JP3072827U - Image transmitting / receiving device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Object] To provide an image transmitting / receiving apparatus capable of transmitting / receiving image data between mobile phones of different models. [Constitution] A digital camera that reads a subject as image data and converts it into a digital signal, a mobile phone connected to the digital camera that converts image data from the digital camera into text and transmits the text, and a mobile phone that transmits the text data. A database that receives the image data, stores the image data in a plurality of storage formats, and transmits the image data in the storage format specified by the transmission order according to the transmission order.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the invention belongs]

 The present invention relates to an image transmitting / receiving apparatus, and more particularly, to an image transmitting / receiving apparatus that transmits and receives images via a telephone network such as the Internet using a mobile phone.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Connect the digital camera to the mobile phone, transmit the image data captured by the digital camera from the mobile phone to the Internet, etc., and transfer the image data saved in the provider's database on the Internet from a remote PC, etc. Techniques for receiving image mail are known.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

 However, the storage format of image data differs depending on the type of mobile phone, and there is no technology for transmitting and receiving image data from a mobile phone to another mobile phone via the Internet.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an image transmitting / receiving apparatus that can transmit and receive image data between mobile phones of different models.

[0005]

[Means for solving the problem]

 In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a digital camera that reads a subject as image data and converts it into a digital signal, and is connected to the digital camera and converts the image data from the digital camera into text and transmits the text. And a database that receives image data transmitted from the mobile phone, stores the data in multiple storage formats, and transmits the image data in the storage format specified in the order according to the transmission order. And an image data transmitting / receiving apparatus characterized by having the following.

[0006]

[Embodiment of the invention]

 Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of a mobile phone and a digital camera, and FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing the overall configuration of the image transmitting / receiving device of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a mobile phone 10 includes a CPU 10a, a memory (ROM, RAM, etc.) 10b, a display device 10c, an interface 10d with a digital camera, a transmission / reception interface 10e, and a transmission / reception antenna 10f. The camera 12 includes a CCD 12a for converting an image into an electric signal and extracting the same, an A / D converter 12b for converting the extracted analog electric signal into a digital amount, and an interface 12c with a mobile phone. The mobile phone 10 and the digital camera 12 are connected by respective interfaces 10d and 12c. The memory 10b has software for encoding image data of an image (Base64 or the like is known as an example of an encoding format), and data is wirelessly transmitted from a mobile phone or a portable information terminal. For example, software of a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) which is a protocol for transmission and reception is stored. The CPU 12d and the memory 12e may be provided in the digital camera 12, and the software may be stored in the memory 12e of the digital camera 12 instead of storing the software in the memory 10b of the mobile phone 10.

Next, these operations will be described. The subject is captured as analog image data by the CCD 12 a of the digital camera 12, converted into a digital signal by the A / D converter 12 b, and transmitted from the interface 12 c to the input of the mobile phone 10. Interface 10d and the memory 10b via the CPU 10a. The fetched image data is encoded by Base64 or the like and transmitted as text data according to the WAP protocol. The image data may be encoded by Base64 or the like by software stored in the memory of the digital camera 12 instead of the memory 10b of the mobile phone 10, and may be converted to text data according to the WAP protocol.

As shown in FIG. 2, the transmitted text data is input to a Web server 22 via an exchange 16, a GW (Gateway) 18, the Internet 20, and further input to a Photo Data Base server 24. However, when input to the Photo Data Base server 24, the image data is stored in various storage formats (bitmap, GIF, PNG, JPEG, etc.).

On the other hand, it is known to the Web server 22 or previously received any form of image data storage format to the mobile phone to be received image data. Therefore, when an order for receiving image data is received from another mobile phone to the Web server 22, image data in a recognized format, for example, JPEG image data, is transmitted to the other mobile phone via the transmission / reception switch 16. Sent to the phone. Since the received image data is in a format suitable for the mobile phone, it is displayed on the display device.

[0011]

[Effect of the invention]

 As described above, according to the present invention, an image transmitting and receiving apparatus capable of transmitting and receiving image data between mobile phones of different models is obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone and a digital camera.

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing a configuration of the entire image transmitting / receiving apparatus of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Mobile phone 12 Digital camera 22 Web server 24 Photo Data Base server

Claims (1)

[Utility model registration claims] 1. A digital camera which reads a subject as image data and converts it into a digital signal, a mobile phone connected to the digital camera which converts image data from the digital camera into text and transmits the text, and a mobile phone which transmits the text data And a database for receiving the stored image data, storing the image data in a plurality of storage formats, and transmitting the image data in a storage format specified by the order according to a transmission order. apparatus.