JP2978916B1 - Mobile phone terminals - Google Patents

Abstract

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve operability of a mobile phone terminal. SOLUTION: By pressing a push button switch once, voice recognition is performed, and a procedure for searching for dial information according to the voice recognition result is started. The search result is notified to the user as voice. Thereafter, when the push button switch is pressed again, a calling procedure for the searched telephone number is activated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention is used for a mobile phone service. The present invention relates to a dial information search technique.
The present invention relates to improvement of operability of a mobile phone terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Cellular phone services have become widespread.
Various devices have been devised for mobile phone terminals used for mobile phone services so that users can use them easily. Especially,
Various mechanisms have been put into practical use for obtaining dial information.

[0003] For example, dial information registered in advance is displayed one after another as a name, and a user can select a desired call destination from the dial information. At this time,
In order to facilitate the search, the search may be performed by inputting initials having a desired name.

[0004] Further, by applying voice recognition technology, a desired call destination name is input by voice, and dial information is searched in accordance with the input.

Further, an earphone and a microphone are provided outside the mobile phone terminal, and these are connected to the main body of the mobile phone terminal by a cable. The main body of the mobile phone terminal is set in a user's pocket or a belt of pants, and transmission and reception are performed. 2. Description of the Related Art There is a mobile phone terminal that is configured to be implemented by an external earphone and a microphone. This eliminates the need to hold the mobile phone terminal in both hands, frees both hands, and allows the operation for receiving a call or the operation for calling to be performed quickly.

A conventional example will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a main part of a conventional mobile phone terminal. The mobile phone terminal shown in FIG. 4 is configured to obtain dial information by voice recognition by operating the input operation unit 28 of the main body 20. The call processing control unit 27 controls the voice recognition unit 23 to receive voice recognition by an input operation from the input operation unit 28. When the user inputs a desired name through the microphone 2, the voice recognition unit 23 recognizes the voice, and searches the memory dial table 25 using the memory dial search unit 24 for a name corresponding to the recognition result. The search result is displayed on the display unit 50. The user
The dial information displayed on the display unit 50 is confirmed, and if the dial information matches the desired dial information, the input operation unit 28 is operated to prompt the call processing control unit 27 to call. In response to this, the call processing control unit 27 urges the communication control unit 26 to call.
Thereby, the user can communicate with a desired partner. At the end of the call, when the user operates the input operation unit 28, the call processing control unit 27 recognizes the end of the call and prompts the communication control unit 26 to disconnect the call. This ends the call.

[0007]

As described in the above-mentioned prior art, various devices have been devised for promptly obtaining dial information. However, all of these require operation of the mobile phone terminal body, and dial information cannot be retrieved by a simple external switch operation.

In particular, when dial information is obtained by voice recognition, a switch for activating voice recognition, a display unit for confirming the retrieved dial information, a switch for calling according to the dial information, A switch or the like for on-hook is required, and it is difficult to perform the operation with a simple external switch.

For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication Nos. Hei 3-045057 and Hei 4-096461 disclose techniques for searching dial information by voice recognition. However, the technique is simple with an external switch without touching the mobile phone terminal body. Searching for dialing information is not contemplated. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-307615 discloses a mobile phone terminal provided with an earphone, a microphone, and a switch externally, and further searches for dial information by voice recognition. In this case, the user simply extracts the complicated input operation unit provided as an external switch as it is, and does not consider obtaining dial information by a simple switch operation.

The present invention has been made in such a background, and an object of the present invention is to provide a portable telephone terminal capable of improving operability. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile phone terminal capable of obtaining dial information by a simple operation of an external switch. The present invention
An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone terminal capable of performing a series of operations from dial information search to calling and ending a call by a simple external switch without touching the terminal body.

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a portable telephone terminal, which includes voice recognition means, means for searching for dial information corresponding to the voice recognition result, and calls according to the searched dial information. And a mobile phone terminal provided with a main body including:

Here, a feature of the present invention is that one push button switch is provided in a box separate from the main body, and the voice recognition means and the search means are activated by pressing the push button switch. And a call starting means for starting the calling means in response to pressing of the push button switch after the dial information search. Preferably, the separate box is provided with both an earphone and a microphone. Preferably, the searching means includes means for notifying a search result by voice.

As described above, in the mobile phone terminal of the present invention,
By remotely operating the mobile phone terminal by pressing an externally connected push button switch, voice recognition and dial information search are activated. That is, by pressing the push button switch once, it is possible to activate a procedure for performing voice recognition and searching for dial information according to the voice recognition result. The user inputs the name to be searched by voice. Search for the name entered and search for the phone number corresponding to that name. The search result is notified to the user as voice.

Thereafter, when the push button switch is pressed again, a calling procedure for the retrieved telephone number is started. As a result, the call is connected to the other party desired by the user, and the call is made. When the call ends, the on-hook may be performed by pressing the push button switch again.

Thus, dial information can be obtained by a simple operation of the external switch. At this time, a series of operations from dial information search to calling and ending can be performed by a simple external switch without touching the terminal body.

The search activating means includes means for comparing the pressing time of the push button switch with a predetermined time, and means for activating the voice recognition means and the searching means in accordance with the comparison result of the comparing means. It is desirable to include.

[0017] The calling activation means includes means for comparing the pressing time of the push button switch with a predetermined time;
It is preferable to include means for calling the calling means according to the comparison result of the comparing means.

As described above, by comparing the pressing time of the push button switch with the predetermined time, the same pressing operation can have different meanings depending on the pressing time of the switch. For example, when the notified search result is incorrect, the current search result can be canceled in order to perform the search again by pressing the push button switch for a short period of time equal to or less than the predetermined time. In addition, it is possible to prevent the mobile phone terminal from malfunctioning due to the user pressing the push button switch by mistake.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a main part of a mobile phone terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an earphone, a microphone, and a push button switch according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a mobile phone terminal as shown in FIG. 1, which is a voice recognition unit 23 as voice recognition means, and a memory dial search means for searching dial information corresponding to the voice recognition result. This is a mobile phone terminal provided with a main body 20 including a unit 24 and a communication control unit 26 which is a unit for calling according to the searched dial information.

Here, the feature of the present invention is that, as shown in FIG. 2, one push button switch 3 is provided in a button input unit 10 which is a separate box from the main body 20, and a state monitoring unit 21 is provided. , Voice recognition unit 23 and memory dial search unit 2
4 is activated when the push button switch 3 is depressed, and the call of the communication control unit 26 is activated when the push button switch 3 is depressed after the dial information search. The button input unit 10 is provided with both an earphone 1 and a microphone 2, as shown in FIG. Further, the memory dial search unit 24 notifies the search result by voice via the earphone 1.

The state monitoring unit 21 includes a push button switch 3
A time measuring unit 22, which is a means for comparing the pressing time with a predetermined time, and a voice recognition unit 23 and a memory dial search unit 24 are activated according to the comparison result of the time measuring unit 22. Further, the state monitoring unit 21 causes the time measurement unit 22 to compare the pressing time of the push button switch 3 with a predetermined time, and causes the communication control unit 26 to call according to the comparison result.

[0023]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.
The idle screen described below is a screen other than the dial information display, and refers to, for example, a standby screen, a clock display screen, a call display screen, and the like. The button input unit 10 is connected to the main body 20 (S0). Press the push button switch 3 (S1). At this time, if the display on the display unit 50 is displaying an idle screen or dial information (S2),
The state monitoring unit 21 performs the pressing time measuring process by the time measuring unit 22 (S3). If it is any other display, the process is exited ignoring the press. The time measuring unit 22 includes the transmitting circuit unit 4
Time measurement is performed by a clock signal generated by 0.
If the pressing time is longer than the predetermined time (S4), the apparatus is on standby (S5), and if the display on the display unit 50 is an idle screen (S6), the voice recognition unit 23 is activated (S6).
7). Subsequently, the memory dial search unit 24 searches the memory dial table 25 for desired dial information, displays the searched memory dial on the display unit 50, and sends out the voice dial signal to the earphone 1 (S8). Alternatively, if the display unit 50 has already displayed the dial information (S10), the communication control unit 26 performs a calling operation via the transmission / reception unit 30 and the antenna 60 (S11). If it is not waiting (S5), a call end operation is performed (S5).
9).

When the pressing time is shorter than the predetermined time (S4), if the apparatus is in the standby mode (S12), the screen returns to the standby screen (S13). Alternatively, if the display unit 50 displays the dial information (S14), the calling operation is performed again (S15). The procedure shown in FIG. 3 is a procedure automatically performed by the mobile phone terminal except for pressing the push button switch 3.

Next, the predetermined time of the pressing time of the push button switch 3 is set to 1 second, and the memory dial table 25 is set.
"Saitama Taro": 04
09112222 "and make a call to end the call.

First, the button input unit 10 shown in FIG. 1 is connected to the main body 20, and the push button switch 3 is pressed (S0).
→ S1). Since the display on the display unit 50 is an idle screen, measurement of the pressing time of the push button switch 3 is started (S2 →
S3). When the button is pressed for one second or more for a predetermined time (hereinafter referred to as long press), the measurement of the press time is stopped, and voice recognition is started (S3 → S4 → S5 → S6 → S7). When speech recognition starts, the user enters words for speech recognition,
Memory dial table 25 corresponding to the entered word
Is retrieved, and the search result is transmitted by voice from the earphone 1 and displayed on the display unit 30 (S7 → S8). If undesired dialing information is found, a switch pressing operation of less than one second (hereinafter referred to as "short pressing") erases the currently searched dialing information and returns to a state in which the search is performed again. (S1 → S2 → S3 → S4 → S12 → S1
3). Dial information "Taro Saitama: 04"
09112222 ", when the push button switch 3 is pressed again, a call is made to the telephone number of" Taro Saitama "(S1 → S2 → S3 → S4 → S5 → S6 → S
10 → S11). The call can be ended by pressing and holding the switch again on the normal call screen (S1 → S2 → S3 →
S4 → S5 → S9).

Further, when the dial information of the search result is displayed, voice recognition can be activated by pressing and holding the push button switch 3 so that a calling operation can be performed by voice. In addition, the long press and short press operations of the switch are different between standby and talking, so a long press of the switch is used to activate voice recognition and make a call, and a short press is used to end the call and stop each function. It can be unified.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Dial information can be obtained by a simple operation of an external switch. That is, a series of operations from dial information search to calling and ending a call can be performed by a simple external switch without touching the terminal body. As a result, the user of the mobile phone terminal can perform the calling operation by groping and reacting to the ears without looking at the surface of the mobile phone terminal, thereby providing a device with excellent operability. Can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a main part of a mobile phone terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an earphone, a microphone, and a push button switch according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a main part of a conventional mobile phone terminal.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Earphone 2 Microphone 3 Push button switch 5 Cable 10 Button input unit 20 Main unit 21 Status monitoring unit 22 Time measurement unit 23 Voice recognition unit 24 Memory dial search unit 25 Memo dial table 26 Communication control unit 27 Call processing control unit 28 Input operation Unit 30 transmitting / receiving unit 40 transmitting circuit unit 50 display unit 60 antenna

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A mobile phone terminal comprising: a main unit including a voice recognition unit, a unit for searching for dial information corresponding to the voice recognition result, and a unit for calling according to the searched dial information. A push button switch provided in a separate box from the main body, a search start means for starting the voice recognition means and the search means in response to pressing of the push button switch; A mobile phone terminal, comprising: a calling activation unit that is activated in response to depression of the push button switch after the search. 2. The mobile phone terminal according to claim 1, wherein an earphone and a microphone are both provided in the separate box. 3. The mobile phone terminal according to claim 1, wherein said searching means includes means for notifying a search result by voice. 4. The search activating unit compares the pressing time of the push button switch with a predetermined time, and activates the voice recognition unit and the searching unit according to a comparison result of the comparing unit. The mobile phone terminal according to claim 1, comprising: 5. The calling starting means includes: means for comparing the pressing time of the push button switch with a predetermined time; and means for calling the calling means in accordance with the comparison result of the comparing means. The mobile phone terminal according to claim 1 including: