Communication terminal device that processes received images and transmits physical quantities that affect the receiving communication terminal device

• US 6,522,417 B1
• Filed: 04/27/1998
• Issued: 02/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Sakurai, Yasuhiro, Kakigahara, Koji, Matsui, Shinichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Grant, II, Jerome
• Application Number:
  US09/067,232
• Time in Patent Office: 1,758 Days
• Field of Search: 358/400, 358/401, 358/504, 358/406, 358/434, 358/1.15, 358/1.9, 358/1.18, 379/100.01, 455/557, 455/441, 455/550
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/105 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1075 using a touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2007/145 Handheld terminals

Abstract

A sending communication terminal device includes a physical quantity detection sensor for detecting the physical quantities that affect the sending communication terminal device, and transmits the physical quantities as physical quantity data in a form to be distinguished from other types of data. The receiving communication terminal device extracts the physical quantity data from received data, analyzes the physical quantities, processes other kinds of received data or data that has been prepared in the receiving communication terminal device according to the analysis result, and outputs the processed data on the display.

Claims

1. A receiving communication terminal device that receives data transmitted from a sending communication terminal device, comprising:

a reception means for receiving the data transmitted from the sending communication terminal device;

a division means for grouping the data transmitted from the sending communication terminal device into a first data that represents physical quantities detected by the sending communication terminal device and a second data that is to be processed with the physical quantities;

a processing means for processing the second data according to the first data; and

an expressing means for expressing for a user of the receiving communication terminal device the second data after the processing by the processing means.

2. The receiving communication terminal device according to the claim 1, wherein

the division means includes a data type judgement unit for detecting identifiers that are added to the data transmitted from the sending communication terminal device, and for distinguishing the first data and the second data based on the detected identifiers.

3. The receiving communication terminal device according to the claim 2, wherein the processing means includes:

an analysis unit for analyzing the first data that affects the sending communication terminal device to detect a type of the physical quantities; and

a processing unit for processing the second data according to an analysis result of the analysis unit.

4. The receiving communication terminal device according to the claim 3, wherein

the second data obtained from the grouping by the division means includes audio data and image data,

the audio data is voice of a user of the sending communication terminal device,

the image data is symbol image data that metaphorically represents the user of the sending communication terminal device,

the analysis unit analyzes the first data to determine that the physical quantities that affect the sending communication terminal device are for a vibration and or a swing,

the processing unit refers to an analysis result of the analysis unit, adds vibrato to the audio data, and shakes a head of the symbol image data of the sending communication terminal device user in one of vertical and horizontal directions, according to the result and

the expressing means includes a loudspeaker that emits the audio data after processing by the processing unit and a display that displays the image data after processing by the processing unit.

5. The receiving communication terminal device according to the claim 4, wherein

the symbol image data of the sending communication terminal device user is three-dimensional image data,

the processing unit includes:

an image data creation unit for creating variations of the image data seen from a plurality of camera angles using the three-dimensional image data; and

a selection unit for selectively outputting the variations of the image data one at a time to the display according to the analysis result of the analysis unit.

6. The receiving communication terminal device according to the claim 4 further comprising an oscillation unit, wherein

when the physical quantities that affect the sending communication terminal device are for a swing, the oscillation unit is driven and swings the receiving communication terminal device, and

when the physical quantities that affect the sending communication terminal device are for a vibration, the oscillation unit is driven and vibrates the receiving communication terminal device.

7. A receiving communication terminal device that receives data transmitted from a sending communication terminal device comprising:

a reception means for receiving the data transmitted from the sending communication terminal device;

a division means for grouping the data transmitted from the sending communication terminal device into a first data that represents physical quantities detected by the sending communication terminal device and a second data that specifies data that is to be processed with the physical quantities;

a storage means for storing the data to be processing;

a processing means for extracting the data that is to be processed and is specified by the second data, and for processing the extracted data according to the first data; and

an expressing means for expressing for a user of the receiving communication terminal device the extracted data after the processing by the processing means.

8. The receiving communication terminal device according to the claim 7, wherein the processing means comprises:

an analysis unit for analyzing the first data to detect a type of the physical quantities that affect the sending communication terminal device; and

a processing unit for processing the data that is to be processed and is specified by the second data according to an analysis result of the analysis unit.

9. The receiving communication terminal device according to the claim 8, wherein

the data that is to be processed and is specified by the second data includes a symbol image data that metaphorically represents a user of the sending communication terminal device,

the analysis unit analyzes the first data to determine that the physical quantities that affect the sending communication terminal device are for a vibration and a swing,

the processing unit refers to an analysis result of the analysis unit, and shakes a head of the symbol image data of the sending communication terminal device user in one of a vertical and a horizontal directions, and

the expressing means is a display for displaying the symbol image data of the sending communication terminal device user after processing by the processing unit.

10. The receiving communication terminal device according to the claim 7, wherein the processing means includes:

an analysis unit for analyzing the first data to determine whether an image manipulation performed on the symbol image data that metaphorically represents the user of the receiving communication terminal device is pressing or stroking; and

a processing unit for processing the data that is to be processed and is specified by the second data according to an analysis result of the analysis unit.

11. The receiving communication terminal device according to the claim 10, wherein

the data that is to be processed and is specified by the second data is symbol image data that metaphorically represents the user of the receiving communication terminal device,

the processing unit processes the symbol image data that metaphorically represents the user of the receiving communication terminal device, according to a type of the image manipulation that is an analysis result of the analysis unit, so that the symbol image data changes an expression to reflect the image manipulation, and

the expressing means is a display for displaying the symbol image data of the receiving communication device user after the processing by the processing unit.

12. The receiving communication terminal device according to the claim 11, wherein

the symbol image data of the receiving communication terminal device user is three-dimensional image data,

the processing unit includes:

an image data creation unit for creating variations of image data seen from a plurality of camera angles using the three-dimensional image data; and

a selection unit for selectively outputting the variations of the image data one at a time to the display according to the analysis result of the analysis unit.

13. The receiving communication terminal device according to the claim 11, wherein

the symbol image data of the receiving communication terminal device user is animation data, and

the processing unit selects predetermined animation data according to the analysis result of the analysis unit, and outputs the predetermined animation data to the display.

14. A receiving communication terminal device that receives data including audio data and video data transmitted from a sending communication terminal device, comprising:

a reception unit for receiving the data transmitted from the sending communication terminal device;

a division unit for grouping the data transmitted from the sending communication terminal device into a first data that represents physical quantities detected by the sending communication terminal device and a second data that is to be processed with the physical quantities;

a processing unit for processing the second data according to the first data; and

an expressing unit for expressing for a user of the receiving communication terminal device the second data after the processing by the processing unit.

15. The receiving communication terminal device according to the claim 14, wherein

the division unit includes a data type judgment unit for detecting identifiers that are added to the data transmitted from the sending communication terminal device, and for distinguishing the first data and the second data based on the detected identifiers.

16. The receiving communication terminal device according to claim 14, wherein the processing unit includes:

an analysis unit for analyzing the first data that affects the sending communication terminal device to detect a type of the physical quantities; and

a processing device for processing the second data according to an analysis result of the analysis unit.

17. The receiving communication terminal device according to the claim 16, wherein

the second data obtained from the grouping by the division unit includes audio data and image data,

the audit data is a voice of a user of the sending communication terminal device,

the image data is symbol image data that metaphorically represents the user of the sending communication terminal device,

the analysis unit analyzes the first data to determine that the physical quantities that affect the sending communication terminal device are for a vibration and/or a swing,

the processing device refers to an analysis result of the analysis unit, adds vibrato to the audio data, and shakes a head of the symbol image data of the sending communication terminal device user in one of vertical and horizontal directions, according to the result and

the expressing means includes a loudspeaker that emits the audio data after processing by the processing unit and a display that displays the image data after processing by the processing unit.

18. The receiving communication terminal device according to the claim 17, wherein

the symbol image data of the sending communication terminal device user is three-dimensional image data,

the processing device includes:

an image data creation unit for creating variations of the image data seen from a plurality of camera angles using the three-dimensional image data; and

a selection unit for selectively outputting the variations of the image data one at a time to the display according to the analysis result of the analysis unit.

19. The receiving communication terminal device according to the claim 17 further comprising an oscillation unit, wherein

when the physical quantities that affect the sending communication terminal device are for a swing, the oscillation unit is driven and swings the receiving communication terminal device, and

when the physical quantities that affect the sending communication terminal device are for a vibration, the oscillation unit is driven and vibrates the receiving communication terminal device.