JP3544482B2 - Phone book device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a telephone directory device mounted on a telephone such as a mobile telephone, and more particularly to a telephone directory device capable of storing a telephone number and its information as a pair of data.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As this type of conventional device, there is one described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-164210.
In this conventional technique, a memory for storing telephone directory data in which an individual's name is associated with a plurality of telephone numbers corresponding to the name, an operation unit for inputting an instruction, and telephone directory data from the memory in accordance with the instruction, A control unit for searching, wherein the control unit searches the memory for an instructed name upon receiving an input of an instruction to search for phone book data from the operation unit, and the name is searched. Then, the control unit is configured to sequentially call a plurality of telephone numbers stored in association with the name.
[0003]
The conventional device having such a configuration operates as follows.
That is, the memory stores a plurality of telephone numbers in association with an individual's name as telephone directory data, and the control unit searches the memory for telephone directory data in accordance with an instruction input from the operation unit, and associates the telephone directory data with the instructed name. And sequentially display a plurality of stored telephone numbers.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, according to the above-described related art, there are the following problems.
That is, when a plurality of telephone numbers are registered for one name and it is desired to refer to a second telephone number of a certain person, the telephone number cannot be easily searched and referenced. The reason is that there was no mark like a memory number for each of the phone numbers, so first search for the name and then select it as the nth phone number for that name. Because it was not.
[0005]
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to improve operability in a telephone directory device.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention has solved the above-mentioned problems by employing the following means.
2. The telephone directory device according to claim 1, wherein an operation unit for inputting various data and instructions, a memory unit for storing names and telephone numbers, and the data between the memory unit according to instructions from the operation unit. And a display unit for displaying various data and input operations, a telephone number + icon information area is allocated to the memory unit, In the section, a name, one or more telephone numbers corresponding to the name, and an icon (pictogram) defined for each category corresponding to each of the telephone numbers are input, and the name, the telephone number, and the icon information are entered. An icon search mode for selecting and storing the icon and searching for a telephone number from a desired category is provided in the control unit, in association with storing.
[0007]
According to such a telephone directory device, a name, one or a plurality of telephone numbers corresponding to the name, and a category corresponding to each of the telephone numbers are determined in the memory unit in which the area of the telephone number + icon information is allocated. The input icon (pictogram) is input, and the name, the telephone number, and the icon information are stored in association with each other, so that the telephone number and the icon information are paired in the telephone number + icon information area. , It is possible to categorize the telephone number and the icon as a pair. Then, by selecting an icon search mode, an icon belonging to a target category is selected from one or a plurality of registered telephone numbers and icon information for one name , and telephone number data forming a pair with the icon is selected. Are extracted and sequentially displayed, so that a necessary telephone number can be quickly searched based on the category.
[0010]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of a telephone directory device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the telephone directory device. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an operation unit, 2 denotes a control unit, 3 denotes a memory unit, and 4 denotes a display unit.
[0011]
The operation unit 1 has a function of performing various operation instructions such as input of telephone directory data including a name, a telephone number, and an icon, and searching for a registered telephone number, and includes a plurality of arranged button switches (not shown). It is composed of
The control unit 2 registers telephone directory data in the memory unit 3, searches for telephone directory data registered in the memory unit 3, or executes telephone directory data and input operation according to an instruction input from the operation unit 1. This is a part for performing control according to various input instructions based on an operation program stored in advance, such as displaying the contents of the display on the display unit 4 to show the user.
The memory unit 3 is a unit that stores and stores telephone directory data including a name, a telephone number, and an icon input from the operation unit 1, and usually uses a non-volatile memory. One or more telephone numbers can be stored for one name. Further, each telephone number can store a set of icons determined for each category such as home, work, and mobile phone.
The display unit 4 displays the operation contents of the operation unit 1 sent from the control unit 2, that is, the contents of the data input operation, the contents of the search operation, the search result, and the like on an LCD display or the like, so as to show the user. It is a part having.
[0012]
As described above, in the telephone directory apparatus of the present invention, when registering a telephone number in the telephone directory (memory unit 3), a program for selecting several icons prepared on the program in advance is stored in the control unit 2, and the program is stored in the control unit 2. Is executed, an area of telephone number + icon information is allocated to the memory unit 3.
Further, the control unit 2 prepares a program in an icon search mode as one of the search methods at the time of telephone directory search, and allows a target one to be selected from several icons at the time of registration to be searched.
It goes without saying that a conventional search mode based on a name or a telephone number is provided.
[0013]
That is, in the telephone directory device of the present invention, when the registration program is executed, the telephone number and the icon are stored as a pair in the memory unit 3 composed of the nonvolatile memory.
Then, at the time of telephone directory search, as shown in FIG. 2, a telephone number to which an icon selected as a search target is added is extracted and displayed on an LCD display such as a telephone or a mobile telephone.
[0014]
Next, the overall operation of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
When registering the phonebook , enter the name → reading kana → phone number in the order. Prepare a phonebook registration procedure that allows the user to select an icon. The telephone directory registration procedure is stored in the control unit 2 as one of the operation programs. Each of the data thus input is stored in the memory unit 3 as telephone book data information in which a name including a reading kana, a telephone number and an icon are associated with one set.
[0015]
Next, when the telephone directory search is referred to, a menu for an icon search method is prepared in addition to a conventional search method for a name and a telephone number.
After allowing the user to select which search method to execute, and deciding to search in the icon search mode, the same number of icons prepared when registering the telephone directory are displayed on the LCD display of the display unit 4. And prompts the user to select an icon corresponding to the desired category. By the search execution operation of the user, the search program stored in the control unit 2 extracts from the memory unit 3 only the telephone number data to which the icon selected by the user is added, that is, the telephone number data paired with the icon. And sequentially display them on the LCD display.
Therefore, when searching for the telephone directory data stored in the telephone directory device, the user can quickly search for the target telephone number by selecting the category to which the target telephone number belongs. Thus, the operability as a telephone directory device is improved.
[0016]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention described above, the following effects can be obtained.
The first effect is that a plurality of telephone numbers registered in the telephone directory are associated with icons, and classified into categories such as telephone numbers of general telephones, telephone numbers of mobile telephones, and telephone numbers of companies. It becomes possible.
The second effect is as a means of case referred to by searching the phone book data of interest from a number of telephone directory data, a method of searching based on categories such as described above can be performed. The reason why this is possible is that an icon indicating a category associated with a set of a name, a kana, and a telephone number can be stored as one telephone directory data.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a telephone directory device according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a display example of a telephone number and an icon according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of an input operation.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 operation unit 2 control unit 3 memory unit 4 display unit

Claims (1)

An operation unit for inputting various data and instructions, a memory unit for storing names and telephone numbers, a control unit for registering and searching the data with the memory unit according to instructions from the operation unit, And a display unit for displaying data and input operation.
A region of telephone number + icon information is allocated to the memory unit, and a name, one or more telephone numbers corresponding to the name, and a category corresponding to each of the telephone numbers are defined in the memory unit. An icon (pictogram) is input, the name, the telephone number, and the icon information are stored in association with each other, and the control unit has an icon search mode for selecting the icon and searching for a telephone number from a desired category. A telephone directory device provided.

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