JP2000332886A - Picture display device for mobile phone and its method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile phone picture display device and its method that can confirm a destination by allowing a caller side to transmit picture data captured from a computer. SOLUTION: A picture storage section 22 of a mobile phone 10 stores picture data in advance from an external terminal, and when a user makes a phone call, the picture data in the picture storage section 22 are outputted to a communication section 14. When the user receives a phone call, a reception means 16 discriminates the presence of the picture data on the basis of the information received by the communication section 14 and outputs the picture data received from the communication section 14 to a display section 24 when the picture data are in existence.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable telephone image display apparatus and method for displaying image data taken from a computer on a destination portable telephone by a portable telephone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An example of a conventional apparatus for transmitting image data by a portable telephone is described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 10-327232. The portable telephone described in this publication includes a flash memory for storing image data of a user of a called party from a digital camera, a RAM for storing a telephone number of a called party as a registration number in image data, and a telephone. When an incoming call is received, a control unit for comparing the called telephone number with the registered number and displaying the corresponding image data is provided, and the image data of the user who called is displayed on the mobile phone.

[0003]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention
In the portable telephone described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 32, it is necessary to acquire image data of the user of the call destination in advance. Is inadequate. In addition, it has also been troublesome for the user to acquire image data in advance and perform a registration operation so that the name can be displayed.

An object of the present invention is to provide a portable telephone image display apparatus and a method capable of easily confirming a call destination by transmitting image data taken from a computer from a calling side.

[0005]

A portable telephone image display apparatus according to the present invention comprises a portable telephone having an external input unit, a communication unit, an image storage unit, a transmission unit, a reception unit, an image storage unit, a display unit, and image data. And a computer for storing the image data stored in the computer via the external input unit in the image storage means. When the user instructs the transmitting means when making a call, the transmitting means transmits the image data to the other party via the communication unit, the other party's mobile phone,
The image data is analyzed and acquired by the receiving unit from the transmitted information, and the image data is displayed on the display unit.

A mobile phone image display method according to the present invention is a mobile phone image display method in a mobile phone image display device including a mobile phone as a terminal device of a mobile communication network, and a computer storing image data. Connecting the computer and the mobile phone, storing the image data stored in the computer in the mobile phone, when the user makes a call, the mobile phone transmits the image data to the other party, The other party's mobile phone analyzes the transmitted information for the image data, acquires the image data, and displays the image data on the display unit.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention provides a portable telephone with a structure capable of transmitting and receiving image data, storing the image data, and displaying the image data transmitted from the other party at the time of an incoming call.
The outline will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the outline and operation of the mobile phone image display device of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1A, a user A outputs image data on a personal computer (photograph of the face of the user A) to a mobile phone A and stores it.

[0009] As shown in FIG. 1B, the user A uses the mobile phone A and uses the mobile phone A owned by the user B.
A call is made to the mobile phone B having the same function. The mobile phone A transmits image data to the mobile phone B when making a call. The mobile phone B receives and displays the transmitted image data. The user B confirms that the other party is the user A based on the displayed image data and makes a call. In this way, in this example, it is possible to determine the other party of the call from the image. Further, the image data to be transmitted is not limited to a face photograph.

The configuration of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the mobile phone screen display device of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the portable telephone 10 of this embodiment has an external input unit 12, a communication unit 14, and an image storage unit 1.
6, a transmitting unit 18, a receiving unit 20, an image storage unit 22, and a display unit 24.

The external input unit 12 inputs image data output from a computer or the like from an external terminal. The communication unit 14 transmits image data from the transmission unit 18 to another telephone, receives image data from another telephone, and outputs the image data to the reception unit 20. The image storage unit 16 includes the external input unit 12
Is stored in the image storage unit 22. The transmission unit 18 outputs the image data stored in the image storage unit 22 to the communication unit 14 according to an instruction from the user. The receiving means 20 determines whether or not the information received by the communication unit 14 from another telephone includes image data. If there is image data, the receiving unit 20 extracts image data from the received information and outputs the image data to the image storage unit 22. Alternatively, it is output to the display unit 24 as it is. The image storage unit 22 stores the image data input from the external input unit 12 and the image data received by the communication unit 14. The display unit 24 displays the image data received by the communication unit 14.

The mobile phone 10 uses the image storage unit 16 to input image data from an external terminal from the external input unit 12 and store the image data in the image storage unit 22. When the user makes a telephone call, the transmitting means 18 determines whether or not the user transmits image data. When transmitting the image data as a result of the determination, the image data existing in the image storage unit 22 is output to the communication unit 14. When the user receives a telephone call, the receiving unit 16 determines the presence or absence of image data based on the information received by the communication unit 14. If image data exists as a result of the determination, the image data received from the communication unit 14 is output to the display unit 24.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the operation of the mobile phone image display device of the present invention.

When the image data is output from the external terminal of the user, the image storage means 16 inputs the image data from the external input section 12 and sends the image data to the image storage section 22, as shown in FIG. Is stored (step A1).

When the user makes a call request to the other party's telephone,
As shown in FIG. 3B, the transmitting unit 14 determines whether or not to transmit image data by a key operation of the user (step B1). As a result of the determination, when the transmission is not performed, only the call of the other party's telephone is performed, and the process is terminated.
As a result of the determination, if transmission is to be performed, image data is acquired from the image storage unit 22 (step B2). Transmission means 14
Outputs the acquired image data to the communication unit 14 to call the other party's telephone (step B3), and ends the processing.

The receiving means 20 is triggered by a call from the other party's telephone.
As shown in FIG. 3 (c), after calling the other party's telephone and receiving the data, the presence / absence of image data is determined from the received data (step C1). If the result of determination is that there is no image data, control proceeds to step C4. If the result of the determination is that there is image data, the image data is input from the communication unit 14 (step C2). The receiving unit 20 outputs the input image data to the display unit 24 (Step C3). The receiving means 20 sounds an alarm, and ends the process (step C4).

It is to be noted that versatility can be provided by using not only a personal computer but also a medium such as a print club or an ID photo as an external terminal for taking in image data.

[0019]

According to the portable telephone image display device of the present invention, a caller can be confirmed at a glance, and the caller can confirm before receiving the call. The user can easily confirm the other party as compared with the conventional number display or the means for registering the other party's name by key operation of the main body and displaying the name.

In the configuration of the portable telephone image display device, image data from a transmission destination can be stored in the image storage unit 22, so that the same image transmitted once need not be retransmitted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the outline and operation of a mobile phone image display device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone screen display device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an operation of the mobile phone image display device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 mobile phone 12 external input unit 14 communication unit 16 image storage unit 18 transmission unit 20 reception unit 22 image storage unit 24 display unit

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A mobile phone image display device comprising: a mobile phone having an external input unit, a communication unit, an image storage unit, a transmission unit, a reception unit, an image storage unit, and a display unit; and a computer for storing image data. Connecting the computer and the mobile phone, storing the image data stored in the computer in the image storage means via the external input unit, and instructing the transmission means when a user makes a call, A transmitting unit transmits the image data to the other party via the communication unit, and the other party's mobile phone analyzes and obtains the image data from the transmitted information by the receiving unit. A mobile phone image display device for displaying on a display unit. 2. The mobile phone, comprising: an external input unit for inputting the image data output from the computer from an external terminal; transmitting image data from the transmitting unit to a mobile phone of the other party; A communication unit that receives image data from the mobile phone and outputs the image data to the receiving unit; an image storage unit that stores image data input from the external input unit in the image storage unit; A transmitting unit that outputs image data stored in an image storage unit to the communication unit; a receiving unit that analyzes and extracts image data into information received by the communication unit, and displays the information on the display unit; An image storage unit that stores the image data input from the unit, a display unit that displays the image data received by the communication unit,
The mobile phone image display device according to claim 1, comprising: 3. The image storage device according to claim 2, wherein said image storage means is started at a timing of outputting image data from said computer, and stores the image data in said image storage section.
The mobile phone image display device according to the above. 4. The transmitting means is activated at the timing of starting a call to the other party's mobile phone, and determines whether or not there is an instruction to transmit image data from a user, and as a result of the determination, there is no such instruction. In this case, the process is terminated, and if there is the instruction as a result of the determination, the image data stored in the image storage unit is obtained, the image data is transmitted from the communication unit, and the process is terminated. Claims 2 and 3
The mobile phone image display device according to the above. 5. The receiving means is activated at an incoming call timing, determines whether or not there is image data in information from a call destination, and performs a process of sounding an alarm if there is no image data as a result of the determination. 5. The method according to claim 2, further comprising: acquiring the image data when there is the image data as a result of the determination, performing display processing on the display unit, sounding an alarm, and terminating the processing. Mobile phone image display device. 6. A mobile phone image display method in a mobile phone image display device comprising a mobile phone as a terminal device of a mobile communication network and a computer storing image data, wherein the computer and the mobile phone are connected to each other. Connect, store the image data stored in the computer in the mobile phone, and when the user makes a call, the mobile phone sends the image data to the other party, and the other party's mobile phone sends Analyzing the acquired information for the image data to obtain the image data, and displaying the image data on the display unit.