ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE OPERATION CONTROL METHOD

• US 20080051986A1
• Filed: 07/26/2007
• Published: 02/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: NAKADA, Yoshimi, MUTOH, Yasuo, AMANO, Hiroshi, ARIE, Takumi
• Granted Patent: US 7,904,237 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/200
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an electronic device including: a reader configured to read information from a noncontact-type communications device storing unique identification information; and a controller configured to determine whether the identification information read by the reader is already registered or not yet registered and, if the identification information is found already registered, get user setting information corresponding to the identification information to execute setting processing on the basis of the user setting information and, if the identification information is found not yet registered, execute processing for registering the identification information.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a reader configured to read information from a noncontact-type communications device storing unique identification information; and

a controller configured to determine whether said identification information read by said reader is already registered or not yet registered and, if said identification information is found already registered, get user setting information corresponding to said identification information to execute setting processing on the basis of said user setting information and, if said identification information is found not yet registered, execute processing for registering said identification information.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein, if said reader reads substantially the same identification information as identification information corresponding to certain user setting information in a state in which said electronic device is operating in a setting state based on said certain user setting information, said controller executes processing for editing registration information corresponding to said identification information.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display, wherein said controller displays a registration screen on said display as said processing for registration.

4. The electronic device according to claim 2, further comprising:

a display, wherein said controller displays an editing screen on said display as said processing for editing registration information.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said noncontact-type communications device is an integrated circuit card in which an integrated circuit chip having a noncontact-type communications circuit is incorporated.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said electronic device is a navigation apparatus.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said electronic device is an audio reproducing apparatus.

8. An operation control method for an electronic device having a reader for reading information registered in a noncontact-type communications device storing unique identification information, said operation control method comprising the steps of:

determining whether said identification information read by said reader has been already registered or not yet registered;

obtaining, if said identification information is found already registered, user setting information corresponding to said identification information to execute setting processing based on said user setting information; and

executing, if said identification information is found not yet registered, processing for registering said identification information.

9. The operation control method according to claim 8, further comprising the step of:

if said reader reads substantially the same identification information as identification information corresponding to certain user setting information in a state in which said electronic device is operating in a setting state based on said certain user setting information, executing processing for editing registration information corresponding to said identification information.

10. The operation control method according to claim 8, wherein said electronic device further has a display, said operation control method further comprising the step of:

displaying a registration screen on said display as said processing for registration.

11. The operation control method according to claim 8, wherein said electronic device further has a display, said operation control method further comprising the step of:

displaying an editing screen on said display as said processing for editing.

12. The operation control method according to claim 8, wherein said noncontact-type communications device is an integrated circuit card in which an integrated circuit chip having a noncontact-type communications circuit is incorporated.

13. The operation control method according to claim 8, wherein said electronic device is a navigation apparatus.

14. The operation control method according to claim 8, wherein said electronic device is an audio reproducing apparatus.

15. An electronic device comprising:

a reader configured to read information from a noncontact-type communications device storing unique identification information;

a display; and

a controller configured to determine whether said identification information read by said reader is already registered or not yet registered and, if said identification information is found already registered, get user setting information corresponding to said identification information to execute setting processing on the basis of said user setting information and, if said identification information is found not yet registered, execute processing for registering said identification information;

wherein said controller executes at least one of a control operation for displaying a registration screen on said display as said processing for registration and a control operation for displaying an editing screen on said display as said processing for editing said identification information.