JP2000174801A - Message communication terminal equipment, message communication method and storage medium with message communication program recorded therein - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a message communication terminal equipment and its method by which one's own emotion at that time is transmitted to a communication opposite party with a simple operation, together with the business of a message sentence with small communication amount, when transmitting and to provide a storage medium recorded with its program. SOLUTION: Plural emotion images expressing various kinds of emotions are stored in a storage part 1, together with emotional expression image IDs, plural business classified messages expressing the kinds of message sentence business are stored in the storage part 2 together with business kind ID, plural emotional messages expressing various kinds of emotions are stored in the storage part 3 together with emotional ID and the emotional expression image ID, the business kind message applying to the business of the message sentence and the emotional image to be adapted to one's own emotion are selected from among them and the business kind ID and the emotional ID corresponding to them are transmitted together with the body of the messages, and the business kind messages and the emotion images are displayed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a message communication terminal for transmitting and receiving a message including a message in the form of an image or a text, a message communication method, and a storage medium storing a message program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When communication is performed using a communication device capable of transmitting and receiving a message including a message in the form of an image or a text, the message of the message (body) desired by the user is conveyed to the other party in a simple manner. There is a desire to transmit emotions (emotions, feelings, etc.) as messages to the other party.

Conventionally, as a method of responding to this demand, for example, in the case of a facsimile, a sentence expressing one's current emotion is described in a letterhead together with a summary of the message, or an illustration or the like is described with the summary of the message. There was a way to write. Also, in e-mails and the like, there has been a method of describing emoticons in which titles are combined with symbols such as parentheses and inequality signs, along with an outline of the message.

[0004]

However, in the above-described method, a request to convey a message sentence that one wishes to convey simply and accurately to the other party and to simultaneously transmit his / her own emotions to the other party at the same time. In order to satisfy the requirements, it is necessary to newly create a sentence, an illustration, or the like that appropriately expresses the requirements of the message and the current emotion, and there has been a problem that expression is difficult and document creation is complicated. Also, in the method of composing emoticons by combining symbols such as parentheses and inequality signs, the types of emoticons to be configured are limited, and the emoticons alone are not enough to express emotion,
There was a problem that I could not always express my emotions.

An object of the present invention is to provide a message communication system capable of transmitting a message sentence that the user wants to convey and his / her emotion at that time to a communication partner by a simple operation and minimizing the communication volume at that time. It is an object of the present invention to provide a terminal device, a message communication method, and a storage medium on which a message communication program is recorded.

[0006]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, a plurality of emotion images representing various emotions are stored together with a first identifier, and a plurality of emotion images representing a type of a message sentence are stored. Means are provided for storing the message of the type of business together with the second identifier, and storing a plurality of emotion messages representing various emotions together with the third identifier and the first identifier.

In addition, one of a plurality of message types is selected as a message type message to be transmitted, and a plurality of emotion messages or an emotion message to which one of a plurality of emotion images is to be transmitted. A means for selecting an emotion image, a second identifier corresponding to the selected message type message, and a third identifier corresponding to the selected emotion message or emotion image are taken out of the storage means described above, and these are retrieved from the image or the image. Means for creating a message sentence to be included with the text message.

[0008] Further, a means for extracting the second and third identifiers from the received message text, and a task type message corresponding to the extracted second identifier and an emotion image corresponding to the extracted third identifier are described above. And a means for displaying these together with an image or text message contained in the received message text.

[0009] Therefore, the identifier corresponding to these is transmitted to the communication partner together with the message text by a simple operation of selecting the message type message corresponding to the message message and the emotion message or the emotion image suitable for one's own emotion. The message type message and the emotion image can be displayed on the receiving side. In addition, since only the identifier is transmitted to the communication partner regarding the transmission of the message of the type of the subject or the emotion image, the communication amount can be extremely reduced.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a message communication terminal device according to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a symbol image storage unit, 2 denotes a message type message table storage unit,
Is an emotion message table storage unit, 4 is a design template storage unit, 5 is an image control unit, 6 is a message processing unit, 7
Is an input / output control unit, 8 is a communication control unit, 9 is a display,
Reference numeral 10 denotes an input device.

Various kinds of emotions (here, Woodworth, as shown in FIG. 2) are stored in the symbol image storage unit 1 in advance.
Joy / happiness, categorized based on the categorization of
A plurality of emotion expression images (emotion images) expressing surprise, fear / suffering, anger / decision, disgust, and disdain, respectively, and a first identifier for identifying these, that is, an emotion expression image identifier (PE01) , PE02, ... PE0
6) is stored.

The message type message table storage unit 2 stores in advance the message message types (notification / report, guidance, request, inquiry, greeting, thanks, congratulation, etc.) as shown in FIG. , Apology, protest, protest) and a second identifier for identifying these messages, that is, message type identifiers (C01, C02,... C10). A message type message table 12 is stored.

The emotion message table storage unit 3 stores a plurality of emotion messages representing various emotions as described above and a third emotion message for identifying them, as shown in FIG.
, That is, emotion identifiers (E01, E02,... E0
6) and the emotion image table 1 corresponding to various emotions
1 (PE01, PE02,...)
An emotion message table 13 is stored in association with PE06).

The message template storage unit 4 stores in advance a template that defines the format of the message text 14 and the message text list 15 used in message communication, as shown in FIG.

Next, the operation of message communication using the above-described communication terminal device will be described. Here, the case of transmitting and receiving an electronic mail will be described as an example.

In FIG. 1, when a user orders creation of an e-mail to be transmitted from the input device 10, the input / output control unit 7 reads a message text design template from the design template storage unit 4. In this state, when the user inputs a text from the input device 10 or selects a separately stored text, a message in which the text is embedded is displayed on the display 9.

At this time, when the user instructs the addition of the message of the message type and the emotion image from the input device 10, the message processing unit 6 sends the message from the message type message storage unit 2 and the emotion message table storage unit 3 to the message. The subject type message table 12 and the emotion message table 13 are temporarily read, and among them, the input / output control unit as a candidate of a subject type to which each subject type message is to be transmitted and a candidate of an emotion to which each emotion message is to be transmitted. The information is displayed on the display 9 via the. Note that the emotion image table 11 may be temporarily read from the symbol image storage unit 1 via the image control unit 5, and each emotion image may be displayed instead of each emotion message.

Here, the user designates one of the displayed candidates of the business type by using the input device 10, and
When the input / output control unit 7 determines (selects) one of the displayed emotion candidates by designating it, the input / output control unit 7 assigns the message type identifier and the emotion message or the emotion image corresponding to the selected message type message. The corresponding emotion identifier
The message is extracted from the message type message table 12 and the emotion message table 13 (or using the emotion image table 11) and embedded in a predetermined area of the message text, for example, in header information.

The e-mail with the task type identifier and the emotion identifier created in this way is sent from the communication control unit 8 to the terminal device on the receiving side via the communication line.

On the other hand, in the terminal device on the receiving side, the communication control unit 8 receives the above-mentioned electronic mail (message text) with the task type identifier and the emotion identifier via a communication line.
At this time, it is assumed that the header information of the received message contains a message type identifier (ID in the table 12) and an emotion identifier (ID in the table 13).

The received electronic mail is sent to the input / output control unit 7.
Is temporarily stored. At the same time, the header information of the e-mail is transmitted to the message processing unit 6 and is temporarily stored.

The message processing unit 6 temporarily reads the message type message table 12 and the emotion message table 13 from the message type message storage unit 2 and the emotion message table storage unit 3 and temporarily stores them in the message processing unit 6. The header information and the IDs in the tables 12 and 13 are compared.

As a result of the comparison, if the identifier corresponding to the message type identifier in the header information is in the table 12, the identifier corresponding to the emotion identifier in the header information is in the table 1.
3, the message processing unit 6 reads the corresponding message type message from the message type message table 12, and reads the corresponding emotion message and emotion expression image identifier from the emotion message table 13.

The emotion expression image identifier read out here is sent to the image control unit 5, whereby the emotion image table 11 stored in the symbol image storage unit 1 is searched for a corresponding emotion expression image. The message is transmitted to the message processing unit 6 via the control unit 5 and is temporarily stored.

As a result of the ID comparison, if the identifier in the header information does not match the ID in each table, the message processing unit 6 outputs a null code to the input / output control unit 7
Send to

On the other hand, a template for message sentence design is read into the input / output control unit 7 from the design template storage unit 4. The input / output control unit 7 assembles the header information included in the received e-mail into a format determined by the message template, and at the same time, sends the message of the message type and the emotion expression image sent from the message processing unit 6. Is assembled according to the template format.

The message text assembled in the input / output control unit 7 as specified by the message template is sent to the display 9 for display.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention,
With the simple operation of selecting the message type message corresponding to the message text message and the emotion message or emotion image that matches the user's emotion, the corresponding identifier can be transmitted to the communication partner together with the message text, and the receiving side. The message type message and the emotion image can be displayed. In addition, since only the identifier is transmitted to the communication partner regarding the transmission of the message of the type of the subject or the emotion image, the communication amount can be extremely reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of an embodiment of a message communication terminal device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of an emotion image table;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a message type message table;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an emotion message table.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of a message text and a list of message texts.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: Symbol image storage unit 2: Message type message table storage unit 3: Emotion message table storage unit 4:
Design template storage unit, 5: image control unit, 6: message processing unit, 7: input / output control unit, 8: communication control unit, 9:
Display: 10: input device, 11: emotion image table, 12: subject type message table, 13: emotion message table, 14: message text, 15: list of message text.

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Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A message communication terminal device for transmitting and receiving a message sentence including an image or a text message, wherein a plurality of emotion images expressing various emotions and a first identifier for identifying them are stored in association with each other. A first storage unit that stores a plurality of message type messages representing the types of messages in the message text and a second identifier for identifying the messages; Storage means for storing a plurality of emotion messages representing the emotions, a third identifier for identifying the emotion messages, and a first identifier matching the various emotions in association with each other; Of the plurality of emotional messages or one of the plurality of emotional images to be transmitted. Selecting means for selecting as a di- or emotional image takes out a second identifier corresponding to the selected business classification message from the second storage unit, a third corresponding to the emotion messages or emotional images the selected
From the third storage means or the first and third storage means, and a message creating means for creating a message containing these together with an image or text message; and a second identifier and a second identifier from the received message. Extracting means for extracting the third identifier; extracting the message type message corresponding to the extracted second identifier from the second storage means; and extracting the first identifier corresponding to the extracted third identifier into the third identifier. And display means for taking out emotion images corresponding to the first identifier from the first storage means and displaying them together with an image or text message contained in the received message text. Characteristic message communication terminal device. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the selecting unit displays a plurality of message types as candidates for a message type to be transmitted.
Means for displaying a plurality of emotion messages or a plurality of emotion images as emotion candidates to be transmitted; and determining a message type message according to a user instruction for one of the displayed message type candidates; 2. The message communication terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising: means for determining an emotion message or an emotion image according to a user's instruction for one of the displayed emotion candidates. 3. Wordword as various emotion images
3. The message communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein six types of emotion images classified based on h category classification are used. 4. A message communication method for transmitting and receiving a message sentence including an image or a text message, wherein a plurality of emotion images expressing various emotions and a first identifier for identifying them are stored in association with each other. ,Also,
A plurality of message types representing message types of messages and a second identifier for identifying them are stored in association with each other, and a plurality of emotion messages representing the various emotions are identified and identified. And a first identifier that matches with various emotions are stored in association with each other, and at the time of message transmission, one of a plurality of message types should be transmitted. A selecting step of selecting one of a plurality of emotion messages or a plurality of emotion images as an emotion message or an emotion image to be transmitted, and a step of selecting one of the plurality of emotion messages or the plurality of emotion images, 2 is retrieved from the storage content, and a third identifier corresponding to the selected emotion message or emotion image is stored in the storage. And a message creation step of creating a message containing these together with an image or a text message. When a message is received, an extraction step of extracting a second identifier and a third identifier from the received message is performed. Retrieving, from the storage content, the message type message corresponding to the extracted second identifier, extracting the emotion image corresponding to the extracted third identifier from the storage content, and including these in the received message text. And displaying the message together with the image or text message. 5. The selecting step displays a plurality of message types as candidates for a message type to be transmitted,
Displaying a plurality of emotion messages or a plurality of emotion images as candidates for an emotion to be transmitted; and determining a message type message in accordance with a user instruction for one of the displayed message type candidates; 5. The message communication method according to claim 4, further comprising the step of determining an emotion message or an emotion image in accordance with a user's instruction for one of the displayed emotion candidates. 6. Wordwort as various emotion images
6. The message communication method according to claim 4, wherein six types of emotion images classified based on the h category are used. 7. A storage medium storing a message communication program for transmitting and receiving a message sentence including a message by an image or a text, wherein the program, when read by a computer, causes the computer to display a plurality of emotions expressing various emotions. Images and a first identifier for identifying them are stored in association with each other;
A plurality of message types representing message types of messages and a second identifier for identifying them are stored in association with each other, and a plurality of emotion messages representing the various emotions are identified and identified. And a first identifier that matches with various emotions is stored in association with each other, and when a message is transmitted, one of a plurality of message types is to be transmitted. A selecting step of selecting one of a plurality of emotion messages or a plurality of emotion images as an emotion message or an emotion image to be transmitted, and a second step corresponding to the selected message type message An identifier is retrieved from the storage content, and a third identifier corresponding to the selected emotion message or emotion image is retrieved from the storage content. And a message creating process of creating a message including the image and the text together with the message. When the message is received, an extracting process of extracting the second identifier and the third identifier from the received message is performed. And extracting the message type message corresponding to the extracted second identifier from the storage content, extracting the emotion image corresponding to the extracted third identifier from the storage content, and adding these to the received message text. A storage medium in which a message communication program is recorded, wherein a display step of displaying the message together with an included image or text message is performed. 8. The selecting step includes displaying a plurality of message types as candidates for a message type to be transmitted,
Displaying a plurality of emotion messages or a plurality of emotion images as candidates for an emotion to be transmitted; and determining a message type message in accordance with a user instruction for one of the displayed message type candidates; 8. The storage medium according to claim 7, further comprising a step of determining an emotional message or an emotional image in accordance with a user's instruction for one of the displayed emotional candidates. 9. A wordwort as various emotion images
9. The storage medium storing the message communication program according to claim 7, wherein six types of emotion images classified based on the h category are used.