Control system and control method

• US 7,306,145 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2006
• Issued: 12/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Sakai, Tatsuhiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee; Michael G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Vo; Tuyen Kim
• Application Number:
  US11/419,809
• Publication Number:
  US 20060278702A1
• Time in Patent Office: 567 Days
• Field of Search: 235/380, 235/382, 235/449, 235/451, 235/472.02, 235/492, 235/382.5, 340 52- 533, 340/5.6, 340/5.61, 340 564- 57, 340/5.81, 340/5.8
• US Class Current: 235/382
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence

Abstract

A control system manages a user'"'"'s entry into and exit from an area based on the ID information of a device in the user'"'"'s possession. The control system includes a determining unit that determines, based on the ID information of the device, whether the user can enter or exit the area, and a transmitting unit that transmits, based on the result of the determination by the determining unit, setting information of an apparatus located in the area to the device.

Claims

1. A control system that manages a user'"'"'s entry into and exit from an area based on ID information of a device in the user'"'"'s possession, the control system comprising:

a determining unit that determines, based on the ID information of the device, whether the user can enter or exit the area; and

a transmitting unit that transmits, based on the result of the determination by the determining unit, setting information used for communication in the area to the device.

2. The control system according to claim 1, wherein the setting information is used to communicate with an apparatus located in the area.

3. The control system according to claim 1, wherein the setting information includes parameters for wireless communication used to communicate with a wireless access point unit located in the area.

4. The control system according to claim 1, wherein the ID information is transferred from the device by short-range wireless communication.

5. The control system according to claim 1, wherein the setting information corresponds to the ID information of the device.

6. The control system according to claim 1, further comprising:

an instructing unit that sends the device, based on the result of the determination by the determining unit, an instruction for deleting setting information stored in the device.

7. The control system according to claim 1, wherein the setting information is transmitted from the device to a different device and is used by the different device.

8. The control system according to claim 1, wherein the device uses the setting information to use an apparatus located in the area.

9. The control system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a storage unit that stores the setting information transmitted from the transmitting unit; and

a control unit that controls updating of the setting information used for communication in the area,

wherein the control unit updates the setting information stored in the storage unit when the setting information used for communication in the area is updated.

10. A method for controlling a control system that manages a user'"'"'s entry into and exit from an area on the basis of ID information of a device in the user'"'"'s possession, the method comprising:

determining, based on the ID information of the device, whether the user can enter or exit the area; and

transmitting, based on the result of determining the ID information, setting information used for communication in the area to the device.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the setting information is used to communicate with an apparatus located in the area.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the setting information includes parameters for wireless communication used to communicate with a wireless access point unit located in the area.

13. The method according to claim 10, wherein the ID information is transferred from the device by short-range wireless communication.

14. The method according to claim 10, wherein the setting information corresponds to the ID information of the device.

15. The method according to claim 10, further comprising

deleting, based on determination of the ID information, setting information stored in the device.

16. The method according to claim 10, wherein the setting information is transmitted from the device to a different device and is used by the different device.

17. The method according to claim 10, wherein the device uses the setting information to use an apparatus located in the area.

18. The method according to claim 10, further comprising

updating the setting information that is transmitted when the setting information used for communication in the area is updated.