Cellular phone, print system, and print method therefor
View Patent ↗In a cellular phone ( 201 ), text data (code data) corresponding to user's input operation is converted into first data format (BMP format or the like) image data. The image data is synthesized with input image data such as a photograph to be allotted in a given format. The image data arranged and synthesized in the format is converted into image data of a second data format (JPEG, GIF, or the like). The converted image data is then printed on a recording sheet ( 203 ) in a printer ( 202 ).
1. A cellular phone comprising:
converting means for converting code data, which corresponds to an input operation of a user, into first data format image data, the first data format image data including photographic image data stored in a memory of the cellular phone, the first data format image data further including text data that identifies the photographic image data;
arrangement-and-synthesis means for performing at least one of arrangement processing and synthesis processing on the first data format image data so as to create image data rendered in a given format; and
output means for outputting the image data created by said arrangement-and-synthesis means to external device,
wherein said arrangement-and-synthesis means performs at least one of arrangement processing and the synthesis processing, on the first data format image data and input image data to render the data in the given format, the arrangement processing including dividing up a printing area into a plurality of areas, wherein at least one of the plurality of printing areas is dedicated to printing the photographic image data, and wherein another of the plurality of printing areas is dedicated to printing the text data, and
wherein said arrangement-and-synthesis means includes arrangement setting means which enables a user to set arrangement of the code data, or the first data format image data in areas that constitute the predetermined format, the arrangement setting means including a first graphical user interface that allows the user to select a number of different regions of a printing area, and a second graphical user interface that allows the user to select in which region of the printing area the photographic image data is to be printed and that allows the user to select in which region of the printing area the text data is to be printed, wherein the user specifies, by way of the second graphical user interface, at least one text file name corresponding to at least one text file that contains the text data and at least one image file name corresponding to at least one image file that contains the photographic image data.
2. The cellular phone according to claim 1 , wherein the first graphical user interface allows the user to select each of the different regions as being either a photographic image region or a text data region.
3. A print system comprising a cellular phone and a printing machine which are connected directly or indirectly through an external device in a communicable manner, wherein:
said cellular phone includes:
converting means for converting code data, which corresponds to an input operation of a user, into first data format image data, the first data format image data including photographic image data stored in a memory of the cellular phone, the first data format image data further including text data that identifies the photographic image data;
arrangement-and-synthesis means for performing at least one of arrangement processing and synthesis processing on the first data format image data so as to create image data rendered in a given format; and
output means for outputting the image data created by the arrangement-and-synthesis means to the outside to transmit the data to the printing machine; and
said printing machine includes print means for printing on a recording medium the image data received in communication with the cellular phone,
wherein said arrangement-and-synthesis means performs at least one of arrangement processing and the synthesis processing, on the first data format image data and input image data to render the data in the predetermined format, the arrangement processing including dividing up a printing area into a plurality of areas based on selections made by a user on a first graphical user interface, wherein at least one of the plurality of printing areas is dedicated to printing the photographic image data, and wherein another of the plurality of printing areas is dedicated to printing the text data, and
wherein the code data is data created by an application function of the cellular phone, the predetermined format including a particular number of divided areas in which to print the text data and the photographic image data, wherein the arrangement-and-synthesis means includes means for allowing the user to select, via the first graphical user interface, the particular number of divided areas from a plurality of different numbers of divided areas,
wherein the user specifies, by way of a second graphical user interface, at least one text file name corresponding to at least one text file that contains the text data and at least one image file name corresponding to at least one image file that contains the photographic image data.
4. The print system according to claim 3 , wherein the first graphical user interface allows the user to select each of the different regions as being either a photographic image region or a text data region.