JP2006072788A - Portable device and information transmission/reception system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To acquire information from an information source shown by a two-dimensional code by another device having a large screen such as a personal computer. <P>SOLUTION: An imaged QR code is recognition-processed (S101), and a result of the recognition is display-outputted on a display part (S102). Thereby, a URL included inside the QR code is displayed on the display part. When a user selects a 'mail for oneself' from a state wherein a menu including it is displayed, the selection of an item of the mail for oneself is received (S105). A mail production screen is made to be displayed (S106), a mail address for one's own PC is read, and the read mail address of the own PC is inputted to an address and is displayed in the mail production screen (S107). Thereafter, when the user instructs transmission of the mail, the mail wherein the URL 1 is present inside a body is transmitted to the own PC. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable device having a function of reading a two-dimensional code, and an information transmission / reception system including the portable device and another device.

Conventionally, an information providing service using a two-dimensional code composed of set information of geometric dot patterns called a QR code (registered trademark) has been proposed. In the information providing service, when the advertiser registers information related to the advertisement in the information center, the information center gives advertisement content identification information unique to the advertisement to the advertisement requester. The advertisement requester requests the advertiser to print a QR code indicating the advertisement content information on the advertisement medium. When a user who has seen an advertisement wants to obtain information about the advertisement, the user captures a QR code using a mobile phone having a photographing function. Since the mobile phone decodes the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the Web site indicated by the captured QR code, the user accesses the information center indicated by the URL of the Web site from the mobile phone and downloads detailed information about the advertisement. Can be displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-111909 A

  However, although the display portion of a mobile phone has been increased in size to ensure the visibility, the display area is limited because it has portability. On the other hand, information related to advertisements to be downloaded tends to increase display information or to make information denser. For this reason, even if the detailed information is downloaded and displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone, the visibility is poor, and it may be difficult for the user to browse and study the information in detail.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, and makes it possible to acquire information from an information source indicated by a two-dimensional code with another device having a large screen such as a personal computer. It is an object to provide a portable device and an information transmission / reception system.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, in the portable device according to the first aspect of the present invention, reading means for reading a two-dimensional code, and access information on a network included in the two-dimensional code read by the reading means And a transmitting unit for transmitting the access information recognized by the recognizing unit to a predetermined external device.

  Therefore, this mobile device can not only recognize the access information on the network included in the two-dimensional code by reading the two-dimensional code printed on the advertising medium or the like, but also recognize the recognized access information. It can be transmitted to a predetermined external device. As a result, the external device can freely access the information source on the network based on the access information, download the information, and display it on a large screen.

  In the portable device according to the second aspect of the invention, the reading unit is an imaging unit that images the two-dimensional code. Therefore, it becomes possible for an external device to access an information source on the network based on the access information and download the information using a so-called camera-equipped mobile phone.

  The portable device according to the invention of claim 3 further includes a mail creating means for creating a mail document including the access information recognized by the recognizing means, and the transmitting means is provided by the mail creating means. The created mail document including the access information is transmitted to the external device via the network. Therefore, it is possible for an external device to access an information source on the network based on the access information and download the information by effectively using the electronic mail system.

  In the portable device according to the invention described in claim 4, the external device is operated by a user of the portable device and has a network connection function and a display function. Therefore, the user can download the information from the information source indicated by the access information using the external device owned by the user and display the information.

  The related information transmission / reception system according to claim 4 is an information transmission / reception system including a mobile device and other devices connected via a network, wherein the mobile device is two-dimensional. A reading means for reading the code, a recognition means for recognizing access information on the network included in the two-dimensional code read by the reading means, and the access information recognized by the recognition means to the other device Transmitting means for transmitting via a network, and the other device comprises receiving means for receiving the access information via the network. Therefore, another device can access the information source on the network based on the access information and download the information.

  As described above, according to the mobile device according to the present invention, it is possible to read the two-dimensional code printed on the advertising medium and recognize the access information on the network included in the two-dimensional code. Instead, the recognized access information can be transmitted to a predetermined external device. As a result, the external device can freely access the information source on the network based on the access information, download the information, and display it on a large screen. Therefore, the user can browse and examine the information from the information source indicated by the access information included in the two-dimensional code in detail on the large screen.

  In addition, according to the information transmission / reception system of the present invention, it is possible to construct a system that allows other devices to access information sources on the network based on access information and easily download information. Therefore, the user can browse and examine the information from the information source indicated by the access information included in the two-dimensional code in detail on the large screen.

  Embodiments in which the present invention is applied to a mail transmission / reception system using a mobile phone will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information transmission / reception system according to the present embodiment. In the figure, a mobile phone (mobile device) 1 has an imaging function, a function of sending mail to a system (particularly, mail servers 33 and 63 described later), a function of receiving mail, and a call function. The wireless base station 2 connects to a communication service provider (including an Internet provider) 3 to which the mobile phone 1 subscribes.

  A communication service provider (including an Internet provider) 3 has a system (main server 31 and Web server 32) for connecting to the WWW 5 described later in addition to the exchange 34 necessary for the mobile phone service provided as the main service. Router 35) and a mail system (mail server 33). Also, a function for connecting the mobile phone 1 to the WWW 5 using the wireless base station 2 as an AP (access point) is provided.

  The communication line network 4 is a known communication line network including an analog line, a digital line, a wide area LAN, and an ADSL line, and WWW 5 is a so-called Internet.

  An Internet service provider (hereinafter referred to as ISP) 6 has the same configuration as the communication service provider 3 except for the exchange 34, and is a system for connecting to the WWW 5 (for convenience, a main server 61, a Web server 62, a router) 65) and a mail system (mail server 63). A personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a PC) 7 exists in the same user's home as the mobile phone 1 in the present embodiment, and is connected to the WWW 5 via the communication line network 4 and the ISP 6. It has a function to send and receive mail. Of course, the PC 7 includes a screen 71 having a display area much larger than that of the display unit 13 of the mobile phone 1 described later.

  FIGS. 2A and 2B are external views (open state: front view and rear view) of the mobile phone 1. The mobile phone 1 according to the present embodiment has a two-fold structure including a lid portion and a main body portion. The antenna 11 is provided on the back surface of the lid, and is extendable. The speaker 12 is provided on the front side of the lid, and performs audio output. The display unit (main display unit) 13 is a color liquid crystal having a QVGA class resolution and is 240 dots (width) × 320 dots (height).

  The key operation unit 14 is provided on the front surface of the main body, and includes various function keys (email key 141, address key 142, function key 143), cross key 145, center key 146, numeric key 144, and the like. The mail key 141 is used to activate a mail function, display a mail menu, or instruct mail transmission. The address key 142 is for opening an address book used when selecting a destination mail address. The cross key 145 is operated when the cursor is moved to select a mode, and the center key 146 is operated when various modes are determined, and also functions as a shutter key in the camera mode. The numeric keypad 144 is used when inputting a telephone number or characters. The microphone 15 is provided in the lower part of the main body, and performs voice input.

On the back of the lid, a sub display unit 16, a back key 17, and an imaging lens 18 are arranged. The back key 17 is made of a transparent or translucent member and incorporates an LED 171 that emits light when an incoming call is received. The notification speaker 19 notifies an incoming call or the like, and is arranged on the back surface of the main body so that a notification sound can be heard even when the lid is closed.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the mobile phone 1. The radio transmission / reception unit 20 receives a CDMA radio signal via the antenna 11 and outputs the radio signal to the subsequent radio signal processing unit 21 while modulating various data input from the radio signal processing unit 21 into a radio signal. Output from the antenna 11. The radio signal processing unit 21 demodulates various data received by the radio transmission / reception unit 20 and outputs the data to the audio signal processing unit if the data is voice data. Output to. On the other hand, at the time of transmission, processing necessary for wireless communication such as modulation of voice data and data for transmission is performed. The control unit 22 controls various operations and overall operations.

  The image memory 23 is captured by an image capturing unit (the image capturing lens 18, the image capturing module 181, and the DSP 182), and is compressed and encoded by a program stored in an image program area 242 described later, or downloaded via the WWW 5. A memory for storing an image file together with a file name. The ROM 24 is composed of a rewritable flash ROM, and stores various programs such as a program shown in a flowchart described later, which is a feature of the present invention.

  The driver 25 drives the display unit 13, and the driver 26 drives the sub display unit 16. The subscriber information storage unit 27 stores profile data such as a telephone number for calling the mobile phone 1 and an operator (subscriber) ID. The system ROM 28 stores various programs for controlling the control unit 22. The RAM 29 stores various data necessary for the wireless communication terminal, stores data necessary for the operation of the control unit 22, and stores mail data.

  The audio processing unit 200 encodes the audio signal input from the microphone 15 or decodes the audio signal based on the audio data output from the radio signal processing unit 21 to drive the speaker 12 and outputs the corresponding audio. . The imaging module 181 is configured by a CCD or a CMOS, and captures a color image. The DSP 182 encodes the image captured by the imaging module 181. The notification device 192 is a driver for driving the notification speaker 19, the vibrator 191, and the LED 171.

  FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing the configuration of the memory area of the ROM 24. The ROM 24 stores a software program that is a feature of the present embodiment. The ROM 24 includes a mail software program area 241, an image processing program area 242 and other program areas 243.

  The mail software program area 241 stores the application main body. The image processing program area 242 stores an image processing program for compressing a digitally encoded image captured by the imaging unit (the imaging lens 18, the imaging module 181, and the DSP 182) using the JPEG method, PNG, or GIF method. To do. The other program area stores application programs other than the above including downloaded programs.

  FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing the configuration of the memory area of the RAM 29. The RAM 29 includes an address book data storage area 291, a mail data storage area 292, an attached file storage area 293, and other / work memory 294. The address book data storage area 291 stores a plurality of names, telephone numbers, mail addresses, etc. as a set of records. In the present embodiment, the address book data storage area 291 stores in advance the mail address of the PC 7 that is the same user as the mobile phone 1. The mail data storage area 292 stores mail data created using mail software and received mail data. When a file is attached to the mail, the attached file storage area 293 stores the file. Others The work memory 294 stores various data as other work memories.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment according to the above configuration will be described. When the user sets the QR code shooting mode and takes the QR code 10 shown in FIG. 6 to point the imaging lens 18 toward the QR code 10 and operates the center key 146, a shooting process is executed and the imaging module 181 is executed. The image signal of the QR code 10 converted into a digital signal through the DSP 182 is compressed to generate a JPEG format image file, and this image file is stored in the image memory 23.

  When the shooting of the QR code 10 is completed in this way, the control unit 22 of the mobile phone 1 executes processing according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 7 based on the program stored in the ROM 24. That is, the image file stored in the image memory 23 is read out, the captured QR code 10 is developed in the other work memory 294 of the RAM 29, and the QR code 10 is recognized (step S101). Further, the recognition result is displayed and output on the display unit 13 (step S102). As a result of the processing in step S102, as shown in FIG. 8A, the character 131 included in the QR code 10 and the URL 132 of the Web site are displayed on the display unit 13. At this time, the determination key 133 and the menu key 134 are displayed on the display unit 13.

  In this state, when the user operates the cross key 145 to select the menu key 134 and operate the center key 146, the control unit 22 uses the menu key 134 as an operation for sending mail to his / her PC 7. The operation is accepted (step S103), and the contents of the operation menu are displayed (step S104). As a result of the processing in step S104, a menu 135 including “1 mail addressed to oneself” is displayed on the display unit 13. From this display state, when the user operates the cross key 145 and the center key 146 to select “1 mail addressed to himself”, selection of the mail addressed address item is accepted (step S105).

  Subsequently, the application stored in the mail software program area 241 is activated to display the mail creation screen 136 shown in FIG. 8C (step S106). Then, the registered mail address for the personal computer is read from the address book data storage area 291, and the read personal mail address for the personal computer is input to the destination and displayed on the mail creation screen 136 (step S). S107). As a result of the processing in step S107, as shown in FIG. 8C, “mypc@xxxx.co.jp”, which is the mail address of the user's PC 7, is displayed in “destination” on the mail creation screen 136. It becomes. Furthermore, the URL is input and displayed in the body of the mail creation screen 136 (step S108). As a result of the processing in step S108, as shown in FIG. 8C, the URL 132 shown in FIG. 8A is input and displayed in the text on the mail creation screen 136 as it is.

  Accordingly, when the user thereafter operates the mail key 141 to instruct mail transmission, the mail having the URL 132 shown in FIG. 8C in the text is transmitted to the mail server 33. Therefore, after receiving this mail at the PC 7, the user quickly and easily accesses the information center indicated by the URL 132 via the WWW 5, downloads detailed information regarding the product indicated by the character 131, and the PC 7 has The detailed information can be displayed on a screen 71 having a display area much larger than the display unit 13 of the mobile phone 1. Thereby, the user can clearly and easily visually recognize information obtained from the information source indicated by the URL included in the QR code 10.

(Second Embodiment)
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the control unit 22 in the second embodiment of the present invention. In this flowchart, the processing of steps S201 to S207 is the same as the processing of steps S101 to S107 in the flowchart of FIG. Therefore, when two types of URLs are included in the QR code 10, the character “for mobile” is displayed on the display unit 13 as illustrated in FIG. 10 by the display output process of the recognition result in step S 202. At the same time, the URL 138 for the mobile phone is displayed, and the URL 132 for the personal computer is displayed together with the characters “for personal computer”.

  In step S208 following step S207, it is determined whether or not there is a description of a personal computer or a PC in the recognition result (FIG. 10) in step S202 (step S208). If there is a description of a personal computer or a PC, the URL corresponding to this description is determined as a PC URL (step S209). Accordingly, in the example shown in FIG. 10, since there is a description “for a personal computer”, the corresponding URL 132 can be determined as the PC URL.

  If there is no description of personal computer or PC as a result of the determination in step S208, it is determined whether there is a description of mobile phone or mobile phone (step S210). If there is a description of mobile phone or mobile phone, the URL without the description is determined as a PC URL (step S211). In the case of the example shown in FIG. 10, since the URL 138 has a description “for mobile phone”, the URL 132 without this can be determined as the PC URL.

  In this way, if a PC URL is detected in step S209 or step S211, the URL is input and displayed in the text of the mail creation screen 136 (step S212). As a result of the processing in step S212, as shown in FIG. 8C, the URL 132 shown in FIG. 10 is inputted and displayed in the text on the mail creation screen 136 as it is.

  Accordingly, when the user thereafter operates the mail key 141 to instruct mail transmission, the mail having the URL 132 shown in FIG. 8C in the text is transmitted to the mail server 33. Therefore, after receiving this mail at the PC 7, the user quickly and easily accesses the information center indicated by the URL 132 via the WWW 5, downloads detailed information regarding the product indicated by the character 131, and the PC 7 has The detailed information can be displayed on a screen 71 having a display area much larger than the display unit 13 of the mobile phone 1. Thereby, the user can clearly and easily visually recognize information obtained from the information source indicated by the URL included in the QR code 10.

  On the other hand, when the determination in step S208 is NO and the determination in step S210 is NO, that is, in the recognition result (FIG. 10) in step S202, there is no description of personal computer or PC, and description of mobile or mobile is also included. If not, the two are input and displayed in the text of the mail creation screen 136 (step S213).

  Therefore, when the user thereafter operates the mail key 141 to instruct mail transmission, the mail having the URL 132 and URL 138 in the text is transmitted to the mail server 33. Therefore, after receiving this mail at the PC 7, the user quickly and easily accesses the information center indicated by the URL 132 via the WWW 5, downloads detailed information regarding the product indicated by the character 131, and the PC 7 has The detailed information can be displayed on a screen 71 having a display area much larger than the display unit 13 of the mobile phone 1.

(Third embodiment)
FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of the control unit 22 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. In this flowchart, the processes in steps S301 to S308 are the same as the processes in steps S101 to S108 in the flowchart of FIG. In step S309 added in the present embodiment, a mail transmission execution process is performed. Therefore, in this embodiment, even if the user does not instruct to send mail by operating the mail key 141, the mail having the URL 132 shown in FIG. 33. Therefore, it is possible to further simplify the operation when sending an email in which the URL 132 is present in the text.

(Fourth embodiment)
FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of the control unit 22 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. In this flowchart, the processes of steps S401 to S407 are the same as the processes of steps S101 to S107 in the flowchart of FIG. In step S408, which is the only difference in the present embodiment, the URL is input and displayed on the subject (title of FIG. 8C) on the mail creation screen 136 (step S108). Therefore, when the user thereafter operates the mail key 141 to instruct mail transmission, the mail whose URL 132 exists in the mail subject is transmitted to the mail server 33. As described above, the URL 132 is not limited to the body of the mail, but may be transmitted in the Subject.

(Fourth embodiment)
FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the control unit 22 in the fifth embodiment of the present invention. In this flowchart, the processes of steps S401 to S407 are the same as the processes of steps S101 to S107 in the flowchart of FIG. In step S408, which is the only difference in the present embodiment, not only the recognized URL but also text (text text) is input and displayed in the text of the mail creation screen 136 (step S408). By the processing in step S408, not only the URL 132 shown in FIG. 8A but also the character 131 is input and displayed in the text on the mail creation screen 136.

  Accordingly, when the user thereafter operates the mail key 141 to instruct mail transmission, the mail having the URL 132 and the character 131 in the text is transmitted to the mail server 33. Therefore, when the user receives this mail by the PC 7, the user can grasp at a glance what kind of information the URL 132 from the character 131 relates to.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, one mail address for one's own PC registered in the address book data storage area 291 is read out, and the read mail address for one's own PC is displayed on the mail creation screen 136. However, as shown in FIG. 14, a plurality of e-mail addresses for the user's own PC are stored in the address book data storage area 291 and each e-mail address (for home work, for home use, (For company) may be entered as the destination.

  Further, in the third embodiment described above, the mail transmission execution process (step S309) is added to the processing procedure in the first embodiment shown in the flowchart of FIG. 7, but the flowchart of FIG. The same mail transmission execution processing (step S309) is added after steps S212 and S213 in the second embodiment shown in FIG. 5, and the URL 132 exists in the text even if the user does not operate the mail key 141. A mail or a mail having URL 132 and URL 138 in the text may be automatically transmitted.

  Further, a similar mail transmission execution process (step S309) is added after step S408 in the fourth embodiment shown in the flowchart of FIG. 12, or the fifth embodiment shown in the flowchart of FIG. In step S508, a similar mail transmission execution process (step S309) may be added to automatically transmit mail without the user operating the mail key 141.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the mail transmission / reception system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. (A) is the front view of the mobile phone in this Embodiment, (b) is a rear view. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a mobile telephone. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the structure of the memory area of ROM. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the structure of the memory area of RAM. It is a figure which shows QR code. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a display transition diagram in the same embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence in the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence in the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence in the 5th Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the mail address storage example for own PC in an address book data storage area.

Explanation of symbols

1 Mobile phone 2 Wireless base station 3 Communication service provider 4 Communication network 5 WWW
6 ISP
7 PC
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 QR code 13 Display part 18 Imaging lens 20 Wireless transmission / reception part 21 Wireless signal processing part 22 Control part 23 Image memory 24 ROM
28 System ROM
29 RAM
131 characters 132 URL
136 Mail creation screen 138 URL
141 Mail Key 145 Cross Key 146 Center Key 181 Imaging Module 182 DSP
291 Address book data storage area 294 Work memory

Claims (5)

Reading means for reading a two-dimensional code;
Recognition means for recognizing access information on the network included in the two-dimensional code read by the reading means;
A portable device comprising: transmission means for transmitting access information recognized by the recognition means to a predetermined external device.   The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the reading unit is an imaging unit that images the two-dimensional code. A mail creating means for creating a mail document including the access information recognized by the recognizing means;
The portable device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the transmission unit transmits a mail document including the access information created by the mail creation unit to the external device via a network.   The portable device according to claim 1, 2, or 3, wherein the external device is operated by a user of the portable device and has a network connection function and a display function. An information transmission / reception system composed of a mobile device and other devices connected via a network,
The portable device is
Reading means for reading a two-dimensional code;
Recognition means for recognizing access information on the network included in the two-dimensional code read by the reading means;
Transmission means for transmitting the access information recognized by the recognition means to the other device via the network,
The other equipment is
An information transmitting / receiving system comprising receiving means for receiving the access information via the network.

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