based on the sequence diagram shown in FIG. explain.

  First, the antenna position definition information acquisition unit 124 of the smartphone 10 issues a model information acquisition request to the OS 130 and acquires the model name of its own device (S1). Subsequently, the antenna position definition information acquisition unit 124 acquires the antenna position definition information associated with the model name acquired in S1 from the antenna position definition information management table 200 managed by the antenna position definition information management unit 126 (S2).

  On the other hand, there is a corresponding model name or corresponding antenna position definition information in the antenna position definition information management table 200 managed by the antenna position definition information management unit 126 because the data in the local storage is deleted by mistake. If not, an antenna position definition information acquisition request including the model name (model information) is generated and transmitted to the external server via the network (S3). In response to this, the external server searches the antenna position definition information management table 200 managed by itself using the model name included in the antenna position definition information acquisition request received from the smartphone 10 as a key, and the antenna associated with the matching key is searched. The position definition information is acquired and transmitted to the smartphone 10 (S4).

  Returning to FIG. 6 again, the description will be continued.

  When the antenna position definition information can be acquired from either the antenna position definition information management unit 126 or the external server in the previous step 203 (step 204, Yes), the process proceeds to step 205, and the acquired antenna position definition information is acquired. Is stored in the storage area 127, and the antenna position definition information acquisition processing ends.

  On the other hand, if the model information cannot be acquired from the OS 130 for some reason (step 202, No), or the antenna position definition information cannot be acquired from the antenna position definition information management unit 126 or the external server for some reason. In the case (step 204, No), the antenna position definition information acquisition unit 124 calls the antenna position definition information registration unit 128, and the antenna position definition information registration unit 128 executes the antenna position definition information generation process in step 206. The details of the antenna position definition information generation processing will be described later.

  As a result of performing the antenna position definition information generation processing in step 206, when the antenna position definition information can be acquired (step 207, Yes), the processing proceeds to step 205, and the antenna position definition information registration unit 128 is acquired. The antenna position definition information is stored in the storage area 127, and the antenna position acquisition process ends.

  Since the antenna position definition information acquisition processing has been described above, the description will be continued by returning to FIG. 4 again.

  When the antenna position definition information is stored in the storage area 127 through the antenna position definition information acquisition processing in step 106 (step 107, Yes), or in the determination in the previous step 105, the antenna of the own device is stored in the storage area 127. If it is determined that the position definition information is stored (step 105, Yes), the process proceeds to step 108, and the position guide image display unit 125 generates the position guide image based on the acquired antenna position definition information. To do.

  Here, the “position guide image” means an image for guiding the position of the NFC antenna so that the user can know the position of the NFC antenna. In the present embodiment, an image displaying an ellipse representing the position of the NFC antenna is generated as the “position guide image” by the following procedure.

  Specifically, first, based on the “horizontal division number” and the “vertical division number” included in the acquired antenna position definition information, a grid formed by dividing the display area of the display screen of the own device into a grid shape is virtual. To define.

  For example, when the antenna position definition information of "model A" includes the number of horizontal divisions "4" and the number of vertical divisions "4", the display area of "model A" is shown in FIG. Define the grid divided by. Similarly, when the antenna position definition information of "model B" includes the number of horizontal divisions "4" and the number of vertical divisions "4", the display area of "model B" is shown in FIG. When a grid formed by division is defined and the antenna position definition information of "model C" includes the number of horizontal divisions of "6" and the number of vertical divisions of "6", the display area of "model C" is displayed. 11C is defined in the manner shown in FIG. 11C, and when the antenna position definition information of "model D" includes the horizontal division number "2" and the vertical division number "4". , "Model D" display area is divided in the manner shown in FIG. 11D to define a grid.

  Then, based on the "horizontal line position" and the "vertical line position" included in the acquired antenna position definition information, a point corresponding to the antenna position of the NFC antenna mounted in the own device is defined.

  For example, when the horizontal position “3” and the vertical position “3” are included in the antenna position definition information of “Model A”, as shown in FIG. The grid point P1 where the horizontal line and the "3"th vertical line from the left intersect is defined as a point corresponding to the antenna position of "model A". Similarly, when the horizontal position “1” and the vertical position “3” are included in the antenna position definition information of “Model B”, as shown in FIG. Is defined as a point corresponding to the antenna position of "Model B", and the horizontal line position "3" is added to the antenna position definition information of "Model C". When the vertical line position "3" is included, the grid point P3 at which the "3"th horizontal line from the top and the "3"th vertical line from the left intersect, as shown in FIG. If the horizontal line position “4” and the vertical line position “2” are included in the antenna position definition information of the “model D”, the position is defined as a point corresponding to the antenna position of the “model C”, and the position of FIG. ), the grid point P4 where the "4"th horizontal line from the top and the "2"th vertical line from the left intersect is defined as a point corresponding to the antenna position of "model D".

  Then, an ellipse centered on the point (lattice point P) corresponding to the antenna position defined in the above procedure is defined. The ellipse mentioned here is a concept including a perfect circle.

  In the present embodiment, an ellipse passing through four grid points adjacent to the point (grid point P) corresponding to the antenna position is defined. That is, for "model A", an ellipse E1 passing through four grid points adjacent to the grid point P1 is defined as shown in FIG. 12(a), and for "model B", as shown in FIG. 12(b). As shown in FIG. 12, an ellipse E2 passing through four grid points adjacent to the grid point P2 is defined. For “model C”, four grid points adjacent to the grid point P3 are defined as shown in FIG. 12(c). An ellipse E3 passing through is defined, and for "model D", an ellipse E4 passing through four grid points adjacent to the grid point P4 is defined.

  Finally, as the "position guide image", an image displaying the ellipse defined in the above procedure is generated.

  For example, for the "model A" described above, an image for displaying the defined ellipse E1 on the display screen in the mode shown in FIG. 13A is generated as a "position guide image". Similarly, for the "model C" described above, an image for displaying the defined ellipse E3 on the display screen in the mode shown in FIG. 13C is generated as a "position guide image", and the "model C" described above is generated. For “D”, an image for displaying the defined ellipse E4 on the display screen in the manner shown in FIG. 13D is generated as a “position guide image”.

  As for the above-mentioned “model B”, as shown in FIG. 12B, a part of the defined ellipse E2 is out of the display area. An image to be displayed on the display screen shown in 13(b) is generated. As described above, when the “position guide image” including an ellipse having a shape with a part cut off is displayed on the display screen, the user confirms that the NFC antenna is installed outside the display area of the display. Can be intuitively recognized.

  Note that, in FIG. 13, an example in which the defined ellipse is displayed as a color region is shown, but the present embodiment does not limit the manner in which the ellipse is displayed, as long as the user can recognize the ellipse, Other suitable aspects (eg, displaying ellipses in a diagram) may be employed. Further, an image in which arbitrary information (characters, symbols, figures, colors, arbitrary images, or a combination thereof) is added to the image displaying the defined ellipse may be used as the “position guide image”. In this regard, FIG. 13 shows an example in which a character string “touch red area on NFC tag” is added to a color area having a defined elliptical shape.

  Returning to FIG. 4, the description will be continued.

  In subsequent step 109, the position guidance image display unit 125 displays the generated “position guidance image” on the display 30. After that, the print job generating unit 110 waits for the destination information transmitted from the NFC tag in step 110. On the other hand, even when the antenna position is not stored in the storage area 127 in the antenna position definition information acquisition processing of step 106 (step 107, No), similarly, in step 110, the destination information transmitted from the NFC tag is waited. ..

  After that, when the user holds the smartphone 10 over the NFC tag 60 attached to the printing device 50, the NFC antenna of the NFC tag 60 and the NFC antenna 42 mounted on the smartphone 10 approach each other, so that there is no contact between them. Communication is established. In response to this, the print job generating unit 110 reads the IP address of the printing device 50 stored in the NFC tag 60 via the established contactless communication. As a result, when the IP address of the printing device 50 can be acquired from the NFC tag 60 (step 110, Yes), the process proceeds to step 111. In step 110, the print job generation unit 110 transmits the print job to the IP address acquired from the NFC tag 60, and the process ends.

  Here, the antenna position definition information generation process (see FIG. 6: step 206) executed by the antenna position definition information registration unit 128 when the antenna position definition information acquisition unit 124 cannot acquire the antenna position definition information is illustrated in FIG. It will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG.

  First, in step 301, the antenna position registration screen shown in FIG. 15A is displayed. As shown in FIG. 15(a), on the antenna position registration screen, a "Register now" button and a "Do not register" button along with a message "You can register the NFC antenna position". Is displayed. In response to this, when the user touches the button "not register", it is determined that the user has not selected the antenna position (step 302, No), and the processing ends. In this case, the antenna position definition information is not stored in the storage area 127.

  On the other hand, when the user touches the "register now" button, the screen moves to the antenna position selection screen shown in FIG. 15(b). In the antenna position selection screen shown in FIG. 15(b), a grid that is formed by dividing the display screen based on the default number of vertical and horizontal divisions is displayed along with the message "Please touch the position of the antenna". To display. In the example shown in FIG. 15B, a grid divided by the vertical division number “4” and the horizontal division number “4” is displayed.

  When the user touches and specifies the position on the grid corresponding to the antenna position known by the user referring to the specifications of the smartphone 10 in response to the display of the above-mentioned grid on the display screen, The set of the horizontal line position of the horizontal line passing through the grid point P closest to the position specified by the user on the grid, the vertical line position of the vertical line passing through the grid point P, and the default number of vertical and horizontal division numbers is temporarily stored. After that, the screen transits to the antenna position confirmation screen shown in FIG. Here, in the example shown in FIG. 15B, after the set of the horizontal line position “2”, the vertical line position “3”, the vertical division number “4”, and the horizontal division number “4” is temporarily stored, the antenna is stored. Move to the position confirmation screen.

  On the antenna position confirmation screen shown in FIG. 15C, an ellipse defined based on the information (horizontal line position, vertical line position, number of vertical and horizontal divisions) stored in the temporary storage (that is, the user specifies it on the grid). An ellipse passing through four grid points adjacent to the grid point P closest to the position is displayed in a predetermined mode, and the "OK" button and the "reselect" button and the number of horizontal divisions and the number of vertical divisions can be changed. A button to accept is displayed.

  In response to this, when the user touches the "Reselect" button displayed on the antenna position confirmation screen, the information (horizontal line position, vertical line position, horizontal division number, vertical division number) saved in temporary memory is deleted. Then, the screen again returns to the antenna position selection screen shown in FIG. 15B to wait for the user's touch. On the other hand, when the user touches the "OK" button displayed on the antenna position confirmation screen, it is determined that the user has designated the antenna position (step 302, Yes), and the process proceeds to step 303.

  In step 303, the antenna position definition information is generated based on the information (horizontal line position, vertical line position, horizontal division number, vertical division number) stored in the temporary storage.

  On the other hand, if the user touches the button for accepting the change of the number of horizontal divisions and the number of vertical divisions displayed on the antenna position confirmation screen to instruct to change at least one of the number of horizontal divisions and the number of vertical divisions, Of the information (horizontal line position, vertical line position, horizontal division number, vertical division number) saved in memory, the value of horizontal division number and the value of vertical division number are changed to the specified number of divisions, and the changed information A grid and an ellipse defined based on (horizontal line position, vertical line position, horizontal division number, vertical division number) are displayed on the display screen. FIG. 15D shows an antenna position confirmation screen displayed when the user changes the number of horizontal divisions from the default value “4” to “5”, and FIG. 15E shows the user further vertical division. The antenna position confirmation screen displayed when the number is changed from the default value "4" to "5" is shown.

  If the user touches the “OK” button after touching the button for changing the number of vertical and horizontal divisions (Yes in step 302 ), the process proceeds to step 303, and the changed information (horizontal line) stored in the temporary storage. Position, vertical line position, horizontal division number, vertical division number) is generated as antenna position definition information.

  In the following step 304, it is determined whether or not the device information could be acquired from the OS 130 in the previous step 202 (see FIG. 6), and if the device information could not be acquired (step 304, No), the process is terminated as it is. .. On the other hand, if the device information can be acquired (step 304, Yes), the process proceeds to step 305, and the antenna position definition information generated in the previous step 303 and the device information of the own device are transmitted to an external server for processing. To finish.

  On the other hand, the external server that receives the antenna position definition information and the device information from the smartphone 10 is an antenna that manages the received model information and the antenna position definition information (the number of horizontal divisions, the number of vertical divisions, the horizontal line position, and the vertical line position). It is registered in the fields 201 to 205 of the position definition information management table 200. The registered antenna position definition information is then provided to other users who use the same model.

  The first embodiment of the present invention has been described above, and then the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. It should be noted that in the following, description of the portions common to the contents of the first embodiment will be omitted, and only the differences from the first embodiment will be explained.

(Second embodiment)
The second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that a set of information items (1) to (3) below is “antenna position definition information”.
(1) XY coordinates of the point Q on the display area corresponding to the position of the NFC antenna (2) Size of the diameter of the elliptical display area in the X-axis direction (dx)
(3) The size of the diameter of the elliptical display area in the Y-axis direction (dy)

  For example, in the case of the “model Z” shown in FIG. 16( a ), as shown in FIG. 16( b ), the point Q located immediately above the center of the NFC antenna 42 in the display area of the “model Z” is displayed by the NFC. It is defined as a point corresponding to the position of the antenna 42. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 16C, the XY coordinates (pixel coordinates) of this point Q, the size of the diameter of the ellipse in the X-axis direction (dx), and the size of the ellipse in the Y-axis direction. A set of three pieces of information on the size of the diameter (dy) is defined as antenna position definition information of "model Z". Here, the size of the diameter of the ellipse (dx) and the size of the diameter of the ellipse (dy) are set to an appropriate size corresponding to the shape and size of the NFC antenna 42.

  FIG. 17 exemplarily shows the antenna position definition information management table 300 managed by the antenna position definition information management unit 126 in the second embodiment. As shown in FIG. 17, the antenna position definition information management table 300 includes a field 301 for storing a model name as model information of a device having an NFC antenna, and a display 30 provided on the front surface of the device having the NFC antenna. 302 for storing the screen resolution (the number of vertical pixels x the number of horizontal pixels) of the NFC antenna 42, and a field for storing the XY coordinates of the point Q corresponding to the position of the NFC antenna 42 (hereinafter referred to as NFC position coordinates). 303, a field 304 for storing the size (dx) of the diameter of the ellipse, and a field 305 for storing the size (dy) of the diameter of the ellipse. Then, in the present embodiment, the antenna position definition information management unit 126, on the antenna position definition information management table 300, for each model of the portable information processing device, its model name and antenna position definition information (NFC position coordinates, The size of the diameter of the ellipse (dx) and the size of the diameter of the ellipse (dy) are managed in association with each other.

  Then, the position guidance image display unit 125 generates a position guidance image based on the above-mentioned antenna position definition information in the following procedure. That is, as shown in FIG. 16C, the position guidance image display unit 125 is an ellipse centered on the point Q indicated by the XY coordinates included in the antenna position definition information acquired from the storage area 127, and the antenna position After defining an ellipse having a diameter size (dx) and a diameter size (dy) included in the definition information, an image displaying the defined ellipse E in a mode shown in FIG. Is generated as.

  On the other hand, in the second embodiment, the antenna position definition information registration unit 128 generates the antenna position definition information in the following procedure.

  First, the antenna position registration screen shown in FIG. 18A is displayed. In response to this, when the user touches the "register now" button, the screen changes to the antenna position selection screen shown in FIG. 18(b). In the example shown in FIG. 18B, a blank screen is displayed together with the message “Please touch the position of the antenna”.

  In response to the blank screen being displayed, when the user touches and specifies the position Q on the display area corresponding to the antenna position learned by referring to the specifications of the smartphone 10, the antenna position definition information The registration unit 128 temporarily stores the XY coordinates (pixel coordinates) of the position Q and the default set of (dx) and (dy), and then transitions to the antenna position confirmation screen shown in FIG. 18C. To do.

  In the antenna position confirmation screen shown in FIG. 18C, an ellipse defined based on the information (XY coordinates of the position Q, (dx), (dy)) stored in the temporary storage (that is, with the point Q as the center) An ellipse having a size (dx) in the X-axis direction and a size (dy) in the Y-axis direction) is displayed in a predetermined manner, and the "OK" button and the A "select" button and a button for accepting a change in the size (dx), (dy) of the diameter of the ellipse are displayed.

  In response to this, when the user touches the “reselect” button displayed on the antenna position confirmation screen, the information (XY coordinates of position Q, (dx), (dy)) stored in the temporary memory is deleted. Again, the screen returns to the antenna position selection screen shown in FIG. 18B to wait for the user's touch. On the other hand, when the user touches the “OK” button displayed on the antenna position confirmation screen, the antenna position definition information is based on the information (XY coordinates of position Q, (dx), (dy)) stored in the temporary storage. To generate.

  On the other hand, the user touches a button for accepting the change of the diameter size (dx), (dy) of the ellipse displayed on the antenna position confirmation screen to instruct to change at least one of (dx) and (dy). In this case, of the information (XY coordinates of position Q, (dx), (dy)) stored in the temporary storage, the value of the size (dx, dy) of the diameter of the ellipse is changed to the specified size. At the same time, an ellipse defined based on the changed information (XY coordinates of position Q, (dx), (dy)) is displayed on the display screen. FIG. 18D shows an antenna position confirmation screen displayed when the user increases the size of (dy) from the default value, and FIG. 18E shows that the user further sets the size of (dx). The antenna position confirmation screen displayed when it increases from the default value is shown.

  After that, when the user touches the "OK" button, the changed information (XY coordinates of position Q, (dx), (dy)) stored in the temporary storage at that time is generated as the antenna position definition information. ..

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the user intuitively recognizes the position of the NFC antenna 42 from the position of the ellipse included in the position guidance image displayed on the display 30, and quickly recognizes this. Since the tag 60 can be placed close to the tag 60, connection for non-contact communication becomes easy.

  In the above-described embodiment, the antenna position definition information acquisition process is described based on the example in which the antenna position definition information management table 200 is managed by both the antenna position definition information management unit 126 and the external server. The definition information management table 200 may be managed by either the antenna position definition information management unit 126 or an external server.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the example in which the antenna position guide unit 120 is used as a module of the print application has been shown, but the antenna position guide unit 120 can be incorporated into any application, and, for example, transmits data to the projector. It can be built into an application. Further, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which the antenna position guide unit 120 is used as a module called from the main program has been shown, but the antenna position guide unit 120 itself is an independent application program (for example, an antenna of which the user is an NFC antenna). It may be configured as an application for confirming the position).

  Each function of the above-described embodiment can be realized by a device-executable program described in C, C++, C#, Java (registered trademark), etc., and the program of this embodiment is a hard disk device, a CD-ROM. , MO, DVD, flexible disk, EEPROM, EPROM, etc., and can be stored and distributed in a device-readable recording medium, or can be transmitted via a network in a format that can be used by other devices.

  Although the present invention has been described above with reference to the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and within the scope of the embodiments conceivable to those skilled in the art, as long as the operations and effects of the present invention are exhibited. Are included in the scope of the present invention.

10... Information processing device (smartphone)
12... Housing 20... Computer 22... Processor 24... ROM
25... RAM
26... Input/output interface 27... Wireless network interface 28... Auxiliary storage device 30... Display 40... NFC reader/writer 42... NFC antenna 50... Printing device 60... NFC tag 100... Print application 110... Print job generation unit 120... Antenna position Guidance unit 122... Model information acquisition unit 124... Antenna position definition information acquisition unit 125... Position guidance image display unit 126... Antenna position definition information management unit 127... Storage area 128... Antenna position definition information registration unit 130... Operating system (OS) )
200... Antenna position definition information management table 201, 202, 203, 204, 205... Field

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Claims (10)

A computer for controlling a portable information processing device having a contactless communication function,
An antenna that manages, for each model of the portable information processing device, model information indicating the model of the portable information processing device and antenna position definition information for defining the antenna position for contactless communication in association with each other. Location definition information management means,
Model information acquisition means for acquiring the model information of the own device from the OS,
Antenna position definition information acquisition means for acquiring the antenna position definition information corresponding to the acquired model information of the own device from the antenna position definition information management means,
A point corresponding to the antenna position is defined based on the antenna position definition information acquired by the antenna position definition information acquisition means, and a non-contact mounted on the portable information processing device centered on the defined point. Position guide image display means for displaying a position guide image displaying an ellipse representing the position of the communication antenna on the display screen of the information processing device,
To function as,
The antenna position definition information is
The XY coordinates of a point corresponding to the antenna position on the display area of the display screen of the portable information processing device, the first size of the diameter of the ellipse in the X-axis direction, and the first size of the diameter of the ellipse in the Y-axis direction. It is a set of two sizes,
The position guidance image display means,
On the display screen, the position guide image that displays an ellipse centered on a point indicated by the XY coordinates and having a diameter of the first size in the X-axis direction and a diameter of the second size in the Y-axis direction is displayed, when a portion of an ellipse having a center in which the XY coordinates shown is out of the display area, because to display the position guide image to display the ellipse having a shape lacking the portion on the display screen Program of. A computer for controlling a portable information processing device having a contactless communication function,
A model information acquisition unit that acquires model information indicating the model of the own device from the OS,
A server that manages, for each model of the portable information processing device, model information indicating the model of the portable information processing device and antenna position definition information for defining an antenna position for non-contact communication in association with each other. From the device, an antenna position definition information acquisition means for acquiring the antenna position definition information corresponding to the model information acquired by the model information acquisition means,
A point corresponding to the antenna position is defined based on the antenna position definition information acquired by the antenna position definition information acquisition means, and a non-contact mounted on the portable information processing device centered on the defined point. Position guide image display means for displaying a position guide image displaying an ellipse representing a communication antenna position on the display screen of the information processing device,
To function as,
The antenna position definition information is
The XY coordinates of a point corresponding to the antenna position on the display area of the display screen of the portable information processing device, the first size of the diameter of the ellipse in the X-axis direction, and the first size of the diameter of the ellipse in the Y-axis direction. It is a set of two sizes,
The position guidance image display means,
On the display screen, the position guide image that displays an ellipse centered on a point indicated by the XY coordinates and having a diameter of the first size in the X-axis direction and a diameter of the second size in the Y-axis direction is displayed, when a portion of an ellipse having a center in which the XY coordinates shown is out of the display area, because to display the position guide image to display the ellipse having a shape lacking the portion on the display screen Program of. The computer,
An antenna position definition information registration unit that accepts registration of the antenna position definition information by the user when the model information or the antenna position definition information cannot be acquired,
Function as
The program according to claim 1 . The antenna position definition information registration means,
A set of XY coordinates of a position designated by the user on the display area of the display screen, the predetermined first size, and the predetermined second size is generated as the antenna position definition information.
The program according to claim 3 . The antenna position definition information registration means,
When the user specifies a position on the display area of the display screen and then receives an instruction to change the first size or the second size from the user, the XY coordinates of the position specified by the user are displayed. , Generating a set of the changed first size and the changed second size as the antenna position definition information,
The program according to claim 4 . A method for facilitating non-contact communication of a portable information processing device having a non-contact communication function,
A computer that controls the portable information processing device,
A step of acquiring model information indicating the model of the own device from the OS,
Antenna position definition information for defining an antenna position corresponding to the acquired model information of the own device, for each model of the portable information processing device, model information indicating the model of the portable information processing device, A step of acquiring from the storage means for managing the antenna position definition information for defining the antenna position of the non-contact communication in association with each other;
A point corresponding to the antenna position is defined based on the antenna position definition information acquired from the storage unit, and an antenna position of the non-contact communication mounted on the portable information processing device centered on the defined point A position guidance image displaying an ellipse representing the image is displayed on the display screen of the information processing device ,
The antenna position definition information is
The XY coordinates of a point corresponding to the antenna position on the display area of the display screen of the portable information processing device, the first size of the diameter of the ellipse in the X-axis direction, and the first size of the diameter of the ellipse in the Y-axis direction. It is a set of two sizes,
In the step of displaying,
On the display screen, the position guide image that displays an ellipse centered on a point indicated by the XY coordinates and having a diameter of the first size in the X-axis direction and a diameter of the second size in the Y-axis direction is displayed, when a portion of an ellipse having a center in which the XY coordinates shown is out of the display area, Ru to display the position guide image to display the ellipse having a shape lacking the portion on the display screen,
Method. A method for facilitating non-contact communication of a portable information processing device having a non-contact communication function,
A computer that controls the portable information processing device,
A step of acquiring model information indicating the model of the own device from the OS,
A server that manages, for each model of the portable information processing device, model information indicating the model of the portable information processing device and antenna position definition information for defining an antenna position for non-contact communication in association with each other. Acquiring from the device the antenna position definition information corresponding to the model information acquired from the OS,
A point corresponding to the antenna position is defined based on the antenna position definition information acquired from the server device, and an antenna position for non-contact communication mounted on the portable information processing device centered on the defined point A position guidance image displaying an ellipse representing the image is displayed on the display screen of the information processing device ,
The antenna position definition information is
The XY coordinates of a point corresponding to the antenna position on the display area of the display screen of the portable information processing device, the first size of the diameter of the ellipse in the X-axis direction, and the first size of the diameter of the ellipse in the Y-axis direction. It is a set of two sizes,
In the step of displaying,
On the display screen, the position guide image that displays an ellipse centered on a point indicated by the XY coordinates and having a diameter of the first size in the X-axis direction and a diameter of the second size in the Y-axis direction When a part of the ellipse which is the center indicated by the XY coordinates is deviated from the display area, the position guide image displaying an ellipse having a shape lacking the part is displayed on the display screen.
Method. A portable information processing device having a contactless communication function,
Antenna position definition for managing, for each model of the portable information processing device, model information indicating the model of the portable information processing device and antenna position definition information for defining the antenna position for contactless communication in association with each other. Information management means,
Model information acquisition means for acquiring model information indicating the model of the device itself from the OS,
An antenna position definition information acquisition unit that acquires the antenna position corresponding to the acquired model of the own device from the antenna position definition information management unit;
A point corresponding to the antenna position is defined based on the antenna position definition information acquired by the antenna position definition information acquisition means, and a non-contact mounted on the portable information processing device centered on the defined point. Position guide image displaying means for displaying a position guide image displaying an ellipse representing the position of the communication antenna on the display screen of the information processing device ,
Including,
The antenna position definition information is
The XY coordinates of a point corresponding to the antenna position on the display area of the display screen of the portable information processing device, the first size of the diameter of the ellipse in the X-axis direction, and the first size of the diameter of the ellipse in the Y-axis direction. It is a set of two sizes,
The position guidance image display means,
On the display screen, the position guide image that displays an ellipse centered on a point indicated by the XY coordinates and having a diameter of the first size in the X-axis direction and a diameter of the second size in the Y-axis direction When a part of the ellipse which is the center indicated by the XY coordinates is deviated from the display area, the position guide image displaying an ellipse having a shape lacking the part is displayed on the display screen.
Portable information processing device. A portable information processing device having a contactless communication function,
Model information acquisition means for acquiring model information indicating the model of the device itself from the OS,
A server that manages, for each model of the portable information processing device, model information indicating the model of the portable information processing device and antenna position definition information for defining an antenna position for contactless communication in association with each other. From the device, an antenna position definition information acquisition unit for acquiring the antenna position definition information corresponding to the model information acquired by the model information acquisition unit,
A point corresponding to the antenna position is defined based on the antenna position definition information acquired by the antenna position definition information acquisition means, and a non-contact mounted on the portable information processing device centered on the defined point. Position guide image display means for displaying a position guide image displaying an ellipse representing the communication antenna position on the display screen of the information processing device ,
Including,
The antenna position definition information is
The XY coordinates of a point corresponding to the antenna position on the display area of the display screen of the portable information processing device, the first size of the diameter of the ellipse in the X-axis direction, and the first size of the diameter of the ellipse in the Y-axis direction. It is a set of two sizes,
The position guidance image display means,
On the display screen, the position guide image that displays an ellipse centered on the point indicated by the XY coordinates and having a diameter of the first size in the X-axis direction and a diameter of the second size in the Y-axis direction is displayed on the display screen. When a part of the ellipse that is the center indicated by the XY coordinates is deviated from the display area, the position guide image that displays an ellipse having a shape lacking the part is displayed on the display screen.
Portable information processing device. Furthermore, when the antenna position definition information cannot be acquired from the server device, an antenna position definition information registration unit that accepts registration of the antenna position definition information by the user is included,
The antenna position definition information registration means,
A set of the XY coordinates of the position designated by the user on the display area of the display screen, the predetermined first size, and the predetermined second size is generated as the antenna position definition information.
The information processing device according to claim 9 .