Information processing device, information processing system and program

• US 20110176705A1
• Filed: 01/11/2011
• Published: 07/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: FeliCa Networks, Inc (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: FeliCa Networks, Inc (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kato, Shinichi
• Application Number:
  US12/930,577
• Publication Number:
  US 20110176705A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1443 locating of the code in an image
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3224 Transactions dependent on location of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3227 using secure elements embedded in M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3276 using a pictured code, e.g. barcode or QR-code, being read by the M-device
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering

Abstract

An information processing device of present invention includes an identification medium detecting portion that detects a specific identification medium, a position acquisition portion that acquires information indicating a positional relationship between the identification medium and the information processing device, a processing execution portion that executes specific processing when the information processing device is at a distance from the identification medium that is equal to or less than a predetermined value, and a processing execution prevention portion that causes the specific processing not to be performed by the processing execution portion when the information processing device is at a distance from the identification medium that is equal to or less than the predetermined value immediately after an application relating to the specific processing is activated.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

an identification medium detecting portion that detects a specific identification medium;

a position acquisition portion that acquires information indicating a positional relationship between the identification medium and the information processing device;

a processing execution portion that executes specific processing when the information processing device is at a distance from the identification medium that is equal to or less than a predetermined value; and

a processing execution prevention portion that causes the specific processing not to be performed by the processing execution portion when the information processing device is at a distance from the identification medium that is equal to or less than the predetermined value immediately after an application relating to the specific processing is activated.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an own device position information acquisition portion that acquires position information of the information processing device,

wherein the processing execution portion determines whether to execute the specific processing based on position information included in the identification medium and on the position information of the information processing device.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the processing execution portion performs the specific processing in one of a case in which the information processing device is at a distance from the identification medium that is equal to or less than the predetermined value and a case in which a separate medium is at a distance from the identification medium that is equal to or less than a predetermined value.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the position acquisition portion includes a function to acquire a relative orientation of the information processing device with respect to the identification medium, and

wherein the processing execution portion executes the specific processing when the relative orientation of the information processing device with respect to the identification medium is equal to or less than a predetermined angle range, taking as a reference a state in which the information processing device is correctly facing the identification medium.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an image pickup portion that acquires an image,

wherein the identification medium detecting portion detects the identification medium from the image acquired by the image pickup portion, and

wherein the position acquisition portion acquires the information indicating the positional relationship between the identification medium and the information processing device based on the image of the identification medium acquired by the image pickup portion.

6. The information processing device according to claim 5,

wherein the identification medium is a two-dimensional barcode.

7. The information processing device according to claim 5, further comprising:

a virtual object merging portion that merges a virtual object generated based on the identification medium acquired by the image pickup portion with the image; and

a display portion that displays the merged image, in which the virtual object is merged with the image acquired by the image pickup portion.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the identification medium detecting portion detects the identification medium by one of character recognition, near field wireless communication and optical communication.

9. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the specific processing is one of payment processing relating to an object to which the identification medium is attached and payment processing relating to a store in which the identification medium is placed.

10. The information processing device according to claim 9, further comprising:

a payment processing notification portion that outputs one of image and audio when the payment processing is performed.

11. The information processing device according to claim 9, further comprising:

an IC chip that stores electronic value information relating to the payment processing.

12. An information processing system comprising:

an information processing device including

an identification medium detecting portion that detects a specific identification medium,

a position acquisition portion that acquires information indicating a positional relationship between the identification medium and the information processing device,

a processing request portion that, when the information processing device is at a distance from the identification medium that is equal to or less than a predetermined value, transmits identification information of the information processing device and information of the identification medium and requests to perform payment processing, and

a processing execution prevention portion that causes the processing request not to be performed by the processing request portion when the information processing device is at a distance from the identification medium that is equal to or less than the predetermined value immediately after an application relating to the payment processing is activated; and

a payment server that receives the request to perform the payment processing from the information processing device, and executes the payment processing when the identification medium is registered by a store to which the payment is performed.

13. The information processing system according to claim 12, further comprising:

a store terminal that, when the payment processing is executed, receives identification information of the information processing device from the payment server and also receives identification information of a product relating to payment that is included in the identification medium; and

a gate that is installed in the store, and that acquires the identification information of the product and the identification information of the information processing device that are going to pass through the gate and transmits the acquired identification information to the store terminal, the gate only opening when the gate receives notification from the store terminal that the product is paid for.

14. A storage medium storing a computer program comprising instructions that command a computer to perform the steps of:

detecting a specific identification medium;

acquiring information indicating a positional relationship between the identification medium and an information processing device;

executing specific processing when the information processing device is at a distance from the identification medium that is equal to or less than a predetermined value; and

preventing execution of the specific processing when the information processing device is at a distance from the identification medium that is equal to or less than the predetermined value immediately after activation of an application relating to the specific processing.

15. An information processing method, comprising the steps of:

detecting a specific identification medium;

acquiring information indicating a positional relationship between the identification medium and an information processing device;

executing specific processing when the information processing device is at a distance from the identification medium that is equal to or less than a predetermined value; and

preventing execution of the specific processing when the information processing device is at a distance from the identification medium that is equal to or less than the predetermined value immediately after activation of an application relating to the specific processing.