JP5787352B2 - Communication device, image selection method, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication device, an image selection method, and a program that can select an image to be attached to an e-mail.

  Conventionally, an image is attached to an e-mail and transmitted.

  In the conventional act of sending an e-mail with an image attached, it is necessary to select and attach a specific image from many images. Therefore, there is a problem that it is very troublesome. In addition, in the case of e-mail, there is no act of writing in handwriting or packing by itself, such as direct mail or other articles. Further, in the electronic mail, the process of sending is not conscious, and other electronic devices are sent via various communication devices that cannot be recognized on the network. For this reason, the consciousness of how much of the things that you want to send has been sent. As a result, the joy of sending and the joy of receiving are diluting.

  Various prior arts related to the present invention are known.

  For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-53278 (Patent Document 1) discloses an “e-mail transmission / reception system” that can clearly indicate a location to be notified to an opponent by e-mail using a map at a receiving communication terminal. Disclosure. In Patent Document 1, when a sender performs an operation for transmitting an e-mail, the personal computer transmits a text e-mail to the information center via the Internet. The location conversion server of the information center determines whether or not a place name or telephone number has been extracted from the text of the received e-mail, and if it is extracted, reads the position information corresponding to the place name from the place name database and receives the received electronic Appended to email.

  Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2003-16015 (Patent Document 2) discloses an “image providing apparatus” that provides an image with a spot characteristic to a destination. In Patent Document 2, an image based on position information is specified, and this image is stored in an image mail and provided to a transmission destination. Further, in Patent Document 2, the location of a mobile phone that transmits mail is acquired from the global positioning system (GPS), or the location of the base station in the zone where the mobile phone that transmitted the location information mail is located is It is specified as a position.

  Furthermore, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-334305 (Patent Document 3) discloses an “electronic mail apparatus” that automatically adds information related to a text to be transmitted when an electronic mail is transmitted. Patent Document 3 describes that additional information corresponding to a keyword may be retrieved from an additional information database and added as an attached file without being directly displayed in the mail text.

JP-A-11-53278 (paragraphs [0024] to [0027]) JP 2003-16015 A (paragraphs [0050], [0016], [0052]) JP 2004-334305 A (FIGS. 3 and 4, paragraphs [0050] and [0051])

  As described above, it is troublesome for a user to attach an image such as a photograph to an e-mail so far because a specific image must be selected from a plurality of images or photographed and transmitted. In addition, in e-mail, there is no longer the act of stamping and postmarking as in direct mail, so the sender is cautioned to add value-added information such as the sender's location information. It is difficult to pay.

  On the other hand, Patent Documents 1 to 3 described above have the following problems.

  First, Patent Document 1 merely discloses that the information center adds location information corresponding to a place name (or telephone number) extracted from the received e-mail text to the e-mail.

  Patent Document 2 merely provides an image specifying the location of the transmission source mobile phone to the transmission destination mobile phone. In particular, in Patent Document 2, the position information of a mobile phone that is a transmission source is specified using a position information detection function from a GPS or a communication base station, and it is necessary to add a function for acquiring position information in advance. is there. In addition, in the acquisition of position information, the accuracy of acquiring a country or region is roughly single.

  In Patent Document 3, when an electronic mail is transmitted, information relating to a sentence to be transmitted is only automatically added. In Patent Document 3, an additional information database is required to search for additional information.

  Each of Patent Documents 1 to 3 has a new idea of selecting an image related to a route (country, region) of how an e-mail has passed between a transmission source and a transmission destination (reception destination). I have not thought of it.

  A problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a communication device, an image selection method, and a program capable of automatically selecting images related to a plurality of regions considered to have been followed by an email and attaching them to the email. There is.

The communication device according to the present invention uses a region specifying means for specifying a plurality of regions assumed to have passed an e-mail from two positions of a transmission source and a reception destination, and a plurality of search functions on the Internet. an image selection means for selecting a plurality of images corresponding to local, seen containing an image attachment means to attach the plurality of images to an e-mail, and the area specifying means, the position of the two points of the source and destination And a region selection unit that selects a plurality of regions from the acquired positions of the two points. The region selection unit displays a grid on the map, A region in the grid corresponding to the line between the two points of the receiving destination or a region in the grid adjacent to the grid is selected as a plurality of regions .

An image selection method according to the present invention is an image selection method for selecting an image to be attached to an e-mail, and a plurality of regions assumed to have passed an e-mail from the positions of two points of a transmission source and a reception destination. A region specifying step for specifying, an image selecting step for selecting a plurality of images corresponding to a plurality of regions using a search function on the Internet, and an image attaching step for attaching a plurality of images to an e-mail. In addition, the region specifying step includes a position information acquisition step of acquiring the positions of the transmission source and the reception destination, and a region selection step of selecting a plurality of regions from the acquired positions of the two points. In the region selection step, a grid is displayed on the map, and the area in the grid corresponding to the line between the two points of the transmission source and the reception destination or the area in the adjacent grid is It is selected as the region of a few.

  In the present invention, it is possible to automatically select images related to a plurality of regions considered to have been followed by an electronic mail and attach it to the electronic mail.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the communication apparatus which concerns on 1st Example of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the communication apparatus shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the relationship between a country code and a country name. It is a figure which shows the image of the country and area calculated by the country code. It is a figure which shows the image of selection of the several area | region assumed that the email passed. It is a figure which shows an example of the image of the several area which should be selected on the line between two points of a transmission origin and a receiving destination by displaying a grid on a map. It is a figure which shows the image of the some image attached to the email. It is a figure which shows an example of the range which selects the surrounding area designated arbitrarily. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the communication apparatus which concerns on 2nd Example of this invention.

  Next, a mode for carrying out the invention will be described in detail.

  A communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a region specifying unit that specifies a plurality of regions on which an e-mail has passed from two positions of a transmission source and a reception destination (transmission destination); The image processing device includes an image selection unit that selects a plurality of images corresponding to a plurality of regions by using a function, and an image attachment unit that attaches a plurality of images to the electronic mail.

  In the communication apparatus according to the present embodiment, a plurality of images collected by an RSS function or a search function on the Internet are converted into an e-mail based on keywords automatically recognized and selected after the user creates an e-mail. The above problem is solved by attaching and transmitting.

  Alternatively, the communication device according to the present embodiment solves the above problem by attaching a plurality of images automatically acquired by the above-described method to a transmitted electronic mail.

  The method for collecting the attached images is to identify the sender and recipient locations from information such as the sender and recipient email address domains (eg, .jp, .uk). Select a plurality of areas to pass to go to a place, and collect information about the selected areas from information such as a web page using the RSS function or the search function on the Internet, Attach multiple posted images to an email.

  Next, features of the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  In the embodiment of the present invention, images relating to a plurality of regions automatically collected by a search function on the Internet are attached to an e-mail. This eliminates the selection and attachment of an image to an e-mail that has been troublesome so far. An embodiment of the present invention is a function for automatically attaching a plurality of images to an e-mail and providing the same to a recipient user, and an apparatus for realizing the function. Furthermore, while ensuring the convenience of e-mail, it is possible to give joy when sending and joy when receiving mail, such as when sending by direct mail, without the user himself / herself being conscious.

  As a specific example, assume that a user in Japan receives an email from a British user. The e-mail automatically obtains multiple images for the source country and those countries under the assumption that it has crossed countries that are on a linear distance from the UK to Japan. By attaching the acquired images to an e-mail and indicating which country you have passed from which country, you can know when you travel by knowing the fun of sending an e-mail and how it came. Provide sensations. This function is assumed to be installed in a communication device such as a router or a personal computer, and is assumed to be a part of a mailer function for creating and sending / receiving electronic mail or a function linked thereto.

  A communication apparatus 101 according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. A communication apparatus 101 related to FIG. 1 has a configuration when the present invention is realized by a transmission source. Therefore, the communication apparatus 101 is called a transmission side communication apparatus.

  The illustrated communication apparatus 101 on the transmission side includes a mail creation function unit 102, a location information reading function unit 103 and a region selection function unit 104 connected to the storage unit 108, and a region information collection unit connected to a search function 110 on the Internet. A function unit 105, an image determination function unit 106, and an image attachment function unit 107 are provided. The transmission side communication apparatus 101 is connected to the Internet network 111 via a mail transmission function unit 109.

  The transmission side communication apparatus 101 corresponds to a router or a personal computer. The mail creation function unit 102, the position information reading function unit 103, the region selection function unit 104, the region information collection function unit 105, the image determination function unit 106, and the image attachment function unit 107 operate by program control.

  The mail creation function unit 102 assumes a part of a mailer function or a function of the first embodiment of the present invention that is installed in the transmission side communication apparatus 101 in advance.

  The position information reading function unit 103 has a function of specifying region information from a domain of an e-mail address or the like. For example, the storage unit 108 has a list of country codes such as Japan for .jp, United Kingdom for .uk, Canada for .ca, and the position information reading function unit 103 stores the sent email. The country code and the country code of the receiving side are converted into country names with reference to the above list (see FIG. 3).

  The region selection function unit 104 has a function of selecting a plurality of specific regions from a plurality of regions registered in the storage unit 108 in advance. Here, a plurality of pre-registered regions are registered main country names and cities registered arbitrarily, and the region selection function unit 104 selects a plurality of specific regions from among them. It shall have a function (refer FIG. 3 and FIG. 6). If there are five applicable areas and the number of selected specific areas is limited to four, the area selection function unit 104 selects a plurality of specific areas in the order closer to the area where the sender is located. Work such as selecting a region.

  The area information collection function unit 105 is a function that collects information such as Web pages related to a plurality of specific areas selected by the area selection function unit 104, and has a search function using keywords such as a search on RSS or the Internet.

  The image determination function unit 106 is a function of determining image data from the area information on the Web page collected by the area information collection function unit 105. In order to determine image data, it is mainly determined whether or not the data is compatible with a commonly used image data format (such as jpg), and the corresponding data is determined to be an image.

  The image attachment function unit 107 has a function of attaching image data to the received e-mail.

  The mail transmission function unit 109 has a function of transmitting a plurality of images after attaching them to an electronic mail. This function uses a part of the functions of the first embodiment of the present invention or a mailer function that is installed in advance.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 2 in addition to FIG. 1, the operation and details of each functional unit of the transmission-side communication apparatus 101 will be described. FIG. 2 shows the flow of this function.

  In the mail creation function unit 102 mounted on the transmission side communication apparatus 101, after the user has finished creating the email and sending it, the location information reading function unit 103 receives the sender and receiver of the email. By referring to the domain of the mail address, the country name is determined based on the country code described in the domain (step S1).

  The country code will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

  Assume that the country codes corresponding to the first embodiment of the present invention have more than the number of country codes shown in FIG. The storage of this country code is assumed by the storage unit 108. If the country code of the sender's e-mail address does not correspond to the country code registered in FIG. 3 or higher, the function in the first embodiment of the present invention, such as discarding, is performed. It is assumed that the function unit 103 and the subsequent steps are not performed.

  When collecting regional information at the transmission source and the reception destination, the position information reading function unit 103 uses the country code in which the country code of the email address of the email transmission source is registered in FIG. 3 or higher. In the case of the above, reference is made to the country name of the corresponding country code in Japanese or English (see the second and third columns from the left in FIG. 3). Then, the position information reading function unit 103 collects region information using the country name in Japanese or English as a keyword. The choice of using Japanese notation and English notation is arbitrary.

  As a specific example, when the location information reading function unit 103 refers to “.uk” and “.jp” as a result of referring to the country code in the domain of the sender and recipient email addresses, And correspond to Japan.

  As described above, the position information reading function unit 103 functions as a position information acquisition unit that acquires the positions of the transmission source and the reception destination in cooperation with the storage unit 108.

  The region selection function unit 104 selects information of a plurality of regions that are assumed to have passed through the e-mail based on the country name determined by the country code (step S2).

  FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 show images for selecting the determined country / region and a plurality of regions assumed to have passed. When the position of two points (UK and Japan in the above specific example) is selected, the region selection function unit 104 selects a plurality of regions close to a straight line connecting the two points. These areas are registered in the storage unit 108 as a plurality of areas to be selected in advance, and a plurality of areas close to a straight line are selected.

  When the number of areas to be selected set in advance is limited (NO in step S3), the area selection function unit 104 selects a plurality of areas up to the limit number in order from the sender's location area (step S4). (Part 1 of FIG. 2).

  Next, a method for selecting a plurality of specific areas in the area selection function unit 104 will be described in detail.

  As described above, the plurality of specific areas to be selected are registered as a plurality of areas to be selected in advance, and the plurality of registered areas are shown in FIG. 3 or FIG. More than a certain number of countries. The storage unit 108 is responsible for storing a database of the two points and the region itself between them and a database corresponding to the physical positional relationship of the selected country or region. To determine whether the physical distance is close, a grid is displayed on the map, and the area in the grid corresponding to the line between the two points of the transmission source and the reception destination or the area in the grid adjacent to it is selected. A plurality of specific areas to be selected (see FIG. 6). The region registered in FIG. 6 corresponds to the country name registered in more than the number of countries in FIG. 3 or the number of countries in FIG.

  As described above, the region selection function unit 104 works as a region selection unit that cooperates with the storage unit 108 to select a plurality of regions on the assumption that the e-mail has passed from the acquired two positions.

  Therefore, the combination of the position information reading function unit 103 and the region selection function unit 104 is a combination of the storage unit 108 and a plurality of assumptions that an e-mail has passed from two positions of the transmission source and the reception destination. It operates as an area specifying means for specifying an area.

  The area information collection function unit 105 refers to a Web page related to the area by using the two points of the transmission source and the reception destination selected in FIG. 4 and / or the country or area name therebetween as keywords (step S5). As a reference method, an operation is performed that preferentially hits in the order of the uploading time and the relevant page that is effective in the search.

  Next, a detailed description will be given of a method for collecting information related to a region in the region information collecting function unit 105.

  As a keyword used for collecting regional information, a Japanese or English country name corresponding to the country code as shown in FIG. 3 is used. Using the country name as a keyword, the regional information collection function unit 105 searches for a Web page existing on the Internet. The search is performed using RSS (RDF Site Summary) or a search function 110 on the Internet. It is necessary to select one or a specified number of information from the retrieved results. With respect to this method, a Web page most likely to correspond to the keyword, a Web page most referenced by the keyword, or a Web page corresponding to the keyword is selected in order of time.

  As described above, the area information collection function unit 105 functions as an area information collection unit that collects information on the specified (selected) areas as a plurality of area information by using the search function 110 on the Internet. .

  The image determination function unit 106 selects only image data on the referenced Web page. Whether it is image data is determined based on whether it is a format (jpg. Etc.) used for the image data. If there is no image data in the acquired web page (NO in step S6), the corresponding web page is referenced next (step S7) (part 2 in FIG. 2).

  Next, details of functions in the image determination function unit 106 will be described.

  The image determination function unit 106 refers to the searched Web page and determines whether there is image data on the Web page. Recognized as image data is a format that can be posted on JPEG (joint photographic experts group), PDF (portable document format), PNG (portable network graphics), RAW, and other Web pages. When the format information supported by the area information collection function unit 105 matches the format on the Web page, the image determination function unit 106 recognizes the image data and acquires only the recognized image data. When there are a plurality of corresponding images on the searched Web page, the image determination function unit 106 acquires the images in the order described in the Web page.

  Thus, the image determination function unit 106 functions as an image acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of images corresponding to a plurality of areas from the collected plurality of area information.

  Therefore, the combination of the region information collection function unit 105 and the image determination function unit 106 operates as an image selection unit that selects a plurality of images corresponding to a plurality of regions using the search function 110 on the Internet.

  The image attachment function unit 107 performs an operation of attaching the acquired plurality of image data to the transmitted e-mail (step S8).

  FIG. 7 shows images of a plurality of images attached to the e-mail. Images 1 through 4 each have a photo attached to the selected countries.

  Next, details of functions in the image attachment function unit 107 will be described.

  The function of attaching an image is performed using a function that can add and display an image on an e-mail using MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension) or the like, or a mailer function that is installed in advance. The image attachment function unit 107 does not limit the number of images to be attached because the region selection function unit 104 selects only the regions that are already limited. Therefore, the image attachment function unit 107 attaches a plurality of images corresponding to the number of regions provided (restricted) in the previous process from the image determination function unit 106 to the e-mail without recognizing the number of images. (See FIG. 7).

  That is, the image attachment function unit 107 serves as an image attachment unit that attaches a plurality of images to an e-mail.

  Finally, an e-mail attached with a plurality of images is transmitted through the mail transmission function unit 109.

  In the function of the first embodiment of the present invention, a case will be described in which the country code of the transmission side user and the reception side user are the same.

  If the country codes are the same, it is impossible to distinguish between countries. Also, cities by country cannot be identified from country codes. For this reason, when the country codes are the same, information regarding the country corresponding to the country code of the domain in the e-mail addresses of the transmission source and the reception destination and the surrounding area of the corresponding country is acquired and an operation of attaching an image is performed. The information regarding the country corresponding to the country code is acquired for only one country, but the information can be acquired by the method described above.

  For information on the surrounding area, first, the surrounding area is defined (see FIG. 8). In FIG. 8, as described above, the position (physical distance) on the map is specified by a grid or the like, and a country in the grid arbitrarily specified in advance is selected as the surrounding area. The cells arbitrarily designated here are registered in the communication apparatus 101 in advance. As a specific example, if the country codes of the sender and recipient email addresses are .au, respectively, the grid will recognize the upper, lower, left, and right ranges as the surrounding area, and .nz as the surrounding area. Select.

  Next, a method for determining the transmission source area by another method will be described.

  This method is useful for further subdividing and specifying countries and regions. In the above description, the country code of the domain of the email address is used. However, it is also possible to find out by the language used in the email and the telephone number signed in the email.

  As a method of determining by the language used, the language code of the locale is referred to in the sent mail information. For example, conversion is performed in Japan for ja and Canada for en-ca.

  Next, a method for detecting by telephone number will be described.

  Refers only to the part where the country name or region can be determined by the telephone number written in the signature etc. in the mail text, and converts it to the country name or region name. For example, +81 3 can be specified as Tokyo in Japan, and 03- can be specified as Tokyo. As a reading method, the language code and telephone number information corresponding to the country and region are held and converted into the corresponding country name and region name. Further, as a method of use, after specifying the country by the language code, specifying the country name, and specifying the area from the telephone number in the mail based on the country name, the accuracy of further specifying the area is improved.

  As for the method of determining the receiving area, the language of the operating system used in communication equipment such as a personal computer equipped with this function is referred to and converted into a country name.

  For example, if you are using Japanese, assign Japan to the country name. If the country name or region name of the sender and recipient users are the same in this method of determining the region, select the country and region of the sender and receiver in the same way as described above, or the surrounding country or region, Operates to search for images.

  In addition, in order to enable the region information collection function unit 105 to select an image that matches the interest of the user of the transmission source or reception destination, in addition to the automatically acquired country and region, a keyword that matches the user is set. Retain functions that can be done. The keyword is stored in the storage unit 108.

  The first embodiment of the present invention described above has the following effects.

  Up to now, when sending an image by e-mail, it has been troublesome to select and attach a specific image from among many images. The e-mail can be easily transmitted without the act of packing it by itself, and the user must pay attention to adding value-added information such as a place to be sent by the sender. There was little awareness of how the sent items were sent, and it was rare to get emotions such as the joy and pleasure of sending and receiving e-mails. According to the first embodiment of the present invention, even if the image is not prepared by itself, the image is automatically acquired, so that the convenience of the e-mail is ensured while the e-mail is sent by direct mail, The joy of sending and the joy of receiving can be given without the user's awareness.

  In particular, if e-mail is exchanged between different countries, the conventional e-mail has been sent via various communication devices that the user cannot recognize on the network, so the process of sending e-mail is common. The user was not aware of it. In the first embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide fun that gives a user a pseudo travel sensation as to where the e-mail was sent before it arrived. This makes it possible to grasp the current events in the world through images and raise interest in other countries.

  The transmission side communication device 101 can be realized by a computer. As is well known, the computer includes a central processing unit (CPU), a storage device that stores data, and a program memory (ROM) that stores programs. The storage device works as the storage unit 108. Then, by reading out the program stored in the program memory (ROM), the CPU allows the mail creation function unit 102, the position information reading function unit 103, the region selection function unit 104, the region information collection function unit 105, and the image determination function. The functions of the unit 106 and the image attachment function unit 107 are realized.

  In the first embodiment described above, the operation of selecting a country or region and acquiring an image is performed only by the transmission source, but in the second embodiment described below, the same operation is performed only on the reception side.

  With reference to FIG. 9, a communication apparatus 112 according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  The communication device 112 includes a mail reception function unit 113, a position information reading function unit 114 and a region selection function unit 115 connected to the storage unit 119, a region information collection function unit 116 connected to a search function 121 on the Internet, and An image determination function unit 117 and an image attachment function unit 118 are included. The communication device 112 is connected to the display function unit 120 and the Internet network 122. The communication device 112 related to FIG. 9 is configured when the present invention is realized at a transmission destination (reception destination). Therefore, the communication device 112 is called a receiving side communication device.

  In FIG. 9, after the mail receiving function unit 113 receives the e-mail, a plurality of images are attached to the e-mail by the method described above, and the user uses the display function unit 120 to send the ionized mail with the plurality of images attached. It becomes the composition to browse.

  As shown in FIG. 9, when the mail receiving function unit 113 using the mailer function installed in the receiving side communication apparatus 112 according to the second embodiment of the present invention or mounted in advance receives the e-mail. As the operation starts. Subsequent operations in the position information reading function unit 114, the region selection function unit 115, the region information collection function unit 116, the image determination function unit 117, and the image attachment function unit 118 are the same as those described above. Is omitted.

  Since the effect of the second embodiment of the present invention described above is the same as that of the first embodiment of the present invention described above, the description is omitted.

  The receiving communication device 112 can be realized by a computer. As is well known, the computer includes a central processing unit (CPU), a storage device that stores data, and a program memory (ROM) that stores programs. The storage device functions as the storage unit 119. Then, by reading out the program stored in the program memory (ROM), the CPU receives the mail reception function unit 113, the position information reading function unit 114, the region selection function unit 115, the region information collection function unit 116, and the image determination function. The functions of the unit 117 and the image attachment function unit 118 are realized.

  Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  A function to automatically determine the contents of an e-mail with this communication device in order to attach an image of interest to the user of the sender or recipient, and to obtain country-specific images that take into account interests such as user characteristics Is given. In this case, it can be realized by separately extracting the contents of the mail in the form of a keyword, adding it to the country or region name as a keyword, and acquiring information by a search function on RSS or the Internet.

  While the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. Various changes that can be understood by those skilled in the art can be made to the configuration and details of the present invention within the scope of the present invention.

  A part or all of the above-described embodiment can be described as in the following supplementary notes, but is not limited thereto.

(Supplementary note 1) A region specifying means for specifying a plurality of regions on which the e-mail has been passed from the positions of the transmission source and the reception destination,
An image selection means for selecting a plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of regions using a search function on the Internet;
Image attaching means for attaching the plurality of images to the e-mail;
Including a communication device.

(Supplementary Note 2) The region specifying means is
Position information acquisition means for acquiring the positions of two points of the transmission source and the reception destination;
A region selecting means for selecting the plurality of regions from the acquired positions of the two points;
The communication apparatus according to appendix 1, comprising:

(Additional remark 3) The said positional information acquisition means is a communication apparatus of Additional remark 2 which acquires the position of the said 2 points | pieces from the country-specific code | cord | chord in the email address of the said transmission origin and the said receiving destination.

(Additional remark 4) The said positional information acquisition means is a communication apparatus of Additional remark 2 which acquires the position of the said 2 points | pieces from the language code of the locale in the said email information.

(Additional remark 5) The said position information acquisition means is a communication apparatus of Additional remark 2 which acquires the position of the said 2 points | pieces from the information of the telephone number in the said email text.

(Supplementary Note 6) The area selecting means displays a grid on a map, and selects the area in the grid corresponding to the line between the two points of the transmission source and the reception destination or the area in the grid adjacent to the grid. The communication device according to any one of appendices 2 to 5, which is selected as a plurality of regions.

(Appendix 7) The image selection means includes:
Area information collecting means for collecting information on the plurality of areas as a plurality of area information;
Image acquisition means for acquiring the plurality of images from the plurality of area information;
The communication device according to any one of appendices 1 to 6, which is configured by:

(Supplementary note 8) The communication apparatus according to supplementary note 7, wherein the regional information collection unit collects the plurality of regional information by referring to Web pages related to the plurality of regions, using the names of the plurality of regions as keywords. .

(Additional remark 9) The said image acquisition means is a communication apparatus of Additional remark 8 which acquires only the image data on the said Web page referred to as said several image.

(Supplementary Note 10) Mail creating means for creating the electronic mail;
Mail sending means for sending the email with the plurality of images attached thereto;
The communication device according to any one of appendices 1 to 9, further comprising:

(Appendix 11) Mail receiving means for receiving the electronic mail;
Display means for displaying the e-mail with the plurality of images attached thereto;
The communication device according to any one of appendices 1 to 9, further comprising:

(Supplementary Note 12) An image selection method for selecting an image to be attached to an email,
A region specifying step of specifying a plurality of regions from which the e-mail has passed, from the positions of two points of a transmission source and a reception destination;
An image selection step of selecting a plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of regions using a search function on the Internet;
An image attachment step of attaching the plurality of images to the e-mail;
Image selection method including

(Supplementary Note 13) The region specifying step includes:
A position information acquisition step of acquiring the positions of two points of the transmission source and the reception destination;
A region selection step of selecting the plurality of regions from the acquired positions of the two points;
The image selection method according to appendix 12, including:

(Additional remark 14) The said position information acquisition step is an image selection method of Additional remark 13 which acquires the position of the said 2 points | pieces from the country-specific code | cord | chord in the email address of the said transmission origin and the said receiving destination.

(Additional remark 15) The said position information acquisition step is an image selection method of Additional remark 13 which acquires the position of the said 2 points | pieces from the language code of the locale in the said email information.

(Additional remark 16) The said position information acquisition step is an image selection method of Additional remark 13 which acquires the position of the said 2 points | pieces from the information of the telephone number in the said email text.

(Supplementary Note 17) In the region selection step, a grid is displayed on a map, and a region in a grid corresponding to a line between two points of the transmission source and the reception destination or a region in the grid adjacent to the grid is selected. The image selection method according to any one of appendices 13 to 16, which is selected as a plurality of regions.

(Supplementary Note 18) The image selection step includes:
A region information collecting step for collecting information on the plurality of regions as a plurality of region information;
An image acquisition step of acquiring the plurality of images from the plurality of area information;
The image selection method according to any one of appendices 12 to 17, including:

(Supplementary note 19) The image selection according to supplementary note 18, wherein the regional information collecting step collects the plurality of regional information by referring to Web pages related to the plurality of regions with the names of the plurality of regions as keywords. Method.

(Supplementary note 20) The image selection method according to supplementary note 19, wherein the image obtaining step obtains only the image data on the referenced Web page as the plurality of images.

(Supplementary Note 21) A mail creating step for creating the e-mail before the region specifying step;
A mail sending step for sending the e-mail with the plurality of images attached thereto;
The image selection method according to any one of appendices 12 to 20, further comprising:

(Supplementary Note 22) Mail receiving means for receiving the e-mail before the region specifying step;
Display means for displaying the e-mail with the plurality of images attached thereto;
The image selection method according to any one of appendices 12 to 20, further comprising:

(Supplementary Note 23) A program for causing a computer to select an image to be attached to an e-mail.
A region specifying function for specifying a plurality of regions from which the e-mail has passed from the position of two points of the transmission source and the reception destination;
An image selection function for selecting a plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of regions using a search function on the Internet;
An image attachment function for attaching the plurality of images to the e-mail;
A program to realize

(Supplementary Note 24) The region specifying function is added to the computer.
A location information acquisition function for acquiring the locations of the transmission source and the reception destination;
A region selection function for selecting the plurality of regions from the acquired positions of the two points;
The program according to appendix 23, which realizes

(Supplementary note 25) The program according to supplementary note 24, wherein the position information acquisition function acquires the positions of the two points from the country-specific codes in the sender and receiver e-mail addresses.

(Additional remark 26) The said positional information acquisition function is a program of Additional remark 24 which acquires the position of the said 2 points | pieces from the language code of the locale in the said email information.

(Additional remark 27) The said positional information acquisition function is a program of Additional remark 24 which acquires the position of the said 2 points | pieces from the information of the telephone number in the said email text.

(Supplementary note 28) The region selection function displays a grid on a map, and selects a region in a grid corresponding to a line between two points of the transmission source and the reception destination or a region in a grid adjacent to the grid. The program according to any one of appendices 24 to 27, which is selected as a plurality of regions.

(Supplementary Note 29) The image selection function is provided to the computer.
A region information collection function for collecting information on the plurality of regions as a plurality of region information;
An image acquisition function for acquiring the plurality of images from the plurality of area information;
The program according to any one of appendices 23 to 28, wherein:

(Supplementary note 30) The program according to supplementary note 29, wherein the region information collection function collects the plurality of region information by referring to Web pages related to the plurality of regions using the names of the plurality of regions as keywords.

(Additional remark 31) The said image acquisition function is a program of Additional remark 30 which acquires only the image data on the said Web page referred as said several image.

(Supplementary Note 32) In the computer,
An email creation function for creating the email before the region specifying function;
A mail transmission function for transmitting the e-mail with the plurality of images attached thereto;
32. The program according to any one of appendices 23 to 31, wherein the program is further realized.

(Supplementary Note 33) In the computer,
A mail receiving function for receiving the e-mail before the region specifying function;
A display function for displaying the e-mail with the plurality of images attached thereto;
32. The program according to any one of appendices 23 to 31, wherein the program is further realized.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 Transmission side communication apparatus 102 Mail preparation function part 103 Location information reading function part 104 Area selection function part 105 Area information collection function part 106 Image judgment function part 107 Image attachment function part 108 Storage part 109 Mail transmission function part 110 Search function 111 Internet Network 112 Reception side communication device 113 Mail reception function unit 114 Location information reading function unit 115 Area selection function unit 116 Area information collection function unit 117 Image determination function unit 118 Image attachment function unit 119 Storage unit 120 Display function unit 121 Search function 122 Internet network

Claims (8)

A region specifying means for specifying a plurality of regions from which the e-mail has passed from the position of the transmission source and the reception destination;
An image selection means for selecting a plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of regions using a search function on the Internet;
Image attaching means for attaching the plurality of images to the e-mail;
Only including,
The region specifying means is:
Position information acquisition means for acquiring the positions of two points of the transmission source and the reception destination;
A region selecting means for selecting the plurality of regions from the acquired positions of the two points;
Consisting of
The region selecting means displays a grid on a map, and a region in a grid corresponding to a line between two points of the transmission source and the reception destination or a region in a grid adjacent to the grid as the plurality of regions Communication device to select . The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the position information acquisition unit acquires the positions of the two points from domain country codes in the sender and receiver email addresses. The image selection means includes
Area information collecting means for collecting information on the plurality of areas as a plurality of area information;
Image acquisition means for acquiring the plurality of images from the plurality of area information;
The communication device according to claim 1 or 2 , comprising: Mail creating means for creating the email;
Mail sending means for sending the email with the plurality of images attached thereto;
The communication device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , further comprising: Mail receiving means for receiving the e-mail;
Display means for displaying the e-mail with the plurality of images attached thereto;
The communication device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , further comprising: An image selection method for selecting an image to be attached to an email,
A region specifying step of specifying a plurality of regions from which the e-mail has passed, from the positions of two points of a transmission source and a reception destination;
An image selection step of selecting a plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of regions using a search function on the Internet;
An image attachment step of attaching the plurality of images to the e-mail;
Only including,
The region specifying step includes:
A position information acquisition step of acquiring the positions of two points of the transmission source and the reception destination;
A region selection step of selecting the plurality of regions from the acquired positions of the two points;
Including
The region selecting step displays a grid on a map, and a region in a grid corresponding to a line between two points of the transmission source and the reception destination or a region in a grid adjacent to the grid as the plurality of regions Image selection method to select. The image selection step includes:
A region information collecting step for collecting information on the plurality of regions as a plurality of region information;
An image acquisition step of acquiring the plurality of images from the plurality of area information;
The image selection method according to claim 6 , further comprising: A program for causing a computer to select an image to be attached to an e-mail.
A region specifying function for specifying a plurality of regions from which the e-mail has passed from the position of two points of the transmission source and the reception destination;
An image selection function for selecting a plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of regions using a search function on the Internet;
An image attachment function for attaching the plurality of images to the e-mail;
Realized ,
The region specifying function is provided on the computer.
A location information acquisition function for acquiring the locations of the transmission source and the reception destination;
A region selection function for selecting the plurality of regions from the acquired positions of the two points;
Realized
The region selection function displays a grid on a map, and a region in a grid corresponding to a line between two points of the transmission source and the reception destination or a region in an adjacent grid is the plurality of regions. The program to select .

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