JP2010039855A - Communication device, communication method, and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication device which allows smooth communication by effectively promoting communication with an estranged communication partner. <P>SOLUTION: The communication device including a storage means for storing e-mail addresses and communication history information in association with each other and a specifying means for specifying communication history information associated with an e-mail address showing a transmission source of an e-mail in response to reception of the e-mail, includes a change means which changes display contents of the e-mail on the basis of the communication history information specified by the specifying means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication apparatus, a communication method, and a computer program for causing a computer to function as the communication apparatus that can facilitate communication with a remote communication partner and facilitate communication.

Mobile phones having an electronic mail communication function have been put into practical use. Also, in order to facilitate communication using e-mail, the latest communication date and time should be stored for each communication partner, and when a certain period of time has passed since the latest communication date and time, communication with the communication partner should be performed via e-mail. There has been proposed a mobile phone configured to warn that and activate a mailer (for example, Patent Document 1).
According to the mobile phone according to Patent Document 1, communication with a remote communication partner can be promoted by a warning or mailer activation, thereby facilitating communication.
JP 2007-52475 A

  However, with simple warnings and mailer activation, the mobile phone user may not be able to communicate by ignoring the warning or activated mailer, and there is a problem that communication cannot be sufficiently facilitated. . The above-described problem also exists in other communication devices having an electronic mail communication function.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and when displaying a received electronic mail, based on a communication history with a communication partner that is the transmission source of the electronic mail, A communication device, a communication method, and a computer capable of effectively facilitating communication with a remote communication partner by changing a character or image itself to be displayed as an e-mail and facilitating communication An object is to provide a computer program that functions as a communication device.

  Another object of the present invention is to change the e-mail display screen or the character or image itself to be displayed as an e-mail according to the number of times of transmission. An object of the present invention is to provide a communication device that can be notified sensuously, can effectively promote communication with a remote communication partner, and can facilitate communication.

  Another object of the present invention is to change the e-mail display screen or the character or image itself to be displayed as an e-mail according to the number of times of reception. An object of the present invention is to provide a communication device that can be notified sensuously, can effectively promote communication with a remote communication partner, and can facilitate communication.

  Another object of the present invention is to determine the density / lightness of the color density of a character or image to be displayed as an e-mail or the display / non-display of the character or image according to the number of transmissions. And means for determining the density / lightness of the color density of the e-mail display screen according to the number of receptions, the transmission frequency and the reception frequency can be notified visually or sensuously. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a communication device that can effectively promote communication with a remote communication partner and facilitate communication.

  Another object of the present invention is to display an e-mail display screen, or a character or image to be displayed as an e-mail based on the number of transmissions with one communication partner and the average value of the number of transmissions with a plurality of communication partners. By providing a communication device that can change the display screen of an e-mail or a character or image to be displayed as an e-mail in consideration of the average transmission frequency of e-mail by a user by changing itself There is to do.

  Another object of the present invention is to display an e-mail display screen, a character to be displayed as an e-mail, or an image itself based on the number of receptions with one communication partner and the average value of the number of receptions with a plurality of communication partners The communication apparatus can change the display screen of the e-mail or the character or image to be displayed as the e-mail in consideration of the average reception frequency of the e-mail by the user. There is.

  Another object of the present invention is to change the display screen of the e-mail, the character to be displayed as the e-mail, or the image itself according to the number of e-mails in the HTML format. An object of the present invention is to provide a communication device that can evaluate the intimacy with a communication partner, effectively promote communication and communication with a remote communication partner, and facilitate the communication.

  Another object of the present invention is to change the display screen of an e-mail or a character or image itself to be displayed as an e-mail according to the number of calls, so that the number of calls can be changed. An object of the present invention is to provide a communication device that can evaluate intimacy, effectively promote communication and communication with a remote communication partner, and facilitate communication.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a light emitting element that emits light with a different light emission color, light emission blinking cycle, or lightness according to a change in the feature amount of an e-mail, so that the closeness with a communication partner can be changed. It is intended to provide a communication device that can be notified visually or sensuously and can facilitate communication.

  Another object of the present invention is to calculate the feature amount of an e-mail based on the number of symbols or images included in the e-mail or the number of characters, thereby providing the symbols and images included in the e-mail. Another object of the present invention is to provide a communication device that can notify a change in intimacy evaluated based on the number of characters visually or sensuously by a light emitting element, thereby facilitating communication.

  Another object of the present invention is to calculate the feature amount of an e-mail based on a predetermined character included in the e-mail, for example, "~", "~ Yone", "~ (pictogram)". Accordingly, it is possible to provide a communication device that can visually or sensuously notify a change in intimacy evaluated based on a character string included in an e-mail with a light emitting element, and facilitate communication. is there.

  Another object of the present invention is based on the presence or absence of a subject by configuring the light emitting elements to emit light with different emission colors, light emission blinking periods, or brightness depending on the presence or absence of the subject included in the e-mail. It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication device that can visually or sensuously notify a change in intimacy that has been made by a light emitting element, and can facilitate communication.

  The communication device according to the present invention includes a storage unit that associates and stores an email address and communication history information, and a communication history that is associated with an email address that indicates a transmission source of the email when the email is received. A communication apparatus comprising: a specifying unit that specifies information; and a changing unit that changes display content of an e-mail based on communication history information specified by the specifying unit.

  In the communication device according to the present invention, the communication history information includes the number of times of transmission of an e-mail, and the changing unit is configured to respond to the number of transmissions included in the communication history information specified by the specifying unit. And a means for determining a display screen of the e-mail, a color density of characters or images included in the e-mail, or display / non-display of the characters or images.

  In the communication device according to the present invention, the communication history information includes the number of times of reception of an e-mail, and the changing unit is configured according to the number of receptions included in the communication history information specified by the specifying unit. And a means for determining a display screen of the e-mail, a color density of characters or images included in the e-mail, or display / non-display of the characters or images.

  In the communication device according to the present invention, the communication history information includes the number of transmissions of emails and the number of receptions of emails, and the change unit is included in the communication history information specified by the specification unit. Means for determining whether the density of the character or image included in the e-mail is dark or light, or display / non-display of the character or image according to the number of transmissions, and the communication history specified by the specifying unit Means for determining the color density of the display screen of the e-mail according to the number of receptions included in the information.

  The communication apparatus according to the present invention includes means for calculating an average value of the number of transmissions included in each of a plurality of pieces of communication history information stored in the storage means, and the changing means is a communication history specified by the specifying means. Based on the number of transmissions included in the information and the average value, the display screen of the e-mail, the color density of the character or image included in the e-mail, or the display / non-display of the character or image is determined. It is characterized by being.

  The communication apparatus according to the present invention comprises means for calculating an average value of the number of receptions included in each of a plurality of pieces of communication history information stored in the storage means, and the changing means is the communication history specified by the specifying means. Based on the number of receptions included in the information and the average value, the display screen of the e-mail, the color density of the character or image included in the e-mail, or the display / non-display of the character or image is determined. It is characterized by being.

  In the communication device according to the present invention, the communication history information includes the number of received HTML-formatted e-mails, and the changing means includes the HTML-formatted e-mails included in the communication history information specified by the specifying means. The electronic mail display screen, the color / darkness of the color or image color included in the e-mail, or the display / non-display of the character or image is determined according to the number of characters. And

  The communication device according to the present invention includes a calling unit that transmits and receives information related to a call, the communication history information includes a number of calls that have been made, and the changing unit includes the communication history information specified by the specifying unit. According to the number of calls included, there is provided means for determining an e-mail display screen, darkness / lightness of color density of characters or images included in the e-mail, or display / non-display of the characters or images. It is characterized by that.

  When the communication apparatus according to the present invention receives an e-mail, the communication apparatus receives a plurality of e-mails, and a feature amount calculating unit that calculates a feature amount of the e-mail based on characters or images included in the e-mail. The average value calculating means for calculating the average value of the feature quantity of the e-mail for each e-mail address, and when receiving one e-mail and the feature quantity calculating means calculates the feature quantity of the e-mail, Comparing means for comparing the feature value and the average value calculated by the average value calculating means, and a light emitting means for emitting light with a different emission color, light emission blinking cycle, or brightness according to the comparison result of the comparison means. It is characterized by.

  The communication apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that the feature amount calculating means includes means for calculating a feature amount based on the number of symbols or images included in an electronic mail or the number of characters.

  The communication apparatus according to the present invention includes a table in which a predetermined character and a numerical value are associated with each other, and the feature amount calculating unit extracts a predetermined character included in an e-mail, the extracted predetermined character, and the table And a means for calculating a feature amount based on the above.

  The communication device according to the present invention is characterized in that the light emitting means emits light with a different light emission color, brightness, or light emission blinking cycle according to the presence or absence of a subject included in the e-mail.

  The communication method according to the present invention includes a step of storing an email address and communication history information in association with each other, and communication history information associated with an email address indicating a transmission source of the email when the email is received. And a step of changing the display content of the e-mail based on the specified communication history information.

  The computer program according to the present invention associates an e-mail address and communication history information with a computer that receives an e-mail, and is associated with an e-mail address that indicates a transmission source of the e-mail when the e-mail is received. In the computer program for executing the step of specifying the communication history information, the computer is caused to execute the step of changing the display content of the e-mail based on the specified communication history information.

In the present invention, the storage means stores an electronic mail address and communication history information including a history of communication using the electronic mail address in association with each other. The communication history information is information reflecting the communication frequency with each communication partner.
When receiving the e-mail, the communication device identifies the corresponding communication history information from the e-mail address indicating the transmission source of the e-mail, and based on the communication history information, the e-mail display screen or e-mail Change the character or image to be displayed as. The change includes a process of changing the color density of the display screen, characters or images, and a process of hiding all or part of the characters or images. The non-display method includes a method of deleting the character or image itself and a method of setting the density of the character or image to zero. Also included are processing for inserting pictograms and background images into an e-mail, processing for replacing some characters with pictograms, image processing for making images transparent, and image processing for changing to a mosaic image. Furthermore, a change process is also included in which a text-format e-mail is changed to an HTML-format e-mail.
Therefore, it is possible to notify the communication frequency with the communication partner visually or sensuously, and it is possible to effectively promote communication with the communication partner.

In the present invention, the density / lightness of the color density of a character or image to be displayed as an e-mail display screen or e-mail is determined according to the number of e-mail transmissions. In other words, the greater the number of email transmissions, the darker the color density of the e-mail display screen, characters or images to be displayed as e-mails, and the less the number of e-mail transmissions, the more e-mail display screens, e-mails. As a result, the color density of a character or an image to be displayed as “light” is reduced.
In the present invention, the character or image to be displayed as an e-mail is displayed / hidden in accordance with the number of e-mail transmissions. That is, the smaller the number of email transmissions, the greater the amount of non-display of characters or images that should be displayed as emails, and the greater the number of email transmissions, the more non-displayed characters or images that should be displayed as emails. The display amount decreases.
Therefore, the further away from the communication partner, especially the smaller the number of transmissions, the harder it is to read an email sent from the communication partner. Therefore, it is possible to prompt the user to effectively send an e-mail.
The density / darkness of the color density is not limited to the density / lightness of the color density in chromaticity, and means a state where the display screen of an e-mail, a character or an image is easily visible / a state where it is difficult to see. Further, it is not always necessary to uniformly determine the density / darkness of the color density for all characters or images, and a configuration in which the color density of a part of the characters or images to be displayed as an e-mail may be reduced.

In the present invention, the density / lightness of the color density of a character or image to be displayed as an e-mail display screen or e-mail is determined in accordance with the number of e-mails received.
In the present invention, the character or the image to be displayed as an e-mail is displayed / hidden according to the number of times the e-mail is received.
Therefore, the farther away from the communication partner, especially the smaller the number of receptions, the harder it is to read an email sent from the communication partner. It becomes possible to prompt the user to effectively communicate with the communication partner so that the e-mail can be received.

In the present invention, the character to be displayed as an e-mail or the density / darkness of the color density of an image is determined or the character to be displayed as an e-mail according to the number of e-mail transmissions Or display / hide an image. Further, the density / darkness of the color density of the display screen of the e-mail is determined according to the number of times the e-mail is received.
Therefore, if either the number of transmissions or the number of receptions is reduced, it is difficult to read an email sent from the communication partner. Therefore, it is possible to effectively prompt the user to send and receive e-mails.

In the present invention, based on the number of transmissions related to one communication partner and the average value of the number of transmissions related to a plurality of communication partners, an e-mail display screen, or a character or image to be displayed as an e-mail Determines the density / darkness of the color density.
Further, according to the present invention, based on the number of transmissions related to one communication partner and the average value of the number of transmissions related to a plurality of communication partners, a character or an image to be displayed as an e-mail is displayed / hidden. To.
Accordingly, it is possible to determine the change in the color density of characters or images or display / non-display in consideration of the average transmission frequency of e-mails.

In the present invention, based on the number of receptions related to one communication partner and the average value of the number of receptions related to a plurality of communication partners, an e-mail display screen, characters or images to be displayed as an e-mail Reduce color density.
Further, according to the present invention, based on the number of receptions related to one communication partner and the average value of the number of receptions related to a plurality of communication partners, a character or an image to be displayed as an e-mail is displayed / hidden. To.
Therefore, it is possible to determine the change in the color density of characters or images or display / non-display in consideration of the average reception frequency of electronic mail.

In the present invention, the density / lightness of the color density of the character or image to be displayed as an e-mail display screen or e-mail is determined in accordance with the number of e-mails in the HTML format.
In the present invention, the character or image to be displayed as an e-mail is displayed / hidden according to the number of e-mails in the HTML format.

In the present invention, the darkness / lightness of the color density of the display screen of the e-mail or the character or image to be displayed as the e-mail is determined according to the number of calls.
In the present invention, the character or image to be displayed as an e-mail is displayed / hidden according to the number of calls.

In the present invention, when one electronic mail is received, the light emitting element emits light with a different light emission color, light emission blinking cycle, or lightness according to a change in the characteristic amount of the electronic mail. The feature value reflects the closeness with the communication partner. The change in the feature value is obtained by comparing the average value of the feature values of the emails received in the past with the feature value of the one email, and reflects the change in the familiarity.
Therefore, it becomes possible to notify the change in the feature quantity of the electronic mail, that is, the familiarity visually or sensuously.

In the present invention, the feature amount is calculated based on the number of symbols, images, or characters included in the e-mail. In general, it is estimated that the more symbols and images are included and the greater the number of characters, the higher the familiarity with the communication partner.
Accordingly, it is possible to calculate a change in the feature amount that reflects the familiarity based on the number of symbols, images, and characters, and cause the light emitting element to emit light in a manner corresponding to the change in the feature amount.

In the present invention, a predetermined character included in an e-mail is extracted, and a feature amount is calculated based on a numerical value corresponding to the predetermined character. Predetermined characters such as “to” and “to-yone” reflect the closeness with the communication partner.
Accordingly, it is possible to calculate a change in the feature amount reflecting the familiarity based on the predetermined character, and to cause the light emitting element to emit light in a manner corresponding to the change in the feature amount.

In the present invention, the light emitting element emits light with different light emission color, brightness, or light emission blinking cycle according to the presence or absence of the subject included in the e-mail. The presence or absence of the subject reflects intimacy.
Therefore, the light emitting element can be made to emit light in a mode corresponding to the familiarity based on the presence or absence of the subject.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to effectively promote communication with a remote communication partner and facilitate communication.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to notify the transmission frequency of an e-mail visually or sensuously, effectively promoting communication with a remote communication partner and facilitating communication. .

  According to the present invention, it is possible to notify the reception frequency of electronic mail visually or sensuously, effectively promoting communication with a remote communication partner and facilitating communication. .

  According to the present invention, it is possible to notify the transmission frequency and the reception frequency visually or sensuously, effectively promoting communication with a remote communication partner and facilitating communication. .

  According to the present invention, it is possible to change an e-mail display screen or a character or an image to be displayed as an e-mail in consideration of an average e-mail transmission frequency by a user.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to change an e-mail display screen or a character or an image to be displayed as an e-mail in consideration of an average e-mail reception frequency by a user.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to evaluate the intimacy with a communication partner according to the content of the electronic mail, effectively promote communication and a call with a remote communication partner, and facilitate communication.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to evaluate the familiarity with a communication partner based on the number of calls, effectively promote communication and communication with a remote communication partner, and facilitate communication.

  According to the present invention, a change in intimacy evaluated based on the feature amount of an electronic mail can be notified visually or sensuously by a light emitting element, thereby facilitating communication.

  According to the present invention, a change in intimacy evaluated based on a change in the number of symbols, images, and characters included in an e-mail can be notified visually or sensuously by a light emitting element, thereby facilitating communication.

  According to the present invention, a change in intimacy evaluated based on a character string included in an e-mail can be notified visually or sensuously by a light emitting element, thereby facilitating communication.

  According to the present invention, a change in intimacy evaluated based on the presence or absence of a subject can be notified visually or sensuously by a light emitting element, and communication can be facilitated.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings illustrating embodiments thereof.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a mobile phone (communication device) according to an embodiment of the present invention. The mobile phone includes a control unit 10. A ROM 11, a RAM 12, an imaging unit 13, a communication unit 14, an operation unit 15, a display unit 16, a microphone 17, a speaker 18, and a storage unit 19 are connected to the control unit 10 via a bus.

The ROM 11 is a non-volatile memory that stores a control program, mailer, HTML browser, and other various software necessary for the operation of the mobile phone, and the RAM 12 temporarily stores various data generated when executing the arithmetic processing of the control unit 10. Volatile memory.
The imaging unit 13 performs AD conversion of a lens, an image sensor such as a CCD or CMOS that converts an image formed by the lens into an electric signal, and an electric signal converted by the image sensor into digital image data, An image processing unit that performs various types of image processing on the image data of the AD-converted photograph.
The communication unit 14 includes a high-frequency transmission / reception unit, an antenna, and the like, and wirelessly transmits and receives electronic mail and information related to a call with another mobile phone.
The operation unit 15 includes a call button for operating a call and e-mail communication, an e-mail transmission button, a numeric key, a determination button, and the like.
The display unit 16 is a liquid crystal display, for example, and displays characters, images, and the like included in the e-mail. Examples of characters included in the e-mail include hiragana, katakana, alphanumeric characters, symbols such as “!” And “?”, Pictograms, and the like. The image is, for example, a still image in JPEG format or a moving image in a predetermined format. The display unit 16 can also display an HTML image included in an HTML email.
The speaker 18 amplifies and outputs information related to a call transmitted from another mobile phone, particularly an audio signal. The microphone 17 converts voice input from the outside into a voice signal, gives the converted electrical signal to the communication unit 14 as information related to the call, and transmits it to an external mobile phone.
The storage unit 19 is a non-volatile memory that stores a communication history DB 19a indicating a history of communication performed with an external mobile phone. In addition, the storage unit 19 stores the computer program 3 according to the present invention, and the control unit 10 reads out the computer program 3 from the storage unit 19 to the RAM 12 and executes it, whereby a communication method described later according to the present invention is performed. To implement. The control unit 10 acquires the computer program 3 via the recording medium 2 in which the computer program 3 is recorded so as to be readable by the computer or the communication network, and stores it in the storage unit 19. Of course, it may be previously written in the storage unit 19 or the ROM 11.

  FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram conceptually illustrating an example of the communication history DB 19a. The table (file) of the communication history DB 19a has a plurality of columns (fields) such as “communication ID”, “name”, “phone number”, “email address”, “number of calls”, “number of decoration mails”, “ It is composed of “normal mail count” and “attribute”, and each row (record) has information stored in each column.

The “name” column stores names of communication partners, such as names and nicknames, and the “communication ID” column stores identification information unique to the communication partners, for example, numerical values or characters associated with the names. Yes.
Further, the “telephone number” column stores the telephone number of the mobile phone of the communication partner, and the “email address” column stores the electronic mail address of the communication partner in association with the communicator ID.
Further, the “call number” column stores the number of calls made from the mobile phone side as communication history information, and the “decoration mail count” is a decoration mail with various decorations, so-called The number of times of sending decoration mails, the “number of normal mails” column stores the number of times of sending e-mails in text format excluding decoration mails. In the present embodiment, an HTML-format electronic mail is used as a decoration mail. Needless to say, e-mail in cHTML format is also included.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the control unit 10 related to transmission of an e-mail. When an instruction to create an e-mail is received by the operation unit 15, the control unit 10 receives e-mail editing (step S11). And the control part 10 determines whether the transmission button was operated (step S12). When it determines with the transmission button not being operated (step S12: NO), the control part 10 returns a process to step S11. When it determines with the transmission button having been operated (step S12: YES), the control part 10 transmits the email edited by step S11 in the communication part 14 (step S13).

  Next, the control unit 10 determines whether or not the electronic mail transmitted in step S13 is a decoration mail (step S14). When it determines with it being a decoration mail (step S14: YES), the control part 10 adds 1 to the number of decoration mails matched with the email address of a transmission destination (step S15), and complete | finishes a process. When it determines with it not being a decoration mail (step S14: NO), the control part 10 adds 1 to the frequency | count of normal mail matched with the electronic mail address of a transmission destination (step S16), and complete | finishes a process.

  Similarly, when a call is made from a mobile phone terminal and a call is made, the control unit 10 executes a process of adding 1 to the number of calls associated with the telephone number of the communication partner.

  4 and 5 are flowcharts showing a processing procedure of the control unit 10 related to the reception of the electronic mail. The control unit 10 receives the e-mail (step S31), and extracts the e-mail address of the transmission source from the received e-mail (step S32). Then, the control unit 10 reads the number of calls, the number of decoration mails, and the number of normal mails associated with the extracted electronic mail address from the communication history DB 19a (step S33).

  Next, the control unit 10 calculates the average number of times of communication, decoration mail, and normal mail based on information in the communication history DB 19a stored in the storage unit 19 (step S34).

  Next, the control unit 10 sets, for example, 0 as the initial value of the closeness with the communication partner (step S35). Then, the control unit 10 determines whether or not the number of calls read in step S33 is less than the average number of calls calculated in step S34 (step S36). When it is determined that the number of calls is less than the average number of calls (step S36: YES), the intimacy is decreased (step S37). If it is determined that the number of calls is equal to or greater than the average number of calls (step S36: NO), the closeness is increased (step S38). In addition, when the number of calls and the average number of calls are the same value, the closeness may not be changed.

  When the process of step S37 or step S38 is completed, the control unit 10 determines whether or not the number of decoration mails read in step S33 is less than the average number of decoration mails calculated in step S34 (step S39). When it is determined that the number of decoration mails is less than the average number of decoration mails (step S39: YES), the control unit 10 decreases the familiarity (step S40). When it determines with the number of decoration mails being more than an average number of decoration mails (step S39: NO), the control part 10 raises closeness (step S41).

  When step S40 or step S41 is completed, it is determined whether or not the number of normal mails read in step S33 is less than the average number of normal mails calculated in step S34 (step S42). When it is determined that the number of normal mails is less than the average number of normal mails (step S42: YES), the control unit 10 decreases the familiarity (step S43). When it is determined that the number of normal mails is equal to or greater than the average number of normal mails (step S42: NO), the control unit 10 increases the familiarity (step S44).

  When the process of step S43 or step S44 is completed, the control unit 10 determines whether or not the familiarity is less than 0 (step S45). When it is determined that the intimacy is less than 0 (step S45: YES), the lower the intimacy, the part of the character or image to be displayed as the e-mail on the display screen of the e-mail or the display unit 16, or The entire color density is reduced, or characters or images to be displayed as e-mails are deleted (step S46), e-mails are displayed on the display unit 16 (step S48), and the process ends. Note that the process of deleting a character or image is an example of a process of hiding the character or image, and the density of the character or image may be set to zero. Alternatively, the characters or images may be hidden by being painted with a band image.

That is, as the familiarity is smaller than 0, the display screen of the e-mail and the characters or images to be displayed as the e-mail become thinner, and the e-mail becomes difficult to read. In addition, as the familiarity is smaller than 0, the amount of characters or images to be deleted increases and the e-mail becomes difficult to read. The character to be deleted may be selected at random, but a specific character may be preferentially deleted. For example, in order to promote communication effectively, important numbers are preferentially deleted as e-mail information, then hiragana and katakana are deleted, and symbols such as punctuation marks are finally deleted. In this case, communication can be promoted extremely effectively.
Of course, it may be configured to delete characters in ascending order of importance as e-mail information. In this case, communication can be promoted while ensuring a communication function. Further, the priority order for deleting characters or images may be appropriately selected. Furthermore, the above-described priority concept can be applied to the case where the color density of a character or image is selectively lowered.

  When it is determined that the intimacy is 0 or more (step S45: NO), the control unit 10 adds more various decorations as the intimacy is higher (step S47), and displays an e-mail on the display unit 16 ( Step S48), the process ends. That is, the higher the intimacy, the brighter the email atmosphere. Specifically, a decoration image, a background image, and the like are appropriately inserted into the e-mail, and processing for replacing some characters with pictograms is executed.

  FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the relationship between the familiarity and the e-mail displayed on the display unit 16. FIG. 6A is a display example of an e-mail displayed when an e-mail transmitted from a communication partner with a high communication frequency is received. Characters displayed as e-mails are clear with high color density. Further, the wide hatching attached to the display screen of the e-mail indicates a state where the background color density is high or various decorations are applied. Thus, when an e-mail transmitted from a communication partner with a high communication frequency is opened, a brightly decorated e-mail is displayed. As the communication is performed, the atmosphere of the e-mail becomes brighter, so that the communication can be effectively promoted.

  FIG. 6B is a display example of an e-mail displayed when an e-mail transmitted from a communication partner with a slightly lower communication frequency is received. When the communication frequency decreases, some characters start to be displayed lightly. “Thank you for your work” and “About 5 minutes” drawn in fine characters indicate that they are displayed lightly. In this way, it is possible to appeal visually or sensuously that the communication frequency is low, and communication can be effectively promoted.

  FIG. 6C is a display example of an e-mail displayed when an e-mail transmitted from a communication partner with a low communication frequency is received. In the square portion indicated by the broken line, an image should be originally displayed, but is deleted when the transmission frequency is high. Also, some of the characters that should be displayed as e-mails have been deleted. The narrow hatching on the e-mail display screen indicates that the background color density is light and dark. When the communication frequency is reduced in this way, characters and images are deleted and the background becomes dark, so that communication can be promoted extremely effectively.

In the mobile phone, the communication method, and the computer program 3 configured as described above, communication with a remote communication partner can be effectively promoted to facilitate communication. In particular, it is possible to notify the transmission frequency of electronic mail and the number of calls visually or sensuously, effectively promoting communication with a remote communication partner and facilitating communication.
In addition, by evaluating the familiarity with the communication partner based on the content of the sent e-mail, that is, the number of decoration mails and the number of normal mails, it effectively promotes communication and communication with remote communication partners, and communication Can be facilitated.

  Furthermore, in consideration of the average transmission frequency of electronic mails by the user and the number of calls, it is possible to change the display screen of the electronic mail or the characters or images to be displayed as the electronic mail.

(Modification 1)
The mobile phone according to the modified example 1 is configured to record a communication history related to reception in a communication DB and change the display content of the e-mail based on the communication history related to reception. That is, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the display content of the e-mail is changed according to the transmission frequency has been described. However, the mobile phone terminal according to the first modification changes the display content of the e-mail according to the reception frequency. Specifically, the same processing as that in steps S14 to S16 in the above-described embodiment is configured to be performed when mail is received. For example, when the process of step S32 shown in FIG. 4 is completed, the control unit 10 determines whether or not the received electronic mail is a decoration mail. If it is determined that the mail is a decoration mail, the control unit 10 adds 1 to the number of decoration mails associated with the email address of the transmission source of the received electronic mail, and the process proceeds to step S33. If it is determined that the mail is not a decorative mail, the control unit 10 adds 1 to the number of normal mails associated with the transmission source electronic mail address, and proceeds to the process of step S33. Similarly, when a call is received from another mobile phone, 1 is added to the number of calls associated with the caller's telephone number.

In the mobile phone terminal, the communication method, and the computer program 3 according to the modified example 1 configured as described above, it is possible to notify the reception frequency of the email and the number of calls in particular visually or sensuously. It is possible to effectively promote communication with a remote communication partner and facilitate communication.
In addition, by evaluating the intimacy with the communication partner based on the contents of the received e-mail, that is, the number of decoration mails and the number of normal mails, it effectively promotes communication and communication with remote communication partners, and communication Can be facilitated.

  Furthermore, in consideration of the average reception frequency of emails by the user and the number of calls, it is possible to change the display screen of the email or the characters or images to be displayed as the email.

(Modification 2)
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram conceptually illustrating an example of the communication history DB 219a according to the second modification. The communication history DB 219a according to the second modification includes a communication history related to transmission, that is, information indicating a history of communication performed by taking action from the user of the mobile phone, a “number of phone calls” column, a “decoration mail count” column. , And a “normal mail count” column. In addition, the communication history DB 219a includes a communication history related to reception, that is, information indicating a history of communication performed by taking action from the user of the external mobile phone, a “number of phone calls” column, a “decoration email count” column, And “Normal Mail Count” column.

  FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 are flowcharts showing the processing procedure of the control unit 10 related to the reception of the electronic mail in the second modification. The control unit 10 receives the e-mail (step S51), and extracts the e-mail address of the transmission source from the received e-mail (step S52). Then, the control unit 10 determines whether or not the received electronic mail is a decoration mail (step S53). When it determines with it being a decoration mail (step S53: YES), the control part 10 adds 1 to the number of decoration mails matched with the electronic mail address of a transmission source (step S54). When it determines with it not being a decoration mail (step S53: NO), the control part 10 adds 1 to the frequency | count of normal mail matched with the email address of a transmission source (step S55).

  When the process of step S54 or step S55 is completed, the control unit 10 displays the communication history related to the transmission of the number of calls, the number of decoration mails, the number of normal mails, etc. associated with the extracted e-mail address from the communication history DB 219a. Read (step S56). Then, the control unit 10 evaluates the closeness related to transmission (step S57). The process in step S57 is the same as the process in steps S35 to S44 shown in FIGS.

  When the process of step S57 is completed, it is determined whether or not the intimacy related to transmission is less than 0 (step S58). When it is determined that the closeness related to transmission is less than 0 (step S58: YES), the control unit 10 decreases the color density of characters or images to be displayed on the display unit 16 as the closeness is low, Alternatively, characters or images are deleted (step S59). When it is determined that the closeness related to transmission is 0 or more (step S58: NO), the control unit 10 adds more decorations to characters to be displayed as an e-mail as the closeness is higher (step S60).

  When the process of step S59 or step S60 is completed, the control unit 10 displays the communication history related to reception of the number of calls, the number of decoration mails, the number of normal mails, etc. associated with the extracted e-mail address from the communication history DB 219a. Reading (step S61), the familiarity related to reception is evaluated (step S62). The process of step S62 is the same as steps S35 to S44 shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 except that a communication history related to reception is used, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted.

  When the process of step S62 is completed, the control unit 10 determines whether or not the familiarity related to reception is less than 0 (step S63). When it is determined that the closeness related to reception is less than 0 (step S63: YES), the control unit 10 decreases the color density of the display screen of the e-mail as the closeness is low (step S64). Finish. When it is determined that the intimacy related to reception is 0 or more (step S63: NO), the control unit 10 adds more decorations to the display screen of the e-mail as the intimacy is higher (step S65), and performs processing. Finish.

  FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing the relationship between the familiarity and the electronic mail displayed on the display unit 16 in the second modification. FIG. 10A is a display example of an e-mail displayed when an e-mail transmitted from a communication partner having both a high transmission frequency and a high reception frequency is received, as in FIG. The e-mail is brightly decorated.

FIG. 10B is a display example of an e-mail that is displayed when an e-mail transmitted from an average communication partner is received, although the transmission frequency is low. Since the reception frequency is average, the e-mail display screen is displayed as usual. However, since the transmission frequency is low, some characters are displayed lightly.
FIG. 10C is an example of an e-mail displayed when an e-mail transmitted from a communication partner with a low transmission frequency is received with an average transmission frequency. Since the transmission frequency is average, the characters of the e-mail are displayed as usual. However, since the reception frequency is low, the background color density is light and dark. As described above, the narrow hatching attached to the e-mail display screen indicates that the background color density is light and dark.
Thus, it is possible to appeal visually or sensuously that either the transmission frequency or the reception frequency is low, and it is possible to effectively promote both transmission and reception.

FIG. 10D is a display example of an e-mail displayed when an e-mail transmitted from a communication partner whose transmission frequency and reception frequency are both low is received. Since the transmission frequency is low, characters and images to be displayed as electronic mail are deleted. Also, since the frequency of reception is low, the color density of the display screen of the e-mail is light and dark.
As described above, when both the transmission frequency and the reception frequency are lowered, characters and images are deleted and the background becomes dark, so that communication can be promoted extremely effectively.

  In the mobile phone, the communication method, and the computer program 3 according to the modified example 2, it is possible to effectively promote bidirectional communication with a remote communication partner and facilitate communication.

(Modification 3)
FIG. 11 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the mobile phone in the third modification. In addition to the above-described configuration, the mobile phone according to Modification 3 includes a light emitting element 20 for notifying the closeness with the communication partner. The storage unit 19 further stores a familiarity reflecting character table 19b for measuring the familiarity from the text of the e-mail and a familiarity DB 19c that stores the usual familiarity with each communication partner. For convenience of drawing, the computer program 3 and the recording medium 2 are omitted.

  FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing a lighting method of the light emitting element 20 in the mobile phone according to the third modification. The mobile phone according to the modified example 3 evaluates the intimacy based on the content of the e-mail when the e-mail is received or opened, and when the intimacy is reduced, causes the light emitting element 20 to emit light in a cool color, When the familiarity increases, the light emitting element 20 is configured to blink and emit light in a warm color. The familiarity is evaluated by, for example, the impression of the entire electronic mail, the number of characters that reflect the familiarity, the number of characters, and the presence or absence of a subject. Specifically, the impression of the entire electronic mail is quantified based on the number of symbols and decoration images included in the electronic mail. Moreover, the familiarity reflecting character is converted into a numerical value based on a predetermined character string such as “˜is”, “˜so”, “˜yone”, pictograms, etc., which are expected to reflect the familiarity, for example. Is done. The influence on the intimacy is greatest in the overall impression of the e-mail, and decreases in the order of intimacy reflecting characters, number of characters, presence of subject.

The contents of the familiarity reflecting character table 19b and the familiarity DB 19c and specific processing procedures will be described below.
FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing the familiarity reflecting character table 19b. The familiarity reflecting character table 19b is composed of an “intimacy reflecting character ID” column, a “intimacy reflecting character” column, and an “intimacy evaluation value” column. The “Familiarity Reflection Characters” column stores character strings that reflect the familiarity with the communication partner, specifically “is”, “was”, etc., and the “Familiarity Evaluation Value” columns are each Stores a numerical value indicating the level of closeness corresponding to the character string. The numerical value of the familiarity evaluation value is set so as to increase as the familiarity increases.

  FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram conceptually illustrating an example of the familiarity DB 19c. The table of the familiarity DB 19c includes a plurality of columns, for example, a “communication ID” column, a “symbol / decorative image number average value” column, a “familiarity reflection character familiarity evaluation average value” column, and a “character number average value” column. It is composed of The “symbol / decoration image number average value” column stores an average value of the number of symbols and decoration images included in the e-mail transmitted from each communicator. In addition, the average familiarity evaluation value of e-mails sent from each communication person is stored in the “intimacy evaluation average value of familiarity reflecting characters” column, and the “average number of characters” column is stored in the e-mail. Stores the average number of characters included.

  FIGS. 15 and 16 are flowcharts showing the processing procedure of the control unit 10 related to the reception of the electronic mail in the third modification. The control unit 10 receives the e-mail (step S71), extracts a character string included in the received e-mail, and calculates the number of symbols / decoration images (step S72).

  Next, the control unit 10 reads out the average value of the number of symbols / decorative images associated with the email address of the sender of the received email from the familiarity DB 19c (step S73).

  Then, the control unit 10 evaluates the familiarity by comparing the number of symbols / decoration images calculated in step S72 with the average value of the number of symbols / decoration images read out in step S73 (step S74). In other words, when the number of symbols / decoration images in the received email is smaller than the average number of symbols / decoration images, it is evaluated that the intimacy has decreased, and when the number of symbols / decoration images is greater than the average number of symbols / decoration images Assess that intimacy has increased.

  Next, the control unit 10 extracts the familiarity reflected characters from the e-mail, and digitizes the extracted familiarity reflected characters based on the familiarity reflected character table 19b (step S75). And the control part 10 reads familiarity evaluation average value from familiarity DB19c (step S76). Next, the control unit 10 evaluates the familiarity by comparing the numerical value of the familiarity-reflecting character digitized in step S75 with the familiarity evaluation average value read in step S76 (step S77).

  Then, the control unit 10 calculates the number of characters included in the e-mail (step S78), and reads the average number of characters from the familiarity DB 19c (step S79). Next, the control unit 10 evaluates the familiarity by comparing the number of characters calculated in step S78 with the average number of characters read in step S79 (step S80).

  And the control part 10 evaluates a closeness based on the presence or absence of the subject contained in an email (step S81). Next, the control unit 10 causes the light emitting element 20 to emit light with a different light emission color, light emission blinking cycle, or brightness according to the familiarity comprehensively evaluated in steps S72 to S81. For example, when it is evaluated that the intimacy is lowered, the light emitting element 20 emits light in dark blue blue, and when it is evaluated that the intimacy is increased, the light emitting element 20 is flashed brightly in orange in warm color ( Step S82). Further, the higher the intimacy, the brighter the light emission blinking cycle may be.

  When the process of step S82 is completed, the control unit 10 recalculates various average values, that is, the symbol / decorative image number average value, the familiarity evaluation average value, and the character number average value, and the recalculated average value is used as the familiarity DB 19c. (Step S83), and the process ends.

  In the mobile phone according to the third modification, the change in familiarity evaluated based on the feature amount of e-mail, for example, the symbol, image, familiarity reflected character, number of characters, presence / absence of subject included in the e-mail is emitted. Notification can be made visually or sensibly by the element 20 to facilitate communication.

In the above-described embodiment and modification, the e-mail display screen, the process of changing the color density of characters, and the example of deleting characters or images have been mainly described. It is not limited.
For example, pictograms and background images may be inserted into the e-mail. Moreover, you may comprise so that a part of character may be substituted with a pictograph. Further, the image may be made transparent or mosaic. Further, the text-type e-mail may be changed to an HTML-type e-mail to give various decorations.

  In addition, it should be considered that the embodiment disclosed this time is illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the meanings described above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

It is a block diagram which shows typically the structure of the mobile telephone which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of communication log | history DB notionally. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the control part which concerns on transmission of an email. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the control part which concerns on reception of an email. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the control part which concerns on reception of an email. It is a schematic diagram which shows the relationship between familiarity and the electronic mail displayed on a display part. It is explanatory drawing which shows notionally an example of communication history DB which concerns on the modification 2. FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a control unit related to reception of an e-mail according to Modification 2. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a control unit related to reception of an e-mail according to Modification 2. It is a schematic diagram which shows the relationship between the closeness in the modification 2, and the electronic mail displayed on a display part. FIG. 10 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a mobile phone in Modification 3. 12 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing a lighting method of a light emitting element in a mobile phone according to Modification 3. FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows a closeness reflection character table notionally. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of familiarity DB notionally. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a control unit related to reception of an electronic mail in Modification 3; 10 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a control unit related to reception of an electronic mail in Modification 3;

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Claims (14)

Storage means for storing an email address and communication history information in association with each other, and a specifying means for specifying communication history information associated with an email address indicating a transmission source of the email when an email is received In a communication device comprising:
A communication apparatus comprising: a changing unit that changes display content of an e-mail based on communication history information specified by the specifying unit. The communication history information is
Including the number of times the email was sent,
The changing means is
Depending on the number of transmissions included in the communication history information specified by the specifying means, the display screen of the e-mail, the density of the color density of the character or image included in the e-mail, or the color density of the character or image The communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a display / non-display determining unit. The communication history information is
Including the number of emails received,
The changing means is
Depending on the number of times of reception included in the communication history information specified by the specifying means, the display screen of the e-mail, the density / darkness of the color density of the character or image included in the e-mail, or the character or image The communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a unit that determines display / non-display. The communication history information is
Including the number of times an email has been sent and the number of times an email has been received,
The changing means is
Depending on whether the number of transmissions included in the communication history information specified by the specifying means is high or low, it is determined whether the color density of the character or image included in the e-mail or the display / non-display of the character or image is displayed. Means to
2. Means for determining the density / lightness of the color density of the display screen of the e-mail according to the number of receptions included in the communication history information specified by the specifying means. The communication device described. Means for calculating an average value of the number of transmissions included in each of the plurality of communication history information stored in the storage means;
The changing means is
Based on the number of transmissions included in the communication history information specified by the specifying means and the average value, the display screen of the e-mail, the darkness / lightness of the color density of the character or image included in the e-mail, or the character or image The communication device according to claim 2, wherein display / non-display is determined. Means for calculating an average value of the number of receptions included in each of a plurality of communication history information stored in the storage means;
The changing means is
Based on the number of receptions included in the communication history information specified by the specifying means and the average value, the display screen of the e-mail, the density / darkness of the color density of the character or image included in the e-mail, or the character or image The communication device according to claim 3, wherein display / non-display is determined. The communication history information is
Including the number of HTML emails received,
The changing means is
According to the number of the HTML format emails included in the communication history information specified by the specifying means, the display screen of the email, the color density of the characters or images included in the email, The communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a unit that determines display / non-display of the character or image. A telephone means for transmitting and receiving information related to a telephone call is provided.
The communication history information is
Including the number of calls made,
The changing means is
Depending on the number of calls included in the communication history information specified by the specifying means, the display screen of the e-mail, the density / darkness of the color density of the character or image included in the e-mail, or the character or image The communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a display / non-display determining unit. When receiving an e-mail, based on characters or images included in the e-mail, feature amount calculating means for calculating a feature amount of the e-mail;
When receiving a plurality of e-mails, an average value calculating means for calculating an average value of e-mail feature values for each e-mail address;
A comparison unit that compares the feature value and the average value calculated by the average value calculation unit when the feature value calculation unit calculates the feature value of the email;
The communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a light emitting unit that emits light with a different emission color, a light emission blinking cycle, or a brightness according to a comparison result of the comparison unit. . The feature amount calculating means includes:
The communication apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising means for calculating a feature amount based on the number of symbols or images included in the e-mail or the number of characters. A table in which predetermined characters and numerical values are associated with each other,
The feature amount calculating means includes:
Means for extracting predetermined characters contained in the email;
The communication apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising: a unit that calculates a feature amount based on the extracted predetermined character and the table. The light emitting means includes
The light emission is performed with different emission color, lightness, or light emission blinking period according to the presence or absence of the subject included in the e-mail. Communication equipment. A communication having a step of storing an email address and communication history information in association with each other and a step of specifying communication history information associated with an email address indicating a transmission source of the email when an email is received In the method
A communication method comprising a step of changing display contents of an e-mail based on the specified communication history information. A step of associating an e-mail address and communication history information with a computer that receives the e-mail; and a step of specifying communication history information associated with an e-mail address indicating a transmission source of the e-mail when the e-mail is received In a computer program that executes
A computer program causing the computer to execute a step of changing display contents of an e-mail based on the specified communication history information.

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