JP2016143289A - Instant message transmission/reception program, information processing method and information processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an instant message transmission/reception program that improves usability of communication using an image, striding over a language or culture zone.SOLUTION: An instant message transmission/reception program transmitting/receiving an image to be used in communication with others is configured to cause a computer to execute: a reception step of receiving a specification of an image to be output, using a selection image acquisition unit 13 of a mobile device 1; a read-out step of reading out the image indicative of the same concept as the image having the specification received in the reception step and expressed based on a language indicated by a language setting from a storage unit 11 thereof retaining a plurality of images indicative of the same concept expressed based on a different language and the language setting indicative of a language to be output to a user, using a corresponding image read-out unit 14 thereof; and a step of displaying the read-out image in the read-out step, using an image output unit 15 thereof.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to an instant message transmission / reception program, an information processing method, and an information processing apparatus.

  Conventionally, a technique has been proposed in which a dialogue between users is transmitted via an instant messaging application, and at the same time, a translated content of the dialogue between users is provided in a talk session (Patent Document 1). In addition, a technique has been proposed in which a chat message is received from a user in a chat room and the content of the message included in the chat message is translated using a translation engine (Patent Document 2).

JP 2013-131196 A JP2013-140584A

  Conventionally, a technique for translating a text message in an instant messenger has been proposed. Here, some instant messengers can transmit and receive images used for communication between users such as so-called stamps and stickers. Some of these images include dialogue or onomatopoeia displayed in a specific language, or some gestures used in a specific cultural sphere. There were times when I couldn't understand my intention.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to improve the usability of communication using images that cross languages and cultural spheres.

  The instant message transmission / reception program according to the present invention can transmit / receive an image used for communication with another person. The instant message transmission / reception program also includes a reception step for receiving designation of an image to be output, a plurality of images indicating the same concept expressed based on different languages, and a language setting indicating a language to be output to the user. A reading step of reading out an image that is based on the language indicated by the language setting and that shows the same concept as the image that has received the designation in the receiving step, and a step of outputting the image read in the reading step Is executed on the computer.

In this way, a plurality of images showing the same concept expressed based on different languages and a language setting to be output to the user are stored in advance, so that the received image is converted into an image according to the user language setting. Can be displayed. That is, it is possible to improve the usability of communication using images across languages and cultural spheres. Note that the designation of an image to be output may be identification information for uniquely identifying an image held in advance by both the user and the other computer. In this way, the amount of data transmitted and received can be reduced. If the designated image is not held, a step of obtaining the designated image may be included before the reading step. Further, the designation of an image to be output indicates a predetermined concept, and may be a plurality of image data itself represented based on a plurality of languages. In this way, even if the image is not stored in advance in the user's computer, an image that shows the same concept as the image that received the designation in the reception step and that is expressed based on the language indicated by the language setting is displayed. Can be read.

  A plurality of images showing the same concept expressed based on different languages may represent the same emotion or the same gesture based on each language or the culture to which each language belongs. A plurality of images showing the same concept expressed based on different languages may include dialogue or onomatopoeia. Specifically, in an instant message transmission / reception program for transmitting / receiving such images, it is possible to improve the usability of communication using images across languages and cultural spheres.

  Further, a step of acquiring a plurality of images showing the same concept expressed based on different languages via a network and storing them in the storage unit together with the correspondence relationship of the plurality of images may be further executed. . In this way, the range of communication can be expanded.

  Further, when a long press of the displayed image is detected, it further includes an option display step for displaying a plurality of images expressed based on different languages around the image, and the plurality of images displayed in the option display step When one of the above selections is received, an image represented based on a language corresponding to the selected image may be presented to another person. In this way, the user can specify the language of the image presented to the other party.

  Further, in the option display step, an image related to a frequently used language may be displayed earlier or in the vicinity of the long-pressed image. This makes it easy to select an image.

  A program according to another aspect of the present invention is a program capable of selecting and displaying an image used for communication with another person on one computer, and a selection for accepting an image selection from a first user. Select from a storage unit that holds a plurality of images showing the same concept expressed based on different languages and steps, a correspondence relationship between the plurality of images, and a language setting indicating a language to be output to the second user A computer is caused to execute a reading step of reading an image corresponding to the image selected in the step and expressed based on the language indicated by the language setting, and a step of outputting the image read in the reading step.

  In this way, the usability of face-to-face communication using images across languages and cultural spheres can be improved.

  An instant message transmission / reception program according to another aspect is capable of transmitting / receiving an image used for communication with another person. The instant message transmission / reception program receives a language setting indicating the language to be output to the other person from the other person's computer, a selection step for receiving a selection of an image to be output to the other person from the user, and a different language. Based on the language indicated by the language setting received in the reception step from the storage unit that holds a plurality of images representing the same concept expressed based on the same, and the same as the image selected by the user in the selection step The computer is caused to execute a reading step of reading an image indicating the concept of and a step of transmitting the image read in the reading step to a computer of another person.

  In this way, an image that the computer did not hold can be received from another computer and displayed.

  In addition, the content of the means for solving the said subject can be combined as much as possible within the range which does not deviate from the subject and technical idea of this invention. In addition to the information processing apparatus, the contents of the means for solving the above problems can be provided as an information processing method in which the computer executes the process or a program for causing the computer to execute the process. Furthermore, a recording medium that holds the program may be provided.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to improve the usability of communication using images across languages and cultural spheres.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating an example of a system configuration according to Embodiment 1. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating an example of a mobile device according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the language table which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of an image table. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen of an instant messenger. It is an apparatus block diagram which shows an example of a computer. It is a processing flow figure showing an example of online dialogue processing. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen which receives selection of an image from a user. 6 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating an example of a system configuration according to Embodiment 2. FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram illustrating an example of a mobile device according to a second embodiment. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the language table which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen which concerns on a board function. It is a figure which shows the modification of the screen which concerns on a board function. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen which selects the image and language which are shown to a partner. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen on which the image of an option is displayed in a spiral shape.

  Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. The configuration of the embodiment is an exemplification, and the apparatus, method, program, and the like according to the present invention are not limited to the following configuration.

<< Embodiment 1 >>
<System configuration>
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating an example of a system configuration. The system of FIG. 1 includes a plurality of mobile devices 1 (1a and 1b in FIG. 1) and a network 2 such as the Internet, and the plurality of mobile devices 1 are connected to each other via the network 2. The mobile device 1 is, for example, a mobile phone, a smart phone, a tablet (slate PC (Personal Computer)), a laptop PC, or the like, and each user represented by a broken line has one or more mobile devices 1. In the present embodiment, the user of the mobile device 1a is called user A, and the user of the mobile device 1b is called user B.

On the mobile device 1, an instant message transmission / reception program (also referred to as “instant messenger” or “instant messenger client”) is executed, and a dialogue can be performed between users. The instant messenger according to the present embodiment has a function of transmitting and receiving images used for communication between users such as so-called stamps, stickers, and broadly called emoticons. Note that the data actually transmitted / received by the instant messenger may be identification information for uniquely specifying image data held in advance in both mobile devices 1. Further, the image data in the present embodiment may be raster data or vector data consisting only of an illustration, or may be raster data or vector data including characters representing speech, onomatopoeia, etc. in addition to illustration. Further, raster data or vector data including only characters may be used. In FIG. 1, two mobile devices 1 are illustrated, but three or more mobile devices 1 may perform a dialogue in a group.

  In the present embodiment, it is assumed that a plurality of images representing the same concept expressed based on different languages or cultures are associated with each other and held in the mobile device 1. Further, the mobile device 1 stores in advance identification information (also referred to as “language setting”) for specifying the language used by the user, and receives an image from another mobile device 1, based on the language setting. The received image is converted into an image associated with the language used by the user and output.

<Functional configuration>
FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating an example of the mobile device 1. The mobile device 1 includes a storage unit 11, an image selection receiving unit 12, a selected image acquisition unit 13, a corresponding image reading unit 14, and an image output unit 15. The storage unit 11 is a so-called main storage device or auxiliary storage device, and holds information temporarily or permanently. The image selection accepting unit 12 accepts selection of an image to be transmitted to the other party in the dialogue between the users, and transmits identification information for specifying the image to the other party's mobile device 1 via the network 2. Further, the selected image acquisition unit 13 receives identification information for specifying an image from the partner in the dialogue between users from the partner mobile device 1 via the network 2. The corresponding image reading unit 14 reads, from the storage unit 11, an image of the language used by the user corresponding to the image received by the selected image acquisition unit 13 based on the user language setting stored in advance in the storage unit 11. . Then, the image output unit 15 outputs the image read by the corresponding image reading unit 14 to the display device included in the mobile device 1.

  FIG. 3 is an example of a language table for registering language settings. In the example of FIG. 3, “Japanese”, which is the user's language, is registered in association with the “language setting” item (attribute). Note that the language setting may be determined based on, for example, the user's language used by the OS (Operating System) of the mobile device 1. In addition, the language setting of the user A stored in the storage unit 11 of the mobile 1a is “Japanese”, and the language setting of the user B stored in the storage unit 11 of the mobile device 1b is “English”. And

  FIG. 4 is an example of an image table that registers and registers images represented in each language. The image table in FIG. 4 includes items of an image ID, a language, and an image. In the image ID field, identification information for identifying images showing the same concept is registered. The identification information uses a value common to the mobile device 1a and the mobile device 1b. In the language field, language variations stored in the mobile device 1 for images showing the same concept are registered. In the image field, information indicating the image storage location specified by the image ID and language is registered. As described above, the images held in the mobile device 1 are registered in the image table of FIG. In the example of FIG. 4, “Japanese”, “English”, “Indonesian”, and “German” are registered in the language field, but the language is not limited thereto. For example, it may be possible to add a set of images expressed in a language other than these for the minimum concept pattern, or to add a set of images that expand the concept pattern. For example, such a set may be downloaded from a server (not shown) connected to the network 2. Further, at least a part of the exemplified languages may not be registered.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of an instant messenger screen displayed on the touch panel of the mobile device 1 a and the mobile device 1 b connected via the network 2. Each of the screens in FIG. 5 includes a dialog progress display unit 101 and a transmission image selection unit 102. The dialogue progress display unit 101 displays images indicating each user's remarks in an up and down order in time series, and displays the remarks of the other party and his / her remarks separately on the left and right. The transmission image selection unit 102 accepts selection of an image to be transmitted when the user taps. It should be noted that the size ratio between the dialog progress display unit 101 and the transmission image selection unit 102 and the displayed content are appropriately changed. In addition, the image according to the present embodiment may include an illustration, but in FIG. 5, for convenience, the image is schematically represented by a rounded square and used in dialogue or onomatopoeia in the image in parentheses within the rounded square. The language represents the concept expressed by the image without parentheses. In the mobile device 1a and the mobile device 1b in FIG. 5, images relating to the speech of the user and the other party are converted (translated) and displayed according to the languages used by the user A and the user B, respectively.

  According to the mobile device 1 as described above, an image expressed in a plurality of languages and a language used by the user are registered in advance, so that the received image is translated into an image according to the user's language setting. Can be displayed. That is, it is possible to improve the usability of communication using images across languages and cultural spheres.

<Device configuration>
FIG. 6 is an apparatus configuration diagram illustrating an example of a computer. The mobile device 1 is a computer as shown in FIG. 6, for example. A computer 1000 shown in FIG. 6 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 1001, a main storage device 1002, and an auxiliary storage device (external storage device) 1.
003, a communication IF (Interface) 1004, an input / output IF (Interface) 1005, a drive device 1006, and a communication bus 1007. The CPU 1001 performs processing and the like according to this embodiment by executing a program. The main storage device 1002 caches programs and data read by the CPU 1001 and develops a work area of the CPU. Specifically, the main storage device is a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), or the like. The auxiliary storage device 1003 stores programs executed by the CPU 1001, setting information used in the present embodiment, and the like. Specifically, the auxiliary storage device 1003 includes an HDD (Hard-disk Drive), an SSD (Solid State Drive), and an eMMC (embedded).
Multi-Media Card), flash memory, etc. The main storage device 1002 and the auxiliary storage device 1003 work as the storage unit 11 of the mobile device 1. The communication IF 1004 transmits / receives data to / from other computers. The action history storage device 1, the mobile terminal 2, the corporate customer device 3, and the financial institution device 4 are connected to the network 3 via the communication IF 1004. The communication IF 1004 is specifically a wired or wireless network card or the like. The input / output IF 1005 is connected to the input / output device and accepts input from the user or outputs information to the user. Specifically, the input / output device is a keyboard, a mouse, a display, a touch panel, or the like. The drive device 1006 reads data recorded on a storage medium such as a magnetic disk, a magneto-optical disk, and an optical disk, and writes data to the storage medium. The above components are connected by a communication bus 1007. A plurality of these components may be provided, or some of the components (for example, the drive device 1006) may not be provided. In addition, the input / output device may be integrated with the computer, such as a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet, or a laptop PC. In addition, the program executed in this embodiment is provided via a portable storage medium readable by the drive device 1006, a portable auxiliary storage device 1003 such as a flash memory, a communication IF 1004, and the like. May be. Then, when the CPU 1001 executes the program, the above-described computer is operated as the mobile device 1 shown in FIG. 2, for example.

<Online dialogue processing>
FIG. 7 is a process flow diagram illustrating an example of the online dialogue process according to the present embodiment. The processing flowchart of FIG. 7 shows an example in which an image is transmitted from the user A of the mobile device 1a to the user B of the mobile device 1b. In addition, the mobile device 1a and the mobile device 1b are assumed to be smartphones installed with an instant messenger that executes processing according to the present embodiment.

  The image selection receiving unit 12 of the mobile device 1a displays a list of images stored in the storage unit 11 on a touch panel included in the mobile device 1a and receives an image selection from the user A (FIG. 4: S1). In this step, for example, a list of images is displayed based on a classification having a predetermined hierarchical structure, and selection of an image to be transmitted to the other party is accepted from the user A. The list of images is displayed in the language used by the user A based on the language setting of the user A, for example. In addition, the predetermined hierarchical structure is a structure in which images are classified based on, for example, scenes or times when speech is used.

  FIG. 8 shows an example of a screen that receives image selection from the user. In the screen shown in FIG. 8, the transmission image selection unit 102 is used for “greeting”, “travel”, “work”, “emergency”, etc., “morning”, “daytime”, “night”, “ ”And other category options such as“ time zone ”and images belonging to the selected category are displayed. Note that categories that are not illustrated may be displayed by the user swiping left and right, for example.

  In addition, when receiving an image selection from the user by a tap or the like, the image selection receiving unit 12 transmits identification information of the image to the mobile device 1b via the network 2 (S2). In this step, for example, identification information registered in the image ID of the image table in FIG. 4 is transmitted.

  On the other hand, the selected image acquisition unit 13 of the mobile device 1b receives image identification information from the mobile device 1a via the network 2 (S3). Then, the corresponding image reading unit 14 of the mobile device 1b extracts the translated image from the storage unit 11 (S4). Specifically, the corresponding image reading unit 14 is the same as the image identification information received from the image table of the storage unit 11 based on the language setting held in the language table of the storage unit 11, In addition, the storage location of the image whose language is the same as the language setting is specified, and the corresponding image is read from the storage unit 11. Then, the image output unit 15 of the mobile device 1b outputs the read image on the instant messenger timeline (S5).

  The online dialogue process as described above is bidirectionally transmitted and received in accordance with the operations of the user A and the user B. As described above, by registering in advance images expressed in a plurality of languages and languages used by the user, the received images can be translated and displayed as images according to the user's language settings. That is, it is possible to improve the usability of communication using images across languages and cultural spheres.

  It should be noted that a step of adding a set of images for extending the language and concept patterns may be executed separately. For example, such a set is downloaded from a server (not shown) connected to the network 2 and stored in the storage unit together with the correspondence between a plurality of images. In this way, more images can be used and the range of communication can be expanded.

<< Embodiment 2 >>
<System configuration>
FIG. 9 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating an example of a system configuration according to the second embodiment. In the present embodiment, reference numerals corresponding to portions common to the first embodiment are attached, and the difference will be mainly described. In the system shown in FIG. 9, a plurality of users indicated by broken lines interact with each other using one mobile device 1. In this embodiment, the two users are also referred to as user A and user B. In addition, the program according to the present embodiment supports a dialogue that the user performs in a face-to-face (offline). The instant messenger according to the first embodiment may further have a function according to the present embodiment (also referred to as “board function”).

<Functional configuration>
FIG. 10 is a functional block diagram illustrating an example of the mobile device 1 according to the present embodiment. The mobile device 1 includes a storage unit 11, an image selection receiving unit 12, a corresponding image reading unit 14, and an image output unit 15. Note that the mobile device 1 according to the present embodiment does not include the selected image acquisition unit 13. Further, the mobile device 1 according to the present embodiment operates stand-alone without being connected to the network 2.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a language table stored in the storage unit 11. The language table according to the present embodiment includes a user ID item and a language setting item. Identification information for identifying the user is registered in the user ID field. In the example of FIG. 11, Japanese is registered as the language setting of the user A, and English is registered as the language setting of the user B.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the touch panel of the mobile device 1. The screen in FIG. 12 also includes a dialogue progress display unit 101 and a transmission image selection unit 102. The dialog progress display unit 101 converts, for example, an image indicating the remarks of the user A into the user B's set language and displays the images up and down in chronological order. The transmission image selection unit 102 accepts selection of an image to be displayed on the dialogue progress display unit 101 when the user A taps. Although not shown, the transmission image selection unit 102 displays an option image based on the language set by the user A.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a modification of the screen displayed on the touch panel of the mobile device 1. The screen in FIG. 13 also includes a dialogue progress display unit 101 and a transmission image selection unit 102. For example, the dialogue progress display unit 101 not only converts an image indicating the remark of the user A into the setting language of the user B and displays the image based on the setting language of the user A side by side in a time-series order. To do. In this way, the user A can easily recognize his / her speech.

  According to the mobile device 1 according to the present embodiment, by registering in advance an image expressed in a plurality of languages and a language used by the user, the image selected on the spot is set in accordance with the language setting of the partner. Can be translated and displayed. That is, it is possible to improve the usability of face-to-face communication using images across languages and cultural spheres.

<< Modification 1 >>
In the first and second embodiments, the image is automatically converted based on the language setting. However, the language of the image presented to the user may be selected by the user. For example, in addition to the automatic conversion processing of Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2, when the user explicitly indicates the language of the image presented to the partner, the user does not perform conversion according to the partner language setting, and the user The image may be displayed based on the language instructed by the user. Further, instead of performing the automatic conversion process 2 in Embodiments 1 and 2, the user may instruct the image and language to be presented to the partner each time.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen for selecting an image and language to be presented to the other party. The screen of FIG. 14 shows a corresponding concept around the Japanese image “Teach me” when the user presses (long taps) the Japanese image “Teach me” indicated by a dashed circle. An English image, a Chinese image, a Vietnamese image, a Spanish image, a German image, a Thai image, and an Indonesian image are displayed as options. Note that the user can select an image in each language by performing a flick operation on the screen of FIG.

Further, as indicated by a thick arrow in FIG. 14, the option images may be displayed on an arc extending to an empty area on the touch panel in order from the vicinity of the image long pressed by the user. . At this time, the order of displayed languages may be changed based on the past use frequency. That is, for example, the number of times selected for each language is tabulated.
Further, the usage frequency may be tabulated and compared based on, for example, selection in the most recent predetermined number of times. In this way, an image in a frequently used language is displayed faster and closer to the position where the user presses and holds, so that selection becomes easier.

  In addition, since the option image is displayed in an empty area on the touch panel, for example, when the user presses and holds an image having an empty area in all directions, for example, near the center of the touch panel, the option image is spiraled. It may be displayed. FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen on which options images are displayed in a spiral shape. As described above, the image of the option may be spread along a spiral shape having a diameter that gradually increases with the image long pressed by the user. In such an aspect, the display order may be changed according to the usage frequency.

  Note that if the images related to the desired language are displayed in an order or position different from the display order or display position stored by the user, the input speed may decrease. Therefore, instead of automatically changing the display order according to the frequency of use, the display order or display position of the images according to each language may be determined based on the priority order set in advance by the user.

  In addition, the display position of the option image is not limited to the above-described curve, but may be displayed on a lattice that is equally spaced vertically and horizontally. In this case as well, it is preferable that a frequently used language or a language with a high priority set by the user is displayed in the vicinity of the position where the user is long-pressed.

  The method for displaying option images shown in the present modification can be used not only for selecting a language to be transmitted or presented to the other party, but also for selecting a language used by the user in the first or second embodiment.

<< Modification 2 >>
By the way, in the first embodiment, when it is possible to add a set of images that extend the language and the concept pattern, an image of one mobile device a may not be held in the other mobile device b. . When translating images, there is a problem that images that are not stored in the storage unit 11 of the mobile device 1 cannot be displayed.

  Therefore, the image data itself may be transmitted in all prepared languages, and the receiving side may determine a stamp to be displayed according to the language setting. Specifically, in the processing flow shown in FIG. 7, the image data itself corresponding to all languages associated with the selected image is transmitted in S2, and the image data corresponding to all languages is transmitted in S3. In step S4, image data corresponding to the language setting is extracted. Further, after the image is transmitted once, identification information may be transmitted / received instead of image data as described in the above embodiment.

  Also, the mutual language setting is notified in advance, and on the transmission side, the stamp inputted by the user is converted according to the language setting of the other party, and the image data according to the language setting of the other party is transmitted. Good. Specifically, before the processing flow shown in FIG. 7 starts, the mobile device 1a and the mobile device 1b notify each other of the language setting. Then, the mobile device 1a converts (translates) the image selected in S1 based on the language setting of the other party in S2, and transmits the converted image data itself, and the mobile device 1b receives the image received in S3. The data is output in S5 without being converted in S4. Also in this case, after the image is transmitted once, identification information may be transmitted / received instead of image data as described in the above embodiment.

  In addition, the mobile device 1b itself may acquire an image that the receiving-side mobile device 1b does not hold. For example, the image may be downloaded from a predetermined server (not shown). The acquisition of the image is related to the language setting that the mobile device 1b on the reception side requests the transmission side mobile device 1a to transmit an image corresponding to its own language setting, and the mobile device 1a on the transmission side receives the request. The image may be transmitted to the mobile device 1b. Specifically, identification information (image ID) that can uniquely identify an image, including an image that expands a language or a concept pattern, is assigned to each of the images indicating the concept. And as shown to S2 of FIG. 7, the mobile apparatus 1a transmits identification information as information which designates an image. On the other hand, when the mobile device 1 on the receiving side holds an image corresponding to the identification information in the storage unit 11 in S4, the mobile device 1 extracts the image. When the image corresponding to the identification information is not held in the storage unit 11 in S4, the image is acquired from a predetermined server or mobile device 1a. Then, the extracted or acquired translated image is output in S5. Note that the mobile device 1 may set an authority to permit only display or an authority to permit display and transmission for each of the images held in the storage unit 11. For example, when an image that is not held by the mobile device 1b is acquired as described above, the mobile device 1b is set to permit only display of the image.

  As described above, according to the second modification, even a set of images that the partner does not have can be translated based on the language setting of the partner.

In the above example, the information stored in the storage unit 11 is exemplified by a general table including rows and columns. However, the format for storing information and the degree of normalization are not particularly limited. For example, an RDBMS (Relational Database Management System) may be adopted, or so-called NoS.
A management system such as a document store type, a key-value type, an object database, a multi-value database, or the like, called QL, may be employed.

<Others>
The present invention includes a computer program that executes the above-described processing. Furthermore, a computer-readable recording medium on which the program is recorded also belongs to the category of the present invention. With respect to the recording medium on which the program is recorded, it is possible to determine the suitability of conveyance by the sample conveyance control by causing the computer to read and execute the program of the recording medium.

  Here, the computer-readable recording medium refers to a recording medium in which information such as data and programs is accumulated by electrical, magnetic, optical, mechanical, or chemical action and can be read from a computer. Examples of such a recording medium that can be removed from the computer include a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, an optical disk, a magnetic tape, and a memory card. In addition, examples of the recording medium fixed to the computer include a hard disk drive and a ROM.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile apparatus 11 Memory | storage part 12 Image selection reception part 13 Selected image acquisition part 14 Corresponding image reading part 15 Image output part 2 Network

Claims (10)

An instant message transmission / reception program capable of transmitting and receiving images used for communication with others,
A receiving step for receiving a designation of the image to be output;
A plurality of the images representing the same concept expressed based on different languages, and the same concept as the image that received the designation in the reception step from the storage unit that holds the language setting indicating the language to be output to the user And a reading step of reading an image represented based on a language indicated by the language setting;
Outputting the image read in the reading step;
An instant message transmission / reception program that causes a computer to execute. The instant message according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of images representing the same concept expressed based on the different languages represent the same emotion or the same gesture based on each language or culture to which each language belongs. Send / receive program. The instant message transmission / reception program according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of images representing the same concept expressed based on the different languages include dialogue or onomatopoeia. The computer further executing the step of acquiring a plurality of images representing the same concept expressed based on different languages via a network and storing them in the storage unit together with a correspondence relationship between the plurality of images. The instant message transmitting / receiving program according to any one of claims 3 to 4. When a long press of the displayed image is detected, the method further includes an option display step of displaying a plurality of images expressed based on the different languages around the image,
When receiving any selection of a plurality of images displayed in the option display step, an image represented based on a language corresponding to the selected image is presented to the other person.
The instant message transmission / reception program according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The instant message transmission / reception program according to claim 5, wherein in the option display step, an image related to a frequently used language is displayed earlier or in the vicinity of a long-pressed image. An information processing method executed by a computer to provide an instant messenger capable of transmitting and receiving images used for communication with others,
A receiving step for receiving a designation of the image to be output;
A plurality of the images representing the same concept expressed based on different languages, and the same concept as the image that received the designation in the reception step from the storage unit that holds the language setting indicating the language to be output to the user And a reading step of reading an image represented based on a language indicated by the language setting;
Outputting the image read in the reading step;
An information processing method in which a computer executes. An information processing apparatus that functions as an instant messenger capable of transmitting and receiving images used for communication with others,
A receiver for receiving the designation of the image to be output;
A plurality of the images representing the same concept expressed based on different languages, and the same concept as the image that received the designation in the reception step from the storage unit that holds the language setting indicating the language to be output to the user And a reading unit for reading an image represented based on a language indicated by the language setting;
An output unit for outputting the image read in the reading step;
An information processing apparatus comprising: A program capable of selecting and displaying an image used for communication with others on one computer,
A selection step of accepting selection of the image from a first user;
A plurality of the images representing the same concept expressed based on different languages, a correspondence relationship between the plurality of images, and a storage unit that holds a language setting indicating a language to be output to the second user; A reading step of reading out an image corresponding to the image selected in step 1 and expressed based on the language indicated by the language setting;
Outputting the image read in the reading step;
A program for causing the computer to execute. An instant message transmission / reception program capable of transmitting and receiving images used for communication with others,
Receiving a language setting indicating the language to be output to the other person from the other person's computer;
A selection step of accepting selection of an image to be output to the other person from a user;
From the storage unit that associates and holds the plurality of images representing the same concept expressed based on different languages, and is expressed based on the language indicated by the language setting received in the reception step, and in the selection step A reading step of reading an image showing the same concept as the image selected by the user;
Transmitting the image read in the reading step to the computer of the other person;
An instant message transmission / reception program that causes a computer to execute.

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