Communication control apparatus, communication control method and program

• US 8,918,052 B2
• Filed: 11/26/2010
• Issued: 12/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Uchida, Norio
• Primary Examiner(s): RAMPURIA, SHARAD K
• Application Number:
  US13/513,162
• Publication Number:
  US 20120244887A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,488 Days
• Field of Search: 455/67.11, 455/67.16, 455/67.14, 455/67.12, 455/67.15, 455/67.13, 455/115.2, 455/226.2, 455/115.1, 455/115.3, 455/63.4, 455/115.4, 455517-519, 455/41.2, 4554561-457, 455418-420, 455410-411
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/74 Systems using reradiation of radio waves, e.g. secondary radar systems; Analogous systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10257 arrangements for protecting the interrogation against piracy attacks computer security in general G06F21/00; jamming of communication, countermeasures H04K3/00; secret communication H04K1/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/77 for interrogation

Abstract

In a case where a communication control apparatus incorporated by a portable device detects a communication request from an external device and decides whether to perform communications, it is hard to determine, with a high degree of precision, whether the owner of the portable device incorporating the communication control apparatus has an intention to use the portable device in response to the communication request. In order to solve this problem, there are included a distance measuring means for measuring spatial distances from any given objects that have distances of a particular range in a direction of a particular range and that are adjacent to each other; a condition storing means for storing predetermined distance conditions; and a communication means that becomes, based on a result of comparison of the values of the spatial distances with the distance conditions, communicatable in response to the externally received communication request.

Claims

1. A communication control apparatus, characterized by comprising:

distance measuring unit which measures a spatial distance to an arbitrary object which exists within a specific range of distance and in an adjacent position;

condition memorizing unit which stores a predefined distance condition; and

communication unit which goes into a communication-enabled state depending on a comparison result between a value of said spatial distance and said distance condition, wherein the spatial distance is a distance between the communication control apparatus and the arbitrary object, and

the specific range of distance is a predefined range of direction and a predefined range of distance from the communication control apparatus.

2. The communication control apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that

said communication means goes into the communication-enabled state to a communication request from an external unit in the case that the value of said spatial distance satisfies distance condition.

3. The communication control apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that

said distance measuring means measures said spatial distance in the case that said communication means detects the communication request from the an external unit.

4. The communication control apparatus according to any one of claim 1, characterized in that

said distance measuring means measures said spatial distance at a predefined time interval.

5. The communication control apparatus according to any one of claim 1, characterized in that

said specific range of distance is wider than at least a predefined range of distance in the direction where said communication means has a communication sensitivity.

6. The communication control apparatus according to any one of claim 1, characterized in that

said condition memorizing means makes a plurality of said distance conditions correspondent to a plurality of predefined information operating types each other and memorizes them, and

said communication means analyzes the communication request from an external unit, determines which information operating type among a plurality of said information operating types and selects said distance condition corresponding to the information operating type.

7. The communication control apparatus according to any one of claim 1, characterized by further comprising:

condition setting unit which sets contents to said condition memorizing means and changes the contents which is set to said condition memorizing means.

8. The communication control apparatus according to any one of claim 7, characterized in that

said condition setting means sets and changes said distance condition based on the spatial distance which said distance measuring means measured.

9. A communication control method for the communication device comprising storage means and communication means, characterized in that measuring a spatial distance to an arbitrary object which exists within a specific range of distance and in an adjacent position, and changing said communication means to a communication-enabled state depending on a comparison result between said value of the spatial distance and a predefined distance condition which is memorized in said storage means,

wherein the spatial distance is a distance between the communication control apparatus and the arbitrary object, and

the specific range of distance is a predefined range of direction and a predefined range of distance from the communication control apparatus.

10. The communication control method according to claim 9, characterized in that

setting said communication means in the communication-enabled state to a communication request from an external unit in the case that the value of said spatial distance satisfies distance condition.

11. The communication control method according to claim 9, characterized in that

measuring said spatial distance in accordance with detecting the communication request from an external unit.

12. The communication control method according to any one of claim 9, characterized in that

measuring said spatial distance in a predefined time interval.

13. The communication control method according to any one of claim 9, characterized in that

said specific range of distance is wider than at least a predefined range of distance in the direction where said communication means has a communication sensitivity.

14. The communication control method according to any one of claim 9, characterized in that

said memorizing means makes a plurality of said distance conditions correspondent to a plurality of predefined information operating types each other and memorizes them, and

analyzing the communication request from an external unit, determining which information operating type among a plurality of said information operating types and selecting said distance condition corresponding to the information operating type.

15. The communication control method according to any one of claim 9, characterized in that

setting contents to said condition memorizing means and changing the contents which is set to said memorizing means.

16. The communication control method according to any one of claim 9, characterized in that

setting and changing said distance condition based on measured said spatial distance.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium which records a program, characterized by executing with a computer which includes storage means for storing a predefined distance condition for executing a process in that measuring a spatial distance to an arbitrary object which exists within a specific range of distance and in an adjacent position, and setting a communication in a enabled state depending on a comparison result of a value of said spatial distance with a predefined distance condition which is stored in said storage means,

wherein the spatial distance is a distance between the communication control apparatus and the arbitrary object, and

the specific range of distance is a predefined range of direction and a predefined range of distance from the communication control apparatus.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium which records the program according to claim 17, characterized by executing with said computer for executing a process in that

setting said communication in a enabled state to a communication request from an external unit in the case that a value of said spatial distance satisfies distance condition.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium which records the program according to claim 17, characterized by executing with said computer for executing a process in that

measuring said spatial distance in accordance with detecting the communication request from an external unit.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium which records the program according to any one of claim 17, characterized by executing with said computer for executing a process in that

measuring said spatial distance in a predefined time interval.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium which records the program according to any one of claim 17, characterized by executing with said computer for executing a process in that

analyzing the communication request from an external unit, determining which information operating type among a plurality of predefined information operating types which are stored in said storage means and are respectively corresponding to a plurality of said distance conditions and the distance condition and selecting said distance condition corresponding to the information operating type.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium which records the program according to any one of claim 17, characterized by executing with said computer for executing a process in that

setting and changing said distance condition which is stored in said storage means.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium which records the program according to any one of claim 17, characterized by executing with said computer for executing a process in that

setting and changing said distance condition based on measured said spatial distance.

24. A communication control apparatus, characterized by comprising:

distance measuring means for measuring a spatial distance to an arbitrary object which exists within a specific range of distance and in an adjacent position;

condition memorizing means for storing a predefined distance condition; and

communication means for goes into the communication-enabled state depending on a comparison result between a value of said spatial distance and said distance condition, wherein the spatial distance is a distance between the communication control apparatus and the arbitrary object, and

the specific range of distance is a predefined range of direction and a predefined range of distance from the communication control apparatus.