KR20060041577A - How to provide dictionary function of mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing a dictionary function of a mobile communication terminal. The present invention relates to a dictionary of a mobile communication terminal capable of recognizing a word to be searched using a camera provided in the mobile communication terminal and providing a pronunciation and a meaning as sound and text It relates to a method of providing a function.

Particularly, after photographing a word to be queried using a camera of a mobile communication terminal equipped with a camera, a word in the photographed image is recognized by using a character recognition program, and the pronunciation and meaning of the word are shifted. By providing the speaker and the flat panel display provided in the communication terminal, it is possible to conveniently search the sound and meaning of the words in the position where the printed matter or photographing.

Method for providing a dictionary function of a mobile communication terminal of the present invention includes a key input unit for generating a key signal corresponding to the operation of the numeric / character key button and the function key button; A flat panel display for displaying numbers, letters and various kinds of information; A camera driver for driving a camera and an image processor for processing image data output from the camera; A memory including a program storage unit for storing various application programs such as a dictionary program and a character recognition program, and a data storage unit for temporarily storing data generated during a calculation process or storing data set by a user and dictionary data; A voice signal processor for controlling a microphone for converting an external sound wave into a corresponding analog type voice signal and a speaker for converting an analog type voice signal generated inside the terminal into sound waves, and the key input unit, a flat panel display, a camera driver, and an image. Claims [1] A method for providing a dictionary function of a mobile communication terminal, comprising: a processor, a voice signal processor, and a controller for controlling a memory, the method comprising: (a) receiving a command to execute the preprogram from a user; (b) receiving an image of a word and a sentence to be inquired from the camera and displaying the image on the flat panel display; (c) receiving a portion of the displayed word and sentence image; (d) recognizing a character of the designated area; (e) inquiring the recognized character from the dictionary data; and (f) displaying the inquiry result on the flat panel display.

Mobile phone, mobile phone, mobile communication terminal, dictionary, camera, text recognition, pronunciation

Description

Method for providing a dictionary function of a mobile terminal {Method for providing a dictionary of mobile phone}

1 is a front view showing the appearance of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention can be applied;

2 is an electrical block diagram of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention can be applied;

3 is an exemplary screen of a dictionary program provided according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a dictionary function of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

*** Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing ***

100: mobile communication terminal 110: main body

112: Numeric / Character Key Button 114: Microphone Hole

120: slider 121: function key button

121a: Shooting key button 121b: dictionary key button

122: flat panel indicator 123: speaker hole

124: camera 125: infrared communication device

210: control unit 220: radio frequency transmission and reception unit

222: antenna 230: key input unit

232: Function Keys 234: Numeric / Character Keys                 

240: memory 242: program storage unit

244: data storage unit 250: voice signal processing unit

252: microphone 254: speaker

260: flat panel display driver 262: flat panel display

270: vibration generating unit 272: vibration motor

274: LED driver 276: LED

280: camera driver 282: CCD camera

284: Image Processing Unit 286: IrDA Transmitter / Receiver

300: Pre-program example screen 310: Shooting image display window

320: Search result display window 330: Cursor

332: character recognition area

The present invention relates to a method for providing a dictionary function of a mobile communication terminal. In particular, the present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal capable of recognizing a word to be queried using a camera provided in the mobile communication terminal and providing a pronunciation and a meaning as sound and video. The present invention relates to a dictionary function providing method.

The mobile communication terminal, which is a necessity for modern people, is not only compact and lightweight due to steady development, but also is emerging as a complex communication terminal having various functions such as mp3, camera and navigation. In addition to the above functions, such a mobile terminal has a voice mail service (called a voice mail service) that allows a sender to leave a message in a recipient's voice mailbox or a fax mailbox when the receiver cannot answer a call. Voice Activated Dialing Service, a mobile communication terminal screen that allows you to make a voice call without having to dial a phone number. You can receive numbers and text messages (about 40 ~ 50 letters in English, about 80 letters in English) or various life information as texts. If you use the voice mail service, you will be notified by mobile phone when a message arrives at the voice mail. Various features and services, including support for Short Message Service (SMS) It provides. In particular, the camera equipped in the mobile communication terminal has advanced in performance, providing functions such as zoom, filter, continuous shooting, macro, timer, and video shooting, and have advanced to the level of digital cameras and digital camcorders. In addition, a technology for recognizing a character in a photographed business card image and databaseting the business card using the camera has also been developed.

Meanwhile, a portable character recognition pen scanner dictionary (hereinafter referred to as a pen dictionary), which is an electronic dictionary that can be easily carried instead of a thick dictionary, has been developed, which scans an arbitrary word in the printout with the pen scanner and then recognizes the scanned word image. Recognize it as a technology and display its meaning on the display. Therefore, it is spotlighted as a means to replace a thick dictionary.

As described above, according to the conventional pen scanner, there is an advantage that it is convenient to carry and simple to use, while the scanner provided inside the pen dictionary is a line scan type scanner so that only a predetermined size of characters can be recognized. Only one word was searched, and there was a problem that the scan start and stop and the scan speed must be exactly matched.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, by using a camera of a mobile communication terminal equipped with a camera to capture a word to look up after recognizing the word in the photographed image using a character recognition program, It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for providing a dictionary function of a mobile communication terminal that provides the recognized character, that is, the pronunciation and meaning of a word, to a speaker and a flat panel display.

Another object of the present invention is unlike the conventional line scan type pen dictionary by using a camera provided in the mobile communication terminal by taking a large character from a distance and a small character close to the size of the word to be inquired by taking, It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for providing a dictionary function of a mobile communication terminal capable of inquiring a plurality of words by one shooting.

Method for providing a dictionary function of a mobile communication terminal of the present invention for achieving the above object is a key input unit for generating a corresponding key signal when operating the numeric / character key button and the function key button; A flat panel display for displaying numbers, letters and various kinds of information; A camera driver for driving a camera and an image processor for processing image data output from the camera; A memory including a program storage unit for storing various application programs such as a dictionary program and a character recognition program, and a data storage unit for temporarily storing data generated during a calculation process or storing data set by a user and dictionary data; A voice signal processor for controlling a microphone for converting an external sound wave into a corresponding analog type voice signal and a speaker for converting an analog type voice signal generated inside the terminal into sound waves, and the key input unit, a flat panel display, a camera driver, and an image. Claims [1] A method for providing a dictionary function of a mobile communication terminal, comprising: a processor, a voice signal processor, and a controller for controlling a memory, the method comprising: (a) receiving a command to execute the preprogram from a user; (b) receiving an image of a word and a sentence to be inquired from the camera and displaying the image on the flat panel display; (c) receiving a portion of the displayed word and sentence image; (d) recognizing a character of the designated area; (e) inquiring the recognized character from the dictionary data, and (f) displaying the inquiry result on the flat panel display.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a method for providing a dictionary function of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 1 is a front view showing the appearance of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention can be applied, illustrating a slide type mobile communication terminal. Of course, it should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the terminal of this manner and structure. As shown in FIG. 1, a mobile communication terminal (hereinafter, also referred to as a "terminal") 100 to which the present invention can be applied includes a main body 110 and a flat panel display 122 having a main circuit therein. It may be made to include a slider 120 that slides up and down in the main body 110.

In the above-described configuration, the front of the main body 110, the number / letter key button 112 used to receive the numbers and letters are disposed, the microphone hole which is in communication with the internal microphone (not shown) in the lower place 114 is perforated. On the other hand, the front surface of the slider 120 is provided with a flat panel display 122 for displaying various characters or graphic elements indicating the operation and operation state of the mobile communication terminal 100 and still images and moving pictures, and below the terminal ( A function key button 121 used to select or receive various functions included in 100 is disposed. Further, a speaker hole 123 communicating with an internal speaker (not shown) is drilled in place of the slider 120, for example, the flat display 122. In addition to the slider 120, an infrared communication element 125 used to perform infrared communication (IrDA) between a camera 124 capable of capturing a still image or a moving image and another external communication device may be disposed. In the drawing, reference numeral 121a is one of the function key buttons 121, which is a photographing key button for photographing when the camera 124 is used, and reference numeral 121b, which is one of the function key buttons 121, shows a preprogram and Pre-key button for operating the cursor.

2 is an electrical block diagram of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention can be applied. As shown in FIG. 2, the electrical configuration of the mobile communication terminal to which the present invention can be applied includes a radio frequency transmitter / receiver 220 and a number / character that transmit / receive a radio frequency signal with a base station through an antenna 222. Key input unit 230, including a function key input unit 232 and a numeric / character key input unit 234 for generating a corresponding key signal when the key button 112 and the function key button 121 is operated, A program storage unit 242 for storing various application programs such as an operating system (OS), a dictionary program, and a character recognition program, and a data storage for temporarily storing data generated during arithmetic operation or storing user-set data and dictionary data. The memory 240 including the unit 244, the microphone 252 for converting the external sound wave into a corresponding analog form of speech signal, the analog form generated inside the terminal A speaker 254 for converting a sex signal into sound waves, and converts the analog voice signal input from the microphone 252 into a corresponding digital voice signal and converts the digital voice signal into a corresponding analog voice signal to the speaker 254. The output audio signal processor 250, the flat panel display 262 and the flat panel display driver 260 to drive the vibration signal 260, and the vibration motor 272 to generate a vibration when the terminal 100 operates in the vibration mode and the drive unit 270 ), An LED 276 that visually displays an event such as a call or a message reception, a driver 274 thereof, and a controller 210 that collectively controls the LED 276.

In addition to the mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied, a camera driver 280 for driving the CCD camera 282 under the control of the control unit 210 and the CCD camera 282 installed in place of the main body 110 or the slider 120. ), An image processing unit 284 for processing image data output from the CCD camera 282, an IrDA transmitting / receiving unit 286 which emits infrared rays as a short-range communication means and receives infrared rays emitted from the outside, and is emitted from a GPS satellite. GPS processor 288 for receiving the radio signal to generate the absolute position data of the terminal may be further provided as necessary.

Hereinafter, a method for providing a dictionary function using a camera provided in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention will be described in detail.

3 is an exemplary screen of a result of receiving a dictionary key button 121b from a user, which is an exemplary screen of a dictionary program provided according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the pre-program example screen 300 includes a photographing image display window 310 displaying an image photographed by a camera, a cursor 330, and a cursor 330 for designating a character recognition region within the image. The character recognition area 332 and the character recognition area 332 which are formed by the reference character recognition area 332 is recognized as a character recognition program, that is, the inquiry result display window 320 that displays the result of inquiring the words, that is, the word.                     

4 is a flowchart of a method for providing a preliminary function of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, the subject being a control unit in the mobile communication terminal.

As shown in FIG. 4, in step S11, it is determined whether there is a key input from the user through the key input unit 230. As a result of the determination in step S11, if there is no key input, step S11 is repeated until there is a key input. As a result of the determination in step S13, if it is not a preprogram execution command, the flow advances to step S25 to perform a command corresponding to a key input. In the case of a preprogram execution command, the flow advances to step S15 to advance the program from the program storage unit 242. Select and run the program.

In operation S17, an image of a word and a sentence to be searched from the camera driver 280 is received and displayed on the flat panel display 262, that is, the photographed image display window 310. In operation S19, a character recognition area of the image is displayed. , The area of the word to be searched is designated from the function key input unit 232.

Subsequently, the process proceeds to step S21 and the character of the designated area is recognized as a character recognition program of the program storage unit 242, and the recognized character, that is, the word is queried from the dictionary data stored in the data storage unit 244 and in step S23 The inquiry result is displayed on the flat panel display 262, that is, the inquiry result display window 320.

Meanwhile, the photographed image may be stored in the data storage unit 244, and the plurality of areas may be designated to search a plurality of words at once.

In addition, the inquiry result may be provided visually through the flat panel display 262 and the speaker 254, and the inquiry result is provided separately without providing one screen separately from the photographing image display window and the search result display window. It may be provided as a screen of.

The method for providing a preliminary function of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and may be modified and implemented in various ways within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

According to the method for providing a dictionary function of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention as described above, by using the camera of the mobile communication terminal equipped with a camera to shoot a word to look up the word in the photographed image character recognition program By using the recognized character, that is, the sound and meaning of the word to the speaker and the flat panel display provided in the mobile communication terminal, so that the sound and meaning of the word in the printable or photographing position can be conveniently inquired. have. In addition, since the image of the word to be searched by using a camera provided in the mobile communication terminal is taken regardless of the size of the word, there is an effect that can be retrieved a plurality of words in one shot.

Claims (4)

A key input unit for generating a corresponding key signal when the numeric / character key button and the function key button are operated; A flat panel display for displaying numbers, letters and various kinds of information; A camera driver for driving a camera and an image processor for processing image data output from the camera; A memory including a program storage unit for storing various application programs such as a dictionary program and a character recognition program, and a data storage unit for temporarily storing data generated during a calculation process or storing data set by a user and dictionary data; A voice signal processor for controlling a microphone for converting an external sound wave into a corresponding analog type voice signal and a speaker for converting an analog type voice signal generated inside the terminal into sound waves, and the key input unit, a flat panel display, a camera driver, and an image. In the dictionary function providing method of a mobile communication terminal having a processor, a voice signal processor and a controller for controlling a memory, (a) receiving a command for executing the preprogram from a user; (b) receiving an image of a word and a sentence to be inquired from the camera and displaying the image on the flat panel display; (c) receiving a portion of the displayed word and sentence image; (d) recognizing a character of the designated area; (e) querying the recognized character in the dictionary data; and and (f) displaying the inquiry result on the flat panel display. The method of claim 1, Method of providing a prior function of the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the partial area of the step (c) is two or more. The method of claim 1, And in the step (e), if the inquiry result comprises text and voice, outputting the inquiry result to the flat panel display and the speaker in the step (f). The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, And the inquiry result is displayed on one side of the flat panel display and provided together with the text and sentence image.

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