Mobile terminal that performs login processing, method of performing login processing, and storage medium
A mobile terminal capable of reducing time and effort of a user in login processing. When a beacon signal transmitted by an image forming apparatus is received, it is determined whether or not the received signal strength of the received beacon signal is not lower than a predetermined signal strength. If it is determined that the received signal strength is not lower than the predetermined signal strength, it is determined whether or not a difference between the received signal strength of a first beacon signal and the received signal strength of a second beacon signal received after the first beacon signal satisfies a predetermined condition, and if it is determined that the difference satisfies the predetermined condition, user information is transmitted to the image forming apparatus in order to cause a user to log in the image forming apparatus.
1. A mobile terminal comprising:
a communication controller configured to receive beacon signals transmitted by an image forming apparatus and transmit user information to the image forming apparatus; and
a processor configured to implement instructions stored in a memory and execute:
a first determining task that determines whether or not a received signal strength of a received beacon signal is not lower than a predetermined signal strength;
a second determining task that determines, after the first determining task determines that the received signal strength is not lower than the predetermined signal strength, whether or not a difference between the received signal strength of a first beacon signal received by the communication controller and the received signal strength of a second beacon signal received by the communication controller after receiving the first beacon signal satisfies a predetermined condition, wherein the difference reflects a change amount of a distance between the mobile terminal and the image forming apparatus; and
a transmission task that transmits the user information to the image forming apparatus, using the communication controller, for logging in to the image forming apparatus in a case where the second determining task determines that the difference satisfies the predetermined condition.
2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the communication controller receives the second beacon signal when a predetermined time period elapses after receiving the first beacon signal.
3. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute:
a third determining task that determines, after the user logs in the image forming apparatus, whether or not the received signal strength of the received beacon signal satisfies a logout condition for causing the user to log out from the image forming apparatus,
wherein in a case where the third determining task determines that the received signal strength of the received beacon signal satisfies the logout condition, the transmission task transmits a logout request to the image forming apparatus.
4. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the beacon signal received by the transmission controller from the image forming apparatus is based on BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) communication.
5. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where a value obtained by subtracting the received signal strength of the first beacon signal from the received signal strength of the second beacon signal is not lower than a predetermined value, the second determining task determines that the difference satisfies the predetermined condition.
6. A method of performing login processing for a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
a receiving step of receiving, using the mobile terminal, beacon signals transmitted by an image forming apparatus;
a first determining step of determining whether or not a received signal strength of a received beacon signal is not lower than a predetermined signal strength;
a second determining step of determining, after the first determining step determines that the received signal strength is not lower than the predetermined signal strength, whether or not a difference between the received signal strength of a first beacon signal received in the receiving step and the received signal strength of a second beacon signal received in the receiving step after receiving the first beacon signal satisfies a predetermined condition, wherein the difference reflects a change amount of a distance between the mobile terminal and the image forming apparatus; and
a transmitting step of transmitting user information to the image forming apparatus for logging in to the image forming apparatus in a case where the second determining step determines that the difference satisfies the predetermined condition.
7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the receiving step receives the second beacon signal when a predetermined time period elapses after receiving the first beacon signal.
8. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a third determining step of determining, after a user logs in the image forming apparatus, whether or not the received signal strength of the received beacon signal satisfies a logout condition for logging out from the image forming apparatus,
wherein the transmitting step transmits, in a case where the third determining step determines that the received signal strength of the received beacon signal satisfies the logout condition, a logout request to the image forming apparatus.
9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the beacon signal received in the receiving step from the image forming apparatus is based on BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) communication.
10. The method according to claim 6 , wherein in a case where a value obtained by subtracting the received signal strength of the first beacon signal from the received signal strength of the second beacon signal is not lower than a predetermined value, the second determining step determines that the difference satisfies the predetermined condition.
11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable program executable by a processor of a mobile terminal to execute a method of performing login processing, wherein the method comprises:
a receiving step of receiving beacon signals transmitted by an image forming apparatus;
a first determining step of determining whether or not a received signal strength of a received beacon signal is not lower than a predetermined signal strength;
a second determining step of determining, after the first determining step determines that the received signal strength is not lower than the predetermined signal strength, whether or not a difference between the received signal strength of a first beacon signal received in the receiving step and the received signal strength of a second beacon signal received in the receiving step after receiving the first beacon signal satisfies a predetermined condition, wherein the difference reflects a change amount of a distance between the mobile terminal and the image forming apparatus; and
a transmitting step of transmitting user information to the image forming apparatus for logging in to the image forming apparatus in a case where the second determining step determines that the difference satisfies the predetermined condition.