PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

• US 20120234926A1
• Filed: 03/14/2012
• Published: 09/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: NOZAKI, Masahiro
• Application Number:
  US13/419,580
• Publication Number:
  US 20120234926A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/492
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0723 the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10297 arrangements for handling protocols designed for non-contact record carriers such as RFIDs NFCs, e.g. ISO/IEC 14443 and 18092 cryptographic protocols H04L9/00; network security protocols H04L63/00; real-time communication protocols in data switching networks H04L65/00; network protocols for data switching network services H04L67/00

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a portable electronic apparatus includes, reception register configured to temporarily store command received, first storage module configured to store command as reception data if command is found to have been received normally, command processing module configured to process based on command stored in reception register, thereby to generate response, transmission register configured to temporarily store response, and second storage module configure to store response as transmission data if response is found to have been transmitted normally.

Claims

1. A portable electronic apparatus configured to operate in response to command input from an external apparatus, the electronic apparatus comprising:

a receiving module configured to receive a command input from the external apparatus;

a reception register configured to temporarily store the command received by the receiving module;

a first storage module configured to determine whether the receiving module has received the command normally, and to store the command as reception data if the command is found to have been received normally;

a command processing module configured to process based on the command stored in the reception register, thereby to generate a response;

a transmission register configured to temporarily store the response which transmits to the external apparatus generated by the command processing module;

a transmitting module configured to transmit the response stored in the transmission register, to the external apparatus; and

a second storage module configure to determine whether the transmitting module has transmitted the response normally, and to store the response as transmission data if the response is found to have been transmitted normally.

2. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first storage module configured to store the command as reception data if the command is a command of a preset type and if the command is found to have been received normally;

and

the second storage module configured to store the response as transmission data if the command is a command of the preset type and if the response is found to have been received normally.

3. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first storage module configured to store a preset field of the command, as reception data, if the command is found to have been received normally.

4. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the second storage module configured to store a preset field of the response, as transmission data, if the response is found to have been transmitted normally.

5. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein if the command is found to have been received normally, the first storage module configured to determine whether a preset number of reception data items are stored, to write new reception data over the oldest reception data if the preset number of reception data items are found to have been stored, and to additionally write the reception data if the preset number of reception data items are found not to have been stored;

and if the response is found to have been received normally,

the second storage module configured to determine whether a preset number of transmission data items are stored, to write new transmission data over the oldest transmission data if the preset number of transmission data items are found to have been stored, and to additionally write the transmission data if the present number of transmission data items are found not to have been stored.

6. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein if the command is found to have been received normally, the first storage module configured to determine whether a vacant storage area exists, to write new reception data over the oldest reception data if no vacant area is found to exist, and to additionally write the reception data if the vacant storage area is found to exist;

and if the response is found to have been transmitted normally,

the second storage module configured to determine whether a vacant storage area exists, to write new reception data over the oldest reception data if no vacant storage area is found to exist, and to additionally write the transmission data if a vacant storage area is found to exist.

7. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a volatile memory configured to store data temporarily; and

a nonvolatile memory configured to store data at all times,

wherein the first storage module configured to store the reception data in the volatile memory or the nonvolatile memory, or in both, in accordance with prescribed setting data; and

the second storage module configured to store the transmission data in the volatile memory or the nonvolatile memory, or in both, in accordance with a prescribed setting data.

8. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein if the receiving module receives a state reading command for reading the reception data and transmission data stored in the first storage module and the second storage module, respectively, the command processing module configured to read the reception data and transmission data stored in the first storage module and the second storage module, respectively, and to generate a response containing the reception data and transmission data so read.

9. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 8, wherein, on receiving the state reading command, the command processing module configured to read all reception data stored in the first storage module and all transmission data stored in the second storage module and to generate a response containing the reception data and transmission data so read.

10. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 8, wherein, on receiving the state reading command, the command processing module configured to read all reception data stored in the first storage module and to generate a response containing the reception data so read.

11. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 8, wherein, on receiving the state reading command, the command processing module configured to read all transmission data stored in the second storage module and to generate a response containing the transmission data so read.

12. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 8, wherein, on receiving the state reading command, the command processing module configured to read, one by one, the reception data and transmission data stored in the first storage module and second storage module, respectively, and to generate a response containing the reception data and transmission data so read.

13. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 8, wherein, on receiving the state reading command, the command processing module configured to read the reception data and transmission data stored in the first storage module and second storage module, respectively, in a number of data items designated by the state reading command, and to generate a response containing the reception data and transmission data so read.

14. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 1, comprising:

an IC module configured to include the modules and the registers; and

a main unit incorporating the IC module.