JP2005318035A - Communication terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication terminal device, capable of easily selecting a wanted image from among data stored in a detachably attached external storage medium, and transmitting the image to another communication terminal device. <P>SOLUTION: The communication terminal device is provided with a connection terminal 5a for connecting the detachably attached external storage medium M storing the image data; a display unit 6 for displaying the image data stored in the external storage medium M as a reduced image; and a control means 1 for displaying the reduced image of each image data stored in the external stored in the external storage medium M and reference names different from each other, corresponding to the image data, so that they are made to correlate on the display unit 6, when it is detected that the external storage medium M is connected to the connection terminal 5a, and transmitting the image data, corresponding to a designated reference name when accepting a transmission instruction designating the reference name. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication terminal device that easily transmits data stored in an external storage medium such as a memory card to another communication terminal device.

Conventionally, data stored in a communication terminal device and data received via a communication line are stored in the device, and a portable external storage medium is used for data storage management.
For example, Patent Document 1 below discloses a technique for receiving color data from a communication line of an apparatus capable of only monochrome printing, storing the color data once in an external storage medium, and obtaining color printing with another apparatus capable of color printing. ing.
JP 2001-128010 A

However, the conventional external storage medium has a small storage capacity and requires a dedicated reader and writer to read data.
Therefore, external storage media having a USB terminal as a connection terminal and a large storage capacity have been known in recent years. This is a configuration that can be directly connected to the USB terminal that is standard equipment in many communication terminal devices that are currently distributed, and it can be automatically recognized by simply connecting it. In addition, since the power is supplied from the USB, no AC adapter is required.

  However, when data is transmitted to the outside using the external storage medium as described above, it is necessary to temporarily store data to be transmitted in the communication terminal device, or a large amount of data is stored. Finding the data you want to send from was not easy.

  The present invention is proposed to solve such a problem, and a required image can be easily selected from data stored in a removable external storage medium and transmitted to another communication terminal device. An object of the present invention is to provide a communication terminal device that can be used.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to a first aspect of the present invention, a connection terminal for connecting a removable external storage medium for storing image data and the image data stored in the external storage medium are reduced images. When it is recognized that the external storage medium is connected to the display unit and the connection terminal, a reduced image of each image data stored in the external storage medium and the image data Control means for transmitting the image data corresponding to the designated reference name in accordance with the transmission instruction when the transmission instruction specifying the reference name is received. A communication terminal device is proposed.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the control unit includes a communication terminal device configured to store image data and a reference name corresponding to the image data in the external storage medium connected to the connection terminal. suggest.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, when the image data is read from the external storage medium, the control unit reads attribute information stored in association with the image data, and based on the attribute information, A communication terminal apparatus configured to determine a reference name corresponding to data is proposed.
Here, the attribute information means a file name, a file creation date and time, and the like.

  A fourth aspect of the present invention proposes a communication terminal device according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the connection terminal is a USB connection terminal.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the image data read from the external storage medium is displayed together with the reference name, the image data held in the external storage medium can be visually recognized, and the contents of the stored file are Easy to understand.
From there, it is possible to easily select and designate image data to be transmitted.
That is, according to this, necessary image data can be easily selected from a plurality of image data stored in the external storage medium and transmitted to another communication terminal device.

  According to the second aspect, since the image data and the reference name corresponding to the image data can be stored in the external storage medium connected to the connection terminal, it is easy to organize the data.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, when image data is read from an external storage medium, attribute information stored in association with the image data is read, and a reference name corresponding to each image data is determined based on the attribute information. Therefore, it becomes easy to recognize the contents of the file stored in the external storage medium.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the connection terminal is a USB connection terminal, so that it is highly versatile and there is no need to install a dedicated reader / writer.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a main configuration of a communication terminal apparatus according to the present invention and a main configuration of an external storage medium. Here, the configuration of the facsimile apparatus F is shown as an example of the communication terminal device, but any configuration may be used as long as it can transmit image data to other communication terminal devices.
The facsimile apparatus F includes a control unit 1 that controls the facsimile apparatus F, a ROM 2 that stores programs necessary for operation of the facsimile apparatus F, a RAM 3 that registers speed dials, a DRAM, and the like. The image memory 4 temporarily stores the image data read from the external storage medium M and the image data to be transmitted and received, the connection unit 5 having an interface with the external device or the external storage medium M, a liquid crystal screen, various operation keys, and the like. An operation display unit 6 comprising: a reading unit 7 that reads a set original and forms image data; a printer unit 8 that records image data on a preset recording sheet and discharges the image data to a discharge tray; A modem 9 for modulating / demodulating various signals necessary for facsimile communication, an NCU 10 for controlling connection to the telephone line L1, and this The Akushimiri device F and a LAN interface 12 for connection to a LAN (N2).
Here, the connection unit 5 includes a terminal 5 a that can be directly connected to the removable external storage medium M. In FIG. 1, a USB terminal is shown as the terminal 5a as an example.

The portable external storage medium M may be any removable removable medium that can store image data in association with a data number, and has at least an interface unit M1 that can be directly connected to the USB terminal 5a, and a CPU that performs control. (M2) and a memory M3 (flash memory or the like) for storing and holding image data, which can transfer large-capacity data at high speed, and can be automatically recognized when connected to the USB terminal 5a of the facsimile apparatus F. desirable.
As described above, if the connection between the facsimile apparatus F and the external storage medium M is a USB connection terminal, versatility is enhanced, and there is no need to install a dedicated reader / writer.

  The present invention provides a connection terminal 5a for connecting a removable external storage medium M for storing image data as described above, and an operation for displaying the image data stored in the external storage medium M as a reduced image. When recognizing that the external storage medium M is connected to the display unit 6 and the connection terminal 5a, a reduced image of each image data stored in the external storage medium M and the corresponding image data Control means for displaying different reference names in association with each other on the operation display unit 6 and receiving image data corresponding to the designated reference name when a transmission instruction designating the reference name is received. It is characterized by having.

  Further, when reading the image data from the external storage medium M, the control unit 1 reads the attribute information stored in association with the image data, and determines a reference name corresponding to each image data based on the attribute information. The configuration. The reference name given to each image data is different for each image and is not limited to numbers, but may be composed of alphabets such as A, B.

Here, the image data displayed on the operation display unit 6 of the facsimile apparatus F is displayed by reading a part of the image data corresponding to the display resolution among the image data on the external storage medium M. It is not necessary to display all the data stored for each name, and a plurality of image data are displayed side by side in one screen in a size that can be identified by the user (for example, FIG. 3) and stored on the user side. Any configuration that can be viewed at a glance together with the reference name associated with the data content is acceptable.
For example, the image data on the external storage medium M includes “real image data (higher resolution and larger amount of data than thumbnail image data)”, “thumbnail image data (low-resolution data for display)”, “attribute information” ", And among the displayed image data, only" thumbnail image data (low-resolution data for display) "is read and displayed.
Note that image data to be transmitted to the outside is not “thumbnail image data (low-resolution data for display)” but actual image data is read and transmitted.

According to this, since the image data read from the external storage medium M is displayed together with the data number, the image data held by the external storage medium M can be visually recognized, and the contents of the recorded file are easy to understand. . From there, it is possible to easily select and designate image data to be transmitted.
That is, according to this, necessary image data can be easily selected from a plurality of image data stored in the external storage medium M and transmitted to the outside.
Further, when image data is read from the external storage medium M, attribute information stored in association with the image data is read, and a reference name corresponding to each image data is determined based on the attribute information. Therefore, the content of the file stored in the external storage medium M can be easily recognized.

The control means 1 of the facsimile apparatus F stores the image data and the reference name corresponding to the image data in the external storage medium M connected to the connection terminal 5a.
That is, a plurality of image data (image files) are stored in the external storage medium M in association with attribute information (file name, file creation date / time, etc.), and the facsimile apparatus F reads the image data. The order can be determined by referring to the attribute information of each image data, and a reference name can be given to each image data according to the determined order. For example, it is possible to give reference names in order of old / newest file creation date.

  According to this, it is not necessary to perform an operation of adding a reference name such as a data number each time image data is saved, and data can be easily organized, and image data stored in the external storage medium M can be stored. The content can be easily recognized.

2 and 3 are diagrams showing display examples of the operation display unit 6.
FIG. 2 is an example of a display screen for selecting whether or not to display image data read from the external storage medium M. When the external storage medium M is connected to the connection terminal 5a of the facsimile apparatus F and the facsimile apparatus F recognizes the connection, a message such as “Do you want to display stored image data?” As shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the liquid crystal screen.
The form of the display screen 6 is not limited to that shown in FIG. 2, and if it is recognized that the external storage medium M is connected to the facsimile apparatus F, the display screen 6 is displayed without going through the selection screen. Also good.

FIG. 3 is an example of a display screen when the accumulated image data is displayed.
Here, image data read from the external storage medium M and a reference name associated therewith are displayed. It is not necessary to display all stored image data. Among the image data on the external storage medium M, some image data corresponding to the display resolution (“thumbnail image data (low-resolution data for display) ) ”) Only need to be read and displayed. In one screen, as shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of images are displayed side by side, and the contents of each image are displayed in a size that can be distinguished by the user.
The format of data to be stored is not limited, and can be applied to still images (JPEG, TIF, etc.) and moving images (MPEG, etc.).

  As described above, when image data to be sent to another communication terminal device is selected from the displayed image data, a transmission input screen is displayed. Hereinafter, an example of the basic operation of the present invention will be described with reference to flowcharts.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart (100 to 107) showing the basic operation of the present invention.
When the interface unit M1 of the external storage medium M is connected to the connection terminal 5a of the facsimile apparatus F, when the facsimile apparatus F recognizes that the external storage medium M is connected (100), image data as shown in FIG. A selection screen for selecting whether or not to display is displayed (101).
When selection is made to display image data from the selection screen (101), an image data selection display screen is displayed (102), and when selection is made not to display image data (101), a standby screen is displayed. It is displayed (107).

If a reference name is selected from the image data (thumbnail image data) displayed on the image data selection display screen as shown in FIG. 3 (103), the destination access information (FAX number and / or mail address) input screen Then, the real image data is read and transmitted to a desired destination (106).
Note that the input means such as a FAX number includes an input to a speed dial key or a one-touch dial key in addition to manual input.
Here, the transmission means is not limited to facsimile transmission, and an e-mail may be transmitted with image data as an attached file. Further, a screen for prompting confirmation of the selected image data and the input FAX number may be provided after the input of the FAX number or the like. According to this, erroneous transmission can be prevented.

It is a figure which shows an example with the internal structure of this invention, and the principal part structure of an external storage medium. It is a figure which shows an example of the display mode of the operation display part of the communication terminal device of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the display mode of the operation display part of the communication terminal device of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the flowchart for demonstrating the basic operation | movement of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

F Facsimile machine 1 Control unit 2 ROM
3 RAM
4 Image memory 5 Connection 5a terminal (USB terminal)
6 Operation display unit 7 Reading unit 8 Printer unit M External storage medium M1 Interface unit M2 CPU
M3 memory

Claims (4)

A connection terminal for connecting a removable external storage medium for storing image data;
A display unit for displaying the image data stored in the external storage medium as a reduced image;
When recognizing that the external storage medium is connected to the connection terminal, the reduced image of each image data stored in the external storage medium is associated with different reference names corresponding to the image data. And a control means for transmitting the image data corresponding to the designated reference name in accordance with the transmission instruction when the transmission instruction is displayed on the display unit and designated with the reference name. In claim 1,
The communication terminal device configured to store the image data and a reference name corresponding to the image data in the external storage medium connected to the connection terminal. In claim 1,
When the control means reads image data from the external storage medium, the control means reads attribute information stored in association with the image data, and determines a reference name corresponding to each image data based on the attribute information Communication terminal device. In any one of Claims 1 thru | or 3,
The communication terminal device, wherein the connection terminal is a USB connection terminal.

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