IP Library Granted Patent US 9,015,260
Granted Patent B2
US 9,015,260 · App. 13/832,714 · Granted Apr 21, 2015

Communication terminal device, and recording medium for image storage, selection and email attachment

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Patent No.
US 9,015,260
App. No.
13/832,714
Granted
Apr 21, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

When a user selects an image, a control unit detects a face image from the selected image and acquires person data corresponding to the face image. Moreover, the control unit specifies address book data of the person and acquires an e-mail address from the address book data. When the user inputs an e-mail address, the control unit also has a function of detecting an image in which a person having the input e-mail address as a destination is an imaged object and creating an e-mail attached with the image.

Claims (30)

1. A communication terminal device comprising:

an image storage unit comprising memory configured to store images;

an e-mail address storage unit comprising memory configured to store persons' e-mail addresses;

an e-mail address input unit receiving a user's input of an e-mail address;

an image specification unit specifying an image in which a person having the e-mail address input by the e-mail address input unit as a destination is an imaged object from the images stored in the image storage unit;

a display unit displaying as an image candidate to be attached to an e-mail destined for the e-mail address input by the e-mail address input unit, identification information of the image specified by the image specification unit so as to be selected by the user; and

an image attaching unit attaching an image selected from images selectably displayed by the display unit to the e-mail destined for the e-mail address input by the e-mail address input unit.

2. The communication terminal device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an association degree calculation unit determining an association degree indicating to what extent the image specified by the image specification unit is associated with the person having the e-mail address input by the e-mail address input unit as a destination, and wherein

the display unit does not display an image whose association degree found by the association degree calculation unit is less than a predetermined value.

3. The communication terminal device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an association degree calculation unit determining an association degree indicating to what extent the image specified by the image specification unit is associated with the person having the e-mail address input by the e-mail address input unit as a destination, and wherein

if a plurality of images specified by the image specification unit exist, the display unit displays an image name of each image as well as information indicating a rank of the each image as an image candidate to be attached to an e-mail among the plurality of images, the rank corresponding to the association degree calculated by the association degree calculation unit.

4. The communication terminal device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an association information storage unit comprising memory configured to store association information that associates a person's e-mail address with an image, and wherein

the image specification unit refers to the association information and if an image associated with the e-mail address input by the e-mail address input unit exists, the image specification unit acquires the image.

5. A non-transitory recording medium storing a program, the program making a computer function as:

an image storage unit comprising memory configured to store images;

an e-mail address storage unit comprising memory configured to store persons' e-mail addresses;

an e-mail address input unit receiving a user's input of an e-mail address;

an image specification unit specifying an image in which a person having the e-mail address input by the e-mail address input unit as a destination is an imaged object from the images stored in the image storage unit;

a display unit displaying as an image candidate to be attached to an e-mail destined for the e-mail address input by the e-mail address input unit, identification information of the image specified by the image specification unit so as to be selected by the user as an email attachment; and

an image attaching unit attaching an image selected from images selectably displayed by the display unit to the e-mail destined for the e-mail address input by the e-mail address input unit as the destination.

6. A communication terminal device comprising:

means for storing images;

means for storing persons' e-mail addresses;

an e-mail address input unit receiving a user's input of an e-mail address;

means for specifying an image in which a person having the e-mail address input by the e-mail address input unit as a destination is an imaged object from the images stored in the means for image storage;

means for displaying, as an image candidate to be attached to an e-mail destined for the e-mail address input by the e-mail address input unit, identification information of the image specified by the image specification means so as to be selected by the user; and

an image attaching unit attaching an image selected by the user from images selectably displayed by the display means to the e-mail destined for the e-mail address input by the e-mail address input unit.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2015
From: NEC MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036037/0476 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 9, 2015
From: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
To: NEC MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035866/0495 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2015
From: SHIMODA, NOZOMU
To: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 034863/0522 →