KR20010017889A - Method for shorten dialing using symbol sensing in a communication phone having touch pad - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An abbreviated dialing method using symbol recognition in a communication terminal is provided to achieve an abbreviated dialing function without using a virtual key matrix in a communication terminal comprising a touch pad. CONSTITUTION: A control unit drives a standby mode and maintains a standby state. In the standby state, the control unit displays the display information of an initial window(301). The control unit checks whether a specific abbreviated symbol or a specific character icon displayed on the initial window is touched by a user(303). If a specific abbreviated symbol is touched, the control unit displays a telephone number and a name corresponding to the touched abbreviated symbol on a user input part(305). In case that a specific character icon is touched, the control unit displays a telephone number and a name registered for the touched character icon on the user input part(305). If a telephone number displayed on the user input part is touched by the user(307), the control unit carries out the dialing of the touched number(309).

Description

Speed dialing method using symbol recognition in communication terminal {METHOD FOR SHORTEN DIALING USING SYMBOL SENSING IN A COMMUNICATION PHONE HAVING TOUCH PAD}

The present invention relates to a communication terminal having a touch pad, and more particularly, to a speed dialing method using symbol recognition in a communication terminal that can more easily and quickly dial in a communication terminal having a touch pad.

Generally, as a method for storing and using a telephone number in a communication terminal having a keypad, a telephone number registered in the shortcut key is dialed by registering an arbitrary telephone number in a shortcut key and keying in the shortcut key. Speed dialing methods have been used.

However, in order to perform dialing in a communication terminal having only a touch pad (TOUCH PAD or TOUCH SCREEN) without a keypad, one of the following methods is used.

First, a number plate is displayed on a touch pad like a communication terminal having a conventional keypad, and a user touches a position where numbers are displayed one by one to input all phone numbers.

Second, a method of dialing the determined number after determining the number by recognizing the touch trace written by the user by using the number to be dialed directly on the touch pad.

Third, calling the phone book (PHONEBOOK) in which the phone number is stored in advance.

Fourth, a method of using a pre-registered voice dial.

In performing the dialing using the stored phone number among the above methods, it was more inconvenient than the conventional speed dialing method used in the communication terminal having the keypad except for the fourth method. That is, in the case of a communication terminal up to now with a touch pad, a speed dialing function is not implemented like a communication terminal which used a conventional shortcut key, and thus there is an inconvenience in performing dialing.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a speed dialing method using symbols in a communication terminal having a touch pad for implementing a speed dialing function without using a virtual key matrix in a communication terminal having a touch pad. Is in.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a speed dialing method using symbols in a communication terminal that can perform dialing simply and quickly using a speed symbol in a communication terminal having a touch pad.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a speed dialing method using symbol recognition in a communication terminal having a touch pad, and selects a symbol to be registered as a speed symbol by touching a symbol and inputs a phone number corresponding to the speed symbol. Registering the shortcut symbol on the initial window of the touch pad; and when a specific shortcut symbol is touched by the user from among the shortcut symbols displayed on the initial window in the standby state, It is characterized by consisting of a process of automatically dialing a registered phone number.

1 is a block diagram of a wireless communication terminal having a touch pad according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a control flowchart for registering a shortcut symbol and a speed dial number in a communication terminal having a touch pad according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a control flow diagram for performing a speed dial using symbol recognition according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a wireless communication terminal touch pad according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a block diagram showing another example of a wireless communication terminal touch pad according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a control flowchart for registering a shortcut symbol and a speed dial number in a communication terminal having a touch pad according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a control flow diagram for performing a speed dial using symbol recognition according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a block diagram illustrating another example of a wireless communication terminal touch pad according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same components have the same reference numerals as much as possible even if they are displayed on different drawings. In addition, in the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a more thorough understanding of the present invention, such as specific processing flows. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. Detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that are determined to unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

1 is a block diagram of a wireless communication terminal having a touch pad according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The controller 111 controls the overall operation of the wireless communication terminal, and controls each component to perform speed dialing by recognizing a shortcut symbol that is touched according to the present invention. The duplexer 112 receives a radio signal received from the antenna ANT and outputs it to the radio receiver 113, and outputs a transmission signal received from the radio transmitter 115 through the antenna. The wireless receiver 113 outputs the data to the controller 111 when receiving the data, and outputs the wireless voice signal received in the call mode to the voice processor 116. The frequency synthesizer 114 generates a local oscillation signal for demodulating a received signal in response to a reception channel under the control of the control unit 111, and generates a transmission carrier signal and outputs it to the wireless transmitter 115. The wireless transmitter 115 synthesizes a voice signal received from the voice processor 116 and a carrier signal received from the frequency synthesizer 114 under the control of the controller 111 in the call mode. ) The voice processing unit 116 demodulates the coded voice received from the wireless receiving unit 113 and outputs it to the speaker SPK through the switch unit 117, and converts the signal converted into an electric voice signal by the microphone MIC. The electronic voice signal received through the unit 117 is coded and output to the wireless transmitter 115.

The ringer unit 118 outputs a ringing tone when receiving a ring signal under the control of the control unit 111. The memory unit 119 is a ROM in which a program storing control data necessary for controlling the control unit 111 is embedded, and a nonvolatile memory (NVM: Non-Volatile) for storing a shortened symbol, various telephone numbers, names, and the like. Memory) and a RAM for temporarily storing and processing data generated during the program control. On the other hand, the memory unit 119 is provided with a phone book in which the shortcut symbol and the phone number corresponding to the shortcut symbol are stored in the nonvolatile memory.

For example, the touch pad 130 may be configured as shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 5, or FIG. 8. The touch pad 130 includes a user input unit 133 that allows a user to input numbers, letters, and the like. And a corresponding letter and number on the display unit 135 of the touch pad 130 under the control of the controller 111, and a shortcut symbol icon display window 131 (FIG. 4 and 5) or when a symbol icon provided in the symbol icon unit 136 is touched, a corresponding symbol recognition signal is applied to the control unit 111.

Meanwhile, in the present invention, the touch pad 130 may be configured in two forms, one of which includes the display pad 135 and a shortened symbol as shown in FIG. 4 or 5. Comprising an icon display window 131 and a user input unit 133 to display the data to be displayed by the display data control of the control unit 111 on the display unit 135, the shortcut symbol icon display window 131 by the user Recognizes a touch of the shortened symbol icon displayed on the screen and applies it to the control unit 111, and receives a number and a letter recorded by the user using a pen or the like through the user input unit 133. As another example, the touch pad 130 illustrated in FIG. 8 includes a display unit 135, a symbol icon unit 136, and a user input unit 133, and a shortened symbol provided in the symbol icon unit 132. When the open icon is touched, the shortcut symbol registered in the user input unit 111 and the phone number / name information corresponding to the shortcut symbol are displayed under the control of the controller 111.

2 is a control flowchart for registering a shortcut symbol and a speed dial number in a communication terminal having a touch pad according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 uses symbol recognition according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a wireless communication terminal touch pad according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the other example of a wireless communication terminal touch pad.

1 to 5 will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention. First, a method of registering a shortcut symbol and a shortcut telephone number will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

In step 201, when the shortcut symbol registration mode is selected by the touch of a function icon included in the touch pad 130, the controller 111 proceeds to step 203 and displays the types of shortcut symbols that can be set as shortcut symbols. Displayed on the 135 or the user input unit 133. In step 205, when a specific shortcut symbol is selected by the user, the controller 111 proceeds to step 207 and inputs and registers a phone number and name to be registered corresponding to the selected shortcut symbol through the user input unit 133. . The shortcut symbol selection may be selected by touching a shortcut symbol desired by a user among the displayed shortcut symbols, or by touching a confirmation icon at a location of the shortcut symbol by moving a cursor by a movement icon. In addition, the phone number and name registration may be input by touching the corresponding numbers or letters of the numeric input window and the text input window displayed on the user input unit 133, the user inputs the user input unit 133 by using a pen, etc. It can also be entered by handwriting. When the user directly writes a phone number and a name, the communication terminal recognizes a pattern such as a number and a letter symbol input by the handwriting, and includes a character recognition unit for reading the number, letter and symbol input by hand. To be applied to the control unit 111. This is not shown in the communication terminal configuration of FIG.

Then, if the storage is selected in step 209, the control unit 111 proceeds to step 211 to check whether another shortcut symbol registration is selected, and if the registration of another shortcut symbol is selected, returns to step 203, and if not selected, step 213 Proceed to In step 213, the control unit 111 displays the shortcut symbol selected and registered in the shortcut symbol registration mode in the initial window of the shortcut symbol icon display window 131 as shown in FIG.

Meanwhile, when another shortcut symbol registration method is described using the configuration of the touch pad 130 of FIG. 5, the shortcut symbol may be configured in the shortcut symbol icon display window (or the character icon display window) 131 of the touch pad 130. When the consonant icon corresponding to the first letter of the name to be registered is selected from the consonant icon and the phone number and the name are registered, the shortcut symbol information is registered in the selected consonant icon information area.

In addition, a foreign symbol icon such as alphabet or Haragana may be configured on the shortcut symbol icon display window 131 of the touch pad 130.

After registering the shortened symbol information as described in FIG. 2, a method for performing speed dial using symbol recognition will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In step 301, the control unit 111 maintains a standby state by driving a standby mode. In this case, the initial window of the touch pad 130 is a method for displaying a shortcut symbol registered in the shortcut symbol icon display window 131 as in the example of FIG. 4, and the shortcut symbol as in the other example of FIG. There is a method of displaying an icon for each letter on the icon display window 131. As such, the control unit 111 displays the display information of the initial window as shown in FIG. 4 or 5 in the standby state, and then, in step 303, a specific shortcut symbol or a specific symbol among the shortcut symbols or the character icons displayed on the initial window by the user. Check if the character icon is touched. When the specific shortcut symbol is touched in step 303, the controller 111 proceeds to step 305 and displays the telephone number and name registered corresponding to the touched shortcut symbol on the user input unit 133, and the specific character. If the icon is touched, the controller 111 proceeds to step 305 and displays all phone number and name information registered in the touched text icon on the user input unit 133. In step 307, if there is a user touch on the phone number displayed on the user input unit 133, the controller 111 proceeds to step 309 and dials the touched phone number.

An example of registration of phone number and name information registered in the shortcut symbol and an example of registration of phone number and name information registered in the character icon are shown in Tables 1 and 2 below.

Example of registration of phone number and name information registered in shortcut symbol Abbreviation Phone number name 'Ｏ' 02-333-3333 Yu Shin Kim 'One' 02-444-4444 Admiral Yi '△' 02-555-5555 Hong Gil Dong ···· ···· ····

Example of registration of phone number and name information registered in the character icon Consonant Ah Con Phone number name A 02-666-5555 Cold-chan 011-222-3333 Goguryeo ·· ·· N 02-777-7777 My country 0342-779-0000 Nu lee ·· ·· C 0546-479-0000 Dorami 02-333-1111 Registry ·· ·· ·· ·· ··

As described above, in the dialing method using a shortcut symbol according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when one of the shortcut symbols displayed on the initial window of the shortcut symbol icon display window 131 of the touch pad 130 is touched by the user, The phone number information registered in the shortcut symbol is displayed, and if the displayed phone number is touched by the user again, the phone number is dialed. In addition, when an icon for each consonant is configured in the initial window, when a specific consonant icon is touched, phone number information registered in the touched consonant icon is displayed, and when a specific phone number is displayed among the displayed phone number information Dial by phone number.

Although not mentioned above, when a registered shortcut symbol displayed on the initial window is touched as a simpler and faster method for dialing only, there is also a method of directly dialing a phone number registered in the shortcut symbol. In this case, the user may perform dialing with one touch operation, but as a disadvantage, only a limited number of shortcut symbols may be displayed due to the size limitation of the shortcut symbol icon display window 131 of the touch pad 130. Although it is not effective when a lot of shortcut symbol information is registered and used, it is very effective when a small number of frequently used telephone numbers are registered and used in a shortcut symbol.

Another preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 6 to 8 described above. First, a method of registering a shortcut symbol and a phone number / name will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 6.

In step 601, the control unit 111 selects a shortcut symbol registration mode by a touch of a shortcut symbol registration icon (for example, a heart symbol) of the symbol icon unit 136 included in the touch pad 130. The type of shortcut symbol that can be set as a shortcut symbol is displayed on the display unit 135 or the user input unit 133. In step 605, when a specific shortcut symbol is selected by the user, the controller 111 proceeds to step 607 and inputs and registers a phone number and name to be registered corresponding to the selected shortcut symbol through the user input unit 133. . The shortcut symbol selection may be selected by touching a desired shortcut symbol among the displayed shortcut symbols, or by touching a confirmation icon at a location of the shortcut symbol by moving a cursor. In addition, the phone number and name registration may be input by touching the corresponding number or letter in the numeric input window and the text input window displayed on the user input unit 133, the user inputs the user input unit 133 by using a pen, etc. It can also be entered by handwriting. When the user directly writes a phone number and a name, the communication terminal recognizes a pattern such as a number and a letter symbol input by the handwriting, and includes a character recognition unit for reading the number, letter and symbol input by hand. To be applied to the control unit 111. This is not shown in the communication terminal configuration of FIG.

Thereafter, if the storage is selected in step 609, the control unit 111 proceeds to step 611 to check whether another shortcut symbol registration is selected. If registration of another shortcut symbol is selected, the controller 111 returns to step 603 and ends if it is not selected. .

After registering the shortcut symbol information as described in FIG. 6, a method for performing a speed dial using symbol recognition will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 7.

In step 701, if the shortcut symbol open icon (for example, the hand icon of FIG. 8) of the symbol icon unit 136 is touched in the standby mode, the controller 111 proceeds to step 703 to display the registered shortcut symbol. Or display the registered shortcut symbol and telephone number and name information corresponding to the registered shortcut symbol. Thereafter, in step 705, the control unit 111 displays a specific shortcut symbol or a specific shortcut symbol information display area (in this case, a shortcut symbol information including a shortcut symbol, a phone number, and a name when a shortcut symbol and a phone number / name are displayed). If the touched screen) is touched, the process proceeds to step 707 to dial the registered phone number corresponding to the touched shortened symbol.

As described above, a dialing method using a shortcut symbol according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises a symbol icon unit 136 on the touch pad 130 and includes a shortcut symbol registration icon and a shortcut symbol open icon. By displaying a shortcut symbol and displaying the shortcut symbol information by touching an icon, when the shortcut symbol is touched, the phone number information registered in the shortcut symbol is displayed, and dialing is performed on the displayed phone number.

On the other hand, the detailed description of the present invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments, of course, various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

As described above, in the present invention, when only a symbol is touched in a communication terminal having a touch pad, the phone number pre-registered in the symbol can be automatically dialed. There is an advantage that you can enjoy the same effect by operating as a shortened symbol.

Another effect of the present invention is that if a communication terminal having a touch pad only touches a shortcut symbol, it is possible to automatically dial a phone number registered in the shortcut symbol, thereby enabling simple and quick dialing.

Claims (14)

In a speed dialing method using symbol recognition in a communication terminal having a touch pad, Registering the shortcut symbol by touching and selecting a symbol to be registered as a shortcut symbol and inputting a corresponding telephone number; Displaying the registered shortcut symbol on an initial window of the touch pad; When a specific shortcut symbol is touched by the user among the shortcut symbols displayed on the initial window in the standby state, symbol recognition is performed in the communication terminal. Speed dialing method used. The method of claim 1, And the registered shortcut symbol is displayed on a shortcut symbol icon display window of the initial touch pad in which only the registered shortcut symbol is displayed. In a speed dialing method using symbol recognition in a communication terminal having a touch pad, Selecting a symbol to be registered as a shortcut symbol among a plurality of symbols, and registering a shortcut symbol by inputting a phone number and a name corresponding thereto; Displaying the registered shortcut symbol on an initial window of the touch pad; Displaying a phone number and name information registered in the touched shortcut symbol when a specific shortcut symbol is touched by the user among the shortcut symbols displayed in the initial window in the standby state; And dialing the touched display phone number when there is a user touch on the displayed phone number. The method of claim 3, wherein The telephone number and name input is a speed dialing method using a symbol recognition in the communication terminal characterized in that the user is made by writing the telephone number and name on the touch pad. The method of claim 3, wherein The telephone number and name input is a speed dialing method using a symbol recognition in the communication terminal, characterized in that by touching the numbers or letters provided in the numeric input window or the text input window displayed on the touch pad. The method of claim 3, wherein The shortcut symbol selection is performed by touching one of a plurality of symbols displayed on the touch pad in response to a function icon touch. In a speed dialing method using symbol recognition in a communication terminal having a touch pad having a character icon display window consisting of a plurality of character icons as an initial window, In a shortcut symbol registration mode, when a specific character icon to be registered as a shortcut symbol is selected by a user among a plurality of character icons configured in the character icon display window, and a telephone number and name corresponding thereto are input, the call is entered in the selected character icon information area. Registering number and name information; Displaying all phone number and name information registered in the touched text icon information area on the touch pad when a specific text icon is touched among a plurality of text icons configured in the text icon display window in a standby state; Speed dialing method using a symbol recognition in the communication terminal characterized in that the dialing to the touched display phone number when a user touch of a specific phone number among the phone number and name information displayed on the touch pad. The method of claim 7, wherein The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of character icons are consonant icons of Korean characters. The method of claim 8, The plurality of character icons is a speed dialing method using symbol recognition in the communication terminal, characterized in that the English alphabet icon. What is claimed is: 1. A speed dialing method using symbol recognition in a communication terminal having a touch pad including a symbol icon unit having a shortcut symbol registration icon and a shortcut symbol open icon, a display unit, and a user input unit. If the shortcut symbol registration icon is touched to execute a shortcut symbol registration mode, displaying a type of a shortcut symbol that can be set as a shortcut symbol on the user input unit; Registering a shortcut symbol by inputting a telephone number and a name corresponding to the shortcut symbol selected through the user input unit when a specific shortcut symbol is selected by the user from among the shortcut symbol types displayed on the user input unit; Displaying all the shortcut symbol information registered as the shortcut symbol in the user input unit when the shortcut symbol open icon is touched by the user in a standby mode; Speed dialing using symbol recognition in a communication terminal when a specific shortened symbol information is touched among the shortened symbol information displayed on the user input unit, dialing to a phone number registered in the touched shortened symbol information Way. The method of claim 10, The telephone number and name input is a speed dialing method using a symbol recognition in the communication terminal, characterized in that by touching the numbers or letters provided in the numeric input window or the text input window displayed on the touch pad. The method of claim 10, The telephone number and name input is a speed dialing method using a symbol recognition in the communication terminal characterized in that the user is made by writing the telephone number and name on the touch pad. The method of claim 11 or 12, The shortened symbol information is a shortened symbol and a phone number and name information corresponding to the shortened symbol. The method of claim 13, Among the shortened symbol information displayed on the user input unit, touch of specific shortened symbol information is performed by a user touching a shortened symbol display area consisting of a shortened symbol, a phone number, and a name. Speed dialing method used.