JP2005252373A - Mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile communication terminal for storing information related to stored image data in cross-reference with the image data. <P>SOLUTION: A user operates a key operation section 7 to allow a control section 1 to store memo data being the information related to an image file to a memory section 6 in cross-reference with the image file. Since a mobile phone 10 can store the information related to the image file consequently, the user of the mobile phone 10 can browse the information related to the image file. Further, the user operates the key operation section 7 to allow the control section 1 to delete the memo data stored in the memory section 6. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an image storage function of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly to a mobile communication terminal that stores image data information.

  Conventional mobile phones and PHS (Personal Handy Phone System) terminals (hereinafter referred to as mobile communication terminals) have an image storage function for storing image data.

  The image storage function of a conventional mobile communication terminal creates an image file including image data and information on the storage date, automatically generates an image file name, and stores it in a storage means in the mobile communication terminal.

  Patent Document 1 describes a system that stores image data and additional information in association with each other when image data and additional information are received via a communication line.

  Patent Document 2 describes a portable terminal that displays image data and character data of an e-mail when they are received with an e-mail attached with image data.

JP 2002-73619 A (paragraphs (0027) to (0028), FIG. 1) JP 2002-288082 A (paragraphs (0012) to (0027), FIG. 1)

  The image storage function installed in a conventional mobile communication terminal automatically creates an image file that includes image data generated by taking an image, image data received via the Internet, etc., and the storage date and time. The image file name is generated and stored in the storage means in the mobile communication terminal, and the user can edit the image file name. However, a detailed description of the image data cannot be stored. For this reason, it is difficult to know where and when the stored image data was saved.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication terminal that stores information related to stored image data in association with the image data.

  A mobile communication terminal according to the present invention includes image data storage means for storing image data, memo data storage means for storing memo data as information relating to image data, and control means for associating the image data with the memo data. It is characterized by that.

  The control means includes a list display control means for displaying a list of information indicating the image data stored in the image data storage means together with a menu related to the memo data in accordance with a user operation, and a user menu selection operation. In response, the display unit may include a memo data input screen display means for displaying a memo data input screen for allowing the user to input memo data on the display unit. According to such a configuration, the user can input the memo data associated with the image data while viewing the list display of the information indicating the image data.

  The control means may associate the information regarding the inputted memo data with the image data designated at the time of the menu selection operation. According to such a configuration, memo data associated with image data can be input.

  The control means may delete the memo data associated with the image data designated at the time of the menu selection operation from the memo data storage means in response to input of information indicating that the memo data is to be deleted. . According to such a configuration, memo data that is no longer needed can be deleted from the memo data storage means.

  The control means may download the image data via the Internet and store the URL of the downloaded image data in the memo data storage means as memo data. According to such a configuration, when it is desired to download image data downloaded via the Internet again, it is only necessary to connect to the server that downloaded the image data using the URL of the memo data, and there is no need to search for the image data again. .

  An image capturing unit that captures an image and generates image data may be provided, and the control unit may store the image data generated by the image capturing unit in the image data storage unit. According to such a configuration, an image can be taken and image data can be stored in the mobile communication terminal.

  According to the present invention, the image data and the memo data, which is information related to the image data, are stored in the storage unit in the mobile communication terminal in association with each other, so that detailed information on the image data can be stored in the mobile communication terminal. it can.

  The configuration of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an embodiment of the present invention.

  A mobile phone (mobile communication terminal) 10 according to the present invention includes a control unit (control means) 1 that controls each part of the mobile phone 10, a call voice signal, an electronic mail is converted into a radio signal, and a radio signal is converted into a call voice signal. A radio unit 2 for converting to an e-mail, an antenna 3 for transmitting / receiving a radio signal, an LCD 4 for displaying information, a camera unit (photographing means) 5 for photographing an image, a program for operating a mobile phone 10, an ID A memory unit (image data storage means, memo data storage means) 6 for storing information unique to the mobile phone 10 such as information and a telephone number, an image, an e-mail, and the like, and a user provides information and instructions to the mobile phone 10 The key operation unit 7 is input.

  In the present embodiment, the mobile phone 10 is exemplified as the mobile communication terminal, but the present invention is not limited to this and may be a PHS terminal or the like.

  When the user operates the key operation unit 7 and the camera unit 5 captures an image to generate image data, downloads the image data via the Internet, or receives an e-mail with image data, The control unit 1 causes the LCD 4 to display a screen that allows the user to select whether to save image data. When the user operates the key operation unit 7 and selects to save the image data, the control unit 1 associates the image data with the save date and time that is the date and time when the user has selected to save the image data. Then, an image file which is a file including the save date and time and image data is generated, and an image file name is automatically generated and stored in the memory unit 6. Specifically, the image file is information indicating each position in the memory unit 6 storing the storage date and time and the image data.

  When the user operates the key operation unit 7 to select inputting memo data, which is information related to image data, the control unit 1 causes the LCD 4 to display a memo data input screen. When the user operates the key operation unit 7 to input memo data, the control unit 1 stores the memo data in the memory unit 6 in association with the image data stored in the memory unit 6. Specifically, the control unit 1 adds an index, which is information indicating the position in the memory unit 6 storing the memo data, to the image file, and stores the memo data at the index position in the memory unit 6. Let FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the memory unit 6. In the example shown in FIG. 2, it is understood that the index “memo data 1” is added to the “image file 001”, and the contents of the memo data 1 are stored in the index “memo data 1” in the memory unit 6.

  When the user operates the key operation unit 7 and selects to delete the memo data, the control unit 1 causes the LCD 4 to display a screen for allowing the user to select whether or not to delete the memo data. When the user selects to delete the memo data by operating the key operation unit 7, the control unit 1 deletes the memo data associated with the image data stored in the memory unit 6. Specifically, in the example shown in FIG. 2, when deleting the memo data of “image file 001”, the control unit 1 deletes the contents stored in the index “memo data 1” in the memory unit 6. .

  The control unit 1 is realized by, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The camera unit 5 is realized by, for example, a photoelectric conversion element such as a charge coupled device (CCD) or a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) sensor. The memory unit 6 is realized by, for example, a ROM (Read Only Memory) and a flash RAM (Random Access Memory).

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the appearance of the mobile phone 10 according to the present invention. The mobile phone 10 according to the present invention is not limited to a foldable mobile phone that folds between the LCD 4 and the key operation unit 7 as shown in FIG. 2, and the LCD 4 and the key operation unit 7 are an integral housing. It may be a certain cellular phone, another type of cellular phone, or a PHS terminal.

  Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

  The user operates the key operation unit 7 to cause the control unit 1 to display a list of image file names of image files stored in the memory unit 6 on the LCD 4 (step S101). FIG. 5 is a display example of a screen displayed on the LCD 4. In the example shown in FIG. 5, three image files are stored in the memory unit 6.

  When the user operates the key operation unit 7 to select, for example, to display a submenu of an image file “image file 001” (step S102), the control unit 1 displays a submenu selection screen on the LCD 4. It is displayed (step S103). In the submenu, the user can select the operation of information stored in the memory unit 6 in association with the image file “image file 001” by operating the key operation unit 7.

  When the user operates the key operation unit 7 to select “notepad” (step S104), the control unit 1 determines whether to enter “notepad” or delete “notepad”. A screen to be selected is displayed on the LCD 4 (step S105). Here, it is assumed that the control unit 1 displays each memo data on the LCD 4 as, for example, “memo pad”. When the user operates key operation unit 7 to select entry of “memo pad”, control unit 1 displays on LCD 4 a screen for inputting memo data and selecting termination of memo data input. Display. The user operates the key operation unit 7 to input memo data (step S106).

  When the user operates the key operation unit 7 to select the end of memo data input, the control unit 1 causes the LCD 4 to display a screen for selecting whether to save the memo data (step S107). . When the user operates the key operation unit 7 to select saving of memo data, the control unit 1 stores the memo data in the memory unit 6, and stores information on the position in the memory unit 6 in which the memo data is stored. It is added to the image file “image file 001” (step S108). When the user operates the key operation unit 7 and selects not to save the memo data, the control unit 1 returns to step S103 and causes the LCD 4 to display a submenu selection screen.

  In step S105, when the user operates the key operation unit 7 and selects to delete “notepad”, the control unit 1 causes the user to select whether or not to delete “notepad”. A screen is displayed on the LCD 4 (step S109). When the user operates the key operation unit 7 and selects to delete the “memo pad”, the control unit 1 stores the memo data added to the “image file 001” in the memory unit 6. And the information stored at the position in the memory unit 6 storing the memo data are deleted (step S110). When the user operates the key operation unit 7 and selects not to delete “notepad”, the process returns to step S101, and the control unit 1 sets the image file name of the image file stored in the memory unit 6. A list is displayed on the LCD 4.

  When displaying the memo data on the LCD 4, the control unit 1 may display the image data of the image file on the upper half of the LCD 4 and display the contents of the memo data on the lower half of the LCD 4, The image data of the image file and the content of the memo data may be superimposed on each other and displayed on the LCD 4.

  As described above, according to this embodiment, the information about the image data is stored in the memory unit 6 in association with the image data. The information according to the user's intention such as can be stored in the memory unit 6. Further, by storing the event of the day as memo data in the memory unit 6, it can also be used as a picture diary.

  The control unit 1 may store URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) in the memory unit 6 as memo data of image data downloaded and saved from the server via the Internet. Then, the time required for the user to search for image data again can be reduced.

  Information relating to image data stored in the mobile phone can be stored in the mobile phone in association with the image data.

It is a block diagram which shows the example of 1 structure of embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of a memory part. It is a figure which shows the example of an external appearance of the mobile telephone by this invention. It is a flowchart explaining operation | movement of embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the screen displayed on LCD.

Explanation of symbols

1 Control unit 2 Radio unit 3 Antenna 4 LCD
5 Camera unit 6 Memory unit 7 Key operation unit 10 Mobile phone

Claims (6)

Image data storage means for storing image data;
Memo data storage means for storing memo data which is information relating to image data;
A portable communication terminal comprising a control means for associating image data and memo data. The control means includes a list display control means for displaying a list of information indicating the image data stored in the image data storage means together with a menu related to the memo data in accordance with a user operation, and a user menu selection operation. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising: a memo data input screen display unit that causes the display unit to display a memo data input screen that allows a user to input memo data. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the control means associates the information related to the input memo data with the image data designated at the time of the menu selection operation. The control unit deletes the memo data associated with the image data designated at the time of the menu selection operation from the memo data storage unit in response to an input of information indicating that the memo data is to be deleted. The portable communication terminal as described. The mobile communication terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the control means downloads the image data via the Internet and stores the URL of the downloaded image data in the memo data storage means as memo data. A photographing means for photographing an image and generating image data;
The portable communication terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the control means stores the image data generated by the photographing means in an image data storage means.

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