KR20030056467A - Method for displaying caller image using caller ID in mobile telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for displaying image data of a caller using a caller ID in a mobile communication terminal is provided to set an incoming picture by using various photograph data generated by a user, and judge the caller by the photograph data. CONSTITUTION: A control unit inspects whether a caller ID is received(S101). If so, the control unit inspects whether a system is busy(S102). If so, the control unit stores the caller ID in a memory(S105). The control unit compares a telephone number of the caller with telephone numbers stores in an abbreviated dialing table(S106). If so, the control unit reads the corresponding telephone number, a name of the caller, and image data to display at a display unit(S107,S108). If the system is not busy, the control unit generates a ring sound and forms a call path(S103,S104).

Description

Method of displaying caller image information using caller information in mobile communication terminal {Method for displaying caller image using caller ID in mobile telephone}

The present invention relates to a method of displaying caller information in a mobile communication terminal. Particularly, the caller name and the caller image are displayed on the LCD screen by using the caller information by storing the caller's phone number, the caller's name and the caller's image information in the mobile communication terminal. The present invention relates to a method for displaying caller image information using caller information in a mobile communication terminal.

Typically, the base station provides a variety of services for the convenience of the user. In particular, the base station includes a caller identification (CID) service that provides information such as a telephone number, calling time, etc. of the calling party, and a third party calls the communication terminal when the communication terminal user is busy. When the call is provided, an alarm sound service is provided to sound an alarm to notify the communication terminal that a call has been received from a third party. The three messages include the information shown in Table 1.

field Length (unit: bit) Number type 3 Number plane 4 Indicator 2 Screen indicator 2 Characters 8 Spare 5

In order to provide the caller information service, the BS transmits an alert message including a feature announcement message of a paging channel and a forward traffic channel, and a flash message having information. Transmit to communication terminal.

The caller information is composed of a number type, a number plane, a presentation indicator, a screen indicator, and a character. The number type represents a number type such as an international number, a terminal number, a shortcut number, and the like, and the number plane represents a service network number provided such as an integrated service digital network and a telex. Indicates whether the number is to be displayed or partially displayed. And the character represents the caller's telephone number.

On the other hand, the communication terminal provides a speed dialing function as a function for the convenience of the user, which reads and dials a corresponding phone number for the specific key from the speed dialing table of the memory by inputting only a specific key. The memory structure for the one arbitrary speed dial key is shown in Table 2.

field Length in bytes Address One condition One Digit number One Digit 36 Letter 12

The address indicates an address for an arbitrary speed dial key, the state indicates whether there is an abnormality in a stored state, and the digit number indicates the digit number of the telephone number. The digit is the telephone number you want to store, and the letter represents the user's name.

On the other hand, according to the prior art, the name of the caller using the caller information for the call received during the call, the name and the phone number stored for the caller information and the speed dial of the caller information (Liquid Crystal Display) A caller information display method including a caller name of a communication terminal displayed on an LCD is disclosed.

In addition, the disclosed prior art discloses a method for displaying caller information including a caller name in a communication terminal having a display unit and a memory having a speed dialing table storing a plurality of telephone numbers and names for the telephone numbers. When the caller information is received, the telephone number of the caller information and the telephone number of the speed dialing table are compared with the telephone number of the caller information, and the name corresponding to the phone number is displayed from the telephone number and the speed dialing table of the caller information. Doing.

However, according to the related art, data that can be set as a reception screen is limited data provided by a service provider or supplied by a mobile phone manufacturer, and thus there is no way for a mobile phone user to set up a reception screen using data directly generated by a mobile phone. There was a problem.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the name of the caller using the caller information by receiving and storing the image of the caller corresponding to the phone number stored using the camera connected to the mobile communication terminal It is an object of the present invention to provide a caller image display method using caller information in which a mobile communication terminal capable of displaying an image on a liquid crystal display.

1 is a block diagram of a caller image display system using caller information of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a caller image display method using caller information in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of storing image data according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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10: control unit 20: memory

30: key input unit 40: display unit

50: modem 60: transceiver

70: audio unit 80: camera

The present invention for achieving the above object is a caller in a communication terminal having a display unit, a memory having a plurality of telephone numbers, names for the telephone numbers, and a speed dialing table storing images for the telephone numbers. A caller information display method comprising a name, comprising: a first step of receiving an image corresponding to the phone number stored through a camera connected to the mobile communication terminal and storing the caller information in association with the phone number; A second step of checking whether caller information is received after the power is turned on; A third step of checking whether a call is in progress by checking a call path when the caller information is received; After the third step, storing the received caller information in a memory, and then checking whether there is the same by comparing the phone numbers of the caller information with a plurality of phone numbers of the speed dialing table previously stored in the memory; If there is the same in the fourth step, the telephone number of the caller information, the name corresponding to the telephone number and the image corresponding to the telephone number are read out from the speed dialing table and displayed, and if not the same, only the telephone number of the caller information is displayed. It is characterized by consisting of a fifth step.

In addition, the present invention preferably further comprises a sixth step of generating a ring tone and forming a call path if the communication path of the communication terminal is not formed in the third step, and then executing the process after the fourth step. It is characterized by.

In addition, the first step of the present invention preferably comprises the steps 1-1 in which the user of the mobile communication terminal selects an image data input menu using a menu selection button; Photographing an image using the camera and storing the photographed image in a memory; The control unit providing a name input screen to identify a captured image; And when the user inputs a name corresponding to the captured image, the control unit searches for the stored phone number, and when the telephone number corresponding to the corresponding name is found, storing the image in association with the retrieved phone number. Characterized in that comprises a.

Now, with reference to the drawings of Figure 1 will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram of a caller image display system using caller information of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, a caller image display system using caller information of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 10, the memory 20, the key input unit 30, the display unit 40, the modem ( 50, a transceiver 60, an audio unit 70, and a camera 80 are provided.

First, the controller 10 may control the overall operation of the digital mobile communication terminal and realize it as a one chip microprocessor.

The memory 20 stores a predetermined program for controlling the overall operation of the mobile phone, and stores data input and output and various data processed when the overall operation of the digital mobile communication terminal is performed by the controller 10.

In particular, a speed dialing table having phone numbers for a plurality of speed dial keys is stored, and the caller image information input through the camera 80 is stored in association with the caller phone number and the caller name.

The input unit 30 includes a plurality of numeric keys, and generates corresponding key data when the user presses a predetermined key and outputs the corresponding key data to the controller 10.

The display unit 40 includes a liquid crystal display unit for displaying various types of information, is controlled by the controller 10, and receives and displays key data generated by the key input unit 30 and various information signals of the controller 10.

The display unit 40 may be implemented as a liquid crystal display (LCD). The audio unit 70 processes voice signals input and output through the speaker SP and the microphone MIC.

In addition, the audio unit 70 detects the ring signal through the transceiver 60 and the modem 50 when a ring signal is generated from the base station, and transmits a ring tone through a ringer. The modem 50 demodulates and demodulates the data inputted and outputted to the control unit 10, and modulates and demodulates the audio signal inputted and outputted to the audio unit 70.

The transceiver 60 converts a radio signal received through the antenna into a signal of an intermediate frequency, converts a modulated signal output from the modem 50 into a radio signal, and transmits the radio signal through the antenna.

The camera 80 is provided to take and store an image of the caller, and the control unit 10 stores the image input through the camera 80 in the memory 20. In this case, the control unit 10 includes a key input unit ( Receiving the caller name corresponding to the input image through the 30) and the caller phone number and the caller name and the input image stored in the memory 20 is interlocked.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a caller image display method using caller information in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, first, the controller checks whether caller information is received through the transceiver and the modem (step S101). At this time, when the caller information is received, the controller checks whether the system is busy (step S102). If the system is busy, the control unit stores caller information in the memory (step S105).

Thereafter, the controller compares the telephone number of the caller information stored in the memory with the telephone number stored in the speed dialing table of the memory to determine whether there is the same telephone number (step S106).

As a result of the determination, if the same telephone number as the telephone number of the caller information exists, the control unit reads out the corresponding telephone number, caller name and image information from the address of the speed dialing number identical to the telephone number of the caller information and displays it on the display unit (step S108). .

On the other hand, if it is determined that the call is in progress, the controller generates a ring tone through the ringer of the audio unit (step S103), and forms a call path (step S104).

Thereafter, the control unit stores the caller information in the memory (step S105).

Next, the controller compares the telephone number of the caller information stored in the memory with the telephone number stored in the speed dialing table of the memory to determine whether there is the same telephone number (step S106).

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of storing image data according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to the figure, the mobile communication terminal user selects an image data input menu using a menu selection button (step S201).

Thereafter, an image is taken using a camera (step S202), and the captured image is stored in a memory (step S203).

In this case, the controller provides a name input screen to identify the captured image, and the user inputs a name corresponding to the captured image (step S204).

Then, the controller searches the stored phone number, and when a phone number corresponding to the corresponding name is found, the controller stores the image in association with the found phone number (step S205).

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments, and should be interpreted by the appended claims.

According to the present invention as described above, there is an effect that the incoming call screen can be set by using a variety of photo data generated by the user rather than the data downloaded from the service provider or provided by the mobile phone producer.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the phone unit and the picture data are linked, the user can determine the caller by looking at the picture data used as the incoming screen.

Claims (3)

A caller information display method including a caller name in a communication terminal having a display unit and a memory having a plurality of telephone numbers, names for the telephone numbers, and a speed dialing table storing images for the telephone numbers, A first step of receiving an image corresponding to the telephone number stored through a camera connected to the mobile communication terminal and storing the image corresponding to the telephone number; A second step of checking whether caller information is received after the power is turned on; A third step of checking whether a call is in progress by checking a call path when the caller information is received; After the third step, storing the received caller information in a memory, and then checking whether there is the same by comparing the phone numbers of the caller information with a plurality of phone numbers of the speed dialing table previously stored in the memory; And If there is the same in the fourth step, the telephone number of the caller information, the name corresponding to the telephone number and the image corresponding to the telephone number are read out from the speed dialing table and displayed, and if not the same, only the telephone number of the caller information is displayed. Caller image information display method comprising the fifth step. The method of claim 1, If the communication path of the communication terminal is not formed in the third step, a ring tone is generated, and after forming the call path, and further comprising the sixth step of executing the process after the fourth step, characterized in that the caller image How information is displayed. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The first step is A first step of the mobile terminal user selecting an image data input menu using a menu selection button; Photographing an image using the camera and storing the photographed image in a memory; The control unit providing a name input screen to identify a captured image; And When the user inputs a name corresponding to the captured image, the controller searches steps of stored phone numbers, and when a phone number corresponding to the corresponding name is found, steps 1-4 of storing the image in association with the retrieved phone number. Caller image information display method comprising a.