JP2006033377A - On-vehicle terminal, mobile communication terminal, and mail transmission and reception system using them - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an on-vehicle terminal, a mobile communication terminal and a mail transmission and reception system using them that make it possible to easily and safely send and receive mail in a cabin. <P>SOLUTION: The mail transmission and reception system is equipped with: the on-vehicle terminal which stores a mail fixed form sentence received from the mobile communication terminal 2 through a 1st short-distance communication interface part 11 into a mail fixed form sentence storage part 13 and selects and transmits one of mail fixed form sentences stored in the mail fixed form sentence storage part 13 to the mobile communication terminal through the 1st short-distance communication interface part 11 in reply to a mail transmission request; and the mobile communication terminal 2 which transmits a mail fixed sentence generated by a mail fixed form sentence generation part 30 to the on-vehicle terminal 1, receives the mail fixed form sentence sent from the on-vehicle terminal 1 by a 2nd short-distance communication interface part 31, generates transmitted mail by a mail transmission part 32 based upon the received mail fixed sentence, and transmits the mail to a mail server 4 through a long-distance communication interface part 33. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an in-vehicle terminal, a mobile communication terminal, and a mail transmission / reception system using them, and more particularly, to a technique for creating a mail fixed phrase suitable for mail transmission from the inside of a vehicle.

  Conventionally, mobile communication terminals such as PHS (Personal Handyphone System) terminals and mobile phone terminals are known. This mobile communication terminal has an electronic mail transmission / reception function in addition to a voice call function as a basic function, and many people use the electronic mail transmission / reception function of the mobile communication terminal as an everyday information communication means.

  Recently, there is a strong need to use the e-mail transmission / reception function even while driving a car. When a mobile communication terminal is brought into a car, the car navigation device equipped with the car is equipped with an in-vehicle terminal with a communication function. E-mail can be sent and received in cooperation. In this case, the function of transmitting / receiving mail to / from the mail server is provided on the mobile communication terminal side because it is desired to use the mail address assigned to the mobile communication terminal used daily.

  By the way, when a mail is received by an in-vehicle terminal such as a car navigation device connected to a mobile phone during driving, it is required to send a reply mail from the in-vehicle terminal safely, that is, without disturbing the driving operation. Is done. As a technique for responding to such a request, there is known a mobile communication device with an automatic email reply function that automatically sends a reply email containing movement information such as the current position and destination in response to an inquiry email to a mobile communication device. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

  In this mobile communication device with an electronic mail automatic reply function, the mobile communication device is provided with position information acquisition means such as a GPS receiver, a reply determination rule for determining whether automatic reply is possible, and a reply content rule for defining the content of the reply email Is registered in advance. Then, the received electronic mail is compared with the reply determination rule to determine whether reply is possible, and a reply electronic mail including the movement information is automatically created and transmitted according to the reply content rule.

JP 2003-308278 A

  By the way, in-vehicle mail transmission / reception can be performed by a mobile communication terminal alone such as a PHS terminal or a mobile phone terminal or a car navigation device with a communication function alone, but for safe driving, it is assumed that it is used while driving a car. It is desirable to handle e-mails with car navigation devices.

  However, when handling mail with a car navigation device with a communication function, it is possible to create the contents of a reply email by inputting it, but the car navigation device can only be operated when riding, so when riding You have to do the troublesome work of creating the contents of the reply mail.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an in-vehicle terminal, a mobile communication terminal, and a mail transmission / reception system using these that can easily and safely transmit and receive mail in the vehicle. .

  The in-vehicle terminal according to the present invention includes a near field communication interface unit that controls near field communication, an email template sentence storage unit that accumulates an email template, and an email template received from the mobile communication terminal via the near field interface unit. The sentence is stored in the e-mail fixed form storage unit, and in response to the e-mail transmission request, one of the e-mail fixed form stored in the e-mail fixed form storage unit is selected, and the near field communication interface unit is set as the outgoing e-mail data. And a control unit for transmitting to the mobile communication terminal.

  An in-vehicle terminal according to the present invention includes a near field communication interface unit that controls near field communication, a mail title accumulation unit that accumulates a mail title attached to a mail standard sentence, and a mobile communication terminal via a near field communication interface unit. The mail title storage unit stores the received mail title, and in response to the mail transmission request, selects one of the mail titles stored in the mail title storage unit, and the near field communication interface unit as the transmission mail title And a mail title control unit for transmitting to the mobile communication terminal.

  An in-vehicle terminal according to the present invention includes a short-range communication interface unit that controls short-range communication, a mail title storage unit that stores in advance a mail title attached to a mail standard sentence, and a response from a request from a mobile communication terminal. Sends all the mail titles stored in the mail title storage unit to the mobile communication terminal, selects one of the mail titles stored in the mail title storage unit in response to the mail transmission request, and sends the mail And a mail title control unit that transmits the title as a title to the mobile communication terminal via the short-range communication interface unit.

  The mobile communication terminal according to the present invention transmits a mail standard sentence generation unit that generates a mail standard sentence and a mail standard sentence generated by the mail standard sentence generation unit to the in-vehicle terminal and a transmission sent from the in-vehicle terminal. The near field communication interface unit that receives the mail data, the mail transmission unit that generates the transmission mail based on the transmission mail data received by the near field communication interface unit, and the transmission mail generated by the mail transmission unit is transmitted to the mail server. A telecommunications interface unit.

  A mobile communication terminal according to the present invention stores a mail fixed sentence and a mail title generated by the mail fixed sentence generation unit, a mail fixed sentence generation unit that generates a mail fixed sentence and a mail title attached to the mail fixed sentence. An e-mail fixed sentence storage unit, a short-distance communication interface unit that transmits the e-mail title generated by the e-mail fixed-form generation unit to the in-vehicle terminal and receives a transmission e-mail title sent from the in-vehicle terminal, A mail sender that reads out the email template corresponding to the outgoing email title received by the email from the email template storage unit and generates the outgoing email, and a long distance that sends the outgoing email generated by the email sender to the mail server And a communication interface unit.

  The mobile communication terminal according to the present invention includes a short-range communication interface unit that receives all outgoing mail titles from the in-vehicle terminal, and a mail standard sentence that generates a mail standard sentence based on the outgoing mail title received by the short-range communication interface unit. Generator, a mail standard sentence generated by the mail standard sentence generation part and a mail standard sentence storage part for storing a transmission mail title received by the short distance communication interface part, and a transmission mail received by the short distance communication interface part A mail transmission unit that reads out a mail standard sentence corresponding to the title from the mail standard sentence storage unit and generates a transmission mail, and a long-distance communication interface unit that transmits the transmission mail generated by the mail transmission unit to a mail server Yes.

  A mail transmission / reception system according to the present invention includes: (A) a first short-range communication interface unit that controls short-range communication; a mail fixed-text storage unit that stores mail standard text; and a first short-range communication interface from a mobile communication terminal. The mail standard text received via the mail is stored in the mail standard text storage unit, and in response to the mail transmission request, one of the mail standard texts stored in the mail standard text storage unit is selected and sent mail An in-vehicle terminal provided with a control unit that transmits data as data to the mobile communication terminal via the first short-range communication interface unit, (B) a mail standard sentence generation unit that generates a mail standard sentence, and a mail standard sentence generation unit A second short-range communication interface unit that transmits the generated mail template to the in-vehicle terminal and receives transmission mail data transmitted from the in-vehicle terminal; Mobile communication terminal comprising: a mail transmission unit that generates a transmission mail based on transmission mail data received by the distance communication interface unit; and a long-distance communication interface unit that transmits the transmission mail generated by the mail transmission unit to a mail server And.

  A mail transmission / reception system according to the present invention includes: (A) a first short-range communication interface unit that controls short-range communication; a mail title storage unit that stores a mail title attached to a standard email message; 1 The mail title received via the near field communication interface unit is stored in the mail title storage unit, and one of the mail titles stored in the mail title storage unit is selected and transmitted in response to the mail transmission request. An in-vehicle terminal provided with a mail title control unit that transmits to the mobile communication terminal via the first short-range communication interface unit as a mail title, and (B) a mail fixed sentence and a mail title attached to the mail fixed sentence are generated Stores the email template and the email template generated by the email template and the email title. An e-mail fixed message storage unit, a second e-mail communication unit that transmits the e-mail title generated by the e-mail fixed message generation unit to the in-vehicle terminal and receives an e-mail title transmitted from the in-vehicle terminal; (2) A mail sending unit that reads out a mail standard sentence corresponding to a transmission mail title received by the short-range communication interface unit from the mail standard sentence storage unit and generates a transmission mail; and a mail server generated by the mail transmission unit. A mobile communication terminal including a long-distance communication interface unit for transmitting to the mobile phone.

  A mail transmission / reception system according to the present invention includes: (A) a first short-range communication interface unit that controls short-range communication; a mail title storage unit that stores in advance a mail title to be attached to a mail template; In response to the request, all the mail titles stored in the mail title storage unit are transmitted to the mobile communication terminal, and in response to the mail transmission request, one of the mail titles stored in the mail title storage unit And (B) receiving all transmitted mail titles from the in-vehicle terminal. The in-vehicle terminal includes a mail title control unit that transmits the transmitted mail title to the mobile communication terminal via the first short-range communication interface unit. E-mail based on the e-mail title received by the second near field communication interface unit and the second near field communication interface unit An e-mail fixed sentence generator that generates a type sentence; an e-mail fixed sentence generator that stores the e-mail fixed sentence generated by the e-mail fixed form generator and the outgoing e-mail title received by the second near field communication interface; (2) A mail sending unit that reads out a mail standard sentence corresponding to a transmission mail title received by the short-range communication interface unit from the mail standard sentence storage unit and generates a transmission mail; and a mail server generated by the mail transmission unit. A mobile communication terminal including a long-distance communication interface unit for transmitting to the mobile phone.

  According to the present invention, the user can transfer a mail fixed message for mail transmission created in advance in the mobile communication terminal to the in-vehicle terminal, and the in-vehicle terminal can create a transmission mail using the mail fixed message. it can. Therefore, the user can create a standard email message on the mobile communication terminal in his spare time and transfer it to the in-vehicle terminal as necessary. Tesumu.

  According to the present invention, since only the mail title needs to be stored on the in-vehicle terminal side, the storage amount in the in-vehicle terminal can be reduced.

  According to the present invention, it is not necessary to transfer a fixed message and a mail title from the mobile communication terminal to the in-vehicle terminal, and a transmission mail can be generated only by receiving only the mail title of the transmission mail from the in-vehicle terminal.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following embodiments, the same or corresponding components will be described with the same reference numerals.
Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a mail transmission / reception system according to the first embodiment. The mail transmission / reception system includes a car navigation device 1, a mobile phone 2, a mobile phone packet network 3, a mail server 4, the Internet 5, and a mail receiving terminal 6. The car navigation device 1 corresponds to the in-vehicle terminal of the present invention, and the mobile phone 2 corresponds to the mobile communication terminal of the present invention.

  In this mail transmission / reception system, a mobile phone 2 is connected to a mail server 4 via a mobile phone packet network 3. The mail server 4 is further connected to a mail receiving terminal 6 such as a personal computer or a mobile phone via the Internet 5. Of the mail transmission / reception system, the part composed of the cellular phone packet network 3, the mail server 4, the Internet 5 and the mail reception terminal 6 has the same mechanism as a known mail transmission / reception system currently in operation. The detailed explanation is omitted.

  The car navigation device 1 is fixed to the vehicle so that it cannot be easily removed. Since the configuration and operation for realizing the basic functions of the car navigation device 1 are well known, only the portions directly related to the present invention will be described below.

  The car navigation device 1 includes a transmission mail generation unit 10, an infrared communication interface unit 11, a mail standard sentence control unit 12, and a mail standard sentence storage unit 13. The control unit of the present invention corresponds to the outgoing mail generation unit 10 and the email fixed sentence control unit 12.

  The infrared communication interface unit 11 corresponds to the near field communication interface unit and the first near field communication interface unit of the present invention, and controls infrared communication performed with the mobile phone 2. The mail standard sentence control unit 12 controls the storage and reading of mail standard sentences. The mail standard sentence storage unit 13 stores mail standard sentences. The email fixed phrase storage unit 13 can be configured by an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or a nonvolatile memory (both not shown) provided in the car navigation apparatus 1. The outgoing mail generator 10 generates outgoing mail data.

  The mobile phone 2 is brought into the vehicle by the user. Since the configuration and operation for realizing the telephone function and the mail transmission / reception function, which are basic functions of the cellular phone 2, are well known, only the portions directly related to the present invention will be described below.

  The cellular phone 2 includes a mail fixed sentence generation unit 30, an infrared communication interface unit 31, a mail transmission unit 32, and a packet communication unit 33.

  The mail standard sentence generation unit 30 generates a mail standard sentence. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the email fixed sentence generation unit 30. The e-mail fixed sentence generation unit 30 includes an e-mail fixed sentence control unit 301, a display unit 302, and an input unit 303. The display unit 302 is configured from the display of the mobile phone 2 and displays, for example, a mail standard sentence generation screen as shown in FIG. The input unit 303 includes a keyboard of the mobile phone 2 and includes a plurality of keys as shown in FIG. 4, for example.

  The infrared communication interface unit 31 corresponds to the near field communication interface unit and the second near field communication interface unit of the present invention, and controls infrared communication performed with the car navigation device 1. The mail transmission unit 32 generates a transmission mail. The packet communication unit 33 corresponds to the long-distance communication interface unit of the present invention, converts the input outgoing mail into packet data, and sends it to the cellular phone packet network 3.

  In the infrared communication performed between the infrared communication interface unit 11 of the car navigation apparatus 1 and the infrared communication interface unit 31 of the mobile phone 2 described above, for example, IrDA adopted for communication between a plurality of notebook personal computers. (Infrared Data Association) standards can be adopted.

  In the mail transmission / reception system according to the first embodiment, the short-range communication performed between the car navigation device 1 and the mobile phone 2 is configured to be performed by infrared communication, but instead of infrared communication. , Wireless LAN (Local Area Network), Bluetooth (Bluetooth), UWB (Ultra Wide Band), etc., or wired communication by connecting the car navigation device 1 and the mobile phone 2 with a cable can do.

  Next, the operation of the mail transmission / reception system configured as described above according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described.

  First, the operation of the mobile phone 2 will be described. The mail standard sentence generation unit 30 of the mobile phone 2 generates a mail standard sentence according to the operation of the input unit 303 by the user, and sends the generated mail standard sentence to the infrared communication interface unit 31. The mail standard sentence generation process in which the mail standard sentence generation unit 30 generates a mail standard sentence will be described later.

  The infrared communication interface unit 31 transmits the email standard text received from the email standard text generation unit 30 to the car navigation apparatus 1 using infrared rays. Further, the infrared communication interface unit 31 sends transmission mail data transmitted by infrared rays from the infrared communication interface unit 11 of the car navigation apparatus 1 to the mail transmission unit 32.

  The mail transmission unit 32 generates a transmission mail based on the transmission mail data received from the infrared communication interface unit 31 and sends it to the packet communication unit 33. The transmission mail generation process performed by the mail transmission unit 32 will be described later.

  The packet communication unit 33 converts the transmission mail received from the mail transmission unit 32 into packet data, and transmits the packet data to the mail server 4 via the mobile phone packet network 3. The mail transmission process executed in the packet communication unit 33 can be realized by the same process as the mail transmission process in an existing mobile phone.

  Next, the e-mail fixed sentence generation process performed in the e-mail fixed sentence generation part 30 is demonstrated. In the email standard text generation unit 30, the email standard text control unit 301 first outputs a display request for the email standard text generation screen to the display unit 302. As a result, a mail standard sentence generation screen as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display unit 302.

  The user of the mobile phone 2 operates the input unit 303 to input a character string that constitutes a mail standard sentence to be created. After the input of the character string is completed, the user of the mobile phone 2 presses an input completion button displayed on the e-mail fixed phrase generation screen. When the input completion button is pressed, the mail fixed sentence control unit 301 sends the character string displayed on the display unit 302 to the infrared communication interface unit 31 as a mail fixed sentence.

  It should be noted that the character string input process and the screen display process in the e-mail fixed sentence generation process can be realized by the same process as the key input process of the existing mobile phone and the display process on the liquid crystal display.

  Next, a transmission mail generation process performed by the mail transmission unit 32 will be described. The mail transmission unit 32 includes characters included in the items “subject:”, “destination:”, and “content:” included in the transmission mail data (details will be described later) transmitted from the car navigation device 1. The column is converted into a format defined by RFC2822 (Internet message format defined by IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force)) to generate a transmission mail. The process of converting to the RFC2822 mail format is the same as the process performed in electronic mail software that operates on an existing personal computer or the like.

  The car navigation device 1 generates a transmission mail in a format defined by RFC2822 and transmits it to the mobile phone 2. The mail transmission unit 32 of the mobile phone 2 sends the received transmission mail to the packet communication unit 33 as it is. It can also be configured as follows.

The transmission mail data transmitted from the car navigation device 1 includes the following items, and is transmitted to the mobile phone 2 in a format in which a character string is input for each item.
-Subject: Title of outgoing mail (Subject: field in RFC2822)
-Destination: destination mail address of outgoing mail (To: field in RFC2822)
・ Contents: Contents of outgoing mail (canned mail)

  In addition to the items described above, the outgoing mail data can be configured to include a CC: field, a BCC: field, and the like defined by RFC2822.

  Next, the operation of the car navigation device 1 will be described. The infrared communication interface unit 11 of the car navigation device 1 sends the mail fixed message received from the infrared communication interface unit 31 of the mobile phone 2 to the mail fixed message control unit 12. The mail standard sentence control unit 12 stores the received mail standard sentence in the mail standard sentence storage unit 13. In addition, in response to the mail standard sentence acquisition request from the transmission mail generation unit 10, the mail standard sentence control unit 12 reads the mail standard sentence stored in the mail standard sentence storage unit 13 and transmits the mail standard sentence control unit 10. Send to.

  In response to a mail transmission request generated by an operation of an input unit (not shown), the transmission mail generation unit 10 issues a mail standard text acquisition request to the mail standard text control unit 12, and the mail standard text acquisition request In response to the message, the e-mail standard sentence sent from the e-mail standard sentence control unit 12, the e-mail data including a predetermined destination e-mail address and a predetermined e-mail title are generated, and the mobile phone via the infrared communication interface unit 11 Send to phone 2.

  The transmission mail generation unit 10 is configured to generate transmission mail data using a predetermined transmission destination mail address and a predetermined transmission mail title, but there are a plurality of transmission destination mail addresses and transmission mail titles. It can be configured such that the user of the car navigation device 1 selects from among the candidates, or the user of the car navigation device 1 inputs from an input unit (not shown). In addition, the transmission mail generation unit 10 is configured to generate transmission mail data and transmit it to the mobile phone 2. However, the transmission mail generation unit 10 generates a transmission mail in a format defined by RFC2822. It can also be configured to transmit to the mobile phone 2.

  As described above, according to the mail transmission / reception system according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the user transfers the mail fixed message for mail transmission created in advance by the mobile phone 2 to the car navigation device 1, and In the navigation device 1, it is possible to create outgoing mail data using this standard mail. Therefore, the user prepares an e-mail standard sentence on the mobile phone 2 when he / she is free in daily life, and forwards it to the car navigation device 1 as necessary, so that the troublesome task of creating the standard sentence is performed in the vehicle. There is no need to do it.

  In the mail transmission / reception system according to the first embodiment described above, only one e-mail standard sentence is configured to be transmitted from the mobile phone 2 to the car navigation device 1, but a plurality of e-mail standard sentences are simultaneously or at predetermined time intervals. Can be configured to be transmitted. In this case, the mail standard sentence control unit 12 of the car navigation device 1 is configured to select one of a plurality of mail standard sentences stored in the mail standard sentence storage unit 13 and send it to the transmission mail generation unit 10. it can.

  Further, in the mail transmission / reception system according to the first embodiment, only the content of the transmission mail is set as the mail fixed sentence in the transmission mail data. However, the title of the transmission mail is also included in the mail fixed sentence. You can also

Embodiment 2. FIG.
In the mail transmission / reception system according to the second embodiment of the present invention, only the transmission mail title created by the mobile phone 2 is transmitted to the car navigation device 1.

  In the mail transmission / reception system according to the second embodiment, among the components of the mail transmission / reception system according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, only the configurations of the car navigation device 1 and the mobile phone 2 are those of the first embodiment. And different. Below, it demonstrates centering on a different part from the mail transmission / reception system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the car navigation apparatus 1. The car navigation device 1 includes an infrared communication interface unit 11, a mail title control unit 14, and a mail title storage unit 15.

  The infrared communication interface unit 11 is the same as that of the car navigation apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment. The mail title control unit 14 controls storage and reading of mail titles. The mail title storage unit 15 stores mail titles. The mail title storage unit 15 can be configured by an HDD or a non-volatile memory (both not shown) provided in the car navigation device 1.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the mobile phone 2. The cellular phone 2 includes a mail standard sentence generation unit 30, an infrared communication interface unit 31, a mail transmission unit 32, a packet communication unit 33, and a mail standard sentence storage unit 34.

  The e-mail fixed sentence generation unit 30, the infrared communication interface unit 31, the e-mail transmission unit 32, and the packet communication unit 33 are the same as those of the mobile phone 2 according to the first embodiment. The mail standard sentence storage unit 34 stores a mail standard sentence and a mail title. The email fixed phrase storage unit 34 can be configured using, for example, a non-volatile memory or an ultra-small HDD that is used to store a telephone directory in an existing mobile phone.

  Next, the operation of the mail transmission / reception system configured as described above according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described.

  First, the operation of the car navigation device 1 will be described. When receiving the mail title from the infrared communication interface unit 31 of the mobile phone 2, the infrared communication interface unit 11 of the car navigation device 1 sends the received mail title to the mail title control unit 14.

  The mail title control unit 14 stores the received mail title in the mail title storage unit 15. The mail title control unit 14 repeats accumulation of mail titles every time a mail title is transmitted from the mobile phone 2. As a result, a mail title as shown in FIG.

  The mail title control unit 14 selects and reads one of a plurality of mail titles stored in the mail title storage unit 15 in response to a mail transmission request from a user of the car navigation apparatus 1. Then, the transmission mail title is transmitted to the mobile phone 2 through the infrared communication interface unit 11 together with a predetermined transmission destination mail address. The mail transmission request is generated by operating an input unit (not shown) provided in the car navigation device 1, for example, by pressing a button. Even if the mail transmission request is not instructed directly from the user, for example, it can be configured to be automatically generated when mail is received from the outside.

  Next, the operation of the mobile phone 2 will be described. The email standard text generation unit 30 of the mobile phone 2 generates a mail standard text and a mail title according to the operation of the input unit 303 by the user, and only the mail title is transmitted to the car navigation device 1 via the infrared communication interface unit 31. In addition to the transmission, the mail title and the mail standard sentence are sent to the mail standard sentence storage unit 34 to be accumulated. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an e-mail title and e-mail fixed sentence storage format in the e-mail fixed sentence storage unit 34. In the mail standard sentence storage unit 34, a mail title and a mail standard sentence are stored as a pair.

  On the other hand, when receiving the transmission mail title from the car navigation device 1, the infrared communication interface unit 31 sends the transmission mail title to the mail transmission unit 32. The mail transmission unit 32 searches for a mail standard sentence corresponding to the received transmission mail title from the mail standard sentences stored in the mail standard sentence storage unit 34 (details of the search process will be described later). A transmission mail is generated based on the mail fixed text and the mail title and sent to the packet communication unit 33. The packet communication unit 33 converts the transmission mail received from the mail transmission unit 32 into packet data and transmits the packet data to the mail server 4.

  It should be noted that the contents of the mail fixed sentence generation process performed by the mail fixed sentence generation unit 30 and the transmission mail generation process performed by the mail transmission unit 32 are the same as those in the first embodiment.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a search process performed by the mail transmission unit 32 to search for a mail fixed phrase from the mail fixed sentence storage unit 34.

  In this search process, first, the loop counter n is initialized (n = 1) (step ST10). Next, the mail title in the n-th line stored in the mail fixed text storage unit 34 is compared with the character string of the received mail title (step ST11). Here, if it is determined that the character strings do not match, the loop counter is incremented (n = n + 1) (step ST12), and then the sequence returns to step ST11. Thereafter, steps ST11 and ST12 are repeatedly executed. .

  In the middle of the repeated execution of steps ST11 and ST12, if it is determined in step ST11 that the character strings match, the mail fixed sentence in the nth line is read from the mail fixed sentence storage unit 34, and the transmitted mail The contents are sent to the mail transmitter 32 (step ST13). Thus, the search process ends.

  As described above, according to the mail transmission / reception system according to the second embodiment of the present invention, since only the mail title needs to be stored in the car navigation device 1, the storage amount in the car navigation device 1 is reduced. Can do.

  In the above-described mail transmission / reception system according to the second embodiment, the timing of transmitting the mail title from the mobile phone 2 is set after the mail fixed text is generated, and the mail title is transmitted to the car navigation device 1 one by one. Although configured, the mail title and e-mail standard sentence are stored in the e-mail standard sentence storage unit 34 in advance, and the e-mail title is changed in response to a request from the user of the mobile phone 2 (for example, pressing the send button). It can comprise so that it may transmit to the car navigation apparatus 1 collectively.

  Next, a modification of the mail transmission / reception system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described. In the mail transmission / reception system according to the second embodiment described above, the mail fixed sentence generation unit 30 of the mobile phone 2 generates a mail title and a mail fixed sentence, and transmits only the mail title in the mail title to the car navigation apparatus 1. However, in the mail transmission / reception system according to the modification of the second embodiment, mail titles are stored in the car navigation device 1 in advance, and all mail titles are sent in response to a transmission request from the mobile phone 2. The transmitted mail title is transmitted to the mobile phone 2, and the mobile phone 2 generates a mail standard text corresponding to the received transmitted mail title and stores it in the mail standard text storage unit 34.

  FIG. 9 is a sequence chart showing the operation of the mail transmission / reception system according to the modification of the second embodiment. In this mail transmission / reception system, first, a mail title transmission request is issued from the mobile phone 2 (step ST20). Receiving this mail title transmission request, the car navigation apparatus 1 reads out all the mail titles (mail title list) stored in the mail title storage unit 15 and transmits them to the mobile phone 2 as transmission mail titles (step ST30). . The mobile phone 2 receives all the mail titles (step ST21), then generates a mail standard sentence and stores it in the mail standard sentence storage unit 34 in association with the mail title (step ST22).

  The contents of processing at the time of mail transmission in the mail transmission / reception system according to the modification of the second embodiment are the same as those of the second embodiment described above.

  As described above, according to the mail transmission / reception system according to the modification of the second embodiment of the present invention, it is not necessary to transfer the mail fixed text and the mail title from the mobile phone 2 to the car navigation device 1. It is possible to generate a transmission mail only by receiving only the title of the transmission mail from the navigation device 1.

  Note that the mail transmission / reception system according to the modification of the second embodiment described above is configured to issue a mail title transmission request from the mobile phone 2, but the communication connection process between the mobile phone 2 and the car navigation device 1 is completed. In this case, all the mail titles can be automatically transmitted from the car navigation device 1 to the mobile phone 2.

  In the mail transmission / reception system according to the modification of the second embodiment described above, the car navigation device 1 is configured to arbitrarily select the mail title stored in the mail title storage unit 15 when transmitting the mail. The mail title to be transmitted can be selected in accordance with the vehicle information acquired and managed by the car navigation device 1. For example, when driving on an expressway, an e-mail title of “I will contact you later” can be selected and transmitted while driving on a general road by selecting “I am driving now”. As a method for recognizing whether or not the vehicle is traveling on a highway, a method adopted in an existing car navigation device can be used.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
The mail transmission / reception system according to the third embodiment of the present invention presents a fixed message stored in the car navigation device 1 to the user as a transmission mail candidate and transmits one selected as a transmission mail. It is what you do.

  The mail transmission / reception system according to the third embodiment is different from those of the first embodiment only in the configuration of the car navigation device 1 among the components of the mail transmission / reception system according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. Below, it demonstrates centering on a different part from the mail transmission / reception system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG.

  FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the car navigation apparatus 1. The car navigation device 1 includes a transmission mail generation unit 10, an infrared communication interface unit 11, a mail standard sentence control unit 12, a mail standard sentence storage unit 13, a mail standard sentence display unit 16, a display monitor 17, a voice recognition unit 18, a voice The input unit 19 and the microphone 20 are included. The mail standard sentence list display unit of the present invention includes a mail standard sentence display unit 16 and a display monitor 17. The user input unit of the present invention includes a voice recognition unit 18, a voice input unit 19, and a microphone 20.

  The outgoing mail generation unit 10, the infrared communication interface unit 11, the email template control unit 12, and the email template storage unit 13 are the same as those of the car navigation apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment.

  The mail fixed sentence display unit 16 displays the mail fixed sentence on the display monitor 17 in a list format. The voice recognition unit 18 performs voice recognition processing. The audio input unit 19 performs A / D conversion processing for converting an analog audio signal input from the microphone 20 into a digital audio signal.

  Next, the operation of the mail transmission / reception system configured as described above according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention will be described. Since the process other than the process for selecting a mail fixed phrase performed at the time of mail transmission is the same as the process performed in the mail transmission / reception system according to the first embodiment, only the process for selecting a mail fixed sentence will be described below.

  The outgoing mail generation unit 10 of the car navigation device 1 generates an outgoing mail candidate list based on the email fixed sentence (including the mail title) received from the mail fixed sentence control unit 12 at the time of mail transmission, and the mail fixed sentence display unit 16 send. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a format of the outgoing mail candidate list. This transmission mail candidate list is composed of data expressed in a list format, and a desired transmission mail can be selected from a mail number and a mail title.

  Based on the outgoing mail candidate list received from the outgoing mail generator 10, the mail fixed sentence display unit 16 makes a mail number and a mail fixed sentence (or mail title) a pair, for example, as shown in FIG. It is displayed on the display monitor 17 in the form of list display. For example, as shown in FIG. 12B, the display monitor 17 can display the map and the list almost in half, and as shown in FIG. 12C, the list is displayed as a part of the map. It can also be displayed small.

  The user of the car navigation device 1 utters a desired number (for example, “first”, “niban”, etc.) from the list displayed on the display monitor 17 toward the microphone 20. The voice input unit 19 converts an analog voice signal sent from the microphone 20 into a digital voice signal and sends the digital voice signal to the voice recognition unit 18. The voice recognition unit 18 performs voice recognition processing on the received digital voice signal, and sends the numbers (1, 2, 3,...) Obtained as a recognition result to the transmission mail generation unit 10. The transmission mail generation unit 10 selects a transmission mail candidate corresponding to the received number from the transmission mail candidate list, and transmits it as transmission mail data to the mobile phone 2 via the infrared communication interface unit 11.

  In addition, as the A / D conversion process in the voice input unit 19 and the voice recognition process in the voice recognition unit 18, the A / D conversion process and the voice recognition process in the existing car navigation apparatus can be used.

  As described above, according to the mail transmission / reception system according to the third embodiment of the present invention, the mail fixed message display unit 16 displays the mail fixed message on the display monitor 17 at the time of mail transmission. The outgoing mail having the desired content can be selected.

  In the mail transmission / reception system according to the third embodiment described above, the user of the car navigation apparatus 1 is configured to select a desired transmission mail candidate by voice input, but the transmission mail displayed on the display monitor 17 is selected. It can also be configured to select from the candidate list using a remote controller, joystick key, number buttons, touch panel, etc. associated with the car navigation device 1.

  In addition, when selecting one outgoing mail candidate from the outgoing mail candidate list displayed on the display monitor 17, the outgoing mail candidate is selected by speaking the mail number and recognizing the voice. The transmission mail candidate list can be configured to select a transmission mail candidate by including the mail title in the transmission mail candidate list displayed at 17 and uttering the mail title to recognize the voice.

  Next, a modification of the mail transmission / reception system according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention will be described. In the mail transmission / reception system according to the modification of the third embodiment, a mail standard sentence is read out by voice and presented to the user, and one mail standard sentence is selected from the presented ones. .

  FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the car navigation device 1 of the mail transmission / reception system according to the modification of the third embodiment. The car navigation device 1 is configured by replacing the mail standard sentence display unit 16 and the display monitor 17 of the constituent elements shown in FIG. 10 with a mail standard sentence reading unit 21 and a speaker 22, respectively. The e-mail fixed sentence reading unit 21 causes the speaker 22 to utter the e-mail fixed sentence. The voice reading unit of the present invention is composed of a mail fixed sentence reading unit 21 and a speaker 22.

  Next, the operation of the mail transmission / reception system according to the modification of the third embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described.

  The standard email reading unit 21 of the car navigation device 1 generates voice data of each outgoing mail candidate based on the outgoing mail candidate list sent as text data from the outgoing mail generation unit 10 and sends the voice data to the speaker 22. As a result, a voice such as “Ichiban, Kaeri Michino, Tochu” is generated from the speaker 22. In order to generate voice data from a transmission mail candidate that is text data, a TTS (Text To Speech) function used in an existing personal computer, a mobile phone, a car navigation device, or the like can be used.

  The user of the car navigation apparatus 1 utters a desired number (for example, “first”, “niban”, etc.) from the transmission mail candidates uttered from the speaker 22 toward the microphone 20. The subsequent operation is the same as the operation of the car navigation device 1 of the mail transmission / reception system according to Embodiment 3 described above.

  As described above, according to the mail transmission / reception system according to the modification of the third embodiment of the present invention, the mail fixed sentence reading unit 21 generates the mail fixed sentence from the speaker 22 by voice during mail transmission. Can select a desired outgoing mail more safely without looking at the screen.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
In the mail transmission / reception system according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention, a part of the speech reading process (TTS process) that generates read-out data (a reading of kanji or katakana) from a kana-kana mixed character string of text. In step 2, the read-out data is transmitted to the car navigation device 1 together with the e-mail standard sentence.

  The mail transmission / reception system according to the fourth embodiment is different from those of the first embodiment only in the car navigation device 1 and the mobile phone 2 among the components of the mail transmission / reception system according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. . Below, it demonstrates centering on a different part from the mail transmission / reception system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG.

  FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the mobile phone 2. The mobile phone 2 includes a mail fixed sentence generation unit 30, an infrared communication interface unit 31, a mail transmission unit 32, a packet communication unit 33, and a reading data generation unit 35.

  The infrared communication interface unit 31, the mail transmission unit 32, and the packet communication unit 33 are the same as those of the mobile phone 2 according to the first embodiment. The mail fixed sentence generation unit 30 has the same function as that of the first embodiment for generating a mail fixed sentence, but uses the generated mail fixed sentence and the read-out data generated based on the mail fixed sentence as an infrared communication interface. It differs from that of the first embodiment in that it is sent to the unit 31. The reading data generation unit 35 generates reading data from the email fixed sentence.

  The configuration of the car navigation device 1 is the same as the configuration of the car navigation device 1 of the mail transmission / reception system according to the modification of the third embodiment shown in FIG. The mail standard sentence reading unit 21 generates voice data based on the reading data (not the mail standard sentence) sent from the transmission mail generation unit 10.

  Next, the operation of the mail transmission / reception system according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described.

  First, the operation of the mobile phone 2 will be described. Since the mail transmission process is the same as that in the first embodiment, here, a process for generating a mail fixed phrase will be described. The mail fixed sentence generation unit 30 generates a mail fixed sentence by the same method as described in the first embodiment, and sends the generated mail fixed sentence to the reading data generation unit 35. The reading data generation unit 35 generates reading data.

  Specifically, the reading data generation unit 35 stores in advance the kanji reading and the katakana reading in the mobile phone 2 from the “Kanji-kana-mixed” e-mail fixed sentence received from the e-mail fixed form generation unit 30 in advance. Search based on the dictionary and grammatical rules, and read-out data consisting entirely of hiragana is generated. Note that the reading data generation processing can be performed by using a part of TTS processing performed in an existing personal computer, mobile phone, car navigation device, or the like. In this reading data generation process, for example, when an e-mail standard sentence “Please come tomorrow.” Is input, reading data consisting of all hiragana characters are generated.

  The email fixed sentence generation unit 30 returns the read-out data generated as described above to the mail fixed sentence generation unit 30. The e-mail fixed sentence generation unit 30 transmits the read-out data received from the read-out data generation unit 35 to the car navigation apparatus 1 through the infrared communication interface unit 31 together with the e-mail fixed form sentence.

  The reading data generation unit 35 is configured to generate only “reading” of kanji and kana. However, a short pause is inserted between words or an accent symbol is added to add inflection. It can also be configured to.

  Next, the operation of the car navigation device 1 will be described. When the mail standard sentence control unit 12 of the car navigation apparatus 1 receives the mail standard sentence and the reading data from the mobile phone 2 via the infrared communication interface unit 11, the mail standard sentence control unit 12 performs the mail standard sentence on the received reading data. Is added to the e-mail fixed phrase storage unit 13 and added to the e-mail fixed sentence storage unit 13 (for example, first, niban, sanban ...). FIG. 15 shows the storage format of the mail number, mail fixed sentence, and reading data stored in the mail fixed sentence storage unit 13.

  At the time of mail transmission, the transmission mail generation unit 10 receives the mail standard text and the reading data together from the mail standard text storage unit 13 via the mail standard text control unit 12, and reads the received reading data as a mail standard text reading. It is sent to the raising section 21. The e-mail fixed sentence reading unit 21 generates voice data from the received reading data and sends it to the speaker 22. As a result, the contents of the email standard sentence are output from the speaker 22 by voice. It should be noted that the voice data generation process in the mail fixed text reading unit 21 can be performed using a part of the existing TTS process.

  As described above, according to the mail transmission / reception system according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention, the mobile phone 2 has the function of converting a kanji-kana mixed character string into read-out data. The processing load can be reduced.

  In the mail transmission / reception system according to the fourth embodiment described above, the read-out data is generated only for the mail contents, but the read-out data including the mail title can be generated.

Embodiment 5. FIG.
The mail transmission / reception system according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention is such that reading data is generated by a server.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a configuration of a mail transmission / reception system according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention. This mail transmission / reception system is configured by adding a reading data generation server 7 to the mail transmission / reception system according to the fourth embodiment and changing the function of the mobile phone 2. The reading data generation server 7 has the same function as the reading data generation unit 35 of the mobile phone 2 according to the fourth embodiment.

  The cellular phone 2 includes a mail fixed sentence generation unit 30, an infrared communication interface unit 31, a mail transmission unit 32, and a packet communication unit 33.

  The infrared communication interface unit 31 and the mail transmission unit 32 are the same as those of the mobile phone 2 according to the first embodiment. The mail fixed sentence generation unit 30 has the same function as that of the first embodiment for generating a mail fixed sentence, but sends the generated mail fixed sentence to the packet communication unit 33, and reads out from the packet communication unit 33. This is different from that of the first embodiment in that the data and the e-mail template are sent to the infrared communication interface unit 31 together.

  The packet communication unit 33 converts the transmission mail sent from the mail transmission unit 32 into packet data, and transmits the packet data to the mail server 4 via the mobile phone packet network 3, but is the same as that of the first embodiment. The point that the following functions are added is different from that of the first embodiment. That is, the packet communication unit 33 according to the fifth embodiment converts the mail standard text generated by the mail standard text generation unit 30 into packet data, and transmits the packet data to the reading data server 7 via the mobile phone packet network 3. At the same time, it has a function of sending read-out data received from the read-out data generation server 7 through the mobile phone packet network 3 to the mail fixed sentence generation unit 30.

  Next, the operation of the mail transmission / reception system according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention configured as described above will be described. Since the operation of the car navigation device 1 is the same as that of the fourth embodiment, only the operation of the mobile phone 2 will be described below.

  In the mobile phone 2, the e-mail fixed phrase generation unit 30 generates an e-mail fixed sentence by the same method as described in the first embodiment, and sends the generated e-mail fixed sentence to the packet communication unit 33. The packet communication unit 33 converts the mail standard text received from the mail standard text generation unit 30 into packet data, and transmits the packet data to the reading data generation server 7 via the mobile phone packet network 3.

  Further, the packet communication unit 33 sends the read-out data returned from the read-out data generation server 7 through the mobile phone packet network 3 to the mail fixed sentence generation unit 30. The e-mail fixed phrase generation unit 30 sends the generated e-mail fixed sentence and the reading data received from the packet communication unit 33 together to the car navigation apparatus 1 via the infrared communication interface unit 31.

  Note that the communication processing between the reading data generation server 7 performed in the packet communication unit 33 described above uses server-client communication processing for controlling communication between an existing mobile phone and the server. It can be carried out.

  As described above, according to the mail transmission / reception system according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention, the read-out data generation server 7 is prepared, the mail fixed text is transmitted from the mobile phone 2 to the read-out data server 7, and read. Since the reading data returned from the lifting data generation server 7 is configured to be transmitted to the car navigation device 1, the configuration of the mobile phone 2 is simplified. In addition, since the process for generating the reading data from the e-mail fixed sentence is performed by the reading data generation server 7, a dictionary / grammar rule having a larger capacity than that in the case of using the mobile phone 2 is provided. You can refer to it. As a result, the reading accuracy can be improved.

  In Embodiment 5 described above, the read-out data generation server 7 is configured to be connected to the mobile phone packet network 3. However, a gateway for connecting the mobile phone packet network 3 and the Internet 5 is provided. By using it, the reading data generation server 7 can be configured to be connected to the Internet 5.

Embodiment 6 FIG.
The mail transmission / reception system according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention is configured to create a transmission mail by combining a plurality of mail fixed phrases.

  The mail transmission / reception system according to the sixth embodiment is different from that of the first embodiment only in the car navigation device 1 among the components of the mail transmission / reception system according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. Below, it demonstrates centering on a different part from the mail transmission / reception system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG.

  FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the car navigation apparatus 1. The car navigation device 1 includes a transmission mail generation unit 10, an infrared communication interface unit 11, a mail standard sentence control unit 12, a mail standard sentence storage unit 13, and a mail standard sentence combination unit 23.

  The outgoing mail generation unit 10, the infrared communication interface unit 11, the email template control unit 12, and the email template storage unit 13 are the same as those in the first embodiment. The mail standard sentence combination unit 23 performs a process of combining a plurality of mail standard sentences (details will be described later).

  Next, the operation of the mail transmission / reception system according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention configured as described above will be explained. Since the operation of the mobile phone 2 is the same as that of the first embodiment, only the operation of the car navigation device 1 will be described below.

  Since the process for receiving and storing the email standard sentence is the same as that in each of the embodiments described above, only the operation at the time of mail transmission will be described below.

  At the time of mail transmission, the mail standard sentence control unit 12 selects any two mail standard sentences from a plurality of mail standard sentences stored in the mail standard sentence storage unit 13, and sends the selected mail standard sentences as a transmission mail. The data is sent to the generation unit 10. The outgoing mail generation unit 10 sends the two received email fixed phrases to the email fixed sentence combination unit 23.

  In this case, first, the first e-mail standard sentence is sent to the e-mail standard sentence combination unit 23, and after receiving completion from the e-mail standard sentence combination unit 23, the second e-mail standard sentence is sent to the e-mail standard sentence combination unit 23. It can be configured as follows. Alternatively, the first e-mail standard sentence and the second e-mail standard sentence are connected with delimiters (for example, “:”, “&”, etc.), transmitted as one text, and the e-mail standard sentence combination unit 23 sets the delimiter It can also be configured to cut out the front and back and use them as the first e-mail template and the second e-mail template.

  The mail standard sentence combination unit 23 generates a combined mail standard sentence by combining the two mail standard sentences received from the transmission mail generation unit 10. That is, the first e-mail standard sentence and the second e-mail standard sentence sent from the outgoing e-mail generation unit 10 are simply joined into one sentence to generate a combined e-mail standard sentence. For example, when the first standard email message is “currently driving” and the second standard email message is “I will contact you later”, the two standard messages are joined. As a result, a combination mail fixed phrase “currently driving. I will contact you later” is generated. The mail standard sentence combination unit 23 sends the combination mail standard sentence generated in this way to the transmission mail generation unit 10.

  The transmission mail generation unit 10 generates transmission mail data having the combination mail standard text returned from the mail standard text combination unit 23 as the content of the transmission mail, and transmits it to the mobile phone 2 via the infrared communication interface unit 11. .

  In the above-described mail transmission / reception system, the number of mail standard sentences to be combined is two, but it is also possible to combine (join) three or more mail standard sentences. Further, in the above-described mail transmission / reception system, the mail standard sentence to be combined by the car navigation apparatus 1 is automatically selected. However, as in the mail transmission / reception system according to the third embodiment or the fourth embodiment, the car navigation system is selected. It can also be configured to allow the user of the apparatus 1 to select a mail standard sentence to be combined.

  Further, in the mail transmission / reception system described above, a combination mail fixed sentence is generated by simply joining two mail fixed sentences, but it can also be generated by omitting duplicate character strings. . For example, "Hello, currently, is in operation." And the fixed form sentence, "Hello, contact later." When combined with the standard sentence, carried out a string comparison "Hello," is a duplicate are the judges, the second of the "Hello," omitted, "Hello, currently, is in operation. contact at a later time." that generates a statement.

  As described above, according to the mail transmission / reception system according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of mail standard sentences are selected as transmission mail candidates, and the transmission mail data is created by combining these standard sentences. Because it is configured, it is possible to increase variations in the contents of outgoing mail.

Embodiment 7 FIG.
The mail transmission / reception system according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention generates a mail standard sentence by inserting a variable (hereinafter referred to as “template variable”) that dynamically changes inside the mail standard sentence, and generates a car navigation system 1. Then, by substituting a value into the template variable, the content of the outgoing mail is made.

  The mail transmission / reception system according to the seventh embodiment is different from that of the first embodiment only in the car navigation device 1 and the mobile phone 2 among the components of the mail transmission / reception system according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. Below, it demonstrates centering on a different part from the mail transmission / reception system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG.

  The mobile phone 2 is the same as that of the first embodiment except for the operation of the email fixed sentence generation unit 30. The operation of the email fixed sentence generation unit 30 will be described later.

  FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the car navigation apparatus 1. The car navigation device 1 includes a transmission mail generation unit 10, an infrared communication interface unit 11, a mail standard sentence control unit 12, a mail standard sentence storage unit 13, and a vehicle information acquisition unit 24.

  The outgoing mail generation unit 10, the infrared communication interface unit 11, the email template control unit 12, and the email template storage unit 13 are the same as those in the first embodiment. The vehicle information acquisition unit 24 acquires vehicle information.

  FIG. 19 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the vehicle information acquisition unit 24. The vehicle information acquisition unit 24 includes a current position detection unit 241, a map data storage unit 242, and a map data access unit 243.

  The current position detection unit 241 detects the current position of the vehicle on which the car navigation device 1 is mounted based on GPS signals from GPS (Global Positioning System) satellites. The map data storage unit 242 stores map data. The map data access unit 243 reads out map data corresponding to the current position detected by the current position detection unit 241 from the map data storage unit 242 and sends it to the transmission mail generation unit 10.

  Next, the operation of the mail transmission / reception system configured as described above according to Embodiment 7 of the present invention will be described.

  First, the operation of the mobile phone 2 will be described. The operation of the mobile phone 2 is the same as the operation of the mobile phone according to the first embodiment, except that a mail standard sentence including a template variable is generated. Here, the template variable is a variable as shown in FIG. 20, for example, “# location #”, surrounded by “#” and described in the email standard sentence. In addition, as a method of describing the template variable in the email fixed sentence, a method of inputting from the input unit 303 of the mobile phone 2 as shown in FIG. 4 or a template variable list prepared in advance is shown in FIG. A template variable list can be displayed on an e-mail template sentence generation screen as shown, and the user can select a desired template variable from among the displayed template variables.

  Next, the operation of the car navigation device 1 will be described. The outgoing mail generation unit 10 of the car navigation device 1 executes outgoing mail generation processing at the time of mail transmission. That is, when the outgoing mail generation unit 10 receives an email template from the email template storage unit 13 via the email template control unit 12, the outgoing email generation unit 10 reads a template variable from the received email template sentence, and reads the read template variable. The information is sent to the vehicle information acquisition unit 24.

  The vehicle information acquisition unit 24 that has received the template variable executes a vehicle information acquisition process. This vehicle information acquisition process will be described by taking as an example the case of acquiring current position information of a vehicle on which the car navigation device 1 is mounted. That is, the map data access unit 243 of the vehicle information acquisition unit 24 receives the template variable sent from the transmission mail generation unit 10. The map data access unit 243 that has received the template variable first requests the current position detection unit 241 to acquire the current position information of the vehicle, and the template variable received from the transmission mail generation unit 10 is “location”. In this case, the numerical value data included in the current position coordinates (latitude / longitude) returned from the current position detection unit 241 is converted into character string data and sent to the transmission mail generation unit 10. Is “locationName”, the location name corresponding to the current position coordinates (latitude / longitude) is further acquired from the map data storage unit 242, and the acquired location name is sent to the transmission mail generation unit 10.

  The current position coordinate (latitude / longitude) acquisition process in the current position detection unit 241 is, for example, a process described in the position detection device described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 3-202065 and 9-236650. That is, a process of calculating the current position coordinates from the position and distance between a plurality of GPS satellites can be used. In addition, as a method of obtaining a place name from the map data storage unit 242 using the current position information performed in the map data access unit 243, a method used in an existing car navigation apparatus can be used.

  The transmission mail generation unit 10 receives the vehicle information (character string data) corresponding to the template variable returned from the vehicle information acquisition unit 24, replaces the received vehicle information with the template variable of the email standard sentence, and the contents of the transmission mail. To do. When a plurality of template variables are included, the above-described process is repeated.

In the above-described mail transmission / reception system, the vehicle position information acquired by the vehicle information acquisition unit 24 has been described using the current position information of the vehicle as an example. However, in addition to the current position information, the following vehicle information can also be acquired. It is. In this case, a template variable corresponding to each is set in the email standard sentence. In addition, since the route search part, the registration location management part, the time management part, and the VICS (Vehicle Information and Communication System) control part (all of which are not shown) of the car navigation apparatus 1 shown below are well known, description thereof will be omitted. .
(1) Map information (raster data / vector data): acquired from the map data storage unit 242 of the car navigation apparatus 1.
(2) Destination information (position coordinates / place name): acquired from the route search unit of the car navigation device 1.
(3) Route information (position coordinates / place name): acquired from the route search unit of the car navigation device 1.
(4) Registered place information (position coordinates / place name): acquired from the registered place management unit of the car navigation device 1.
(5) Time information (year / month / day / time / day of the week): acquired from the time management unit of the car navigation apparatus 1.
(6) Facility information (facility name): acquired from the map data storage unit 242 of the car navigation device 1.
(7) Route information (passing road / estimated arrival time): acquired from the route search unit of the car navigation device 1.
(8) Traffic information (congestion information / traffic regulation information): acquired from the VICS control unit of the car navigation device 1.
(9) Weather information (temperature / humidity): acquired from an air conditioner (not shown) connected to the car navigation device 1.
(10) Music information (song title / album name): Obtained from a CD (Compact Disc) player (not shown) connected to the car navigation device 1.

  The data specified by the template variable is not limited to character string data. For example, the video of a camera connected to the car navigation device 1 can be converted into e-mail attachment data as a moving picture file (MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) or AVI (Audio Video Interleaving) file), or a part of the video can be static. A picture can be attached to an e-mail in an image format such as JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) or GIF (Graphic Interchange Format) (the same applies to the map information described above). The music information can also be configured to designate MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer-3) data or MIDI (Musical Instruments Digital Interface) data as the music data currently being listened to and send it as an attached data by e-mail. .

  As described above, according to the mail transmission / reception system according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention, a template variable that dynamically changes is included in a mail fixed sentence and generated, and the car navigation device 1 sets a value for the template variable. By substituting, the content of the transmitted mail is set, so that the mail content corresponding to the vehicle situation can be generated and transmitted from the standard mail created by the mobile phone 2. For example, “I am currently driving in [Osaka City Miyakojima-ku]. I will arrive at [Osaka Dome] around [16:30].” (The inside of [] is a template variable) Can do.

  In the mail transmission / reception system according to the seventh embodiment described above, the mobile phone 2 is configured to generate a standard mail in which template variables are described. However, the mail transmission / reception system can be modified as follows.

  FIG. 21 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the car navigation device 1 constituting the mail transmission / reception system according to a modification of the seventh embodiment of the present invention. The car navigation device 1 is configured by adding a template variable storage unit 25 to the configuration shown in FIG. The template variable storage unit 25 stores in advance template variables that can be handled by the car navigation device 1.

  In the mail transmission / reception system configured as described above, the car navigation device 1 transmits the template variable candidates stored in advance in the template variable storage unit 25 to the mobile phone 2, and the mobile phone 2 generates a standard email message. When you do this, generate a template message using the received template variable candidates.

  According to the mail transmission / reception system according to the modification of the seventh embodiment, it is possible to create a mail standard sentence only with the template variables that can be handled by the car navigation device 1. In the mobile phone 2, it is possible to create a standard email message including a template variable that can be used for the car navigation device 1.

Embodiment 8 FIG.
The mail transmission / reception system according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention is configured to transmit a kana-kanji conversion history performed using a dictionary held in the mobile phone 2 to the car navigation device 1.

  The mail transmission / reception system according to the eighth embodiment is different from that of the first embodiment only in the car navigation device 1 and the mobile phone 2 among the components of the mail transmission / reception system according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. Below, it demonstrates centering on a different part from the mail transmission / reception system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG.

  FIG. 22 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the mobile phone 2. The mobile phone 2 includes a mail fixed sentence generation unit 30, an infrared communication interface unit 31, a mail transmission unit 32, a packet communication unit 33, and a kana-kanji conversion history storage unit 36.

  The infrared communication interface unit 31, the mail transmission unit 32, and the packet communication unit 33 are the same as those of the mobile phone 2 according to the first embodiment. The e-mail fixed sentence generation unit 30 has the same function as that of the first embodiment for generating the e-mail fixed sentence, but is implemented in that the kana-kanji conversion history from the kana-kanji conversion history storage unit 36 is sent to the infrared communication interface unit 31. Different from that of Form 1. The kana-kanji conversion history accumulating unit 36 stores the kana-kanji conversion history of the mobile phone 2.

  FIG. 23 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the car navigation apparatus 1. The car navigation device 1 includes a transmission mail generation unit 10, an infrared communication interface unit 11, a mail standard sentence control unit 12, a mail standard sentence storage unit 13, a mail standard sentence display unit 16, a display monitor 17, and a mail standard sentence combination unit 23. , A remote controller (hereinafter abbreviated as “remote control”) input unit 27 and remote control 28.

  The outgoing mail generation unit 10, the infrared communication interface unit 11, the email template control unit 12, and the email template storage unit 13 are the same as those of the car navigation apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment. Moreover, the mail fixed sentence combination part 23 is the same as that of the car navigation apparatus 1 of Embodiment 6. FIG. Further, the email fixed sentence display unit 16 and the display monitor 17 are the same as those in the third embodiment.

  The kana-kanji conversion history accumulating unit 26 accumulates the kana-kanji conversion history received from the mobile phone 2. The remote control input unit 27 identifies the pressed button from the code ID input from the remote control 28.

  Next, an operation of the mail transmission / reception system according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described.

  First, the operation of the mobile phone 2 will be described. An existing mobile phone has a kana-kanji conversion dictionary for inputting characters into an e-mail or a telephone directory, and stores a conversion history of kana-kanji conversion using this kana-kanji conversion dictionary. When inputting characters, referring to this conversion history makes it easy to input words frequently used by users. For example, by inputting “O”, “Good morning” is output as a conversion candidate. When the e-mail standard sentence generation unit 30 reads the conversion history from the kana-kanji conversion history accumulation unit 36 that accumulates such conversion history and transmits the e-mail standard sentence to the car navigation device 1, It is transmitted to the car navigation apparatus 1 together.

  In the following, as the conversion history, "Hello", "Good evening", "Mr. Sato" (person's name), will be described as an example a case in which to send a "Suzuki" (person's name).

  Next, the operation of the car navigation device 1 will be described. At the time of reception of the mail standard text, the mail standard text control unit 12 receives the mail standard text and the conversion history from the infrared communication interface unit 11, and the mail standard text is sent to the mail standard text storage unit 13 in a predetermined format. The conversion history is sent to the kana-kanji conversion history storage unit 26 in the form of words and stored therein.

  On the other hand, at the time of mail transmission, the mail standard sentence control unit 12 reads the mail standard sentence and the conversion history from the mail standard sentence storage unit 13 and the kana-kanji conversion history storage unit 26 and sends them to the transmission mail generation unit 10. The outgoing mail generation unit 10 sends the received standard email message and conversion history to the standard email message display unit 16. The mail standard sentence display unit 16 displays a mail standard sentence selection screen on the display monitor 17 based on the received mail standard sentence and the conversion history. FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating an example of a mail standard sentence selection screen.

  The user of the car navigation device 1 uses, for example, a joystick key on the remote controller 28 to operate a button on the mail fixed phrase selection screen, and sequentially selects a character string of the mail contents that the user wants to input. The remote control input unit 27 requests and acquires the email template sentence or conversion history corresponding to the selected button from the email template sentence display unit 16. Then, the mail fixed sentence or the conversion history corresponding to the selected button is sent to the transmission mail generation unit 10. The outgoing mail generation unit 10 sends the received standard email message or conversion history to the standard email statement combination unit 23. The above-described processing is repeated until the user presses the input completion button.

  Then, the transmission mail generation unit 10 receives the combination mail fixed form generated by joining with the mail fixed form combination unit 23 and transmits the combination mail fixed form to the mobile phone 2 via the infrared communication interface unit 11 as the content of the transmission mail. For example, four standard messages such as “I am driving now”, “I will contact you later”, “I will be late”, and “I will arrive soon” are displayed on the display monitor 17, and conversion history as, the above-described "Hello", "Good evening", "Mr. Sato", case but four of "Suzuki", which is displayed on the display monitor 17, from among these, in turn, "Hello", "Mr. Sato", "now, it is in operation." three and it is assumed that the selection of, send e-mail content, become "Hello Mr. Sato now, is in operation.".

  In addition, as processing for acquiring a character string corresponding to a selection button of the remote control input unit 27 in the car navigation device 1, processing in menu operation such as facility selection in an existing car navigation device can be used.

  As described above, according to the mail transmission / reception system according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention, the dictionary conversion history stored in the mobile phone 2 is transmitted to the car navigation device 1 to create a transmission mail. As a result, it is possible to generate outgoing e-mails by combining frequently used terms in everyday mobile phones, such as personal names and place names with standard sentences, so that the contents of outgoing e-mails can be more varied. .

  In the mail transmission / reception system according to the above-described eighth embodiment, it is configured that the mail fixed text and the conversion history are selected by remote control input by the user. However, as described in the third embodiment, voice input is performed. It is possible to make a selection by pressing the button on the touch panel.

  Further, in the mail transmission / reception system according to the above-described eighth embodiment, the user selects the mail fixed text to be transmitted and the conversion history. However, the car navigation device 1 arbitrarily selects and generates the content of the transmitted mail. Can be configured to

  Further, in the mail transmission / reception system according to the above-described eighth embodiment, the conversion history stored in the kana-kanji conversion history storage unit 36 of the mobile phone 2 is all transmitted to the car navigation device 1. A part can be selected by the user and transmitted. According to this configuration, there is an advantage that transmission of a conversion history that the user does not want to transmit can be suppressed.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the mail transmission / reception system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the detailed structure of the mail fixed sentence production | generation part of the mobile phone shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the email fixed text production | generation screen displayed on the display part of the mobile telephone shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the keyboard of the input part of the mobile telephone shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the car navigation apparatus which comprises the mail transmission / reception system which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the mobile telephone which comprises the mail transmission / reception system which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the storage format in the mail fixed text storage part of the mobile telephone shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the search process which searches a mail fixed text from the mail fixed text storage part performed by the mail transmission part of the mobile telephone shown in FIG. It is a sequence chart for demonstrating operation | movement of the mail transmission / reception system which concerns on the modification of Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the car navigation apparatus which comprises the mail transmission / reception system which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the format of the transmission mail candidate list used with the car navigation apparatus shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the transmission mail candidate list displayed on a display monitor with the car navigation apparatus shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the car navigation apparatus which comprises the mail transmission / reception system which concerns on the modification of Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the mobile telephone which comprises the mail transmission / reception system which concerns on Embodiment 4 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the storage format in the mail fixed sentence storage part of the car navigation apparatus which comprises the mail transmission / reception system which concerns on Embodiment 4 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the mail transmission / reception system which concerns on Embodiment 5 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the car navigation apparatus which comprises the mail transmission / reception system which concerns on Embodiment 6 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the car navigation apparatus which comprises the mail transmission / reception system which concerns on Embodiment 7 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the detailed structure of the vehicle information acquisition part shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the template variable used with the mail transmission / reception system which concerns on Embodiment 7 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the car navigation apparatus which comprises the mail transmission / reception system which concerns on the modification of Embodiment 7 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the mobile telephone which comprises the mail transmission / reception system which concerns on the modification of Embodiment 8 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the car navigation apparatus which comprises the mail transmission / reception system which concerns on the modification of Embodiment 8 of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the mail fixed text selection screen displayed with the car navigation apparatus which comprises the mail transmission / reception system which concerns on the modification of Embodiment 8 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  1 Car navigation device, 2 mobile phone, 3 mobile phone packet network, 4 mail server, 5 Internet, 6 mail receiving terminal, 7 reading data generation server, 10 outgoing mail generation section, 11 infrared communication interface section, 12 mail template Control unit, 13 Mail fixed sentence storage part, 14 Mail title control part, 15 Mail title storage part, 16 Mail fixed sentence display part, 17 Display monitor, 18 Voice recognition part, 19 Voice input part, 20 Microphone, 21 Mail fixed sentence Reading section, 22 speaker, 23 mail fixed sentence combination section, 24 vehicle information acquisition section, 25 template variable storage section, 26 kana-kanji conversion history storage section, 27 remote control input section, 28 remote control, 30 mail fixed sentence generation section, 31 infrared Communication interface, 32 Transmission unit, 33 packet communication unit, 34 mail fixed sentence storage unit, 35 reading data generation unit, 36 kana-kanji conversion history storage unit, 241 current position detection unit, 242 map data storage unit, 243 map data access unit, 301 mail Fixed sentence control unit, 302 display unit, 303 input unit.

Claims (21)

A near field communication interface for controlling near field communication;
An email template storage unit that stores email templates,
The mail standard text received from the mobile communication terminal via the short-range communication interface unit is stored in the mail standard text storage unit, and the mail stored in the mail standard text storage unit in response to the mail transmission request A vehicle-mounted terminal comprising: a control unit that selects one of fixed phrases and transmits it as outgoing mail data to the mobile communication terminal via the short-range communication interface unit. A near field communication interface for controlling near field communication;
An e-mail title storage unit that stores e-mail titles attached to e-mail fixed sentences;
The mail title received from the mobile communication terminal via the short-range communication interface unit is stored in the mail title storage unit, and one of the mail titles stored in the mail title storage unit in response to the mail transmission request is stored. And a mail title control unit that transmits the selected mail as a transmission mail title to the mobile communication terminal via the short-range communication interface unit. A near field communication interface for controlling near field communication;
An e-mail title storage unit that pre-stores e-mail titles attached to e-mail fixed sentences;
All mail titles stored in the mail title storage unit in response to a request from the mobile communication terminal are transmitted to the mobile communication terminal, and stored in the mail title storage unit in response to a mail transmission request An in-vehicle terminal comprising: a mail title control unit that selects one of the mail titles and transmits it as a transmission mail title to the mobile communication terminal via the short-range communication interface unit. A vehicle information acquisition unit for acquiring vehicle information;
The control unit
The mail fixed sentence containing the template variable received from the mobile communication terminal via the short-range communication interface unit is stored in the mail fixed sentence storage unit, and the vehicle acquired by the vehicle information acquisition unit in response to the mail transmission request The in-vehicle terminal according to claim 1, wherein a constant corresponding to information is inserted into the template variable to generate transmission mail data and transmitted to the mobile communication terminal via the short-range communication interface unit. A template variable storage unit that stores template variables that can be handled by the in-vehicle terminal is provided.
5. The in-vehicle terminal according to claim 4, wherein the control unit transmits the template variable stored in the template variable storage unit to the mobile communication terminal via the short-range communication interface unit. A mail standard text display section for displaying the mail standard text;
A user input unit that receives input from the user,
The control unit
The email template received from the mobile communication terminal via the short-range communication interface unit is stored in the email template storage unit, and the email template stored in the email template storage unit is stored in response to the email transmission request. Displayed on the e-mail standard text display unit, from among the e-mail standard text displayed on the e-mail standard text display unit, one e-mail standard text selected by input from the user input unit as transmission mail data, The in-vehicle terminal according to claim 1, wherein the in-vehicle terminal transmits to the mobile communication terminal via the short-range communication interface unit. A voice-to-speech reading section that reads out the e-mail standard sentences,
A user input unit that receives input from the user,
The control unit
The email template received from the mobile communication terminal via the short-range communication interface unit is stored in the email template storage unit, and the email template stored in the email template storage unit is stored in response to the email transmission request. One e-mail standard sentence selected by the input from the user input unit from among the e-mail standard sentences read out by the voice-reading unit and read out by the voice-reading unit. The in-vehicle terminal according to claim 1, wherein the in-vehicle terminal is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal via a distance communication interface unit. A voice-to-speech reading section that reads out the e-mail standard sentences,
A user input unit that receives input from the user,
The control unit
The mail standard text received from the mobile communication terminal via the short-range communication interface unit and the reading data generated by the mail standard text are stored in the mail standard text storage unit, and in response to the mail transmission request, the mail standard Based on the reading data stored in the sentence storage section, the voice reading section is read out by voice, and the user input is selected from the mail fixed sentences read out by the voice reading section. The in-vehicle terminal according to claim 1, wherein one e-mail standard sentence selected by an input from the unit is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal via the near field communication interface unit as transmission mail data. Equipped with an email template combination part that combines multiple email templates,
The control unit
A mail standard sentence received from the mobile communication terminal via the short-range communication interface unit is stored in the mail standard sentence storage unit, and a plurality of mails stored in the mail standard sentence storage unit in response to the mail transmission request A fixed sentence is selected, the plurality of selected fixed mail sentences are combined in the mail partner unit combination unit, and transmitted as transmission mail data to the mobile communication terminal via the short-range communication interface unit. The in-vehicle terminal according to claim 1. A kana-kanji conversion history storage unit for storing a kana-kanji conversion history obtained by performing kana-kanji conversion;
An e-mail template sentence combination unit that combines a plurality of e-mail template sentences or e-mail template sentences with the kana-kanji conversion history storage unit stored in the kana-kanji conversion history storage unit;
The control unit
The mail standard sentence and the kana-kanji conversion history received from the mobile communication terminal via the short-range communication interface unit are stored in the mail standard sentence storage unit and the kana-kanji conversion history storage unit, respectively, and in response to a mail transmission request, A mail standard sentence stored in the mail standard sentence storage unit and a kana-kanji conversion history stored in the kana-kanji conversion history storage unit are selected, and the selected mail standard sentence and kana-kanji conversion history are selected in the mail partner unit. The in-vehicle terminal according to claim 1, wherein the in-vehicle terminal is combined by a combination unit and transmitted to the mobile communication terminal via the short-range communication interface unit as transmission mail data. A mail standard sentence generation unit for generating a mail standard sentence;
A short-distance communication interface unit that transmits the mail fixed message generated by the mail fixed message generation unit to the in-vehicle terminal and receives transmission mail data transmitted from the in-vehicle terminal;
A mail transmission unit that generates a transmission mail based on the transmission mail data received by the short-range communication interface unit;
A long-distance communication interface unit that transmits a transmission mail generated by the mail transmission unit to a mail server. An e-mail template and an e-mail template that generates an e-mail title attached to the e-mail template,
A mail standard sentence storage unit that stores the mail standard sentence and the mail title generated by the mail standard sentence generation unit;
A short-distance communication interface unit that transmits the mail title generated by the mail fixed phrase generation unit to the in-vehicle terminal and receives a transmission mail title transmitted from the in-vehicle terminal;
A mail sending unit that reads a mail fixed message corresponding to a transmission mail title received by the short-range communication interface unit from the mail fixed message storage unit and generates a transmission mail;
A long-distance communication interface unit that transmits a transmission mail generated by the mail transmission unit to a mail server. A near field communication interface for receiving all outgoing mail titles from the in-vehicle terminal;
An e-mail template sentence generating unit that generates an e-mail template sentence based on a transmission e-mail title received by the short-range communication interface unit;
A mail standard text storage unit that stores the mail standard text generated by the mail standard text generation unit and a transmission mail title received by the short-range communication interface unit;
A mail sending unit that reads a mail fixed message corresponding to a transmission mail title received by the short-range communication interface unit from the mail fixed message storage unit and generates a transmission mail;
A long-distance communication interface unit that transmits a transmission mail generated by the mail transmission unit to a mail server. The standard email generator generates a standard email containing template variables,
The mobile communication terminal according to claim 11, wherein the short-range communication interface unit transmits an email template including the template variable generated by the email template generator to the in-vehicle terminal.   15. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 14, wherein the e-mail fixed sentence generator generates an e-mail fixed sentence including a template variable using a template variable received from the in-vehicle terminal via the short-range communication interface unit. It has a reading data generation unit that generates reading data for voice reading of the email fixed form generated by the mail fixed form generation unit,
The short-range communication interface unit adds the reading data generated by the reading data generation unit to an email fixed sentence corresponding to the reading data and transmits the mail to the in-vehicle terminal. Mobile communication terminal. The long-distance communication interface unit reads the email template generated by the email template generator to the data generation server,
12. The short-range communication interface unit adds the reading data transmitted from the reading data generation server to a mail fixed sentence corresponding to the reading data and transmits the mail to the in-vehicle terminal. The mobile communication terminal described. A kana-kanji conversion history accumulating unit for accumulating kana-kanji conversion history obtained by performing kana-kanji conversion is provided.
The short-range communication interface unit transmits the e-mail standard sentence generated by the e-mail standard sentence generation unit and the kana-kanji conversion history stored in the kana-kanji conversion history storage unit to the in-vehicle terminal and is transmitted from the in-vehicle terminal. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 11, wherein the mobile fixed form is received. (A) a first near field communication interface unit for controlling near field communication;
An email template storage unit that stores email templates,
The standard email message received from the mobile communication terminal via the first short-range communication interface unit is stored in the standard email message storage unit, and is stored in the standard email message storage unit in response to a mail transmission request. An in-vehicle terminal provided with a control unit that selects one of the e-mail fixed phrases and transmits the transmitted e-mail data to the mobile communication terminal via the first short-range communication interface unit;
(B) an e-mail template sentence generating unit that generates an e-mail template sentence;
A second short-range communication interface unit that transmits the email template generated by the email template generator to the in-vehicle terminal and receives transmission email data transmitted from the in-vehicle terminal;
A mail transmission unit that generates a transmission mail based on the transmission mail data received by the second short-range communication interface unit;
A mobile communication terminal comprising: a long-distance communication interface unit that transmits a transmission mail generated by the mail transmission unit to a mail server. (A) a first near field communication interface unit for controlling near field communication;
An e-mail title storage unit that stores e-mail titles attached to e-mail fixed sentences;
The mail title received from the mobile communication terminal via the first short-range communication interface unit is stored in the mail title storage unit, and the mail title stored in the mail title storage unit in response to the mail transmission request An in-vehicle terminal provided with an e-mail title control unit that transmits the e-mail data to the mobile communication terminal via the first short-range communication interface unit,
(B) a mail standard sentence generation unit that generates a mail standard sentence and a mail title attached to the mail standard sentence;
A mail standard sentence storage unit that stores the mail standard sentence and the mail title generated by the mail standard sentence generation unit;
A second short-range communication interface unit that transmits the mail title generated by the mail fixed phrase generation unit to the in-vehicle terminal and receives a transmission mail title transmitted from the in-vehicle terminal;
An e-mail transmission unit that reads out an e-mail template corresponding to an e-mail message received by the second near field communication interface unit from the e-mail template sentence storage unit and generates an e-mail;
A mobile communication terminal comprising: a long-distance communication interface unit that transmits a transmission mail generated by the mail transmission unit to a mail server. (A) a first near field communication interface unit for controlling near field communication;
An e-mail title storage unit that pre-stores e-mail titles attached to e-mail fixed sentences;
All mail titles stored in the mail title storage unit in response to a request from the mobile communication terminal are transmitted to the mobile communication terminal, and further, stored in the mail title storage unit in response to a mail transmission request. An in-vehicle terminal provided with a mail title control unit that selects one of the e-mail titles to be transmitted and transmits the e-mail title to the mobile communication terminal via the first short-range communication interface unit,
(B) a second near field communication interface unit that receives all mail titles from the in-vehicle terminal;
A mail standard sentence generation unit that generates a mail standard sentence based on the transmitted mail title received by the second short-range communication interface unit;
A mail standard text storage unit that stores the mail standard text generated by the mail standard text generation unit and a transmission mail title received by the second short-range communication interface unit;
An e-mail transmission unit that reads out an e-mail template corresponding to an e-mail message received by the second near field communication interface unit from the e-mail template sentence storage unit and generates an e-mail;
A mobile communication terminal comprising: a long-distance communication interface unit that transmits a transmission mail generated by the mail transmission unit to a mail server.

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