WO2012147380A1 - 端末装置、データ受信方法、データ受信プログラム及び記録媒体 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a technical field of a terminal device that can be connected to a plurality of networks and receives data for outputting content via the connected networks.
- terminal devices that can be connected to a plurality of networks are known.
- mobile communication terminals such as smartphones that can be connected to a third-generation mobile communication network (hereinafter referred to as “3G network”) and a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) have been spreading.
- 3G network third-generation mobile communication network
- wireless LAN Local Area Network
- Such a terminal device is connected to, for example, a network selected by the user from among a plurality of networks, or to a network automatically selected according to radio wave conditions or the like.
- the terminal device receives, for example, image data, moving image data, audio data, etc. via the connected network, and outputs (displays) images and moving images to the screen or outputs audio based on the received data. To do.
- the processing capability of terminal devices is gradually increasing. For this reason, it has become easy for the terminal device to display, for example, high-quality images and moving images and to output high-quality sound. As the quality of such content is improved, the amount of content data increases.
- the communication speed (transmission speed) and fee system of packet communication may differ depending on the network to which the terminal device can be connected.
- the communication speed of a 3G network is generally lower than the communication speed of a wireless LAN.
- 3G network fee systems are metered.
- a wireless LAN fee system is a flat rate system. In wireless LANs, there are cases where communication charges are free.
- the time required for receiving data is shortened when the terminal device receives data via the network with the higher communication speed.
- the terminal device since the terminal device receives data via a network in which the charge system is a flat rate or a communication charge is free, a communication charge corresponding to the amount of data received does not have to be imposed on the user. That is, these networks are preferable for users.
- the terminal device can be connected to a plurality of networks where the fee system is a pay-as-you-go system, the terminal device receives data via the network with the lower communication fee added per unit data amount, It is preferable for the user.
- the terminal device may not be connected to the network that is preferable for the user. In such a case, the terminal device must receive data via a network having a lower communication speed or a network having a higher communication fee added according to the communication amount.
- Patent Document 1 discloses that the wireless communication terminal determines whether the type of communication service being used is a flat rate system or a pay-as-you-go system.
- a technique is disclosed that enables selection of low image quality data to be downloaded from high image quality data that is image data and low image quality data that is image data having a low resolution. That is, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, when the pay-as-you-go system is used, image data with a smaller data amount is downloaded.
- image data used for displaying an image is selected according to the type of communication service being used, and the selected image data is downloaded. Therefore, when the type of communication service being used is a pay-per-use system, low-quality data is downloaded even if high-quality data has been downloaded before. Therefore, an image having a low resolution is displayed based on the low image quality data. Further, even if the low image quality data is data having a smaller data amount, a communication fee corresponding to the received amount of the low image quality data is imposed on the user. Further, it is assumed that the terminal device receives low image quality data from a network having a lower communication speed among a plurality of networks having different communication speeds. In this case, even if the low image quality data is data with a smaller data amount, the time required for reception becomes longer due to the lower communication speed.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above points, and can be connected to a plurality of networks in which at least one of communication charges added according to the communication speed or communication amount is different from each other, and the connected networks
- a terminal device that receives data of a data amount according to the amount of data, while reducing the amount of data received from the network with a lower communication speed or the network with a higher communication fee added according to the communication amount
- the invention described in claim 1 is characterized in that at least one of the first network, a network having a communication speed lower than that of the first network, or a network having a high communication fee added according to the communication amount.
- a terminal device that receives data for outputting content via at least one of the second network and whether or not the terminal device is connected to the first network.
- Connection determining means for determining, first storage determining means for determining whether or not the first data and second data having a data amount smaller than the first data are stored in the storage means, and connection to the first network
- the first data is received via the first network, and is not connected to the first network, and When it is determined that the first data is not stored in the storage unit, the storage unit receives the second data via the second network, and the storage unit receives the data received by the reception unit.
- Control means for storing the contents, and when it is determined that the first data is stored in the storage means, the content is output based on the first data, and only the second data is stored in the storage means.
- Output means for outputting the content based on the second data when it is determined that the content is stored.
- the content is output based on the stored first data even if it is not connected to the first network. Therefore, it is not necessary to receive the second data via the second network. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the amount of data received from the network with the lower communication speed or the network with the higher communication fee added according to the communication amount. In addition, it is possible to increase the chances that data having a larger amount of data is used for content output.
- the Invention of Claim 2 is the identification information for the said transmission device to identify the data which transmission was requested
- the other identification information when the identification information of either the first data or the second data is acquired, the other identification information can be acquired. Therefore, it is possible to automatically obtain identification information used for receiving data and used for determining whether the data is stored.
- the second data corresponding to the first data stored in the storage unit by the control unit is stored in the storage unit. It further comprises deletion means for deleting.
- the second data that is no longer necessary for outputting the content by storing the first data is deleted from the storage means. Therefore, it is possible to increase the storage capacity.
- the first data corresponding to the second data stored in the storage unit is stored in the storage unit.
- Second storage determination means for determining whether or not it is stored at a predetermined timing, wherein the reception means stores the first data determined not to be stored by the second storage determination means,
- the terminal device receives the terminal device via the first network.
- the content since the content is not connected to the first network, the content is output based on the second data, and then the first data is received and stored when connected to the first network. The Therefore, when the content is output after that, the content can be output based on the first data that is the data having the larger data amount. Further, since it is not necessary to receive the first data when the content is to be output, the time required to output the content can be shortened.
- the terminal device in the terminal device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, it is determined that the terminal device is connected to the first network and only the second data is stored.
- the receiving means receives the one data via the first network
- the output means outputs content based on the second data stored in the storage means, and then the Content is output based on the first data received by the receiving means.
- content can be output earlier by using the stored second data, and then the content is output based on the first data that is the data having the larger data amount. can do.
- a sixth aspect of the present invention is the terminal device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, further comprising disconnection determination means for determining whether or not the connection with the first network has been disconnected, The output means determines that the connection with the first network has been disconnected during the reception of the first data by the receiving means, and the output means determines that the second data has been stored. Content is output based on two data.
- the content can be output even when the first data cannot be received due to disconnection from the first network.
- the terminal device in the terminal device according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, it is determined that the first data is not stored and connected to the first network.
- a load information acquisition unit that acquires load information indicating the load of the first network, and a load determination unit that determines whether or not the load indicated by the load information is equal to or greater than a preset threshold value.
- the receiving means receives the second data via the first network, and then receives the first data via the first network when it is determined that the threshold is greater than or equal to the threshold.
- the output means outputs content based on the second data received by the receiving means, and then outputs content based on the first data received by the receiving means. That.
- the time required to output the content can be shortened even in a situation where it takes time to receive the first data due to an increase in the load on the first network.
- the content can be output based on the first data that is the data having the larger data amount.
- the quality of the content output based on the first data is output based on the second data. It is characterized by higher than the quality of the content.
- the invention according to claim 9 is a first network and a second network that is at least one of a network having a communication speed lower than that of the first network and a network having a high communication charge added according to the communication amount.
- a data reception method by a terminal device that receives data for outputting content via at least one of the connection determination method for determining whether or not the terminal device is connected to the first network
- a first storage determination step for determining whether or not first data and second data having a data amount smaller than the first data are stored in the storage means; and being connected to the first network. If it is determined, the first data is received through the first network and is not connected to the first network.
- the invention according to claim 10 is a first network and a second network that is at least one of a network having a communication speed lower than that of the first network or a network having a high communication fee added according to the communication amount.
- Connection determination means for determining whether or not the terminal device connected to the first network is connected to a computer included in the terminal device that receives data for outputting content via at least one of
- a first storage determining means for determining whether or not the first data and second data having a data amount smaller than the first data are stored in the storage means; when it is determined that the first data is connected to the first network Receiving the first data via the first network, not connected to the first network, and storing the data Receiving means for receiving the second data via the second network and control for storing the data received by the receiving means in the storage means when it is determined that the first data is not stored in And when it is determined that the first data is stored in the storage means, the content is output based on the first data, and only the second data is stored in the storage means. When it is determined that
- the invention according to claim 11 is a first network and a second network that is at least one of a network having a communication speed lower than that of the first network or a network having a high communication fee added according to the communication amount.
- Connection determination means for determining whether or not the terminal device connected to the first network is connected to a computer included in the terminal device that receives data for outputting content via at least one of
- a first storage determining means for determining whether or not the first data and second data having a data amount smaller than the first data are stored in the storage means; when it is determined that the first data is connected to the first network Receiving the first data via the first network, not connected to the first network, and storing the data Receiving means for receiving the second data via the second network and control for storing the data received by the receiving means in the storage means when it is determined that the first data is not stored in And when it is determined that the first data is stored in the storage means, the content is output based on the first data, and only the second data is stored in the storage means.
- the content is output based on the stored first data even if it is not connected to the first network. Therefore, it is not necessary to receive the second data via the second network. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the amount of data received from the network with the lower communication speed or the network with the higher communication fee added according to the communication amount. In addition, it is possible to increase the chances that data having a larger amount of data is used for content output.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of a download system S according to the present embodiment.
- the download system S includes a Web server 1, a plurality of mobile phones 2, an access point 3, and a radio base station 4.
- the Web server 1 is a server device that distributes content data to the mobile phone 2.
- the content data is data for outputting (displaying) content on the screen or outputting sound. Examples of content include images, moving images, sounds, characters, Web pages, electronic documents, and RIA (Rich Internet Application).
- the Web server 1 is an example of a transmission device in the present invention.
- the Web server 1 is connected to the network 5.
- the network 5 is a network for interconnecting a plurality of networks.
- the network 5 is configured by, for example, an Internet exchange or the like.
- a plurality of networks are interconnected to form the Internet.
- the access point 3 is a communication device as a parent device that performs wireless communication with the mobile phone 2 that is a child device of the wireless LAN.
- This wireless LAN complies with at least one standard such as IEEE802.11b, IEEE802.11a, IEEE802.11g, and IEEE802.11n.
- the access point 3 is connected to the network 5 via an access network and an ISP (Internet Service Provider) network.
- the mobile phone 2 is connected to the wireless LAN 6 by communicating with the access point 3.
- the wireless LAN 6 is formed by the access point 3 and the mobile phone 2.
- the wireless LAN 6 will be described as a network compliant with the wireless LAN standard. In FIG. 1, only one access point 3 is shown, but there are actually a plurality of access points 3.
- a wireless LAN 6 is formed for each access point 3.
- the wireless LAN 6 is an example of a first network in the present invention.
- the wireless base station 4 performs wireless communication with the mobile phone 2 in the mobile communication system.
- This mobile communication system is, for example, a third generation mobile communication system compliant with IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunication 2000) or a second generation mobile communication system compliant with PDC (Personal Digital Cellular).
- the radio base station 4 is connected to the network 5 via the core network of the mobile communication carrier.
- the core network is configured by, for example, a packet switch. In FIG. 1, only one radio base station 4 is shown, but there are actually a plurality of radio base stations 4.
- the mobile phone 2 is connected to the mobile communication network 7 by communicating with the radio base station 4.
- the mobile communication network 7 includes a core network and a radio access network.
- the radio access network is a part in the mobile communication network 7 where the radio base station 4 and the mobile phone 2 perform radio communication.
- the mobile communication network 7 is an example of a second network in the present invention.
- the mobile phone 2 can be connected to both the wireless LAN 6 and the mobile communication network 7.
- the mobile phone 2 may be, for example, a smartphone or a tablet computer.
- the mobile phone 2 is connected to the Web server 1 via the mobile communication network 7 and the network 5 by connecting to the mobile communication network 7. Further, the mobile phone 2 is connected to the Web server 1 via the wireless LAN 6 and the network 5 by connecting to the wireless LAN 6.
- the mobile phone 2 downloads (receives) content data from the Web server 1 via a connected network using a communication protocol such as HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol). Then, the mobile phone 2 displays content or outputs audio based on the downloaded content data, for example.
- the mobile phone 2 is an example of a terminal device in the present invention.
- the communication speed of packet communication in the wireless LAN 6 is higher than the communication speed in the mobile communication network 7.
- the communication speed of IEEE802.11b is 22 Mbps.
- the communication speed of IEEE802.11a is 54 Mbps.
- the communication speed of IEEE802.11g is 54 Mbps.
- the communication speed of IEEE802.11n is 600 Mbps.
- the communication speed of the mobile communication network 7 is, for example, 7.2 Mbps.
- the packet communication fee system is generally a flat rate system. For example, regardless of the number of packets transmitted and received during a preset period, a fixed packet communication fee is imposed on the user for each period. In some cases, packet communication charges are free.
- the usage fee for connecting to the Internet from the user's home or the like where the access point 3 is installed is a flat rate system.
- the packet communication fee system using the mobile communication network 7 is generally metered.
- the upper limit value of the packet communication fee is set and the packet communication fee does not exceed the upper limit value is also included in the metered system.
- a fixed amount of packet communication fee is charged up to the number of packets sent and received, and if the number of packets exceeds a certain number of packets, a packet communication fee according to the number of packets is also included in the metered system
- the packet communication fee is not added according to the communication amount.
- the mobile communication network 7 in which the fee system is a pay-as-you-go system, a packet communication fee is added according to the communication amount. Therefore, the mobile communication network 7 has a higher packet communication fee that is added according to the communication volume than the wireless LAN 6.
- the mobile phone 2 downloads content data
- the image quality of an image displayed with high image quality data is higher than the image quality of an image displayed with low image quality data.
- the amount of high-quality data is larger than the amount of low-quality data.
- the number of pixels (resolution) of an image displayed with high image quality data is larger than the number of pixels of an image displayed with low image quality data.
- the element that determines the image quality is not limited to the number of pixels.
- the bit length of color information allocated per pixel, the presence or absence of irreversible compression of the image, the compression rate when the image is irreversibly compressed, and the like differ between high-quality data and low-quality data. May be.
- the high image quality data is an example of the first data in the present invention
- the low image quality data is an example of the second data in the present invention.
- the mobile phone 2 stores the downloaded high-quality data and low-quality data as a cache.
- the image is displayed again with the same high-quality data or low-quality data, the image is displayed based on the image data cache.
- the time until the image is displayed is shortened as much as the image data is not received, and the packet communication fee when connected to the mobile communication network 7 is reduced.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of the Web server 1 according to the present embodiment.
- the Web server 1 includes a communication unit 11, a storage unit 12, an input / output interface 13, and a system control unit 14.
- the system control unit 14 and the input / output interface 13 are connected via a system bus 15.
- the communication unit 11 is connected to the network 5 and controls the communication state with the mobile phone 2 or the like.
- the storage unit 12 is composed of, for example, a hard disk drive.
- the storage unit 12 stores various programs such as an operating system and a WWW (World Wide Web) server program.
- the storage unit 12 stores various content data distributed to the mobile phone 2.
- each content data is stored in, for example, a predetermined directory.
- the storage unit 12 stores high-quality data and low-quality data as image data.
- high-quality data is generated as image data for displaying a certain image.
- Examples of the format of the generated image data include JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group), TIFF (Tagged-Image File Format), PNG (Portable Network Graphics).
- low image quality data is generated as image data for displaying an image having the same display content as the image.
- the low image quality data is generated so that the number of pixels of the low image quality data is smaller than the number of pixels of the high image quality data.
- the mobile phone 2 actually displays an image, either high-quality data or low-quality data is used.
- the high image quality data or the low image quality data may be generated by the Web server 1, or may be generated by a device separate from the Web server 1 and stored in the Web server 1.
- the high image quality data and the low image quality data whose image display contents are the same are stored in association with each other.
- high image quality data and low image quality data are stored in the same directory.
- mutual conversion between the file name of high-quality data and the file name of low-quality data is possible.
- the rule for assigning a file name for low image quality data stipulates that a file name in which the characters “#s” are added to the file name for high image quality data is used as the file name for low image quality data.
- a file name of low image quality data “image01 # s.jpeg” can be generated from a file name of high image quality data “image01.jpeg”.
- a file name of high image quality data “image01.jpeg” can be generated from a file name of low image quality data “image01 # s.jpeg”.
- This file name assignment rule is also a conversion rule from a high-quality data file name to a low-quality data file name.
- the domain name of the Web server 1 is “aaaaaa.bbb.cc”, for example.
- high-quality data with the file name “image01.jpeg” and low-quality data with the file name “image01 # s.jpeg” are stored in the directory with the directory name “dddd / eeee”.
- “dddd / eeee” indicates a relative path from a directory set as a content storage location.
- the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the high-quality data is “http://aaaaaa.bbb.cc/dddd/eeee/image01.jpeg”.
- the URL of the low image quality data is “http://aaaaaa.bbb.cc/dddd/eeee/image01#s.jpeg”. As described above, the URL of the high-quality data and the URL of the low-quality data having the same image display content are in a correspondence relationship.
- the Web server 1 identifies data to be transmitted to the mobile phone 2 based on a URL included in an HTTP request (hereinafter referred to as “request”) received from the mobile phone 2.
- the URL is an example of identification information in the present invention.
- High quality data and low quality data may be stored in different directories. In this case, mutual conversion of directory names is possible based on the directory name conversion rules. Further, the high image quality data and the low image quality data may be stored in the Web server 1 having different domain names. That is, there may be a Web server 1 dedicated to distributing high-quality data and a Web server 1 dedicated to distributing low-quality data. In this case, mutual conversion of domain names is possible based on domain name conversion rules. When the high-quality data and the low-quality data have different directory names or domain names, the file names may be the same.
- URL conversion rules File name conversion rules, directory name conversion rules, and domain name conversion rules are collectively referred to as “URL conversion rules”.
- Information indicating the URL conversion rule may be stored in the storage unit 12 as conversion rule information. Then, the web server 1 may transmit the conversion rule information to the mobile phone 2 in response to a request from the mobile phone 2. The mobile phone 2 can generate the other URL based on one of the high-quality data and the low-quality data and the conversion rule information.
- a plurality of image data may be distributed and stored in a plurality of Web servers 1 in units of high image quality data and low image quality data that have a corresponding relationship.
- the URL assignment rule may be different for each Web server 1.
- the input / output interface 13 performs interface processing between the communication unit 11 and the storage unit 12 and the system control unit 14.
- the system control unit 14 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 14a, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 14b, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 14c, and the like.
- the system control unit 14 controls each unit of the Web server 1 by causing the CPU 14a to execute various programs stored in the storage unit 12 and the ROM 14b.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of the mobile phone 2 according to the present embodiment.
- the mobile phone 2 includes a wireless LAN communication unit 21, a mobile wireless communication unit 22, a storage unit 23, a display unit 24, an operation unit 25, a speaker 26, a microphone 27, an input
- An output interface 28 and a system control unit 29 are provided.
- the system control unit 29 and the input / output interface 28 are connected via a system bus 30.
- the wireless LAN communication unit 21 connects to the wireless LAN 6 by transmitting and receiving radio waves to and from the access point 3 via the antenna AT1, and controls communication with the access point 3. Further, the wireless LAN communication unit 21 transmits the packet output from the system control unit 29 to the access point 3, receives the packet transmitted from the access point 3, and outputs the packet to the system control unit 29. Accordingly, the system control unit 29 transmits a request to the Web server 1 via the wireless LAN 6 and receives content from the Web server 1 via the wireless LAN 6.
- the mobile radio communication unit 22 connects to the mobile communication network 7 by transmitting and receiving radio waves to and from the radio base station 4 via the antenna AT2, and controls communication with the radio base station 4. Further, the mobile radio communication unit 22 transmits a packet output from the system control unit 29 to the radio base station 4, receives a packet transmitted from the radio base station 4, and outputs the packet to the system control unit 29. To do. Accordingly, the system control unit 29 transmits a request to the Web server 1 via the mobile communication network 7 and receives content from the Web server 1 via the mobile communication network 7.
- the system control unit 29 stores connection information indicating the current network connection state and the like in the RAM 29c.
- the system control unit 29 wants to refer to the network connection state from an application program, for example, it calls an API (Application Programming Interface) provided by the operating system.
- the network connection state includes a state in which the wireless LAN communication unit 21 is connected, a state in which the mobile communication network 7 is connected, and a state in which the network is not connected.
- the storage unit 23 (an example of a storage unit in the present invention) is configured by, for example, a flash memory.
- the storage unit 23 stores an operating system.
- the storage unit 23 stores various application programs.
- the storage application 23 stores a download application.
- the download application downloads data such as content searched by a user instruction, content selected by the user, content determined by the system control unit 29 according to a user operation from the Web server 1 and downloaded. This is an application program for displaying content based on the received data.
- the downloaded data includes high image quality data and low image quality data.
- the storage unit 23 stores high-quality data and low-quality data downloaded as a result of the system control unit 29 executing the download application as a cache. Specifically, each high-quality data and low-quality data is stored in association with the URL of the image data.
- the display unit 24 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display and displays information such as characters and images.
- the operation unit 25 includes, for example, a button, a touch panel, and the like, receives an operation instruction from the user, and outputs the instruction content to the system control unit 29 as an instruction signal.
- the input / output interface 28 performs interface processing between the wireless LAN communication unit 21 to the microphone 27 and the system control unit 29.
- the system control unit 29 includes a CPU 29a, a ROM 29b, a RAM 29c, and the like.
- the CPU 29a reads out and executes a program such as a download application stored in the storage unit 23, whereby the connection determination unit, the first storage determination unit, the reception unit, the output unit, and the control in the present invention.
- the system control unit 29 acquires the URL of either the high-quality data or the low-quality data of the image displayed on the display unit 24.
- the URL of the high-quality data is acquired.
- the download application is a program for searching for a certain content.
- the system control unit 29 transmits a request to the Web server 1 so as to search for content based on the search condition input by the user.
- the Web server 1 searches for content, and transmits, for example, search list information indicating a list of searched content to the mobile phone 2. In the search list information, the URL of the searched content data is described.
- the system control unit 29 displays a list of searched contents on the display unit 24 based on the search list information.
- the system control unit 29 acquires the URL of the high-quality data of the selected image from the search list information.
- the system control unit 29 downloads an HTML document from the Web server 1.
- the system control unit 29 displays a Web page on the display unit 24 based on the downloaded HTML document.
- the system control unit 29 acquires the URL of the high-quality data from the src attribute of the img tag.
- the system control unit 29 When the system control unit 29 obtains the URL of the high image quality data, the system control unit 29 generates the URL of the low image quality data based on the URL of the high image quality data and the URL conversion rule. These URLs are used when determining a cache storage state and transmitting a request for image data.
- the URL conversion rule may be defined in advance in the download application. Further, the system control unit 29 may acquire the URL conversion rule by receiving the conversion rule information from the Web server 1.
- the system control unit 29 determines the storage state of the high-quality data cache and the storage state of the low-quality data cache. In addition, the system control unit 29 determines a connection state between the mobile phone 2 and the wireless LAN 6 and the mobile communication network 7. Note that the determination of the cache storage state and the determination of the connection state may be performed first or simultaneously.
- the system control unit 29 determines whether to use high-quality data or low-quality data as image data used for image display. To do. Further, based on these determination results, the system control unit 29 acquires image data used for image display from the storage unit 23, downloads via the wireless LAN 6, or via the mobile communication network 7. To download. Then, the system control unit 29 displays the image on the display unit 24 based on the cache of the image data or the downloaded image data.
- the system control unit 29 uses the cache of high quality data for image display. Since the image data having the higher image quality among the high image quality data and the low image quality data has already been stored, the system control unit 29 does not download the image and does not increase the packet communication fee. High images can be displayed quickly.
- a cache of high-quality data is used for image display.
- Such processing is possible by URL conversion.
- the mobile phone acquires the URL of the low image quality data that is the data to be downloaded. Then, the mobile phone determines whether a cache of data corresponding to the acquired URL is stored.
- the data cache is searched by the URL of the data to be downloaded.
- the URL acquired by the mobile phone is the URL of the low image quality data
- the URL of the low image quality data and the URL of the high image quality data are different from each other.
- the system control unit 29 uses the high-quality data cache for image display, it is possible to increase the chances of displaying the image with the higher image quality.
- the system control unit 29 downloads the high quality data via the wireless LAN 6 when the cache of the high quality data is not stored and is connected to the wireless LAN 6. Then, the system control unit 29 uses the downloaded high-quality data for image display.
- the wireless LAN 6 has a higher communication speed than the mobile communication network 7, and the fee system is a flat rate system or packet communication fee is free. Therefore, the system control unit 29 can download high-quality data in a shorter time than downloading via the mobile communication network 7. Further, the system control unit 29 can download high-quality data without increasing the packet communication fee.
- the system control unit 29 acquires information indicating the load level of the wireless LAN 6, and when the load level of the wireless LAN 6 is equal to or higher than a preset threshold value, not the high-quality data but the low image quality. Data may be downloaded via the wireless LAN 6. Then, the system control unit 29 may display an image based on the downloaded low quality data.
- the load on the wireless LAN 6 is high, it takes a long time to download high-quality data. Therefore, when the system control unit 29 downloads the low quality data having the smaller data amount, the time required for downloading is shortened. Thereby, the system control unit 29 can display an image in a short time.
- some data is downloaded via the wireless LAN 6 by an application program other than the download application.
- the bandwidth of the wireless LAN 6 that can be used for downloading image data in the download application is reduced by downloading with another application program or the like.
- the transfer processing of image data by the access point 3 is delayed.
- the system control unit 29 downloads some data via the wireless LAN 6 before downloading high-quality data, and measures the amount of data downloaded per unit time (hereinafter referred to as “download speed”). good.
- download speed is calculated by the following formula, for example.
- Download speed total number of downloaded packets ⁇ packet size ⁇ time required for download
- a threshold speed is set in advance as a threshold for the degree of load. If the system control unit 29 determines that the measured download speed is equal to or lower than the threshold speed, the load level of the wireless LAN 6 is equal to or higher than the threshold value, and thus the low-quality data is downloaded via the wireless LAN 6. To do.
- an HTML document can be cited. This is because when the system control unit 29 displays a Web page including an image on the display unit 24, the HTML document of the Web page is downloaded before downloading the image data of the image.
- the download speed of each image data may be measured.
- the system control unit 29 determines the image data to be downloaded second based on the download speed as high-quality data or low-quality data. Determine which one to use. Thereafter, the system control unit 29 determines whether the image data to be downloaded next is high-quality data or low-quality data based on the download speed of the image data downloaded immediately before. Note that the system control unit 29 may make such a determination not only when a plurality of image data is downloaded continuously, but also when the download interval of each image data is separated by a certain amount of time.
- the information indicating the load level of the wireless LAN 6 is the time required from when the system control unit 29 transmits a request for high-quality data via the wireless LAN 6 until it starts to receive a response corresponding to the request ( Hereinafter, it is referred to as “response time”. In this case, the longer the response time, the higher the load on the wireless LAN 6.
- a threshold time is set in advance as a threshold for the degree of load. Then, the system control unit 29 transmits a request for high-quality data, measures the response time, and determines that the load level of the wireless LAN 6 is equal to or greater than the threshold when determining that the measured response time is equal to or greater than the threshold time. Therefore, the low image quality data is downloaded via the wireless LAN 6. In this case, the system control unit 29 stops downloading the high quality data.
- the system control unit 29 may display an image based on the low-quality data cache before the high-quality data is downloaded, for example. Then, after the high-quality data is downloaded, the image may be displayed again based on the high-quality data. That is, the system control unit 29 may display the image with the higher image quality after displaying the image with the lower image quality. At this time, the system control unit 29 replaces the image with the lower image quality displayed based on the cache of the low image quality data with the image with the higher image quality. Thereby, an image can be displayed more quickly. Specifically, the system control unit 29 displays an image based on the low image quality data, for example, before transmitting a request for high image quality data or immediately after transmitting a request for high image quality data.
- system control unit 29 may display an image based on the cache of the low image quality data when the connection with the wireless LAN 6 is disconnected during the download of the high image quality data. As a result, an image can be displayed even when downloading of high-quality data fails.
- the system control unit 29 stores only the low-quality data among the high-quality data and the low-quality data and is not connected to the wireless LAN 6, that is, the mobile communication between the wireless LAN 6 and the mobile communication network 7. For connection to the network 7 only, a cache of low image quality data is used for image display. As described above, the system control unit 29 can quickly display an image without downloading image data and without increasing a packet communication fee.
- the system control unit 29 downloads the low-quality data via the mobile communication network 7 when neither the high-quality data nor the low-quality data is stored and is connected to the mobile communication network 7. To do. Then, the system control unit 29 uses the downloaded low-quality data for image display.
- the data amount of the low image quality data is smaller than the data amount of the high image quality data. Therefore, the system control unit 29 can complete the download in a shorter time than when high-quality data is downloaded. Also, the amount of packet communication fee added is smaller than when high-quality data is downloaded.
- the system control unit 29 stores the downloaded image data in the storage unit 23 as a cache.
- the system control unit 29 causes the storage unit 23 to store a cache of high image quality data. If the storage unit 23 stores a cache of low image quality data corresponding to the high image quality data, the system control unit 29 The cache of the low image quality data is deleted from the storage unit 23.
- a cache of high resolution data is stored, an image with high image quality can be displayed based on the cache of high resolution data. Therefore, low image quality data is not necessary. Thus, unnecessary low image quality data is deleted from the storage unit 23, so that the storage capacity of the storage unit 23 can be increased.
- the system control unit 29 cannot download high-quality data because it is not connected to the wireless LAN 6, and when an image is displayed with low-quality data, the system control unit 29 is connected to the wireless LAN 6, Download image quality data.
- the system control unit 29 stores the downloaded high-quality data in the storage unit 23 as a cache. Such a process is called a high-quality data collection process. Since an image that has been displayed is more likely to be displayed again than an image that has never been displayed, a cache of image data used for display is stored.
- the system control unit 29 redisplays an image displayed with the same display content as the image displayed using the low image quality data, the high image quality data is downloaded. Display an image.
- the system control unit 29 does not need to download if a cache of high-quality data has already been stored. Therefore, the image can be displayed in a short time because the download is not performed when the image is displayed.
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a processing example in the image data download process of the system control unit 29 of the mobile phone 2 according to the present embodiment.
- the image data download process is executed whenever the system control unit 29 acquires the URL of the high-quality data of the image to be displayed on the display unit 24 during the execution of the download application.
- the system control unit 29 generates a URL for low image quality data based on the acquired URL for high image quality data (step S1). Specifically, the system control unit 29 generates a URL copy of the high quality data.
- the system control unit 29 converts the copy of the URL of the high-quality data into the URL of the low-quality data based on the URL conversion rule as a generation unit.
- the system control unit 29 determines whether a cache of high-quality data is stored in the storage unit 23 as the first storage determination unit (step S2). Specifically, the system control unit 29 searches the storage unit 23 for a cache of high quality data with the URL of the acquired high quality data. Then, the system control unit 29 determines whether or not a cache for high-quality data has been searched. That is, the system control unit 29 determines whether or not the high-quality data associated with the acquired URL is stored in the storage unit 23.
- step S3 the system control unit 29 acquires the cache of high-quality data from the storage unit 23 (step S3). That is, the system control unit 29 acquires the high-quality data associated with the acquired URL from the storage unit 23.
- step S4 displays an image on the display unit 24 based on the acquired high-quality data as output means (step S4).
- the display method of the image based on image data is well-known, detailed description is abbreviate
- step S2 if the system control unit 29 determines that the cache of high-quality data is not stored (step S2: NO), it acquires the network connection state (step S5). For example, the system control unit 29 calls an API for acquiring the connection state. Next, the system control unit 29 determines whether or not it is currently connected to the wireless LAN 6 based on the connection state of the network as a connection determination unit (step S6).
- step S7 the system control unit 29 determines that it is connected to the wireless LAN 6 (step S6: YES), it executes high-quality data download processing (step S7).
- high-quality data download process high-resolution data is downloaded via the wireless LAN 6. Then, an image is displayed based on the downloaded high quality data. Details of the high-quality data download process will be described later.
- the system control unit 29 ends the image data download process.
- step S6 if the system control unit 29 determines that the wireless LAN 6 is not connected (step S6: NO), a cache of low image quality data is stored in the storage unit 23 as the first storage determination unit. It is determined whether or not (step S8). Specifically, the system control unit 29 searches the storage unit 23 for a cache of low image quality data using the URL of the generated low image quality data. Then, the system control unit 29 determines whether or not a cache of low image quality data has been searched. That is, the system control unit 29 determines whether or not the low image quality data associated with the generated URL is stored in the storage unit 23.
- step S8 determines that the cache of the low image quality data is stored (step S8: YES)
- the system control unit 29 acquires the cache of the low image quality data from the storage unit 23 (step S9). That is, the system control unit 29 acquires the low image quality data associated with the generated URL from the storage unit 23.
- the system control unit 29 displays an image on the display unit 24 based on the acquired low image quality data as output means (step S10).
- the system control unit 29 ends the image data download process.
- step S8 if the system control unit 29 determines that the low-quality data cache is not stored (step S8: NO), the system control unit 29 is currently connected to the mobile communication network 7 based on the connection state of the network. It is determined whether or not there is (step S11).
- the low-quality image data is downloaded via the mobile communication network 7.
- the system control unit 29 transmits a request including the URL of the generated low image quality data through the mobile radio communication unit 22 (step S12).
- the Web server 1 acquires low image quality data corresponding to the URL included in the request from the storage unit 12. Then, the Web server 1 transmits the acquired low image quality data.
- the system control unit 29 downloads the low image quality data transmitted from the Web server 1 through the mobile radio communication unit 22 as a receiving unit (step S13).
- the system control unit 29 stores the downloaded low-quality data as a cache in the storage unit 23 as a cache in association with the URL of the generated low-quality data (step S14).
- the system control unit 29 displays an image on the display unit 24 based on the downloaded low-quality data (step S15).
- the system control unit 29 ends the image data download process.
- step S11 when it is determined that the system control unit 29 is not connected to the mobile communication network 7 (step S11: NO), an error message is displayed on the display unit 24 (step S16). This is because the cache of the image data of the image to be displayed is not stored, and the image data cannot be downloaded.
- step S16 the system control unit 29 ends the image data download process.
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing example in the high-quality data download processing of Example 1 by the system control unit 29 of the mobile phone 2 according to the present embodiment.
- an image is first displayed based on the low quality data.
- an image is displayed based on the high quality data.
- the system control unit 29 determines whether a cache of low image quality data is stored in the storage unit 23 (step S51). At this time, if the system control unit 29 determines that the low-quality data cache is stored (step S51: YES), the system control unit 29 acquires the low-quality data cache from the storage unit 23 (step S52). Next, the system control unit 29 displays an image on the display unit 24 based on the acquired low image quality data (step S53). Note that the specific processing content of steps S51 to S53 is the same as that of steps S8 to S10 in the image data download processing.
- step S51: NO the load of the wireless LAN 6 is used as the load information acquisition unit.
- the information indicating the degree of is acquired (step S54).
- it demonstrates as what uses a download speed as information which shows the grade of load.
- the system control unit 29 acquires the download speed of the data downloaded immediately before. For example, the latest measured download speed is stored in a preset area of the RAM 29c. Therefore, the system control unit 29 acquires the download speed from the RAM 29c.
- the system control unit 29 determines whether the degree of load indicated by the acquired information is equal to or greater than a threshold stored in the storage unit 23 as a load determination unit (step S55). At this time, if the system control unit 29 determines that the acquired download speed is not lower than the threshold speed, that is, if it is determined that the degree of load is not higher than the threshold (step S55: NO), the wireless LAN 6 is set. Download high-quality data via Specifically, the system control unit 29 transmits a request including the URL of the acquired high-quality data through the wireless LAN communication unit 21 (step S56). Then, the system control unit 29 downloads the high-quality data transmitted from the Web server 1 through the wireless LAN communication unit 21 as a receiving unit (step S57). Note that when the download speed of high-quality data is used for the determination in step S55, the system control unit 29 measures the download speed at this time. Then, the system control unit 29 stores the measured download speed in the RAM 29c.
- the system control unit 29 stores the downloaded high-quality data as a cache in the storage unit 23 as a cache in association with the URL of the acquired high-quality data (step S58).
- the system control unit 29 displays an image on the display unit 24 based on the downloaded high-quality data as output means (step S59).
- the system control unit 29 displays a new image on the image displayed based on the low image quality data. That is, the image with the lower image quality displayed on the screen is replaced with the image with the higher image quality.
- the system control unit 29 deletes the low-quality data cache from the storage unit 23 as a deletion unit (step S60). Specifically, the system control unit 29 determines whether or not the low image quality data associated with the generated URL is stored in the storage unit 23. When the low image quality data is stored in the storage unit 23, the system control unit 29 deletes the low image quality data. When completing the process of step S60, the system control unit 29 ends the high-quality data download process.
- step S55 when the system control unit 29 determines that the acquired download speed is equal to or lower than the threshold speed, that is, when it is determined that the degree of load is equal to or higher than the threshold (step S55: YES), the low image quality. It is determined whether or not a data cache is stored in the storage unit 23 (step S61). This determination method is the same as step S8 in the image data download process.
- step S61 when the system control unit 29 determines that the cache of the low image quality data is not stored (step S61: NO), the system control unit 29 downloads the low image quality data via the wireless LAN 6. Specifically, the system control unit 29 transmits a request including the URL of the generated low image quality data through the wireless LAN communication unit 21 (step S62). Then, the system control unit 29 downloads the low image quality data transmitted from the Web server 1 through the wireless LAN communication unit 21 (step S63). Next, the system control unit 29 stores the downloaded low quality data in the storage unit 23 as a cache in association with the URL of the generated low quality data (step S64). Next, the system control unit 29 displays an image on the display unit 24 based on the downloaded low-quality data (step S65). When completing the process of step S65, the system control unit 29 ends the high-quality data download process.
- step S61 if the system control unit 29 determines that the low-quality data cache is stored (step S61: YES), the high-quality data download process is terminated. In this case, in step S53, the image is displayed based on the cache of the low image quality data.
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing example in the high-quality data download processing of Example 2 by the system control unit 29 of the mobile phone 2 according to the present embodiment.
- the same steps as those in FIG. 5 are given the same step numbers.
- the image is displayed based on the low quality data.
- the system control unit 29 acquires information indicating the load level of the wireless LAN 6 (step S54), and determines whether the load level is equal to or greater than a threshold value (step S55). At this time, when the system control unit 29 determines that the degree of load is equal to or greater than the threshold (step S55: YES), the system control unit 29 determines whether or not a cache of low image quality data is stored in the storage unit 23 ( Step S61).
- step S61: NO if the system control unit 29 determines that the cache for the low image quality data is not stored (step S61: NO), the system control unit 29 executes the processes of steps S61 to S65 and ends the high image quality data download process.
- step S61: YES if the system control unit 29 determines that the low-quality data cache is stored (step S61: YES), the system control unit 29 acquires the low-quality data cache from the storage unit 23 (step S52). An image is displayed on the display unit 24 based on the low image quality data (step S53). When finishing the process of step S53, the system control unit 29 ends the high-quality data download process.
- step S55 if the system control unit 29 determines that the degree of load is not equal to or greater than the threshold (step S55: NO), the high-quality data is downloaded via the wireless LAN 6. Specifically, the system control unit 29 transmits a request including the URL of the acquired high-quality data through the wireless LAN communication unit 21 (step S56).
- Steps S71 to S76 show the details of the process of downloading the high quality data.
- the system control unit 29 acquires a network connection state (step S71). Next, the system control unit 29 determines whether or not the connection with the wireless LAN 6 is disconnected based on the connection state of the network as a disconnection determination unit (step S72). When the connection state of the network indicates that the mobile communication network 7 is being connected or is not connected to the network, the connection with the wireless LAN 6 has been disconnected.
- step S72 determines that the connection with the wireless LAN 6 is not disconnected
- the system control unit 29 sends a response packet including high-quality data through the wireless LAN communication unit 21 to the Web server. It is determined whether or not it has been received from 1 (step S73). At this time, if the system control unit 29 determines that a response packet has not been received (step S73: NO), the system control unit 29 proceeds to step S71. On the other hand, when determining that the response packet has been received (step S73: YES), the system control unit 29 stores the received packet in the buffer (step S74). The buffer is provided in the storage area of the RAM 29c for temporarily storing received packets.
- the system control unit 29 determines whether or not all the packets constituting the response including the high image quality data have been received (step S75). At this time, if the system control unit 29 determines that there is a packet that has not yet been received (step S75: NO), the system control unit 29 proceeds to step S71. By repeating the processing of the system control unit 29 and steps S71 to S75, the packet transmitted from the Web server 1 is stored in the buffer and the response including the high-quality data is reconstructed. If the system control unit 29 determines that all packets have been received (step S75: YES), the high-quality data included in the response stored in the buffer corresponds to the URL of the acquired high-quality data.
- step S76 it is stored in the storage unit 23 as a cache (step S76).
- the system control unit 29 displays an image on the display unit 24 based on the high-quality data stored in the storage unit 23 from the buffer (step S59).
- the system control unit 29 deletes the cache of the low image quality data from the storage unit 23 (step S60).
- step S60 the system control unit 29 ends the high-quality data download process.
- step S72 when the system control unit 29 determines that the connection with the wireless LAN 6 is disconnected (step S72: YES), the system control unit 29 determines whether or not a cache of low image quality data is stored in the storage unit 23. (Step S77). This determination method is the same as step S8 in the image data download process. At this time, if the system control unit 29 determines that the low-quality data cache is stored in the storage unit 23 (step S77: YES), the system control unit 29 acquires the low-quality data cache from the storage unit 23 (step S77). S52) Based on the acquired low image quality data, an image is displayed on the display unit 24 (step S53).
- step S77 NO
- the system control unit 29 displays an error message on the display unit 24 (step S78). If the low-quality data cache is not stored, the system control unit 29 may download the low-quality data via the wireless LAN 6 and display an image based on the downloaded low-quality data ( Steps S61 to S65). When completing the process of step S53 or S78, the system control unit 29 ends the high-quality data download process.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a processing example in the high-quality data collection processing of the system control unit 29 of the mobile phone 2 according to the present embodiment.
- the high image quality data collection process is executed at a predetermined timing when the mobile phone 2 is connected to the wireless LAN 6.
- the timing of execution is defined by, for example, a download application.
- the system control unit 29 may call the download application by interrupt processing or the like when connected to the wireless LAN 6. Then, the system control unit 29 may execute high-quality data collection processing when a download application is called.
- the system control unit 29 may determine whether or not the mobile phone 2 is connected to the wireless LAN 6 when the download application is activated. If the system control unit 29 determines that the wireless LAN 6 is connected, the system control unit 29 may execute high-quality data collection processing. Further, for example, even after the download application screen is closed by a user operation, the download application process may be resident as a background process. Then, the system control unit 29 periodically determines whether or not it is connected to the wireless LAN 6 in the background process, and if it is determined that it is connected to the wireless LAN 6, it executes high-quality data collection processing. May be.
- the system control unit 29 lists caches of low image quality data stored in the storage unit 23. Then, the system control unit 29 generates a list of URLs associated with the listed low image quality data. Next, the system control unit 29 acquires one URL from the generated list (step S101). Next, the system control unit 29 generates a URL for high-quality data based on the acquired URL for low-quality data (step S102). Specifically, the system control unit 29 generates a copy of the URL of the low image quality data. Next, the system control unit 29 converts the URL copy of the low image quality data into the URL of the high image quality data based on the URL conversion rule.
- the system control unit 29 determines whether or not a cache of high-quality data associated with the generated URL is stored in the storage unit 23 as a second storage determination unit (step S103). At this time, if the system control unit 29 determines that a cache of high-quality data is not stored (step S103: NO), the system control unit 29 transmits a request including the URL of the acquired high-quality data through the wireless LAN communication unit 21. (Step S104). Then, the system control unit 29 downloads high-quality data as a receiving unit through the wireless LAN communication unit 21 (step S105). Next, the system control unit 29 stores the downloaded high-quality data as a cache in the storage unit 23 (step S106). Next, the system control unit 29 deletes the cache of the low image quality data from the storage unit 23 (step S107). These processes are the same as the processes in steps S56 to S58 and S60 in the high-quality download process.
- step S103 when the system control unit 29 determines that a cache of high image quality data is stored (step S103: YES), the system control unit 29 deletes the cache of low image quality data from the storage unit 23 (step S107).
- step S108 determines whether there is a URL that has not yet been acquired from the list. At this time, if it is determined that there is a URL that has not yet been acquired (step S108: YES), the system control unit 29 acquires one URL from the list that has not yet been acquired (step S109). . Next, the system control unit 29 proceeds to step S102. The system control unit 29 repeats the processes in steps S102 to S109, so that the high-quality data not stored as a cache among the high-quality data corresponding to the low-quality data cache stored in the storage unit 23. Download. If the system control unit 29 determines that there is no URL that has not yet been acquired from the list (step S108: NO), the high-quality data collection process is terminated.
- the system control unit 29 does not store high-quality data that is not stored as a cache. May be listed in advance. The system control unit 29 may download the image data listed in advance after being connected to the wireless LAN 6.
- the system control unit 29 determines whether the high-quality data is stored in the storage unit 23, whether the low-quality data is stored in the storage unit 23, wirelessly. It is determined whether or not it is connected to the LAN 6, and when it is determined that it is connected to the wireless LAN 6, high-quality data is downloaded via the wireless LAN 6, and the storage unit is not connected to the wireless LAN 6.
- the high-quality data is not stored in the memory 23
- the low-quality data is downloaded via the mobile communication network 7, the downloaded image data is stored in the storage unit 23, and the high-quality data is stored in the storage unit 23. If the image is displayed based on the stored high image quality data and only the low image quality data is stored in the storage unit 23, the image is stored. To display the image on the basis of the low-quality data you are.
- system control unit 29 acquires the URL of the high-quality data of the image to be displayed, and generates the URL of the low-quality data based on the acquired URL and the URL conversion rule.
- system control unit 29 deletes the low image quality data corresponding to the high image quality data stored in the storage unit 23 from the storage unit 23.
- system control unit 29 determines at a predetermined timing whether or not high-quality data having a correspondence relationship with the low-quality data stored in the storage unit 23 is stored in the storage unit 23 and stored.
- the high-quality data determined not to be downloaded is downloaded via the wireless LAN 6 when connected to the wireless LAN 6, and the downloaded high-quality data is stored in the storage unit 23.
- the image is displayed again after being displayed based on the low image quality data because it was not connected to the wireless LAN 6, the image is based on the high image quality data that is the data with the larger data amount. Can be displayed. Further, since it is not necessary to download high-quality data when an image is to be displayed, the time required to display the image can be shortened.
- the storage unit An image is displayed based on the low image quality data stored in 23, the high image quality data is downloaded via the wireless LAN 6, and the image is displayed based on the downloaded high image quality data.
- the image can be displayed more quickly, and then the image with the higher image quality can be displayed.
- system control unit 29 determines whether or not the connection with the wireless LAN 6 is disconnected, determines that the connection with the wireless LAN 6 is disconnected during reception of the high-quality data, and stores the low-quality data. If it is determined that the image is displayed, the image is displayed based on the low image quality data stored in the storage unit 23.
- the system control unit 29 determines that the wireless LAN 6 is connected and determines that the high-quality data is not stored, acquires information indicating the load level of the wireless LAN 6 and loads It is determined whether or not the degree of image quality is equal to or greater than a threshold value. When it is determined that the image quality is equal to or greater than the threshold value, low-quality data is downloaded via the wireless LAN 6 and an image is displayed based on the downloaded low-quality data. .
- the time required to display an image can be shortened even in a situation where it takes time to download high-quality data due to an increase in the load on the wireless LAN 6.
- the system control unit 29 may display the image first based on the downloaded low-quality data, and then display the image based on the downloaded high-quality data. That is, the system control unit 29 displays an image with a lower image quality while downloading high-quality data. Then, when the download of the high-quality data is completed, the system control unit 29 replaces the displayed image with the lower image quality with the image with the higher image quality. In this case, even in a situation where it takes time to download the high-quality data, the image can be displayed quickly, and then the image with the higher image quality can be displayed.
- the mobile phone 2 is connected to only one of the wireless LAN 6 and the mobile communication network 7 at a temporary point.
- the mobile phone 2 may be able to be connected to both the wireless LAN 6 and the mobile communication network 7 at the same time.
- the system control unit 29 determines that it is connected to the wireless LAN 6 when it is connected to both the wireless LAN 6 and the mobile communication network 7. That is, the system control unit 29 gives priority to downloading the high-quality data via the wireless LAN 6 rather than downloading the low-quality data via the mobile communication network 7.
- the system control unit 29 determines both whether or not it is connected to the wireless LAN 6 and whether or not it is connected to the mobile communication network 7. However, the system control unit 29 does not have to determine whether the download application is connected to the mobile communication network 7.
- the system control unit 29 passes the low-quality image via the mobile communication network 7. You need to download the data.
- the mobile communication network 7 is not connected, the low-quality data cannot be downloaded regardless of whether the mobile communication network 7 is connected or not. That is, the subsequent processing result does not change regardless of whether or not the determination is performed. However, the time until the error message is displayed may be different.
- the system control unit 29 When the system control unit 29 is not connected to the mobile communication network 7, for example, it detects that the transmission has failed when attempting to transmit the request, or a certain time has elapsed since the transmission of the request. However, if a response from the Web server 1 is not received, an error message is displayed.
- the communication speed of the wireless LAN 6 has been described as being higher than the communication speed of the mobile communication network 7. Further, in the first embodiment, it has been described that the charge system of the wireless LAN 6 is a flat rate system or packet communication charge is free, and the charge system of the mobile communication network 7 is a pay-per-use system. However, actually, the communication speed of the wireless LAN 6 may be lower than the communication speed of the mobile communication network 7. For example, the communication speed of the mobile communication network 7 may increase due to specification changes or the like. For example, the communication speed may be limited by the access point 3.
- the link speed may be slower than the maximum value of the standard communication speed.
- the link speed is the maximum communication speed when the access point 3 and the mobile phone 2 actually communicate with each other.
- the user can select the pay-as-you-go system as the fee system for the wireless LAN 6 or the user can select the flat-rate method as the fee system for the mobile communication network 7.
- the mobile phone 2 does not perform processing based on whether the connected network is the wireless LAN 6 or the mobile communication network 7.
- the mobile phone 2 determines whether the communication speed of the connected network is high speed or low speed, and determines whether the charge system of the connected network is a flat rate system, a pay-as-you-go system, or free of charge. judge.
- the system control unit 29 determines whether or not the communication speed is high based on a preset reference speed. Specifically, when the system control unit 29 determines that the communication speed of the connected network is equal to or higher than the reference speed, the system control unit 29 determines that the communication speed is high. On the other hand, when the system control unit 29 determines that the communication speed of the connected network is less than the reference speed, the system control unit 29 determines that the communication speed is low.
- the reference speed may be set in advance in the download application. Alternatively, the reference speed may be set by the user and stored in the storage unit 23.
- the network communication speed may be stored in advance in the storage unit 23, for example.
- the communication speed of the mobile communication network 7 is stored in the storage unit 23.
- the communication speed of the wireless LAN 6 is stored in the storage unit 23 for each SSID (Service (Set Identifier) of the access point 3.
- the system control unit 29 stores the connection information including the link speed of the connected wireless LAN 6, the SSID of the access point 3 of the connected wireless LAN 6, and the network connection state in the RAM 29 c. Also good.
- Information indicating the fee system of the network may be stored in advance in the storage unit 23 as fee system information, for example.
- the fee system information of the mobile communication network 7 is stored, and the fee system information of the wireless LAN 6 is stored for each SSID.
- the fee system information indicates either a flat rate system, a pay-per-use system, or free of charge.
- the system control unit 29 performs processing based on the communication speed of the connected network and the determination result of the charge system.
- the system control unit 29 uses the cache of high quality data for image display. This is the same as in the first embodiment.
- the system control unit 29 uses the low image quality data for image display when the cache for the high image quality data is not stored and the charge system of the connected network is a pay-as-you-go system. This process is performed even if the communication speed of the connected network is high. This is because even if the time required for downloading high-quality data is shortened through a network having a high communication speed, the amount of data is large, and accordingly, a packet communication fee is imposed on the user accordingly.
- the system control unit 29 uses the low-quality data cache for image display when the low-quality data cache is stored, and the low-quality data cache when the low-quality data cache is not stored. Download low-quality data to be used for display.
- the system control unit 29 does not store a cache of high image quality data, the charge system of the connected network is a flat rate system, and the communication speed of the connected network is low In this case, low image quality data is used to display an image. This is because if high quality data is downloaded in this case, the packet communication fee is not added, but the time required for downloading becomes longer.
- the system control unit 29 does not store a cache of high-quality data, the charge system of the connected network is a flat rate system, and the communication speed of the connected network is high Download high-quality data. Then, the system control unit 29 uses the downloaded high-quality data for image display.
- a network with a high communication speed and a flat fee system or a free communication fee is an example of the first network in the present invention.
- a network with a low communication speed or a pay-as-you-go system is an example of the second network in the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a processing example in the image data download process of the system control unit 29 of the mobile phone 2 according to the present embodiment.
- the same steps as those in FIG. 4 are given the same step numbers.
- the system control unit 29 executes steps S1 to S5 as in the case of the first embodiment. After completing the process of step S5, the system control unit 29 determines whether or not it is currently connected to either the wireless LAN 6 or the mobile communication network 7 based on the connection state of the network (step S151). At this time, if the system control unit 29 determines that it is not connected to any network (step S151: NO), the system control unit 29 determines whether or not a cache of low image quality data is stored in the storage unit 23. (Step S154). At this time, if the system control unit 29 determines that the low-quality data cache is stored (step S154: YES), the system control unit 29 displays an image based on the low-quality data cache (steps S9 and S10).
- step S154 NO
- step S16 ends the image data download process.
- step S151 when it is determined that the system control unit 29 is connected to one of the networks (step S151: YES), the system control unit 29 acquires the charge system information of the connected network. Then, the system control unit 29 determines whether or not the charge system of the connected network is pay-per-use based on the charge system information (step S152). At this time, if the system control unit 29 determines that the fee system is a pay-as-you-go system (step S152: YES), the system control unit 29 determines whether or not a cache of low image quality data is stored in the storage unit 23 (step S152). S8).
- step S8 determines that the low-quality data cache is stored (step S8: YES)
- step S9 and S10 displays an image based on the low-quality data cache.
- step S9 and S10 determines that the cache of the low quality data is not stored.
- step S8: NO the system control unit 29 downloads the low quality data and displays an image based on the downloaded low quality data.
- Step S12 to S15 the system control unit 29 downloads the low image quality data from the connected network regardless of whether the connected network is the mobile communication network 7 or not.
- the system control unit 29 ends the image data download process.
- step S152 the system control unit 29 determines that the charge system is not pay-per-use (step S152: NO), that is, the charge system of the connected network is flat-rate or the packet communication charge is free. If it is determined, the communication speed of the connected network is acquired. Then, the system control unit 29 determines whether or not the communication speed of the connected network is equal to or higher than the reference speed (step S153). The system control unit 29 performs the determination in steps S151 to S153, thereby connecting as a connection determination means to a network having a high communication speed and a flat fee system or a free packet communication fee. It is determined whether or not it has been done.
- step S153: NO if the system control unit 29 determines that the communication speed is less than the reference speed (step S153: NO), the system control unit 29 proceeds to step S8.
- step S153: YES when the system control unit 29 determines that the communication speed is equal to or higher than the reference speed (step S153: YES), the system control unit 29 executes the high-quality data download process (step S7) and ends the image data download process. .
- the high-quality data download process high-quality data is downloaded from the connected network regardless of whether the connected network is the wireless LAN 6 or not.
- the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained.
- both the network communication speed and the fee system are determined.
- only one of the communication speed and the charge system may be determined.
- the system control unit 29 may determine only the communication speed when the charge system of all networks to which the mobile phone 2 may be connected is a flat rate system or free of charge.
- the system control unit 29 may determine only the communication speed when the charge system of all networks to which the mobile phone 2 may be connected is a pay-per-use system.
- the system control unit 29 determines in the image data download process that the network control unit 29 is connected to any network (step S151: YES)
- the system control unit 29 does not perform the determination in step S152 but performs the process in step S153. Make a decision.
- the system control unit 29 may determine only the fee system.
- the communication speed of all networks to which the mobile phone 2 may be connected may be only high speed or only low speed, or high speed and low speed may be mixed.
- the system control unit 29 determines in the image data download process that the connected network fee system is not pay-per-use (step S152: NO)
- the determination in step S153 is not performed.
- the high-quality data download process is executed.
- the charge system of the connected network is a flat rate system or free of charge, high-quality data is downloaded even if the communication speed is low. This means that the quality of the displayed image is given priority over the time required for downloading.
- the content in the present invention is applied to an image.
- the content in the present invention may be applied to content other than images.
- the 1st data and 2nd data in this invention may be applied to the data for outputting the applied content.
- the first data and the second data are generated such that the quality of the content output as the first data is higher than the quality of the content output as the second data. Therefore, the data amount of the first data is larger than the data amount of the second data.
- the sound quality corresponds to the quality of the content.
- Factors that determine sound quality include, for example, the sampling frequency, the number of quantization bits, the bit rate, the number of channels, the presence / absence of irreversible compression of speech, and the compression rate when speech is irreversibly compressed.
- the quality of the moving image or the sound quality of the sound reproduced together with the moving image corresponds to the quality of the content.
- Factors that determine the image quality of a moving image include, for example, the number of pixels (resolution) of the image per frame, the bit length of color information allocated per pixel, the frame speed, the presence or absence of lossy compression of the moving image, and the moving image There is a compression ratio in the case of lossy compression.
- the content according to the present invention may be applied to an electronic document in which an image, sound, video, or the like is embedded.
- the first data and the second data for outputting the electronic document include image, audio, or moving image data.
- the content in the present invention may be applied to RIA for displaying images, sounds, moving images, and the like, and including images, sounds, moving images, and the like.
- the data amount of the first data and the second data may be different from each other depending on the amount of information transmitted to the user by the output content.
- the amount of information conveyed by the first data is set to be larger than the amount of information conveyed by the second data.
- the quality of the output content may be the same between the first data and the second data.
- a content creator in the case of an image, a content creator generates first data of an image A, while extracting a part of the image A as an image B to generate second data.
- the data amount of the first data is larger than the data amount of the second data.
- the resolution of the image A is higher than the resolution of the image B.
- the part to be cut out may be, for example, a more important part of the original image.
- the audio recording time may be different between the first data and the second data. That is, the recording time of the sound reproduced with the first data is set longer than the recording time of the sound reproduced with the second data. Thereby, the data amount of the first data becomes larger than the data amount of the second data.
- the first data may be played with a voice with detailed contents spoken
- the second data may be played with a voice with summarized contents spoken.
- the first data may be reproduced as a full version sound
- the second data may be reproduced as an intro or chorus sound.
- the creator In the case of a moving image, the creator generates the first data of a certain moving image as in the case of the image, while extracting a part of the image of each frame of the moving image and generates the second data.
- the recording time of the moving image may be different between the first data and the second data. That is, the recording time of the moving image reproduced with the first data is set longer than the recording time of the moving image reproduced with the second data.
- the moving image reproduced with the second data may be a digest version of the moving image reproduced with the first data.
- the number of characters in the written sentence may be different between the first data and the second data. That is, the number of characters of the sentence displayed with the first data is set longer than the number of characters of the sentence displayed with the second data. Thereby, the data amount of the first data becomes larger than the data amount of the second data.
- the sentence displayed as the second data may be a summary of the sentence displayed as the first data.
- the terminal device of the present invention is applied to the mobile phone 2.
- the terminal device of the present invention may be applied to a portable terminal device such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) or a notebook personal computer, or to a stationary terminal device such as a desktop computer or a set top box. May be.
- a portable terminal device such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) or a notebook personal computer
- a stationary terminal device such as a desktop computer or a set top box. May be.
- the data reception program according to the present invention is applied to a download application executed by the mobile phone 2.
- the data reception program may be applied to, for example, an application program such as a browser, a status bar program displayed on a window of a specific application program, a widget program always displayed on the screen, and the like.
- the first network and the second network in the present invention are applied to a wireless LAN and a mobile communication network.
- the first network and the second network may be applied to a network other than the wireless LAN and the mobile communication network.
- at least one of the first network and the second network may be a wired network.
- the network where the fee system is a flat rate system or the packet communication fee is free is described as the first network
- the network where the fee system is a pay-as-you-go system is described as the second network.
- the charge system for both the first network and the second network may be metered.
- the packet communication charge added according to the amount of communication may be higher than the case of the 1st network.
- the terminal device does not download the first data if it is already stored in the first network even though it is connected to the first network. However, even if the terminal device already stores the first data, the terminal device may download the first data via the first network and output the content based on the downloaded first data. Similarly, if the terminal device has already stored the second data but is connected to the second network, the terminal device downloads the second data via the second network, and downloads the second data. Content may be output based on
- the terminal device may not be necessary to determine whether or not the terminal device is connected to the second network.
- it is not necessary to determine whether or not the terminal device is connected to the second network.
- the present invention is based on the point that it may not be possible to connect to the first network, which is the preferred network for the user.
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[1-1.ダウンロードシステムの構成及び機能概要]
先ず、本実施形態に係るダウンロードシステムSの構成及び機能概要について、図1を用いて説明する。図1は、本実施形態に係るダウンロードシステムSの概要構成の一例を示す図である。
次に、Webサーバ1の構成について、図2を用いて説明する。
次に、携帯電話機2の構成について、図3を用いて説明する。
ここで、ダウンロード速度が低いほど、例えば、ダウンロードアプリケーションにおける画像データのダウンロードに利用可能な無線LAN6の帯域幅が少ないことを示す。ここでは、負荷の程度の閾値として、閾速度が予め設定される。そして、システム制御部29は、測定したダウンロード速度が閾速度以下であると判定した場合には、無線LAN6の負荷の程度が閾値以上となっているので、低画質データを無線LAN6を介してダウンロードする。
次に、ダウンロードシステムSの動作について、図4乃至図7を用いて説明する。
図4は、本実施形態に係る携帯電話機2のシステム制御部29の画像データダウンロード処理における処理例を示すフローチャートである。
[実施例1]
図5は、本実施形態に係る携帯電話機2のシステム制御部29による実施例1の高画質データダウンロード処理における処理例を示すフローチャートである。
図6は、本実施形態に係る携帯電話機2のシステム制御部29による実施例2の高画質データダウンロード処理における処理例を示すフローチャートである。なお、図6において、図5と同様のステップについては同様のステップ番号を付してある。
図7は、本実施形態に係る携帯電話機2のシステム制御部29の高画質データ収集処理における処理例を示すフローチャートである。
第1実施形態においては、無線LAN6の通信速度は、移動通信ネットワーク7の通信速度よりも高いとして説明されていた。また、第1実施形態においては、無線LAN6の料金システムは定額制またはパケット通信料金が無料であり、移動通信ネットワーク7の料金システムは従量制であると説明されていた。しかしながら、実際には、無線LAN6の通信速度が移動通信ネットワーク7の通信速度よりも低い場合がある。例えば、仕様変更等により移動通信ネットワーク7の通信速度が速くなる場合がある。また例えば、アクセスポイント3によって、通信速度が制限される場合がある。また例えば、同じアクセスポイント3であっても、アクセスポイント3と携帯電話機2との通信状況によっては、リンク速度が規格上の通信速度の最大値よりも遅くなる場合がある。リンク速度とは、実際にアクセスポイント3と携帯電話機2とが通信する場合の最大の通信速度である。また、無線LAN6の料金システムとしてユーザが従量制を選択したり、移動通信ネットワーク7の料金システムとしてユーザが定額制を選択したりすることができる場合がある。
2 携帯電話機
3 アクセスポイント
4 無線基地局
5 ネットワーク
6 無線LAN
7 移動通信ネットワーク
11 通信部
12 記憶部
13 入出力インターフェース
14 システム制御部
14a CPU
14b ROM
14c RAM
15 システムバス
21 無線LAN通信部
22 移動無線通信部
23 記憶部
24 表示部
25 操作部
26 スピーカ
27 マイクロフォン
28 入出力インターフェース
29 システム制御部
29a CPU
29b ROM
29c RAM
30 システムバス
S ダウンロードシステム
Claims (11)
- 第1ネットワークと、該第1ネットワークよりも通信速度が低いネットワークまたは通信量に応じて加算される通信料金が高いネットワークの少なくとも何れか一方である第2ネットワークと、の少なくとも何れか一方を介して、コンテンツを出力するためのデータを受信する端末装置であって、
前記第1ネットワークに前記端末装置が接続されているか否かを判定する接続判定手段と、
第1データ及び該第1データよりもデータ量が小さい第2データが記憶手段に記憶されているか否かを判定する第1記憶判定手段と、
前記第1ネットワークに接続されていると判定された場合に、該第1ネットワークを介して前記第1データを受信し、前記第1ネットワークに接続されておらず且つ前記記憶手段に前記第1データが記憶されていないと判定された場合に、前記第2ネットワークを介して前記第2データを受信する受信手段と、
前記受信手段により受信されたデータを前記記憶手段に記憶させる制御手段と、
前記記憶手段に前記第1データが記憶されていると判定された場合に、該第1データに基づいて前記コンテンツを出力し、前記記憶手段に前記第2データのみが記憶されていると判定された場合に、該第2データに基づいて前記コンテンツを出力する出力手段と、
を備えることを特徴とする端末装置。 - 請求項1に記載の端末装置において、
データを送信する送信装置に送信が要求されたデータを前記送信装置が識別するための識別情報であり、前記第1データまたは前記第2データのうち何れか一方の識別情報を取得する識別情報取得手段と、
前記識別情報取得手段により取得された識別情報と、前記第1データと前記第2データとの間の識別情報の変換規則と、に基づいて、前記第1データまたは前記第2データのうち他方の識別情報を生成する生成手段と、
を更に備え、
前記第1記憶判定手段は、前記識別情報取得手段により取得された識別情報に対応するデータ及び前記生成手段により生成された識別情報に対応するデータが前記記憶手段に記憶されているか否かを判定し、
前記受信手段は、前記識別情報取得手段により取得された識別情報、または、前記生成手段により生成された識別情報を前記送信装置へ送信することにより、送信された識別情報により識別されるデータを前記送信装置から受信し、
前記制御手段は、前記受信手段により受信されたデータを、受信されたデータの識別情報に対応付けて前記記憶手段に記憶させることを特徴とする端末装置。 - 請求項1または請求項2に記載の端末装置において、
前記制御手段により前記記憶手段に記憶された前記第1データに対応する前記第2データを前記記憶手段から削除する削除手段を更に備えることを特徴とする端末装置。 - 請求項1乃至3の何れか1項に記載の端末装置において、
前記記憶手段に記憶されている前記第2データに対応する前記第1データが前記記憶手段に記憶されているか否かを予め定められたタイミングで判定する第2記憶判定手段を更に備え、
前記受信手段は、前記第2記憶判定手段により記憶されていないと判定された前記第1データを、前記端末装置が前記第1ネットワークに接続されているときに前記第1ネットワークを介して受信することを特徴とする端末装置。 - 請求項1乃至4の何れか1項に記載の端末装置において、
前記第1ネットワークに接続されており且つ前記第2データのみが記憶されていると判定された場合に、前記受信手段は、前記第1ネットワークを介して前記1データを受信し、前記出力手段は、前記記憶手段に記憶されている前記第2データに基づいてコンテンツを出力し、その後、前記受信手段により受信された前記第1データに基づいてコンテンツを出力することを特徴とする端末装置。 - 請求項1乃至4の何れか1項に記載の端末装置において、
前記第1ネットワークとの接続が切断されたか否かを判定する切断判定手段を更に備え、
前記出力手段は、前記受信手段による前記第1データの受信中に前記第1ネットワークとの接続が切断されたと判定され、且つ、前記第2データが記憶されていると判定された場合に、該第2データに基づいてコンテンツを出力することを特徴とする端末装置。 - 請求項1乃至6の何れか1項に記載の端末装置において、
前記第1データが記憶されておらず且つ前記第1ネットワークに接続されていると判定された場合に、前記第1ネットワークの負荷を示す負荷情報を取得する負荷情報取得手段と、
前記負荷情報が示す負荷が予め設定された閾値以上であるか否かを判定する負荷判定手段と、
を更に備え、
前記閾値以上であると判定された場合に、前記受信手段は、前記第1ネットワークを介して前記第2データを受信し、その後、前記第1ネットワークを介して前記第1データを受信し、前記出力手段は、前記受信手段により受信された前記第2データに基づいてコンテンツを出力し、その後、前記受信手段により受信された前記第1データに基づいてコンテンツを出力することを特徴とする端末装置。 - 請求項1乃至7の何れか1項に記載の端末装置において、
前記第1データに基づいて出力されるコンテンツの品質は、前記第2データに基づいて出力されるコンテンツの品質よりも高いことを特徴とする端末装置。 - 第1ネットワークと、該第1ネットワークよりも通信速度が低いネットワークまたは通信量に応じて加算される通信料金が高いネットワークの少なくとも何れか一方である第2ネットワークと、の少なくとも何れか一方を介して、コンテンツを出力するためのデータを受信する端末装置によるデータ受信方法であって、
前記第1ネットワークに前記端末装置が接続されているか否かを判定する接続判定ステップと、
第1データ及び該第1データよりもデータ量が小さい第2データが記憶手段に記憶されているか否かを判定する第1記憶判定ステップと、
前記第1ネットワークに接続されていると判定された場合に、該第1ネットワークを介して前記第1データを受信し、前記第1ネットワークに接続されておらず且つ前記記憶手段に前記第1データが記憶されていないと判定された場合に、前記第2ネットワークを介して前記第2データを受信する受信ステップと、
前記受信ステップにおいて受信されたデータを前記記憶手段に記憶させる制御ステップと、
前記記憶手段に前記第1データが記憶されていると判定された場合に、該第1データに基づいて前記コンテンツを出力し、前記記憶手段に前記第2データのみが記憶されていると判定された場合に、該第2データに基づいて前記コンテンツを出力する出力ステップと、
を有することを特徴とするデータ受信方法。 - 第1ネットワークと、該第1ネットワークよりも通信速度が低いネットワークまたは通信量に応じて加算される通信料金が高いネットワークの少なくとも何れか一方である第2ネットワークと、の少なくとも何れか一方を介して、コンテンツを出力するためのデータを受信する端末装置に含まれるコンピュータを、
前記第1ネットワークに前記端末装置が接続されているか否かを判定する接続判定手段、
第1データ及び該第1データよりもデータ量が小さい第2データが記憶手段に記憶されているか否かを判定する第1記憶判定手段、
前記第1ネットワークに接続されていると判定された場合に、該第1ネットワークを介して前記第1データを受信し、前記第1ネットワークに接続されておらず且つ前記記憶手段に前記第1データが記憶されていないと判定された場合に、前記第2ネットワークを介して前記第2データを受信する受信手段、
前記受信手段により受信されたデータを前記記憶手段に記憶させる制御手段、及び、
前記記憶手段に前記第1データが記憶されていると判定された場合に、該第1データに基づいて前記コンテンツを出力し、前記記憶手段に前記第2データのみが記憶されていると判定された場合に、該第2データに基づいて前記コンテンツを出力する出力手段、
として機能させることを特徴とするデータ受信プログラム。 - 第1ネットワークと、該第1ネットワークよりも通信速度が低いネットワークまたは通信量に応じて加算される通信料金が高いネットワークの少なくとも何れか一方である第2ネットワークと、の少なくとも何れか一方を介して、コンテンツを出力するためのデータを受信する端末装置に含まれるコンピュータを、
前記第1ネットワークに前記端末装置が接続されているか否かを判定する接続判定手段、
第1データ及び該第1データよりもデータ量が小さい第2データが記憶手段に記憶されているか否かを判定する第1記憶判定手段、
前記第1ネットワークに接続されていると判定された場合に、該第1ネットワークを介して前記第1データを受信し、前記第1ネットワークに接続されておらず且つ前記記憶手段に前記第1データが記憶されていないと判定された場合に、前記第2ネットワークを介して前記第2データを受信する受信手段、
前記受信手段により受信されたデータを前記記憶手段に記憶させる制御手段、及び、
前記記憶手段に前記第1データが記憶されていると判定された場合に、該第1データに基づいて前記コンテンツを出力し、前記記憶手段に前記第2データのみが記憶されていると判定された場合に、該第2データに基づいて前記コンテンツを出力する出力手段、
として機能させるデータ受信プログラムがコンピュータ読み取り可能に記録されていることを特徴とする記録媒体。
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