JPH0723094A - Portable terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To dial the telephone number information of a called party by a simple operation without operating a complicate operation for retrieval or registration, in a portable terminal equipment carried by a subscriber. CONSTITUTION:A telephone number information reading part 8 reads the telephone number information, a telephone number information reading means 53 decides the success or failure of the reading of the telephone number information, and when the reading succeeds, the read number is displayed through a telephone number display means 52 on a display part 6. Then, when dialing is instructed by a subscriber, a telephone number dialing means 52 dials the read telephone number.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal device for performing land mobile radio communication, and more particularly to a mobile terminal device that can be carried by a subscriber.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional portable terminal device, in addition to means for directly dialing the telephone number of the other party to make a call, means for making a call to a particular destination using an electronic telephone directory utilizing a built-in memory It is equipped with According to the latter transmission means, by making a search for the telephone number information of the other party in the electronic telephone directory, it is possible to make a call without dialing the telephone number of the other party.

[0003]

By the way, in the conventional portable terminal device, when a plurality of pieces of telephone number information are registered in the built-in electronic telephone directory, the search for the destination to be called becomes complicated, and the calling is complicated. There was a problem that it took time. Also, registering the phone number information in the built-in electronic phonebook requires complicated operations, and if you can register the name in addition to the phone number information so that the other party can be easily searched, the registration will be completed. There was a problem that it became more complicated.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable terminal device which does not require a complicated operation for searching or registering and can make a call to the telephone number information of the other party by a simple operation.

[0005]

In order to solve the above problems, in a portable terminal device according to the present invention, a reading means for reading telephone number information held by a subscriber and a reading means for reading telephone number information by the reading means are provided. It is characterized by comprising a determining means for determining success or failure, a display means for displaying the read telephone number information, and a transmitting means for transmitting to the read telephone number information.

[0006]

The handwritten character held by the subscriber or the coded telephone number information such as a bar code is read by the reading means, and the success or failure of the reading is judged by the judging means.
When the determination means determines that the telephone number information has been read normally, the read telephone number information is displayed on the display means. The subscriber confirms whether or not the displayed telephone number information is correct, and when it is determined that it is correct, the subscriber instructs to make a call to the telephone number information. When the calling instruction is received from the subscriber, the calling means makes a call to the previously read telephone number.

According to this, the subscriber can easily make a call to a desired destination by reading the telephone number information such as handwritten characters and bar codes, and thus the subscriber is registered in the electronic telephone directory as in the conventional case. It is not necessary to perform a complicated operation for searching for a desired destination from the telephone number information stored. Further, since the subscriber's own telephone directory can be used, it is not necessary to duplicately register the telephone number information in the electronic telephone directory.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a portable terminal device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a portable terminal device according to the present invention. The mobile terminal device 10 includes a wireless unit 1, a communication path processing unit 2, a receiving unit 3, a transmitting unit 4, a control unit 5, a display unit 6, a key input unit 7, and a telephone number information reading unit 8. .

The radio section 1 is a section for transmitting to an external line, and is composed of an antenna, a transmission section, a reception section, a synthesizer and the like.

The display section 6 is a section for displaying a telephone number, a keyword, etc., and is constituted by a liquid crystal panel, an EL display or the like.

The telephone number information reading portion 8 is a portion for reading telephone number information held by the user, and is a symbol for a handwritten character reading device for reading a handwritten telephone number by a method such as pattern recognition or a bar code. In addition to a coded symbol reader that optically reads the converted telephone number and converts it into a code, it also optically or magnetically reads the telephone number recorded on a mark sheet, and converts it into an electrical signal for processing. It can be constituted by a mark reading device.

The control section 5 is a section for controlling the operation of the mobile terminal device 10, and executes the processing of the flowchart described later according to a control program stored in a memory (not shown). The control section 5 is composed of a peripheral circuit including a microprocessor, and can be functionally divided into blocks of a telephone number transmitting means 51, a telephone number displaying means 52, a telephone number information reading means 53, and a telephone number storing means 54.

The telephone number transmitting means 51, when instructed to transmit the telephone number information read by the telephone number information reading section 8, transmits the corresponding telephone number information. Further, when the one-touch key corresponding to the telephone number information stored in the telephone number storage means 54, which will be described later, is selected, a process of transmitting to the corresponding telephone number information is performed.

The telephone number display means 52 displays the telephone number information read by the telephone number information reading section 8 on the display section 6.

The telephone number information reading means 53 analyzes the coded symbols such as handwritten characters and bar codes read by the telephone number information reading section 8 and determines whether or not the telephone number information has been successfully read.

The telephone number storage means 54 stores (registers) the telephone number information read by the telephone number information reading section 8 in association with the designated one-touch key.

Next, the operation of reading the telephone number information held by the user in the above-mentioned portable terminal device 10 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, when a user's instruction to start reading by pressing a predetermined key is received (step 101), the telephone number information reading section 8 reads a coded symbol such as a handwritten character or a bar code (step 102). next,
The telephone number information reading means 53 analyzes the read information and determines whether or not the telephone number information has been successfully read (step 103). If it is determined that the reading is successful, a sounding means (not shown) is activated to sound a success sound (step 104). Then, the telephone number display means 52 displays the read telephone number on the display unit 6 (step 105).

Next, the operation for making a call to the read telephone number will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Whether or not there is a key input is monitored in the state of waiting for a key input (step 201), and when there is a key input, it is determined whether or not the input key is a key indicating transmission (step 202). If the entered key is a key for calling, the telephone number sending means 51 inserts the previously read telephone number into the control signal for calling and sends it (step 203).

Next, the operation for registering the read telephone number in the one-touch key will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, the previously read telephone number is displayed on the display unit 6 (step 301), and a registration instruction by pressing the registration key is accepted (step 302). Next, the presence or absence of a key input is monitored in the state of waiting for a key input (step 303), and when there is a key input, it is determined whether or not the input key is a one-touch key (step 3).
04). If the input key is a one-touch key, the read one is associated with the input one-touch key and registered in the telephone number storage means 54 (step 305).

FIG. 5 shows the appearance of the above-mentioned portable terminal device 10. On the front surface of the apparatus body, in addition to a display unit 6 for displaying a telephone number, a key input unit 7 having numeric keys and function keys, a reading unit 11 corresponding to the telephone number information reading unit 8 in FIG. A registration key 12 for registering the read telephone number, a one-touch key 13 for one-touch transmission,
A receiver 3 and a transmitter 4 are provided. On the side surface of the reading unit 11, a reading start key 14 for instructing the start of reading handwritten characters, coded symbols and the like is provided.

The subscriber presses the reading unit 11 against a handwritten character telephone number written in a telephone directory or the like, or a coded telephone number such as a bar code, and presses the reading start key 14 to call the telephone. Have the number read. Here, the processing described in the flowchart of FIG. 2 is executed,
When the telephone number is correctly read, an electronic sound indicating that the reading is successful sounds and the read telephone number is displayed on the display unit 6.

Next, the subscriber checks the displayed telephone number, and if there is no error, presses a call key (not shown).
Here, the processing described in the flowchart of FIG. 3 is executed, and the read telephone number is called.

When the read telephone number is registered in the one-touch key, the registration key 12 is pressed after confirming that the read telephone number is being displayed. Then, the one-touch key 13 of the number to be registered is pressed. Here, the processing described in the flowchart of FIG. 4 is executed, the number of the one-touch key 13 and the read telephone number are associated with each other, and registered in the internal telephone number storage means. From this point onward, one-touch calling to a desired telephone number can be performed by operating the one-touch key 13 together.

That is, according to the portable terminal device of the above-described embodiment, the subscriber can input the handwritten telephone number written in the telephone directory or the like carried by him or the telephone number encoded in the bar code or the like. You can easily make a call to the desired destination by simply reading it. For this reason, it is not necessary to search for a desired destination from the telephone number information registered in the electronic telephone directory as in the past, and the information in the telephone directory carried by the subscriber itself is not changed. Available, so
There is no need to register duplicate phone numbers in the electronic phone book.
Further, even when one terminal device is used by a plurality of persons, there is an advantage that the telephone number information held by each subscriber can be read and transmitted on the spot. Furthermore, if the read telephone number information is registered in association with the one-touch key, it is possible to make a one-touch call to a desired telephone number.

[0029]

As described above, in the portable terminal device according to the present invention, the coded telephone number information such as handwritten characters and bar code held by the subscriber is read and the read telephone number information is transmitted. Because I decided to
It is not necessary to search the desired telephone number by operating the electronic telephone directory, and the telephone number of the other party can be transmitted by a simple operation. Further, since the telephone number information held by the subscriber can be used, it is not necessary to duplicately register it in the electronic telephone directory.

Furthermore, by registering the read telephone number information in association with the one-touch key, it is possible to make a one-touch call to a desired destination.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation when reading telephone number information held by a user.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation when making a call to a read telephone number.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation when registering a read telephone number in a one-touch key.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an appearance of a mobile terminal device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Wireless part 2 ... Call path processing part 5 ... Control part 6 ... Display part 7 ... Key input part 8 ... Phone number information reading part 12 ... Registration key 13 ... One-touch key 14 ... Reading start key 51 ... Phone number sending means 52 ... telephone number display means 53 ... telephone number information reading means 54 ... telephone number storage means

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A portable terminal device that can be carried by a subscriber. Reading means for reading the telephone number information held by the subscriber; determining means for determining whether or not the reading of the telephone number information by the reading means is successful; A mobile terminal device comprising: a display unit that displays telephone number information; and a transmission unit that transmits the read telephone number information. 2. The portable terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the reading means is composed of a handwritten character recognition device. 3. The portable terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the reading means is constituted by a coded symbol reading device. 4. The portable terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the reading means is a mark reading device. 5. A storage means for storing the telephone number information read by said reading means, wherein said transmitting means has a function of transmitting to said read telephone number information, and a telephone number stored in said storage means. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein when the function key corresponding to the information is selected, the call is made to the corresponding telephone number information.