JP3396718B2 - COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE, IMAGE INFORMATION STORAGE METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication terminal device and an image information display method, and more particularly to a function of receiving a calling party number when receiving an incoming call and a function of displaying acquired image information. The present invention relates to a communication terminal device and an image information display method.

Further, according to the present invention, a program for executing those processing procedures is provided with a semiconductor memory, LD (laser disk (registered trademark)), HD (hard disk), FD.
(Floppy (registered trademark) disk), MD (mini disk), CD (compact disk), DVD (digital video disk), etc.

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2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the technical development of communication terminal devices has been remarkable, and in particular, in addition to a call function which is a basic function of a mobile phone, an electronic mail function for transmitting and receiving text data and image data and an i-mode of NTT Docomo are represented. As described above, each telecommunications carrier competes and commercializes a terminal device having an Internet connection function.

Further, the latest mobile phones include those that capture image data such as a digital still camera (hereinafter referred to as "DSC") or display image data such as a photograph transmitted by the other party in high definition and in color. Has appeared,
It is becoming an indispensable function to provide new communication means. Conventional mobile phones that connect to the Internet and send and receive electronic mail including image data are disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open Nos. 10-313338 and 11-9824.
8, JP-A-11-112554 and JP-A-2000-3
2142 and the like.

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However, these portable telephones transmit and receive image data and simply display the obtained image data.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides a communication terminal device, an image information display method, and an information storage medium capable of effectively utilizing the obtained image data. With the goal.

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In order to achieve the above object, a communication terminal device of the present invention according to claim 1 has a plurality of telephone numbers stored in a telephone directory data memory used for making a call.
At least one image data is stored in the image data memory in association with the memory number , and the caller number received at the time of an incoming call and the first of the plurality of telephone numbers.
When the telephone numbers match, in the communication terminal device which reads out and displays the first image data selected for display from the image data corresponding to the memory number of the first telephone number, the newly acquired first image data is displayed. A control unit for storing two image data in the image data memory is provided, and the control unit, when the information to store the second image data in association with the first telephone number is input, While displaying and selecting 2 image data to be stored in the image data memory, while maintaining the correspondence between the first image data and the first telephone number, turning off the display selection of the first image data, Continuing to store the first image data in the image data memory, and when the calling number received at the time of the subsequent incoming call and the first telephone number match, the second image data is stored. And displaying out look.

A communication terminal device of the present invention according to claim 2 is
The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein when the information that the second image data is stored in association with the first telephone number is input, the control unit stores the first image data in the image data memory. When the first image data is stored and displayed in association with a telephone number, the first image data is stored.
It is characterized in that the memory confirmation is performed by displaying information indicating that the image data is selected for display.

A communication terminal device of the present invention according to claim 3 is
The communication terminal device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein when the control unit reads out and displays the second image data when receiving an incoming call, the control unit stores the incoming call in association with the second image data to be displayed. A feature is that an incoming melody is generated based on the melody data.

In the image information storing method of the present invention according to claim 4, at least one or more image data are imaged in association with the memory numbers of a plurality of telephone numbers stored in the telephone directory data memory used for calling. When the caller number received at the time of the incoming call and the first telephone number among the plurality of telephone numbers match with each other, the image data is stored in the memory number of the first telephone number. In the image information storage method of a communication terminal device for reading and displaying correspondingly selected first image data, the method further comprises a control step of storing the newly acquired second image data in the image data memory. In the step, when the information indicating that the second image data is stored in association with the first telephone number is input, the second image data is displayed and selected to display the image data. And stored into the data memory, the first
The correspondence between the image data and the first telephone number is maintained, the display selection of the first image data is turned off, the first image data is continuously stored in the image data memory, and the subsequent incoming call is received. The second image data is read and displayed when the calling party number received in step 1 and the first telephone number match.

The information storage medium of the present invention according to claim 5 is
An information storage medium storing a program for causing a communication terminal device to execute an image information storage processing procedure, wherein the communication terminal device corresponds to memory numbers of a plurality of telephone numbers stored in a telephone directory data memory used for making a call. In addition, at least one or more image data is stored in the image data memory, and when the caller number received at the time of the incoming call and the first telephone number among the plurality of telephone numbers match, the image data is stored. The first image data selected for display corresponding to the memory number of the first telephone number is read out and displayed, and the image information storage processing procedure is performed by the newly acquired second image data.
A control procedure for storing image data in the image data memory is included, and the control procedure includes the second image if the information for storing the second image data in association with the first telephone number is input. While displaying and selecting data to be stored in the image data memory, the correspondence between the first image data and the first telephone number is maintained, and the display selection of the first image data is turned off to set the first image data to OFF. One image data is continuously stored in the image data memory, and when the calling number received at the subsequent incoming call and the first telephone number match, the second image data is read and displayed. Is characterized by.

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Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of a communication terminal device according to the present invention.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a transmission / reception unit, which converts a received radio wave signal into an intermediate frequency band or converts a transmission signal in the intermediate frequency band into a radio frequency band for transmission.

Reference numeral 2 is a modem unit which modulates / demodulates a transmission / reception signal.

Reference numeral 3 is a voice codec section, which encodes and decodes a voice signal.

Reference numeral 4 denotes an analog front end, which performs digital / analog conversion of the coded audio signal to drive the receiver 6 and analog / digital conversion of the audio signal input from the microphone 5 to provide an audio codec 3. Output to.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a control unit, which performs all control of the communication terminal device such as control associated with a call and display control.

Reference numeral 8 is a key input section for inputting data necessary for a desired operation.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a display unit, which is composed of a color liquid crystal display device (hereinafter referred to as "color LCD"), EL, PDP, etc., and displays caller data and image data.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a storage unit which stores telephone directory data, image data, and incoming melody data used for making a call and sending an electronic mail.

Reference numeral 11 is a melody generating section, which is a storage section 1.
An incoming melody is generated based on the incoming melody data stored in 0.

An external connection terminal 12 receives image data from an image data input device 13 such as a DSC (digital still camera) or a DVC (digital video camera) and stores it in the storage section 10. . Further, the input incoming melody data can be stored.

Next, the operation of the communication terminal apparatus according to the present invention configured as described above will be explained.

First, the operation in the image data registration mode will be described together with the user's operation.

The user of the communication terminal device receives the image data such as the photograph of himself or the photograph of the other party as an attached file of an electronic mail via the conventional data communication or the Internet, or is externally connected from the image data input device 13. When it is directly obtained through the terminal 12, the key input unit 8 is operated to shift to the image data registration mode.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a display unit included in the communication terminal device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2A shows image data obtained by the communication terminal device as described above, and is a photograph of the user himself or his friend.

FIG. 2B shows a display screen in the image data registration mode, and the control unit 7 prompts for input of a telephone number and a name or nickname. Note that the user can operate the key input unit 8 to directly input the number, but in the same way as the operation of selecting a telephone number when making a call, the user can enter the telephone number using the telephone directory data. It is also possible to call and enter a name or nickname.

When the image data is already registered corresponding to the telephone number to be registered, the control unit 7 displays a message to that effect and confirms whether or not to newly store the image data. To do. Then, when the user inputs the information to be stored, the control unit 7 stores the telephone number and the image data in association with each other, and displays whether to erase the old image data. After that, when the user inputs information to delete, the control unit 7 deletes the old image data,
On the other hand, if the user inputs information not to delete,
The old image data is stored without being erased while maintaining the correspondence with the telephone number.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a storage unit included in the communication terminal device according to the present invention, showing a state before and after registration of newly acquired image data.

FIG. 3 (A) shows a state before registration of image data. The memory number 1 of the telephone / e-mail memory is
Telephone number is 090-8765-4321, name is Hanako Yamada, E-MAIL address is hana @ xxx. com
Is registered. Further, in the image data memory, the image data 1 is registered corresponding to the memory number 1, and the display flag is ON.

Further, in the memory number 2, the telephone number 09
0-7654-3210, named Taro Yamamoto, E-MAI
L address is taro @ yyy. com is registered. Further, the image data 2 is registered in the image data memory in correspondence with the memory number 2, and the display flag is ON. The telephone number is 09 in the memory number 3.
Although 0-6543-2109 and Jiro Yamashita are registered, the image data corresponding to the memory number 3 is not registered in the image data memory.

In the state of FIG. 3 (A), the user of the communication terminal device inputs the obtained image data by calling the telephone number and the name of the memory number 1 using the telephone directory data. (B). In this case, since the image data 1 is already registered corresponding to the telephone number to be registered, the control unit 7 displays a message to that effect and confirms whether or not to newly store the image data 3. When the user inputs the information to be stored, the control unit 7 turns on the display flag to store the telephone number (that is, the memory number 1) and the image data 3 in association with each other, and the old image data. It is displayed whether or not to delete the image data 1. After that, if the user inputs information not to delete,
While maintaining the correspondence with the telephone number (that is, the memory number 1), the old image data is continuously stored without being erased, and the display flag is turned off. Although not shown in FIG. 3, the incoming melody data transmitted together with the image data memory is stored in the incoming melody data memory in the same format as the image data memory, and is displayed when receiving an incoming call. It is also possible to play an incoming melody associated with the image data. Also, if this image data is a moving image,
It is possible to make the displayed person appear to be singing along with the incoming melody.

Next, the operation of the communication terminal device according to the present invention when Hanako Yamada (namely, the telephone number is 090-8765-4321) is called in the storage state shown in FIG. 3 will be described. The call and the link establishing operation required for starting the communication are exactly the same as those in the prior art, and since they are not directly related to the present invention, the description of the operation will be omitted.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a display unit included in the communication terminal device according to the present invention.

When the control unit 7 detects the caller number transmitted when receiving a call, it searches the telephone / e-mail memory and determines whether or not the same telephone number as the caller number is registered. To do. When the control unit 7 determines that the caller number is not registered, the control unit 7 displays the received caller number (see, for example, FIG.
If it is determined that 090-5432-1098 shown in (A) is registered, it is determined whether the image data corresponding to the image data memory is registered. In this case, the image data 1 and the image data 3 are registered corresponding to the memory number 1, but the control unit 7 sets the display flag to O.
The image data 3 having N is selected, and the image data 3 is displayed on the display unit 9 in place of the received caller number (FIG. 4).
(See (B)). If the control unit 7 determines that the image data is not registered, it searches the telephone / e-mail memory and registers the registered name (for example, the calling number is 09
In the case of 0-6543-2109, Jiro Yamashita shown in FIG. 4C is displayed.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a display unit included in the communication terminal device according to the present invention, and shows variations of display patterns when an incoming call arrives.

The communication terminal device according to the present invention is shown in FIG.
When a call is made from Hanako Yamada (i.e., the telephone number is 090-8765-4321) in the storage state shown in, the control unit 7 searches the telephone / e-mail memory and the image data memory, and the image data 3 and the telephone number. Is displayed (see FIG. 5A), the image data 3 and the name are displayed (FIG. 5).
(See (B)) or image data 3, name and telephone number are simultaneously displayed (see FIG. 5C). In addition, at the time of this display, the control unit 7 can also play a corresponding incoming call melody.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a display unit included in the communication terminal device according to the present invention, and shows variations of display patterns when an incoming call arrives.

The communication terminal device according to the present invention is shown in FIG.
When a call is made from Hanako Yamada (i.e., the telephone number is 090-8765-4321) in the storage state shown in FIG. 6, the control unit 7 searches the telephone / e-mail memory and the image data memory, and the image data 3 (FIG. 6). Alternate with (B)) telephone number (see FIG. 6A) or name (see FIG. 6C)
Display). At the time of this display, the control unit 7
Can also ring the corresponding ringtone.

Next, the operation in the introduction mode will be described together with the user's operation.

The introduction mode is a mode in which the information of the friend to be introduced who is registered in the communication terminal device of the acquaintance is transmitted to the communication terminal device of the acquaintance and is automatically registered.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a display unit included in the communication terminal device according to the present invention, showing a transition of display states in the introduction mode.

First, when the user of the communication terminal device operates the introduction mode key of the key input unit 8, the control unit 7 shifts to the introduction mode and prompts the input of the introduction destination. Next, the user of the communication terminal device calls, for example, an acquaintance Jiro Yamashita in the same manner as the operation of selecting a telephone number when making a call (see FIG. 7A).

When the referral destination confirmation operation is performed,
The control unit 7 prompts the selection of friends to be introduced. Next, after the user of the communication terminal device calls, for example, friend Hanako Yamada with the telephone number in the same manner as the operation of selecting the telephone number when making a call (see FIG. 7B), the confirmation is made. When the operation is performed, the control unit 7 determines that the image data 3 whose display flag is ON is the image data to be transmitted and displays the image data (see FIG. 7C). In this case, since the image data 1 is also stored in association with the telephone number of Hanako Yamada,
It is also possible to display the image data 1 by operating the selection key of the key input unit 8. Also, instead of the friend to be introduced, the telephone number of the own station (for example, 090-11
11-1111), a name (for example, Saburo Yamamoto), and image data can be selected to introduce yourself.

The control unit 7 is controlled by the user of the communication terminal device as shown in FIG.
When the transmission operation is performed in the state of (C), according to a predetermined communication procedure, Hanako Yamada's telephone number, name, and image data 3
Is sent to Jiro Yamashita's communication terminal device as an attachment file of an electronic mail via conventional data communication or the Internet.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a display unit included in the communication terminal device according to the present invention, showing transition of display states when a telephone number, name and image data are transmitted in the introduction mode. .

First, when the control unit 7 of the communication terminal device receives a notification from the electronic mail server on the Internet that the electronic mail has been sent in the introduction mode, the introducer recognizes that the introduction mode has been received. It is displayed together with the name and telephone number of a certain Saburo Yamamoto (see FIG. 8A).

When the user operates the receive key of the key input unit 8, the control unit 7 accesses the electronic mail server on the Internet to obtain and display the telephone number, name and image data transmitted as an attached file. (See FIG. 8B).

Thereafter, when the user operates the registration key of the key input unit 8, the control unit 7 automatically registers the information in the telephone / e-mail memory and the image data memory,
A message to that effect is displayed (see FIG. 8C). The registration operation in the introduction mode and the normal image data registration operation described in FIGS. 2 and 3 are basically the same, and the control unit 7 performs a confirmation operation as necessary. Further, after the registration in this way, when there is an incoming call from Hanako Yamada to Jiro Yamashita's communication terminal device, it becomes possible to call the image data 3 and display a photograph of Hanako Yamada.

Further, the image information display method according to the present invention can be realized by setting each operation of the above-mentioned communication terminal device as a step or process for processing in time series.

Further, a program that defines the processing procedure of each operation performed by the control unit included in the above-described communication terminal device is an information recording medium (for example, semiconductor memory, LD (laser disk), HD (hard disk), FD (floppy). Disk), MD (mini disk), CD (compact disk), DVD (digital video disk), etc., and the same processing procedure (for example, application program) is installed in various information processing devices. The action can be performed.

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As described above, according to the communication terminal device, the image information display method, and the information storage medium according to the present invention, image data such as a picture of oneself or a picture of the other party can be transmitted via data communication or the Internet. You can receive it as an attached file of an e-mail or directly obtain it from the image data input device and store it, and read out and display the image data corresponding to the caller number notified when an incoming call arrives. You can see if it is called.

Further, since the corresponding image data can be transmitted together with the stored telephone directory data and automatically registered in the communication terminal device of the other party, it becomes possible to easily introduce one's friend. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of a communication terminal device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a display unit included in the communication terminal device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a storage unit included in the communication terminal device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a display unit included in the communication terminal device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a display unit included in the communication terminal device according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a display unit included in the communication terminal device according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a display unit included in the communication terminal device according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a display unit included in the communication terminal device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Transmitter / receiver 2 Modem section 3 Audio codec section 4 analog front end 7 control unit 8 key input section 9 Display 10 memory 11 Melody generator 12 External connection terminal

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. At least one image data is stored in an image data memory in association with a memory number of a plurality of telephone numbers stored in a telephone directory data memory used for making a call, and received at the time of an incoming call. When the calling number and the first telephone number among the plurality of telephone numbers match, the first image data selected for display from the image data corresponding to the memory number of the first telephone number. In a communication terminal device for reading and displaying a message, a control unit for storing the newly acquired second image data in the image data memory is provided, and the control unit corresponds the second image data to the first telephone number. When the information to attach and store is input, the second image data is displayed and selected and stored in the image data memory, while the pair of the first image data and the first telephone number is stored. While maintaining the relationship, the display selection of the first image data is turned off, the first image data is continuously stored in the image data memory, and the caller number received at the time of the subsequent incoming call and the first image data are received. A communication terminal device, wherein the second image data is read and displayed when the telephone numbers match. 2. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit receives the image data when the information for storing the second image data in association with the first telephone number is input. When the first image data is stored in the memory in association with the first telephone number and is selected for display, storage confirmation is performed by displaying information indicating that the first image data is selected for display. , A communication terminal device. 3. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit corresponds to the second image data to be displayed, when the second image data is read and displayed when an incoming call is received. A communication terminal device, wherein a ringing melody is generated based on ringing melody data that is additionally stored. 4. in association with memory numbers of a plurality of telephone numbers stored in the telephone directory data memory used to call stores at least one or more image data in the image data memory, when the call When the received caller number and the first telephone number among the plurality of telephone numbers match, the first image selected for display from the image data corresponding to the memory number of the first telephone number. An image information storage method for a communication terminal device for reading and displaying data, including a control step of storing the newly acquired second image data in the image data memory, wherein the control step includes the step of storing the second image data in the second image data. When information to be stored in association with one telephone number is input, the second image data is selected for display and stored in the image data memory while the first image data is stored. Data from the first
A caller who receives a subsequent incoming call while maintaining the correspondence with the telephone number, turning off the display selection of the first image data, continuously storing the first image data in the image data memory, A method for storing image information, wherein the second image data is read and displayed when the number and the first telephone number match. 5. An information storage medium in which a program for causing a communication terminal device to execute an image information storage processing procedure is recorded, wherein the communication terminal device stores a plurality of telephone numbers stored in a telephone directory data memory used for making a call. The at least one image data is stored in the image data memory in association with the memory number of No. 1, and the caller number received at the time of the incoming call and the first telephone number among the plurality of telephone numbers match. In the case of the memory of the first telephone number from the image data
Reading and displaying the first image data selected for display corresponding to a number , and the image information storage processing procedure includes a control procedure for storing the newly acquired second image data in the image data memory, The control procedure is such that when the information to store the second image data in association with the first telephone number is input,
The display selection of the second image data is performed and stored in the image data memory, while the correspondence between the first image data and the first telephone number is maintained and the display selection of the first image data is turned off. Then, the first image data is continuously stored in the image data memory, and the second image data is read out when the caller number received at the time of the incoming call and the first telephone number match. An information storage medium characterized by: