KR101060841B1 - Mobile communication terminal and method for automatically storing image taken in address book - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal for automatically storing image images captured in an address book and a method thereof. The mobile communication terminal according to the present invention is a mobile communication terminal including a camera for photographing a subject. A memory unit for storing at least one address book record including a contact field, an input unit for receiving a file name of an image image captured by the camera from a user, and the file name. And a control unit for extracting an address book record corresponding to the file name by searching a memory unit, and storing the image image in the extracted record.

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Description

Mobile communication terminal and method thereof for automatically storing image images captured in address book {Method and mobile communication terminal for saving taken picture in address book automatically}

The present invention relates to a method of storing a captured image image in a corresponding address book of a mobile communication terminal. More particularly, when storing the image image captured by a camera provided in the mobile communication terminal, the image image is stored in a corresponding address book. It relates to a mobile communication terminal and a method thereof that can be easily stored.

Due to the development of mobile communication technology, users are provided with a mobile communication service having faster and better call quality. In particular, the mobile communication terminal has developed remarkably, and the function of staying at the initial simple voice call and short message transmission can implement various functions such as video call, watching movie or music, storing various files, internet, game, and photography. It became. In particular, since the mobile communication terminal having a built-in camera is common, and the performance of the built-in camera is inferior to that of a digital camera, a user of the mobile communication terminal frequently takes a picture such as a still image or a video using the built-in camera. It not only saves it, but also sends it to other users.

In addition, an address book is stored in a memory of a typical mobile communication terminal. The address book stores a name, a mobile phone number, a home or work phone number, an address, and the like so that a user of a mobile communication terminal can easily manage other users' contacts. In addition, the address book may be represented as a phone book, a contact, or a phone book according to the mobile communication terminal. Recently, a picture with a name, a phone number, etc. may be stored in the address book of most mobile communication terminals.

If you're not a frequent contact or someone with the same name, you may not know who's address book by looking at the name in the address book. However, if the picture is stored in the address book as described above, it is easy to distinguish the address book of the user without looking at the name. In addition, many users of the mobile communication terminal use the caller display service. When the incoming call is received, the picture stored in the address book is displayed on the display unit of the mobile communication terminal, so that the caller can be easily known.

However, in spite of the above advantages, most users only store simple information such as a name and a phone number in the address book and not many pictures. This is because the process of storing pictures in the address book is complicated.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a process of storing a photo in an address book in a conventional mobile communication terminal.

Referring to FIG. 1, first, after taking a picture (S10), if the file name of the taken picture is input (S20), the picture is stored in the photo album of the mobile communication terminal (S30). Then, the address book to store the picture is searched (S40), the picture to be stored is selected from the photo album (S50), and the selected picture is stored in the corresponding storage area of the address book (S60). As described above, according to the conventional mobile communication terminal, the process of storing the picture in the address book is very cumbersome and complicated, and it is not easy for users of the mobile communication terminal to store the picture in the address book.

In addition, according to the conventional mobile communication terminal, the process of transmitting the photographed picture is also inconvenient. That is, conventionally, in order to transmit the photographed picture, a picture attachment function of a message creation window is used or a picture album transmission function is used. However, such a function is relatively complicated, and since it has to go through a process of separately inputting a contact such as directly inputting a mobile communication phone number of a counterpart or searching and selecting an address book, there is a problem that its use is very inconvenient.

In order to solve this problem, Republic of Korea Patent No. 0650683 (hereinafter referred to as Patent Document 1) is to create a separate relationship file for storing additional information, such as name, telephone number when storing the taken picture. In this case, the additional information may be directly input, or the phone book may be searched to select a person name related to the picture. According to Patent Document 1, by using only the relationship file to search for a picture associated with a specific person, send a short message only to people appearing in a specific picture, or use a relationship file to display a picture of the relevant person on the incoming call screen Can be displayed on the screen.

However, in Patent Document 1, since a relationship file is formed only for a person associated with a photo, the contact information cannot be managed for a person not in the photo, and thus, an address book should still be used for integrated contact management. Therefore, in order to store a picture in an address book or to send a picture, there is a conventional problem that requires a complicated process. In addition, since a separate memory space is required to form and store a relation file separately from the address book, it may cause a problem of delaying the processing speed of the mobile communication terminal and increasing the manufacturing cost.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication terminal and a method for easily storing a captured image image in a corresponding address book.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention can be understood by the following description, and will be more clearly understood by the embodiments of the present invention. It will also be readily apparent that the objects and advantages of the invention may be realized and attained by means of the instrumentalities and combinations particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The mobile communication terminal according to the first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object is a mobile communication terminal including a camera for photographing a subject, the address book record including a name field, a contact field A memory unit storing at least one); An input unit for receiving a file name of an image image captured by the camera from a user; And a control unit which extracts an address book record corresponding to the file name by searching the memory unit using the file name, and stores the image image in the extracted record.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of automatically storing a photographed image image in a corresponding address book, the address book record including a camera, a name field and a contact field. A method of automatically storing an image image photographed by the camera in a corresponding address book record in a mobile communication terminal having an address book storing at least one), comprising: (a) capturing a subject using the camera; Generating an image image by means of; (b) receiving a file name for the image from a user; (c) extracting an address book record corresponding to the file name by searching the memory unit using the file name; And (d) storing the image image in the extracted record.

According to the present invention, an image image can be easily stored in the extracted address book record by automatically searching and extracting the address book record associated with the image image photographed using a camera embedded in the mobile communication terminal only by inputting a file name.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the address book record already extracted is used when transmitting the captured image image, the image image is transmitted without directly inputting a contact such as a mobile communication phone number of the other party to be transmitted or searching the address book record separately. Can be done very easily.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, terms or words used in the specification and claims should not be construed as having a conventional or dictionary meaning, and the inventors should properly explain the concept of terms in order to best explain their own invention. Based on the principle that can be defined, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical spirit of the present invention, various modifications that can be replaced at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the mobile communication terminal according to the present embodiment includes a communication unit 110, a camera 120, an input unit 130, a display unit 140, a memory unit 150, a handset unit 160, and a controller 170. ).

The communication unit 110 performs a function of wirelessly transmitting / receiving information by accessing a base station of a mobile communication system. The communication unit 110 communicates with the base station through a pilot channel, a paging channel, a traffic channel, and the like.

The camera 120 includes a camera sensor for photographing a subject and converting the photographed optical signal into an electrical signal, and a signal processor for converting an analog image signal photographed from the camera sensor into digital data. The camera sensor may include a charge coupled device (CCD) or a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS), but is not limited thereto. The camera sensor and the signal processor may be implemented separately or integrally. Meanwhile, since the camera 120 may capture a still image such as a picture as well as a video, the image image captured by the camera 120 may be a still image or a video.

The input unit 130 is a means for receiving a file name of an image image captured by the camera 120 from a user, and a keypad of a mobile communication terminal will generally correspond to this. In this case, the user of the mobile communication terminal may not only input a file name of the picture through the input unit 130 but also issue various other operation commands. File name input by the input unit 130 is preferably a letter or number.

3 is a diagram illustrating a screen for receiving a file name of a picture through the input unit 130 in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the subject is photographed by the camera 120, the captured image image is displayed on the display unit 140, and the user of the mobile communication terminal inputs an input field of the display unit 140 through the input unit 130. The file name of the picked-up image image can be input to. At this time, the image image may be stored in the photo album at the same time as completing the input of the file name.

The display unit 140 displays the information processed by the mobile communication terminal to the user. The display unit 140 includes a liquid crystal display for displaying a processing state of a mobile communication terminal on a screen, a light emitting lamp for transmitting information through light emission of a light emitting device, and a vibration device for transmitting information through vibration of a vibration motor. . In addition, the display unit 140 displays an image image captured by the camera 120, thereby allowing a user to check or view the captured image image.

The memory unit 150 includes an electrically erasable and programmable read only memory (EEPROM), a flash memory, and the like, and stores various programs, data, and data necessary for the operation of the mobile communication terminal. In particular, the memory unit 150 stores at least one address book record including a name field and a contact field, and also stores a photo album.

The address book stored in the memory unit 150 is for managing various contacts such as a person or a company, and at least one address book record is stored in the address book. Each address book record includes a name field for storing a name or a name, a contact field for storing a mobile communication telephone number, a landline telephone number, a home address, an e-mail address or a blog address, and an image field for storing image images such as pictures. Or the like. In particular, the address book can store image images such as photographs together with contacts, thereby facilitating the discrimination of persons and allowing the image image to be displayed on the display unit 140 when receiving a call so as to quickly and accurately grasp caller information. .

4 is a diagram conceptually illustrating a configuration of an address book table including a plurality of address book records stored in a memory unit 150 in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, an address book is composed of a plurality of address book records, each address book record including a name field 210, a contact field 220, and an image field 230. The name field 210 stores an individual's name or company name, and the contact field 220 includes a mobile communication phone number 221, an office phone number 222, a home phone number 223, and a home address 224. ), An e-mail address 225, a blog address 226, and the like. In addition, the image field 230 stores image images such as photographs and videos.

The photo album stores an image image captured by the camera 120, that is, a still image or a moving image, and the stored image image can be displayed on the display unit 140 by the controller 170. Allows users to check, view, or edit photos.

The handset 160 converts the voice signal received from the base station into an analog signal and outputs the analog signal to the user. The handset unit 160 converts the voice signal received from the user into a digital signal and transmits the digital signal to the communication unit 110.

The control unit 170 controls the components of the mobile communication terminal, receives and processes a signal from the communication unit 110, drives the display so that various multimedia information is displayed on the display unit 140, and through the input unit 130. Run the process corresponding to the command instructed by the user. In addition, when a file name of an image image is input through the input unit 130, the controller 170 automatically searches an address book stored in the memory unit 150 and extracts address book information corresponding to the input file name. That is, when the user inputs the file name of the captured image image, even if there is no command from the user, the controller 170 automatically searches the address book and extracts the address book information corresponding to the file name. Thereafter, the captured image image is stored so as to correspond to the extracted address book information. In this case, the controller 170 preferably performs a process of confirming to the user of the mobile communication terminal whether to store the captured image image so as to correspond to the extracted address book information.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a screen for confirming to a user whether to store a photographed picture corresponding to the extracted address book information.

As shown in FIG. 5, when a file name of 'Kil Dongwa' is input by the input unit 130, the controller 170 automatically searches the address book to display a name field of 'Hong Kil Dong' including the letters 'Kil Dong'. An address book record having a field is extracted, and the user of the mobile communication terminal confirms whether or not to store (register) the picture file in the record. If the user selects 'yes', the photo is stored in the address book record whose name field is 'Kil Dong', and if the user selects 'No', the photo is not stored.

In addition, the control unit 170, it is more preferable to transmit the photo file (file name 'Longiwa') to the contacts stored in the extracted address book record. Conventionally, the photo transfer process is very complicated, such as using a photo attachment function of a message creation window or a photo album transfer function to transmit a taken photo, and a contact number of a photo to be transferred has to be described separately. However, according to the present embodiment, the address book is automatically searched and extracted when the file name is input to the taken picture, and the picture is automatically transferred to the contacts stored in the extracted address book along with storing the address book picture. You don't have to search or enter a phone number manually. Therefore, the registration and transmission procedure of the taken picture becomes very simple. In addition, the controller 170 preferably goes through a procedure of confirming the user's intention when the photographed picture is transmitted.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a screen for asking a user whether to transmit a picture to a contact stored in an address book record extracted by a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, after storing a photographed picture file in an address book record having a name field of 'Hong Gil Dong', the user of the mobile communication terminal inquires whether to transmit the picture file to 'Hong Gil Dong'. At this time, if the user selects 'yes', the photo is transmitted to 'hong gil dong'. However, if the user selects 'No', the photo is not transmitted to 'Hong Gil Dong'.

In this case, the contact of 'Hong Gil-dong' to receive the picture is preferably a mobile communication phone number, but is not necessarily limited thereto. That is, if an e-mail address or a blog address is stored in the address book of 'Hong Gil-dong', it is also possible to have a picture sent to the e-mail or blog. In addition, if it corresponds to a model that can receive a picture can be sent to the wired communication terminal.

On the other hand, in searching the address book record corresponding to the input file name, it is achieved by inquiring an object in which two or more words coincide with the input file name. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, if the file name of the picture is inputted as 'gildong' through the input unit 130, the names that match two or more letters in succession are 'gildong', 'dongyi' and 'yiwa'. There is. Therefore, the controller 170 extracts the address book record including the word 'gil', 'dong', or 'Iwa' in the name field. However, in the above embodiment, the number of letters continuously matching is set to two, but the present invention is not necessarily limited to this number.

More preferably, the letters may include at least one of letters and numbers. In other words, a number may be included in two or more letters that match consecutively. For example, the controller 170 extracts an address book record including the letters 'gildong' or 'dong2' in the name field for the file name 'gildong2'.

In addition, when the number of address book records corresponding to the file name is two or more, the controller 170 may allow the user to select one of them. In this case, the display unit 140 should be provided with an interface for guiding a user's selection (ie, a selection interface). That is, for the file name 'Kil-Dong', if there are four address book records having the name fields of 'Hong-Kil-Dong', 'Lee-Kil-Dong', 'Kim-Kil-Dong' and 'Park-Gil-Dong' in the address book of the mobile communication terminal, the control unit may display the display unit ( 140, a selection interface is provided to allow the mobile terminal user to select one record.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a selection interface screen for selecting one of two or more address book records extracted by a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. If the user inputs the file name as 'Kil Dong-Iwa', the controller controls the address book of 'Hong Gil-Dong', 'I-Gil-Dong', 'Kim-Gil-Dong' and 'Park-Gil-Dong' corresponding to the search keywords 'Gil-Dong', 'Dong-I', 'Iwa'. The records are retrieved and all are guided to the user as shown in FIG. 7 so that the user can select one of them.

In this case, when one address book record is selected through the selection interface, the controller 170 stores a photographed picture file (file name 'length and name') in the selected address book record. That is, when the user selects the 'Hong Gil-Dong' record in FIG. 7, the photo file having the file name 'Gil Dong-Iwa' is stored in the 'Hong Gil-Dong' record of the address book. In this case, it is preferable to further add a procedure for confirming the user's intention as to whether to store the photo file in the corresponding address book record as shown in FIG. 5.

8 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a method of storing a photographed photo file in an address book of a mobile communication terminal.

Referring to FIG. 8, first, a specific subject is photographed using a camera embedded in the mobile communication terminal (S110), and a file name of a picture taken by the user of the mobile communication terminal is received (S120). When the input for the file name is completed, the control unit determines a search keyword from the file name and uses the search keyword to query the address book. As a result of the search, if at least one address book record corresponding to the search keyword exists, the address book record is extracted (S130). The photographed picture file is stored in the extracted address book record (S140).

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a method of another embodiment in which a photographed photo file is automatically stored in an address book after being stored in a photo album unlike FIG. 8.

Referring to FIG. 9, first, a specific subject is photographed using a camera embedded in a mobile communication terminal (S210), and after receiving a file name of a photograph taken from a user of the mobile communication terminal (S220), the corresponding picture file is photographed. Store in the album (S230). Next, by automatically searching whether there is an address book record corresponding to the file name (S240), extracting at least one address book record corresponding to the file name, and displaying the extracted address book record to the user (S250), and extracting the address book record. After confirming to the user whether the photo file is stored in the user (S260), the photo file is stored in the corresponding address book record (S270). However, if the corresponding address book does not exist or the user does not want to save the picture in the extracted address book, the procedure ends without storing the picture in the address book.

10 is a flowchart illustrating a method of transmitting a photo file to a contact in the address book after storing the photo file in an address book record corresponding to the input file name.

Referring to FIG. 10, first, a specific subject is photographed using a camera embedded in a mobile communication terminal (S310), and after receiving a file name of a photograph taken by a user of the mobile communication terminal (S320), an address book corresponding to a file name is provided. Search for the record automatically (S330). In this case, if a corresponding address book record exists, the corresponding address book record is displayed to the user (S340), and the user is checked whether or not the photo file is stored in the extracted address book record (S350). If the user wants to save the photo file in the corresponding address book record (S360), the contact information (various phone number, blog address, email address, etc.) of the extracted address book record, for example, the photo file to the mobile phone number stored in the address book Check whether or not to transmit to the user (S370), and if the user wants to transmit the picture file to the contact (S380). At this time, if the address book record corresponding to the input file name does not exist or the user does not want to store the picture file in the extracted address book record, the procedure is terminated without storing the picture in the address book. In addition, after storing the photo file in the address book, if the user does not want to transfer the picture to the contact in the address book, the procedure is terminated without sending the picture.

11 is a flowchart illustrating a method of storing a photo file in an address book when the number of address book records corresponding to an input file name is two or more.

Referring to FIG. 11, first, a specific subject is photographed using a camera embedded in a mobile communication terminal (S410), and after receiving a file name of a photograph taken by a user of the mobile communication terminal (S420), the corresponding file name is corresponded to. The address book record is automatically searched (S430). At this time, when two or more address book records corresponding to the file name are searched (S440), a search list is displayed to allow a user to select one address book record (S450). When the selection of the address book record is completed, the photographed picture file is stored in the selected address book record (S460).

The method of the present invention as described above may be implemented as a program and stored in a recording medium (CD-ROM, RAM, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, etc.) in a computer-readable form. Since this process can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art will not be described in more detail.

On the other hand, the term 'part' as used herein refers to a logical structural unit, it is obvious that those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains that the components are not necessarily physically divided.

As described above, although the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the technical spirit of the present invention and the following will be understood by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Various modifications and variations are possible, of course, within the scope of equivalents of the claims to be described.

The following drawings, which are attached to this specification, illustrate exemplary embodiments of the present invention, and together with the detailed description of the present invention, serve to further understand the technical spirit of the present invention. It should not be construed as limited to.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a process of storing a photo in an address book in a conventional mobile communication terminal.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a screen for receiving a file name of a picture through an input unit in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram conceptually illustrating a configuration of an address book table including a plurality of address book records stored in a memory unit in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a screen for confirming to a user whether to store a photographed picture corresponding to the extracted address book information.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a screen for asking a user whether to transmit a picture to a contact stored in an address book record extracted by a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a selection interface screen for selecting one of two or more address book records extracted by a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a method of storing a photographed photo file in an address book of a mobile communication terminal.

9 is a flowchart illustrating a method of another embodiment of automatically storing a photographed photo file in a photo album and then automatically storing it in an address book.

10 is a flowchart illustrating a method of transmitting a photo file to a contact in the address book after storing the photo file in an address book record corresponding to the input file name.

11 is a flowchart illustrating a method of storing a photo file in an address book when the number of address book records corresponding to an input file name is two or more.

Claims (13)

A mobile communication terminal including a camera for photographing a subject, A memory unit for storing at least one address book record including a name field and a contact field; An input unit for receiving a file name of an image image captured by the camera from a user; And A control unit for automatically retrieving an address book record stored in the memory unit, extracting an address book record corresponding to the input file name when the file name is input from the user, and storing the captured image image in the extracted address book record; Mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein the control unit, And when the extracted records are two or more, outputting a list of extracted records to a user, and storing the image image in a record selected by the user. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the control unit, And transmitting the stored image image to a corresponding counterpart based on the extracted record or contact information in the selected record. The method of claim 3, wherein the control unit, Generating at least one search keyword based on the file name, and extracting an address book record including a word covering the search keyword. The method of claim 4, wherein the control unit, And searching the name field of the address book record by using the search keyword. The method of claim 5, And said image image is a still image or a moving image. The method of claim 3, The contact information is any one of a mobile phone number, a landline phone number, a blog address and an email address. In a mobile communication terminal having an address book storing at least one address book record including a camera, a name field and a contact field, the image image captured by the camera is stored in a corresponding address book record. As an automatic save method, (a) generating an image image by photographing a subject using the camera; (b) receiving a file name for the image from a user; (c) automatically searching an address book record stored in a memory unit and extracting an address book record corresponding to the input file name; And (d) storing the image image in the extracted address book record; And automatically storing the captured image image in a corresponding address book. The method of claim 8, In the step (c), if there are two or more extracted records, the extracted record list is output to the user, and the image image is stored in the record selected by the user. How to save on automatically. 10. The method according to claim 8 or 9, And transmitting the stored image image to a corresponding counterpart based on the extracted record or contact information in the selected record. The method of claim 10, And wherein the contact information is any one of a mobile communication telephone number, a landline telephone number, a blog address, and an e-mail address. The method of claim 11, In step (c), at least one search keyword is generated based on the file name, and an address book record including a word including the search keyword is extracted. How to save to the address book automatically. The method of claim 12, And a name field of an address book record is searched using the search keyword.

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