JP2012114897A - Communication system and electronic apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] To convey information that is not necessary to be communicated to the other party, and to convey only the information desired to be communicated to the other party in accordance with his / her will.
An electronic device 10a includes instruction receiving units 100a and 110a that receive user instructions, and a storage unit 190a that stores control information that controls movement of a moving image displayed on the electronic device 10b in association with the instructions. And a control information selection unit 120a that selects control information corresponding to the received instruction, and a transmission unit 130a that transmits the selected control information to the electronic device 10b. The electronic device 10b displays a storage unit 190b that stores a moving image indicating a user of the electronic device 10a, a display unit 110b that displays a moving image, a receiving unit 130b that receives control information from the electronic device 10a, and a display according to the control information. And a control unit 120b that controls movement in the moving image displayed on the unit 110b.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a communication system and an electronic device.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a technique for transmitting biological information such as body temperature and pulse from a transmitting device to a receiving device as well as voice, images, and characters has been disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP 2006-5945 A

However, since the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 is a technique for detecting the biological information of the user on the transmission side and transmitting it to the reception side regardless of the will of the user on the transmission side, information (for example, The problem of not being able to convey your own feelings) based on your own will, or information that you do not need to convey to the other party (for example, your own feelings that you do not want to be known) is transmitted against your own will There is a problem.
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and does not convey information that does not need to be communicated to the other party, and can communicate only the information that is desired to be communicated to the other party in an easy-to-understand manner. I will provide a.

  In order to solve the above problem, a communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention is a communication system including a first electronic device and a second electronic device, and the first electronic device accepts a user instruction. Corresponding to the instruction received by the instruction receiving unit, the storage unit storing control information for controlling the movement of the moving image displayed on the second electronic device in association with the instruction, and the instruction receiving unit A control information selection unit that selects the control information to be transmitted, and a transmission unit that transmits the control information selected by the control information selection unit to the second electronic device, wherein the second electronic device includes: A storage unit that stores a moving image indicating a user of the first electronic device; a display unit that displays the moving image stored in the storage unit; and the control information transmitted from the first electronic device. Receive And parts, in accordance with the control information received by the receiving unit, and having a control unit for controlling the movement in the moving image displayed on the display unit.

In the communication system, the instruction is an instruction for transmitting a psychological state of a user of the first electronic device to a user of the second electronic device by using a motion in the moving image. When the control unit of the second electronic device receives the control information according to the instruction for transmitting the psychological state of the user of the first electronic device, the control unit of the first electronic device You may make it control the motion in the said moving image so that the said user's said psychological state may be expressed.

  In order to solve the above problem, an electronic device according to an aspect of the present invention includes an instruction receiving unit that receives an instruction to transmit a user's psychological state to a user of another electronic device, and the instruction received by the instruction receiving unit. A storage unit that stores control information for controlling the movement of a moving image displayed on the other electronic device in association with the control unit, and control information for selecting the control information corresponding to the instruction received by the instruction receiving unit A selection unit, and a transmission unit that transmits the control information selected by the control information selection unit to the other electronic device.

  In order to solve the above problem, an electronic device according to one embodiment of the present invention displays a storage unit that stores a moving image indicating a user of another electronic device, and the moving image stored in the storage unit. A display unit; a receiving unit that receives control information generated in the other electronic device and corresponding to a psychological state of a user of the other electronic device; and the control information received by the receiving unit. And a control unit that controls movement in the moving image so as to express a psychological state of a user of the other electronic device.

  According to the present invention, information that does not need to be communicated is not communicated to the other party, and only the information that is desired to be communicated can be easily communicated to the other party according to his / her own will.

It is a functional block diagram of the communication apparatus 10 which comprises the communication system 1 by one Embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the information memorize | stored in the memory 190, and an example of a motion of a moving image. 1 is a configuration diagram of a communication system 1. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the communication system 1. It is another example of the information memorize | stored in the memory 190.

  Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a communication device (electronic device) 10 constituting a communication system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 shows an example of information stored in the memory 190 and an example of moving image motion.

  As illustrated in FIG. 1, the communication device 10 includes a sensor 100, a display 110, a CPU 120, a communication unit 130, and a memory 190.

  The sensor 100 receives a user instruction (operation). The sensor 100 is not particularly limited, and is, for example, an acceleration sensor, a pressure sensor, or the like. For example, the sensor 100, which is an acceleration sensor, detects an operation in which the user shakes the housing, and accepts the operation as a user instruction. Further, for example, the sensor 100 that is a pressure-sensitive sensor detects an operation in which the user presses a predetermined portion of the housing, and accepts the operation as an instruction from the user. In addition, the above-mentioned instruction is an instruction for transmitting its own psychological state to a communication partner (user of another communication device 10), for example.

  The display 110 displays various information to the user. The display 110 displays a moving image indicating a communication partner. A moving image indicating a communication partner is a moving image that can identify the communication partner, and is, for example, an animation of the face, upper body, or whole body of the communication partner. The display 110 is not particularly limited, and may be a touch panel that receives a user instruction (input), for example.

  The memory 190 stores various information. For example, a moving image to be displayed on the display 110 is stored. Specifically, the memory 190 stores a moving image indicating a communication partner to be displayed on the communication device 10 and a moving image indicating itself to be displayed on the communication device 10 of the communication partner. Note that the moving image indicating the communication partner is acquired, for example, by communication with the communication device 10 of the communication partner.

  FIG. 2A is an example of a moving image stored in the memory 190. In the example illustrated in FIG. 2A, the memory 190 stores a moving image (round face) capturing the user characteristics of the user ID in association with the user ID “U001” for identifying the user, and the user ID “U001”. In association with “U002”, a moving image (rectangular face) capturing the user characteristics of the user ID is stored. In FIG. 2A, the arrows indicate the motion of the moving image. For example, the moving image of the user ID “U001” has a motion that changes between the image A and the image B.

  Further, the memory 190 stores control information for controlling the movement of a moving image (that is, a moving image indicating itself) displayed on the communication device 10 of the communication partner in association with a user instruction (operation / input). .

  FIG. 2B is an example of control information stored in the memory 190. In the example shown in FIG. 2B, the memory 190 is associated with an instruction ID “S01” that identifies a user instruction, control information No1 that causes an apologizing motion image, and an instruction ID “S02” that identifies a user instruction. ”Is stored in association with the control information No 2 that causes the moving image to grieve. The apologizing movement is, for example, a movement as shown in FIG. Moreover, the sad movement is, for example, a movement as shown in FIG.

  The CPU 120 selects control information corresponding to a user instruction (operation / input). For example, when the CPU 120 acquires the instruction ID “S01” from the sensor 100, the CPU 120 refers to the memory 190, selects the control information No1 (apologize movement) associated with the instruction ID “S01”, and instructs the sensor 100 to When the ID “S02” is acquired, the memory 190 is referred to, and the control information No2 (sad movement) associated with the instruction ID “S02” is selected.

Further, the CPU 120 controls the movement in the moving image of the communication partner according to the control information received from the communication device 10 of the communication partner. For example, when the moving image of the communication partner is displayed on the display 110 and the control information No1 (movement to apologize) is received from the communication device 10 of the communication partner, the CPU 120 apologizes to the moving image of the communication partner. Make a move.
Note that the CPU 120 performs, for example, image processing such as coordinate conversion based on control information over time on a base image (for example, one captured image), thereby displaying a moving image displayed on the display 1. Is controlled to move according to the control information.

  The communication unit 130 transmits and receives various information. Specifically, the communication unit 130 transmits the control information selected by the CPU 120 to the communication device 10 of the communication partner. Further, the communication unit 130 receives control information transmitted from the communication device 10 of the communication partner. Further, the communication unit 130 transmits a moving image indicating itself to the communication device 10 of the communication partner, and receives a moving image indicating the communication partner from the communication device 10 of the communication partner. Note that the communication method by the communication unit 130 is not particularly limited, and may be, for example, the Internet (TCP / IP), near field communication, or the like.

  Next, the communication system 1 will be described. FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of the communication system 1. As shown in FIG. 3, the communication system 1 includes at least two communication devices 10a and 10b. The communication device 10a and the communication device 10b are both the communication device 10 shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, for convenience of explanation, the communication device 10a is the transmission side and the communication device 10b is the reception side. However, since the communication device 10a and the communication device 10b have the same configuration, the transmission side and the reception side are reversed. Even if there is, it is the same.

  The communication device 10a on the transmission side includes an instruction receiving unit 100a (sensor 100, display 110), a control information selection unit 120a (CPU 120), a control information transmission unit (transmission unit) 130a (communication unit 130), and a control information storage unit ( Storage unit) 190a (memory 190). The communication device 10b on the receiving side includes a moving image display unit (display unit) 110b (display 110), a moving image control unit (control unit) 120b (CPU 120), and a control information receiving unit (reception unit) 130b (communication unit 130). A moving image storage unit (storage unit) 190b (memory 190).

  In the communication device 10a, the control information storage unit 190a stores control information for controlling the motion of the moving image displayed on the communication device 10b in association with a user instruction (operation / input). Specifically, the control information storage unit 190a stores the control information in association with the instruction ID (see FIG. 2B).

  In the communication device 10a, the instruction receiving unit 100a receives a user instruction (operation / input). For example, an instruction for transmitting the psychological state of the user of the communication device 10a to the user of the communication device 10b is received using the motion in the moving image. Upon receiving the user instruction, the instruction receiving unit 100a outputs an instruction ID for identifying the instruction to the control information selecting unit 120a.

  In the communication device 10a, the control information selection unit 120a acquires the instruction ID from the instruction reception unit 100a. The control information selection unit 120a that has acquired the instruction ID refers to the control information storage unit 190a and selects control information corresponding to the instruction. The control information selection unit 120a that has selected the control information outputs the control information to the control information transmission unit 130a.

  In the communication device 10a, the control information transmission unit 130a acquires control information from the control information selection unit 120a. The control information transmission unit 130a that has acquired the control information transmits the control information to the communication device 10b.

  In the communication device 10b, the moving image storage unit 190b stores a moving image indicating the user of the communication device 10a. Specifically, the control information storage unit 190b stores a moving image indicating the user of the communication device 10a in association with the user ID of the user of the communication device 10a (see FIG. 2B).

  In the communication device 10b, the moving image display unit 110b displays the moving image stored in the moving image storage unit 190b. Specifically, a moving image indicating the user of the communication device 10a that is the communication partner is displayed.

  In the communication device 10b, the control information receiving unit 130b receives the control information transmitted from the communication device 10a. The control information receiving unit 130b that has received the control information outputs the control information to the moving image control unit 120b.

  In the communication device 10b, the moving image control unit 120b acquires control information from the control information receiving unit 130b. The moving image control unit 120b that has acquired the control information controls the movement of the moving image displayed on the moving image display unit 110b according to the control information. Specifically, for example, when the moving image control unit 120b receives one control information corresponding to one instruction for transmitting one psychological state of the user of the communication device 10a, the control information receiving unit 130b, The movement in the moving image is controlled so as to express the one psychological state of the user of the communication device 10a.

  For example, the control information receiving unit 130b defeats an instruction to convey a psychological state (for example, an apology) of the user of the communication device 10a (an operation of shaking the housing of the communication device 10a or bowing the housing of the communication device 10a). When the control information (instruction ID “S01” in FIG. 2B) is received, the moving image control unit 120b displays a moving image indicating the user of the communication device 10a in the moving image display unit 110b. Operate to express the psychological state (apology) (operate as shown in FIG. 2C). In addition, for example, the control information receiving unit 130b controls the control information according to the instruction (operation for drawing a circle on the display) for transmitting the psychological state (for example, sadness) of the user of the communication device 10a (in FIG. 2B, the instruction ID “ S02 "), the moving image control unit 120b causes the moving image display unit 110b to operate the moving image indicating the user of the communication device 10a so as to express the psychological state (sadness) (FIG. 2 ( d).

  Hereinafter, the operation of the communication system 1 will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of the communication system 1. Note that the left side of FIG. 4 shows the operation of the communication device 10a on the transmission side, and the right side shows the operation of the communication device 10b on the reception side. At the time of disclosure of this flowchart, the moving image (circular face) corresponding to the user ID “U001” shown in FIG. 2A is displayed on the moving image display unit 110b of the communication device 10b as the moving image of the user of the communication device 10a. ) Is displayed.

  In FIG. 4, the instruction receiving unit 100a receives an instruction (operation, input) (step S10). For example, as an instruction when the user of the communication device 10a wishes to apologize to the user of the communication device 10b, an operation of shaking the casing of the communication device 10a is accepted. Upon receiving the user instruction, the instruction receiving unit 100a immediately outputs an instruction ID for identifying the instruction to the control information selecting unit 120a. For example, the instruction receiving unit 100a outputs an instruction ID “S01” for identifying an operation of shaking the housing of the communication device 10a to the control information selecting unit 120a.

  The control information selection unit 120a that has acquired the instruction ID from the instruction reception unit 100a refers to the control information storage unit 190a and immediately selects control information corresponding to the instruction ID. For example, the control information selection unit 120a selects the control information No1 (apologize operation) corresponding to the instruction ID “S01” (step S12). Then, the control information selection unit 120a immediately outputs the selected control information to the control information transmission unit 130a. Then, the operation of the communication device 10a ends.

  The control information transmission unit 130a that has acquired the control information from the control information selection unit 120a immediately transmits the control information to the communication device 10b (step S12). For example, the control information transmission unit 130a acquires control information No1 (apologize operation) from the control information selection unit 120a and transmits it to the communication device 10b.

  The control information receiver 130b of the communication device 10b receives control information from the control information transmitter 130a of the communication device 10a (step S24). The control information receiving unit 130b that has received the control information immediately outputs the control information to the moving image control unit 120b. For example, the control information receiving unit 130b receives control information No1 (apologize operation) from the control information transmitting unit 130a and outputs the control information No1 to the moving image control unit 120b.

  The moving image control unit 120b that has acquired the control information from the control information receiving unit 130b immediately controls the movement in the moving image displayed on the moving image display unit 110b according to the control information (step S26). The control information receiving unit 130b acquires the control information No1 (apologize operation) from the control information receiver 130b, and is displayed on the moving image display unit 110b as shown in FIG. 2C according to the control information No1 (apologize operation). Control (activate) the moving image. Then, the operation of the communication device 10b ends.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, information that does not need to be communicated is not communicated to the other party, and only the information desired to be communicated can be easily communicated to the other party according to his / her own will. For example, even when it is embarrassing to apologize to the other party, you can convey the feeling of apologizing in an easy-to-understand manner using a video image that is your substitute on the partner's electronic device . Further, as described above, each step (steps S10 to S26) is immediately executed, so that information to be transmitted can be immediately transmitted to the other party.

  In the above-described embodiment, as a moving image motion control method by the moving image information control unit 120b (CPU 120), coordinate conversion based on control information is sequentially performed on a basic image (for example, one captured image). Although the aspect which performs image processing etc. was demonstrated, the control method of a motion is not limited to this.

  FIG. 5 is another example of information stored in the memory 190. As another example of the movement control method, as shown in FIG. 5, a moving image is stored in the memory 190 in association with the user ID and the control information, and the moving image information control unit 120 b uses the user ID and the control information. Is selected from the memory 190 and displayed on the moving image display unit 110b (display 110). For example, when the moving image corresponding to the user ID “U001” of the user of the communication device 10a and the control information No0 (initial value) is displayed on the moving image display unit 110b, the control information No1 ( In a case of receiving an apologizing motion), the moving image information control unit 120b selects a moving image associated with the user ID “U001” and control information No1 (apologizing motion) from the memory 190, and the moving image display unit 110b Output to.

In the above embodiment, the moving image displayed on the moving image display unit 110b of the communication device 10b is stored in the moving image storage unit 190b. However, the moving image displayed on the moving image display unit 110b is transmitted from the communication device 10a. May be. Furthermore, the moving image transmitted from the communication device 10a may be stored in the moving image storage unit 190b.
In the above embodiment, information to be transmitted is transmitted by displaying a moving image on the moving image display unit 110b of the communication device 10b. However, in addition to displaying a moving image, a vibrator ( Information to be transmitted may be transmitted by vibrating (not shown). In this case, it is preferable to prepare a vibration pattern suitable for each of them, corresponding to “apologize operation” or “joyful operation”. In addition, sound may be added to the display of the moving image instead of vibration.

  Note that a program for executing each process of the communication devices 10 and 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read by a computer system. Each process of the communication devices 10 and 20 may be performed by executing. Here, the “computer system” may include an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices. Further, the “computer system” includes a homepage providing environment (or display environment) if a WWW system is used. The “computer-readable recording medium” means a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, a writable nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory, a portable medium such as a CD-ROM, a hard disk built in a computer system, etc. This is a storage device.

  Further, the “computer-readable recording medium” means a volatile memory (for example, DRAM (Dynamic DRAM) in a computer system that becomes a server or a client when a program is transmitted through a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. Random Access Memory)), etc., which hold programs for a certain period of time. The program may be transmitted from a computer system storing the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. Here, the “transmission medium” for transmitting the program refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line. The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, and what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and includes designs and the like that do not depart from the gist of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Communication system 10 ... Communication apparatus (electronic device)
100 ... sensor 110 ... display (instruction receiving unit / moving image display unit)
120 ... CPU (control information selection unit / moving image control unit)
130: Communication unit (control information transmission unit / control information reception unit)
190 ... Memory (control information storage unit / moving image storage unit)

Claims (4)

In a communication system comprising a first electronic device and a second electronic device,
The first electronic device includes:
An instruction receiving unit for receiving user instructions;
A storage unit that stores control information for controlling movement of a moving image displayed on the second electronic device in association with the instruction;
A control information selection unit that selects the control information corresponding to the instruction received by the instruction reception unit;
A transmission unit that transmits the control information selected by the control information selection unit to the second electronic device;
The second electronic device is
A storage unit for storing a moving image indicating a user of the first electronic device;
A display unit for displaying the moving image stored in the storage unit;
A receiving unit for receiving the control information transmitted from the first electronic device;
And a control unit that controls movement of the moving image displayed on the display unit in accordance with the control information received by the receiving unit. The communication system according to claim 1,
The instruction is an instruction for transmitting a psychological state of a user of the first electronic device to a user of the second electronic device using a motion in the moving image,
The control unit of the second electronic device receives the control information according to the instruction for transmitting the psychological state of the user of the first electronic device when the receiving unit receives the control information. A communication system, wherein movement in the moving image is controlled so as to express the psychological state of a user of the device. An instruction receiving unit for receiving an instruction to convey a user's psychological state to a user of another electronic device;
A storage unit for storing control information for controlling movement of a moving image displayed on the other electronic device in association with the instruction received by the instruction receiving unit;
A control information selection unit that selects the control information corresponding to the instruction received by the instruction reception unit;
An electronic device comprising: a transmission unit that transmits the control information selected by the control information selection unit to the other electronic device. A storage unit for storing a moving image indicating a user of another electronic device;
A display unit for displaying the moving image stored in the storage unit;
A receiving unit for receiving control information generated in the other electronic device and corresponding to a psychological state of a user of the other electronic device;
An electronic device comprising: a control unit that controls movement in the moving image so as to express a psychological state of a user of the other electronic device according to the control information received by the receiving unit.

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