JP2933058B2 - Mobile phone equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable terminal such as a portable telephone and, more particularly, to a portable telephone device for simplifying a dial operation by inputting, storing and retrieving telephone number information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a dialing method in a portable terminal having a communication function typified by a portable telephone, in addition to a method of directly inputting a telephone number from a keyboard or the like of the portable terminal, a telephone number is previously entered. 2. Description of the Related Art A method of storing a call in a memory in a mobile phone and dialing the telephone number stored in the memory when dialing is conventionally known.

As a method of calling a telephone number stored in a memory, a specific abbreviated number is given to the stored telephone number, and the abbreviated number is input at the time of calling. 61-28864
As described in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 6 (1994), a name and the like corresponding to the telephone number are stored at the same time as the storage of the telephone number, and the necessary name and the initials of the name and the like are input as a keyword. A method of searching for a telephone number is known.

In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-96460, the first letter or the like of a name whose telephone number is to be known is input by a predetermined code number by operating a portable unit, and is stored in a storage device connected to a private branch exchange. 2. Description of the Related Art A cordless telephone system has been proposed in which a name and a telephone number stored in advance are searched and displayed on a sign unit provided in a portable unit to improve convenience. This is to improve the operability of character input by encoding characters to be input in order to search using a name or initials as a keyword.

[0005]

However, the above-mentioned prior art has the following problems.

(1) First, in a method of giving a specific abbreviated number to a stored telephone number and inputting the abbreviated number when calling, the user stores which telephone number is stored as the abbreviated number. Must be recorded or recorded on paper.

(2) In the telephone with an automatic dial function described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-288646, the telephone can be automatically called from the other party's name or the initials of the name. When searching by, it is necessary to input characters using a limited number of key combinations, so the operation is complicated, such as an increase in operation procedures.
As a result, it takes a lot of time to search.

(3) Furthermore, in the system disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 4-96460 intended to simplify the operability, it is necessary for the user to store the code number of the character after all. Is annoying.

(4) For the purpose of simplifying the operation, a method has been developed in which, for example, a specific button is provided on a portable terminal, and by pressing the button, a previously assigned stored telephone number is called and dialed. Has been
In mobile terminals that value portability, it is often difficult to provide a specific button in terms of space, and after all, the user remembers which phone number was registered for that button. It still needs to be kept.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and its object is to eliminate the necessity of storing the telephone number of the other party, extra code numbers, etc. It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable telephone device which can search and dial a telephone number with a minimum operation procedure as long as the name of the other party is stored, thereby improving operability and convenience.

[0011]

In order to achieve the above object, a portable telephone device of the present invention comprises an information input unit having input means such as input keys or a touch panel for inputting information such as a telephone number and a name. A display unit for displaying information input at the information input unit, a storage unit for storing information input at the information input unit, and recognizing an operation at the input unit, Means for displaying necessary information on a display unit, automatically converting input name information into initials, and storing the initial information in the storage unit.

Further, according to the present invention, a plurality of initial character information stored in the storage unit are collectively displayed on the display unit, and the displayed initial information is displayed in a cursor format by an operation of the input unit of the information input unit. It is characterized in that it is possible to select any initial information from among a plurality of initial information, and to call and dial telephone number information and name information corresponding to the selected initial information.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. In a preferred embodiment of the portable telephone device of the present invention, initial information is automatically extracted from name information input together with a telephone number from an information input unit, and is associated with the telephone number and name information. It is stored in the storage unit in the form.

Then, a list of the initial information stored in the storage unit is displayed on the display unit of the portable telephone device, and the initial information displayed on the display unit by the user using an input key or a touch panel is displayed. By making a selection, the corresponding telephone number or name information is displayed on the display unit read from the storage unit, and the telephone number is automatically dialed by a predetermined key operation.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, there is no need to store the telephone number or extra code number of the other party, and the user only needs to store the name of the other party. The telephone number can be searched and dialed by the minimum operation procedure.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In order to explain the above embodiment in more detail, an embodiment of the portable telephone device of the present invention will be described in detail below.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the appearance of one embodiment of the portable telephone device of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of one embodiment of the mobile phone device of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, one embodiment of the portable telephone device of the present invention includes a display unit 2, an information input unit 3, a control unit 4, and a memory unit 5. Of these, the information input unit 3 is shown in FIG.
Referring to FIG. 2, the mobile phone 1 is constituted by input keys or a touch panel provided on the front of the mobile phone 1, and inputs a telephone number and name information. The display unit 2 includes an LCD (liquid crystal display) or the like, and displays a telephone number and a name input from the information input unit 3.

The control unit 4 detects an operation of an input key or a touch panel of the information input unit 3, automatically converts input name information into initials, writes and reads information to and from the memory unit 5. I do.

The memory unit 5 stores the input telephone number, name, initial information, and the like.

Next, the operation of one embodiment of the portable telephone device of the present invention will be described.

The telephone number and the name information input from the information input unit 3 are displayed on the display unit 2 and stored in the memory unit 5 with individual memory numbers assigned thereto. Further, in the control unit 4, the name information is automatically converted to the initials, and stored in the memory unit 5 in the same memory number as the corresponding telephone number and name information.

Here, as a method of conversion to the initials,
(A) extract the first two characters of the uppercase part of the name information; (b) extract the first character of the name information and one character after a space or period; (c) in the kana and kanji format In the case of name information, there is a method of once converting the name information into a Roman character format and then extracting the initials as described above.

As shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of pieces of information acronymized by the control unit 4 are collectively displayed on the display unit 2 and operated by input keys of the information input unit 3, a touch panel, or other keys. As a result, desired initial information is selected in the form of a cursor displayed as inverted characters or underlines.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of initials information on the display unit of one embodiment of the portable telephone device of the present invention.
3 (A) and 3 (B), the initials “RH” and “HO” selected by the cursor or the like on the display unit 2 are displayed with their luminance inverted (the hatched portions in the figure). ), Below the initial list on the screen of the display unit 2, FIG.
In (A), the telephone number “123-45” of the initial “RH”
3B, and in FIG. 3B, the name "H. Okada" of the initial letter "HO" is displayed.

Then, the telephone number and name information corresponding to the selected initial information are called from the memory unit 5 and displayed on the display unit 2.

At this time, the telephone number is dialed by performing a calling operation by a predetermined key operation or the like of the information input unit 3.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation flow showing an operation sequence from input of a telephone number and name information to initialization, display, selection, etc. in one embodiment of the portable telephone device of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, when a telephone number / name is input from information input section 3 (step 101), the initials are extracted from the name information (step 102), and the telephone number / name is extracted.
The name / initial is stored in the memory unit 5 (step 10).
3).

Then, an initial information list is displayed on the display unit 2 (step 104), and an initial is selected with a cursor or the like on the screen of the display unit 2 by operating a key or a touch panel (steps 105 and 106). The telephone number / name of the memory number corresponding to the selected initial is displayed, and the telephone number is dialed by a predetermined key operation (steps 107 and 108).

[0031]

As described above, according to the portable telephone device of the present invention, there is no need to store the telephone number or extra code number of the other party, as long as the name of the other party is stored. The telephone number can be searched and dialed with the minimum operation procedure, and the operability and convenience of the mobile phone can be particularly improved.

The reason is that, in the present invention, the name information input together with the telephone number is automatically converted to an initial, stored in the memory unit together with the telephone number and the name information, and the initial information displayed on the display unit is displayed. Is selected so that the corresponding telephone number and name information can be called and dialed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an appearance of a mobile phone device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the mobile phone device of the present invention by functional blocks.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of initials information on a display unit in an embodiment of the mobile phone device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation flow showing an operation sequence from input of a telephone number and name information to initialization, display, selection, and the like in one embodiment of the mobile phone device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile phone main body 2 Display part 3 Information input part 4 Control part 5 Memory part

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] An information input unit including input means for inputting information such as a telephone number and a name, such as an input key or a touch panel; a display unit for displaying information input by the information input unit; A storage unit for storing information input at the information input unit; recognizing an operation on the input unit, displaying necessary information on the display unit in response to the input, and storing the input name information Means for automatically converting to characters and storing the characters in the storage unit. 2. A method according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of initials stored in said storage unit are collectively displayed on said display unit, and said plurality of initials displayed in a cursor format by an operation of said input means of said information input unit. 2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, further comprising means for enabling selection of any initial information among the information, and calling and dialing telephone number information and name information corresponding to the selected initial information. apparatus. 3. A portable telephone device including an information input unit, a display unit, and a storage unit, wherein initial information is extracted from name information input together with a telephone number from the information input unit, and is associated with the telephone number and name information. Then, the initial information stored in the storage unit is displayed as a list on the display unit, and a desired initial information among the initial information displayed on the display unit is displayed by the user. Is selected, the telephone number and / or name information corresponding to the initial information is read out from the storage unit and displayed on the display unit. If a call operation is performed, the name of the selected initial name is displayed. A mobile telephone device for dialing a corresponding telephone number.