JP2002092013A - Device and system for retrieving information, and server - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily retrieve the destination of calling by displaying the destination of calling in an easily confirmable format. SOLUTION: A portable telephone 1 stores facial picture data at the destination of calling in a telephone book memory 91 by making the data correspond to the destination of calling identification data, and displays the facial picture data in a prescribed order such as the order of Japanese syllabary of registered persons' names to be displayed. In retrieving the destination of calling, the facial picture data are selected, and the corresponding destination of calling identification data are selected. Thus, it is possible to more easily retrieve the destination of calling by displaying the easily recognizable facial picture data compared with the case that it is necessary to select the destination of calling by displaying character data such as a name and telephone number.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information search apparatus, an information search system, and a server for displaying image data and searching for search target data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, portable telephones and PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), which are portable wireless communication terminals, have rapidly spread. A portable wireless communication terminal is capable of transmitting and receiving voice data, character data, and the like via a base station of a telephone line installed in each region, thereby making it possible to communicate with a desired partner and exchange mail.

In such a portable wireless communication terminal, a caller can make a call simply by selecting the name of the callee or the displayed telephone number without having to directly input telephone number data each time a call is made. Such a configuration has been put to practical use. That is, the name and telephone number data of the transmission destination are set to 5
A plurality of data are registered in advance in a storage unit (hereinafter, referred to as a “phone book”) in the order of 0-tones or memory numbers, and their destination data are displayed on the display unit. It has a function of selecting a number and making a call. Use of this function has the advantages that the caller can easily select a desired call destination even if he does not remember the telephone number of the other party, and also can prevent a wrong telephone call due to erroneous input of the telephone number.

[0004]

However, in a conventional wireless communication terminal, in order to search for a destination at the time of making a call, a desired destination is selected from display information of character data such as a name and a telephone number registered in advance. Or directly input all or part of the character data. For this reason, especially when the names of the destinations are the same or when the telephone numbers are similar, it is necessary to be careful about the search, and there is a drawback that an erroneous call is sometimes made. There is also a drawback that if the user forgets the name, the search function cannot be used at all.

[0005] This drawback is not only for wireless communication terminals, but also for P
DAs, etc., do not have a communication function by themselves, but can also be said of portable terminals having a function of storing name and telephone number data. Are collectively referred to as portable information terminals.)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object thereof is to display a destination in a form that can be easily confirmed, thereby facilitating a search for the destination.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
What is claimed is: 1. An information retrieval apparatus for retrieving specific data from a plurality of search target data, comprising: image data storage means for storing image data associated with each of the search target data; and a search instruction for the plurality of search target data. Is input, display control means for displaying the image data in a predetermined order, and when specific image data is selected from the image data displayed by the display control means, Selection means for selecting search target data associated with specific image data as a search result;
It is characterized by having.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the image data storage means, the display control means, and the selection means are provided, compared with a case where character data such as a name and a telephone number are displayed and the search target data is selected. Since image data that is easy to recognize is displayed, search target data can be easily searched.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, search-related data including image data for specifying data to be searched is stored in association with predetermined identification information, and a transmission instruction signal for the search-related data is stored in the predetermined identification information. If received with
A server for transmitting search-related data stored in correspondence with the predetermined identification information, and a transmission instruction signal for search-related data stored in the server transmitted to the server; An information search device that displays the image data based on search-related data and selects the image data to select, as a search result, specific data in search target data specified by the selected image data; It is characterized by including.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the information retrieval device requires a small storage capacity for storing image data, and can reduce the size of the storage means. Further, since the server stores the search-related data, the storage capacity provided in the information search device can be efficiently used. Also, the search target data stored in one information search device is transmitted to the server.
The information is stored from the server to another information retrieval device.
Since the search target data can be transmitted, the search target data can be easily copied to another information search device.

[0011]

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

(First Embodiment) First, a mobile phone 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described.
This will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, the configuration will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an external configuration of a mobile phone 1 to which the present invention is applied. As shown in FIG. 1, a mobile phone 1 has a large number of pushbutton switches (hereinafter, referred to as buttons) arranged on a front surface of a housing (equipment case) 2. That is, the enlargement button 3a is a button for enlarging the display, and the reduction button 3b is a button for performing reduction display. Although not shown in detail, a trackball switch 3c that detects the direction of rotation of the ball and outputs a rotation signal is arranged between the buttons. The trackball switch 3c is used to move a pointer (cursor) or instruct movement of a display area.

Below these, there are a mode switching button 3d for instructing registration or selection of a destination, or switching of an operation mode such as a display mode, and an on button 3e for setting the telephone to an on-hook state so that a call can be made. An off button 3f for setting the telephone to off-hook and disconnecting a call state; a TEL button 3g for displaying data contents of a telephone number storage unit 9 described later; an answering button 3h for setting an answering machine function of the mobile phone 1 to an operation state; Hold button 3i for setting the hold state of the call state of telephone 1, and character / numerical buttons 3j to 3 for inputting characters such as the name and address of the other party and numerical values such as telephone numbers.
s, an asterisk button 3t, and a sharp button 3u are arranged.

The display unit 4 is composed of, for example, a color liquid crystal display cell of a dot matrix type or an EL (electro luminescence) display member. Is provided.

An expandable antenna A is provided on the upper part of the housing 2. Further, on the back surface, a power supply unit such as a charging pack for supplying electric power necessary for the operation of the mobile phone 1 and a power switch (not shown) are provided. Each of these components
It is connected to an electronic circuit on a board (not shown) housed in the housing 2 and is centrally controlled by a control unit 10 described later.

Next, an electronic circuit inside the mobile phone 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a circuit block diagram showing a functional configuration of the mobile phone 1.

The antenna A transmits and receives a transmission signal and a reception signal including a control signal, a voice signal, an image signal and a character signal in a predetermined frequency band to and from a base station B of a communication network of the mobile phone 1. , And supplies the received signal to the transmission / reception unit 7 and transmits the transmission signal from the transmission / reception unit 7 to the base station B.

The transmission / reception unit 7 mixes a signal received from the base station B via the antenna A with a local oscillation signal having a predetermined frequency, converts the frequency to an intermediate frequency signal, and outputs the intermediate frequency signal to the communication unit 8. In addition, a signal input from the communication unit 8 is wirelessly transmitted to the base station B via the antenna A.

The communication section 8 has a modulation / demodulation circuit (not shown) for modulating and demodulating a control signal, an audio signal, an image signal and a character signal, and is modulated / demodulated according to a control signal from the control section 10. It transmits and receives each signal and each data. or,
The communication unit 8 has an incoming call detection circuit function of detecting that the received wireless signal is an incoming call addressed to itself (to this mobile phone 1) and outputting an incoming call detection signal to the control unit 10. Thereby, the control unit 10 causes the speaker 5 to output a ringtone via the voice control unit 11.

The communication unit 8 modulates a voice signal input from the voice control unit 11 via the microphone 6 into an analog signal conforming to the frequency band of the communication network in a call state. A is wirelessly transmitted to base station B via A. Further, the base station B demodulates an analog signal of a voice transmitted wirelessly via the antenna A and transmits the demodulated analog signal to the voice control unit 11. The audio control unit 11 sends the demodulated audio signal to the speaker 5 to generate sound.

Further, the communication unit 8 transmits an image signal and a character signal among the signals transmitted from the transmission / reception unit 7 to the control unit 10.
To supply.

The control unit 10 controls the entire circuit block, and stores a processing program for executing various flows described later. Then, various processes are executed in accordance with the transmission and reception of the telephone (outgoing and incoming calls) and various instruction operation signals input from the input unit 3, and the processing results are stored in a predetermined area of the telephone number storage unit 9 or the RAM 12, It is displayed on the display unit 4.

The input unit 3 for supplying an input signal to the control unit 10 includes various buttons 3a to 3u (including the trackball switch 3c) shown in FIG.
Each of these buttons 3a to 3u outputs an input signal for instructing selection of a function or switching of a display to the control unit 10 when pressed alone or in combination.

The RAM (Random Access Memory) 12
A work memory 12a for storing various data and temporarily storing various data in various processes executed and controlled by the control unit 10. For example, when a call is received, the telephone number of the called party is also sent, but this telephone number is temporarily stored in the work memory 12a.

VRAM (Video Random Access Memory)
Reference numeral 13 denotes a video memory that stores display data displayed on the display unit 4. The VRAM 13 stores only the data displayed on the normal display unit 4, but the control unit 10
In the display processing of the face image data, which will be described later, which is executed and controlled, all the data that can be displayed are stored, and only a part of the data is displayed on the display unit 4, the display content is moved, Or to display data.

The telephone number storage section 9 is constituted by a volatile semiconductor memory such as a RAM or a nonvolatile semiconductor memory such as a flash ROM.

In the telephone number storage unit 9, the face image data registered by the registration process is stored as telephone number data,
The telephone directory memory 91 is stored in a predetermined area in association with destination identification data such as name data.

FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the storage area of the telephone directory memory 91. Each row N0, N1, N
.., N3,... Are storage areas relating to the same person name (hereinafter, referred to as the same record). In the same record, a name data storage area 91a for storing the name data of the transmission destination, , An image address storage area 91b for storing image address data (which will be described later), an address data storage area 91c for storing address data corresponding to the name data, and a telephone number for storing telephone number data. Data storage area 91d
Are provided respectively.

Further, in the telephone directory memory 91, a transmission number data storage area 91 for storing transmission number data indicating the frequency of transmission to telephone number data stored in the same record.
e, an incoming call count data storage area 91f for storing incoming call count data indicating the frequency of receiving calls from the telephone number data stored in the same record is provided.

Further, the flag areas 91g to 91g of the conditions 1 to 3 are set.
i is the name stored in the telephone directory memory 91,
For example, a condition 1 flag region 91g is a region for storing a flag for identifying the name of a person related to the work, and a condition 2 flag region 91h is a friend storage region for classifying into a related group. The condition 3 flag area 91i is an area for storing a flag for identifying the name of a family.

Further, the flag area 91j of the condition 4 is a prohibition flag storage area for storing a flag for identifying a person who does not want to display a face image in the mode for displaying all face image data. That is, the names for which the flag is set in the condition 4 are such that no face images are displayed even in the mode in which face images of all names are displayed. Since such a name is a person who does not want to be known to others, the secret can be maintained if the name can be set by, for example, inputting a password.

It should be noted that the storage areas N0,
The first storage area N0 among N1, N2, N3...
It is set in advance in a storage area of the owner of the mobile phone 1 (hereinafter, also referred to as “self”) (data of the owner is to be input). The data of YAMADA HAJIME has been input. The storage area N1 and subsequent areas are data storage areas other than the owner, and each record is stored in a predetermined order of name data, for example, in the order of the Japanese syllabary.

Reference numeral 91k denotes an area for storing face image data.
In the face image data storage area 91k, the address P0
1 stores the face image data (face A) of the owner. Further, face image data is also stored in the storage areas of the addresses P02, P03, P04,..., Respectively, and these are face image data of people in the storage area N1 and below.
... In the image address storage areas 91b of the respective storage areas N1, N2, N3,..., Address data in which face image data corresponding to respective name data is stored. That is, for example, in the image address storage area 91b of AOKI in the storage area N1, address data P04 in which face image data (face D) of AOKI is stored.
Is stored.

Returning to FIG. 2, the input / output terminal 14 connects a peripheral device such as a digital camera and a scanner to the cellular phone 1,
For example, an RS (Recommended Std.) For transferring the face image data and taking it into the face image data storage area 91k.
andard) -232C serial interface.
The face image data may be received wirelessly as, for example, e-mail attached file data, and may be loaded into the face image data storage area 91k.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described.
That is, operations performed by various programs stored in the control unit 10 will be described.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a process (registration process) in which the owner of the mobile phone 1 registers destination data. First, when a power switch (not shown) of the mobile phone 1 is input, power is supplied from a power supply unit to each unit. Here, when a destination registration mode is instructed by operating the mode switching button 3d and a specific button, for example, a numerical value "1" button 3j is operated, the registration process of FIG. The operation is performed.

In FIG. 4, the control unit 10 first displays a screen on the display unit 4 so that new destination data can be input.
That is, a screen display for prompting an input is performed, and the apparatus enters a state of waiting for input of destination data (step S1). Here, character / numerical data of name, address, and telephone number is input from the input unit 3 and the data is stored in a line (record) of the telephone directory storage memory 91 of the telephone number storage unit 9 in which nothing is stored yet. Are stored in the corresponding storage areas (91a, 91c, 91d) (step S2).

Next, the control section 10 causes the display section 4 to display on the screen that the input mode is the face image data input mode, and enters a state of waiting for the capture of face image data. Here, when face image data is fetched from an external device such as a digital camera or a scanner via the input / output terminal 14 (step S3), the face image data is stored in an empty area of the face image data storage area 91k where no data exists. And the image address of the area is stored in the image address storage area 91b corresponding to the destination data input in step S2 (step S2).
4). Note that face image data can be imported by setting the image data attached to the received mail as described above.
It is good also as a structure which memorizes.

Next, the control unit 10 causes the display unit 4 to display that the screen is a condition flag setting screen, and enters a condition flag input standby state. Here, an input for designating a condition flag from the input unit 3 (for example, condition 1 is input with the button 3j,
Conditions 2 and 3 are input with k and 3l, respectively. ), The condition flag of the corresponding destination data is set and stored in the predetermined condition flag area in accordance with the input instruction (step S5). When the input of these data is completed, in the next step S6, it is detected that the mode switching button 3d has been operated again, and an editing process for rearranging the stored data in the order of the Japanese syllabary of name data is performed. in this case,
For example, if the names are stored in Roman letters or the like, the names may be sorted in Japanese alphabetical order and then stored in alphabetical order. After editing the contents in this way, the present flow is terminated.

In making an outgoing call, the control unit 10 directly inputs a telephone number to make an outgoing call.
A call destination selection process is executed to select a desired person's telephone number from the name and telephone number data already stored in the telephone number 1 and make a call. This destination selection process will be described in detail below with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

Referring to FIG. 5, first, in step S31, an image display process for displaying the face image data stored in the face image data storage area 91k on the display unit 4 in memory is executed. The processing will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In FIG. 6, at step S311, T
It is determined whether or not the EL button 3g is pressed. here,
If there is an operation signal from the input unit 3 based on the operation of the TEL button 3g, the process advances to step S312 to determine whether the current telephone directory display mode is the display mode of the face images of all registrants.

In the display mode of the telephone directory, a mode for displaying face image data of all registrant names stored in the telephone directory memory (hereinafter, referred to as "all display mode"),
A mode for displaying face image data of a name in which a flag is stored for one condition, such as displaying only a name in which a flag is stored in the condition 1 flag area 91g (hereinafter referred to as a “single display mode”) Flags are stored for a plurality of conditions, such as displaying face image data of a name storing a flag in the condition 1 flag area 91g and displaying a face image data of a name storing a flag in the condition 2 flag area 91h. There is a mode (hereinafter, referred to as a "multiple display mode") for displaying face image data of a given name, and the mode to be set is selected, for example, by operating the mode switching button 3d or the like in advance. Is set.

In each of the above modes, the display order of the face image data is displayed in the order set and stored by editing, such as the alphabetical order followed by the alphabetical order (hereinafter, abbreviated as "alphabetical order"). Is done. That is, in the case of the full display mode or the single display mode, the face image data is displayed in the order of the Japanese syllabary of the registrant name to be displayed. In the case of the multiple display mode, the face image data is displayed in the order of the Japanese syllabary of the registrant name to be displayed for one condition, and then the registrants to be displayed are sequentially displayed for the other conditions. The face image data is displayed in the order of the Japanese syllabary. For example, first, face image data of a name in which a flag is stored in the condition 1 flag area 91g, and then face image data of a name in which a flag is stored in the condition 2 flag area 91h are displayed in order of the Japanese syllabary. , Displayed in the order of the Japanese syllabary for each related group of each name).

In the case of the multiple display mode, the display order of the selected group (to which group the face image data is displayed in order) is set in advance by a scroll order setting process.

If the display mode is not the display mode for all registrants (step S312; No), the control unit 10
Performs a screen display that prompts the owner to select a group to be displayed (selection of a flag), and enters an input standby state for the group to be displayed (step S313).

When the mode is the display mode of the face image data of all registrants (step S312; Yes), and
After the group to be displayed is selected and input in step S313, the control unit 10 sets the first registrant in alphabetical order (the first registrant according to the display mode) among the predetermined registrants to be displayed. The face image data is displayed (step S314). Since these data are stored in the phonebook memory 9I in the order of the Japanese syllabary in step S6 of FIG. 4, the corresponding face image data is sequentially displayed from the first record side (N1 side). It just needs to be pointed out. In this case, the number of face image data to be displayed may be one face image, or face images of a plurality of persons may be displayed at the same time.

Next, the control unit 10 determines whether or not a scroll instruction has been input from the input unit 3. If it is determined that the scroll instruction has been input from the input unit 3 (step S315; Yes), the face image data of the name before or after the displayed name in the order of the Japanese syllabary depending on the direction instructed by the scroll instruction. Is newly displayed (step S316), and the process proceeds to step S315.

When it is determined that the scroll instruction has not been input from the input unit 3 for a predetermined time (step S
315; No), the control unit 10 proceeds to the next process (step S33 in FIG. 5).

Returning to FIG. 5, the image display processing (step S3)
Subsequent to 1), the face image is selected in step S32. This processing is to select the displayed face image data. For example, when only one face image is displayed, a specific button, for example, a numerical value is displayed while the face image to be selected is displayed. When a selection is made by operating the "1" button 3j and a plurality of face images are displayed at the same time, a face image to be selected from among the displayed plurality of face images is displayed on the trackball 3C. And designate the cursor by operating the numerical value "1" button 3j. By this selection, name data and telephone number data corresponding to the face image are displayed on the display unit 4 (step S33). After this display is made, after a while (about two seconds), the telephone number data is transmitted as a telephone call destination (step S34). Then, the control unit 10 ends the present flow.

Next, regarding the scroll order setting process,
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The scroll order setting process is a process of, when a plurality of groups are selected as display targets, setting the order of each group as to which of the groups the face image data is to be displayed from.

In FIG. 7, when an operation signal instructing execution of the scroll order setting process is input from the input unit 3,
The control unit 10 displays the currently set display order (default display order) of each group on the display unit 4 (step S).
401).

Next, the control section 10 determines whether or not an instruction to change the default display order has been given (step S40).
2). When it is determined that the change of the default display order has not been instructed (Step S402; No), the control unit 10 proceeds to Step S404.

If it is determined that the change of the default display order has been instructed (step S402; Yes), the control unit 1
0 displays a screen prompting the owner to input a new order for the display order of each group, and enters a new order input waiting state (step S403).

If it is determined in step S402 that the change of the default display order has not been instructed, or
After the new order is input in step S403, the control unit 10 prompts the owner to input whether or not to confirm the display order of each group to the currently set display order or the input display order. (Step S404).
When an operation signal indicating that the display order of each group is not determined to the currently set display order or the input display order is input (step S404; No), the control unit 1
If “0” is entered, the process proceeds to step S403, and if an operation signal for fixing the display order of each group to the currently set display order or the input display order is input (step S404; Yes), the control unit 10 Ends this flow.

As described above, the portable telephone 1 according to the first embodiment stores the face image data of the destination in the telephone directory memory 91 in association with the destination identification data, and stores the registered registrant as the display target. The face image data is displayed in a predetermined order such as the order of the Japanese syllabary. Then, when searching for a destination, the corresponding destination identification data is selected by selecting the face image data. As a result, face image data that is easy to recognize is displayed as compared with a case where character data such as a name and a telephone number are displayed and a call destination is selected.

When a destination is searched, face image data is displayed for each group set to the registrant's name. That is, for two or more groups, face image data related to each group is displayed in a predetermined order such as the order of the Japanese syllabary, in the order of the set groups. Therefore, the order of the groups to be displayed can be changed according to the use of the mobile phone 1, and the convenience in searching for the destination is improved.

(Second Embodiment) Next, an information retrieval system according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, the system configuration will be described with reference to FIG. The same parts as those in the first embodiment are described with the same reference numerals. The mobile phone 20 is the same as the mobile phone 1 of the first embodiment in that another telephone can communicate via the base station B, but further includes a network 21 such as a telephone line network and the Internet. Can be connected to the server 300 of the service company via the. Thus, in the second embodiment, the “phone directory data” is transmitted from the mobile phone 20 to the server 300 and stored therein, and the “phone directory data” stored in the mobile phone 20 from the server 300 is stored. It is possible to send.

The external configuration and circuit configuration of the mobile phone 20 are substantially the same as the external configuration and circuit configuration of the mobile phone 1 in the first embodiment shown in FIGS. Omitted. However, there are some differences in the processing program of the control unit 10, and this point will be described later. Thus, the communication unit 308 in the server 300 in FIG. 8 is connected to the base station B via the network 21. The communication unit 308 has a modulation / demodulation circuit (not shown) that modulates and demodulates a control signal, an audio signal, an image signal, and a character signal, and modulates / demodulates according to the control signal from the control unit 301. Signals and data are transmitted and received via a network.

Further, the communication unit 308 supplies the signal received via the network to the control unit 301.

The control unit 301 controls the entire circuit block, and stores a processing program for executing various flows described later. Then, various processes are executed in accordance with various instruction operation signals input from the input unit 303, and the processing results are stored in the telephone number storage unit 309 or the RAM 3.
Twelve predetermined areas or display on the display unit 304.

An input unit 303 for inputting an input signal to the control unit 301 includes a keyboard and a pointing device such as a mouse provided with a cursor key and a number input key. The position signal is output to the control unit 301.

RAM (Random Access Memory) 312
Stores a variety of data, and has a work memory 312a for temporarily storing various data in various processes executed and controlled by the control unit 10.

VRAM (Video Random Access Memory)
A video memory 313 stores display data displayed on the display unit 304.

The storage unit 309 is composed of a nonvolatile semiconductor memory such as a flash ROM. This storage unit 309
The telephone directory memory 309a stores therein the name data transmitted from the mobile phone 20 and the face image data of the name in a predetermined area in association with the identification data for identifying the transmitted mobile phone 20. Note that the identification data for identifying the mobile phone 20 is the telephone number data of the mobile phone, but may be arbitrary password data set in advance or the name data of the user of the mobile phone 20.

FIG. 9 shows the configuration of the storage area of the telephone directory memory 309a. In FIG. 9, the face image data is stored in a storage area 309b, the mobile phone number identification data of the mobile phone 20 is stored in a storage area 309c, and the name data is stored in an area 309d of the area 309b in which the face image of this name is stored. Address data is in storage area 3
09e. That is, one or more names and face image data are stored in association with each mobile phone number.

Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be described.
That is, the operation executed by the various programs stored in the control unit 301 of the server 300 and the mobile phone 2
The operation executed by the program stored in the control unit 10 will be described. First, an operation performed by the control unit 301 of the server 300 will be described.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing processing (telephone directory data reception processing) executed when server 300 receives telephone directory data. First, when the communication unit 308 of the server 300 receives the telephone directory data via the network, various operations according to the flowchart of FIG. 10 are executed.

In FIG. 10, control unit 301 receives, from communication unit 308, telephone directory data received by communication unit 308 via a network (step S501). The telephone directory data is at least name data, face image data of the name, and mobile phone identification data for identifying the mobile phone 20 that has transmitted the data. Next, control unit 301 stores the received telephone directory data in telephone directory memory 309a of storage unit 309 (step S502). Then, the control unit 301
Ends this flow.

FIG. 11 shows that the server 300
9 is a flowchart showing a process (telephone directory data transmission process) executed when a transmission request signal for telephone directory data is received from. First, the control unit 301 of the server 300 determines whether the communication unit 308 has received a request to transmit telephone directory data from the mobile phone 200 via the network (step S511). If it is determined that the information has not been received, step S511 is repeated.
When it is determined that the request for transmitting the telephone directory data has been received, the telephone directory data of the name and the face image stored corresponding to the identification data indicating the mobile telephone are transmitted to the source mobile telephone ( Step S512). Then, the control unit 301 ends the present flow.

Next, the operation executed by the control unit 10 of the mobile phone 20 will be described. FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a process for transmitting data to server 300, which is executed by control unit 10 of mobile phone 200.

In FIG. 12, in step S601,
From the face image data in the telephone directory memory 9I, the user selects a name to be transmitted to the server 300 via the network 21. This selection is performed by sequentially displaying face images and operating a specific button (for example, a “2” button 3k) with a face image of a desired name. When this selection operation is performed, in the next step S602, a transmission flag is set and stored in association with the name data. For example, in FIG. 3, flag storage units 9Ig to 9Ij of conditions 1 to 4 are provided, but another flag storage unit of the same condition 5 is provided, and a flag is stored in correspondence with the name of the face image data transmitted. Set. Next, in step S603, if all the transmission data to be transmitted has not been selected, the process returns to step S601, and the next is selected. You. The transmission button is, for example, a mode switching button 3
By selecting the transmission mode with d and operating the "3" button 3e, this is also used. When the send button is operated, in the next step S605, the telephone directory data (telephone number identification data, name data and face image data) of the designated name is transmitted, and in the next step S606, the face of the transmitted name is transmitted. The image data is cleared (erased) from the face image data storage area 91k. As a result, the free area of the telephone directory memory 9I can be increased. next,
FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a process of receiving data from server 300, which is executed by control unit 10 of mobile phone 20. Step S701 is a process for requesting data. For example, the mobile phone is provided with a function of browsing an Internet homepage, a homepage of a service company that owns the server 300 is opened, and a request is made to transmit data on this homepage. I do. At this time, the telephone number data of the mobile phone 20 is also transmitted. Thereby, the server 30
0 transmits the telephone directory data stored corresponding to the mobile phone number (FIG. 11), so the next step S7
02, this is received and displayed (step S70).
3). The face image data that can be displayed on the display of the mobile phone is
For example, if there are five cases, five face image data are sent and displayed first. If there is no desired face image data in the display, the transmission is requested again (step S704). In addition, have all data sent at once,
It may be stored in a memory and displayed sequentially. In step S705, when a desired face image is displayed, it is selected (selected in a manner similar to step S32 in FIG. 5). Then, in the next step S706, the corresponding telephone number data is searched based on the name data transmitted corresponding to the face image, and a call is made to the telephone number, that is, a calling process is performed.

As described above, in the information search system according to the second embodiment, the face image data and the like are
By transmitting from 0 to the server 300, the server 300 stores the received face image data in association with the transmission source mobile phone 20 and the destination identification data as telephone directory data. Therefore, the mobile phone 20 requires a small storage capacity for storing the face image data, and the storage unit can be downsized. In addition, by transmitting face image data and the like as telephone directory data to the server 300 and storing the same,
The storage capacity of the mobile phone 20 can be used efficiently.

The information retrieval system according to the second embodiment can be used in the following modes. That is, when copying the phonebook data of the mobile phone 20 to another mobile phone, for example, when changing the model of the mobile phone 20 to another mobile phone (hereinafter, the mobile phone of the phonebook data is copied from the mobile phone A). The mobile phone to which the phonebook data is copied is assumed to be the mobile phone B.) First, the necessary phonebook data of the mobile phone A is stored in the server 300. Then, by downloading the telephone directory data from the server 300, it is possible to copy the telephone directory data to the mobile phone B. In this case, the telephone directory data can be easily copied to another mobile phone.

Further, in the first and second embodiments, the description has been given by taking a mobile phone as an example. However, a device having a communication function and searching for a destination from a plurality of destination data is provided. If so, another device such as a portable information terminal may be used.

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According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the image data storage means, the display control means and the selection means are provided,
Compared to a case where character data such as a name and a telephone number is displayed and the search target data is selected, image data that is easily recognizable is displayed, so that the search target data can be easily searched.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the information retrieval device requires a small storage capacity for storing image data, and can reduce the size of the storage means. Further, since the server stores the search-related data, the storage capacity provided in the information search device can be efficiently used. Also, the search target data stored in one information search device is transmitted to the server.
The information is stored from the server to another information retrieval device.
Since the search target data can be transmitted, the search target data can be easily copied to another information search device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an external configuration of a mobile phone 1 to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a circuit block diagram showing a functional configuration of the mobile phone 1.

FIG. 3 shows a configuration of a storage area of a telephone directory memory 91.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a process (registration process) in which the owner of the mobile phone 1 registers destination data.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a destination selection process for selecting and calling a desired person's telephone number from name and telephone number data already stored in the telephone directory memory 91;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an image display process in which the display unit 4 displays the face image data stored in the face image data storage area 91k in a memory.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a scroll order setting process for setting the order of each group when a plurality of groups are selected as display targets, from which face image data belongs to which group.

FIG. 8 is a circuit block diagram showing a functional configuration of a server 300.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration of a storage area of a telephone directory memory 309a.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing processing (telephone directory data reception processing) executed when server 300 receives telephone directory data.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing processing (telephone directory data transmission processing) executed when server 300 receives a transmission request signal for telephone directory data from mobile phone 20.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a transmission process executed by the control unit 10 of the mobile phone 20.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a reception process executed by the control unit 10 of the mobile phone 20.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1,20 mobile phone 300 server 2 housing 3,303 input unit 4,304 display unit 5 speaker 6 microphone 7 transmission / reception unit 8,308 communication unit 9,309 telephone number storage unit 91,309a telephone directory memory 10,301 control unit Reference Signs List 11 Voice control unit 12, 312 RAM 12a, 312a Work memory 13, 313 VRAM 14 Input / output terminal

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Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. An information retrieval apparatus for retrieving specific data from a plurality of search target data, comprising: image data storage means for storing image data associated with each of the search target data; Display control means for displaying the image data in a predetermined order when a search instruction for the target data is input; and specific image data selected from the image data displayed by the display control means. And selecting means for selecting, as a search result, search target data associated with the specific image data when the specific image data is obtained. 2. An information retrieval apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display control means displays said image data in the order of Japanese syllabary of predetermined data included in each of said plurality of retrieval target data. 3. An information retrieval apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display control means displays said image data in the order of attributes of predetermined data included in each of said plurality of retrieval target data. 4. Search-related data including image data for specifying search target data is stored in association with predetermined identification information, and when a transmission instruction signal of the search-related data is received together with predetermined identification information, A server for transmitting search-related data stored in correspondence with the predetermined identification information; and a transmission instruction signal for search-related data stored in the server transmitted to the server; Displaying the image data based on search-related data;
An information search system, comprising: selecting an image data to select specific data in search target data specified by the selected image data as a search result. 5. An information retrieval system according to claim 4, wherein said image data is face image data. 6. Search-related data including image data for specifying data to be searched is stored in association with predetermined identification information, and when a transmission instruction signal of the search-related data is received together with predetermined identification information, A server for transmitting search-related data stored corresponding to the predetermined identification information; 7. The server according to claim 6, wherein said image data is face image data. 8. A server for storing search-related data including image data for specifying search target data is instructed to transmit specific search-related data, and the image is generated based on the search-related data received from the server. View the data,
An information search device that selects specific data in search target data specified by the selected image data as a search result by selecting the image data. 9. An information retrieval apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said image data is face image data.