JP2013258440A - Communication device with automatic transmission destination setting function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication device that is able to automatically set a transmission destination associated with a telephone number of a communication partner during a telephone call or of the latest telephone call as a transmission destination of content information such as images.SOLUTION: If a particular operation detection unit 103 has detected particular operation performed during a telephone call or within a prescribed period after a telephone call, a transmission destination setting unit 102 automatically sets transmission destination data associated with a telephone number of a communication partner during the telephone call or of the latest telephone call by referring to a transmission destination data storage unit 108 as a transmission destination of an image photographed by a camera unit 106 after its activation, or of specified content information stored in a content storage unit.

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication apparatus having a function of transmitting a still image, a moving image, or other content information to a predetermined transmission destination.

  With the widespread use of mobile phones with cameras, there is a need to send images of people and landscapes taken at travel destinations and business trips to destinations that have made calls from travel destinations and business trips. Conventionally, the operation has been troublesome because of the communication.

  As a technology to improve this, when a person or landscape is photographed during a call with a communication partner, a technology related to a communication device that transmits the photographed image information to a mail address corresponding to the telephone number of the partner during the call (For example, Patent Document 1).

  However, in the technique of Patent Document 1, since the transmission timing of image information is limited to when a call is in progress, it is necessary to perform a call and shooting at the same time, and either shooting or calling may be neglected. there were. Also, when taking a picture after the end of a call, an operation for re-designating the mail address of the other party who was on the call is necessary, which is troublesome as before.

JP 2008-226198 A

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a communication device that does not require an operation for specifying a new e-mail address even when the timing of transmitting content such as an image is after the end of a call.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention has a call function for making a call with a communicating party, and a content transmission function for transmitting content stored in the device or content input to the device to a predetermined transmission destination. A communication device comprising: a specific operation detecting unit that detects a specific operation performed by an operation unit included in the own device; and a transmission destination registration unit that registers transmission destination data in association with a telephone number. When the specific operation for specifying the content to be transmitted is performed, the telephone number of the other party who was on the call at the time of the specific operation or the latest party who made the call before the specific operation was performed Extracting and specifying the destination data associated with the extracted telephone number with reference to the destination registration means, and specifying the specified destination data in the destination destination data of the content specified by the specifying operation Automatically and sets as data.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a communication device that does not require an operation for designating a transmission destination such as an e-mail address, regardless of whether the timing of transmitting content such as an image is during a call or after the call is ended. .

It is a functional block diagram of the communication apparatus by this invention. It is an operation | movement flowchart figure of the communication apparatus by this invention.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a communication apparatus (hereinafter abbreviated as this apparatus) according to the present invention. The apparatus 1 transmits image information captured by the camera unit 106 and content information stored in the content storage unit 107 to the partner apparatus 3 via the network 2.

  The apparatus 1 includes a communication processing unit 100 that executes a process related to a call or communication of image information and content information, a call unit 101 that executes a process related to a call (not shown) including a microphone and a speaker, and image information. And a destination setting unit 102 for setting a destination of content information, a specific operation detecting unit 103 for detecting a specific operation, an operation unit 104 operated by a user of the apparatus 1, and overall control of the apparatus 1 A control unit 105 that executes the control, a camera unit 106 that captures a still image or a moving image or inputs it from an external device (not shown), image information captured by the camera unit 106, and various content information other than the input image. A content storage unit 107 that stores information, and a destination data storage unit 1 that stores image data and transmission destination data of content information (sometimes abbreviated as a transmission destination) in association with a telephone number. 8, it consists of.

  Although the camera unit 106 is illustrated as an image information input unit incorporating a camera that operates as a moving image camera or a still image camera, the camera may be an external camera connected to the apparatus 1. The content information stored in the content storage unit 107 is a moving image captured by the camera unit 106 in addition to content information of various materials including character information, graphic information, and image information input from an external device (not shown). Alternatively, still images can be stored.

  The transmission destination data stored in the transmission destination data storage unit 108 in association with the telephone number of the partner apparatus 3 will be described as an e-mail address, but is not limited to this as long as the transmission destination can be specified.

  The counterpart apparatus 3 is not limited to a communication apparatus having both a call function and an image reception function. For example, the counterpart device 3 may be a combination of a general-purpose telephone having no image reception function and a communication device such as a digital photo frame having no call function and only an image reception function.

  FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart of the apparatus 1. Hereinafter, the operation flow of the apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

  This flow starts when the power is turned on (S200). During standby, whether or not a specific operation is performed (S210), whether or not transmission destination data is input (S230), whether a release condition is detected (S240), and transmission The presence / absence of an operation (S250) is monitored.

  In S210, when a specific operation (for example, “#” + “address button”) is detected (S210, YES), if the current call is in progress (S211, YES), the telephone number of the other party on the call is acquired ( If the call is not in progress (S211, NO), the telephone number of the other party who has made the latest call is acquired from the call history database (not shown) (S212), and the process proceeds to S214. The call history database and its search function are functions provided in a normal telephone device, and are present in the control unit 105 in the present device 1.

  In S214, the control unit 105 activates the transmission destination setting unit 102, and the transmission destination setting unit 102 refers to the transmission destination data storage unit 108 and searches for transmission destination data corresponding to the acquired telephone number. Then, the transmission destination setting unit 102 sets the searched transmission destination data as a transmission destination when the next transmission operation is performed (S215), and proceeds to S220. At this time, if there is already set destination data, it is overwritten and the already set destination data is deleted.

In S220, when content information to be transmitted is designated via the operation unit 104 (S220, YES), the designated content information is searched from the content storage unit 107 (S221), and the process returns to S210. When a transmission operation is performed via the operation unit 104 (S250, YES), the searched content information is transmitted to the transmission destination set in S215 (S251). As a result, for example, content information such as a document obtained from the other party during a call can be transmitted to a predetermined transmission destination during or after the call with a simple operation. If the content information to be transmitted is not designated in S220 (S220, NO), the process proceeds to S222.
Although omitted in this flow, the content specification in S220 may be moving image content input to the apparatus 1 in real time from a video recorder or the like (not shown) other than the camera unit 106. In this case, the moving image content need not be stored in the content storage unit 107 (may be stored), and S221 may be skipped.

  In S222, when the camera unit 106 as a moving image camera is activated via the operation unit 104 (S222, YES), the camera unit 106 is activated as a moving image camera, and the moving image information captured to the transmission destination set in S215 Is started (S223). Thus, without setting a transmission destination, for example, the situation can be described using a video of a surrounding situation taken from a business trip destination. If the camera unit 106 as a moving image camera is not activated in S222 (S222, NO), the process proceeds to S224.

  In S224, when the camera unit 106 as a still image camera is activated via the operation unit 104 (S224, YES), the camera unit 106 is activated as a still image camera, and the captured still image information is stored in the content storage unit 107. (S225) and return to S210. When a transmission operation is performed through the operation unit 104 (S250, YES), the stored still image information is transmitted to the transmission destination set in S215 (S251). As a result, for example, the still image information of the surrounding landscape and the person obtained from the other party who was on the call can be taken slowly after the call, and can be transmitted to a predetermined transmission destination with a simple operation. If NO in S224, the process returns to S210.

  In S230, when transmission destination data is input (S230, YES), the transmission destination setting unit 102 sets the input transmission destination data as a transmission destination for the next transmission operation (S231). Return to S210. At this time, if there is already set destination data, it is overwritten and the already set destination data is deleted. As a result, it is possible to change the transmission destination other than the transmission destination corresponding to the telephone number of the partner who made the latest call, which is set in S215. For example, a telephone number other than the latest telephone number remaining in the call history or a telephone number not remaining in the call history can be searched from the telephone directory database, and the corresponding transmission destination data can be set.

  In S240, when a predetermined release condition is detected (S240, YES), the operating camera unit 106 is stopped, the transmission destination data set by the transmission destination setting unit 102 is deleted (S241), and the process returns to S210.

  Here, the release condition is, for example, when the expiration date (for example, 30 minutes) of the destination data set by a timer (not shown) is detected, or is set periodically or non-set by a calendar function (not shown). For example, when a regular business trip period ends, when the camera unit 106 as a moving image camera is stopped, or when a deletion operation from the operation unit 104 is detected.

  In S250, when a transmission operation is performed via the operation unit 104 (S250, YES), the still image information stored in S225 or the content information specified in S220 is transmitted to the destination set in S215 or S231. (S251), and returns to S210. This transmission operation may be in a standby state after a call or during a call.

  The operation flow of the apparatus 1 has been described above. According to the present apparatus 1, the operation of setting destination data such as an e-mail address is omitted for a moving image or a still image captured by a camera, or specified content information during a call or after a call ends. I can do it.

  Note that the communication device of the present invention can be variously modified without departing from the spirit of the communication device. For example, the device 1 may be a mobile phone terminal having an e-mail transmission function, and may transmit content information and still image information as an attached file of the e-mail.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Communication apparatus 2 ... Network 3 ... Partner apparatus 100 ... Communication processing part 101 ... Communication part 102 ... Transmission destination setting part 103 ... Specific operation detection part 104 ... Operation unit 105 ... control unit 106 ... camera unit 107 ... content storage unit 108 ... destination data storage unit

Claims (5)

A communication device having a call function for making a call with a communicating party, and a content transmission function for transmitting content stored in the device or content input to the device to a predetermined transmission destination,
Specific operation detection means for detecting a specific operation performed on the operation unit provided in the own apparatus, and transmission destination registration means for registering transmission destination data in association with a telephone number,
When a specific operation specifying the content to be transmitted is performed, the telephone number of the other party who was on the call when the specific operation was performed or the latest party who made the call before the specific operation was extracted is extracted Then, the destination data associated with the extracted telephone number is identified with reference to the destination registration means, and the identified destination data is automatically used as the destination data of the content specified by the identifying operation. A communication apparatus having a destination automatic setting function, characterized in that setting is performed. The communication device according to claim 1,
After the destination data designated by the specific operation is automatically set, the destination set when the release operation for releasing the set destination data is performed or when a predetermined release condition is satisfied A communication apparatus having an automatic destination setting function, wherein data is released. The communication device according to claim 2,
The communication device having a transmission destination automatic setting function, wherein the predetermined release condition is a case where a predetermined period has elapsed after the transmission destination data is automatically set. The communication device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
A communication apparatus having a transmission destination automatic setting function, wherein the content input to the own apparatus is image information related to a still image or a moving image input from a camera included in the own apparatus or connected to the own apparatus. The communication device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The communication apparatus having an automatic destination setting function, wherein the data transmission function is an electronic mail transmission function, and the transmission destination data is an electronic mail address.

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