JP5444978B2 - Decoration processing apparatus, decoration processing method, program, communication device, and decoration processing system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a decoration processing apparatus, a decoration processing method, a program, a communication device, and a decoration processing system that can decorate a document.

  In recent years, documents (emails) are easily exchanged using a mail function provided in a mobile phone. In order to make it easier to convey feelings in the mail, the mail may be decorated as follows. For example, as one of the decoration methods, there is a method of inserting an emoticon, a pictogram, or a decoration image in an email. An emoticon is a mark made so that it can be seen as a facial expression or a human action using symbols or characters such as parentheses and dots. Examples of emoticons include (* ^ _ ^ *) representing smiles and m (_ _) m representing apologizing actions. The pictogram is an image such as a character-size illustration (icon) or animation (moving icon). Further, the decoration image is an image having a message property to be inserted into a sentence, an image that decorates the entire mail, or the like. An example of a message-like image is an animal drawn with a balloon called good morning. An example of an image that decorates the entire mail is a background image that colors the background of the entire mail.

  Another way to decorate your email is to make the words you want to emphasize larger, bolder, flashing, or stand out in a different color than other characters, There is a technique to decorate the characters themselves. There is also a technique for decorating an email by adding a background color to the entire email.

  The decoration mail can be created by the user manually inserting a pictograph, emoticon, or decoration image into the mail or decorating the character itself. In addition, a method for automatically creating a decoration mail based on the mail text has been proposed.

  Patent Document 1 discloses the following mail decoration method. In Patent Literature 1, a predetermined word related to an emotion is extracted from the text of an email, and the entire emotion of the email is detected based on emotion information corresponding to the extracted word. Then, the background color of the mail is determined based on the detected overall emotion. In addition, a predetermined decoration based on the emotion information corresponding to the extracted word and the entire emotion of the detected mail is applied to the extracted word. That is, the character itself is decorated. As described above, in the method proposed in Patent Document 1, the overall emotion of the email is automatically detected, the background color of the email is automatically determined according to the detected overall emotion, and a predetermined email content is determined. Words are automatically decorated. The mail is described in an HTML (HyperText Markup Language) format.

  Patent Document 2 discloses the following mail decoration method. In Patent Document 2, a device on a network selects a background image according to text data received from a mobile phone and time, day of the week, season, calendar, weather, place, temperature, humidity, and the like. Next, the text data is converted into image data, and the image of the converted text data and the selected background image are combined to create a mobile terminal image. And the image for portable terminals produced in this way is transmitted to a mobile phone. Information such as time, day of the week, season, calendar, weather, place, temperature, and humidity is acquired from a GPS or an information providing server on the network.

JP 2006-185426 A JP 2005-242790 A

  In Patent Document 1 described above, the background color of the mail is automatically determined, and a predetermined word included in the mail is automatically decorated, so that it is possible to reduce time and effort required for mail decoration. However, in the method of Patent Document 1, the mail is decorated based only on the text information included in the mail, and the environment and situation in which the mail creator is placed is not reflected in the decoration.

  In Patent Document 2 described above, the mail is decorated based on the situation around the mail creator. Ambient conditions refer to time, day of the week, season, calendar, weather, location, temperature, humidity, and the like. The mail data decorated here is in an image format. For this reason, it is not easy to edit or secondary use the decorated mail. For example, it is difficult to add text or pictograms to a decorated email. Further, since the mail is in an image format, words that can be read from the mail cannot be copied and pasted as they are.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems. That is, an object of the present invention is to provide a decoration processing apparatus, a decoration processing method, a program, a communication device, and a decoration processing system that solve the above-described problems.

  The decoration processing device of the present invention includes an external information generation unit that generates external information that is information not included in text information represented by a character code, and a decoration that is information in which text information is decorated based on the external information. A decoration information generation unit that generates information, and the decoration information includes at least a part of text information.

  The decoration processing method of the present invention includes a first step of generating external information that is information not included in the text information represented by the character code, and information in which the text information is decorated based on the external information. A second step of generating certain decoration information, wherein the decoration information includes at least part of the text information.

  In addition, the decoration processing program of the present invention includes a first process for generating external information, which is information not included in text information represented by a character code, and text information decorated on the computer based on the external information. And a second process for generating decoration information, which is the received information, and the decoration information includes at least a part of the text information.

  The decoration processing system of the present invention is a decoration processing system having a first device and a second device, and the first device is information not included in the text information represented by the character code. External information is generated and provided to the second device. The second device has an external information generation unit that acquires the external information from the first device, and the text information is decorated based on the external information. A decoration information generation unit that generates decoration information that is information, and the decoration information includes at least a part of text information.

  The decoration processing system of the present invention is a decoration processing system having a first device and a second device, and the first device is information not included in the text information represented by the character code. An external information generation unit that generates external information; and a decoration information generation unit that acquires decoration information, which is information in which text information is decorated based on the external information, from the second device. Generating decoration information and providing the decoration information to the first device, the decoration information including at least a part of the text information.

  According to the present invention, text information can be automatically decorated based on external information not included in the text information. The decorated information includes text information represented by character codes. Thereby, external information not included in the text information can be automatically added to the text information. Furthermore, the information after decoration can be easily edited and used secondary.

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  Embodiments according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
As illustrated in FIG. 1A, the decoration processing apparatus 101 according to the first embodiment includes an external information generation unit 102 and a decoration information generation unit 103.

  The external information generation unit 102 has a function of generating external information that is information that is not included in the text information represented by the character code. The decoration information generation unit 103 generates decoration information that is information in which the text information is decorated based on the external information. The decoration information includes at least part of the text information. The decoration processing apparatus 101 is provided with programs for realizing the functions of the external information generation unit 102 and the decoration information generation unit 103.

  In the decoration processing method of the first embodiment, first, external information that is information not included in the text information represented by the character code is generated (step S101 in FIG. 1B). And the decoration information which is the information by which this text information was decorated based on this external information is produced | generated (step S102).

  As described above, the decoration processing device and the decoration processing method according to the first embodiment generate decoration information that is decorated text information. The decoration is performed based on external information that is not included in the text information, for example, a situation when the text information is created. That is, in the decoration processing apparatus and the decoration processing method of the first embodiment, it is possible to generate decoration information that is text information decorated based on external information that is not included in the text information. The decoration information obtained in this way includes both text information and external information.

  In addition, since the decoration information includes text information represented by a character code, the decoration information can be easily edited by adding characters and pictograms to the decoration information. In addition, the decoration information can be used secondarily, such as copying and pasting text information included in the decoration information. This text information is at least a part of the text information before being decorated.

  Further, since the decoration information has at least a part of the text information in the character code format, the data amount of the decoration information can be reduced as compared with the case where all the decoration information is converted into an image as in Patent Document 2.

  External information refers to information that is not included in text information. The external information is, for example, information representing a situation when text information is generated. Such information includes, for example, the time when the text information is generated, the day of the week, the season, and the calendar. In addition, the location (position) where the text information is generated and the weather, temperature, humidity, and the like of the location are included. In addition, a combination of a plurality of these pieces of information is included.

  External information can be considered as information representing the situation around the person who created the text information. The reader of the decoration information decorated based on the external information can understand the surrounding conditions such as time and weather that affect the emotion of the person who created the decoration information. As a result, the feeling of the person who created the text information is easily communicated to the reader.

  The decoration information can be described in a markup language, and in particular, the HTML format and the cHTML (Compact HTML) format are preferable. This format is the same as a document (email) created by using a mail function provided in a computer or a mobile phone terminal. By using these formats, the decoration information can be viewed and edited by a general-purpose computer or a mobile phone terminal.

  An example in which text information is decorated based on external information to create a mail body will be described below with reference to FIG. The decoration based on the external information may be performed based on the items included in the external information as shown in FIG. 2A, the values corresponding to the items, the decoration method corresponding to them, and the correspondence between the images. it can. When the external information item is “time” and the value is “morning”, and the decoration method is “add image to sentence head”, image J-B is used as an image. As a result, as shown in FIG. 2B, the mail body input field 704 can be generated for the mail body in which the image J-B is used at the head of the text information “Thank you” to be decorated. The user can create a mail by setting the destination mail address in the destination field 701, the subject of the mail in the subject field 702, and the file to be attached in the attachment field 703. The generated mail body is described in the HTML format, and its source code has text information “Thank you” represented by the character code as shown in FIG. Since this text information “Thank you” is represented by a character code, it can be used secondarily. In addition, since the mail text is in the HTML format, the mail text can be easily edited. Further, as shown in FIG. 2D, text information can be decorated using a plurality of external information. FIG. 2D shows the case where the external information item is “time” and the value is “morning”, and the decoration method is “add image to the beginning”. This is a mail including a mail text generated by decoration when the position is “New York” and the decoration is “use image as background”.

  The decoration information can include information other than text information, and can also include pictograms, decoration images, moving images, music, and the like. In addition, the character itself can be decorated such that the character of the phrase to be emphasized is made larger than other characters, bolded, flashed, or has a conspicuous color different from other characters. You can also add a background color to the entire text.

  The external information may be generated in the apparatus of this embodiment or may be generated outside the apparatus. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 3, external information may be acquired from an external information providing apparatus 211 connected via a network 231, for example, a base station. The external information providing apparatus 211 includes a time information generation unit 212, a position information generation unit 213, and a weather information generation unit 214. The time information generation unit 212 acquires information on the time when the external information generation unit 202 inquires the external information providing apparatus 211. The position information generation unit 213 acquires information on the position where the decoration processing device 201 is located using a GPS (global-positioning-system) or the like. The weather information generation unit 214 acquires weather information at a position where the decoration processing device 201 is present. When there is a query from the external information generation unit 202, the external information providing device 211 displays the information on the time of the query, the location information of the decoration processing device 201, and the weather information at that location. 202. All inquiries and information provision are performed via the network 231.

  As with the external information, the decoration information can be acquired from the decoration information providing apparatus 221 connected via the network 231. The decoration information providing apparatus 221 receives text information and external information from the decoration information generation unit 203. Then, the text information is decorated based on the external information to create the decoration information. Then, the decoration information is provided to the decoration information generation unit 203.

  In FIG. 3, the external information providing apparatus 211 that provides external information and the decoration information providing apparatus 221 that provides decoration information are separately illustrated. However, these pieces of information may be provided by the same apparatus.

  The decoration information providing device 221 may be connected to a storage device 222 that stores a decoration material used for decoration. The decoration material is information representing a correspondence relationship between external information and an image as shown in FIG. 2A, an image used for decoration, and the like. By using various decoration materials, it is possible to apply better decoration to text information.

  The external information and decoration information may be generated in the decoration processing apparatus 301 as shown in FIG. The external information generation unit 302 includes a time information generation unit 312 that acquires information on the time at which text information was created, a position information generation unit 313 that acquires information on the position where the decoration processing device 301 is located, and weather information on the position. A weather information generation unit 314 for acquiring Further, the decoration information generation unit can generate decoration information.

  By preparing external information and decoration information in the decoration processing device 301 in this way, the following effects can be obtained. First, it is possible to create decoration information immediately. As shown in FIG. 3, when connection to the network 231 and connection to the external information providing apparatus 211 and the decoration information providing apparatus 221 via the network 231 are required, the external information providing apparatus 211 and the decoration information provision are provided due to a problem on the network. The connection to the device 221 may be interrupted. In addition, when access concentrates on the external information providing apparatus 211 and the decoration information providing apparatus 221, there is a possibility that problems such as the processing speed of these apparatuses decrease and the creation of decoration information becomes slow. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4, by generating decoration information in the decoration processing device 301, these network problems can be avoided. The functions and services of the external information providing apparatus 302 and the decoration information providing apparatus 303 depend only on the decoration processing apparatus 302 and are not related to the apparatus on the network. Therefore, even if the apparatus on the network is stopped, the decoration is performed. Processing can be performed. In addition, it is possible to create unique decoration information of each decoration processing device 301, that is, decoration information for each user who uses the decoration processing device. Since the decoration processing apparatus existing on the network is a generally used apparatus, there is a possibility that the same decoration is applied to text information of a plurality of users. Each user independently sets and adjusts the decoration processing device that the user owns, so that original decoration can be applied to the text information for each user.

  The decoration processing device 301 may include a storage device 304 that stores a decoration material used for decoration. By storing the user original decoration material in the storage device 304, the decoration information generation unit 303 can create the user original decoration information using the decoration material.

  By incorporating the above-described decoration processing device into, for example, an information processing device or communication device having a document creation function, the information processing device 401 shown in FIG. 1C or the communication device shown in FIG. 501 can be configured. That is, the information processing apparatus 401 includes the external information generation unit 402 and the decoration information generation unit 403 described above. The communication device 501 includes the external information generation unit 502 and the decoration information generation unit 503 described above. Therefore, similar to the decoration processing apparatus 101, the information processing apparatus 401 and the communication device 501 can automatically apply decoration based on external information not included in the text information to the text information to create decoration information. In addition, since the decoration information includes text information represented by the character code before decoration, the decoration information can be easily edited or secondarily used, such as adding characters or pictograms to the decoration information.

(Second Embodiment)
The second embodiment will be described below. As illustrated in FIG. 5, the decoration processing device 601 according to the second embodiment includes an external information generation unit 602, a decoration information generation unit 603, a decoration information listing unit 604, a decoration information selection unit 605, and a history storage unit 606. .

  The external information generation unit 602 has a function of generating external information that is information not included in the text information represented by the character code. The decoration information generation unit 603 generates a plurality of decoration information that is information in which the text information is decorated based on the external information. The history storage unit 606 stores a history of decoration information selected from a plurality of decoration information. The decoration information listing unit 604 determines the order of listing a plurality of decoration information based on the history, and lists the plurality of decoration information according to the order. The decoration information selection unit 605 selects arbitrary decoration information from among the plurality of listed information, and further stores the arbitrary decoration information in the history storage unit. The decoration processing apparatus 601 is provided with a program for realizing the functions of the external information generation unit 602, the decoration information generation unit 603, the decoration information listing unit 604, the decoration information selection unit 605, and the history storage unit 606. It has been.

  In the decoration processing method of the second embodiment, first, external information that is information not included in the text information represented by the character code is generated (step S601 in FIG. 5B). Next, a plurality of decoration information, which is text information decorated based on the external information, is generated (step S602). The plurality of decoration information generated here are candidates for decoration information to be used. Next, the order of listing decoration information candidates is determined based on the usage history of decoration information, and a plurality of decoration information candidates are listed according to the order (step S603). Then, the decoration information to be used is selected from the listed decoration information candidates. Further, the selected decoration information is stored in the history (step S604).

To determine the order in which decoration information candidates are enumerated based on the usage history of decoration information is, for example,
It refers to lowering the rank of an image that is the same or similar to an image used in the past with reference to a past use history so that the same image is not used continuously. The user can easily select decoration information with a low use frequency from the decoration information candidates listed based on the order determined in this way. Alternatively, the decoration processing device can automatically select decoration information that is less frequently used.

  In addition, you may remove from the object to enumerate about the image in which the order was lowered.

(Third embodiment)
The third embodiment will be described below.

  First, a basic configuration of a mobile phone that is a communication device according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The mobile phone 800 includes an antenna 802, a wireless communication unit 803, a control unit 804, a storage unit 805, and an audio processing unit 806. In addition, the mobile phone 800 includes a display unit 807, an operation unit 808, a microphone 809, and a speaker 810.

  The display unit 807 displays images, characters, and the like, and includes a liquid crystal screen or the like. The operation unit 808 is for operating the mobile phone 800, and is configured by, for example, a numeric keypad or a determination key. The microphone 809 has a configuration for converting sound into an audio signal that is an electrical signal. The speaker 810 has a configuration in which an audio signal, which is an electrical signal, is converted into sound and emitted. Note that the mobile phone 800 is provided with a speaker that emits sound such as a ringtone and music, as well as a speaker 810 that emits sound, but the speaker is not shown here.

  The antenna 802 transmits and receives radio waves (carrier waves). The wireless communication unit 803 has a function of placing a signal to be transmitted on a carrier wave and transmitting the carrier wave to the wireless base station by the antenna 802. Further, the wireless communication unit 803 has a function of extracting a signal from a carrier wave from a wireless base station received by the antenna 802.

  The storage unit 805 stores various information such as programs and data. The control unit 804 operates according to the program stored in the storage unit 805, based on operation information of the operation unit 808, and the like (for example, display operation of the display unit 807, operation related to a telephone call, etc.) ).

  The audio processing unit 806 has a function of converting the audio signal output from the microphone 809 into a predetermined signal form suitable for the wireless communication unit 803 and outputting the signal to the wireless communication unit 803. Further, when the signal received by the wireless communication unit 803 includes a signal related to the voice of the call, the voice processing unit 806 converts the signal related to the voice into a voice signal suitable for the speaker 810. It has a function.

  The mobile phone 800 according to the third embodiment has the following configuration in addition to the basic configuration described above. The mobile phone 800 according to the third embodiment further has a mail function. The mail function is a function for creating a mail (document) and wirelessly transmitting the created mail to a desired transmission partner. The mail function of the mobile phone 800 of the third embodiment includes a function that can automatically decorate the created mail based on external information.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 7, in the third embodiment, the control unit 804 includes a mail function unit 815. The mail function unit 815 includes a decoration processing unit 816, a mail communication unit 817, and a creation control unit 818. The decoration processing unit 816, the mail communication unit 817, and the creation control unit 818 are realized by the control unit 804 operating according to a program for realizing a mail function stored in the storage unit 805. The functions of the decoration processing unit 816, the mail communication unit 817, and the creation control unit 818 will be described below.

  The creation control unit 818 has a function of instructing (controlling) operations related to mail creation. For example, when the creation control unit 818 detects a mail creation start request based on the operation information of the operation unit 808, for example, a screen 823 for creating a mail as illustrated in FIG. 8 is displayed on the display unit 807. It has a function to let you. In the third embodiment, mail is divided into a subject (title) and a mail text, and a file can be attached to the mail. Further, the mail includes information on the mail address of the transmission destination (destination). For this reason, in the third embodiment, the mail creation screen 823 includes information such as a destination field 824 for entering a mail address of a mail destination, a subject field 825 for entering a subject, and a file name of an attached file. Attached field 826 for entering the text and a text mail field 827 for entering the text are displayed.

  Further, the creation control unit 818 has a function of controlling the operation of displaying characters and symbols based on the operation information of the operation unit 808 in each column 824 to 827 of the mail creation screen 823. Furthermore, the creation control unit 818 also has a function of performing operation control for converting the character before confirmation input by the operation unit 808 into kanji or the like and confirming according to the character conversion instruction added by the operation unit 808. ing. Furthermore, the creation control unit 818 has a function of updating and storing the information of the mail being created in a temporary information storage memory (not shown).

  When the mail communication unit 817 detects that a mail transmission instruction has been given by the operation of the operation unit 808, the mail communication unit 817 determines that the mail to be transmitted is based on the destination address of the mail and the wireless communication unit 803 and the antenna 802. It has a function of wireless transmission via Further, the mail communication unit 817 has a function of causing the display unit 807 to display the content of mail received via the antenna 802 and the wireless communication unit 803. Furthermore, the mail communication unit 817 has a function of storing information on the transmitted / received mail (information such as a title, text, and address of a communication partner) in the storage unit 805 as mail communication history information.

  The decoration processing unit 816 has a function of automatically decorating mail based on external information. The decoration method is as shown in the first embodiment. The external information may be acquired from the Internet via the antenna 802 and the wireless communication unit 803. In addition, the position information is measured by measuring the time until a radio wave emitted from a GPS satellite (not shown) reaches the mobile communication terminal, and the distance between the GPS satellite and the mobile communication terminal is obtained from this time difference. The position information may be obtained.

  As described above, by providing a decoration processing unit in a mobile phone having a mail function, a mail body created by the user is automatically decorated and a mail including the decorated mail body is transmitted. be able to. The decorated mail text includes external information in addition to text information input to the mobile phone by the user when creating the mail.

  Further, since the decorated mail body is described in HTML format or the like, the user can easily edit the decorated mail body. In addition, the recipient who received the mail can easily edit the decorated mail text.

  Further, it is possible to select decoration information based on the use history of decoration information as shown in the second embodiment by using the function of storing the mail communication history information provided in the mobile phone. .

Claims (9)

An external information generation unit that generates external information that is not included in the text information represented by the character code;
A decoration information generating unit that generates decoration information that is information in which the text information is decorated based on the external information;
The decorative information is, have at least a portion of the text information,
A storage unit for storing decoration material used for decoration, which is a decoration method corresponding to the external information and the image;
The decoration processing device, wherein the decoration information generation unit generates the decoration information using the decoration material . The decoration processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the decoration information includes information described in a markup language. The decoration processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the external information is information representing a situation when the text information is created. The decoration processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the external information includes at least one of time, day of the week, season, calendar, weather, place, temperature, and humidity. The decoration processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the external information generation unit generates the external information in the decoration processing apparatus. The decoration processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the decoration information generation unit generates the decoration information in the decoration processing apparatus. The decoration information generation unit generates a plurality of decoration information,
Furthermore, a history storage unit that stores a history of decoration information selected from a plurality of decoration information;
An order for enumerating the plurality of decoration information is determined based on a use history of an image corresponding to the external information, a decoration information enumeration unit for enumerating the plurality of decoration information according to the order;
2. A decoration information selection unit that selects arbitrary decoration information from the plurality of listed decoration information and stores the selected decoration information in the history storage unit. The decoration processing apparatus as described in any one of Claim 6 . A communication apparatus comprising the decoration processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 7 . An information processing apparatus comprising the decoration processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7 .

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