JP2000196784A - Portable communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To read information only by means of reading the abbreviation of information to be read to in the portable communication terminal of a portable telephone set. SOLUTION: When an operator reads a label corresponding to the book mark of information to be read, it is inputted from a voice input means 2 and a voice recognition means 3 recognizes voice. A control means 5 retrieves whether an item matched with the label which is voice-recognized exists in the labels registered in a book mark/label corresponding table 7a. When the matching item exists, URL of the book mark corresponding to the label is taken out and an information read program 6a obtains information which URL designates through a communication means 8 and display it on a display means 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable communication terminal having an information browsing function, and more particularly to a technique for designating information to be viewed using a voice recognition function (voice command).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when browsing information on a network with an information browsing function (browser) of a portable communication terminal such as a portable telephone, a place (UR) where the information to be browsed exists.
L: Uniform Resource Locator). Then, frequently browsed information is registered as a bookmark in order to facilitate the input operation, and the bookmark is displayed and selected with a key or a pen operation to designate information to be browsed.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional operation, key operations are repeatedly performed until a desired bookmark is searched for and selected or browsed, or scrolling is performed to search for necessary information. Was annoying.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a portable communication terminal which allows browsing of information by simply reading out the abbreviation of the information to be browsed.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a portable communication terminal having a voice recognition function and an information browsing function, comprising a voice input means, a storage means, and a communication means. The means stores a correspondence table between the location where the information to be viewed exists and the label of the information, recognizes the voice of the label input from the voice input means, and stores the location corresponding to the recognized label. Is obtained from the above correspondence table. With such a configuration, desired information can be browsed by a simple operation of merely inputting the voice of the label corresponding to the information to be browsed.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention relates to a portable communication terminal comprising a voice input means, a storage means, and a communication means, and having a voice recognition function and an information browsing function. Stores a correspondence table between the location where the information you want to view exists and the label of the information.
A mobile communication terminal that recognizes the voice of the label input from the voice input means and acquires the location corresponding to the recognized label from the correspondence table, and there is information that the user wants to recognize by recognizing the voice of the label. It has the effect of acquiring a place to do.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the correspondence table is a portable communication terminal created at the time of bookmark registration, and recognizes the voice of the label. And obtains the location registered in the corresponding bookmark.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in this figure,
The mobile phone 1 includes a control unit 5 and a voice input unit 2, a voice recognition unit 3, a display unit 4, a control program 6, a storage unit 7, and a communication unit 8 connected to the control unit 5, respectively.
It has. The control program 6 includes an information browsing program 6a. Further, the storage unit 7 stores a bookmark / label correspondence table 7a. Although not shown, it goes without saying that key input means for inputting a telephone number and various instructions is provided.

[0010] The voice input means 2 converts voice generated by the operator into an electric signal. The voice recognition means 3 is, for example, a DSP
(Digital Signal Processor),
Recognizes the voice input by the voice input means 2 and outputs a corresponding character string. The display means 4 is constituted by, for example, an LCD, and displays various information (characters, images, etc.) when the mobile phone 1 is used. The control means 5 is constituted by a microcontroller and executes a control program 6. The control program 6 is a program for controlling the voice input unit 2, the voice recognition unit 3, the display unit 4, the storage unit 7, and the communication unit 8. The storage means 7 is constituted by a flash ROM or the like, and stores a bookmark / label correspondence table 7a created by the operator. The communication means 8 transmits and receives voice (call) and data. It is preferable to use an abbreviated name of information to be browsed as the label.

Next, the operation of the mobile phone 1 configured as described above when browsing information will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a process at the time of browsing information of the control program 6 in the mobile phone 1, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a bookmark / label correspondence table 7a stored in the storage means 7. . Here, it is assumed that the bookmark / label correspondence table as shown in FIG. 3 is created in advance by the operator and registered in the storage means 7 as a premise of the processing in FIG.

First, when an operator reads aloud a label associated with a bookmark of information to be viewed, the label is input from the voice input means 2, passed through the control means 5, and read out from the voice recognition means 3.
And the voice recognition process is performed (step S
1). Next, the control program 6 searches the obtained voice recognition result to determine whether there is an item that matches the label in the bookmark / label correspondence table 7a stored in the storage means 7 or not. (Step S
2, S3).

If there is an item whose label matches in step S3, the URL of the corresponding bookmark is extracted (step S4). That is, if the label whose voice has been recognized is “Tenkiyo”, “WWW.tenki.xxx.or.jp” is extracted as the URL of the corresponding bookmark (FIG. 3). And information browsing program (browser)
6a, via the communication means 8, the U of this bookmark
The information specified by the RL is accessed to acquire the desired information, and is displayed on the display means 4 (step S5). If there is no item with the same label in step S3, the process ends.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, when reading out the label of the information to be browsed toward the portable telephone 1, it is converted into an electric signal by the voice input means 2 and encoded by the voice recognition means 3. After that, the bookmark / label correspondence table 7a is searched. Then, the URL of the bookmark corresponding to the label that matches the label recognized by the voice recognition means 3 is extracted from the bookmark / label correspondence table 7a, and the information is acquired by the information browsing program 6a.
Display. That is, desired information can be browsed by a simple operation of reading the label toward the mobile phone 1, so that the information can be browsed more easily than a key or pen operation.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made based on the gist of the present invention, and they are not excluded from the scope of the present invention.

[0016]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, in a portable communication terminal having voice input means, storage means and communication means, and having a voice recognition function and an information browsing function, the storage means has Stores a correspondence table between the location where the information to be viewed exists and the label of the information, recognizes the voice of the label input from the voice input means, and maps the location corresponding to the recognized label to the above-mentioned correspondence. Since the information is obtained from the table, there is an effect that the desired information can be browsed by a simple operation of merely inputting the voice of the label corresponding to the information to be browsed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a process when browsing information of a control program according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a bookmark / label correspondence table according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cellular phone 2 Voice input means 3 Voice recognition means 4 Display means 5 Control means 6 Control program 6a Information browsing program 7 Storage means 7a Bookmark / label correspondence table 8 Communication means

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A portable communication terminal comprising a voice input unit, a storage unit, and a communication unit, and having a voice recognition function and an information browsing function, wherein the storage unit stores a place where information to be viewed exists and a location of the information. A portable communication device, wherein a correspondence table with labels is stored, a voice of the label input from the voice input means is recognized, and the location corresponding to the recognized label is acquired from the correspondence table. Terminal. 2. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the correspondence table is created when a bookmark is registered.