JP2001318839A - Information collecting device and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information collecting device capable of easily obtaining the information of the other equipment at the time of preparing a mail or the like, and transmitting the obtained information by adding it to the mail. SOLUTION: The kind of information to be obtained from the other equipment is set in a format list T1, and registered in a memory 12. When the format list T1 is read from the memory 12, information set in the format list T1 is obtained from the other equipment by a short distance communicating part 19, and added to the prescribed position of a mail prepared according to the format, and transmitted by a transmission control part 18. Thus, the kind of information to be obtained from the other equipment is set in the format list T1 so that the information can be easily obtained, and that the obtained information can be added to the mail so as to be transmitted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information collecting apparatus comprising a portable device such as a notebook personal computer or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), and in particular, to create a mail or the like by using information of another device. The present invention relates to an information collection device and a storage medium suitable for use in such a case.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the development of a short-distance wireless communication technology called Bluetooth, various devices such as a notebook computer, a PDA, a portable telephone, a portable game machine, a digital still camera (digital camera), and a wristwatch. Is equipped with a Bluetooth communication function, which enables cordless communication between devices.

[0003] Such Bluetooth is used in various forms such as file transfer and data synchronization between notebook personal computers and PDAs, information exchange between PDAs, and, for example, mail to a notebook personal computer in a bag via a mobile phone. , Transmitting images captured by a digital camera to a personal computer, and exchanging information between a wristwatch and a personal computer.

[0004]

As described above, cordless communication can be performed between devices, and various utilization forms have been considered. However, there is no method that arbitrarily acquires such information and makes the information available for creation of e-mail or the like. Generally, this type of device has a fixed form called a format, and a document can be created for each application by editing the fixed form, but this format is just a fixed form, There is no link to the device.

Therefore, the present invention provides an information collecting apparatus and a storage medium which can easily obtain information possessed by another device when creating a mail or the like, and which can add the obtained information to a mail and transmit it. The purpose is to provide.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided an information collecting apparatus having a communication function for performing communication with another device, wherein a type of information to be obtained from the other device is set. Storage means for storing a format; format reading means for reading the format from the storage means; and when the format is read by the format reading means, information set in the format is transmitted to the other device. Information acquisition means for acquiring by communication.

According to such a configuration, if the type of information to be obtained from another device is set in advance in a format, when the format is read, the set information is transmitted to another device. It can be obtained by communication.

[0008] Further, an information adding means for adding information obtained by the information obtaining means to a predetermined position of a mail created in accordance with the format, and a transmission for transmitting the mail to which the information obtained by the information adding means is added. With the means, it is possible to add information obtained from another device to a predetermined position of a mail created according to the format and send the mail. Therefore, for example, when creating and sending an e-mail for the minutes, if such a format is used that obtains information related to the minutes, such as the location of the meeting and the names of the participants, from another device, such information can be used by the user. Can be automatically added and sent without any input. In this case, the information to be obtained from other devices includes:
In addition to the location information and the name information stored in the device, measurement information obtained by a measurement function of the device can be considered.

If the format is registered in the storage unit in association with the destination, when the destination is specified, the format corresponding to the specified destination is read from the storage unit and the acquired information is read. Can be transmitted to the destination.

[0010] Further, information specifying means for specifying the type of information to be obtained from the other device, information setting means for setting the type of information obtained by the information specifying means to a format, and this information setting means Registration means for registering the format in which the type of the acquired information is set in the storage means, whereby the information type of another device desired by the user is arbitrarily set in the format and registered in the storage means be able to.

Further, by providing a destination setting means for setting a destination in the format, the format in which the type of the acquired information is set is registered in the storage means in association with the destination set by the destination setting means. Can be kept.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the relationship between an information collecting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention and its peripheral devices. 1 in the figure
Is an information collecting device of the present invention, 2 is a place information transmitting device, 3 is a portable device, 4 is a sphygmomanometer, and 5 is a thermometer.

The information collection device 1 is composed of a portable device such as a notebook computer or a PDA, and has a document creation function and a mail transmission / reception function, and here has a short-range communication function. As the short-range communication function, B
Bluetooth is used. Bluetooth
Is a 2.4 GHz IMS (Industrial S
This is a wireless interface used for a carrier frequency in the (cientific Medical) band, has a communication range of about 10 m, and realizes mutual communication between devices.

The location information transmitting device 2, the portable device 3, the sphygmomanometer 4, and the thermometer 5 are devices compatible with such Bluetooth, and are connected to the information collecting device 1 by radio, and each of the devices collects information unique to the information collecting device. 1 to provide. The location information transmitting device 2 is installed, for example, in a conference room or on a road, and stores location information indicating the installation location. The mobile device 3 is an information terminal device such as a PDA, for example, and stores name information indicating the owner of the mobile device 3.
The sphygmomanometer 4 has a function of measuring blood pressure, and stores blood pressure information (systolic blood pressure / diastolic blood pressure) obtained as a result of the measurement. The thermometer 5 has a function of measuring body temperature, and stores body temperature information obtained as a result of the measurement.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of the information collecting apparatus 1.

As shown in FIG. 2, the information collection device 1
U11 is provided. The CPU 11 controls the overall operation of the present apparatus, and stores a storage medium 13 via a program or a storage medium reading unit 14 stored in the memory 12 in advance.
A series of processes such as creation of a format as shown in FIGS. 10 to 13 and creation and transmission of a document using the created format are executed by reading the program stored in. In this embodiment, an electronic mail is assumed, and the format indicates a mail format, and the document indicates a mail document.

The memory 12 is composed of, for example, a ROM or a RAM, and stores various kinds of information such as programs necessary for the processing operation of the apparatus. Also, in this memory 12,
A format list storage area 12a, an information acquisition item list storage area 12b, an address book storage area 12c, a mail storage area 12d, and the like are provided. The format list T1 is stored in the format list storage area 12a, and the information acquisition item list T2 is stored in the information acquisition item list storage area 12b. The format list T1 and the information acquisition item list T2 will be described later with reference to FIGS. The address book storage area 12c stores an address book T3 in which names, telephone signals, mail addresses, and the like are registered. The mail storage area 12d stores outgoing mail data.

Storage medium 13 and storage medium reading unit 14
Is a medium such as a magnetic disk and a reading device (HDD or the like) thereof. A program for implementing the present invention can be stored in the storage medium 13 and provided via the storage medium reading unit 14. The method of providing the program is not limited to the storage medium 13,
For example, it may be provided from an external terminal via a network.

The information collecting apparatus 1 has an input unit 1
5, a display unit 16, a clock unit 17, a transmission control unit 18, a short-range communication unit 19, and the like. These are connected to the CPU 11 via the system bus together with the memory 12 and the storage medium reading unit 14.

The input unit 15 is an input device including, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, and a pen. Display 16
Is a display device such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). The clock unit 17 measures the current date and time, and is used as a built-in timer.

The transmission control unit 18 controls communication with other information devices via a network. Transmission of the mail data stored in the mail storage area 12d of the memory 12 is performed by the transmission control unit 18. Short-range communication unit 19
Performs short-range communication (wireless communication) according to the Bluetooth standard described above. Communication with other devices such as the location information transmitting device 2, the portable device 3, the sphygmomanometer 4, and the thermometer 5 is performed by the short-range communication unit 19.

FIG. 3 shows the structure of the format list T1.

The format list T1 provided in the format list storage area 12a of the memory 12 is
"Format name", "information acquisition item", "destination",
It consists of items such as "text".

In the "format name" item, the name set for each format is registered. In the example of FIG.
Format names such as "minutes", "health consultation", and "friends" are registered.

In the "information acquisition item" item, the type of information set in each format is registered. In the example of FIG. 3, information types such as “place”, “participant”, and “time” are registered for the format of “minutes”.
Similarly, information types such as "blood pressure" and "body temperature" for the "health consultation" format, "location", "participant", "non-participant",
An information type such as “time” is registered.

In the "destination" item, the destination of a document created in accordance with the format is registered. In this example, the document created in the "health consultation" format is referred to as "XX clinic".
It is shown to send to.

In the "text" item, the content entered in the text of the format is registered.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the structure of the information acquisition item list T2.

The information acquisition item list T2 provided in the information acquisition item list storage area 12b of the memory 12 includes:
It consists of items such as “fixed / added”, “information type”, “command”, and “icon”.

The item "fixed / added" indicates that the acquired information is fixedly set in advance or obtained.

In the "information type" item, the types of information that can be obtained from other devices are registered. Here, "time",
Six types of information such as “place”, “participant”, “non-participant”, “blood pressure”, and “body temperature” are shown. this house,
“Time”, “place”, “participant”, and “non-participant” are information that is fixedly set in advance, and “blood pressure” and “body temperature” are information that is additionally set.

In the "command" item, the command content of each piece of acquired information is registered. For example, “time” indicates that time information is acquired from the built-in timer (the clock unit 17 in FIG. 2). Similarly, “location” is location information from the location information transmitting device 2, “participant” is name information of a participant from the portable device 3, “non-participant” is name information of a non-participant from the portable device 3, “blood pressure” "Indicates that blood pressure information is obtained from the sphygmomanometer 4 and" Body temperature "indicates that body temperature information is obtained from the thermometer 5.

In the "icon" item, an icon (see FIG. 6) corresponding to each piece of acquired information is registered.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of another device which performs short-range communication with the information collecting device 1. The other devices are devices that provide information to the information collecting device 1, and correspond to the location information transmitting device 2, the portable device 3, the sphygmomanometer 4, and the thermometer 5 shown in FIG. here,
A description will be given of a configuration of a general terminal device as an example.

As shown in FIG. 5, other devices include a CPU.
21, a memory 22 connected to the CPU 21 via a system bus, a storage medium reading unit 24, an input unit 25, a display unit 26, a clock unit 27, a measuring unit 28, and a short-range communication unit 29.
And so on.

The CPU 21 controls the entire apparatus, and executes an information transmission process as shown in FIG. 14 by reading a program stored in the memory 22 or the storage medium 23 or the like.

The memory 22 is composed of a ROM or a RAM and stores various information including programs. The memory 22 includes an information type storage area 22a, a provided information storage area 22b, and the like. The information type storage area 22a stores the type of information possessed by itself. Information to be provided to the information collection device 1 is stored in the provided information storage area 22b. The provided information is, for example, location information in the case of the location information transmitting device 2, name information in the case of the portable device 3, and measurement information such as blood pressure and body temperature in the case of the sphygmomanometer 4 and the thermometer 5.

Storage medium 23 and storage medium reading unit 24
Is for providing various kinds of information such as programs from the outside, and includes, for example, a medium such as a magnetic disk and a reading device (such as an HDD).

The input unit 25 is an input device including, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, and a pen. Display 26
Is a display device such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). The clock unit 27 is for measuring the current date and time. Some devices do not require these devices depending on the type of other devices.

The measuring section 28 is a section for realizing a measuring function, and is provided in the sphygmomanometer 4 and the thermometer 5. That is, the measuring unit 28 has a function of measuring blood pressure in the case of the sphygmomanometer 4 and a function of measuring body temperature in the case of the thermometer 5. The short-range communication unit 29 includes the information collection device 1
And short-range communication (wireless communication) according to the Bluetooth standard described above.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a format creation screen of the information collecting apparatus 1.

On the format creation screen, a number of information acquisition icons 3 indicating the types of information to be acquired from other devices are displayed.
An icon area 31 in which 1a to 31g are arranged, a format name input area 32 for inputting a format name, a destination input area 33 for inputting an address, and a text input area 34 for inputting a text are provided. I have.

The information acquisition icon 31a is “clock”, the information acquisition icon 31b is “place”, and the information acquisition icon 31
c indicates “participant”, the information acquisition icon 31d indicates “non-participant”, the information acquisition icon 31e indicates “blood pressure”, the information acquisition icon 31f indicates “body temperature”, and the information acquisition icon 31g indicates “image”. Among them, the information acquisition icons 31a-
Reference numeral 31d denotes an icon for acquiring fixed information, which is displayed at a predetermined position in the icon area 31 in advance. The information acquisition icons 31e to 31g are icons for acquiring additional information, and are additionally displayed in the icon area 31 when they can be acquired by short-range communication with other devices.

When creating a format, the format name input area 3
2 and a destination name is input to a destination input area 33 as necessary. In addition to inputting a text in the text input area 34, information acquisition corresponding to the type of information to be acquired from other devices (the location information transmitting device 2, the portable device 3, the sphygmomanometer 4, the thermometer 5) in the text. Set icons. The setting of the information acquisition icon is performed by copying a desired information acquisition icon from the icon area 31 into the text by dragging the mouse.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of format creation.

FIG. 7 shows an example in which a format for “health consultation” is created on the format creation screen of FIG. Here, “health consultation” is set in the format name input area 32 and “XX clinic” is set in the destination input area 33. In the text input area 34, an information acquisition icon 31e corresponding to blood pressure information copied from the icon area 31 and an information acquisition icon 31f corresponding to body temperature information are set together with a greeting sentence to the director. The format created in this way is shown in FIG.
Is registered in the format list T1 in the format as described above, and is read out and used as needed when composing a mail.

FIG. 8 is a view showing a mail creation screen of the information collecting apparatus 1.

FIG. 8 shows an example in which a mail for transmission is created using the format shown in FIG. When the format name “health consultation” or the destination “XX doctor's office” is selected from the display of the format list T1, the corresponding format is displayed.

A transmission mail is created using this format. In this case, based on the information acquisition icon 31e and the information acquisition icon 31f set in the text input area 34, the blood pressure information acquired from the sphygmomanometer 4 and the body temperature information acquired from the thermometer 5 are combined with the information acquisition icon 31e and the information acquisition icon 31e. It is inserted at the display position of the icon 31f. Also,
The text set in the text input area 34 can be arbitrarily edited. In this case, an additional input of a sentence 35 such as "Tomorrow, are you planning to participate in golf from early morning, is it OK?"

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the contents of the outgoing mail.

The outgoing mail created on the mail creating screen in FIG. 8 is sent to the sending party in the state as shown in FIG.
The transmitted mail includes subject data 41, destination data 42,
It consists of transmission source data 43 and text data 44. In the subject data 41, the format name input in the format name input area 32 is set. The destination data 42 includes
The destination input in the destination input area 33 is set. The name of the operator of the apparatus (information collection apparatus 1) is automatically set in the transmission source data 43.

In the text data 44, the text input in the text input area 34 is set. In this case, the blood pressure information and the body temperature information corresponding to the information acquisition icon 31e and the information acquisition icon 31f are sent to the transmission destination in a state where they are added to the text. In the example of FIG. 9, “150 mm-110 mm” obtained from the sphygmomanometer 4 is added in the sentence as blood pressure information, and “36.9 degrees” obtained from the thermometer 5 is added in the text as body temperature information.

Next, the processing operation of the information collecting apparatus 1 will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

(A) Format Creation Processing First, the operation of the format creation processing will be described.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the format creating process of the information collecting apparatus 1. This format creation processing is executed, for example, when an operator of the information collecting apparatus 1 selects an item such as “format creation” on a menu screen (not shown) with a mouse or the like.

As shown in FIG. 10, under the control of the CPU 11 provided in the information collecting apparatus 1, first, the icon area 31, the destination input area 33, and the text input area 34 of the format creation screen of FIG. A frame is displayed on the display unit 16 (step A11).

Subsequently, the information acquisition item list T2 stored in the information acquisition item list storage area 12b of the memory 12
The fixed information acquisition icon is read from (see FIG. 4) and displayed in the icon area 31 of the format creation screen (step A12). In addition to the fixed information, items of information that can be obtained from other devices existing around the information collection device 1 are obtained through the short-range communication unit 29 (step A13). An icon that matches the item of the additional information acquisition icon registered in the information acquisition item list T2 is read from the information acquisition item list T2 and displayed in the icon area 31 of the format creation screen (step A1).
4). In the example of FIG. 6, the information acquisition icons 31a to 31d
Are fixed information acquisition icons, information acquisition icons 31e-3
1g is displayed in the icon area 31 as an additional information acquisition icon.

After displaying the format creation screen having the fixed information acquisition icon and the additional information acquisition icon, the operator inputs a format name in the format name input area 32 and inputs a destination in the destination input area 33 as necessary. Perform (Step A15).

Here, when the operator performs an operation of selecting a desired information acquisition icon from the icon area 31 with the mouse and setting the icon at an arbitrary position in the text input area 34 by a drag operation (step A16). → A
17), the information acquisition icon designated by the drag operation in the icon area 31 is copied and set to the position of the drag destination in the text input area 34 (step A18). If the operator performs a character input operation (Yes in step A19), the character is input at a designated position in input text input area 34 (step A20).

By such an operation, the operator can arbitrarily create a format for each application. For example, the completion of the operation is instructed by clicking an end button (not shown) provided on the format creation screen. (Yes in step A21), each item data of the format is registered in the format list T1 (see FIG. 3) (step A22). In this case, if the information acquisition icon is included in the format, the type of information indicated by the information acquisition icon is registered in the “information acquisition item” of the format list T1. That is, for example, FIG.
As shown in the figure, the information acquisition icons 31e and 31f
Is set and the format for “health consultation” is created, as shown in FIG. 3, “blood pressure” and “body temperature” are registered in the “information acquisition item” of the format list T1.

(B) Mail creation / transmission processing Next, the operation of the mail creation / transmission processing will be described.

FIGS. 11 to 13 are flow charts showing the operation of the mail creating / sending process of the information collecting apparatus 1. FIG. 11 shows the mail creating / sending process when the "health consultation" format is used, and FIG. FIG. 13 shows an e-mail creation / transmission process using the “minutes” format, and FIG. 13 shows an e-mail creation / transmission process using the “friends” format.

Now, it is assumed that a format for "health consultation", a format for "minutes", and a format for "friends" are registered in the format list T1 with contents as shown in FIG. These formats can be selected from a format list T1, and
When a destination is registered in association with a format such as a “health consultation” format, by selecting the destination, a format corresponding to the destination is selected. In the following, (1) format for "health consultation", (2) format for "minutes", and (3) "friend"
The processing operation when each format is selected is described below.

(1) Format for “Health Consultation” The format for “Health Consultation” is used when reporting one's own health status to the attending physician. Here, information on blood pressure and body temperature is used as one's own health status. It is created so that it can be added to outgoing mail and sent.

As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 11, first, the contents of the format list T1 stored in the format list storage area 12a of the memory 12 are displayed on the display section 16 by a predetermined operation (step B11). Here, when "XX clinic" registered in the destination item of the format list T1 is selected by a mouse or the like (Yes in step B12), the format of "health consultation" corresponding to "XX clinic" is changed to the format list T1. And is displayed on the display unit 16 in a format as shown in FIG. 8 (step B13). At this time, the selected “XX clinic” is displayed in the destination input area 33 of the format.
Is set (step B14).

Next, the information acquisition items set in the format are read from the format list T1 (step B15). As shown in FIG. 3, "health consultation"
In the format, two information acquisition items of “blood pressure” and “body temperature” are set. “Blood pressure” is information obtained from the sphygmomanometer 4, and “body temperature” is information obtained from the thermometer 5, and is displayed on the screen in the text input area 34 in the form of icons as shown in FIG.

Here, the short-range communication unit 19 provided in the information collection device 1 is activated, and short-range communication is performed with the sphygmomanometer 4 existing around the information collection device 1. By the short-range communication with the sphygmomanometer 4, the blood pressure information (150 mm−1) of the operator of the information collection device 1 measured by the sphygmomanometer 4.
10 mm) is obtained and input to a predetermined area of the transmitted mail created according to the format as shown in FIG. 9 (step B16). Similarly, by short-range communication with the thermometer 5, the body temperature information (36.9 degrees) of the operator of the information collection device 1 measured by the thermometer 5 is obtained,
It is entered in a predetermined area of the outgoing mail (step B17).

At this time, it is possible to additionally input the text. In FIG. 8, reference numeral 35 denotes an additional input sentence, and this additional input sentence is also input to a predetermined area of the transmitted mail as shown in FIG. 9 (step B).
18).

The outgoing mail thus created is stored in the mail storage area 12d of the memory 12. When a transmission operation such as clicking a transmission button is performed (Yes in step B19), the transmitted mail is read from the mail storage area 12d, and is transmitted to the transmission control unit 18 provided in the information collection device 1. Is converted into a predetermined format and transmitted over the network (step B
20). The transmission destination at this time is “XX Clinic” set as the destination in step B14, and the mail address corresponding to “XX Clinic” is registered in the address book T3.

As described above, if the type of the acquired information is included in the format in order to acquire the information related to the health condition in advance, when this format is selected,
Information such as blood pressure and body temperature can be acquired, and the acquired information can be added to a transmission mail and sent.

(2) Format for “Minutes” The format for “Minutes” is used when creating the minutes, and here, information such as a meeting place and participants is added to a transmission mail. It is created so that it can be sent.

As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 12, first, the contents of the format list T1 stored in the format list storage area 12a of the memory 12 are displayed on the display section 16 by a predetermined operation (step C11). Here, when "minutes" registered in the format name item of the format list T1 is selected by a mouse or the like (Yes in step C12), the format of "minutes" is read from the format list T1 and displayed on the display unit 1.
6 is displayed (step C13). In addition, "minutes"
Although the format is not shown, the basic configuration is the same as the format of the “health consultation”, and has input areas such as “format name”, “destination”, and “text” as shown in FIG. In this case, since the destination is not set in the destination input area of the format, the name of the person who submits the minutes, such as the boss, is input (step C14).

Next, the information acquisition items set in the format are read from the format list T1 (step C15). As shown in FIG. 3, three information acquisition items of “location”, “participant”, and “time” are set in the format of “minutes”. “Place” is information obtained from the place information transmitting device 2, “Participant” is information obtained from the mobile device 3, and “Time” is the information collecting device 1.
The information is obtained from the clock unit 17 (built-in timer), and is displayed in the body input area on the screen in the form of an icon.

Here, the short-range communication unit 19 provided in the information collection device 1 is activated, and short-range communication is performed with the location information transmission device 2 existing around the information collection device 1. In this case, it is assumed that the location information transmitting device 2 is installed in a conference room or the like and stores information on the set location. Through the short-range communication with the location information transmitting device 2, information on the conference location is obtained and input to a predetermined area of the outgoing mail created according to the format (step C16).

Similarly, short-range communication is performed with the portable device 3. In this case, it is assumed that all the conference participants carry the portable device 3, and the portable device 3 stores the name information of the owner. By the short-range communication with the portable device 3, the name information of the conference participant is obtained and input to a predetermined area of the transmitted mail (step C1).
7).

It should be noted that Bluetooth is used as short-range communication.
When th is used, communication is possible within a range of about 10 m. Therefore, for example, if there is a person holding the portable device 3 in the next meeting room, the name information of the person may be acquired as a participant in the meeting. Therefore, the P
Such a problem is avoided by selectively picking up only name information registered in advance as a member of a conference in an IM (Personal Information Manager) function. Specifically, when the name information is obtained by short-range communication, the name information is compared with the name information of the conference member registered in the address book T3 stored in the address book storage area 12c of the memory 12, and the registered information is registered. If the name information matches the name information, it is determined that the participant is a participant in the conference, and is input to a predetermined area of the transmitted mail.

Further, the current time information measured by the clock section 17 (built-in timer) provided in the information collecting apparatus 1 is read out and input to a predetermined area of the transmitted mail (step C18). .

At this time, it is possible to additionally input the mail text, and the added text is input to a predetermined area of the transmitted mail (step C1).
9).

The outgoing mail thus created is stored in the mail storage area 12d of the memory 12. When a transmission operation such as clicking a transmission button is performed (Yes in step C20), the transmission mail is read from the mail storage area 12d, and is transmitted to the transmission control unit 18 provided in the information collection device 1. Is converted to a predetermined format and transmitted over the network (step C
21). The destination at this time is the boss or the like set as the destination in step C14, and the mail address corresponding to that destination is registered in the address book T3.

As described above, if the type of the obtained information is included in the format in order to obtain the information related to the minutes of the meeting in advance, when this format is selected, the location, the participant, the time, etc. Information can be acquired, and the acquired information can be added to the transmission mail and sent.

(3) Format for “Friend” The format for “Friend” is used when creating an e-mail to be sent to a friend.
It is created so that information such as participants (friends around), non-participants (friends not around), time, and the like can be added to the transmission mail and transmitted.

As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 13, first, the contents of the format list T1 stored in the format list storage area 12a of the memory 12 are displayed on the display section 16 by a predetermined operation (step D11). Here, when "friend" registered in the format name item of the format list T1 is selected with a mouse or the like (Yes in step D12), the format of "friend" is read from the format list T1 and displayed on the display unit 16
(Step D13). Although the format of “friends” is not shown, the basic configuration is the same as the format of “health consultation” described above, and input of “format name”, “destination”, “text” as shown in FIG. Have an area.

Next, the information acquisition item set in the format is read from the format list T1 (step D14). As shown in FIG. 3, three information acquisition items of “place”, “participant”, “non-participant”, and “time” are set in the format of “friend”. “Place” is information acquired from the place information transmitting device 2, “Participant” and “non-participant” are information acquired from the mobile device 3, and “Time” is the clock unit 17 of the information collection device 1.
(Built-in timer), which is displayed on the screen in the form of an icon in the text input area.

Here, the “participant” refers to a friend (a friend existing within a short-range communicable range) around the operator of the information collecting apparatus 1, and is referred to as a “non-participant”. Means a friend who is not around (a friend who is out of the range where short-range communication is possible).

[0086] Here, the short-distance communication unit 19 provided in the information collection device 1 is activated, and short-distance communication is performed with the portable device 3 existing around the information collection device 1. In this case, it is assumed that all the friends carry the portable device 3 and the portable device 3 stores the name information of the owner. By short-range communication with the portable device 3, name information of friends around is acquired, and is input to a predetermined area of a transmitted mail created according to the format (step D15).

Note that Bluetooth is used as short-range communication.
When th is used, communication is possible within a range of about 10 m. Therefore, if a person other than a friend has the portable device 3 nearby, the name information of the person may be acquired as a friend. Therefore, the PIM (Personal
Such a problem is avoided by selecting and importing only name information registered in advance as a friend in the Information Manager) function. Specifically, when the name information is obtained by short-range communication, the name information is compared with the name information of the friend registered in the address book T3 stored in the address book storage area 12c of the memory 12, and the registered name is registered. If the information matches the information, the friend is determined to be a friend around and input to a predetermined area of the transmitted mail.

Also, when the name information of the friends around is obtained, the name information of the friends registered in the PIM function other than the friends around is obtained as the name information of the friends not around, The address is input to the destination of the transmission mail (step D16). Specifically, among the name information of the friends registered in the address book T3 stored in the address book storage area 12c of the memory 12, the name information of the friends other than the surrounding friends is extracted and set as the destination. .

Similarly, short-range communication is performed with location information transmitting device 2. In this case, it is assumed that the location information transmitting device 2 is set at a location where the operator of the information collecting device 1 is located, and stores information on the installation location. The location information is obtained through short-range communication with the location information transmitting device 2, and is input to a predetermined area of the transmitted mail (step D17).

Further, the current time information measured by the clock section 17 (built-in timer) provided in the information collecting apparatus 1 is read and input to a predetermined area of the transmitted mail (step D18). .

At this time, it is possible to additionally input the text, and the additionally input text is input to a predetermined area of the transmitted mail (step D19).

The outgoing mail created in this way is stored in the mail storage area 12d of the memory 12. Then, when a transmission operation such as clicking a transmission button is performed (Yes in step D20), the transmitted mail is read from the mail storage area 12d and is transmitted to the transmission control unit 18 provided in the information collection device 1. Is converted to a predetermined format and transmitted over the network (step D
21). The destination at this time is a friend who has not been set as the destination in step D16, and the mail address corresponding to that destination is registered in the address book T3.

As described above, if the type of the obtained information is included in the format in order to obtain the information related to the friend in advance, when this format is selected, the meeting place, the friends in the vicinity, and the It is possible to acquire information such as a friend who does not exist and the time, and add the acquired information to a transmission mail to send.

Next, other devices (location information transmitting device 2, portable device 3, sphygmomanometer 4,
The processing operation of the thermometer 5) will be described.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of another device.

[0096] As shown in FIG. 5, a short-distance communication unit 29 is provided in another device with which the information collection device 1 communicates, and short-range communication with the information collection device 1 can be performed. it can. In the other devices, the type of information owned by the device and information to be provided to the information collection device 1 are stored in the memory 22.

As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 14, when there is a communication request (Yes in step E11), first, it is determined whether or not the transmission source device is the information collection device 1 (step E12). Specifically, by comparing the identification information of the transmission source included in the communication request signal with the identification information of each communication partner managed by the device, whether or not the transmission source is the information collection device 1 is determined. You will decide. If it is the information collection device 1, the authentication is OK (step E12).
Yes), the information type is read from the information type storage area 22a of the memory 22 (step E13),
The provided information is read from the provided information storage area 22b (step E14).

The information type is “place” if the device is the location information transmitting device 2, “name” if the portable device 3 is used, “blood pressure” if the sphygmomanometer 4, and “type” if the thermometer 5. This is the type of information that each device has, such as “body temperature”. The provided information is the information collection device 1
Means information to be provided. That is, if the device is the location information transmitting device 2, the location information indicates the setting location. In the case of the portable device 3, the name information indicates the owner. In the case of the sphygmomanometer 4 or the thermometer 5, the measuring unit 28 is used.
This is measurement information of blood pressure and body temperature measured at.

When the information type and the provided information are read from the memory 22, the information is transmitted to the information collection device 1 through the short-range communication unit 29 (step E15).

As described above, other devices transmit their own information only when there is a communication request from the information collection device 1. Therefore, information does not leak to anyone other than the operator of the information collection device 1, for example.

Although the above embodiment has been described on the assumption that a mail is created, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a case where a normal document is created, a case where a table is created, etc. If the data is created by using a format, it can be applied to all types of information. By setting the information type of the other device desired by the user to the format, the information can be acquired wirelessly. Acquisition information can be added to a predetermined position of data created according to the format.

The information to be obtained from the other devices is the location information, the name information, and the measurement information (blood pressure / body temperature). In addition, by creating a format for obtaining various other information, Can be added to the data, and the data can be transmitted to a predetermined destination.

Further, the method described in the above-described embodiment may be a program that can be executed by a computer, for example, a magnetic disk (floppy (registered trademark) disk, hard disk, etc.), an optical disk (CD
-ROM, DVD, etc.) and can be applied to various devices by writing to a storage medium such as a semiconductor memory, or transmitted to a communication medium and applied to various devices. The computer that realizes the present apparatus reads the program recorded in the storage medium, and executes the above-described processing by controlling the operation of the program.

[0104]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, by setting the type of information to be obtained from another device in a format, the information can be obtained when the format is read, Further, the obtained information can be added to a mail created according to the format and transmitted. Therefore, for example, in the case of creating an e-mail for each purpose, the e-mail can be easily created and transmitted simply by setting the type of related information in a format.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a relationship between an information collecting apparatus and peripheral devices according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of the information collecting device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a format list provided in the information collection device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of an information acquisition item list provided in the information collection device.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of another device that performs short-range communication with the information collection device.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a format creation screen of the information collection device.

FIG. 7 is a view showing an example of a format created on the format creation screen.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a mail creation screen of the information collection device.

FIG. 9 is a view showing an example of an outgoing mail created on the mail creation screen.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an operation of a format creation process of the information collection device.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of mail creation / transmission processing when the information collection apparatus uses a “health consultation” format.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of mail creation / transmission processing when the information collecting apparatus uses a “minutes” format.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the operation of mail creation / transmission processing when the information collection device uses the “friend” format.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a processing operation of the other device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Information collection device 2 ... Location information transmission device 3 ... Portable equipment 4 ... Sphygmomanometer 5 ... Thermometer 11 ... CPU 12 ... Memory 12a ... Format list storage area 12b ... Information acquisition item list storage area 12c ... Address book storage area 12d ... Email storage area 13 ... Storage medium 14 ... Storage medium reading unit 15 ... Input unit 16 ... Display unit 17 ... Clock unit 18 ... Transmission control unit 19 ... Short-range communication unit T1 ... Format list T2 ... Information acquisition item list T3 ... Address book

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. An information collection device having a communication function of performing communication with another device, comprising: a storage unit storing a format in which a type of information to be obtained from the other device is set; Format reading means for reading the format from the storage means, and information obtaining means for obtaining information set in the format by communication with the other device when the format is read by the format reading means. An information collecting apparatus comprising: 2. An information adding unit for adding information obtained by the information obtaining unit to a predetermined position of a mail created according to the format, and transmitting the mail to which the information obtained by the information adding unit is added. 2. The information collecting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: means. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information to be obtained from the other device is location information, name information stored in the device, or measurement information obtained by a measurement function of the device. Item 2. The information collection device according to Item 2. 4. The format is stored in the storage unit in association with a destination, and the format reading unit, when a destination is specified, stores a format corresponding to the specified destination in the storage unit. 3. The information collection device according to claim 2, wherein the transmission unit transmits the mail to which the acquired information is added to the destination. 5. An information designating means for designating a type of information to be acquired from the other device, an information setting means for setting a format of the acquired information designated by the information designating means, and an information setting means. 3. The information collection device according to claim 2, further comprising a registration unit that registers a format in which the type of the acquired information is set in the storage unit. 6. A destination setting unit for setting a destination in the format, wherein the registration unit associates the format in which the type of the acquired information is set with the destination set by the destination setting unit. The information collection device according to claim 5, wherein the information is registered in the storage unit. 7. A storage medium used in a computer having a communication function of performing communication with another device, wherein a format in which a type of information to be obtained from the other device is set is stored in a memory. The computer executes a function of keeping the format, a function of reading the format from the memory, and a function of acquiring information set in the format by communication with the other device when the format is read. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed.