KR20030063249A - The Method and apparatus for the management of the name card by using of mobile hand held camera phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and a device for managing name cards by using a cell phone including a camera are provided to recognize, store, output name card information through the camera, without using an additional scanner and a name card management program. CONSTITUTION: Information such as a name card inputted from a camera(1) is outputted to an LCD(Liquid Crystal Display)(5) for a user to input name card information. An operation unit(26) adjusts an image from the inputted information(18) and stores the adjusted image in a RAM(Random Access Memory)(23). Image character recognition is performed by a program of the operation unit(26) from the stored image, to select information, such as an address, a telephone number, a fax number, an address, an e-mail address, a home page address, etc.(19). The selected information is modified and edited by a user or an automatic response program, and is indexed then a number is assigned thereto(20). The selected information is stored in a flash memory(24). Information(21) linked with the indexed information is re-inputted and transmitted to an external(22) through a communication device(12). If the linked information(21) is image information, the image is compressed or extended.

Description

The method and apparatus for the management of the name card by using of mobile hand held camera phone}

The conventional technology has been released as a business card management system from Armi or help technology. However, it requires a scanner, a computer, and a business card management program to manage business cards.

See the article below. Excerpt from the Internet Empas. Keyword Business Card Management, Scan

In the case of other companies, Korea Help Technology and Armyran implemented a business card management system using separate scanners and text recognition programs.

Excerpt

Business card management tool is 'Hermes' produced by Korea Help Technology (www.helpit.co.kr).

The business card reader recognizes the name, company, department, and contact among the characters read by the business card scanner and automatically inputs it into the designated item of the address book manager. Depending on the font, the recognition rate is astounding at 90%. Misread sections of scanned business cards should be corrected by keyboard operation. Nevertheless, business card readers can save 90% of the time it takes to organize business cards.

Not only this. Hermes has a function and a transmission device for sending a short message (SMS) to a mobile phone of a customer whose business card is stored. Of course, scheduled transmission is also possible. For this reason, asking about the inconvenience of a new member or a customer who has received the insurance payment, the customer's supervision, etc. are easily collected by SMS.

Perceptcom also sells a similar business card reader 'Armi'. Perceptcom pays a fee of KRW 11,000 a month to provide error correction services. If you send the contents of the business card recognized by Irmi to the Internet (www.keepintouch.co.kr), the company corrects the error and keeps the address book on the server. You can try Excerpt article end

If you refer to the above excerpts and website, third-party companies need a separate scanner and a PC connected to the Internet when using a business card management system. In other words, it requires an additional office space or device and is inconvenient to carry, thus reducing convenience of use.

In the present invention, a business card recognition technology can be easily and simply obtained using only a software using a camera, a mobile phone or a camera device attached to a business card recognition technology, without using a separate scanner hardware to obtain a business card and information associated with it as a text or an image. It is.

Our business card management system using PDAs equipped with mobile phones or cameras enables business card input and character recognition using image sensor cameras, CPUs, flash memory SRAMs, SDRAM modems, keypads, and communication devices built-in or mounted on mobile phones and PDAs. Therefore, it is easy to carry and the cost is reduced when the invention is implemented.

In addition, mobile phones, PDAs, etc. basically have a communication means, so the connection with a remote server or a personal computer that functions as a remote server is connected using wireless communication. Application, exchange, backup, remote location, collection, modification, correction, resale, and additional charges for calling, scheduling, etc. are possible, which increases the added value of wireless communication and increases convenience when using the method and apparatus of the present invention. do.

1 is a configuration method and apparatus of a mobile phone business card management system.

2 is an input method and apparatus of a mobile phone business card management system

3 is a method and apparatus for recalling stored information.

4 is a remote server configuration method and apparatus diagram

<Description of Symbols for Major Parts of Drawings>

1. ----- Camera 2. ----- Microphone

3. ---- Key input device 4. ----- Squeeze screen input method

5. ----- LCD screen output 6. ----- Speaker

10. ----- Image Temporary Storage Memory 11. ----- Information Storage Memory

12. ----- Communication Device 26. CPU or MCU

31. Backup device for information storage

32. Information storage device 41. Server operation CPU device

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of an overall method and apparatus of the present invention

2 is a block diagram of a method and apparatus for extracting and using text information from image information such as a business card in the present invention.

3 is a block diagram of a method and apparatus for calling a stored business card information for use in a terminal;

4 is a block diagram of a method and apparatus for operating an external server when storing or calling text and image information such as a business card outside the terminal.

The mobile phone business card management system consists of the terminal side 16 and the server side 17 of Fig. 1.

Overall system operation method and configuration

See Figure 1.

The terminal 16 side is responsible for input character recognition index selection storage transmission call output of the information. See (7) for information input in Figure 1. Character recognition, character selection, information selection, information to be indexed, storage, transmission selection, linked storage transmission to the index information. See (8) for information output. In case of information call, information call menu selection, index type selection, index information selection, storage device, call from server, image card and text information output to screen output device. (9) Editing, modifying, deleting and adding index information.

Description of business card information input method and composition

See Figure 2.

Information such as a business card inputted from an image input apparatus such as a camera 1 is output to the LCD 5 image output apparatus shown in Fig. 2, and the user inputs business card information under optimal conditions.

The arithmetic unit 26, commonly referred to as a CPU, MCU central processing unit, or the like, performs an image zoom, size, up / down, left / right adjustment, and tilt adjustment of the 18 from the inputted information so that the user or an automated user can recognize the character under optimal conditions. After adjusting by the algorithm, save the adjusted image in Figure 2 (23) RAM memory.

Image character recognition is performed from the stored image according to a program of a computing device.

From the recognized information, names, telephones, faxes, addresses, e-mails, homepages and other information are selected.

The business card information is modified, edited, added or subtracted by a user or an automatic recognition program, and stored.

The user selects an index (Tag, Mark) by the user or an automation program and assigns a number and stores some or all of the internal information in (24) permanent storage memory 24, flash memory, etc. inside the terminal.

Information 21 linked to the indexed information can be input again. Some or all of the above-mentioned input information may be transmitted and stored to the outside of the terminal using a communication device (25).

Image information may be compressed or decompressed in order to efficiently use the storage space of the information in the process of inputting, storing, and transmitting the linked information.

How to call up and configure business card information

See Figure 3.

The user selects an index information menu using an input device such as a keypad 3 or a touch screen 4. (27)

Using the image output apparatus 5, the user selects the above call information type while viewing the information 27.

The selected information is used to call a memory or a remote server in the associated (24) terminal to output the called information or image to the video output device via the communication device 25.

During the calling process, the speaker of Fig. 1. (6) can be interlocked and can be called by the user's choice.

By the selected information, the linkage information of the 29 can be output to an output device such as the image output device 5 by the user selection.

Image compression or image decompression is performed to facilitate transmission or storage display of the image image called up in the above process.

Business card management system remote server device operation method and configuration

Figure 4. Remote Service Methods and Devices Reference

(33) Business card management service calling system is transmitted from the communication device 12 to the remote server 41 CPU computing device and operation program.

In the above operation, the linked program is a private information of an individual or a corporation, so that a password may be required of the user to prevent leakage.

In conjunction with the above operation, 34 recognizes the user ID, 38 checks the user's available status and moves on to the next step.

After the above process, the user selects information input, exchange, modification, and call.

When the above operation is performed, the number of services and the connection time may be counted and added to each service.

In the above process, the storage device 32, for example, a hard disk and a flash memory RAM memory is input and output.

When performing the user call log-in process, it is possible to determine whether to allow all, some, input / output, modification, and call by varying the user's hierarchy by using different levels of use.

Information stored in the storage device 32 may be stored in the backup device 31 by the user or by the remote program execution.

When the information is stored, according to the permission and selection of the user or the owner of the business card, the public information may be allowed to be distributed in part or in whole, and the public information may be advertised.

The effect of the present invention can be easily and at a low price by using a portable wireless device equipped with an image input device, for example, a mobile phone camera, to recognize, index, store and call business card information without using a separate scanner and business card management program. It is to manage business cards.

Claims (6)

In a terminal having an image input device and a computing device (for example, a mobile phone or a PDA), printing or writing information such as a business card is input using a camera image input device connected to the mobile terminal, and text is inputted from the image information. A method and apparatus for indexing the selected information after the recognition by the user's selection or by the rules of the central processing unit's program. Claim 1. Using the indexed information in the storage and storage in any storage device and linked with the indexed information, separate information, for example, portrait or business card in conjunction with the storage or transmission, and in the case of video information, video compression or video decompression How and device. The character information obtained by character recognition from the image of the business card information, etc. of claim 1 or claim 2 may be stored in a remote server, a proximity terminal, or a business card image input itself, or classified and called using the indexed information of claim 1 or claim 2. And apparatus for exchanging or transmitting indexed information and associated stored information Method and apparatus for exchanging, using, disseminating the information of claim 1, 2 and 3 collectively by group, the same member company and the same industry, and editing and deleting the above information. When using the indexed information obtained by the process of claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, the individual cases of storing, transmitting, exchanging, and encrypting business card information, etc., are counted when charged and used in connection with an individual or a communication service provider. The method and device for collecting royalties by counting or adding a fee for using information and collecting monthly fees, annual or military membership, or processing and selling the obtained information as a source. Permit the dissemination of some or all of the information, such as business cards, in whole or in accordance with the permission and selection of the user or the owner of the business card obtained by the process of claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and advertise the public information in the form of a telephone book. How and device