JPH11355458A - Communication equipment and communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify a character entry operation such as of a name at registration of a telephone number and also to simplify entry of special characters such as KANJI and the Korean alphabets. SOLUTION: A service center 17 generates a short message based on characters or voice data such as a destination name of a telephone number supplied from a personal computer 10 and a telephone set FAX 15, and a mobile communication base station 18 sends the short message. A mobile communication device 30 receives the short message and registers the name or the like and the telephone number denoted in the short message to a memory section 35 as a memory dial.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication device and a communication system applied to a portable telephone, a car telephone, a simplified portable telephone (PHS) and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A mobile communication device such as a mobile phone, a car phone, or a simplified mobile phone (PHS) associates a telephone number with a name of a destination of the telephone number and the like, and stores a memory in the device body. Generally has a function (hereinafter referred to as a memory dial) that can be registered (stored as a telephone directory). In recent years, mobile communication devices that can register up to 500 memory dials have been released.

In a conventional mobile communication device, when a telephone number, a name, and the like to be registered in the memory dial are input, for example, ten keys (so-called ten keys) corresponding to respective numbers from "0" to "9" are used. ) Is used, and the ten keys are used to input not only numbers but also alphabetic characters and kana in many cases. Recently, a mobile communication device capable of displaying names in kanji has also appeared, but when inputting kanji using the above-mentioned 10 keys, first input the kana using the 10 keys and convert the kana into kanji. Such a method is adopted.

[0004]

However, in the method of performing kana input using the ten keys as described above and further converting the kana into kanji, a plurality of characters are required to display (input) one kanji. Key input is required, which is very troublesome.

[0005] For example, in the case of Chinese input, a method of inputting sounds in English and converting them to kanji is adopted. However, since there are many homophones, it is necessary to spend a lot of effort on kanji conversion. is there.

Accordingly, the present invention has been proposed in view of the above-mentioned situation. For example, it is possible to simplify the operation of inputting a character such as a name at the time of registering a telephone number. It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication device capable of easily inputting a password and a communication system corresponding thereto.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is provided a communication apparatus comprising: a communication unit capable of receiving at least a signal; a display unit capable of displaying at least characters and numerals; and a storage unit capable of storing at least information of characters and numerals. And input means for inputting the operation, receive the transmitted character information, and store the character information and the corresponding numerical information in the storage means, thereby solving the above-described problem.

A communication system according to the present invention further comprises a message generating device for generating message information based on the supplied character information or voice information, and a message transmitting device having a transmitting device capable of transmitting at least the message information. Communication means capable of receiving at least message information, display means capable of displaying at least letters and numbers,
It has a storage means capable of storing at least character and numerical information, and an input means for operation input, receives transmitted message information, and stores the message information and the corresponding numerical information in the storage means. The above-described problem is solved by the communication device having the above configuration.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when a kanji such as a name is registered in a memory dial of a mobile communication device, the character such as the name is input to input means such as a ten key provided on the mobile communication device. Instead of typing directly from
Registration is performed using a service for transmitting a message composed of short characters or the like (hereinafter, referred to as a short message), which is widely adopted as a service in mobile communication carriers in recent years.

That is, in the present embodiment, the name or the like to be registered in the memory dial of the mobile communication device is sent to a service center such as the mobile communication carrier, and the name or the like is generated as a short message at the service center. Then, the name and the like of the received short message are registered in the memory dial in the mobile communication device.

In the short message service, in Japan, the communication protocol differs depending on the communication format, but it is possible to transmit character information of about 50 to 100 characters.

Here, as a method of sending a name or the like to be registered in the memory dial of the mobile communication device to a service center such as the mobile communication carrier, a character such as a name input by a personal computer (so-called personal computer) is used. A method of transmitting the information by e-mail or via the Internet, a method of transmitting the information directly as a voice using a telephone, or a method of transmitting the information as a character image from a facsimile (FAX) device are conceivable.

FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of a mobile communication system to which the communication apparatus and communication system of the present invention for realizing the above-described operations are applied.

In FIG. 1, a personal computer 10 includes a keyboard 13, a computer main body 12, and a monitor device 11. The personal computer 10 includes software for sending and receiving e-mails, and a so-called WWW (World Wide Web) for connecting to the Internet.
b) Software called a browser, etc., is installed, and the software enables transmission / reception of e-mail, connection to the Internet, and the like. Further, the keyboard 13 is a full keyboard, and therefore, even if characters such as a name to be registered in the memory dial are input, it is much easier to input the characters than when the ten keys are used. The personal computer 10 is connectable to a telephone line 16 via a modem 14. Note that the modem 14
Can be built in the personal computer 10.

The telephone / FAX 15 is a device having only a telephone or a facsimile function. Therefore, the telephone / FAX 15 can transmit a voice or an image of a character. According to the telephone / FAX 15, even if the personal computer 10 and the software for operating the personal computer 10 are not provided,
Further, even if the user does not learn these operations, it is possible to transmit a name or the like to be registered in the memory dial. This telephone / FAX 15 is also connected to a telephone line 16 via a modem 14. The modem 14 is usually built in the telephone / FAX 15.

The service center 17 is a service center of the mobile communication service provider, and is a place for centrally managing not only creation and transmission of the short message but also general mobile communication services. This service center 17 is also connected to the telephone line 16. That is, the service center 17 can be connected to the personal computer 10 and the telephone / FAX 15 via the telephone line 16.

The mobile communication base station 18 includes a transmission / reception antenna 19 for transmitting and receiving signals to and from the mobile communication device 30. This mobile communication base station 1
Reference numeral 8 is connected to the service center 17 by a dedicated line or wirelessly, or is connected via a telephone line 16.

The mobile communication device 30 includes an antenna 31 for transmitting and receiving signals to and from the mobile communication base station 18, a signal transmitting unit 32, a signal receiving unit 33, a telephone number, A display unit 36 capable of displaying characters and the like registered in the memory dial, an input unit 37 including a 10 key and a power button, and a memory unit 35 for storing characters such as telephone numbers and names registered as the memory dial. And an arithmetic control unit 34 for controlling each unit, and has various functions necessary for a general mobile communication device.

FIGS. 2 and 3 show a procedure for realizing the above-mentioned memory dial registration using the short message in the mobile communication system as shown in FIG.

FIG. 2 shows a flow of transmitting a name or the like input from the personal computer 10 or the telephone / FAX 15 as a short message.
The flow until character information such as a name transmitted as a short message is registered in the memory dial in the mobile communication device 30 is shown.

First, in FIG. 2, in step S1,
A character or voice signal such as a name to be registered as a memory dial, which is input from a personal computer 10 or a telephone / FAX 15, is transmitted to the modem 14 and the telephone line 1.
6 to the service center 17.

In step S2, the personal computer 10 and the telephone / F
A short message is created from characters or voices, such as a name, to be registered as the memory dial transmitted from the AX 15 or the like. At this time, if the name or the like is supplied as e-mail by the personal computer 10 or character information via the Internet, the service center 17 creates a short message from the character information. When the name or the like is supplied as voice by the telephone, the service center 17
Then, a short message is created by, for example, converting the voice into character information by inputting the voice from a keyboard or the like by an operator, or converting the voice into character information by a voice recognition device. Further, when the name or the like is supplied as a character image by the facsimile, the service center 17 converts the character image into character information by, for example, inputting the character image from a keyboard or the like, or using a character recognition device. Create a short message by converting it to character information. For this reason, even when, for example, Chinese or Korean characters or the like are supplied to the service center 17 as voice by a telephone or character images by a facsimile machine, the voice or the character images are kanji or Hangul by an operator or the like. Since the short message is created by being converted into characters, the mobile communication device 3
For those who want to register these Chinese or Korean characters as memory dials in 0, simply register them orally from a telephone or send characters from a facsimile machine to register them in a memory dial via a short message. It becomes possible.

In step S3, the created short message is transmitted to the mobile communication base station 18.

In step S4, the mobile communication base station 18 transmits the short message by wireless communication.

Next, in FIG. 3, in step S10, the mobile communication device 30 receives the short message.

In step S11, a short message is displayed on the display unit 36.

Here, the short message may be not only a name or the like registered as a memory dial as described above, but also a normal short message. That is, in the case of a normal short message, it is not registered in the memory dial, so in step S12, it is determined whether to register the short message in the memory dial (phonebook). If the short message is not registered in the memory dial in step S12, the process proceeds to step S11.
To continue displaying the short message,
When registering in the memory dial, the next step S13
Proceed to processing.

In step S13, a confirmation operation is performed assuming that the short message is to be registered as a memory dial. Note that this determination operation is realized by performing a desired operation on the input unit 37, for example.

In step S14, the above-mentioned step S13
The short message (name etc.)
Is registered in the memory dial.

As described above, according to the mobile communication device of the present embodiment, characters such as a name registered in the memory dial can be entered into the personal computer 10 or the telephone / FAX 15
By inputting as a short message created based on character information, voice, character image, etc. input from the user, etc., it is very easy to input and register without the need for a complicated input operation using a conventional 10-key key. It is possible to do.

In China, since a short message creation system in which an operator converts voice into a short message has already been constructed, a memory dial which converts voice into a short message as in the present embodiment is used. The method of registration is very effective.

In the case where a short message is created from the character information transmitted by the electronic mail, the electronic mail can simultaneously transmit the same character information to a plurality of destinations. For example, if a short message such as a company name or a person in charge based on a customer list is transmitted to a plurality of mobile communication devices in a lump, the plurality of mobile communication devices can be provided with the company name and the responsible person. It is possible to easily register a person name and the like.

Further, according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is expected that a mobile communication carrier will also be able to improve services and increase communication fees for short messages.

[0035]

According to the communication apparatus of the present invention, the transmitted character information is received, and the character information and the corresponding numerical information are stored. The operation is easy, and the registration of special characters such as Hangul characters as well as Chinese characters is simplified.

In the communication system of the present invention,
By generating and transmitting message information based on the supplied character information or voice information, receiving the transmitted message information, and storing the message information and the corresponding numerical information, for example, the telephone Character input operations such as names when registering numbers are facilitated, and special characters such as Hangul characters as well as Chinese characters are easily registered.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a flow until a name or the like input from a personal computer, a telephone, or a facsimile is transmitted as a short message.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a flow until character information such as a name transmitted as a short message is registered in a memory dial in a mobile communication device.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 personal computer, 11 monitor device,
12 computer body, 13 keyboard, 1
4 modem, 15 telephone / fax, 16 telephone line, 17 service center, 18 mobile communication base station, 19, 31 antenna, 30 mobile communication device, 32 transmission unit, 33 reception unit, 34 arithmetic control unit, 35 memory Part, 36 display part, 37
Input section

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. Communication means capable of receiving at least a signal; display means capable of displaying at least characters and numerals; display means capable of storing at least information of characters and numerals; and input means for inputting operation. A communication device that receives the transmitted character information and stores the received character information and numerical information corresponding to the character information in the storage unit. 2. Displaying a character corresponding to the received character information and a number corresponding to the numerical information on the display means, and determining whether the character information and the numerical information are stored in the storage means by the input means. 2. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein said operation input is performed. 3. The input means is at least one of 0 to 9.
The communication means transmits and receives a signal by wireless, and the storage means stores the numerical information of the telephone number and the character information of the other party corresponding to the telephone number. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the communication device is a mobile communication device having a telephone function. 4. A message transmitting device having a message generating means for generating message information based on the supplied character information or voice information, a transmitting means capable of transmitting at least the message information, and the transmitted message information Communication means capable of receiving at least characters, display means capable of displaying at least characters and numbers, storage means capable of storing at least information of characters and numbers, and input means for operation input, and the message transmission means A communication device that receives the message information transmitted from the storage device and stores the received message information and numerical information corresponding to the message information in the storage unit. 5. In the communication device, a character corresponding to the received character information and a number corresponding to the numerical information are displayed on the display means, and the character information and the numerical information are stored in the storage means by the input means. The communication system according to claim 4, wherein an operation input as to whether or not to store the information is performed. 6. The communication device, wherein the input means includes a ten key capable of inputting at least ten numbers from 0 to 9, wherein the communication means performs wireless signal transmission and reception,
5. The communication system according to claim 4, wherein said storage means is a mobile communication device having a telephone function, wherein the storage means stores numerical information of a telephone number and character information of a destination corresponding to the telephone number. 7. The communication system according to claim 4, wherein said message generating means generates said message information based on character information supplied by electronic mail. 8. The communication system according to claim 4, wherein said message generating means generates said message information based on character information supplied from the Internet. 9. The communication system according to claim 4, wherein said message generating means generates said message information based on voice information from a telephone. 10. The communication system according to claim 4, wherein said message generating means generates said message information based on character information from a facsimile machine.