JP2003309694A - Information transmitter - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information transmitter in which the operation of a user is lessened at the time of transmitting information by automating the operation of specifying an apparatus for connecting communication. <P>SOLUTION: The information transmitter comprises a means 157 for transmitting/receiving information to/from a portable telephone 40, a means (information processing means 180) for receiving the telephone number of dial-up connection and the inherent device address of the portable telephone 40 through the transmitting/receiving means 157, a means (nonvolatile memory 182, or the like) for recording the received telephone number and the device address, a transmission information recording means (nonvolatile memory 182, or the like) for recording an e-mail and a file attached to an image, a means (information processing means 180) performing connection of communication with the portable telephone 40 of that device address through the transmitting/receiving means 157 thus performing dial-up connection with the communication unit of that telephone number, and a transmission information transmitting means (information processing means 180) for transmitting the e-mail and the file attached to the image to the communication unit through the transmitting/ receiving means 157. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information transmitting apparatus, and more particularly to an information transmitting apparatus for transmitting transmission information such as electronic mail, images, voices, programs, etc. via a communication connecting device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When carrying a digital still camera and a portable terminal at the same time, particularly when transmitting an image taken by the digital still camera, it is possible to reduce the trouble of operating each device separately. Video equipment,
A mobile terminal and a mobile terminal system are disclosed in JP-A-10-341.
No. 302 publication.

In the portable terminal system, in the digital camera, when a predetermined operation is performed, the control code becomes Ir.
It can be transmitted from the DA control unit or the RS-232C control unit to the PHS terminal side to perform a transmission operation, an image data transmission operation, and the like. Then, a status code indicating the operating state and line connection state of the PHS terminal is transmitted to the digital camera side. The digital camera makes a predetermined display according to this status code.

Further, when reading out owner information registered by exchanging nouns in mutual communication, a communication data management device or the like which can easily know how to meet the person described in the owner information is specially provided. Open 2000-1128
No. 99 publication.

In the communication data management device, a receiving means for receiving personal information such as a name and a telephone number transmitted from the outside, a schedule storing means for storing a plurality of schedule data including schedule time and schedule contents, When the personal information storage means for storing the personal information received by the receiving means and the schedule data corresponding to the reception time of the personal information stored in the personal information storage means are stored in the schedule storage means, Storage control means for storing at least the schedule content of the schedule data in association with the personal information stored in the personal information storage means.

[0006]

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-3413
In the mobile terminal system and the like shown in the publication No. 02,
It is possible to control a mobile phone from a digital camera and send an image through the mobile phone line. A means for inputting a phone number for dialing up on the digital camera, or the original phone number for the digital camera. Is stored and means for the user to select this is provided. However, in general, a digital camera has a poor user interface such as a button and a processing program for inputting communication-related information as compared with a mobile phone, and thus it is difficult to input communication-related information. Therefore, even if the digital camera is provided with a function for inputting a telephone number related to this communication, recording and selecting a telephone number, etc., the operability of the function deteriorates and it becomes a function that is very difficult to use. There was a problem that it became a function that is rarely used in.

Further, when the above-mentioned function relating to communication-related input is installed in a digital camera which requires portability,
The number of dedicated parts must be increased and processing programs must be added, which increases the load on the communication-related functions, making the digital camera more expensive, and making the digital camera larger and less portable. Cause

Further, although a mobile phone carried by a user together with a digital camera is provided with an address book such as a telephone number and an e-mail address as a standard, a similar address book must be managed by the digital camera. This means that there are a plurality of address book masters and the user is required to manage the address book, which is essentially unnecessary.

On the other hand, the communication data management device and the like disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2000-112899 is e-mai.
It is a terminal device capable of exchanging an electronic business card in which an l address, a URL, etc. are described with another communication device. Therefore, by installing the function of the communication data management device in a mobile phone to configure the mobile terminal system of Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-341302, a digital camera receives an e-mail address from an electronic business card received from the mobile phone. To extract
HTTP by sending an image to the e-mail address or extracting a URL from an electronic business card received from a mobile phone
Can be set as the default URL.

For example, in the portable terminal system of a digital camera and a mobile phone configured as described above, when the digital camera is connected to the mobile phone in a one-to-one communication connection via a communication cable, the digital camera is the mobile phone. Since it is not connected to communication devices other than the above, when the electronic business card is sent from the mobile phone to the digital camera or the dial-up connection from the digital camera to the mobile phone is performed, the user must Does not require an operation of selecting a mobile phone or an electronic camera or an operation of specifying a communication device.

However, when performing transmission / reception of an electronic business card or dial-up connection using a network type communication interface such as wireless communication which is expected to develop further in the future, the user first needs to use a digital camera. Alternatively, it is necessary to operate the mobile phone to perform an operation of specifying a communication partner communication device to actually perform communication from a plurality of communication connectable communication devices existing on the communication network. Then, the user specifies the communication device of the communication partner in this way, and then specifies the transmission of the electronic business card from the mobile phone to the digital camera and the dial-up connection from the digital camera to the mobile phone. Step operations are required.

Particularly, when many communication devices exist on the network, it becomes difficult for the user to correctly and quickly select or specify the communication device of the communication partner. The operation of selecting or specifying the communication partner is a very troublesome operation even for a user who is knowledgeable about communication connection. Therefore, if you want a general user to use the function of sending an image from a digital camera to another communication device via a mobile phone, automate the operation to specify such a communication partner and use it. It is necessary to reduce the operation by the person.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and utilizes that the mobile phone which is the source of the electronic business card and the mobile phone used for dial-up connection are usually the same. An object of the present invention is to provide an information transmitting apparatus capable of reducing the operation by the user at the time of transmitting information by automating the operation of specifying a communication connection device such as a mobile phone from the information transmitting apparatus such as an electronic camera. There is.

[0014]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a dial-up connection to a communication device connected to the Internet via a communication connection device such as a mobile phone, a PDA, a personal computer and a modem adapter. In an information transmitting apparatus for transmitting an electronic mail and an image attachment file, a transmitting / receiving unit for transmitting / receiving information to / from the communication connecting device, and the communication device serving as a destination of the electronic mail or the like from the communication connecting device And a connection destination receiving means for receiving the dial-up connection telephone number and the unique device address of the communication connecting device via the transmitting / receiving means, and the telephone number and the device address received by the connection destination receiving means. The connection destination recording means, the transmission information recording means for recording the attachment file of the electronic mail and the image, and the connection destination recording means The recorded telephone number and device address are read out, the communication connection device with the device address is automatically connected through the transmission / reception means, and the telephone number is passed through the communication connection device with the device address. Communication connection means for making a dial-up connection by calling the communication device, and reading out the attached file of the electronic mail and the image recorded in the transmission information recording means and transmitting and receiving the attached file of the electronic mail and the image. Transmission information transmitting means for transmitting to the communication device via the means.

According to the present invention, a dial-up connection is made to a communication device connected to the Internet through a communication connection device such as a mobile phone, a PDA, a personal computer, and a modem adapter, so that an electronic mail and an image attachment file can be sent. In an information transmitting apparatus for transmitting, a dial-up connection telephone number of a communication device which is a destination of the electronic mail or the like and a unique device address of the communication connecting device are received from the communication connecting device through the transmitting / receiving unit, and the transmitting / receiving unit The communication connection device with the device address is automatically connected via the communication connection device, and the communication device with the telephone number is dialed via the communication connection device to perform the dial-up connection. The attached file is read from the recording means and transmitted to the communication device via the transmitting / receiving means. By automating operations to identify the communication connection device to be, it is possible to reduce the operation by the user.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention performs a dial-up connection to a communication device connected to the Internet via a communication connection device such as a mobile phone, a PDA, a personal computer, and a modem adapter to send an e-mail and an image. In the information transmitting apparatus for transmitting the attached file of, the transmitting / receiving unit for transmitting / receiving information to / from the communication connecting device, and the unique device address of the communication connecting device from the communication connecting device are received via the transmitting / receiving unit. Connection destination receiving means, connection destination recording means for recording the device address received by the connection destination receiving means, and telephone number recording means for recording the dial-up connection telephone number of the communication device which is the destination of the electronic mail or the like. And transmission information recording means for recording the attachment file of the e-mail and image, and the telephone number recording means. The telephone number stored and the device address recorded in the connection destination recording means are read out to automatically establish a communication connection with the communication connection device of the device address via the transmission / reception means, and the communication of the device address is performed. Communication connection means for making a dial-up connection by calling the communication device having the telephone number via the connection device, and reading out the attached file of the electronic mail and the image recorded in the transmission information recording means to read the electronic mail. It is characterized by further comprising: transmission information transmitting means for transmitting the mail and the image attachment file to the communication device via the transmitting / receiving means.

According to the present invention, a dial-up connection is made to a communication device connected to the Internet via a communication connection device such as a mobile phone, a PDA, a personal computer, a modem adapter, etc., and an e-mail and an image attachment file are sent. In the information transmitting apparatus for transmitting, the device address unique to the communication connection device is received from the communication connection device via the transmission / reception means, and the communication connection device with the device address is automatically connected via the transmission / reception means. Make a dial-up connection by calling the dial-up connection telephone number of the communication device that is the destination of the electronic mail etc. recorded in the telephone number recording means of the information transmission device via the communication connection device, You can read the attached file of the e-mail and the image from the recording means and send it to the communication device via the transmitting / receiving means. Since the operation to automate identifying the communication connection device to be a communication partner, it becomes possible to reduce the operation by the user.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides
The device address recorded in the connection destination recording means is read, and a service list including information for determining whether or not dial-up connection is possible via the communication connection device of the device address at the time of sending an electronic mail is stored in the device list. The service list receiving means for receiving from the communication connection device of the address via the transmitting / receiving means and the service list received by the service list receiving means for determining whether or not the information indicating that dial-up connection is possible is included. And the communication connection means is recorded in the connection destination recording means, when the judgment means determines that the service list includes information indicating that dial-up connection is possible. The telephone number and the device address of the device are read, and the device address With implementing the communication connection signal connection device and automatic, it is characterized by carrying out the dial-up connection via the communication device of the device address to call the communication device of the telephone number.

According to the present invention, when sending an electronic mail, a service list including information for determining whether or not dial-up connection is possible is received from the communication connection device having the device address via the transmitting / receiving means, and the service is received. If the list includes information indicating that dial-up connection is possible, the communication connection device is automatically connected to the communication connection device of the device address via the transmitting / receiving means, and the communication connection device of the device address is also connected. Since the dial-up connection is performed by calling the communication device having the above-mentioned telephone number via the, the operation for specifying the communication connection device as the communication partner is automated and the operation by the user is reduced. Is possible.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides
In an information transmission device for transmitting transmission information such as e-mail, images, voices, programs, etc. to a communication device connected to a communication network such as the Internet via a communication connection device such as a mobile phone, PDA, personal computer, modem adapter, etc. A transmitting / receiving means for transmitting / receiving information to / from the communication connection device,
Connection destination receiving means for receiving, from the communication connecting equipment, destination information of the communication equipment which is the destination of the transmission information such as the electronic mail, and a unique device address of the communication connecting equipment via the transmitting / receiving means. Connection destination recording means for recording the destination information and device address received by the connection destination receiving means, transmission information recording means for recording the transmission information, and destination information and devices recorded in the connection destination recording means The address is read, and communication connection is automatically performed with the communication connection device of the device address via the transmission / reception means, and communication is performed with the communication device of the destination information via the communication connection device of the device address. The communication connection means for performing the connection and the transmission information recorded in the transmission information recording means are read out, and the transmission information is transmitted to the transmission / reception means. To is characterized in that a transmission information transmitting means for transmitting to the communication device that has performed the communication connection.

According to the present invention, electronic mails, images, voices, programs, etc. are transmitted to a communication device connected to a communication network such as the Internet via a communication connection device such as a mobile phone, a PDA, a personal computer and a modem adapter. In an information transmitting device for transmitting information, the destination information of the communication device, which is the destination of the transmission information such as the electronic mail, and the unique device address of the communication connecting device are received from the communication connecting device through the transmitting / receiving means, and the transmitting / receiving A communication connection device with the device address is automatically connected via a means, and a communication connection is established with the communication device with the destination information via the communication connection device, and the transmission information is read from the recording means. In this way, since the data is transmitted to the communication device via the transmitting / receiving means, the operation of specifying the communication connection device as the communication partner is automated, It becomes possible to reduce the operation by the use person.

[0022]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A preferred embodiment of an information transmitting apparatus according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an information transmission system using an electronic camera according to the present invention.

As shown in the figure, the information transmission system includes
An image such as a captured subject image is transmitted via a mobile phone 40 (communication connection device) to a predetermined telephone number or destination information (e-mai).
user's electronic camera 10 capable of transmitting to a communication device (including server 90, personal computer 80, etc.) having an l address, URL, DNS, etc., and a mobile phone base station 42.
A mobile phone 40 capable of communicating with the mobile phone line 44 and a communication network 4 such as the Internet.
Server 8 of an access point such as a provider that can be connected to the mobile phone line 44 by communication
0 and a personal computer 80 of another user are provided.

In the present embodiment, the user carries the electronic camera 10 and the mobile phone 40, and the image taken by the electronic camera 10 is taken as the mobile phone 40 (or PDA, personal computer,
Communication connection device such as a modem adapter) A dial-up connection is made to the server 90 (communication device) of the dial-up access point or the server 90 (communication device) connected to the Internet via the base station 42, the mobile phone line 44, or the like. It is possible to go and send e-mail and transmission information such as image attachments. Also, the server 9
The image transmitted to 0 can be transmitted to the personal computer 80 (communication device) of another user via the communication network 48.

Instead of the electronic camera 10 dialing up to the server 90 (communication device) via the mobile phone 40, the electronic camera 10 directly connects to the communication network such as the Internet via the communication connecting device such as the mobile phone 40. 48 so that the electronic camera 10 can transmit transmission information such as an electronic mail and an image attachment file to a communication device such as the server 90 or the personal computer 80. May be.

The destination address (telephone number or destination information) of the image is determined by the user selecting a desired address from a plurality of addresses recorded in the address book held by the mobile phone 40. . Cell phone 40
Extracts the address selected by the user from the address book and sends it to the electronic camera 10. In the present invention,
At this time, the device address unique to the mobile phone 40 to which the electronic camera 10 has transmitted the address is stored.

Next, the electronic camera 10 sets the transmission destination (telephone number or destination information) of the image-attached mail from the address transmitted from the mobile phone 40 and, at the same time, sets it as a communication connection device used for dial-up. It is possible to automatically specify the mobile phone 40 having the stored device address and perform dial-up connection to the server 90 via the mobile phone 40.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of an electronic camera which is one form of the information transmitting apparatus according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic camera 10 includes a lens barrel 100 for forming a subject image on an image pickup means, a power switch 105 for instructing start and stop of functions of the electronic camera 10, and a user. There are provided a release button 106 for instructing recording of images and sounds, and a mode switching dial 107 for switching and setting various modes provided in the electronic camera 10.

Further, the electronic camera 10 has a display means 16
8, a cancel button 109 to be operated when canceling a desired item from the items displayed in 8, and display means 168.
Displayed on the display unit 168, an execution button 110 operated when designating a desired item from the items displayed on the display unit 168, a menu button 111 for inputting an instruction to display various setting menus on the display unit 168, and the like. A cross button 113 that is operated when moving the cursor is provided.

The electronic camera 10 has an antenna 156 for transmitting / receiving carrier waves and data when transmitting / receiving to / from an external communication device by wireless communication, and a USB (Universal Serial Bus) serving as a communication port for wired communication. Communication connector 162 such as communication means based on communication standard)
A display unit 168 for displaying a captured image and information about processing and operation of the electronic camera 10, an image signal connector 173 as an output port for outputting an image signal for display to an external device, and an image and a sound. A removable recording medium 177 for recording information is provided.

FIG. 3 is a view showing displays of various setting modes provided on the mode switching dial 107.

According to the figure, the mode switching dial 107
Other communication connection devices (mobile phone 40
Etc.) and a communication mode capable of communicating with the communication network 48 such as the Internet and the like (Wireless in FIG. 3) and a shooting mode for performing shooting (Cam in FIG. 3). Described) and a video shooting mode for shooting video (shown as Mov in FIG. 3)
And a reproduction mode (play in FIG. 3) for reproducing the recorded image or sound, date, photographing mode, number of photographing pixels, setting of auto power off time, volume of warning sound, etc. A setup mode for setting the above is described, and the user can set the processing mode of the electronic camera 10 to a predetermined mode by switching the mode switching dial 107.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a signal processing system of the electronic camera.

In the image pickup processing section of the electronic camera 10, an image pickup means 150 for photoelectrically converting the subject image formed on the light receiving surface and outputting it as an image signal, an image processing means 153 for analog signals, and an analog image signal. And an A / D converter 154 for converting the image data into digital image data.

Information such as image data is transmitted to the mobile phone 40.
As communication means for transmitting / receiving to / from other communication connection devices such as, a transmitting / receiving means 157 for transmitting or receiving various information such as destination information and image data on a carrier wave, and a cable for connecting information such as image data are connected. And a communication connector 162 for transmitting to another communication connection device.

In the electronic camera 10, compression / expansion means 167 for performing compression processing and the like on image data, OSD 169 for on-screen displaying various characters together with images on display means 168, and image data. Performs white balance processing, gamma conversion, Y
A signal processing unit 170 for performing C conversion processing, pixel number conversion processing, electronic zoom processing, trimming processing, and the like, and a frame memory 1 for temporarily storing image data for display.
71 and a D / A converter 172 for converting digital image data into a composite signal for display or the like.

The electronic camera 10 also has an input means 174 including a power switch and a release button,
An I / O 175 that serves as an interface for input information input via the input unit 174, a recording medium mounting unit 178 that detachably mounts a recording medium 177, and a recording medium 17
7, a recording medium interface 179 for recording and reading information such as image data is provided.

The electronic camera 10 includes the electronic camera 1
The information processing unit 180 that controls the whole 0 and executes various information processing such as image processing and communication processing, and information that can be rewritten and various constants for adjustment and operation programs of the electronic camera 10 are stored. A non-volatile memory 182, which is a recording unit for recording, and a RAM 184, which is a recording unit that serves as a work area when the program is executed, are provided.

The nonvolatile memory 182 and the RAM
184, a recording medium such as a recording medium 177, a dial-up telephone number, a telephone directory, attribute information, a URL (Uniform) for communication connection with a communication device connected to the communication network 48 or the like.
Resource Locators), IP (Internet Protocol) addresses, gateway information DNS (Domain Name Syste)
m) connection information, SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Pr
otocol) settings and various communication drivers necessary for packet communication may be recorded.

Further, the electronic camera 10 includes a calendar clock 190 for keeping time, a timer 190A for monitoring various timeouts, a power source 191 for supplying various electric powers for driving the electronic camera 10, and the electronic camera 10. 191A for supplying the operating power of the device, a light emitting means 193 that emits light at the time of image capturing to compensate for the insufficient light amount of the subject, and the light emitting means 1
A light emission control unit 194 for adjusting the light emission amount of 93 and the light emission timing is provided.

Further, although not shown in FIG. 4, a D / A converter and a speaker for emitting a voice or a beep sound to notify the user based on an instruction from the information processing means 180,
A microphone 197 that collects the sound around the electronic camera 10 and an A / D that transmits the collected sound data to the information processing means.
By providing the converter, the voice recording and the voice reproduction may be performed by the electronic camera 10.

As shown in the figure, the information processing means 180 of the electronic camera 10 and each circuit around it are connected by a bus 199, so that information can be transmitted at high speed to each other, and at the same time, the information processing means. It is possible to control each peripheral circuit based on the processing program executed by 180.

The image pickup processing of the electronic camera 10 configured as described above will be described.

The image to be picked up is formed on the light receiving surface of the image pickup means 150 by the image pickup lens, and the formed subject image is photoelectrically converted and output to the image processing means 153. The image processing means 153 performs image processing such as correlated double sampling, amplification and noise reduction processing on this image signal, and converts it into digital data by the next A / D converter 154.

The image data converted into the digital data is transferred to the signal processing means 170 in accordance with a command from the information processing means 180, and the image white balance, gamma correction and YC correction are performed.
After being subjected to image processing such as conversion, zoom processing, and pixel number conversion processing, they are temporarily stored in the frame memory 171 such as VRAM.

The information processing means 180 is the frame memory 1
The image data stored in 71 is sequentially added to the D / A converter 1
An instruction to transmit to 72 is given, and it is displayed on the display unit 168 together with information such as characters generated from the OSD 169.

When the user presses a release button for inputting an image pickup instruction provided in the input means 174, the information processing means 180 enters a mode for picking up an image of a subject. Then, the information processing unit 180 records the image data converted into digital data by the A / D converter 154 in the RAM 184.

When recording an image on the recording medium 177, the image stored in the RAM 184 is sequentially read out and transferred to the signal processing means 170, where the white balance of the image, gamma correction, YC conversion, zoom processing, After performing image processing such as pixel number conversion processing to perform gradation conversion of each color and image size conversion processing, the compression / expansion unit 167 is performed.
Transfer to.

The image data compressed by the compression / expansion means 167 under a predetermined condition is temporarily stored again in the FILE work area of the temporary RAM 184 based on an instruction from the information processing means 180, and then recorded. After being converted into image data, it is output to the recording medium interface 179 and sequentially recorded in the recording medium 177.

Information processing means 180 (connection destination receiving means)
The transmission / reception means 157 transmits and receives the dial-up connection telephone number of the communication device such as the server 90 or the personal computer 80, which is the destination of the electronic mail from the communication connection device such as the mobile phone 40, and the unique device address of the communication connection device. It is possible to receive through.

Further, the information processing means 180 (connection destination receiving means) is destination information of the communication equipment such as the portable telephone 40 or the communication equipment such as the server 90 or the personal computer 80 to which the transmission information such as e-mail is transmitted. Can be received via the transmitting / receiving means 157.

The recording means (connection destination recording means) such as the nonvolatile memory 182 or the RAM 184 is the information processing means 180.
It is possible to record the device address received by the (connection destination receiving means) and the telephone number or destination information.

A nonvolatile memory 182 and a RAM 184
Or recording means such as the recording medium 177 (telephone number recording means)
The telephone number for dial-up connection may be recorded in advance.

Further, the nonvolatile memory 182 or the RAM 1
The recording means (transmission information recording means) such as 84 can record transmission information such as an attached file of an electronic mail and an image, or an electronic mail main body, an image, a voice, a program and the like.

The information processing means 180 (service list receiving means) has a nonvolatile memory 182 or a RAM 184.
The device address recorded in the recording means (connection destination recording means) etc. is read and it is judged whether or not the dial-up connection is possible via the communication connection device such as the mobile phone 40 of the device address when transmitting the electronic mail. It is possible to receive the service list including the information to be transmitted from the communication connection device such as the mobile phone 40 having the device address via the transmitting / receiving means 157.

Information processing means 180 (determination means)
Can determine whether the service list received by the service list receiving means (information processing means 180) includes information indicating that dial-up connection is possible.

Further, the information processing means 180 (communication connection means) includes a telephone number and a device recorded in a recording means (connection destination recording means, telephone number recording means) such as the nonvolatile memory 182, the RAM 184 or the recording medium 177. The address is read out and communication is automatically established with the mobile phone 40 (communication connection device) having the device address via the transmission / reception means 157, and the mobile phone 40 (communication connection device) having the device address is used to perform the communication connection. It is possible to make a dial-up connection by calling a communication device such as the telephone number server 90 or the personal computer 80.

When the determining means (information processing means 180) determines that the service list includes information indicating that dial-up connection is possible, the information processing means 180 (communication connection means) determines that Non-volatile memory 182, R
The transmission / reception means 157 reads out the telephone number and the device address recorded in the recording means (connection destination recording means, telephone number recording means) such as the AM 184 or the recording medium 177.
The communication connection device is automatically connected to the communication connection device such as the mobile phone 40 having the device address via the server, and the server 90 or the personal computer 80 having the phone number is connected via the communication device such as the mobile phone 40 having the device address. It is possible to make a dial-up connection by calling the communication device of.

Further, the information processing means 180 (communication connection means) reads out the destination information and the device address recorded in the recording means (connection destination recording means) such as the non-volatile memory 182 or the RAM 184, and the transmitting / receiving means 157. The mobile phone 40 (communication connection device) having the device address is automatically connected through the communication via the mobile phone 40 (communication connection device) having the device address,
It is possible to establish a communication connection with a communication device such as the destination information server 90 or the personal computer 80.

Further, the information processing means 180 (transmission information transmission means) reads out the attached file of the electronic mail and the image recorded in the recording means (transmission information recording means) such as the nonvolatile memory 182 or the RAM 184, and It is possible to send the electronic mail and the attached file of the image to the communication device such as the server 90 or the personal computer 80 via the transmitting / receiving means 157.

Further, the information processing means 180 (transmission information transmission means) reads the transmission information recorded in the recording means (transmission information recording means) such as the non-volatile memory 182 or the RAM 184 and transmits / receives the transmission information. Through 157, it is possible to transmit to a communication device such as the server 90 or the personal computer 80 that has made a communication connection.

In the above description, the information transmission device is described as an electronic camera having an image pickup means, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a short range wireless communication means (wireless communication means). If it is an information transmitting device capable of transmitting and receiving information to and from the server 90 and the like via LAN, wireless communication based on the Bluetooth communication standard, etc., information transmission of a personal computer, PDA, game machine, printer or other information Even an apparatus can achieve the object of the present invention.

FIG. 5 shows an external view of the mobile phone 40.

As shown in the figure, the mobile phone 40 (communication connection device) includes an antenna 452 for wireless communication with the mobile phone line 44 or a public line, the electronic camera 10 existing in a short distance, and the personal computer of the user. An antenna 456 for transmitting and receiving information to and from an information transmitting device such as a display device, display means 468 for displaying various information such as business card information, dial-up information, schedule, etc., selection of business card information, selection of dial-up information, telephone Input means 474, 47 for inputting, designating and selecting personal information such as numbers, characters and schedules.
4, a speaker 495 that outputs a voice and serves as a telephone receiver, and a microphone 497 that inputs a voice.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a signal processing system of the mobile phone 40.

According to the figure, the information transmitting / receiving unit of the mobile phone 40 has an antenna 452 for wireless communication with the mobile phone line 44 or a public line, and a transmitting / receiving means 4 for the mobile phone line.
A transmission / reception buffer 454 for temporarily storing 53 and information to be transmitted / received in real time, an antenna 456 used as a short-range wireless communication unit, a transmission / reception unit 457, and a transmission / reception buffer 458 are provided.

The mobile telephone 40 is connected to the mobile telephone line 44 via the nearest base station 42, and at the same time, information is transmitted and received to and from the electronic camera 10 and the like via a short range wireless communication communication means. Is possible. Furthermore,
It is possible to directly access the communication network 48 such as the Internet by making a dial-up connection from the electronic camera 10 to the server 90 directly via the mobile phone 40, the base station 42, and the mobile phone line 44. In this case, the mobile phone 40 may execute a function corresponding to a modem between the electronic camera 10 and the server 90. In addition, the electronic camera 10 executes a process of transferring the electronic mail and the image in which the mobile phone 40 is designated as the destination to the server 90 or the personal computer 80 on the communication network 48 as the destination.
You may make it output to the mobile telephone line 44.

Further, the mobile phone 40 has a display means 468 for displaying information such as images and characters, and a display control means for outputting a display image signal to the display means 468 based on a command from the information processing means. 469 and the user input means 47
I / O 4 which reads various kinds of information input via 4 and transmits the information to an information processing means described later, or outputs a display command to a notification means such as an LED based on an instruction from the information processing means.
And 75 are provided.

The portable telephone 40 has a recording medium 477.
(Which may be of the same type as the recording medium 177 mounted on the electronic camera 10) is detachably mounted, and information such as image data is recorded on the recording medium 477. A recording medium interface 479 for reading and writing is provided.

Further, the mobile phone 40 has an information processing means (CPU) 480 for controlling the whole mobile phone 40 and various dialups for communication connection with various constants related to the mobile phone processing and communication devices on the network. Phone numbers, phonebooks of other users, attribute information, URL (Uniform Resource)
Locators), IP (Internet Protocol) addresses,
Gateway information Rewritable nonvolatile memory 482 for recording various information such as connection information such as DNS (Domain Name System) and business card information, ROM for storing programs for operating the information processing means 480 and various constants, and information A memory 484 including a RAM that is a storage unit that serves as a work area when the processing unit 480 executes processing.
And a calendar clock 490 that keeps time, and information processing means 4
A power supply 491 that supplies power to each circuit including 80 is provided.

Further, the portable telephone 40 serves as a receiver when the user uses it as a telephone, and a speaker 495 for outputting voice and voice data output by the information processing means 480 and the like are converted into analog voice signals. D / A converter 496 which amplifies and outputs to speaker 495
And a microphone 497 that inputs voice and converts it into a voice signal
And an A / D converter 498 that amplifies the audio signal input from the microphone 497 and converts it into audio data to be sent to the information processing means 480 and the like.

Information processing means 480 in the mobile phone 40,
Transmission / reception buffer 454, transmission / reception buffer 458, display control means 469, I / O 475, recording medium interface 479, non-volatile memory 482, memory 484, calendar clock 490, D / A converter 496, A / D converter 4
Each peripheral circuit including 98 and the like is connected by a bus 499, and the information processing means 480 can control each peripheral circuit and perform high-speed information transmission / reception. Therefore, the information processing means 480 can control each peripheral circuit based on the processing program to be executed.

The short-distance wireless communication means is a communication means using light such as radio waves, ultrasonic waves, and infrared rays as carrier waves. When radio waves are used, it may be based on the specifications of wireless communication such as wireless LAN (local area network).

Although the above description has been made with reference to the embodiment in which the communication connection device is the mobile phone, the communication means for transmitting / receiving information to / from the information transmitting device such as the electronic camera 10, the information processing means, and the communication means for the server 90. A communication terminal such as a personal computer, an electronic notebook, a modem adapter, or the like may be used as long as it is a communication device including the above.

Further, the mobile phone 40 is connected to the personal computer of the user having a more complete user interface than the mobile phone 40 through the above-mentioned short-distance wireless communication means, and the address book information and dialing are carried out. It is also possible to acquire the telephone number and business card information of the application destination and record the acquired information in the recording means such as the non-volatile memory 482. Further, a plurality of dial-up connection destinations such as telephone numbers are recorded in a recording means such as the non-volatile memory 482 of the mobile phone 40 so that the user can select a desired connection destination. Good.

FIG. 7 shows a flow chart of information transmission using the information transmitting apparatus according to the present invention.

When transmitting transmission information such as an electronic mail or an image from the electronic camera 10 via the mobile phone 40 to the server 90 or the personal computer 80 on the communication network 48, the user first sets the processing mode of the electronic camera 10. Set to communication mode.

When the electronic camera 10 is set to the communication mode, the information processing means 180 causes the display means 168 to display in FIG. 8 in S100 "image mail transmission function selection" (hereinafter abbreviated as S100). Wireless shown in
An instruction to display the s-mode setup screen is output to the display control means 469.

The user can select the W displayed on the display means 168.
While looking at the display of the setup screen in the airless mode, the cross button 11 provided in the input means 174
3 is operated to move the cursor to "image mail transmission", select the item "communication mode", and select the "number of transmission pixels" of the image to be transmitted. In addition, Wireless
On the setup screen of the s mode, as shown in the figure, the model information "Digi-Cam ○○" of the electronic camera 10 is displayed.
And the code “0xNNNNNN” are also displayed.

When the user completes the wireless mode setup and operates the execute button 110 provided in the input means 174, the contents selected on the setup screen are set and the electronic camera 10 is set.
It becomes effective in. In addition, in the example shown in the figure, in addition to “image mail transmission”, a communication mode of “PC connection” for transmitting / receiving information to / from a nearby personal computer is provided.

Further, when it is desired to resize the number of pixels of the image to be transmitted to a number of pixels different from the number of pixels of the image currently recorded in the recording means such as the recording medium 177 and to transmit,
Select the desired number of pixels in the "Transmit pixel count" item. Then, when transmitting the image, the image processing means such as the information processing means 180 performs resizing processing for converting the image to be transmitted into the selected number of pixels, and then transmits the image to the designated communication device.

When the wireless mode setup process is completed in S100, the process executed by the information processing unit 180 proceeds to S102 "transmission image selection (Δ, ▽, execution)" and is recorded in the recording unit such as the recording medium 177. The displayed image is read out and full-screen display or list display of the image is performed. The user operates the cross button 113 while viewing the image displayed on the display unit 168 to instruct increment or decrement, selects the image to be transmitted, and operates the execute button 110. When the selection of one or a plurality of images is completed, the processing performed by the information processing unit 180 is S
104 Proceed to the process of “waiting for electronic business card reception”
A process of waiting for reception of business card information from 0 via the transmission / reception means 157 is performed.

On the other hand, as processing on the side of the mobile phone 40, the user displays the display means 468 of the mobile phone 40 (see FIG. 5).
The user operates the input means 474 while watching and selects and sets the “business card transmission mode” as the processing mode of the mobile phone 40. In the example shown in FIG. 5, of the plurality of “mode selection” mode menus displayed on the display unit 168, the central mode is highlighted and the user is provided on the input unit 474. By pressing the setting button, the highlighted mode is selected.

When the user selects the "business card transmission" mode, the information processing means 480 sets the processing mode executed by the mobile phone 40 to the "business card transmission mode" in S200 "business card transmission mode". Then, the information processing means 4
The process executed by the process 80 proceeds to S202 “Connected device selection”, displays the connected device selection shown in FIG. 9 on the display unit 468, and requests the user to select a device for communication connection. The user operates the cross button provided on the input means 474 to scroll the cursor, selects a desired device for communication connection, and presses the setting button. In the example shown in the figure, as the connected device, "Digi-Cam ○○"
An example in which (electronic camera 10) is selected and set is shown.

When the connected device is selected by the mobile phone 40, the information processing means 480 reads out the business card information recorded in the recording means such as the non-volatile memory 482, and the electronic information designated through the transmitting / receiving means 457. In order to transmit the business card information to the camera 10, the connection request for the business card Push and the device address of the own mobile phone 40 (device address for short-range wireless communication) are sent to the device address of the electronic camera 10. Send. Instead of requesting the user to select the communication connection device in S202, S
The business card information may be automatically transmitted to the electronic camera 10 without executing the connected device selection processing of 202.

The business card Push connection request and the mobile phone 40
When the electronic camera 10 receives the device address and the device address of the device via the transmission / reception unit 157, the process executed by the information processing unit 180 is S106 “name card source address storage”.
A process for establishing communication with the mobile phone 40 is performed, and the received device address of the mobile phone 40 is recorded in a recording unit such as the nonvolatile memory 182. Information processing means 180
Ends the communication connection process in the electronic camera 10,
The information processing unit 180 transmits information indicating “business card Push connection completed” to the device address of the mobile phone 40 via the transmission / reception unit 157.

The information processing means 480 of the mobile phone 40, which has received the information of "Business card Push connection completed" through the transmitting / receiving means 457, causes the display means 4 to display in step S204 "Name card selection".
A display for selecting a business card shown in FIG. 10 is displayed at 68, and processing for waiting for an instruction input from the user is performed. In the display example shown in the figure, for example, "Taro Suzuki", "Jiro Yamada", "Hanako Suzuki"
The business card of each person is displayed in a selectable manner, and the name (title) of "Jiro Yamada" in the center is highlighted. When the user presses the setting button provided in the input means 474 in this state, the business card of "Jiro Yamada" is selected.

When the user selects the business card of "Jiro Yamada", the information processing means 480 at S204, for example, FIG.
The business card information shown in FIG.
A process (object push) of transmitting to 0 is performed. As shown in FIG. 11, the electronic business card transmitted to the electronic camera 10 includes a name, a telephone number, an address, one to a plurality of electronic mail (e-mail) addresses (destination information),
A URL (address information) such as a home page and other information may be included.

Further, the telephone number of the dial-up connection destination when the electronic camera 10 performs the dial-up connection to the server 90 (the telephone number when connecting to the server 90, etc.) together with the information of the electronic business card, the electronic camera. You may make it transmit to 10. Also, since the telephone number of the dial-up connection destination is information that is not frequently changed, instead of receiving the telephone number from the mobile phone 40, the telephone number is previously recorded in the nonvolatile memory 182 of the electronic camera 10 or the recording medium 177. You may leave it.

The information processing means 180 of the electronic camera 10 which has received the business card information and the like from the mobile phone 40 through the transmission / reception means 157 stores the e-mail included in the received business card information and the like in S108 "e-mail address storage". A process of recording the mail address and the like in the recording means such as the nonvolatile memory 182 is performed. If the received business card information includes a plurality of e-mail addresses, the e-mail with the highest priority is given.
The mail address may be recorded in the recording means such as the non-volatile memory 182 or the recording medium 177 so that the mail address is preferentially used. At this time, the name, phone number, etc. included in the business card information
Other information such as an address, another e-mail address, a URL, a telephone number of a dial-up connection destination may be recorded together. Before and after S108, the e-mail address (destination information or the like) of the destination of the electronic mail and the image may be displayed on the display unit 168 of the electronic camera 10 to notify the user.

When the recording of the e-mail address and the like is completed, the information processing means 180 of the electronic camera 10 receives the business card information and the like normally, and in response to the information indicating "business card transmission OK" to the mobile phone 40. To send. Electronic camera 1
Cellular phone 40 that received information of "Business card transmission OK" from 0
The information processing unit 480 executes the process of transmitting the information of the “business card Push disconnection request” to the electronic camera 10 via the transmission / reception unit 457 in order to end the business card transmission process with the electronic camera 10.

The information processing means 180 of the electronic camera which has received the "business card Push disconnection request" from the mobile phone 40 via the transmitting / receiving means 157 performs processing to end the communication with the mobile phone 40, and the transmitting / receiving means 157 Through mobile phone 4
The information “Business card Pus” indicating that communication disconnection preparation is completed for 0
"h disconnection complete" is transmitted. The information processing unit 480, which has received the “business card Push disconnection completed” via the transmission / reception unit 457, performs a process of cutting off communication with the electronic camera 10.

Next, the display shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the display means 468 of the mobile phone 40. The user has input means 474.
Operate the arrow pad provided on to select the "dial-up" mode. Then, the processing mode of the mobile phone 40 is set to the "dial-up mode" selected by the user in S206 "dial-up mode". In addition, transition to "dial-up mode" is
As described above, the process may be performed by the user's selection, or the information processing unit 480 automatically sets the processing mode of the mobile phone 40 to the "dial-up mode" when the "business card transmission" processing is completed. You may.

On the other hand, when the electronic camera 10 completes the reception of the business card information and the like, the information processing means 180 causes the nonvolatile memory 1 to operate.
A process of reading the device address of the communication connection device that has transmitted the business card recorded in the recording unit 82 or the like, and requests the service list to the communication connection device (source address of the business card) of the read device address. Information (service acquisition connection request) indicating that communication is desired to start.

The mobile phone 40 which has received the information of "service acquisition connection request" starts processing to establish communication for requesting a service list, and notifies the electronic camera 10 of "service acquisition connection completion". Send information. The information processing unit 180 of the electronic camera 10 that has received the information of “service acquisition connection completion” from the mobile phone 40 displays a list of services that the mobile phone 40 can provide to the mobile phone 40 that has started the communication connection. Performs processing for transmitting information (service list request) that requires transmission.

The information processing means 480 of the mobile phone 40, which has received the information of the "service list request", displays a list of services that can be provided by the mobile phone 40 in the electronic camera 1.
The process of transmitting to 0 is performed. In this embodiment, since the services that can be provided by the mobile phone 40 include "dial-up", "business card transmission", "business card reception", etc., the information of the "service list" including the information to that effect is available. The process of transmitting to the electronic camera 10 is performed.

The information processing means 180 of the electronic camera 10 which has received the "service list" from the mobile phone 40,
In response to the normal reception of the “service list”, processing for transmitting request information for disconnecting communication for service acquisition (service acquisition disconnection request) to the mobile phone 40 is performed. The information processing unit 480 of the mobile phone 40 that has received the “service acquisition disconnection request” starts the process for disconnecting the communication with the electronic camera 10, and when the preparation for disconnecting the communication is completed, the electronic camera 10 is started. The information of "service acquisition disconnection completed" is transmitted to.

When the information of "service acquisition disconnection completion" is transmitted, the information processing means 480 of the mobile phone 40
Processing for cutting off the communication connection with the electronic camera 10 is performed. Further, the information processing unit 180 of the electronic camera 10 that has received the information of “service acquisition disconnection completed” cuts off the communication connection for the service acquisition, and determines the next step S110 “Is the service list dialed up?”. Proceed to.

In S110, the information processing unit 180 determines whether or not the received service list includes a service that enables dial-up connection to the server 90 via the mobile phone 40. Is going. The mobile phone 40 in the present embodiment has a dial-up connection processing mode, but some mobile phones and PDAs.
A communication connection device such as (Personal Data Assistance) may not have a dial-up connection mode in some cases, so it is determined in S110 whether or not it has a dial-up connection mode (dial-up connection). Judgment whether connection is possible or not) is performed.

If it is determined in S110 that the service list received by the information processing means 180 does not include the dial-up connection mode, the information processing means 180 is processed.
The process carried out by is branched to S112 “Display dial-up device list”, displays a list of communication connection devices that can be dialed up on the display unit 168, and asks the user to make a selection.

FIG. 12 shows a connected device selection screen for dial-up displayed on the display means 168.

As shown in the figure, the connecting means selection screen for dial-up connection is displayed on the display means of the electronic camera 10. The user operates a cross button or a setting button provided on the input means 474 to select a desired communication connection device when performing dial-up connection. In the example shown in the figure, the user has selected “mobile phone XX” as the communication connection device.

"My Note PC □□" or "P
A communication connection device such as “DAΔΔΔ” can communicate with the server 90 and the like and can also transmit / receive information to / from the electronic camera 10. The server 90 and the like from the electronic camera 10 via the communication connection device. If the user has a function to establish a communication connection such as a dial-up connection, the user can select "My Note PC □□" or "PDA △△△".
You may select communication connection apparatus, such as. When the item "newly search" is selected, the communication connection with the communication connection device that can currently communicate with the electronic camera 10 is started, and a process for searching for a newly connectable communication connection device is performed.

When the user sets a device for communication connection, the information processing means 180 causes the information processing means 180 to select the dial-up device selected by the user in S114 "Select dial-up device" (mobile phone XX in this embodiment). Is specified and the device address of the dial-up communication connection device is read from the recording means such as the nonvolatile memory 182.

When it is determined in S110 that the service list received from the mobile phone 40 includes the dial-up connection mode, the information processing means 1
The process carried out by S80 proceeds to S116 “Select device of business card sender address as dial-up connection device”, and S10
In step 6, the device address of the dial-up communication connection device recorded in the recording means such as the nonvolatile memory 182 is read out.

Next, the information processing means 180 designates the communication connection device having the device address read in S114 or S116, and makes a "dial-up request" to the device address of the dial-up communication connection device.
To send. The information processing unit 480 of the mobile phone 40 that has received the "dial-up request" prepares to start a communication connection for dial-up with the electronic camera 10. When the preparation for the dial-up is completed by the mobile phone 40, the information processing means 480 transmits the information of “dial-up OK” to the electronic camera 10.

The information processing means 180 of the electronic camera 10 which has received the information of "dial-up OK" causes the mobile phone 40 to issue a dial-up call command and the dial-up destination telephone number (or the mobile phone 40, electronic Camera 10
Or, send a "dial-up call request" that includes information about the default telephone number set on a personal computer or the like.

The information processing means 480 of the portable telephone 40 which has received the "dial-up call request" is transmitted / received by the transmission / reception means 4.
Via 53, the information for calling to the server 90 of the access point of the designated telephone number is output. When a communication connection is established between the server 90 of the access point and the mobile phone 40 based on the information of "calling",
The information processing unit 480 of the mobile phone 40 transmits information indicating that the communication connection is started to the electronic camera 10 via the transmission / reception unit 457.

Then, except when a special interruption signal is received from the electronic camera 10 or the communication with the server 90 is interrupted, the information received from the electronic camera 10 via the transmission / reception means 457 (near The long-distance wireless communication format) is directly converted into a predetermined communication format (a communication format for a mobile phone line or a communication format with the server 90) and transmitted to the server 90 via the transmitting / receiving means 453, and the server 90 transmits / receives means. Four
A process of converting information of a predetermined communication format received via 53 into a communication format with the electronic camera 10 is performed.

As described above, the mobile phone 40, the mobile phone line 44, and the like play a role of a communication pipe between the electronic camera 10 and the server 90, so that the electronic camera 10 can directly communicate with the server 90. And
The electronic camera 10 can transmit / receive information to / from a communication device connected to the communication network 48 via the server 90.

When the electronic camera 10 is communicatively connected to the server 90 via the mobile phone 40 or the like, the processing executed by the information processing means 180 of the electronic camera 10 is S118 "Image attached mail creation (selected image, stored e -Mail address) ", the image selected by the user in S102
-A predetermined e-mail attached to a mail (e-mail) and recorded in a recording means such as the non-volatile memory 182 in S108.
A process of designating and sending a mail address is performed. If the communication network 48 is an Internet communication network, the e-mail and the attached image are sent by using SMTP (Simple Mai).
l Transfer Protocol) It is transmitted to the server 90 in the form of mail or the like.

Further, the information processing means 18 of the electronic camera 10
0 is MIME64 (Mu
Text encoding processing such as ltipourpose Internet Mail Extensions) may be performed and attached to the e-mail to be transmitted. The DNS setting of the communication network 48, the SMTP mail engine setting, and the like are created in advance by the mobile phone 40, the user's personal computer, or the like in the same manner as the default telephone number, and the nonvolatile memory 182 of the electronic camera 10 is set.
It may be recorded in a recording means such as. Generally, since the frequency of changing these settings is very low, it is not practically inconvenient to use the information set by the mobile phone 40 or the personal computer of the user.

When the transmission of the e-mail and the image is completed, the information processing means 180 issues a "dial-up disconnection request" (may be a special interruption signal) to the portable telephone 40 via the transmitting / receiving means 157. Send. The information processing unit 480 of the mobile phone 40, which has received the “dial-up disconnection request” via the transmission / reception unit 457, directly receives the received “dial-up disconnection request” in a predetermined communication format between the mobile phone 40 and the server 90. To the server 90. Further, the information processing unit 480 of the mobile phone 40 may convert the received “dial-up disconnection request” into a special disconnection signal and transmit the special disconnection signal to the server 90 via the transmitting / receiving unit 453.

The information processing means of the server 90, which has received the communication disconnection request message, carries out a process for terminating the communication connected by dial-up connection and disconnecting the communication. On the other hand, the information processing unit 480 of the mobile phone 40 performs a process of ending the dial-up connection process and performs a process of transmitting “dial-up disconnection completion” information to the electronic camera 10. When the information processing unit 480 of the mobile phone 40 transmits the “dial-up disconnection completion” information to the electronic camera 10, the process performed by the information processing unit 480 proceeds to the next step S208 “End”,
The process related to dial-up connection ends.

When the information processing means 180 of the electronic camera 10 receives the information of "dial-up connection end" from the mobile phone 40, the processing executed by the information processing means 180 is as follows.
120. The process proceeds to the determination of “send another image?” 120, and determines whether there is another image to be transmitted. If it is determined by the user's instruction that there is another image to be transmitted, the process performed by the information processing unit 180 is S1.
The process branches to 02 and returns, and the process of “transmission image selection” is performed again.

If it is determined in S120 that another image to be transmitted does not exist, the process executed by the information processing unit 180 proceeds to S122 "end" to execute the image mail transmission process. finish.

In the above description, the example in which the dial-up connection is executed with respect to the server 90 or the personal computer 80 in the processing of S206 and subsequent steps has been described, but the present invention is not limited to the dial-up connection, and is not limited to the mobile phone. When the telephone 40 (communication connection device) can directly connect to the communication network 48, the electronic camera 10 directly transmits the transmission information in which the destination information is described in the header without performing the dial-up connection. It may be output to the communication network 48 via the server and transmitted to the server 90, the personal computer 80, or the like.

Further, in the above description, the electronic camera 10 attaches an image or sound file to an electronic mail and sends the electronic mail to the server 9.
Although the present invention is not limited to e-mail, the electronic camera 10 directly transmits information such as a text file or a binary file to a communication device such as the server 90. You can do it. When the HTTP upload function is used for sending an image or the like, for example, a default URL may be used as the destination information.

[0121]

As described above, according to the information transmitting apparatus of the present invention, the dial-up connection is made to the communication device connected to the Internet through the communication connecting device such as the mobile phone, the PDA, the personal computer and the modem adapter. In the information transmitting apparatus for transmitting the electronic mail and the image attachment file, the dial-up connection telephone number of the communication device to which the electronic mail is transmitted from the communication connection device and the unique device address of the communication connection device Is received via the transmission / reception means, the communication connection device with the device address is automatically connected through the transmission / reception means, and the communication device with the telephone number is called via the communication connection device. Performs dial-up connection, reads the e-mail and image attachment file from the recording means, and communicates with the communication device via the transmitting / receiving means. Since so as to transmit for the operation to automate identifying the communication connection device to be a communication partner, it becomes possible to reduce the operation by the user.

According to another aspect of the invention, a mobile phone,
In an information transmitting apparatus for transmitting an e-mail and an image attachment file by dialing up to a communication device connected to the Internet through a communication connecting device such as a PDA, a personal computer, or a modem adapter, communication is performed from the communication connecting device. The device address unique to the connected device is received via the transmission / reception means, the communication connection device with the device address is automatically connected through the transmission / reception means, and the information transmission device of the information transmission device is connected via the communication connection device. Make a dial-up connection by calling the dial-up connection telephone number of the communication device that is the destination of the e-mail etc. recorded in the telephone number recording means, and read the attached file of the e-mail and image from the recording means. Since the data is transmitted to the communication device via the transmission / reception means, the communication connection device that is the communication partner By automating operations of identifying, and it becomes possible to reduce the operation by the user.

According to another aspect of the invention, when transmitting an electronic mail, a service list including information for determining whether or not dial-up connection is possible is received from the communication connection device having the device address via the transmitting / receiving means. If the service list includes information indicating that the dial-up connection is possible, the communication connection is automatically performed with the communication connection device of the device address via the transmitting / receiving means, and the device address is connected. Since the dial-up connection is performed by calling the communication device of the above-mentioned telephone number via the communication connection device of, the operation of specifying the communication connection device to be the communication partner is automated and the operation by the user. Can be reduced.

According to another aspect of the invention, a mobile phone,
An information transmitting device for transmitting transmission information such as e-mail, images, voices, programs, etc. to a communication device connected to a communication network such as the Internet via a communication connecting device such as a PDA, a personal computer or a modem adapter. From the communication device, which is the destination of the transmission information such as the electronic mail, and the unique device address of the communication connection device, and the communication connection device having the device address via the transmission / reception device. The communication connection is automatically performed, the communication connection is performed to the communication device having the destination information via the communication connection device, the transmission information is read from the recording unit, and the communication device is transmitted to the communication device via the transmission / reception unit. Since it is sent, it is possible to automate the operation to identify the communication connection device to be the communication partner and reduce the operation by the user. That.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an information transmission system using an electronic camera according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of an electronic camera that is one form of an information transmitting apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display of various setting modes provided on a mode switching dial.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a signal processing system of an electronic camera.

FIG. 5 is an external view of a mobile phone, which is one form of communication connection equipment.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a signal processing system of a mobile phone.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart regarding information transmission using the information transmitting apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 8: Wire displayed on the display means of the information transmitting device
Display example of setup screen in less mode

FIG. 9 is a display example of a connected device selection screen displayed on the display means of the mobile phone.

FIG. 10 is a display example of a business card selection screen displayed on a display unit of a mobile phone.

FIG. 11 is an example of contents of business card information received and recorded by an information transmitting device from a mobile phone.

FIG. 12 is a display example of a connection device selection screen for dial-up displayed on the display means of the information transmission device.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Electronic camera, 40 ... Mobile phone, 42 ... Base station, 4
4 ... mobile phone line, 48 ... communication network, 80 ... personal computer, 9
0 ... Server, 100 ... Lens barrel, 105 ... Power switch, 106 ... Release button, 107 ... Mode switching dial, 109 ... Cancel button, 110 ... Execution button, 11
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Menu button, 113 ... Cross button, 150 ... Imaging means, 153 ... Image processing means, 154 ... A / D converter, 156 ... Antenna, 157 ... Transmitting / receiving means, 162 ...
Communication connector, 167 ... Compression / expansion means, 168 ... Display means, 169 ... OSD, 170 ... Signal processing means, 171 ...
Frame memory, 172 ... D / A converter, 174 ... Input means, 175 ... I / O, 177 ... Recording medium, 178 ... Recording medium mounting section, 179 ... Recording medium interface, 1
80 ... Information processing means, 182 ... Nonvolatile memory, 184
... RAM, 190 ... Calendar clock, 190A ... Timer,
191 ... Power source, 191A ... Battery, 193 ... Light emitting means, 1
94 ... Emission control means, 199 ... Bus, 452 ... Antenna, 453 ... Transceiver, 454 ... Transmit / receive buffer, 4
56 ... Antenna, 457 ... Transmission / reception means, 458 ... Transmission / reception buffer, 468 ... Display means, 469 ... Display control means,
474 ... Input means, 475 ... I / O, 477 ... Recording medium, 478 ... Recording medium mounting section, 479 ... Recording medium interface, 480 ... Information processing means, 482 ... Non-volatile memory, 484 ... Memory, 490 ... Calendar clock, 49
1 ... Power supply, 495 ... Speaker, 496 ... D / A converter,
497 ... Microphone, 498 ... A / D converter, bus ... 499

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. Information transmission for transmitting an e-mail and an image attachment file by dial-up connection to a communication device connected to the Internet through a communication connection device such as a mobile phone, a PDA, a personal computer and a modem adapter. In the apparatus, the dial-up connection telephone number of the communication device to which the electronic mail or the like is transmitted and the unique device address of the communication connection device are received from the communication connection device via the transmission / reception unit, Automatically establishes a communication connection with the communication connection device of the device address, dials the communication device of the above-mentioned telephone number via the communication connection device to perform dial-up connection, and records the attached file of e-mail and image. An information transmitting device, which is read from a device and is transmitted to a communication device via a transmitting / receiving device. 2. Information transmission for transmitting an e-mail and an image attachment file by dial-up connection to a communication device connected to the Internet through a communication connection device such as a mobile phone, a PDA, a personal computer and a modem adapter. In the device, the destination address of the e-mail and the unique device address of the communication connection device are received from the communication connection device via the transmission / reception means, and the communication connection device with the device address is automatically connected via the transmission / reception means. At the same time, a telephone call is made to the dial-up connection telephone number of the communication device, which is the destination of the e-mail, etc., recorded in the telephone number recording means of the information transmission device, via the communication connection device, and the dial-up connection is established. The attached file of the e-mail and the image is read from the recording means and transmitted to the communication device via the transmitting / receiving means. Information transmission apparatus, characterized by sending by. 3. When sending an electronic mail, a service list including information for determining whether a dial-up connection is possible is received from a communication connection device having the device address via a transmitting / receiving means, and the service list is dialed up. If it contains information that the connection is possible,
A communication connection is automatically established with the communication connection device of the device address via the transmitting / receiving means, and the communication device of the dial-up connection telephone number is dialed through the communication connection device of the device address. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the information transmitting apparatus performs connection. 4. A transmission information such as an electronic mail, an image, a voice, a program or the like is transmitted to a communication device connected to a communication network such as the Internet via a communication connection device such as a mobile phone, a PDA, a personal computer, a modem adapter. In the information transmitting apparatus, the destination information of the communication device, which is the destination of the transmission information such as the electronic mail, and the unique device address of the communication connecting device are received from the communication connecting device via the transmitting / receiving unit, and via the transmitting / receiving unit. A communication connection is automatically established with a communication connection device having the device address, and a communication connection is established with the communication device having the destination information via the communication connection device, and the transmission information is read from the recording means to transmit / receive means. An information transmitting apparatus, which transmits to a communication device via the.