JP5011497B2 - INPUT PROCESSING DEVICE, INPUT PROCESSING METHOD, INPUT PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention is applied to a device that handles character information and image information such as a mobile phone, a PHS phone (PHS: Personal Handyphone System), a PDA device (PDA: Personal Digital Assistant), or a notebook or desktop personal computer device. In particular, the display control device, the display control method, the display control program, and the portable terminal device are displayed according to the input characters, particularly when creating an e-mail or inputting characters to a schedule book or memo pad. The present invention relates to an input processing device, an input processing method, an input processing program, and a mobile terminal device that automatically search for and display image information related to each conversion candidate.

  Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2004-325937 (Patent Document 1) discloses an image display control apparatus that can change the display time of still images during sequential display of displaying a plurality of still images one by one. ing.

  In the case of this image display control device, when the first button of the remote controller is pressed during the sequential display of still images, the display switching interval of the still images to be sequentially displayed is shortened, and the high-speed display switching of the still images is performed. Do. Further, when the second button of the remote controller is pressed during the sequential display of still images, the display switching interval of the still images to be sequentially displayed is lengthened and the low-speed display switching of the still images is performed. Thereby, even during sequential display, the user can arbitrarily change the display time of each still image.

  Here, the information stored in the device is managed separately for each type of information, for example, e-mail information is managed as e-mail information, and image information is managed as image information. It has come to be. For this reason, when searching for desired image information from a large number of image information stored in the memory, the user searches for the desired image information depending on the imaging date and time stored in the head, or each image A list of thumbnail images of information is displayed, and a desired image is searched while viewing the list of thumbnail images, or a large number of pieces of image information are displayed one by one as in the image display control device of Patent Document 1 described above. While searching.

JP 2004-325937 A (pages 5 to 6: FIG. 4)

  However, image information that could not be retrieved or image information that was forgotten to be captured loses the opportunity to use it for display, etc. It was.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and handles character information and image information in association with each other. When character information is input, a thumbnail image of image information related to the input character information is automatically displayed. Thus, an object of the present invention is to provide an input processing device, an input processing method, an input processing program, and a mobile terminal device that can effectively use image information stored in a memory.

The input processing device according to the present invention is a means for solving the above-described problems.
When display of conversion candidates corresponding to the input characters is designated, a plurality of conversion candidates corresponding to the input characters are sequentially read out from a conversion dictionary in which characters that are a plurality of conversion candidates are registered. Normal conversion processing to be displayed on the display unit , or input conversion, predictive conversion in which a plurality of conversion candidates corresponding to input characters and input characters determined in advance are read from the conversion dictionary and displayed in order on the display unit A conversion candidate display unit for processing ;
From the image information predetermined additional information is stored in the storage unit is added to detect the image information where the additional information is added for each conversion candidates displayed by the conversion candidate display unit, the When image information to which additional information corresponding to each displayed conversion candidate is added is detected, image presence information indicating that the image information exists is adjacent to the conversion candidate corresponding to the image presence information. An image presence information display unit displayed on the display unit,
When any of the image presence information is selected, the image information related to the conversion candidate corresponding to the selected image presence information is detected from the storage unit, and a thumbnail of the detected image information A thumbnail image display unit for displaying a list of images on the display unit as a separate screen;
When any one of the thumbnail images displayed on the thumbnail image display unit is selected, the image information corresponding to the selected thumbnail image is read from the storage unit, and is displayed on a separate screen. And a selected image display unit displayed on the display unit .

The input processing method according to the present invention is a means for solving the above-described problems.
When the conversion candidate display unit designates display of conversion candidates corresponding to the input character, a plurality of conversion characters corresponding to the input character are registered from the conversion dictionary in which the conversion candidate characters are registered. Normal conversion processing that reads conversion candidates and displays them in order on the display unit , or input characters, or previously determined input characters and a plurality of conversion candidates corresponding to the input characters are read from the conversion dictionary and displayed in order. A conversion candidate display step for performing a predictive conversion process to be displayed in a section ;
The image presence information display unit adds the additional information corresponding to each conversion candidate displayed in the conversion candidate display step from the image information added with the predetermined additional information and stored in the storage unit . When image information is detected and image information to which additional information corresponding to each of the displayed conversion candidates is added is detected, image presence information indicating that the image information exists is included in the image presence information. An image presence information display step for displaying on the display unit adjacent to a corresponding conversion candidate;
When any of the image presence information displayed in the image presence information display step is selected, the thumbnail image display unit converts the conversion corresponding to the selected image presence information. A thumbnail image display step of detecting the image information related to the candidate from the storage unit and displaying a list of thumbnail images of the detected image information on the display unit as a separate screen;
When any one of the thumbnail images displayed in the thumbnail image display step is selected, the selected image display unit stores the image information corresponding to the selected thumbnail image. A selected image display step for reading out from the display unit and displaying on the display unit as a separate screen .

In order to solve the above-described problem, an input processing program according to the present invention provides
When display of conversion candidates corresponding to the input characters is designated, a plurality of conversion candidates corresponding to the input characters are sequentially read out from a conversion dictionary in which characters that are a plurality of conversion candidates are registered. Normal conversion processing to be displayed on the display unit , or input conversion, predictive conversion in which a plurality of conversion candidates corresponding to input characters and input characters determined in advance are read from the conversion dictionary and displayed in order on the display unit The computer functions as a conversion candidate display unit for processing ,
From the image information stored in the storage unit a predetermined additional information is added, additional information corresponding to each conversion candidates displayed by function as the conversion candidate display unit is added to the computer When image information is detected and image information to which additional information corresponding to each of the displayed conversion candidates is added is detected, image presence information indicating that the image information exists is included in the image presence information. The computer functions as an image presence information display unit that is displayed on the display unit adjacent to a corresponding conversion candidate,
When any one of the image presence information is selected from the image presence information displayed by causing the computer to function as the image presence information display unit, the image corresponding to the selected image presence information is handled. The image information related to the conversion candidate is detected from the storage unit, and a list of thumbnail images of the detected image information is displayed on the display unit as a separate screen, and the computer functions as a thumbnail image display unit.
When any one of the thumbnail images displayed by causing the computer to function as the thumbnail image display unit is selected, image information corresponding to the selected thumbnail image is displayed. The computer is caused to function as a selected image display unit that is read from the storage unit and displayed on the display unit as a separate screen.

The portable terminal device according to the present invention is a means for solving the above-described problems.
A conversion dictionary in which a plurality of conversion candidate characters are registered;
When display of conversion candidates corresponding to the input characters is designated, normal conversion processing for reading a plurality of conversion candidates corresponding to the input characters from the conversion dictionary and sequentially displaying them on the display unit , or input A conversion candidate display unit that performs a predictive conversion process of reading from the conversion dictionary and sequentially displaying a plurality of conversion candidates corresponding to the input character or the previously input character determined from the conversion dictionary ;
A storage unit in which image information to which predetermined additional information is added is stored;
Image information added with additional information corresponding to each conversion candidate displayed by the conversion candidate display unit is detected from the image information stored in the storage unit, and each of the displayed conversion candidates is detected. When image information to which corresponding additional information is added is detected, image presence information indicating that the image information exists is displayed on the display unit adjacent to a conversion candidate corresponding to the image presence information. An image presence information display unit;
When any of the image presence information is selected, the image information related to the conversion candidate corresponding to the selected image presence information is detected from the storage unit, and a thumbnail of the detected image information A thumbnail image display unit for displaying a list of images on the display unit as a separate screen;
When any one of the thumbnail images displayed on the thumbnail image display unit is selected, the image information corresponding to the selected thumbnail image is read from the storage unit, and is displayed on a separate screen. And a selected image display unit displayed on the display unit .

In the present invention, predetermined additional information is added to each image information stored in the storage unit , and when performing a normal conversion process or a predictive conversion process corresponding to an input character, When image information to which additional information corresponding to each conversion candidate is added is detected from the storage unit, and image information to which additional information corresponding to each displayed conversion candidate is detected, the image information is detected. Image presence information indicating that information is present is displayed on the display unit adjacent to a conversion candidate corresponding to the image presence information. When any of the image presence information is selected, the image information related to the conversion candidate corresponding to the selected image presence information is detected from the storage unit, and the detected image information A list of thumbnail images is displayed on the display unit as a separate screen. Further, when any one of the thumbnail images displayed on the thumbnail image display unit is selected, the image information corresponding to the selected thumbnail image is read from the storage unit, It displays on the said display part as another screen.

As a result, the character information and the image information can be handled in association with each other , the image presence information corresponding to the conversion candidate to be displayed is displayed, and the selection operation is performed when any of the image presence information is selected. The image information related to the conversion candidate corresponding to the image presence information can be detected from the storage unit, and a list of thumbnail images of the detected image information can be automatically displayed on the display unit as a separate screen. Therefore, many thumbnail images can be displayed at a time, and the image information stored in the storage unit can be used effectively.

The present invention can handle the conversion candidate and the image information in association with each other, and displays the image presence information of the image information related to the conversion candidate to be displayed when the conversion candidate is displayed. When the selection operation is performed, the image information related to the conversion candidate corresponding to the selected image presence information is detected from the storage unit, and a list of thumbnail images of the detected image information is displayed as a separate screen. By automatically displaying on the display unit, a large number of thumbnail images can be displayed at once, and the image information stored in the storage unit can be used effectively.

  Further, it is possible to automatically notify the user of the existence of image information related to each displayed conversion candidate. For this reason, it is possible to increase the chances that the image information that the user has forgotten or found cannot be displayed, and to recall the memory of the user.

  The present invention can be applied to a mobile phone.

[Configuration of mobile phone]
As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile phone according to the embodiment of the present invention has an antenna 1 and a communication circuit 2 that perform wireless communication with a base station, and an acoustic output such as a ringtone and a received voice. Speaker unit 3, microphone unit 4 for collecting transmitted voice, display unit 5 for displaying images (moving images, still images, etc.), characters, etc., input operation of characters and selection of desired menu An operation unit 6 for performing operations and the like, a light emitting unit 7 (LED: Light Emitting Diode) for notifying light of incoming / outgoing calls, and a camera unit 8 for capturing a still image or a moving image of a desired subject A vibration unit 9 for vibrating the casing of the mobile phone to notify the user of incoming / outgoing calls, a timer 10 for counting the current time, a GPS antenna 11 and a GPS for detecting the current position of the mobile phone Uni Doo 12: have the (GPS Global Positioning System) and.

  In addition to a communication processing program (communication program) for performing wireless communication processing via a base station, this mobile phone stores various application programs and various data (contents) handled by these application programs. And a control unit 14 for controlling the entire mobile phone.

  In the memory 13, a camera control program having an image capturing control of the camera unit 8, a moving image captured by the camera unit 8 or captured via a network or an input terminal, a still image viewer function, and creation of an e-mail E-mail management program for controlling transmission / reception, schedule book management program for managing a schedule book in which a user's schedule is registered, and browsing a website on a predetermined network such as the Internet A web browsing program, a phone book management program for managing a phone book, and a music player program for playing music content are stored.

  Further, in the memory 13, a schedule book in which a user's desired schedule is registered, a phone book in which still images, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, birth dates, etc. of the user's acquaintances and friends are registered, Music content played back based on the music player program, still image content and moving image content played back based on the viewer function of the camera control program, transmitted / received e-mail content, and call / email call history Etc. are stored.

The memory 13 displays one or a plurality of conversion candidates that are characters that are predicted to be converted from the input characters when inputting characters to an e-mail, schedule, memo pad, or the like. Image information (still image content or moving image content) to which additional information related to each conversion candidate is added and a thumbnail image of the searched image information (or image information related to the conversion candidate) Is stored. An input processing program for displaying (image presence information indicating the presence of the image) is stored.

[Additional information for still image content]
For “still image content” stored in the memory 13, when each still image content is stored, shooting time / save time information, management title (= title), file type information, file size information, acquisition source information , And additional information such as imaging position information are added and stored in the memory 13.

  The shooting time information is information that the control unit 14 takes in the time information counted by the timer 10 and adds it to the still image content when the still image captured by the camera unit 8 is stored in the memory 13.

  In the case of a still image downloaded from a predetermined Web site, there is a case where shooting time information is not added. In this case, when storing the still image content in the memory 13, the control unit 14 takes in time information (= save time) from the timer 10 and adds it to the downloaded still image. ing.

  The management title is data indicating the title name of the still image content. As the management title, when the still image content captured by the camera unit 8 is stored in the memory 13, the control unit 14 indicates the shooting date and the shooting time corresponding to the current time information captured from the timer 10. It is automatically added to still image content. In other words, as the management title of the still image content captured by the camera unit 8, first, the shooting date and shooting time are automatically added.

  The management title can be edited after the still image content is stored in the memory 13. When editing the management title, the user displays the management title editing screen at a desired timing, and operates the operation unit 6 to input the desired management title. The control unit 14 overwrites the management title input by the user with the shooting date and time automatically added to the still image content. As a result, the management title of the still image content is changed to a desired management title.

  The control unit 14 handles and manages the added management title as it is for the still image content that has already been added with the management title among the still image content downloaded from a predetermined website. The still image content to which no title is added is automatically added to the still image content with the date and time of download as the management title. The automatically added management title can also be arbitrarily changed by the user on the management title editing screen.

  The file type information is information indicating the image format of the still image content. For example, JPEG (JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group), GIF (GIF: Graphic Interchange Format), SWF format (SWF: Shockwave Flash, registered trademark), etc. Information indicating various image formats is added.

  The file size information is information indicating the file size of the still image content, and a numerical value indicating the file size such as 45 kbytes or 2 Mbytes is added thereto, for example.

  The acquisition source information is information indicating the acquisition source of the still image content. For example, in the case of still image content captured by the camera unit 8, information indicating that the acquisition source is the camera unit 8 is added, and In the case of still image content downloaded from the Web site, information indicating that the acquisition source is the Web site is added.

  As for the imaging position information, when the still image content is imaged by the camera unit 8, the control unit 14 takes in the current position information detected by the GPS antenna 11 and the GPS unit 12, and adds this as the imaging position information. Information.

In addition, among the still image contents downloaded from a predetermined website, the control unit 14 handles the added imaging position information as it is for the still image content to which imaging position information has already been added. For still image content to which position information is not added, current position information detected by the GPS antenna 11 and the GPS unit 12 when downloaded is added as imaging position information.

[Display operation of image information related to input character conversion candidates]
When the mobile phone of this embodiment performs character input such as e-mail, schedule, memo pad, etc., at the timing when display of conversion candidates corresponding to the input characters is designated, the characters that become a plurality of conversion candidates Is read out from the conversion dictionary of the memory 13 in which is registered, a plurality of conversion candidates corresponding to the input characters are read out and displayed in order on the display unit 5. In addition, when performing character input such as e-mail, schedule, memo pad, etc., this mobile phone can input input characters, or previously determined input characters and a plurality of conversion candidates predicted from the input characters. It has a “prediction conversion function” that is read from the conversion dictionary and displayed on the display means in order.

  At the time of this character input, the user selectively sets in advance whether to use the “normal conversion function” or the “predictive conversion function”. Hereinafter, the description will be given by taking as an example a case where the “predictive conversion function” is selected and set by the user's setting. In addition, since the same operation is performed when the “normal conversion function” is selected and set by the user setting, refer to the following description.

  When the control unit 14 displays a character input by the user in the predictive conversion function, or a character input previously determined and a plurality of conversion candidates predicted from the input character, the conversion stored in the memory 13 Based on the dictionary, a conversion candidate that is newly selected by the user is preferentially displayed and controlled. Thereby, the conversion candidate selected by the user corresponding to the previously input character is displayed at the top (or upper) of each conversion candidate displayed in a list, and then the conversion candidates that are new in time are sequentially displayed. Will be displayed. For this reason, the user can immediately find a conversion candidate corresponding to the character desired to be input, and by selecting the found conversion candidate, the user can quickly input a desired character with few operations.

  Here, the mobile phone according to the embodiment detects still image content having additional information related to each conversion candidate from the memory 13 when displaying the conversion candidates corresponding to the characters input by the user in this way. Then, the detected thumbnail image of the still image content is displayed together with the respective conversion candidates. The flow of the still image content display operation related to this conversion candidate is shown in the flowchart of FIG. In the flowchart of FIG. 2, the control unit 14 starts processing based on an input processing program stored in the memory 13 when inputting characters such as an electronic mail, a schedule book, and a memo pad.

  In step S1, the control part 14 detects the conversion candidate corresponding to the character input by the user from the conversion dictionary memorize | stored in the memory 13, and advances a process to step S2. In step S2, the control unit 14 detects still image content having additional information related to each conversion candidate detected in step S1 from the memory 13, forms a thumbnail image of the detected still image content, and performs processing. To step S3. In step S3, the control unit 14 controls display of each conversion candidate detected in step S1 in the conversion candidate display area on the display unit 5, and the still image content related to each conversion candidate formed in step S2 is displayed. The thumbnail image is controlled to be displayed in the thumbnail image display area on the display unit 5, and the process proceeds to step S4.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3A, the display unit 5 displays an input character display area for displaying characters input by the user and conversion candidates corresponding to the characters input by the user. A conversion candidate display area for displaying the thumbnail image of the still image content related to each conversion candidate.

  As can be seen from FIG. 3A, for example, when the user inputs a character “Yu”, the control unit 14 includes “Amusement park (Yuenchi)”, “Sunset” including the character “Yu”. Conversion candidates such as “Yuhi”, “Champion”, “Effective”, “Paid”, “Yoshi”, “Yu”, etc. are stored in the memory 13. These conversion candidates are displayed in a list in the conversion candidate display area of the display unit 5 in a list-controlled manner.

  Further, the control unit 14 detects the still image content related to each conversion candidate detected in this way from the memory 13. For example, when the conversion candidate “amusement park” is detected, the control unit 14 detects from the memory 13 still image content to which the management title “amusement park” is added. In addition, the control unit 14 stores still image content related to the conversion candidate with “amusement park”, for example, with a unique name such as “XX Land” or “XX Zoo” added with a management title. 13 to detect.

  Furthermore, since amusement parks and buildings with unique names are also well known in the location information of existing locations, the control unit 14 stores the location information corresponding to the detected unique names in the memory 13. Detected from the location database stored in, or by accessing the location information providing server device etc. on the predetermined network, to obtain location information such as amusement parks and buildings with the detected unique name, Still image content having this position information as additional information is detected from the memory 13.

  Similarly, when the user inputs a character such as “saku”, for example, the control unit 14 predicts an input from the characters “saku” “Yesterday (sakujitsu)”, “sakura (sakura) ) ”,“ Measure ”, etc. are detected from the conversion dictionary, and each of these conversion candidates is displayed and controlled in a list in the conversion candidate display area of the display unit 5. Since the conversion candidate “Yesterday (sakujitsu)” is detected, the control unit 14 adds still image content corresponding to the shooting time / save time information corresponding to the day before the date on which the character is input. Is detected from the memory 13.

  In this way, the control unit 14 not only detects still image content by adding a management title that matches the conversion candidate, but also adds additional information related to the conversion candidate in terms of position, time, and the like. Is detected from the memory 13. Then, thumbnail images of the detected still image contents are formed and displayed as a list in the thumbnail image display area on the display unit 5 as shown in FIG.

  Thereby, the character information (conversion candidate) and the still image content can be handled in association with each other, and when the conversion candidate is displayed, the thumbnail image of the still image content related to the conversion candidate to be displayed is automatically displayed. The still image contents stored in the memory 13 can be used effectively.

  In addition, it is possible to automatically notify the user of the presence of still image content related to the displayed conversion candidate. For this reason, it is possible to increase the chances of displaying still image content that the user has forgotten or cannot find, and to recall the memory of the user.

  Next, in the mobile phone according to the present embodiment, when a desired thumbnail image is selected from each thumbnail image displayed as a list in the thumbnail image display area of display unit 5, a still image corresponding to the selected thumbnail image is displayed. The content is displayed large on the display unit 5. In step S4 of the flowchart of FIG. 2, the control unit 14 monitors the presence / absence of a thumbnail image selection operation, and advances the process to step S5 when the thumbnail image selection operation is detected. And the control part 14 reads the still image content corresponding to the thumbnail image selected by this user from the memory 13, and displays this on the display part 5 as shown in FIG.3 (b). Thereby, the still image content corresponding to the thumbnail image selected by the user can be displayed largely on the display unit 5.

  Next, in the mobile phone according to the embodiment, when the still image content corresponding to the above-described thumbnail image is displayed on the display unit 5 and the pasting of the still image content is designated, it is attached as an email attachment file. The thumbnail image of the still image content is pasted into the body of the email or the body of the email.

  That is, in this case, during the creation of the e-mail to be transmitted, the user selects a desired thumbnail image from among the thumbnail images displayed corresponding to each input character conversion candidate. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 3B, the still image content corresponding to the selected thumbnail image is displayed largely on the display unit 5. In this state, the user operates the operation unit 6. The still image content pasting process (or attachment process) is designated.

  In step S6 of the flowchart of FIG. 2, the control unit 14 monitors the presence / absence of a designation operation for such a pasting process (or attachment process), and detects the designation operation for the pasting process (or attachment process). Then, the process proceeds to step S7. In step S7, when the electronic mail being created is an HTML mail, the control unit 14 displays the thumbnail image of the still image content currently displayed on the display unit 5 as shown in FIG. 3C, for example. And paste it into the body of the e-mail. Alternatively, when the created e-mail is a normal e-mail, the still image content currently displayed on the display unit 5 is attached as an attached file to the e-mail being created, and the flowchart of FIG. The process shown in FIG.

In this example, when a desired thumbnail image is selected from the thumbnail images displayed in a list, the still image content corresponding to the selected thumbnail image is displayed. When a desired thumbnail image is selected from the thumbnail images, a so-called bookmark may be added to the still image content corresponding to the selected thumbnail image so that it can be browsed later or displayed as a list. The still image contents corresponding to the thumbnail images may be moved or copied together in a desired folder.

[Effect of the embodiment]
As is clear from the above description, the mobile phone of this embodiment has predetermined additional information such as a management title, shooting date, shooting location, etc. for each still image content stored in the memory 13. At the time of character input such as e-mail, schedule, memo pad, etc., each conversion candidate corresponding to this input character is detected and displayed, and additional information related to each conversion candidate is added. Still image content that is present is detected, and thumbnail images of the detected still image content are displayed in a list.

  As a result, the character information (conversion candidate) and the still image content can be handled in association with each other, and the thumbnail image of the image information related to each conversion candidate is automatically displayed together with each conversion candidate. The stored still image content can be effectively used.

In addition, since it is possible to automatically notify the user of the existence of still image content related to the displayed conversion candidate, the user has an opportunity to display still image content that the user has forgotten or cannot find. It is possible to increase the number, and to recall the user's memories.

[Modification]
In the description of the above-described embodiment, thumbnail images related to each conversion candidate are displayed as a list as shown in FIG. 3A. However, as shown in FIG. An image presence icon indicating that there is still image content related to the conversion candidate, such as “→ copy (or message)” may be displayed adjacent to each conversion candidate. In this case, when a desired image presence icon is selected from each image presence icon, the control unit 14 detects, from the memory 13, still image content related to the conversion candidate corresponding to the selected image presence icon, The thumbnail images of the detected still image contents are displayed as a list as shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 3A, when thumbnail images of each still image content are displayed in a list in the thumbnail image display area, it is difficult to display many thumbnail images at a time. When the image presence icon is selected and operated, a list of each thumbnail image is displayed as a separate screen, so that many thumbnail images can be displayed at once.

  When a desired thumbnail image is selected from each thumbnail image displayed as a list on the separate screen, the control unit 14 further displays still image content corresponding to the selected thumbnail image on a separate screen ( 3B), when the paste processing or attachment processing of the still image content displayed in large size is specified, the thumbnail image of the still image content is pasted into the body of the e-mail, or The attachment processing as an attachment file of an e-mail is as described above (see FIG. 3C).

  Instead of the image presence icon, a thumbnail image may be displayed adjacent to each conversion candidate as indicated by a dotted frame in FIG. In this case, when a plurality of still image contents are detected for one conversion candidate, the control unit 14 makes a thumbnail image of a representative still image content such as a newer one in time adjacent to the conversion candidate. To display. Then, when a desired thumbnail image is selected from the thumbnail images displayed adjacent to each conversion candidate, the control unit 14 displays the still image content corresponding to the selected thumbnail image on a separate screen. (See FIG. 3B.) When the paste processing or attachment processing of the still image content displayed in large size is designated, the thumbnail image of the still image content is pasted into the body of the email, Alternatively, the still image content is attached as an email attachment file as described above (see FIG. 3C).

  Finally, in the above description of the embodiment, the present invention is applied to a mobile phone. However, the present invention is not limited to this mobile phone, but may be a PHS phone (PHS: Personal Handyphone System) or a PDA device. (PDA: Personal Digital Assistant) or a notebook-type or desktop-type personal computer device, portable game machine, etc., as long as it is applicable to any device capable of character input processing and handling image information. The same effect can be obtained.

  In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment that has been disclosed as an example of the present invention, and the above-described embodiment is within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention. It should be added that various changes can be made according to the design and the like even if other than the above.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile phone according to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied. 5 is a flowchart for explaining an operation of displaying a conversion candidate corresponding to an input character and displaying a thumbnail image of still image content related to each conversion candidate in the cellular phone according to the embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the display operation of the conversion candidate corresponding to an input character in the mobile telephone used as embodiment, and the display operation of the thumbnail image of the still image content relevant to each conversion candidate. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a display example of an image presence icon indicating the presence of still image content related to input character conversion candidates in the mobile phone according to the embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

  1 antenna 2 communication circuit 3 speaker unit 4 microphone unit 5 display unit 6 operation unit 7 light emitting unit (LED) 8 camera unit 9 vibration unit 10 timer 11 GPS antenna 12 GPS unit 13 Memory, 14 control unit

Claims (8)

When display of conversion candidates corresponding to the input characters is designated, a plurality of conversion candidates corresponding to the input characters are sequentially read out from a conversion dictionary in which characters that are a plurality of conversion candidates are registered. Normal conversion processing to be displayed on the display unit , or input conversion, predictive conversion in which a plurality of conversion candidates corresponding to input characters and input characters determined in advance are read from the conversion dictionary and displayed in order on the display unit A conversion candidate display unit for processing ;
From the image information predetermined additional information is stored in the storage unit is added to detect the image information where the additional information is added for each conversion candidates displayed by the conversion candidate display unit, the When image information to which additional information corresponding to each displayed conversion candidate is added is detected, image presence information indicating that the image information exists is adjacent to the conversion candidate corresponding to the image presence information. An image presence information display unit displayed on the display unit,
When any of the image presence information is selected, the image information related to the conversion candidate corresponding to the selected image presence information is detected from the storage unit, and a thumbnail of the detected image information A thumbnail image display unit for displaying a list of images on the display unit as a separate screen;
When any one of the thumbnail images displayed on the thumbnail image display unit is selected, the image information corresponding to the selected thumbnail image is read from the storage unit, and is displayed on a separate screen. An input processing device having a selected image display unit displayed on the display unit . When the pasting process for pasting the image information displayed by the selected image display unit into an e-mail is specified, the thumbnail image of the image information displayed on the display unit is pasted in the body of the e-mail. An image attachment process for executing an attachment process in which the image information displayed on the display unit is used as an attachment file of the e-mail when the attachment process for attaching the image information to the e-mail is specified. Have a part
The input processing device according to claim 1 . When the conversion candidate display unit designates display of conversion candidates corresponding to the input character, a plurality of conversion characters corresponding to the input character are registered from the conversion dictionary in which the conversion candidate characters are registered. Normal conversion processing that reads conversion candidates and displays them in order on the display unit , or input characters, or previously determined input characters and a plurality of conversion candidates corresponding to the input characters are read from the conversion dictionary and displayed in order. A conversion candidate display step for performing a predictive conversion process to be displayed in a section ;
The image presence information display unit adds the additional information corresponding to each conversion candidate displayed in the conversion candidate display step from the image information added with the predetermined additional information and stored in the storage unit . When image information is detected and image information to which additional information corresponding to each of the displayed conversion candidates is added is detected, image presence information indicating that the image information exists is included in the image presence information. An image presence information display step for displaying on the display unit adjacent to a corresponding conversion candidate;
When any of the image presence information displayed in the image presence information display step is selected, the thumbnail image display unit converts the conversion corresponding to the selected image presence information. A thumbnail image display step of detecting the image information related to the candidate from the storage unit and displaying a list of thumbnail images of the detected image information on the display unit as a separate screen;
When any one of the thumbnail images displayed in the thumbnail image display step is selected, the selected image display unit stores the image information corresponding to the selected thumbnail image. An input processing method comprising: a selection image display step of reading from the display unit and displaying on the display unit as another screen . When the pasting process for pasting the image information displayed in the selected image display step to the e-mail is designated, the image attachment processing unit displays the thumbnail image of the image information displayed on the display unit as the electronic information. When attachment processing for pasting into the body of an email or attaching the image information to an email is specified, the image attachment processing unit displays the image information displayed on the display portion of the email. It has an image attachment processing step for executing attachment processing as an attachment file
The input processing method according to claim 3. When display of conversion candidates corresponding to the input characters is designated, a plurality of conversion candidates corresponding to the input characters are sequentially read out from a conversion dictionary in which characters that are a plurality of conversion candidates are registered. Normal conversion processing to be displayed on the display unit , or input conversion, predictive conversion in which a plurality of conversion candidates corresponding to input characters and input characters determined in advance are read from the conversion dictionary and displayed in order on the display unit The computer functions as a conversion candidate display unit for processing ,
From the image information stored in the storage unit a predetermined additional information is added, additional information corresponding to each conversion candidates displayed by function as the conversion candidate display unit is added to the computer When image information is detected and image information to which additional information corresponding to each of the displayed conversion candidates is added is detected, image presence information indicating that the image information exists is included in the image presence information. The computer functions as an image presence information display unit that is displayed on the display unit adjacent to a corresponding conversion candidate,
When any one of the image presence information is selected from the image presence information displayed by causing the computer to function as the image presence information display unit, the image corresponding to the selected image presence information is handled. The image information related to the conversion candidate is detected from the storage unit, and a list of thumbnail images of the detected image information is displayed on the display unit as a separate screen, and the computer functions as a thumbnail image display unit.
When any one of the thumbnail images displayed by causing the computer to function as the thumbnail image display unit is selected, image information corresponding to the selected thumbnail image is displayed. An input processing program for causing the computer to function as a selected image display unit that is read from the storage unit and displayed on the display unit as a separate screen . When pasting processing for pasting the image information displayed by causing the computer to function as the selected image display unit to be attached to an e-mail is specified, a thumbnail image of the image information displayed on the display unit is displayed as the electronic image. Attaching processing in which the image information displayed on the display unit is attached as the attachment file of the e-mail when the attachment processing for attaching the image information to the e-mail is specified in the body of the e-mail For causing the computer to function as an image attachment processing unit for executing
The input processing program according to claim 5. A conversion dictionary in which a plurality of conversion candidate characters are registered;
When display of conversion candidates corresponding to the input characters is designated, normal conversion processing for reading a plurality of conversion candidates corresponding to the input characters from the conversion dictionary and sequentially displaying them on the display unit , or input A conversion candidate display unit that performs a predictive conversion process of reading from the conversion dictionary and sequentially displaying a plurality of conversion candidates corresponding to the input character or the previously input character determined from the conversion dictionary ;
A storage unit in which image information to which predetermined additional information is added is stored;
Image information added with additional information corresponding to each conversion candidate displayed by the conversion candidate display unit is detected from the image information stored in the storage unit, and each of the displayed conversion candidates is detected. When image information to which corresponding additional information is added is detected, image presence information indicating that the image information exists is displayed on the display unit adjacent to a conversion candidate corresponding to the image presence information. An image presence information display unit;
When any of the image presence information is selected, the image information related to the conversion candidate corresponding to the selected image presence information is detected from the storage unit, and a thumbnail of the detected image information A thumbnail image display unit for displaying a list of images on the display unit as a separate screen;
When any one of the thumbnail images displayed on the thumbnail image display unit is selected, the image information corresponding to the selected thumbnail image is read from the storage unit, and is displayed on a separate screen. As a portable terminal device having a selection image display unit displayed on the display unit . When the pasting process for pasting the image information displayed by the selected image display unit into an e-mail is specified, the thumbnail image of the image information displayed on the display unit is pasted in the body of the e-mail. An image attachment process for executing an attachment process in which the image information displayed on the display unit is used as an attachment file of the e-mail when the attachment process for attaching the image information to the e-mail is specified. Have a part
The mobile terminal device according to claim 7.

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