JP2006217438A - Communication terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve a tool which achieves a matter that users who perform communication by using communication terminal devices having photography means transmit and receive images taken by the photography means of the respective communication terminals by communication means, and form a composite image immediately with an image composite means, so that mutual friendly relations are promoted more between the users under communication, and sense of community is improved more. <P>SOLUTION: The communication terminal device having the photography means for taking an object is constituted of an image receiving means which receives an image taken by the photography means of a communications partner; an image composite means which aligns the image taken by the photography means and a receiving image received from the communications partner and performs composite of them; an image storage means which memorizes the taken image, the receiving image, and the composite image; and a means which transmits the composite image to an external terminal such as a computer. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication terminal device provided with a photographing unit.

  A face that shoots a user's face, such as a sticker creation system at an amusement facility, etc., and can select a picture to decorate the photographed face image, and synthesizes the photographed face image and the picture to output There is an image composition system.

  In addition, as proposed in Patent Document 1, a plurality of users are not photographed at once, but are photographed separately, and then the face images photographed in an area designated by the user are sequentially synthesized. There is an image service system.

The users who use these systems are a plurality of persons who have a friendly relationship with each other, and use these systems as a tool for deepening their mutual friendship and enhancing their sense of unity.
JP-A-10-124651

  However, in the above-described conventional example, in the case of a sticker creation system or the like placed at an amusement facility or the like, for example, when shooting with two people, it was necessary that two people were in place to install the system.

  Further, in the case proposed in Patent Document 1, since two people are not photographed at the same time, it takes time until the composite image is completed, and there is a point of immediacy.

  Therefore, the present invention uses a communication terminal device equipped with a photographing means, and a communicating user transmits / receives an image photographed by the photographing means of each communication terminal by the communication means, and immediately by the image composition means. The purpose is to generate a composite image.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, a first invention according to the present application is a communication terminal apparatus having a photographing unit for photographing a subject, an image receiving unit for receiving an image photographed by a photographing unit of a communication partner, and the photographing unit. And an image storage unit for storing the captured image, the received image, and the combined image.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, a second invention according to the present application includes a decorative pattern storage unit that stores a decorative pattern to be decorated in a combined image generated by the image combining unit, and a decorative pattern and the combined image that are superimposed. And a composite image decoration means for combining them.

  As described above, according to the communication portable terminal of the first aspect, it is possible to generate an image obtained by combining the image captured by the image capturing unit and the image captured by the communication partner using the image capturing unit.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to examples.

  In this embodiment, an image composition function of the present invention in a communication terminal device (for example, a mobile phone) having a photographing function will be described.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an outline of the appearance of a communication terminal apparatus having the functions of the present invention. The communication terminal includes an antenna 201, a camera 202, a receiver 203, a display LCD 204, an image composition start button 205, a shutter button 206 of the camera 202, a cross key 207 for selecting a menu, an image transmission button 208, a dial button, and the like. Button group 209, transmitter 210, and external device interface 211 for communicating with an external device such as a computer.

  FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of this embodiment. The main processing unit 101 controls the entire embodiment. The imaging unit 102 controls the camera 202. The display unit 103 controls a display LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) 204. The public line communication unit 104 multiplexes the image data shot and encoded by the camera 202, the encoded audio data obtained by digitizing and encoding the audio signal from the microphone 207, and other data generated by the main processing unit 101. Then, the data is transmitted via the public line via the antenna 201. The image synthesis unit 105 synthesizes the image data captured by the camera 202 and the image data sent from the imaging unit 102 and the image captured by the other party of the call received by the public line communication unit 104 via the public line. The external device communication unit 106 exchanges data with a computer, a printer, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), and the like via the external device interface 211. The input unit 107 processes a button operation from a user input via a button group 209 such as an image composition start button 205, a shutter button 206, a cross key 207, an image transmission button 208, and a dial button. The storage unit 108 stores an image captured by the camera 202, an image captured by the other party and received via the public line, and an image synthesized by the image composition unit 105. The storage unit 108 stores various data necessary as a communication terminal device.

  FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of functions of the present invention when the image composition start button 205 is pressed. Here, in the description of this embodiment, the communication terminal on the side on which the image composition start button 205 is pressed is referred to as a communication terminal (A), and the communication terminal of the communication partner is referred to as a communication terminal (B).

  First, in S301, the communication terminal (A) confirms with the communication terminal (B) whether it has a means for supporting the function of the present invention. Specific means that must be possessed in order to cope with are trimming pattern setting means described in S302 described later, and image transmission / reception means described in S305 and S310. The means for confirming is that the communication terminal (A) transmits a confirmation command to the communication terminal (B) by data communication using a public line between the communication terminals, and the communication terminal (B) transmits “OK”. "If the response" is received, it is confirmed that it has been confirmed, and if no other response or a response from the communication terminal (B) is received for a certain period of time, it is unconfirmed. If it is confirmed in S301 that the communication terminal (B) has a means for supporting the function of the present invention, the process proceeds to S302. If unconfirmed, the process proceeds to S311 to display on the display LCD 204 a message that “the communication terminal of the communication partner is not compatible with this function”, and this function is terminated.

  In S302, a trimming pattern is selected. As will be described later in S308, the trimming pattern is a combination of images captured by the respective communication terminals arranged side by side vertically and horizontally, so the width of the imaging range in FIG. 6A and the height in FIG. / 2. Hereinafter, the trimming patterns in FIGS. 6A and 6B are referred to as a vertical trimming pattern and a horizontal trimming pattern, respectively.

First, the screen shown in FIG. 6A is displayed on the display LCD 204 of the communication terminal (A). Next, the user of the communication terminal (A) selects the button 603 using the cross key 207. The selected button is displayed in white characters on a black background as indicated by a button 603 in FIG. Further, the center of the cross key 207 is pressed to determine the selection. A series of operations for selecting and determining this button is hereinafter expressed as “pressing the button”. When the button 603 is pressed, the screen shifts to FIG. Similarly, to further move to (a), the button 601 is pressed using the cross key 207. In order to determine the selection of the trimming pattern, the determination button 602 is pressed on the screen of the selected pattern (FIG. 6 (a) or (b)).
In the following description, it is assumed that FIG. 6A is selected in S302 (that is, the vertical trimming pattern is selected).

  When a trimming pattern is selected in S302, the process proceeds to S303.

  In S303, the communication terminal (A) notifies the communication terminal (B) of the trimming pattern selected in S302.

  In S304, the screen of FIG. 7 is displayed on each of the communication terminal (A) and the communication terminal (B), and the user performs shooting by pressing the shutter button 206. The captured image is stored in the storage unit 108 in each communication terminal.

  In S305, first, the communication terminal (A) displays the screen of FIG. 8A on the display LCD 204 to inform the user that it is waiting to receive image data from the other party. In the communication terminal (B), the screen of FIG. 9 is displayed on the display LCD 204, the image transmission button 208 is pressed for the user, and the image data captured in S304 by the communication terminal (B) is transmitted to the communication terminal (B). A) is instructed to transmit. When the image data is transmitted to the communication terminal (A) according to the instruction, the communication terminal (A) receives it. After the reception is completed, the received image is stored in the storage unit 108 in the communication terminal (A), and the communication terminal (A) displays a reception completion message for a certain period of time as shown in FIG. Move on.

  In S306, the arrangement of the person is selected. When the trimming pattern determined in S302 selects the vertical direction (FIG. 6 (a)), as shown in FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b), the positional relationship between the user and the partner is selected from two patterns arranged side by side. . Similarly, when the trimming pattern determined in S302 selects the horizontal direction (FIG. 6B), as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, the positional relationship between the user and the other party is determined from two patterns that are arranged vertically. select.

  In S307, an outer frame pattern is selected. Here, the outer frame pattern is a pattern synthesized in the synthesized image in order to decorate the synthesized image generated in the present invention. In S307, the buttons 501 to 509 are operated to select and decide a favorite outer frame pattern. Here, the description of the outer frame pattern selection determination method is the same as that described in connection with the trimming pattern selection determination method using FIG. 6 in the description of S302, and therefore will not be described in detail.

  In S308, image composition is performed. Image composition will be described with reference to FIG. Here, 1001 in FIG. 10 is an image captured by the communication terminal (A), and 1002 is an image captured by the communication terminal (B). In FIG. 10, the trimming pattern selected in S302 is the vertical direction (FIG. 6A), the person arrangement selected in S306 is FIG. 4A, and the outer frame pattern selected in S307 is FIG. The description will be made assuming that (c).

  First, as shown in FIG. 10A, an image 1003 is generated by combining the image 1001 photographed by the communication terminal (A) and the image 1002 photographed by the communication terminal (B) according to the person arrangement selected in S306. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 10A, an image 1005 is generated by superimposing the generated image 1003 and the outer frame pattern 1004 selected in S307.

  In S309, the composite image 1005 generated in S308 is stored in the storage unit 108 in the communication terminal (A).

  In S310, the composite image 1005 is transmitted to the communication terminal (B). The communication terminal (B) receives it and stores the received image in the storage unit 108.

  The image saved in S309 or S310 can be transmitted to an external computer or printer through the external device interface 211.

  If the electronic mail function of the communication terminal is used, an electronic mail with the image as an attached file can be transmitted.

  As described above, in this embodiment, it is possible to provide a communication terminal device that arranges images obtained by capturing images of two persons at remote locations, synthesizes them immediately into one image, and stores them.

  Further, according to the communication terminal of claim 2, the decoration can be applied to the composite image generated in claim 1.

It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the communication terminal device concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the external appearance outline | summary of the communication terminal device concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the image-synthesis process procedure of the communication terminal device concerning embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the person arrangement | positioning selection screen of the communication terminal device concerning embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the outer frame pattern selection screen of the communication terminal device concerning embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the trimming pattern selection screen of the communication terminal device concerning embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the imaging | photography instruction | indication screen of the communication terminal device concerning embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the image reception standby screen of the communication terminal device concerning embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the image transmission instruction | indication screen of the communication terminal device concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the image composition procedure of the communication terminal device concerning embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

101 Main processing unit 102 Image capturing unit 103 Display unit 104 Public line communication unit 105 Image composition unit 106 External device communication unit 107 Input unit 108 Storage unit 201 Antenna 202 Camera 203 Handset 204 Display LCD
205 Image composition start button 206 Shutter button 207 Cross key 208 Image transmission button 209 Button group 210 such as a dial button Transmitter 211 External device interface

Claims (2)

  In a communication terminal apparatus having a photographing means for photographing a subject, an image receiving means for receiving an image photographed by a photographing means of a communication partner, and an image photographed by the photographing means and a received image received from a communication partner are combined side by side. A communication terminal device comprising: an image composition unit; and an image storage unit for storing the captured image, the received image, and the composite image.   2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a decorative pattern storage unit that stores a decorative pattern to be decorated on the composite image generated by the image combining unit; and a composite image decoration unit that combines the decorative pattern and the composite image. The communication terminal device according to 1.