JP2005323006A - Mobile phone terminal and information distribution system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile phone terminal and an information distribution system capable of generating a plurality of images expressing e.g., a series of stories and easily and surely delivering a plurality of the images to an opposite apparatus so as to allow the opposite apparatus to display the images. <P>SOLUTION: An antenna 32 and a communication circuit 33 transmit/receive information. A display section 34 displays at least an image. An operation section 35 receives entries from a user. A control section 31 applies edit processing in response to an instruction entered from the operation section 35 by the user to each frame image acquired via a camera section 41 or an external memory card slot 43, draws a plurality of frame images arranged side by side on a screen of the display section 34 at the same time and reproduces the frame images by reflecting contents of the edit processing on each frame image when the edit processing is applied to a plurality of the frame images. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an information distribution system including at least a mobile phone terminal capable of displaying an image and a server device that manages and distributes information uploaded from the mobile phone terminal.

  In recent years, portable electronic devices such as mobile phone terminals and PDAs often have a camera function, and further, for example, edit a photographic image taken by the camera function or put a so-called stamp, for example. It is often provided with a function for performing various image processing.

  In addition, a mobile phone terminal or a PDA having a communication function can attach an image file to an e-mail, send / receive it to / from another terminal, upload to a server, or download from a server. Yes.

  In addition, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-143257 (Patent Document 1) and Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-304309 (Patent Document 2), a function for creating an animation and a transmission / reception of the created animation between terminals are described. A mobile phone device, a control program, and the like having a function to perform are disclosed.

JP 2003-143257 A (FIG. 2) JP 2003-304309 A (FIG. 2)

  By the way, as communication between users using a mobile phone terminal, for example, an image captured by the camera function is attached to an e-mail and sent and received, or the captured image is displayed on a display and shown to the other user. There are ways to communicate.

  However, if you send a photograph taken with the camera function as it is attached to an e-mail or display it on a display as it is, you will not be able to convey the atmosphere and feeling at that time to the other party. There are many cases. In particular, for example, if only the photographic image cannot convey the atmosphere and emotions of the place, for example, a text explaining the atmosphere and emotions at that time must be written in the body of the e-mail. Also, there are many things that cannot be fully expressed in sentences.

  On the other hand, for example, it is also conceivable to create a series of stories by arranging a plurality of images sequentially in time series, such as animation, and send a plurality of images constituting the series of stories to the counterpart device. However, in the current mobile phone system, in order to send the plurality of images to the other party, it is necessary to send each image individually by attaching it to e-mail, for example, which is very complicated. Further, for example, even if a plurality of images can be attached to one e-mail, it is not known at all how the images are displayed on the receiver side device or whether the images themselves are displayed.

  The present invention has been proposed in view of such circumstances, and for example, it is possible to create a plurality of images representing a series of stories, and to easily and reliably pass the plurality of images to the counterpart device. An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone terminal and an information distribution system that can be displayed.

  The cellular phone terminal of the present invention includes a transmission / reception unit for transmitting / receiving information, a display unit capable of displaying an image, an operation input unit for receiving input from a user, and a frame image acquisition unit for acquiring a plurality of frame images. A frame image editing unit that performs an editing process on each acquired frame image according to an instruction input from the user by the operation input unit, and at least a plurality of frame images are arranged on the screen of the display unit and simultaneously drawn. The above-described problem is solved by having a reproduction means for reproducing the contents of the editing process by reflecting the contents of the editing process on each frame image when the editing process is applied to the frame image.

  The information distribution system of the present invention adds a plurality of mobile phone terminals of the present invention and a plurality of frame images uploaded from the plurality of mobile phone terminals together with link information indicating respective storage destinations. The above-described problem is solved by having a server device that performs centralized management and distributes a plurality of frame images in response to a distribution request when a distribution request is received from a mobile phone terminal.

  That is, according to the present invention, the mobile phone terminal can edit each of the plurality of frame images, and the plurality of frame images are simultaneously drawn on the screen and edited into the plurality of frame images. When processing is being performed, the contents of the editing process are reflected in each frame image and played back, so the user can reflect what he / she felt or thoughts on the frame image as a series of stories. , Can show to other users.

  In the present invention, the frame image acquired by the frame image acquisition unit may be a plurality of frame images sent from other mobile phone terminals. Therefore, the user can arbitrarily edit a plurality of frame images sent from other mobile phone terminals.

  Further, in the present invention, the plurality of frame images created by the mobile phone terminal are collectively managed by the server device, and distributed in response to a request from the mobile phone terminal.

  In the present invention, a plurality of frame images can be edited, and the plurality of frame images are drawn side by side on the screen at the same time, and when the plurality of frame images are subjected to an editing process, the editing is performed. Since the content of the process is reflected in each frame image and played back, for example, a plurality of frame images representing a series of stories can be generated, and these frame images can be easily and reliably delivered to the other device and displayed. it can.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a mobile phone terminal of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Of course, the content described here is merely an example, and it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to this example.

[Configuration of mobile phone terminal of this embodiment]
FIG. 1 shows a schematic external view of a mobile phone terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the front side, and FIG. 2 shows a schematic external view as viewed from the back side.

  The mobile phone terminal according to the present embodiment has, for example, a first casing 1 and a second casing 2, and the first casing 1 and the second casing 2 are folded over via a hinge portion 6. FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show a state in which the mobile phone terminal is opened.

  The first casing 1 is provided with a main display 3 made of, for example, liquid crystal and a speaker 5 for receiving a call. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, a camera unit 7 including a lens system, a drive system for performing focusing of the lens, an image sensor, and the like are provided on the upper rear side of the first housing 1 and a sub-unit. A display 8 is provided.

  On the other hand, the main circuit configuration of the mobile phone terminal is built in the second casing 2. On the upper surface of the second housing 2 (the surface facing the display surface of the first housing 1 when folded), a numeric keypad (12 keys) that is a dial button for inputting a telephone number, characters, etc. In addition, there are provided an operation unit 4 composed of keys such as an utterance key 12, a clear key 13, an end / power key 14, a mode input key and a mail key and a jog dial unit, a microphone 15 for transmission, and the like. The jog dial portion is, for example, a cylindrical rotary dial 9, a left press key 10, a right press key 11, and a rotary dial 9 that are respectively disposed at both ends of the rotary dial 9 in the longitudinal direction. For example, a pressing detection unit (not shown) for detecting this is configured. Although not shown, an external memory card slot for inserting / removing an external memory card is provided on the side surface of the second housing 2.

  It should be noted that illustration and description of other components normally provided in the mobile phone terminal are omitted.

[Internal configuration of mobile phone terminal]
Next, FIG. 3 shows a schematic internal configuration of the mobile phone terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS.

  The antenna 32 is, for example, a built-in antenna, and transmits and receives signal radio waves for telephone calls and packet communications. The communication circuit 33 performs frequency conversion, modulation, demodulation, and the like of transmission / reception signals. Note that data transmitted and received by packet communication is image data, e-mail, program data, and other various data.

  The received call voice data is sent to the control unit 31 via the data line. The control unit 31 includes a CPU (central processing unit), decodes the call voice data, and sends the decoded voice data to the speaker 38 via the data line.

  The speaker 38 corresponds to the above-described receiving speaker 5 and linger speaker, and includes a digital / analog converter and an amplifier. The speaker 38 digitally / analog-converts and amplifies the data of the voice and linger sound, and outputs the result. Thereby, a call voice and a ringer sound are obtained.

  On the other hand, the microphone 39 corresponds to the microphone 15 for transmission and includes an analog / digital converter and an amplifier. The call voice signal input via the microphone 39 is amplified to a predetermined level by an amplifier, converted to digital voice data by an analog / digital converter, and sent to the control unit 31 via a data line. After being encoded, it is sent to the communication circuit 33.

  The display unit 34 includes the main display 3 and the sub display 8 of the first housing 1 and a drive circuit for displaying images on the displays 3 and 8.

  The operation unit 35 corresponds to the operation unit 4 of the second housing 2 and includes a key, a jog dial unit, and an operation signal generation unit that generates an operation signal corresponding to the operation. According to the mobile phone terminal of the present embodiment, the jog dial unit is composed of the rotary dial 9, the left press key 10, the right press key 11, the press detection unit and the like as described with reference to FIG. Therefore, the operation signal generator generates an operation signal indicating the upward or downward direction when the user rotates the rotary dial 9 upward or downward in FIG. When the left press key 10 provided on the left end side of the rotary dial 9 is pressed, an operation signal indicating the left direction is generated, and similarly, the right press provided on the right end side of the rotary dial 9 is generated. When the key 11 is pressed, an operation signal indicating the right direction is generated. Further, when the rotary dial 9 is pressed, the operation signal generator generates an operation signal indicating the pressing operation.

  The vibration unit 42 has a so-called vibrator provided with a weight at a position eccentric with respect to the rotation axis of the motor, for example, and notifies the user of an incoming call or the like by the vibration of the vibrator.

  The external memory card slot 43 is a device in which an external memory card can be inserted and removed, and an interface circuit for exchanging data between the external memory card and the terminal body when the external memory card is loaded. It has.

  The short-range wireless communication unit 44 and its antenna 45 (infrared transmission / reception unit in the case of infrared communication) perform short-range wireless such as so-called Bluetooth (Bluetooth), infrared communication (IrDA), and UWB (Ultra Wide Band). Device.

  The main memory 36 includes a ROM (Read Only Memory) and a RAM (Random Access Memory). The ROM stores a control program for the control unit 31 to control each unit, various initial setting values, font data, dictionary data, and a program code for an application for creating or editing a four-frame image in the embodiment described later. Program code for applications for creating and editing e-mails, program code for applications for performing various processing on images, and other program codes for various applications installed in mobile phone terminals The identification information (ID) of the mobile phone terminal is stored. This ROM includes a rewritable ROM such as an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), and includes e-mail data, a telephone directory and e-mail address set by the user, and photographic image data taken by the camera unit 41. , Downloaded photo data and ringtone data, 4-frame image data to be described later, character data, prediction conversion candidate word registration data, prediction conversion learning data, and various other user setting values, etc. Made possible. The RAM stores data as needed as a work area when the control unit 31 performs various types of data processing and a work area during editing processing for each frame of the four-frame image according to the present embodiment.

  The control unit 31 performs various arithmetic processes such as control of each component of the mobile phone terminal via the control line in addition to the above-described encoding and decoding of the call voice data. Although details will be described later, the control unit 31 according to the present embodiment executes a four-frame image application program prepared on the main memory 36 to perform processing such as creation and editing of four-frame image data. I do.

  In addition, although not shown in FIG. 3, the mobile phone terminal of the present embodiment includes a power supply circuit that supplies power to each unit, a music recording / playback unit for recording and playing music, a browser function, It includes an external cable connector, a connection connector for an external remote controller, a GPS (Global Positioning System) communication unit that is a positioning device for detecting the current position of the mobile phone terminal, and its antenna.

[Operation when Executing Application for Four-Frame Image According to this Embodiment]
The mobile phone terminal according to the present embodiment executes, for example, an image captured by the camera unit 41, an Internet, or the like when the control unit 31 executes a four-frame image application program prepared on the main memory 36. Using a plurality of images constituting a series of stories (for example, four images, that is, images for four frames) using images acquired through a network or an external memory card, etc. An image (four-frame image according to the present embodiment) displayed on one screen can be created, and each frame of the four-frame image can be individually edited.

  Hereinafter, in the mobile phone terminal of the present embodiment, the flow of the creation of the four-frame image and the editing of each frame from the start of the application program for the four-frame image, the display screen display example shown in FIG. 4 and the flowchart shown in FIG. It explains using.

  First, when the four-frame image application program is started, a key layout item in which each frame of the four-frame image is arranged on the display screen and several key correspondence items are listed at the bottom of the screen. An image composed of the arrangement area is displayed. Also, index numbers “1” to “4” representing the order of the frames in the four-frame image are attached to the frame arrangement area.

  Here, each of the four frames in the frame arrangement area is activated according to the operation of the jog dial unit. That is, when the user operates the jog dial section to indicate the direction of up, down, left, or right, the frame corresponding to the direction instruction is activated and focused. Is displayed. In this embodiment, “the frame is in an active state” means that a new image can be created or added to the corresponding frame, and the image of the frame can be edited. The “applied state” means that the frame in the corresponding active state is displayed so as to be distinguishable from other frames.

  In this embodiment, when the application program for four-frame images is activated, for example, three or less key corresponding items are listed in the key corresponding item arrangement area at the bottom of the screen, and each key corresponding item is displayed on the display. 3 is associated with one of the three keys of the utterance key 12, the clear key 13, and the end / power key 14 provided on the lower end side. That is, for example, when the “menu” key corresponding item is arranged at the left end of the key corresponding item arrangement area, the “play” is arranged at the center, and the “edit” key corresponding item is arranged at the right end, for example, the speech key 12 Is pressed, the “menu” key-corresponding item is selected. When the clear key 13 is pressed, the “play” key-corresponding item is selected, and the call end / power key 14 is pressed. And “Edit” key corresponding item is selected. For example, when the key corresponding item “return” is arranged at the left end of the key corresponding item arrangement area and the key corresponding item “automatic reproduction” is arranged at the right end, when the speech key 12 is pressed, “return” is performed. When the end-call / power key 14 is pressed, the “auto-replay” key-corresponding item is selected. The operation after each key corresponding item is selected will be described later.

  FIG. 4A shows a state in which the creation and editing of the images with the index numbers “2” and “4” have already been completed, that is, the creation and editing of the second and fourth frames of the four-frame image has already been completed. Furthermore, when the focus is applied to the frame with the index number “3” and the active state is set, a new image can be additionally arranged in the third frame, and editing can be performed. The example of a display screen is shown. In the case of FIG. 4A, in the key corresponding item arrangement area, a “menu” key corresponding item is arranged at the left end, a “play” key corresponding item is arranged at the center, and an “edit” key corresponding item is arranged at the right end. Has been.

  In the state shown in FIG. 4A, when the end / power key 14 is pressed, for example, when the “edit” key corresponding item is selected from the key corresponding item arrangement area, The display screen shifts to a state where a plurality of editing menus for adding or editing an image to the corresponding frame are displayed in a dialog format. When an “edit” key-corresponding item is selected from the key-corresponding item arrangement area for a certain frame, if an image or the like has already been pasted to that frame, the frame is displayed to the user. A dialog for confirming whether or not editing may be performed may be displayed.

  The edit menu dialog is a tab selection format. In this embodiment, as an example, a tab related to “background image”, a tab related to “image effect”, and a tab related to “effect” other than that are included. Tabs are provided. The plurality of tabs can be selected, for example, according to the operation of the jog dial unit. That is, a desired tab is selected by rotating the rotary dial 9 or pressing the left pressing key 10 and the right pressing key 11.

  Here, in the dialog of the edit menu, for example, when a tab related to “background image” is selected, a dialog as shown in FIG. 4B is displayed. In the “background image” dialog, as an example, an image captured by the camera unit 41, a still image already stored in an EEPROM or the like in the terminal, a desired image read out from a moving image (moving image) In the case of a single image), an image saved on an external memory card, an image downloaded via the Internet, etc. A plurality of editing items such as a “filling” editing item for painting the background of a frame with a desired color or pattern are prepared. The plurality of editing items can be selected in accordance with, for example, operation of the jog dial unit. That is, in the case of the present embodiment, a desired edit item is selected by, for example, rotating the rotary dial 9.

  When editing “add image” is performed, an image having a size defined as a default frame size can be added at a minimum. If the size of the image to be added to the frame is smaller than the size defined as the default frame size, place the image at an appropriate position in the frame layout area, or place it for the user. Processing may be performed after inquiring the position. On the other hand, if the size of the image added to the frame is larger than the default frame size, if the image can be reduced, it is reduced to an appropriate size, and if it cannot be reduced, it is clipped to an appropriate size. Place in the frame placement area. Of course, in this case as well, processing may be performed after inquiring the user. When adding an image to a frame, at least the background of the frame can be painted with a single color. The number of colors of the background is determined by a user interface for allowing the user to select.

  When the edit menu dialog is displayed, the key corresponding item arrangement area has a key corresponding item of “Menu” at the left end and a key corresponding item of “Determination” at the center. In the edit menu dialog as shown in FIG. 4B, for example, a desired edit item is specified by, for example, rotating operation of the rotary dial 9 of the jog dial unit, and the clear key 13 is pressed down in the specified item state. Thus, when the “determined” key-corresponding item is selected from the key-corresponding item arrangement area, the editing item that is in the designated state in the editing menu dialog is determined. Thereby, the process corresponding to the determined edit item can be executed. On the other hand, as will be described in detail later, when the utterance key 12 is pressed, the menu selection screen as shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 4C, the edit item “add image” is selected and determined from the “background image” dialog shown in FIG. 4B, and the image taken by the camera unit 41 and in the terminal are displayed. The example of a display screen is shown when an image read out from is added. When an image for editing the “background image” as shown in FIG. 4C is displayed, the “menu” key at the right end is displayed in the key corresponding item arrangement area at the bottom of the screen. Corresponding items, a “completion” key correspondence item at the center, and an “edit” key correspondence item at the left end are prepared. Here, when the “complete” key-corresponding item is selected from the key-corresponding item arrangement area by pressing the clear key 13, the editing process performed on the “background image” is once completed. Then, a frame image reflecting the contents of the editing process is displayed on the display screen. Thereby, the user can confirm the content of the editing process. On the other hand, when the end-call / power key 14 is pressed and a key-corresponding item “edit” is selected from the key-corresponding item arrangement area, the state returns to a state where further editing is possible.

  Further, when a tab relating to “image effect” is selected in the dialog of the edit menu, a transition is made to a state in which image effect processing, for example, pasting balloon characters, for example, can be pasted on the image of the frame. At this time, in the key-corresponding item arrangement area at the bottom of the display screen, an “effect” key-corresponding item is displayed at the left end, a “complete” key-corresponding item is displayed at the center, and an “edit” key-corresponding item is displayed at the right end. . When the key corresponding item “effect” is selected from the key corresponding item arrangement area by pressing the speech key 12, a dialog as shown in FIG. 4D is displayed on the display screen. Is displayed.

  In the “effect” dialog shown in FIG. 4D, as an example, an edit item of “speech character” for adding a so-called speech character to an already added image or background, for example, Edit items for “stamp” for pasting stamps, and “effect” edit items for applying various effects to the added image itself are prepared. Then, as in the case of the “background image” dialog described above, for example, a desired edit item is selected by an operation of the jog dial section, and the clear key 13 is pressed, for example, while the desired edit item is designated. As a result, when the “determined” key-corresponding item is selected from the key-corresponding item arrangement area, the editing item in the designated state is determined.

  In FIG. 4 (e), an edit item “speech character” is selected and determined from the “image effect” dialog in FIG. 4 (d), and a desired character is further included in the “speech bubble”. The example of a display screen display after inputting is shown. Further, when an image for editing processing for the “image effect” as shown in FIG. 4E is displayed, the “menu” and “menu” prepared in the key corresponding item arrangement area at the bottom of the screen are displayed. When the “completion” key correspondence item is selected from the “completion” and “edit” key correspondence items in response to the pressing operation of the clear key 13, the editing performed in the “image effect” is performed. Once the processing is completed, a frame image reflecting the contents of the editing processing is displayed on the display screen. Thereby, the user can confirm the content of the editing process. On the other hand, when the end-call / power key 14 is pressed and a key-corresponding item “edit” is selected from the key-corresponding item arrangement area, the state returns to a state where further editing is possible.

  Further, when a tab relating to “effect” is selected in the dialog of the editing menu, a dialog as shown in FIG. 4F is displayed on the display screen. In this “effect” dialog, as an example, an edit item of “sound effect” that assigns a sound effect to the corresponding frame, an edit item of “vibration” that assigns a vibration operation that vibrates the vibration unit 42, Edit items such as “link” to add a link are prepared. In the present embodiment, these editing items can be selected by operating the jog dial section, for example, as described above. In the present embodiment, the link destination information attached to the frame includes not only an Internet URL (Uniform Resource Locator) for jumping to a web page, but also a four-frame image prepared in advance in a predetermined server, Other user's 4-frame images uploaded to the server, other storage locations for various information such as images and sounds other than 4-frame images, and other 4-frame images stored in the memory of the terminal In addition, it is possible to set storage destinations of various information such as images other than four-frame images and sounds.

  Further, in the editing process for “effect” as shown in FIG. 4F, the key corresponding item arrangement area at the bottom of the screen has a “menu” key corresponding item at the right end and a “complete” at the center. A key correspondence item and a key correspondence item of “Edit” are prepared at the left end. Here, when the “Effect” tab is selected in the edit menu dialog, for example, a desired edit item is selected by operating the jog dial section, and the clear key 13 is further pressed, for example. When the “completion” key corresponding item is selected from the key corresponding item arrangement area, the editing process performed in the “effect” is once completed. Thereby, the user can confirm the content of the editing process. On the other hand, when the end-call / power key 14 is pressed and a key-corresponding item “edit” is selected from the key-corresponding item arrangement area, the state returns to a state where further editing is possible.

  In the present embodiment, the “background image” editing screen shown in FIG. 4C, the “image effect” editing screen shown in FIG. 4E, and the “image effect” editing screen shown in FIG. In the “effect” editing screen, when the clear key 13 is pressed to select a “complete” key-corresponding item from the key-corresponding item disposition region, the center of the key-corresponding item disposition region is “ It is changed to the key corresponding item of “OK”. Then, when the clear key 13 is pressed again and the “corresponding” key corresponding item is selected, the contents of the editing performed so far on the corresponding frame are confirmed, and thereby the display screen is displayed. The display shifts to a state in which four frames including the frame reflecting the edited contents are displayed. Note that, according to the present embodiment, after editing is confirmed (determined) on the editing screens such as the “background image”, “image effect”, and “effect” described above for the desired frame, the jog dial unit It is possible to shift to editing of the next frame by rotating the rotary dial 9 or pressing the left pressing key 10 and the right pressing key 11.

  4 (g) is edited as shown in FIG. 4 (c) and FIG. 4 (e), and the desired effect is selected and determined in FIG. 4 (f) as necessary. As a result, the image of the frame whose editing content has been determined is assigned to the index number “3”, and the editing is performed in a state where, for example, an image of the title character (“Kakekko”) is written in the frame of the index number “1”. The example of a display screen display of a 4-frame image when completed is shown.

  When the four-frame image display state shown in FIG. 4G or the above-described FIG. 4A is displayed, the “menu”, “play”, and “edit” keys are displayed in the key corresponding item arrangement area at the bottom of the screen. Corresponding items are arranged, and when, for example, the clear key 13 is pressed and a “playback” key corresponding item is selected with the focus on a desired frame by operation of the jog dial section, a display screen is displayed. Shifts to a state where the image of the corresponding frame is reproduced and displayed. At this time, when the “effect” such as a sound effect or vibration is set for the frame, the warp effect (sound effect or vibration) is also executed at the same time.

  FIG. 4H shows a display screen display example when the image of index number “3” in FIG. 4G is reproduced and displayed. When the jog dial unit is operated while a desired frame is being reproduced and displayed, the display on the display screen is switched to a frame image corresponding to the operation. If an instruction for playback / display of the next frame is given after the playback / display of the last index number “4” by the operation of the jog dial unit, the process returns to the first index number “1”. FIG. 4 (i) shows the next frame (frame with index number “4”) operated by the jog dial unit while the image with index number “3” shown in FIG. ) Is designated when the display screen is displayed.

  Also, as in the example of FIG. 4H, when any one of the four frame images is being played back and displayed, “automatic playback” is displayed at the right end in the key corresponding item arrangement area at the bottom of the screen. There are key-corresponding items. The “automatic reproduction” key-corresponding item is an item for designating that the images of each of the four frame images are automatically reproduced in order at appropriate time intervals. When the key corresponding item “automatic selection” is selected by pressing the button, the images of the four frames are sequentially reproduced and displayed on the display screen. It should be noted that after the last frame having the index number “4” is reproduced and displayed by automatic reproduction, the frame is returned to the first frame having the index number “1” and the reproduction display is continued. The key corresponding item of “automatic playback” may be prepared on all playback display screens of each frame of the four-frame image, but the playback display screen of the frame with index number “4” at the end of the four-frame image. Then, it may not be provided. In addition, when an image of each frame is played back and displayed, the frames may be switched by moving-image effects such as fade-in and fade-out when switching the frames. When the effects of moving images such as fade-in and fade-out are added at the time of frame switching, more effective expressions that match the story of a four-frame image can be made.

  Further, when any of the four frames is attached with a “link” by selecting the effect in FIG. 4 (f), as shown in FIG. 4 (i). In the key corresponding item arrangement area at the bottom of the screen, a “link” key corresponding item is prepared in the center. Accordingly, when the clear key 13 is pressed and the “link” key corresponding item is selected, a jump is made to the link destination attached to the frame.

  Also, as shown in (h) and (i) of FIG. 4, when any one of the four frame images is reproduced and displayed, the key corresponding item arrangement area at the bottom of the screen has “ There is an item corresponding to the key "Back". The “return” key-corresponding item is an item for designating to return to the state in which the four-frame image is displayed on the display screen. Therefore, when the speech key 12 is pressed, the “return” key-corresponding item is displayed. When is selected, the display on the display screen returns to the state shown in FIG.

  On the other hand, in the display state of the 4-frame image shown in FIG. 4G, from among the key corresponding items (“menu”, “play”, “edit”) in the key corresponding item arrangement area at the bottom of the screen, for example, When the “menu” key-corresponding item is selected, the display screen shifts to a menu selection screen as shown in FIG. In the menu selection screen, for example, a menu item “New creation” selected when a new four-frame image is created / added, or a four-frame image that has already been created and saved is selected. “Open” menu item, “Save” menu item selected when saving a newly created or edited 4-frame image to memory When sending a 4-frame image file attached to an e-mail The e-mail software is activated to display the e-mail with the four-frame image file attached, and the “mail” menu item selected to display all files related to the four-frame image to the server described later. “Upload” menu item selected when uploading, “Exit” menu selected when exiting the application program for 4-frame images Plurality of menu items such as the item is available. These menu items can be selected and determined by operating the jog dial section, for example. That is, for example, when the rotary dial 9 or the left pressing key 10 or the right pressing key 11 is pressed, a desired menu item is selected. For example, when the rotating dial 9 is pressed, the menu item is selected. Processing is executed. However, (j) of FIG. 4 shows a state in which the “Save” menu item is selected. When the “New” menu item and the “Open” menu item are selected, if there is a four-frame image that is already being edited at that time, whether or not to discard or save it is determined. After confirming with the user, a new four-frame image is created or another four-frame image is opened. When the “Save” menu item is selected, the four-frame image currently being created or edited is saved in the memory in the current state. Further, when the “end” menu item is selected, if there is data being edited, it is desirable to be able to resume.

[Operation Flow when Executing Application for Four-Frame Image According to this Embodiment]
FIG. 5 shows an operation flowchart of the mobile phone terminal according to the present embodiment at the time of executing an application for a four-frame image.

  In FIG. 5, when an application for a four-frame image is activated, the control unit 31 first performs an index number “1” to “4” as shown in FIG. By generating image data for an initial screen composed of a frame arrangement area for four frames marked with and a key corresponding item arrangement area provided at the lower part of the screen, the image data is sent to the display unit 34, whereby the initial Display the screen on the display screen.

  Next, as a process of step S <b> 2, the control unit 31 waits for an operation input from the user, that is, waits for an operation signal input from the operation unit 35. For example, when an operation signal is input from the jog dial unit, the focus position for the four frames in the frame arrangement area is moved according to the operation signal. When any key-corresponding item in the key-corresponding item arrangement area at the bottom of the screen is selected by an operation input from the user, the control unit 31 advances the process to step S3.

  When the process proceeds to step S3, the control unit 31 determines whether the operation input by the user has been performed by pressing any of the utterance key 12, the clear key 13, and the end / power key 14. It is determined from the key corresponding item arrangement area which one of the “menu”, “playback”, and “edit” key corresponding items has been selected by the user.

  If, for example, a “menu” key-corresponding item is selected from the key-corresponding item arrangement area, the control unit 31 advances the process to step S4.

  In step S4, the control unit 31 generates image data for displaying a menu selection dialog as shown in FIG. 4J described above, and the image data is displayed on the display unit 34. By sending, the menu selection screen is displayed.

  Next, the control unit 31 waits for an operation input from the user, that is, waits for an input of an operation signal from the operation unit 35 as the process of step S5. For example, when an operation signal from the jog dial unit is input, the control unit 31 determines which of the menu items has been selected by the user according to the operation signal.

  Here, for example, when a menu item of “new creation” or “open” is selected from the menu selection screen, the control unit 31 advances the processing to step S7.

  In step S7, the control unit 31 updates the initial screen and returns to step S1. That is, for example, when the menu item “new creation” is selected, the control unit 31 generates image data for an initial screen in which no image or the like is pasted on the four frames in the frame arrangement area, and the image By sending data to the display unit 34, the initial screen is displayed on the display screen. When the menu item “New creation” is selected and there is a frame or the like that has already been edited, the control unit 31 generates data of a message asking whether or not to cancel the editing. , Display the message on the screen.

  On the other hand, when the “Open” menu item is selected from the menu selection screen in step S6, the control unit 31 selects the file name of the four-frame image that has already been edited and saved in the memory in step S7. Etc. are displayed on the screen, the file selected by the user is read out from the file names, and the four-frame image data of the read-out file is sent to the display unit 34, so that the read-out four-frame image is displayed. Display on the display screen.

  In step S6, when the “Exit” menu item is selected from the menu selection screen, the control unit 31 ends the application for the four-frame image.

  On the other hand, when a menu item other than the above “new creation”, “open”, “end” is selected from the menu selection screen in step S6, or any key correspondence from the key corresponding item arrangement area at the bottom of the screen When the item is selected, the control unit 31 advances the process to step S8.

  When a menu item other than the above “New creation”, “Open”, and “End” is selected from the menu selection screen in step S6 and the process proceeds to step S8, the control unit 31 selects the selected menu item. After the processing corresponding to is performed, the process returns to the state of waiting for an operation input from the user in step S5. On the other hand, when any key-corresponding item is selected from the key-corresponding item arrangement area at the bottom of the screen in step S6 and the process proceeds to step S8, the control unit 31 responds to the selected key-corresponding item. By generating display data such as a dialog and sending it to the display unit 34, the dialog is displayed on the display screen, and then returns to the state of waiting for an operation input from the user in step S5.

  In step S3, when the “edit” key corresponding item is selected from the key corresponding item arrangement area, the control unit 31 advances the process to step S13.

  When the processing proceeds to step S13, the control unit 31 receives the image data of the frame focused in step S2 and the dialog data for editing as shown in FIG. By sending it to the display unit 34, the image and dialog of the frame are displayed on the display screen.

  Next, the control part 31 will be in the operation input waiting state from a user as a process of step S14. For example, when an operation signal is input from the jog dial unit, the utterance key 12, the clear key 13, or the end / power key 14, the control unit 31 advances the process to step S15.

  When the processing proceeds to step S15, the control unit 31 determines that the content of the operation input by the user is “add image”, “fill”, “image effect”, and other operations for performing the various editing processes described above. It is determined whether it is an instruction or an instruction to confirm editing.

  Here, when the operation content from the user in step S14 is an operation instruction of various editing processes, the control unit 31 executes the editing process corresponding to these operation instructions as the process of step S16, and the process of step S14. Return to.

  On the other hand, when the operation content from the user in step S14 is an edit confirmation instruction, as a process in step S17, the control unit 31 confirms the previous edit content, reflects it on the initial screen, and executes step S1. Return to processing.

  In step S3, when the “playback” key corresponding item is selected from the key corresponding item arrangement area, the control unit 31 advances the process to step S10.

  When the process proceeds to step S10, the control unit 31 sends the image data of the frame focused in step S2 to the display unit 34, whereby the frame as shown in FIG. Display the playback image on the display screen. If sound effects and vibrations are set for the frame, they are also played.

  Next, the control part 31 will be in the operation input waiting state from a user as a process of step S11. For example, when an operation signal is input from the jog dial unit, the utterance key 12, the clear key 13, or the end / power key 14, the control unit 31 advances the process to step S12.

  In step S12, the control unit 31 determines whether the content of the operation input by the user is an instruction to the next frame “playback”, an instruction of “automatic playback”, or an instruction of “return”. Alternatively, it is determined whether the instruction is “link”.

  Here, when the operation content from the user in step S11 is a “reproduction” instruction for the next frame or an “automatic reproduction” instruction, the control unit 31 returns to the process in step S10 to return to the next one frame. Or continuous playback of frames by automatic playback.

  On the other hand, when the operation content from the user in step S11 is an instruction for selecting the “return” key corresponding item from the key corresponding item arrangement area, the control unit 31 returns the process to step S1.

  Further, when the operation content from the user in step S11 is an instruction to select the “link” key corresponding item from the key corresponding item arrangement area, the control unit 31 jumps to the link destination attached to the frame. Process.

[4-frame image data structure]
Hereinafter, the data structure of the four-frame image created or edited as described above will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the four-frame image data includes four frames of image data (sample.gif) that has been edited, and four frames of image data (sample.gif) as shown in FIG. ) Are included in a specific format data file (sample.xml) describing details of information of each frame, and they are handled as one associated package. In the present embodiment, GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) is used as an image format, but a JPEG (Joint Photographic Expert Group) format or the like may be used. The data file (sample.xml) includes information for specifying the four-frame image and each frame in FIG. 6, information on the relative position of each frame in the four-frame image, sound effects and links attached to each frame. Information etc. are described.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, the size of the four-frame image is, for example, a VGA (Video Graphics Array) size of 480 pixels × 640 pixels, and the size of each frame is 240 pixels. A QVGA (Quarter VGA) size of 320 pixels is used.

  In the present embodiment, the attribute names and their meanings in the data file (sample.xml) of FIG. 7 and the attributes included in the attribute names are determined as shown in FIG. That is, in FIG. 7 and FIG. 9, “basePics” indicates an image of a four-frame image associated with this data file (sample.xml), and each attribute of “url”, “width”, and “height” is included therein. It is included. In the “url”, when data is stored in the terminal, information for specifying the storage destination of the data is described, and when the data is uploaded to the server, a so-called Internet URL is described. “Width” and “height” indicate the overall size of the image, that is, the width and height of the image. “First”, “second”, “third”, and “fourth” correspond to the index numbers “1”, “2”, “3”, and “4” of each frame, and “position”, “sound”, and “four”, respectively. The attributes “link” and “vivration” are included. “Position” is a relative coordinate of each frame with respect to the entire four-frame image, and includes information of “sx”, “sy”, “ex”, and “ey”. “Sound” indicates a sound effect attached to the frame, “link” indicates link information attached to the frame, and “vivration” indicates vibration information attached to the frame (whether there is a vibration).

  The data file (sample.xml) described above is basically optional data for the image data (sample.gif) and is added to the image data (sample.gif) as necessary. However, the size of the default four-frame image is stipulated, for example, as shown in FIG. 8 so that all the four-frame images can be confirmed with only the image. Of course, as described above, when a four-frame image is created according to the basic procedure, the four-frame image is created with the default size shown in FIG. 8, and playback in frame units is also possible. In addition, when data having contents as shown in FIG. 9 can be published together with an image in a user area of a so-called EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format), “url” of “basePics” linking the data file (sample.xml) and the image data. Information is no longer required. Further, when these four frame image files are uploaded to the server, the server side places the uploaded file in an appropriate location, and rewrites the URL information of the data file as necessary. Become.

[Upload four-frame images]
As a minimum configuration for viewing, creating, editing, saving, and the like of the above-described four-frame image, only the user's mobile phone terminal may be used. According to the embodiment of the present invention, for example, as shown in FIG. In addition, it is desirable that the four-frame image can be browsed, created, edited, etc. also in the mobile phone terminal 53 or personal computer 52 of another user connected via the Internet 51 or the like.

  In the case of the example in FIG. 10, the data of the four-frame image created by the user A's mobile phone terminal 54 is attached to an e-mail, for example, to the other user B's mobile phone terminal 53, personal computer 52, etc. It can be transmitted, uploaded to a predetermined server 50 and stored in the server 50, and can be downloaded from the server 50 to another user B's mobile phone terminal 53, personal computer 52, etc. as necessary. ing. In the example of FIG. 10, an example in which four-frame image data is transmitted / received by e-mail or the like is given, but it is of course possible to transmit / receive four-frame image data between terminals by the short-range wireless communication unit 44. is there.

  Here, in the system of FIG. 10, when the mobile phone terminal 53 and the personal computer 52 of the user B are provided with the four-frame image application according to the present embodiment, the mobile phone terminal 53 and the personal computer 52 are A four-frame image received by E-mail from A's mobile phone terminal 54 or downloaded from the server 50 is not only displayed on the display screen to confirm its contents, but also by the user A's mobile phone terminal 54. Various edits similar to those performed and playback for each frame can be performed.

  On the other hand, when the user B's mobile phone terminal 53 or personal computer 52 does not include the application for the four-frame image according to the present embodiment, the user B's mobile phone terminal 53 or personal computer 52 edits the four-frame image. Etc. cannot be performed. However, since the four-frame image according to the present embodiment is created in a general-purpose image format such as GIF or JPEG, the four-frame image (four frames are displayed on one screen) by a general image viewer application. It is possible to display the image) on the display.

  In the case of the information distribution system shown in FIG. 10, the predetermined server 50 centrally manages the data of four frame images uploaded from the terminals of a plurality of users for each user terminal and uploads them. By assigning a URL to each frame, it is possible to link a predetermined four-frame image with another four-frame image. When the server 50 receives a distribution request using a URL from a mobile phone terminal, a personal computer, or the like, the server 50 distributes four-frame image data in response to the distribution request. The link can be set over a plurality of four-frame images.

[Summary]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, since a four-frame image (for example, a four-frame cartoon) can be easily created using at least a mobile phone terminal, the user feels that the four-frame image. It is possible to communicate or record other thoughts, etc. to other users in a story tailoring, and therefore it is possible to communicate between users using the 4-frame image. In addition, according to the present embodiment, since the four-frame image has the data file structure as shown in FIG. 7 described above, the four-frame image generated by a certain user's mobile phone terminal is different. Can be arbitrarily edited on the user's mobile phone terminal. Therefore, the four-frame images are sequentially transmitted and received between the plurality of user mobile phone terminals, and the so-called user terminals are sequentially edited. You will be able to perform serialistic communication.

  Conventionally, there is only one image that can be attached to an e-mail, and the content has been separated, such as the e-mail body and one image. Communication can be performed with integrated content (4-frame image data) in which speech balloons, sound effects, vibrations, and the like are associated.

  Further, in the case of this embodiment, a frame can be provided with a link, and by jumping to the URL of the link destination, it can be linked with another four-frame image or linked with another web page. A richer story development is possible. Note that the URL of the link destination may be not only another four-frame image but also a promotion destination page such as an advertisement.

  In addition, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to effectively use an image stored without being used in the memory of the mobile phone terminal or to promote the use of the image taken by the camera unit. For example, by extracting a desired frame image as a still image from a moving image photographed by a camera unit and creating a four-frame image, necessary information can be gathered well.

  In addition, since the 4-frame image data of the present embodiment uses a widely spread image format, even a general-purpose terminal that does not have a dedicated application can reproduce and view the 4-frame image. Can do.

  The description of each embodiment described above is an example of the present invention. For this reason, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it is needless to say that various modifications can be made according to the design or the like as long as the technical idea according to the present invention is not deviated.

  The present invention is also applicable to various portable electronic devices such as PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) having a communication function.

It is the outline appearance figure which looked at the cellular phone terminal of the embodiment of the present invention from the front side. It is the outline appearance figure which looked at the cellular phone terminal of the embodiment of the present invention from the back side. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the mobile telephone terminal of this invention embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the flow of creating a 4-frame image and editing each frame using a specific display screen display example in the mobile phone terminal of the present embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the flow of preparation of 4 frame images, and edit of each frame. It is a figure which shows an example of the image data (sample.gif) for 4 frames. It is a figure which shows an example of the data file (sample.xml) which shows the detail of the information of each flame | frame contained in the image data for 4 frames. It is a figure which shows an example of the magnitude | size of a 4-frame image. It is a figure used for description of each attribute name and its meaning in the data file (sample.xml) of FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the information delivery system of embodiment of this invention which consists of a user's mobile telephone terminal, a personal computer, and a server.

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  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 1st housing | casing, 2nd housing | casing, 3 main display, 4,35 operation part, 5,38 speaker, 6 hinge part, 7,41 camera part, 8 sub display, 9 rotation dial, 10 left push Key, 11 Right-press key, 12 Speech key, 13 Clear key, 14 End / power key, 15, 39 Microphone, 31 Control unit, 32 Call, Packet communication antenna, 33 Communication circuit, 34 Display unit, 36 Main Memory, 42 Vibration unit, 43 External memory card slot, 44 Short-range wireless communication unit, 45 Short-range wireless antenna, 50 server, 51 Internet, 52 User B personal computer, 53 User B mobile phone terminal, 54 user A mobile phone terminal

Claims (5)

Transmitting and receiving means for transmitting and receiving information;
Display means capable of displaying at least an image;
Operation input means for receiving input from the user;
Frame image acquisition means for acquiring a plurality of frame images;
A frame image editing unit that performs an editing process in accordance with an instruction input from the user by the operation input unit for each acquired frame image;
At least reproduction of the plurality of frame images arranged on the screen of the display means and simultaneously rendered, and when the plurality of frame images are subjected to editing processing, the contents of the editing processing are reflected on each frame image and reproduced. A mobile phone terminal. The mobile phone terminal according to claim 1, wherein
The mobile image terminal, wherein the frame image editing means performs, as the editing process, a process of adding at least an image including a text character input from a user by the operation input means to the frame image. The mobile phone terminal according to claim 1, wherein
The frame image editing means performs, as the editing process, a process of adding at least one or more frame images or link information indicating a storage destination of other information to the frame image. Mobile phone terminal. The mobile phone terminal according to claim 2 or claim 3,
A data package generating means for generating a data package in which data of a plurality of frame images to be drawn side by side on the screen and data related to editing processing for each frame image are associated by a data file of a predetermined format;
A cellular phone terminal, wherein the data package is transmitted by the transmission / reception means. A user-desired editing process is performed on the acquired plurality of frame images, and at least a plurality of frame images are arranged on the display screen and drawn simultaneously, and the editing process is performed when the plurality of frame images are subjected to the editing process. A mobile phone device that reflects the content of
The link information indicating each storage location is added to the plurality of frame images uploaded from a plurality of mobile phone terminals and collectively managed, and when a distribution request is received from the mobile phone terminal using the link information, An information distribution system comprising: a server device that distributes frame images according to a distribution request.

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