Communication method

Abstract

An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is capable of communication and exchanging images with a different information processing apparatus, and comprises a storage unit for storing a display pattern dictionary including one or a plurality of finger character images, each finger character image corresponding to a character and/or a numeral and representing a finger character, an operation unit for inputting a character and/or a numeral, an image selecting unit for selecting, from the display pattern dictionary, a finger character image corresponding to the character and/or numeral input by the operation unit, and a transmitting unit for transmitting the selected finger character image to the different information processing apparatus.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows a cellular phone of the related art.

FIG. 2 shows a cellular phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the hardware of the cellular phone 201 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a universal communication process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a universal communication process according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an conceptual diagrams of the universal communication process, according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an conceptual diagrams of the universal communication process, according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 consists of schematic views of finger character images created by pressing keys, according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an transition diagram of a target finger character image, according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus capable of communication and exchanging images with another information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus comprising: an operation unit to input an alphabet character and/or a numeral;a controller to control the apparatus according to a process comprising:receiving a series of alphabet characters and/or numerals as input codes;selecting, from a display pattern dictionary including one or a plurality of images, a plurality of images corresponding to the input codes;displaying the plurality of images including a target image; andtransmitting data corresponding to the target image to another information processing apparatus.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit to store the display pattern dictionary.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit to display the plurality of images including the target image, wherein the process of the controller further comprises:displaying a user interface with a plurality of display areas; anddisplaying the plurality of images including the target image in one of the display areas; anddisplaying an image received from the other information processing apparatus on another display area.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the plurality of images in the display pattern dictionary comprise hand still images including hand movements, wherein the target image is a sign language sign based upon the hand still images.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the process of the controller further comprises displaying a user interface to display a sequence of the input codes corresponding to the displayed hand still images.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the target image is a sign language sign and the process of the controller further comprises, displaying only the input codes and transmitting only the input code, as the data corresponding to the target image.

7. The apparatus according to claim 4 wherein the process of the controller further comprises allowing a sequence of the input codes to form a sentence in the sign language.

8. A method of communication and exchanging images with another information processing apparatus, the method comprising the steps of: inputting an alphabet character and/or a numeral;receiving a series of alphabet characters and/or numerals as input codes;selecting, from a display pattern dictionary including one or a plurality of images, a plurality of images corresponding to the input codes;displaying the plurality of images including a target image; andtransmitting data corresponding to the target image to another information processing apparatus.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmitting data comprises transmitting the input codes only, the plurality of images, the target images, or any combinations thereof, to the other information processing apparatus.

10. A computer-readable recording medium that stores a computer program for communicating and exchanging images with another information processing apparatus by controlling an information processing apparatus according to a process comprising: receiving a series of alphabet characters and/or numerals as input codes;selecting, from a display pattern dictionary including one or a plurality of images, a plurality of images corresponding to the input codes;displaying the plurality of images including a target image; andtransmitting data corresponding to the target image to another information processing apparatus.