JP2000287071A - Portable information terminal, and information processing method and medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display an easy to view image by respectively magnifying division images resulting from uniformly dividing an image up to the screen size of a display section and transmitting shared parts or all of them to other portable information terminal. SOLUTION: A portable information terminal 2 is provided with a plurality of operation button groups 19 placed under a display section 11. When a division transmission button 19a is depressed, while an infrared ray port 15 opposes to an infrared-ray port 15 of other portable information terminal 2, after a still image is uniformly divided by a designated division number in advance and each is magnified up to a screen size of the display section 11, and shared part images are transmitted to the other portable information terminal 2 via the infrared-ray ports 15. That is, a system control section of the other portable information terminal 2 uniformly divides still image data picked up by a CCD camera 12 by the designated division number, writes arrangement information to the divided image, magnifies each up to the screen size of the display section 11 as division image data, and an infrared-ray communication means transmits the shared division image data to the other portable information terminal 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a portable information terminal device,
The information processing method and the medium are suitable for application to, for example, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) that is carried and carried.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, P
The DA is small and lightweight so that it can be easily carried, and it is used in mobile phones and PHS (Personal Handy-Phone Sy).
The server can be accessed through a transmission / reception means such as a stem) to transmit / receive an e-mail, browse a home page transferred from the server, and the like.

[0003]

However, in the portable information terminal (PDA) having such a configuration, the screen size of the display unit is naturally small due to the miniaturization, and the image displayed on the display unit is difficult to see. There was a problem.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and a portable information terminal device capable of displaying an image more easily.
An information processing method using the portable information terminal device and a medium for causing the portable information terminal device to execute the information processing method are to be proposed.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a portable information terminal device for capturing an image captured by a predetermined image capturing means and displaying the image on a predetermined display unit. Image dividing means for equally dividing by a number, divided image enlarging means for enlarging each of the plurality of divided images divided by the image dividing means to a predetermined screen size on the display unit, And transmitting means for distributing a part or all of the divided images to another portable information terminal device and transmitting the divided images.

[0006] The divided image obtained by dividing the image equally is enlarged to the screen size of the display unit, and a part or all of the divided image is distributed to another portable information terminal device and transmitted, thereby receiving the divided image. When a plurality of other portable information terminal devices are arranged and a divided image is displayed on each display unit, an enlarged image of the original image can be displayed as a whole.

Further, according to the present invention, in an information processing method for a portable information terminal device which takes in an image picked up by a predetermined image pickup means and displays the image on a predetermined display unit, the image is divided equally by a specified number of divisions. A splitting step;
A divided image enlarging step of enlarging each of the plurality of divided images divided by the image dividing step to a predetermined screen size on the display unit; and a part or all of the plurality of divided images enlarged by the divided image enlarging step. And a transmitting step of distributing and transmitting to each of the other portable information terminal devices.

[0008] The divided image obtained by equally dividing the image is enlarged to the screen size of the display unit, and part or all of the divided image is distributed to another portable information terminal device and transmitted, thereby receiving the divided image. When a plurality of other portable information terminal devices are arranged and a divided image is displayed on each display unit, an enlarged image of the original image can be displayed as a whole.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided an image dividing step of taking in an image taken by a predetermined image pickup means and dividing the image equally by a designated number of divisions, and displaying a plurality of divided images divided by the image dividing step. A divided image enlarging step of enlarging to a predetermined screen size, and a transmitting step of distributing and transmitting a part or all of the plurality of divided images respectively enlarged by the divided image enlarging step to other portable information terminal devices. A medium for causing a portable information terminal device to execute a program characterized by comprising:

A program for enlarging a divided image obtained by equally dividing an image to the screen size of a display unit and distributing a part or all of the divided image to another portable information terminal device and transmitting the divided image to another portable information terminal device is provided to the portable information terminal device. By running
When a plurality of other portable information terminal devices that have received the divided image are arranged, when the divided image is displayed on each display unit, an enlarged image of the original image can be displayed as a whole.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

(1) Overall Configuration of Portable Information Terminal Communication System In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a portable information terminal communication system as a whole, and a portable information terminal device 2 is a base for charging and data transfer (hereinafter referred to as a cradle). 3) and from the cradle 3 to RS232C (Recommended S
tandard 232C) LA via standard serial cable 4
N (Local Area Network) 5.

Here, the cradle 3 is provided with a charging terminal and a data terminal (not shown) at a portion in contact with the portable information terminal device 2, and a battery (not shown) of the portable information terminal device 2 is connected via the charging terminal. It can be charged and can be accessed from the data terminal via the serial cable 4 and the LAN 5 to the portable information terminal dedicated server 6 (hereinafter simply referred to as a dedicated server).

The dedicated server 6 transfers a homepage requested from the portable information terminal device 2 and a mail spool 6A.
Of the electronic mail stored in the portable information terminal device 2, and various image processing processes for the still image transferred from the portable information terminal device 2.

A personal computer 7 is connected to the LAN 5. When a communication state is set between the personal computer 7 and the portable information terminal 2, the personal computer 7 connects the LAN 5 with the serial cable 4 and the cradle 3. By transmitting a control command desired by the user to the portable information terminal device 2 via the data terminal,
The portable information terminal device 2 can be remotely operated.

A gateway server 8 is connected to the LAN 5.
Is connected, and the dedicated server 6 and the personal computer 7 can perform data communication with an external terminal (not shown) connected to the Internet 9 via the gateway server 8.

The portable information terminal device 2 is provided with a display section 11 composed of a liquid crystal display (LCD) at substantially the center of the front, and a CC provided at the top of the front.
D (Charge Coupled Device) A still image or a moving image captured by the camera 12 is displayed, or an e-mail or a homepage sent via the LAN 5 is displayed.
The display unit 11 is a touch panel (not shown) for performing handwriting input via input means such as a touch pen in a data input mode for inputting a memo or an e-mail.

A microphone 13 is provided on the right side of the CCD camera 12, and collects a user's voice. A speaker 14 is built in a portion adjacent to the left of the CCD camera 12, and an antenna 18 provided at the left end of the upper surface is provided.
It outputs a ringtone when there is an incoming call via the Internet, the sound of a homepage, and the like.

Incidentally, the portable information terminal device 2 has an antenna 1
8 has a wireless communication unit (not shown) therein, and is provided with an ordinary mobile phone or a PHS (Personal Handy-Phon
e System).

The portable information terminal device 2 is provided with an infrared port 15 conforming to the IrDA (Infrared Data Association) standard at the upper right side of the right side, and for example, a CCD camera for the other portable information terminal device 2 and the personal computer 7. The still image data captured by the camera 12 can be transferred via the infrared port 15 and the still image data transferred from another portable information terminal device 2 or the personal computer 7 can be received via the infrared port 15. ing.

The portable information terminal device 2 is also provided with an infrared port 15 (not shown) at the upper part on the left side, and the right and left infrared ports 15 are selectively used according to the use conditions.

Below the infrared port 15 is a memory stick slot 17 for a memory stick (trademark) 16.
The portable information terminal device 2 can use the memory stick 16 as an additional flash memory when the memory stick 16 is inserted into the memory stick slot 17.

The memory stick 16 is a type of flash memory card developed by Sony Corporation, the assignee of the present invention. This memory stick 16
Is an electrically erasable and erasable EEPROM (Electrically Erasab) in a small and thin plastic case measuring 21.5 x 50 x 2.8 [mm].
le and Programmable Read Only Memory), which stores a flash memory element, and enables writing and reading of various data such as images, voices, and music via a 10-pin terminal.

The memory stick 16 employs a unique serial protocol that can ensure compatibility with a device to be used, so that it can cope with a change in use of the built-in flash memory due to an increase in capacity or the like. Have been made to gain. Furthermore, the memory stick 16
High-speed performance with a maximum writing speed of 1.5 [MB / S] and a maximum reading speed of 2.45 [MB / S] is achieved, and erroneous erasure prevention switches prevent erroneous erasure to ensure high reliability.

Further, the portable information terminal device 2 includes a display unit 11
A plurality of operation buttons 19 are provided in the lower part of the screen. When the split transmission button 19A is pressed in a state where the infrared port 15 and the infrared port 15 of the other portable information terminal device 2 face each other, a still image is displayed. After the image is divided evenly by the predetermined number of divisions and enlarged to the screen size of the display unit 11, it can be transmitted to another portable information terminal device 2 via the infrared port 15.

(2) Circuit Configuration of Portable Information Terminal Device Next, a circuit configuration of the portable information terminal device 2 will be described with reference to FIG. The portable information terminal device 2 is roughly composed of a control unit 21 and a wireless communication unit 22.

The control unit 21 has a CPU (Central Pro
cessing Unit) controls the entire control unit 21 and the wireless communication unit 22. The system control unit 23 includes:
ROM (Read Only Memory) 24, DRAM (Dynamic Ran
dom Access Memory) 25, flash memory 26 composed of rewritable nonvolatile memory, and memory stick 1
6 is connected to a memory stick slot 17.

Here, the DRAM 25 is used as a work area for loading a predetermined program or application software read from the ROM 24 and executing a predetermined process.

The ROM 24 includes a wireless communication control program for controlling wireless communication by the wireless communication unit 22,
A divided transmission program for performing divided transmission control of a still image captured by the CCD camera 12, HTML (Hyper Text)
Various application software such as a WWW (World Wide Web) browser for analyzing a Markup Language) file to display a homepage, a display control program for controlling display of the display unit 11, and a menu program for displaying a menu screen are stored. The data is read out and loaded into the DRAM 25 as needed.

Further, the system control unit 23 outputs the RO
By driving the LCD driver 27 based on various application software such as an image editing program and a display control program read from the M24, the LCD
The display unit 11 displays a still image, a menu screen, a homepage, and the like captured by the CCD camera 12 and outputs sound via the speaker 14.

Further, the system control unit 23
The transmission / reception data processing unit 31 transmits still image data captured by the CD camera 12, audio data collected by the microphone 13, and input data such as e-mail created by operating a touch pen or touch keys on the touch panel 28 of the display unit 11. After performing predetermined data processing, the data is transmitted to the data transmission / reception interface 32 or the modem 29 as transmission data.

Here, when the portable information terminal device 2 is set in the cradle 3, the transmission / reception data processing unit 31 sends the transmission data to the modem 29, and from the data terminal 3A of the cradle 3 via the modem 29. The data is transmitted to the dedicated server 6 or the personal computer 7 via the serial cable 4 (FIG. 1) and the LAN 5.

On the other hand, when the portable information terminal device 2 is not set in the cradle 3, the transmission / reception data processing unit 31 sends the data to the data transmission / reception interface 32 for data transmission by wireless communication or infrared communication.

The data transmission / reception interface 32 converts transmission data into a data format capable of wireless communication, and sends the data to the wireless communication unit 22. Wireless communication unit 2
2 is a predetermined modulation process (for example, Q
After performing PSK (Quadrature Phase Shift Keying) modulation processing, frequency conversion is performed to a predetermined frequency band to generate a transmission signal, which is amplified to a predetermined power, and then transmitted to the antenna 18.
To a predetermined access point (not shown) via the access point and the LAN 5 (FIG. 1) via the access point.
To the dedicated server 6 and the personal computer 7.

The data transmission / reception interface 32
Converts the transmission data into a data format capable of performing infrared communication, and transmits the data to another portable information terminal device 2 or personal computer 7 via the infrared port 15.

(3) Divided Image Transmission Process in Portable Information Terminal Device In practice, the portable information terminal device 2 has a CCD camera 1
2. The still image data D51 imaged in step 2 is sent to the system control unit 23. The system control unit 23 is operated by the user to send a divided transmission button 19A (FIG.
Is pressed, the still image data D5 is displayed as shown in FIG.
1 is equally divided into four from the top, for example, and divided image data D51A to D51D corresponding to the respective divided areas 11A to 11D.
Generate 51D.

The system control unit 23 writes the arrangement information (for example, No. 1 to No. 4) relating to the combination arrangement of the divided image data D51A to D51D into the divided image data D51A to D51D, respectively, and also writes the divided image data D51A. To D51D on the display unit 11
, Respectively, and the screen size is distributed to each of the other portable information terminal devices 2 corresponding to the number of divisions and transmitted.

The divided image data D5 enlarged
In 1A to D51D, an image that has been displayed with one pixel until now is displayed with a plurality of pixels, and the aspect ratio of the enlarged divided image is determined according to the number of divisions. In addition,
If the aspect ratio of the enlarged divided image is not substantially changed, the picture of the divided image is merely enlarged in a similar shape and hardly changes.

(3-1) Divided Transmission Processing of Still Image Data by Infrared Communication Next, the procedure of division transmission processing of still image data by the portable information terminal device 2 using infrared communication will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The system control unit 23 of the portable information terminal device 2 enters from a start step of RT1 and moves to step SP1.

In step SP1, the system control unit 23 fetches the still image data D51 captured by the CCD camera 12, and proceeds to the next step SP2.

In step SP2, the system control unit 23 receives from the user the designation of the number of divisions (for example, number of sheets = 4) for the still image data by button operation using the operation button group 19, and proceeds to the next step SP3.

In step SP3, the system control section 23 determines whether or not the user has pressed the split transmission button 19A. If a negative result is obtained here, this means that the split transmission button 19A has not been pressed, so the flow returns to step SP1 again to return to the split transmission button 1A.
Wait until 9A is pressed.

On the other hand, if a positive result is obtained in step SP3, this means that the division transmission button 19A has been pressed, so that the system control unit 23 enters the division transmission mode, and proceeds to the next step SP4.

In step SP4, the system control unit 23 equally divides the still image data into four (FIG. 3) with the designated number of divisions, and divides the divided image data D51A to D5.
1D is generated, the arrangement information (No. 1 to No. 4) relating to the arrangement (layout) at the time of the division is written into the divided image data D51A to D51D, and is enlarged to the screen size of the display unit 11, Next step SP
Move to 5.

In step SP5, the system control unit 23 first presses the split transmission button 19A with the infrared port 15 of the system control unit 23 and the infrared port 15 of the other portable information terminal device 2A facing each other. The divided image data D51A enlarged to the screen size is transmitted to another portable information terminal device 2A to be transmitted first.

Subsequently, the system control unit 23
The enlarged divided image data D51B is transmitted to the other portable information terminal device 2 as the fourth transmission target, and similarly, the divided image data enlarged to another portable information terminal device 2D as the fourth transmission target. D51D is transmitted.

Subsequently, in step SP6, the system control section 23 determines whether or not the transmission processing of the divided image data D51D has been completed. If a negative result is obtained here, this indicates that the transmission of the divided image data D51D has not been completed yet, and at this time, the process returns to step SP5 again and repeats the above-described transmission processing.

On the other hand, if a positive result is obtained in step SP6, this indicates that the divided image data D51A
To D51D indicate that transmission has been completed. At this time, the system control unit 23 proceeds to step SP7 and ends the divided transmission processing of image data by infrared communication.

(3-2) Divided Transmission Process of Still Image Data by E-mail The system control unit 23 of the portable information terminal 2
When the user presses the split transmission button 19A (FIG. 1), the still image data D51 is, for example,
The image data is divided to generate divided image data D51A to D51D corresponding to the respective divided areas 11A to 11D.

The system control unit 23 writes the arrangement information (for example, No. 1 to No. 4) regarding the combination arrangement of the divided image data D51A to D51D into the divided image data D51A to D51D, respectively, and also writes the divided image data D51A. To D51D on the display unit 11
, And transmits them to the dedicated server 6 via the modem 29 or the wireless communication unit 22 as an e-mail attachment to the other portable information terminal devices 2A to 2D in a number corresponding to the number of divisions.

Next, the procedure of the still image data division transmission process using the electronic mail by the portable information terminal device 2 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Portable information terminal device 2
The system control unit 23 enters from the start step of RT2 and moves to step SP11.

In step SP11, the system control section 23 fetches the still image data D51 picked up by the CCD camera 12, and in the next step SP1
Move to 2.

In step SP12, the system control unit 23 receives from the user the designation of the number of divisions (for example, number of sheets = 4) for the still image data by button operation using the operation button group 19, and proceeds to the next step SP13.

In step SP13, the system control unit 23 determines whether or not the user has entered the destination mail address for the number of divisions. If a negative result is obtained here, this means that the mail addresses for the number of divisions have not been entered yet, and at this time, the system control unit 23 waits until all the mail addresses for the number of divisions have been entered. .

On the other hand, if a positive result is obtained in step SP13, this means that the mail addresses for the number of divisions have already been entered, and the system control unit 23 proceeds to the next step SP14. .

In step SP14, the system control unit 23 determines whether the user has pressed the split transmission button 19A on the screen of the display unit 11.
Here, if a negative result is obtained, this means that the split transmission button 19A has not been pressed, so that step SP14 is performed again.
And waits until the split transmission button 19A is pressed.

On the other hand, if a positive result is obtained in step SP14, this means that the transmission button 19A
Is pressed, the system control unit 23 enters the split transmission mode, and proceeds to the next step SP15.

In step SP15, the system control unit 23 equally divides the still image data by the designated number of divisions (FIG. 3) and divides the still image data into divided image data D51A to D5.
1D is generated, the arrangement information (No. 1 to No. 4) relating to the arrangement (layout) at the time of the division is written into the divided image data D51A to D51D, and is enlarged to the screen size of the display unit 11, and the next Move to step SP16.

In step SP16, the system control unit 23 sets the divided image data D
51A to D51D by SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Pr
otocol) as an attachment to the e-mail, in the order in which the e-mail addresses were entered
A is transmitted to each dedicated server 6 via A, and the process proceeds to the next step SP17.

At step SP17, the system control unit 23 determines whether or not the transmission processing of the divided image data D51D to the fourth mail address has been completed. If a negative result is obtained here, this indicates that the transmission of the divided image data D51D has not been completed yet, and at this time, the process returns to step SP16 again and repeats the above-described transmission processing.

On the other hand, if a positive result is obtained in step SP17, this indicates that the divided image data D51
A to D51D indicate that transmission has been completed. At this time, the system control unit 23 proceeds to step SP18.
Then, the image data division transmission process by e-mail is ended.

(4) Operation and Effect in Embodiment In the above configuration, the system control unit 23 of the portable information terminal device 2 divides the still image data D51 imaged by the CCD camera 12 equally by the designated number of divisions. Then, after the arrangement information is written, the divided image data D51A to D51D enlarged to the screen size of the display unit 11 are generated, and distributed to the other portable information terminal devices 2A to 2D by infrared communication and transmitted.

The other portable information terminals 2A to 2D take in the divided image data D51A to D51D transferred via the infrared port 15 of the portable information terminal 2.

The system control unit 23 of the portable information terminal device 2 equally divides the still image data D51 taken by the CCD camera 12 by the designated number of divisions, writes the arrangement information, and then writes the screen size of the display unit 11. Then, the divided image data D51A to D51D are generated and transmitted to the dedicated server 6 as an attached file of an e-mail based on the e-mail address of another user who is the transmission destination.

The other portable information terminal devices 2A to 2D access the dedicated server 6, receive the e-mail addressed to themselves stored in the mail spool 6A, and transmit the divided image data D51A to D51D as an attached file of the e-mail. Take in each.

The portable information terminal devices 2A to 2D that have received the divided image data D51A to D51D by infrared communication or e-mail display the divided images corresponding to the divided image data D51A to D51D on the respective display units 11.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 6, the portable information terminal devices 2A to 2D are based on the arrangement information of the divided images respectively displayed on the display units 11 of the portable information terminal devices 2A to 2D.
Are arranged, the original still image can be enlarged and displayed on the entire display section of the portable information terminal devices 2A to 2D.

According to the above configuration, the portable information terminal device 2
Divides a still image captured by the CCD camera 12 by a designated number of divisions, writes the arrangement information, enlarges the image to the screen size of the display unit 11, and transmits each divided image to the other portable information terminal devices 2A to 2D. By separately transmitting the divided images, the divided images in which the arrangement information is written can be displayed on the display units 11 of the portable information terminal devices 2A to 2D.

Thus, the portable information terminal devices 2A to 2D
When the images are arranged in order based on the arrangement information of the divided images displayed on the display unit 11, the original still images can be displayed in a legible manner as an enlarged image including a plurality of divided images.

(5) Other Embodiments In the above embodiment, the still image data D51 is divided and enlarged by the system controller 23 as the image dividing means and the divided image enlarging means. The case has been described in which D51D is transmitted to the other portable information terminal devices 2A to 2D via the data transmission / reception interface 32 and the infrared port 15 as transmission means. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The data may be transmitted to the dedicated server 6 as an attached file of the e-mail via the modem 29, or may be transmitted to the other portable information terminal devices 2A to 2D by a wireless communication method using the wireless communication unit 22.

In the above-described embodiment, the still image data D51 imaged by the CCD camera 12 is divided and transmitted using the portable information terminal device 2 integrated with the CCD camera 12 as the imaging means. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and still image data captured by various other image capturing means such as a digital still camera may be externally taken into a portable information terminal device or personal computer having no CCD camera. Alternatively, divided transmission may be performed from the portable information terminal device or the personal computer.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which a still image is equally divided into four from the top by the user's designation. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is not limited to this. Further, division may be performed by other various division methods.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the divided transmission program as a medium is stored in the R of the portable information terminal device 2.
Although the description has been given of the case where the data is loaded and provided from the OM 24, the present invention is not limited to this.
(Compact Disc-Read Only Memory), DVD (Digital V
(Ideo Disc), package media such as memory stick 16, etc., semiconductor memory and magnetic disk temporarily or permanently stored, and wireless communication media such as local area network, Internet, digital satellite broadcasting, routers and modems, etc. May be provided by the various communication interfaces.

[0074]

As described above, according to the present invention, the divided images obtained by equally dividing the images are respectively enlarged to the screen size of the display unit, and a part or the whole of the divided images is transferred to another portable information terminal device. By distributing and transmitting each of them, a plurality of other portable information terminal devices receiving the divided image are arranged, and when the divided image is displayed on each display unit, an enlarged image of the original image is displayed as a whole. Thus, it is possible to realize a portable information terminal device capable of displaying images more easily.

According to the present invention, the divided images obtained by equally dividing the images are respectively enlarged to the screen size of the display unit, and a part or all of the divided images are distributed to other portable information terminal devices and transmitted. Thereby, in a state in which a plurality of other portable information terminal devices that have received the divided image are arranged, when the divided image is displayed on each display unit, it is possible to display an enlarged image of the original image as a whole, and thus further An information processing method capable of displaying an image in an easily viewable manner can be realized.

Further, according to the present invention, the divided images obtained by equally dividing the images are respectively enlarged to the screen size of the display unit, and a part or all of the divided images are distributed to other portable information terminal devices and transmitted. By causing the portable information terminal device to execute the program, a plurality of other portable information terminal devices receiving the divided image are arranged, and when the divided image is displayed on each display unit, an enlarged image of the original image as a whole is displayed. Can be displayed, and thus a medium that allows the portable information terminal device to execute a program capable of displaying an image in a more easily viewable manner can be realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an overall configuration of a portable information terminal communication system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a circuit configuration of the portable information terminal device.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram for explaining a four-divided process of still image data;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a process of dividing and transmitting still image data by infrared communication.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a process of dividing and transmitting still image data by e-mail.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating divided images respectively displayed by a plurality of portable information terminal devices.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Portable information terminal communication system, 2 ... Portable information terminal device, 3 ... Cradle, 5 ... LAN, 6 ... Dedicated server, 11 ... Display part, 12 ... CCD camera 23 ...
System control unit, 24 ROM, 25 D
RAM, 26 flash memory, 27 LCD driver, 31 transmission / reception data processing unit.

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Naohiro Suzuki 6-35 Kitashinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo F-term in Sony Corporation (reference) 5B089 GA25 HA14 JB03 JB22 KA02 LA01 LA18 LB17 5C076 AA21 AA36 CA10

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A portable information terminal device that captures an image captured by a predetermined imaging unit and displays the image on a predetermined display unit, wherein the image division unit divides the image evenly by a specified division number; Means for enlarging the plurality of divided images divided by the means to a predetermined screen size on the display unit; and part or all of the plurality of divided images enlarged by the divided image enlarging means, respectively. Transmitting means for distributing and transmitting to each of the portable information terminal devices described above. 2. The divided image enlarging means adds image arrangement information for displaying the original image to the divided images when the enlarged divided images are combined, respectively. The portable information terminal device according to claim 1. 3. The portable information terminal device according to claim 1, wherein said transmission means transmits said divided image to another portable information terminal device by infrared communication. 4. The portable information terminal device according to claim 1, wherein said transmitting means transmits said divided image to said portable information terminal device as an attached file of an electronic mail. 5. An information processing method for a portable information terminal device, which captures an image captured by a predetermined imaging unit and displays the image on a predetermined display unit, comprising: an image division step of dividing the image equally by a designated number of divisions; A divided image enlarging step of enlarging each of the plurality of divided images divided by the image dividing step to a predetermined screen size on the display unit; Or a transmission step of distributing and transmitting the whole information to the other portable information terminal devices, respectively. 6. The divided image enlarging step is characterized by adding image arrangement information for displaying the original image to each of the divided images when the enlarged divided images are combined, respectively. The information processing method according to claim 5. 7. The information processing method according to claim 5, wherein in the transmitting step, the divided image is transmitted to another portable information terminal device by infrared communication. 8. The information processing method according to claim 5, wherein in the transmitting step, the divided image is transmitted to the portable information terminal device as an attached file of an electronic mail. 9. An image dividing step of taking in an image taken by a predetermined image pickup means and dividing the image equally by a designated number of divisions, and a plurality of divided images divided by the image dividing step are displayed on a predetermined screen on a display unit. A divided image enlarging step of enlarging to a size; and a transmitting step of distributing and transmitting a part or all of the plurality of divided images respectively enlarged by the divided image enlarging step to the other portable information terminal devices. A medium for causing a portable information terminal device to execute a program characterized by the above. 10. The divided image enlarging step is characterized in that, when the enlarged divided images are combined, image arrangement information for displaying the original image is added to each of the divided images. The medium according to claim 9, which causes the portable information terminal device to execute the program. 11. The medium according to claim 9, wherein the transmitting step causes the portable information terminal device to execute a program, wherein the program transmits the divided image to another portable information terminal device by infrared communication. 12. The portable information terminal device according to claim 9, wherein said transmitting step comprises transmitting said divided image to said portable information terminal device as an attached file of an electronic mail. Medium.