JP2006235856A - Terminal apparatus, and input candidate dictionary selecting method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sending side terminal apparatus automatically selecting an optimum input candidate dictionary responding to an addressee without consciousness of a sender during composition of mail. <P>SOLUTION: Dictionary information 36 registered with words which should be understood by the addressee, and information 37 of a terminal apparatus used by the addressee coordinated beforehand with a mail address 33 are registered in an item of an address book of the terminal apparatus with an E-mail function. When inputting characters including pictographs during E-mail creation, a control means refers to the information 36 and the information 37 stored in coordination with the addressee, and the optimum input candidate dictionary responding to the addressee is automatically selected by the terminal apparatus without consciousness of a user. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a terminal device such as a mobile phone terminal having a text input assist function such as a predictive conversion function, and an input candidate dictionary selection method.

  Conventionally, the display unit information of the partner terminal is detected from the address book for the purpose of avoiding problems such as image data attached to an electronic mail to be transmitted (hereinafter referred to as “mail”) not being displayed on the partner terminal. A communication terminal that transmits image data adapted to the display unit information has been proposed. For example, the display unit information of the counterpart terminal is obtained when image data from the counterpart terminal is received and registered in the address book. However, if the image data itself cannot be received, it cannot be registered in the address book, and image data adapted to the partner terminal cannot be transmitted.

Therefore, the image format, image size, file size, etc. that can be received by the destination terminal in advance are registered as file information in the address book of the portable terminal device that is associated with the mail address, and the image file attached When sending an email, the file information of the destination terminal corresponding to the selected email address is read out, and automatically converted into an image file that can be displayed on the destination terminal by the data converter according to the information, and sent. A portable terminal device configured as described above has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2004-297434 A

  However, the one described in Patent Document 1 is such that an image file is sent in consideration of the destination terminal, and whether or not the content of the sent mail can be understood by the other party is completely considered. It wasn't.

  For example, since a mobile terminal device such as a mobile phone terminal has a limited number of keys arranged on the terminal body, it is difficult to input characters at high speed when creating a sentence such as an email. In order to solve this problem, portable terminal devices equipped with a predictive conversion function represented by POBox (registered trademark) as a text input assist function have become widespread.

  This predictive conversion function predicts a word that the user wants to input and selects a candidate by referring to the frequency of use of the word and past input contents when the head portion of the word is input at the time of sentence creation. A candidate is displayed by inputting only one character, while the candidate changes to match the input content as the number of input characters increases. For this reason, there is an advantage that a frequently used word can be input immediately, and a desired candidate appears with a high probability until all words having a low frequency are input.

  A plurality of types of dictionaries in which character input candidates are registered can be registered in advance in the nonvolatile memory, for example, by accessing a dictionary distribution server on the Internet and downloading it. When the user selects and uses them appropriately from these dictionaries, it is possible to input characters including pictograms at high speed and create mail text.

  However, when e-mail texts are created using the predictive conversion function described above, the following problems have occurred. First, there is a problem that the mobile phone user to whom the mail is sent cannot understand the converted character information (word, kanji, etc.). Next, there is a problem that pictograms that are not supported by the mobile phone terminal of the transmission partner cannot be displayed or are garbled. These problems are caused by creating a sentence regardless of the information on the transmission partner or the information on the mobile phone terminal used by the transmission partner.

  The present invention has been made in view of such points, and when creating a text of an email, the terminal device on the transmission side automatically selects an optimal input candidate dictionary corresponding to the transmission partner without the sender being aware of it. The purpose is to let you choose.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention creates an e-mail sentence using a terminal device having a predictive conversion function that predicts a word that the user wants to input according to the input contents of the user and displays candidates. In this case, when selecting a dictionary to be used in the predictive conversion function, a dictionary that considers the transmission partner associated with the mail address stored in the address information storage means based on the mail address designated as the destination Information is referred to, and a dictionary corresponding to the referenced dictionary information is selected from the dictionary storage means.

  According to the configuration described above, when creating an e-mail sentence, an appropriate dictionary is automatically selected in consideration of the transmission partner corresponding to the destination e-mail address, and the vocabulary extracted from the selected dictionary is input. Are displayed on the display means as candidates.

  According to the present invention, there is an effect that an optimal input candidate dictionary corresponding to a transmission partner is automatically selected by a terminal device without the sender being aware of it.

  Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, an example of a general computer network system used for mail transmission / reception is shown in FIG.
In FIG. 1, mobile terminal devices 1 and 2 have a mobile phone wireless function and are connected to a computer network 5 such as the Internet via a wireless base station 3 managed by a carrier (carrier) that provides a mobile phone wireless service. is doing. Connected to the computer network 5 is a terminal device 4 composed of a personal computer having a network interface function. The mobile terminal devices 1 and 2 perform wireless communication via the wireless base station 3 and can perform processing such as a call and mail transmission / reception between the mobile terminal devices 1 and 2. Further, the mobile terminal devices 1 and 2 can communicate with the terminal device 4 in the same manner via the wireless base station 3 and the computer network 5.

  Next, an example of a block configuration of the mobile terminal device 1 is shown in FIG. The mobile terminal device 2 can have the same configuration, but the block configuration of the mobile terminal device is not limited to this example.

  The mobile terminal device 1 is centered on a control unit 15 including a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and the like, and includes a mobile phone transmission / reception unit 11 including an antenna unit that communicates with the radio base station 3, program codes executed by the control unit 15, and various data. A memory 12 functioning as a work area for reading data, a storage unit such as a hard disk drive or flash memory for storing various data such as program codes, address books, and dictionaries in a nonvolatile manner and reading them in a large capacity 13 is provided.

  Further, the image output unit 16 that performs predetermined processing based on the instruction and data from the control unit 15 and outputs image data to the image display unit 17 including an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) monitor or the like. A voice output unit 18 that performs predetermined processing on the data and outputs voice data to the speaker unit 19, a speaker unit for calling and a microphone unit 20, and a push for inputting an input signal by a user operation to the control unit 15 An input unit 21 such as a button or a jog dial is provided.

FIG. 3 shows an example of an address book stored in the storage device unit 13 of the mobile terminal device 1.
The address book is a database composed of information (address data) for each registered user. In this example, in the address data, in addition to the registration number 31, the registered user's name 32, the telephone number 33, the mail address 34, and the address 35, a dictionary in which words or kanji that can be understood by the transmission partner are registered. Information 36 and information 37 of the mobile terminal device of the transmission partner are registered in advance. Registration of each item of these address data is performed in association with the mail address 34.

  In the dictionary information 36 in which words, kanji, and the like that can be understood by the transmission partner are registered, an identification number of an input candidate dictionary that the control unit 15 refers to when creating a sentence using the predictive conversion function. sign up. The user selects and registers a dictionary in consideration of the transmission partner of the mail address, such as “the transmission partner can be understood” from a plurality of dictionaries stored in the storage device unit 13. In this example, dictionaries “001” and “002” edited according to national language proficiency levels are registered as will be described later.

  Various input candidate dictionaries to be referred to when using the predictive conversion function have been created based on specific editing standards such as for each Japanese language proficiency level, and there are various ways to obtain them. For example, a desired dictionary can be downloaded by accessing the mobile terminal device to the Internet. Further, the mobile terminal device may be provided with short-range communication means using weak radio waves or infrared rays, and the dictionary may be downloaded from the external device using the short-range communication means and stored in the storage device unit 13. Good.

  On the other hand, the model name of the mobile terminal device is registered in the information 37 of the mobile terminal device used by the transmission partner. Pictograms that can be displayed on mobile terminal devices are limited by the model, but in the case of mobile phone wireless services, the same pictograms are generally used for the same model series even if the model manufacturer is different for the same carrier. Can be displayed. Therefore, by registering the model name, it is possible to specify a pictogram dictionary that can be displayed on the destination mobile terminal device.

  In the address book, the dictionary information 36 considering the user of the destination terminal and the information 37 of the portable terminal device used by the transmission partner are stored in advance in the storage unit 13 by the user operating the input unit 21. Register. As described above, by registering the information 36 and 37 related to the transmission partner in correspondence with the mail address as the address data of the address book, the information is used at the time of creating the mail, and the optimum input candidate dictionary is stored. Selection can be made automatically.

  As a method of registering information 36 and 37 related to the transmission partner, for example, when the mobile terminal device receives a mail from another terminal device, the control unit 15 acquires information about the transmission partner included in the mail. The acquired information and the mail address of the transmission source may be associated with each other and stored in the storage device unit 13.

Next, input candidate dictionary selection processing at the time of mail creation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
First, the control unit 15 of the mobile terminal device activates a mail application by a user operation and causes the image display unit 17 to display the mail application. In the mail creation mode, the sender operates the input unit 21 to select a mail address of a transmission destination from the address book. Alternatively, the e-mail address is directly input by operating the input unit 21. The control unit 15 monitors whether or not the destination mail address is input in the destination field (step S1), and when detecting that the mail address has been input, the control unit 15 responds to the mail address from the address book. The information regarding the transmission partner to be referred is referred to (step S2).

  Then, based on the identifier described in the information field of the transmission partner, a dictionary to be used as an input candidate is automatically selected (step S3). In this example, identification numbers “000” and “001” are registered (see FIG. 3) as a dictionary that can be understood by the transmission partner, but either one is selected.

Here, an example of a dictionary that can be selected by the mobile terminal device on the transmission side is shown in FIG.
This figure schematically shows the relationship of the dictionary edited according to the above-mentioned national language proficiency level. The words and kanji “002” learned by high school students include the words and kanji “001” learned by junior high school students, and the words and kanji “001” learned by junior high school students include the words and kanji “000” learned by elementary school students. When a plurality of identification numbers are registered in the dictionary information 36 as shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 15 selects a dictionary that is applied to a larger number of opponents, that is, a word and kanji “001” to be learned by junior high school students, and the memory 12 Expand upward (step S4).

FIG. 6 shows an example of pictographs that can be displayed on the mobile terminal device on the receiving side.
This figure schematically shows the relationship of pictogram dictionaries that can be displayed for each model series. When the user wants to input pictograms at the time of creating the mail, the control unit 15 refers to the terminal device information 37 of the address data and acquires information on the mobile terminal device used by the transmission partner. In this example, it is confirmed that “SO506xC”, and a pictogram dictionary that can be displayed in the 506x series is selected and expanded on the memory 12. Even if the information of the mobile terminal device of the transmission partner is registered with “SO506xC”, if the mobile terminal device used by the sender is the lower model 505x series, there is a pictogram dictionary that can be displayed in the 505x series. Selected.

  With the configuration described above, at the time of creating a mail, the vocabulary extracted from the dictionary automatically selected corresponding to the destination mail address is displayed on the image display unit 17 as an input candidate. That is, the transmission-side portable terminal device automatically selects the optimal input candidate dictionary corresponding to the transmission partner without the sender being aware of it. The sender can create a text of an email in a short time using a vocabulary including pictograms that take into account a transmission partner displayed as an input candidate in the predictive conversion function.

  In addition, since the receiver receives mail created using words, kanji, etc. that are easy for the receiver to understand, the receiver can easily understand the information that the sender wants to convey by mail. In addition, since the number of words or kanji that cannot be understood by the recipient of the mail is reduced, it is possible to reduce the exchange of mail for checking the contents. Therefore, the time for the receiver to understand the information that the sender wants to convey can be shortened. Furthermore, since it is possible to reduce the number of mail exchanges, the cost for the receiver to understand the information that the sender wants to convey can be reduced. As a result, the cost required for the sender's mail can also be reduced.

  Furthermore, by registering information on the mobile terminal device used by the transmission partner in the address book, the mobile terminal device of the mail transmission partner can correctly display the pictograph representing the emotion that the sender wants to convey. . As a result, the emotion that the sender wants to convey can be accurately conveyed to the transmission partner without being misunderstood.

  In the example of the embodiment described above, a case has been described in which a mail text is created using a mobile phone as a mobile terminal device. However, the text input function based on predictive conversion is provided, and the created text is transferred to another terminal. The terminal device is not limited to this example as long as the terminal device has a communication function that can be transmitted to the device. For example, various terminal devices such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance) and a stationary personal computer can be applied.

  Moreover, the dictionary used as the input candidate of a prediction conversion function should just be a dictionary which a transmission partner seems to understand besides the above-mentioned example. For example, a dictionary based on various editing standards such as the age, address, language, dialect, hobby of the other party can be considered.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, by registering information about the other party in the address book, when inputting characters at the time of mail creation, selection of the optimum input candidate dictionary according to the information on the other party is transmitted. However, a setting switching menu between automatic selection and manual selection may be provided so that the sender can manually select a dictionary according to the transmission partner.

It is the schematic which showed an example of the computer network system. It is the block diagram which showed an example of the portable terminal device by one embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed the example of the identifier showing the information regarding a transmission partner by one embodiment of this invention. It is the flowchart which showed the input candidate dictionary selection process at the time of mail preparation by one embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed the example of a dictionary which can be selected with the portable terminal device of the transmission side by one embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed the example of the pictograph which can be displayed with the portable terminal device of the receiving side by one embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,2 ... Portable terminal device, 3 ... Wireless base station, 4 ... Terminal device, 5 ... Computer network system, 11 ... Cell-phone transmission / reception part, 12 ... Memory, 13 ... Memory | storage device part, 15 ... Control part, 16 ... Image Output unit, 17 ... Image display unit, 18 ... Audio output unit, 19 ... Speaker unit, 20 ... Speaking speaker unit and microphone unit, 21 ... Input unit, 34 ... Mail address, 36 ... Dictionary information, 37 ... Terminal device information

Claims (6)

In a terminal device provided with a predictive conversion function that predicts a word that a user wants to input according to the input content of the user and displays candidates, and an e-mail function,
Display means for displaying candidates;
An input means for the user to input;
Dictionary storage means for storing a plurality of different dictionaries in which candidates to be displayed by the predictive conversion function are registered;
Address information storage means for storing a mail address and dictionary information in consideration of a transmission partner in association with each other;
When creating e-mail text, based on the e-mail address designated as the destination, refer to the dictionary information considering the transmission partner associated with the e-mail address stored in the address information storage means, and the transmission partner And a control unit that selects from the dictionary storage unit a dictionary that corresponds to the dictionary information that takes into account. Further, the dictionary storage means stores a plurality of pictogram dictionaries,
The address information storage means stores a mail address and information on a terminal device used by a transmission partner in association with each other,
When inputting a pictograph, the control means refers to information on a terminal device used by a transmission partner associated with the mail address stored in the address information storage means based on a mail address designated as a destination. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein a pictographic dictionary corresponding to information on a terminal device used by the transmission partner is selected from the dictionary storage unit. The dictionary information in consideration of the transmission partner and the information on the terminal device used by the transmission partner, which are stored in the address information storage unit in association with the mail address, are input in advance by the user. The terminal device according to claim 1 or 2. Input for selecting a dictionary to be used in the predictive conversion function when creating a sentence of an e-mail using a terminal device having a predictive conversion function that predicts a word that the user wants to input according to the input content of the user and displays candidates A candidate dictionary selection method,
Referring to the dictionary information in consideration of the transmission partner associated with the mail address stored in the address information storage means based on the mail address designated as the destination;
And a step of selecting a dictionary corresponding to the dictionary information in consideration of the transmission partner referred to in the step from the dictionary storage means. Further, the dictionary storage means stores a plurality of pictogram dictionaries,
The address information storage means stores a mail address and information on a terminal device used by a transmission partner in association with each other,
A step of referring to information on a terminal device used by a transmission partner associated with the mail address stored in the address information storage unit, based on a mail address designated as the destination when inputting a pictograph;
The input candidate dictionary selection method according to claim 4, further comprising: selecting, from the dictionary storage unit, a pictogram dictionary corresponding to information on a terminal device used by the transmission partner referred to in the step. The dictionary information in consideration of the transmission partner and the information on the terminal device used by the transmission partner, which are stored in the address information storage unit in association with the mail address, are input in advance by the user. The input candidate dictionary selection method according to claim 4 or 5.

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