JP3749245B2 - Mobile phone - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile phone, and more particularly to a mobile phone having a function of searching for a telephone number of a party to call.

  Currently, there are three types of mobile phone systems: an analog car phone system, a digital car phone system, and a personal handy phone system (PHS). This type of mobile phone is portable. A telephone circuit is built in the casing, and a speaker and microphone for calling, operation keys for entering a telephone number, and a small display for confirming the entered telephone number are arranged on the casing surface. Configured.

By the way, in the past, the names and telephone numbers of a plurality of telephone partners who should make a call are tabulated and stored in a memory provided in the telephone circuit. It is known that a name and a telephone number starting from the initial can be displayed on a display by inputting the initial of the name, and the telephone number can be searched.
JP-A-5-3507

  However, since it is necessary to make the casing as small as possible in a mobile phone, the screen size of the display is limited. If there are many names that start with one acronym, these names and phone numbers must be changed. It cannot be displayed on the screen at once. Therefore, it is necessary to perform an operation for searching for a target name while switching the display screen to the next page.

  In this case, a plurality of telephone partners displayed on one screen are just common in that they start with the same initial letter. Some of these telephone partners include, for example, friends, acquaintances related to the company. , Persons belonging to various groups, such as friends belonging to the same circle, are included.

  Therefore, even when searching for a telephone partner belonging to a specific group, it is necessary to search for all names displayed on the same screen, which is complicated.

  In addition, if a specific group is set in advance, the user's degree of freedom for grouping is reduced.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone with good searchability even when a display device for displaying a list of names is small when searching for telephone numbers.

  In the mobile phone according to the present invention, in the mobile phone in which the data input device and the display device are installed on the surface of the casing in which the phone circuit is built, the phone circuit is for each of a plurality of telephone partners who are to make a call. Storage means for storing name data for identifying a telephone partner, telephone number data of the telephone partner, and classification data indicating a group to which the telephone partner belongs, in association with each other by a user operation, and operation of the data input device In response to a command based on the above, the image data of all classification data stored in the storage means is read out, and provided with display control means for displaying these classification data on the display device, when displaying these classification data, Data for which group names are not registered in advance is displayed as unclassified classification data, and the displayed classification data is displayed. By selecting the data, and wherein reading the name data of the telephone party associated with the classification data from said storage means.

  In the above mobile phone, based on the operation of the data input device, first, classification data indicating all groups is displayed in a list on the display device. When the category data to which the category belongs is selected, the names of one or more telephone partners belonging to the category data are displayed in a list on the display device. In the display, a portion where the name of the classification data is not set indicates that the name is not set.

  In the mobile phone according to the present invention, a plurality of telephone partners who are to make a call are classified in advance into a plurality of groups (classification data) that can be set by the user. Since the preliminary search is performed based on the image of the group (classification data), only the telephone counterparts belonging to the specific group (classification data) are displayed on the same screen. Therefore, even if the display device for displaying a list of the names of the other parties is small, it is easy to select a target person from the displayed telephone counterparts, and the searchability is good. In addition, information that does not belong to a predetermined group (classification data) name can be displayed as an unset name, and the user can use it without worrying about the group name.

  DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention applied to a PHS with a facsimile function will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the PHS of the present invention comprises a speaker (102) for reception and a microphone (103) for transmission on the surface of a portable flat casing (1), as well as a data input function and display. An input display device (101) having a function is installed and configured. The input display device (101) is configured, for example, by installing a touch input type digitizer on the surface of a liquid crystal display panel.

  A telephone circuit shown in FIG. 2 is built in the casing (1).

  The audio signal transmitted / received by the built-in antenna (104) is subjected to frequency conversion by the RF / IF unit (105). A digital signal processing circuit (107) is connected to the RF / IF unit (105) via a modulation / demodulation unit (106) that performs π / 4 shift four-phase QPSK modulation / demodulation, and the circuit performs TDMA processing based on the PHS standard. In addition, digital signal processing such as CCH (common control channel) transmission / reception processing and TCH (call channel) transmission / reception processing is performed.

  Connected to the digital signal processing circuit (107) is an audio signal processing circuit (108) that performs necessary processing on the received audio signal, and is connected to the circuit (108) via a D / A converter (109). The receiving speaker (102) is connected, and the transmitting microphone (103) is connected via the A / D converter (112).

  On the other hand, the facsimile unit (113) includes a FAX control unit (117), a FAX codec (115), an encoding memory (114), and a page memory (116).

  The system control circuit (121) is composed of a microcomputer. The system control circuit (121) is connected to the RF / IF unit (105) and the digital signal processing circuit (107), and modifies and demodulates facsimile transmission data. The facsimile unit (113) is connected via a FAX modem (118) that performs the above.

  Further, the system control circuit (121) includes a display control circuit (119) for performing predetermined display on the input display device (101), display of facsimile image data stored in the page memory (116), and the like. An input detection circuit (120) for detecting handwritten input data and operation input data input from the display device (101) is connected to a dial information memory (122) described later.

  The dial information memory 122 stores a telephone directory file shown in FIG. 3 and an image data file shown in FIG.

  In the telephone directory file, as shown in FIG. 3, names, telephone numbers, and classification numbers are written in a table for each of a plurality of telephone partners who are to make a call. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, in the image data file, for each classification number, a mark (image data) symbolizing a group specified by the classification and a name (code data) of the mark are written.

  FIGS. 5 to 7 show a characteristic part of the present invention among the control procedures executed by the system control unit 121, that is, a mark search and charging control procedure based on the telephone directory file and the image data file (FIG. 5). And FIG. 6) and a new registration procedure for the telephone directory file (FIG. 7).

  8 to 11 show a series of screens displayed on the input display device 101 by execution of the mark search and charging control procedure, and FIGS. 12 to 15 show the input display by execution of the new registration procedure. A series of screens displayed on the device (101) is shown.

  As shown in FIG. 5, when the telephone mode is set, first, an initial screen (FIG. 8) is displayed in step S1, and then in step S2, an input operation of a “phone book” icon indicated by an arrow in FIG. 8 is performed. Determine whether phonebook mode is set.

If it is determined in step S2 that the telephone directory mode has been set, the process proceeds to step S3 to display the sounding screen (FIG. 9).
In this state, when an initial letter of the name of the telephone partner to be searched is selected, a list of names starting with the initial letter is displayed, and a search using the initial letter similar to the conventional one becomes possible.

  On the other hand, when the “mark” icon indicated by the arrow is input on the screen of FIG. 9, it is determined that the mark search mode is selected in step S4, and the mark selection screen (FIG. 10) is displayed in step S5. . In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, a mark symbolizing “male”, a mark symbolizing “female”, a mark symbolizing “family”, a mark symbolizing “relative”, a mark symbolizing “company” Image data such as a mark symbolizing “circle” is written in the image data file, and by reading the image data from the image data file, all marks are displayed in a list as shown in FIG. The mark selection screen can be composed of a plurality of pages.

  For example, when a mark symbolizing “company” indicated by an arrow on the screen of FIG. 10 is input, it is determined that a specific mark is selected in step S6 of FIG. 5, and the process proceeds to step S7 of FIG. The phone book file is searched based on the classification number of the selected mark, all the names registered under the classification number are read from the phone book file, and the list screen is displayed as shown in FIG. The

  When a specific mark is selected on the screen of FIG. 10, it is possible to read the name of the mark from the image data file and display the name near the mark display position for a certain period of time.

  When the name of the target telephone partner is input on the screen of FIG. 11, it is determined that the name has been selected in step S8 of FIG. 6, and the process proceeds to step S9 where the name is highlighted and displayed. The telephone number of the other party is read from the telephone directory file. As a result, the telephone number is displayed on the screen as shown in FIG.

  Thereafter, in step S10 in FIG. 6, it is determined whether or not the “call” icon in FIG. 11 has been input. If YES, the charging process is performed on the telephone number displayed on the screen in step S11. The call is automatically made to the intended party.

  Further, when a “new” icon indicated by an arrow is input on the screen of FIG. 11, a new registration mode is set.

  In the new registration mode, first, in step S21 of FIG. 7, a new registration screen (FIG. 12) is displayed. On the new registration screen, an input palette consisting of 50 hiragana characters, an alphanumeric input palette, and the like are switched and displayed as shown in the figure. Using these input palettes, the name of the telephone partner to be newly registered as shown in FIG. Enter the phone number and data.

  Accordingly, in step S22 in FIG. 7, it is determined that data for the name and the telephone number has been input, the process proceeds to step S23, and the operation waits for the mark icon input operation indicated by the arrow in FIG.

  In principle, the name data is input by inputting both the name and the name, but either one or the nickname can be input.

  When the mark icon is input, the process proceeds to step S24, and the mark selection screen (FIG. 14) is displayed. When the mark selection screen is displayed, the image data and names of all registered marks are read from the image data file, and these marks and names are displayed in a list as shown in FIG.

  In this state, as shown by the arrow in the figure, when the mark of the group to which the telephone partner to be newly registered belongs is determined, it is determined that the mark is selected in step S25 of FIG. 7, and in step S26. The name, telephone number, and classification number of the telephone partner to be newly registered are written in the telephone book file, and one registration procedure is completed.

  As a result, the name, telephone number, and mark of the newly registered telephone partner are displayed on the screen of the input display device (101) as shown in FIG.

  In this state, when the “return” icon is input as shown by the arrow in FIG. 15, it is determined that the registration is completed in step S27 in FIG. 7, and the list display state in FIG. 11 in the telephone mode is returned. On the other hand, when the “new” icon in FIG. 15 is operated, the process returns to step S21 and the new registration procedure is repeated for the next telephone partner.

  In the above-mentioned PHS, even if the screen of the input display device (101) is small, the names of the telephone partners belonging to the selected specific group are searched, and these names are listed on the screen together with the group mark. Therefore, it is easier to select the name of the intended partner from among them, compared with the conventional search method using initials, and the search performance is good.

  The above description of the embodiment is for explaining the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the invention described in the claims or reducing the scope thereof. The configuration of each part of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the technical scope described in the claims.

  This is useful as a technology for a mobile phone having a telephone directory.

It is a top view of PHS which implemented this invention. It is a block diagram showing the telephone circuit of this PHS. It is a chart showing the data format of a telephone directory file. It is a chart showing the data format of an image data file. It is a flowchart showing the first half of a mark search and charging control procedure. It is a flowchart showing the second half of a procedure same as the above. It is a flowchart showing a new registration procedure. It is a figure showing an initial screen. It is a figure showing a sound drawing screen. It is a figure showing a mark selection screen. It is a figure showing the list screen after mark selection. It is a figure showing the initial state of a new registration screen. It is a figure showing the state which input the full name and the telephone number on the new registration screen. It is a figure showing the mark selection screen at the time of new registration. It is a figure showing the screen at the time of the end of registration.

Explanation of symbols

(1) Casing
(101) Input display device
(102) Speaker
(103) Microphone

Claims (1)

In a mobile phone in which a data input device and a display device are installed on the surface of a casing containing a telephone circuit, the telephone circuit is
For each of the multiple telephone partners who will make a call, the user's operation is the name data for identifying the telephone partner, the telephone number data of the telephone partner, and the classification data indicating the group to which the telephone partner belongs. Storage means for storing them in association with each other,
In response to a command based on the operation of the data input device, the image reading device includes a display control unit that reads out images of all the classification data stored in the storage unit and displays the classification data on the display device,
In order to select these classification data and search the storage means based on the selected classification data, when displaying the selection screen, it is possible to selectably display classification data whose group name is not set. A featured mobile phone.

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