JP2000295367A - Portable telephone set capable of transmitting image file - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To transmit an image to a party with simple operation while using a portable telephone set by transmitting a selected image file to the destination of telephone when a transmission instruct key is operated after the telephone number of the telephone destination is inputted. SOLUTION: A smart medium 2 is inserted and set on the lower surface of a body 1 of telephone set. The menu of portable mail, E-mail and image transmission is displayed on a display 10. When the image transmission is selected by a select key 12, the list of all image files recorded in the smart medium 2 is displayed on the display 10. The image to be sent is selected lout of this list by the select key 12. A telephone number selection mode is set by the select key 12, the telephone number of the party is selected or inputted by a ten key pad 11 and a send key 11a is depressed. The send key 11a can be selected as ten key or function key by the select key 12. When the send key 11a is depressed, the data of the selected image file are transmitted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a portable telephone used for each service of S, and more particularly, to a portable telephone provided with a slot so that an image file can be transmitted.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There have been proposed many portable telephones having a structure in which an IC card can be mounted. For example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2569210, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 4-83447, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 10-65357, and Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 10-32631 allow an IC card or the like to be inserted into a telephone body. The telephone body has a slot.

[0003]

However, none of the above portable telephones is capable of recording an image on an IC card or the like and transmitting the image to the other party with one touch.

[0004] On the other hand, digital cameras have become widespread today, and if images taken by a digital camera at the site can be transmitted to a required location using a portable telephone as it is,
There is a possibility that the use of the image information is further increased.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to enable an image to be transmitted to a partner type by a simple operation using a portable telephone.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image recording medium slot into which an image recording medium on which an image file is recorded can be inserted, and an image transmitted when the image recording medium is received. Display control means for displaying a selection menu on the display device, and a transmission instruction key for instructing transmission of the selected image. , The selected image file is transmitted.

As an image recording medium, for example, a smart medium, which is one of the standards of a small memory card, is used. Today, this smart media has several MB to several 1
0 MB cards are available, and these cards can be inserted directly into a digital camera. That is, the digital camera is provided with a slot for smart media, and by inserting the smart media into this slot, an image captured by the digital camera can be recorded in the JPEG recording format. By setting the slot of the mobile phone and the slot of the digital camera to a common standard, by inserting the smart media inserted into the slot of the digital camera into the slot of the mobile phone, the image captured by the digital camera can be obtained. , Can be immediately read into the mobile phone. That is, in a mobile phone, after inserting a smart media on which an image is recorded, the user selects an image to be transmitted and operates a transmission instruction key to easily transmit an image file to a destination. Can be.

In the above procedure, it is not necessary to read an image recording medium such as a smart media into a personal computer or the like, and further take a procedure for transmitting an image from the personal computer or the like to a portable telephone. If so, it is possible to directly read the contents of the medium and directly transmit the image to the other party in a few steps of operation.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the display control means comprises an E-
It has a function of inputting a mail address, and transmits an image file to the input E-mail address after calling the telephone destination.

Some portable telephones are capable of inputting and transmitting text characters by designating the other party's E-mail address via the Internet.
It is also possible to send an image read from the image recording medium to a -mail address.

The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the image recording medium has a standard that can be inserted into a slot of a digital camera.

If the image recording medium is of a standard that can be inserted into a slot generally provided in a digital camera, such as a smart media, images captured by the digital camera can be easily transferred to a portable type via the medium. It can be transferred to a telephone, which greatly simplifies the work involved in transmitting images.

[0013]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a portable telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

On the surface of the telephone body 1, there are provided a display 10, a numeric keypad 11, selection keys 12 for display items and display menus, and the like. Each key of the numeric keypad 11 also has a function key.
Done in For example, the key of the numerical value 1 is the sending key 11a.
Is also used. The key 3 also serves as a call key. A smart media insertion slot 13 into which the smart media 2 can be inserted is provided on the lower surface of the telephone body 1, and a smart media slot is provided inside the smart media slot 13.

The smart media 2 has a capacity of 8 MB, 16 MB or the like, and can record an image file in a JPEG recording format. The smart media 2 can be directly inserted into a digital camera slot (not shown). Have a shape. Therefore, after the smart media 2 is inserted into the slot of the digital camera to record an image, the smart media 2 is inserted into the slot 1 of the portable telephone 1.
The image can be transmitted to any other party by inserting and setting it in 3.

The procedure is as follows.

First, the smart media 2 is inserted into the lower surface of the telephone body 1 and set. At this time or after performing necessary key operations, “mobile mail”, “E”
The menu of “−mail” and “Send image” is displayed. When “Send image” is selected by the selection key 12, a list of all image files recorded in the smart media 2 is displayed on the display 10. Is done. The user selects one or more images to be sent out by using the selection key 12 from among them, and then sets the telephone number selection mode by using the selection key 12 to select the telephone number of the other party, or uses the numeric key 11 to select the telephone number of the other party. After inputting the number and confirming the number, the sending key 11a is pressed. The transmission key 11a is a function key assigned to the numerical value 1 of the numeric keypad 11, and the selection key 12 can be used to select a numeric keypad or a function key.

When the transmission key 11a is pressed, the data of the image file selected so far is transmitted.

Before selecting the "Send image" menu, select "E-mail" and select an E-mail address, and then select "Send image". In response, the image file data is transmitted.

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of the portable telephone. Microphone 20 and speaker 21 are AD converters /
It is connected to a DA converter 22, where analog-digital conversion and digital-analog conversion are performed. All processing required for voice processing and communication
This is performed by the PU 23. A high-frequency unit 25 and an AD converter / DA converter 24 are arranged between the antenna and the CPU 23. The CPU 23 further includes an LCD 26, a key 27, a flash memory 28 for storing registered telephone numbers and the like, and a smart memory. The media interface 29 is connected. The smart media interface 29 is connected to a slot provided in the telephone body 1.

Next, the operation of the portable telephone will be described with reference to FIG.

The initial mode is a telephone mode, and the operator can make a telephone call by a normal input operation.
That is, the telephone number of the other party is selected on the display device 10, or the telephone number of the other party is input by using the ten keys 11 and the call key (not shown) is pressed to start transmitting the telephone number. The display 10 has a display for selecting a function other than the telephone. When this function is selected by the selection key 12 in a normal initial state, the process proceeds from ST1 to ST2.
In ST2, the functions of “mobile mail”, “image transmission”, and “E-mail” can be selected on the display 10 as functions other than the telephone. “Mobile mail” is a function that allows simple transmission and reception of character data between mobile phones. In this mobile mail processing, an operator edits character data using a numeric keypad, then selects a telephone number of the other party and presses a call key. As a result, the character data is displayed on the display of the other party (the other party).

In the "image transmission" function, an image file in the smart media set in the telephone body 1 is transmitted to the other party.

First, when the "image transmission" menu is selected, it is determined whether or not the smart media 2 is set in the telephone main body 1 in ST3. If set, the process proceeds to ST4, where a list of all image files recorded on the smart media 2 is displayed. In this case, the list can be scrolled up and down by the selection key 12. Subsequently, an image file to be transmitted is selected from the list by using the selection key 12. At least one or more image files are selected, and the selection key 12 is used to set a telephone number input mode, and the telephone number of the other party is input (ST).
6). This telephone number can be selected from telephone numbers registered in the flash memory 28 in advance, as in a normal telephone, or can be input from the ten keys 11. After inputting the telephone number, the sending key 11a is pressed. Thus, the selected image data is transmitted to the other party (the other party) (ST8). Note that the image data at this time is sent in the JPEG image format, but it is possible to perform further compression as needed.

If the item "E-mail" is selected from the selection menu, the process proceeds to ST10 and subsequent steps.

First, an E-mail address is input. This input can be made by selecting from an E-mail address registered in the flash memory 28 in advance or by using the numeric keypad 11. The numeric keypad 11 can be used as an alphabet input key by using the selection key 12. Numeric key 11
In general, a method of inputting an alphabet by using a key is to assign a plurality of alphabets to each key and input. This method is well known and will not be described in detail here.

When the E-mail address is input, the display 10 returns to the menu selection mode, and determines whether the "image transmission" menu has been selected. If this menu is selected, the process proceeds to ST3 and subsequent steps. That is, the image file selected from the image files recorded on the smart media 2 is transmitted. However, in this case, if the transmission destination does not follow the TCP-IP protocol, the image data is transmitted with an E-mail address added. Further, in the case of conforming to the TCP-IP protocol, transmission processing according to the protocol for that is performed.

If the "image transmission" menu is not selected in ST11, the data to be transmitted to the e-mail address is edited in ST12. This editing is performed by using the numeric keypad 11 using numerical values, alphabets, or kana (including kanji if having a kana-kanji conversion function). After the editing is completed, a telephone number is input in the same manner as in ST6, and the system waits until the send key 11a is pressed. When the send key 11a is pressed, the edited character data is transmitted to the input telephone number. In the case of transmitting without complying with the TCP-IP protocol, the character data is transmitted with an E-mail address added thereto. When following the TCP-IP protocol, character data transmission is performed by performing transmission processing of the protocol.

According to the above operation, any one of the image files recorded on the smart media 2 can be selected and easily transmitted to the other party. This eliminates the need to transmit an image file using a mobile terminal device, a personal computer, or the like, and enables extremely efficient image data transmission.

[0030]

According to the present invention, image data can be transmitted by a portable telephone with a very simple operation. Further, by providing an input function of an E-mail address, image data can be transmitted to the E-mail address via the Internet. Furthermore, by enabling the setting of smart media, etc. with a standard that can be inserted into the slot of the digital camera directly into the mobile phone, the image captured by the digital camera can be immediately transmitted to the other party on the spot. There is an advantage that you can.

[0031]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a portable telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of the portable telephone.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the main part of the portable telephone.

Claims (3)

[Claims] An image recording medium slot into which an image recording medium on which an image file is recorded can be inserted; display control means for displaying a selection menu of transmission images on a display when the image recording medium is received; A transmission instruction key for instructing transmission of the selected image, and an image file transmission function of transmitting the selected image file to the telephone destination when the transmission instruction key is operated after inputting the telephone number of the telephone destination Mobile phone. 2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the display control means has an input function of an E-mail address, and transmits an image file to the input E-mail address after calling the telephone destination. Type telephone. 3. The portable telephone according to claim 1, wherein said image recording medium has a standard that can be inserted into a slot of a digital camera.