KR20050008987A - Method for searching phone book in a mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for retrieving a phone book of a mobile terminal is provided to input predetermined numbers only with a voice among telephone numbers stored in a phone book, and to retrieve an identical telephone number, then to make a call with the retrieved telephone number, thereby quickly searching for a desired telephone number through a voice recognition function. CONSTITUTION: A terminal transmits a voice announcement such that a user tells a telephone number to be retrieved. The terminal displays the retrieved telephone number identical with predetermined numbers of a telephone number inputted with a voice according to the voice announcement. When displaying the telephone number, the terminal informs the user of a predetermined number of telephone numbers identical with the predetermined numbers with a voice. The terminal attempts calling with a telephone number identical with the telephone number informed of with the voice and the retrieved telephone number.

Description

Mobile phone phonebook search method {METHOD FOR SEARCHING PHONE BOOK IN A MOBILE PHONE}

The present invention relates to a phone book search method of a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a phone book search method of a mobile terminal to search for a matching phone number by inputting only a predetermined number of phone numbers stored in the phone book of the mobile terminal. .

In general, a mobile terminal can input a predetermined telephone number and a name corresponding to the telephone number to make a call to a retrieved telephone number through a name stored in a memory.

The predetermined phone number is stored in the phone book of the conventional mobile terminal, so that the user can operate the key of the keypad to retrieve the phone number stored in the phone book.

At this time, if a request is made to search for a phone number stored in a phonebook through a name, a stored group, or a phone number, the corresponding phone number is displayed on the LCD display window.

Then, by adding a dialing voice recording mode to the mobile terminal so that the user can easily search the phonebook without operating a key on the keypad by hand, when the user selects the dialing voice setting, the announcement message is displayed by the dialing voice recording mode. The dialing voice to be set is recorded according to the output message, and the recorded dialing voice is stored in the mobile terminal together with the input telephone number and a name representing the telephone number information.

Accordingly, the user opens the flip or folder of the mobile terminal for automatic dialing of the mobile terminal in which the dialing voice is set as described above, and the same as the dialing voice set in the telephone number to be automatically dialed according to the announcement output by the voice recognition mode. Enter your voice.

The voice recognition mode searches the dialing voices stored in the memory through the voice input by the user, and when the same dialing voice as the input voice is detected, the phone number set together with the dialing voice is displayed on the display and automatically dialed, or the dialing voice is set. Edit

However, the prior art operating as described above is inconvenient to record the dialing voice in advance, and it is impossible to store or execute the phone number in the phonebook only when the dialing voice set by the mobile terminal user is correctly memorized. There is a problem in that it has to go through the cumbersome procedure of waiting for the time while the mobile terminal recognizes all the phone numbers to be searched for and reconfirming them.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, by inputting only a predetermined number of the phone numbers stored in the phonebook of the mobile terminal by voice to search for a matching phone number and the retrieved phone number according to the calling request An object of the present invention is to provide a method for searching a phone book of a mobile terminal so as to make a call.

1 is a flow chart showing a phonebook search method of the present invention mobile terminal.

Figure 2 is an exemplary view showing an example displayed on the LCD window in accordance with the phonebook search method of the present invention mobile terminal.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile terminal for searching a phone number previously stored in a phone book, the method comprising: a first step of transmitting a guide to say a phone number to be searched; And a second step of displaying a retrieved telephone number corresponding to a predetermined number of telephone numbers entered according to the announcement.

Hereinafter, an embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a method for searching a phone book of a mobile terminal according to the present invention. In the mobile terminal for searching a phone number previously stored in a phone book, a first step of transmitting a guide to say a phone number to search for Wow; The second step of displaying a searched telephone number corresponding to a predetermined number of telephone numbers entered according to the announcement is described. The operation and operation of the present invention configured as described above will be described below.

First, the voice recognition mode is operated on the LCD window as shown in FIG. 2A when the flip or folder of the mobile terminal is opened in order to retrieve a phone number stored in the phone book of the mobile terminal while driving or being free of physical movement. The phone number of the phone book is searched through a phone book search method of name dial, digit dial, and 4 digit dials.

In this case, the mobile terminal is a preset state of the phonebook search method through the voice spoken by the user.

As a result, when the phonebook search method is set through the 4 digit dials, the mobile terminal provides a voice message for saying the number and a prompt message 'telling the number' as shown in FIG. Is displayed.

Then, when the user speaks four numbers of the phone numbers to be searched in the phone book (in the present invention, for example, four), the user recognizes the voice and searches for the corresponding phone number to display the search result on the LCD window. In addition, it tells the phone number searched by voice.

That is, if the four numbers included in the phone number to be searched in the phone book are '1234', the user says '1234'.

However, if the mobile terminal does not recognize the four digits spoken by the user, that is, the voice of '1234', the mobile terminal prompts the user to speak the four digits of the telephone number again. do.

Therefore, the mobile terminal again recognizes the number of '1234' that the user correctly says, and then asks the user again whether the four numbers included in the phone number to be searched are '1234' and the user answers 'yes'. If you search for a phone number containing the number of '1234' in the phone book, and if you answer 'no', the voice message prompts you to return to the initial state and say the number.

Answering 'Yes' displays the search results of the phone number including '1234' stored in the phone book on the LCD window and notifies the user through the voice message of the phone number according to the search results in the order displayed on the LCD window. .

As shown in (C) of FIG. 2, three search results among the phone numbers including '1234' among the phone numbers previously stored in the phone book are displayed on the LCD window, and the mobile terminal first of all the phone numbers of the search results is' 011-. Voice ask if 233-1234 'is correct.

Then, if the user's desired phone number '011-233-1234' is correct, the user answers 'yes' or 'no'.

If the user answers 'yes', the mobile terminal is displayed as shown in (D) of FIG. 2 and starts calling with the corresponding telephone number '011-233-1234'.

However, if the answer is no, the mobile terminal then asks by voice whether the next search result '019-858-1234' is correct, and the mobile terminal makes a call or other search according to the user's answer. Guide the phone number of the result.

If the user does not have the desired phone number among the phone numbers in the above process, and if the user wants to start the search again, the search results will be provided through the above process and the user will not search again. Will terminate the search.

The phonebook search method of the mobile terminal of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and may be modified in various ways within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

As described in detail above, the present invention allows a user to make a phone call according to a call request after searching for a matching phone number by voice inputting only a predetermined number of phone numbers stored in the phone book of the mobile terminal. There is an effect that can quickly and easily find a phone number to search through a predetermined number of phone numbers using a voice recognition function without having to search using a hand.

Claims (3)

In the mobile terminal for searching the phone number previously stored in the phone book, Transmitting a voice announcement to say a telephone number to search for; And a second step of displaying a searched phone number corresponding to a predetermined number of phone numbers input by voice according to the voice announcement. The method of claim 1, wherein the second step comprises: recognizing a predetermined number of telephone numbers corresponding to the predetermined number of numbers by a voice when a predetermined number of numbers spoken by the user are recognized; And a step of attempting to call the telephone number which is notified by the voice and the telephone number corresponding to the telephone number to be searched by the user. The method of claim 1, wherein the second step further comprises a step of asking whether a predetermined number of telephone numbers input by a user are correct.