MOBILE PHONE AND DIALING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20090170561A1
• Filed: 12/25/2008
• Published: 07/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Chou, Fu-Chiang
• Granted Patent: US 8,437,804 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/563
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/23 Construction or mounting of dials or of equivalent devices; Means for facilitating the use thereof by improving visibility H04M1/22
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/271 controlled by voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A dialing method of a mobile phone having no physical keyboard is provided. The dialing method includes the following steps. Firstly, a dialing instruction is enabled. Then, a virtual keyboard and a voice recognition module are enabled according to the dialing instruction, so as to receive an input datum from a user. Further, the mobile phone performs a dialing function selected by the user.

Claims

1. A dialing method of a mobile phone, comprising:

waiting for a dialing instruction;

enabling a virtual keyboard and a voice recognition module according to the dialing instruction for receiving an input datum, after the dialing instruction is provided; and

performing a dialing function according to the input datum.

2. The dialing method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of enabling the dialing instruction comprises enabling the dialing instruction by a dial button.

3. The dialing method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of enabling the dialing instruction comprises enabling the dialing instruction by a virtual button.

4. The dialing method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a sequence of enabling the virtual keyboard and the voice recognition module comprises enabling the virtual keyboard and the voice recognition module simultaneously, or enabling the virtual keyboard before enabling the voice recognition module, or enabling the voice recognition module before enabling the virtual keyboard.

5. The dialing method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the input datum comprises a voice control datum or a keyboard datum.

6. The dialing method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

performing the dialing function according to a voice control datum if the voice control datum is received within a predetermined time;

disabling the voice recognition module and performing the dialing function according to a keyboard datum if the keyboard datum is received within the predetermined time; and

disabling the voice recognition module when the predetermined time is over.

7. The dialing method as claimed in claim 6, wherein, after the step of performing the dialing function according to the voice control datum if the input datum received within the predetermined time is the voice control datum, the dialing method further comprises:

acquiring a telephone number corresponding to the voice control datum from a phone book and performing dialing.

8. The dialing method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of enabling the virtual keyboard and the voice recognition module according to the dialing instruction after the dialing instruction is provided further comprises displaying a voice control icon.

9. The dialing method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of enabling the virtual keyboard and the voice recognition module according to the dialing instruction after the dialing instruction is provided further comprises playing a reminder sound of voice control dialing function.

10. The dialing method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mobile phone is without physical keyboard.

11. A mobile phone, comprising:

a touch screen;

a voice recognition module for recognizing a voice;

an input module comprising a voice receiving element and at least a dial button; and

a calculation unit coupled to the touch screen and the input module for performing a dialing function;

wherein, when the input module receives a dialing instruction, the calculation unit displays a virtual keyboard on the touch screen, enables a voice recognition module for receiving an input datum, and performs the dialing function according to the input datum.

12. The mobile phone as claimed in claim 11, wherein the dialing instruction is enabled when the dial button is pressed.

13. The mobile phone as claimed in claim 11, wherein the dial button is a physical button or a virtual button.

14. The mobile phone as claimed in claim 11, wherein the input datum comprises a voice control datum or a keyboard datum.

15. The mobile phone as claimed in claim 11, wherein the calculation unit starts counting a predetermined time after displaying the virtual keyboard and the voice recognition module;

within the predetermined time, if a voice control datum is received, the dialing function is performed according to the voice control datum;

if a keyboard datum is received, the voice recognition module is disabled and the dialing function is performed according to the keyboard datum; and

if the predetermined time is over, the voice recognition module is disabled.

16. The mobile phone as claimed in claim 11, wherein the calculation unit further displays a voice control icon on the touch screen when the input module receives the dialing instruction.

17. The mobile phone as claimed in claim 11, wherein the calculation unit further plays a reminder sound of voice control dialing function when the input module receives the dialing instruction.

18. The mobile phone as claimed in claim 11, wherein the mobile phone is without physical keyboard.

19. A dialing method of a mobile phone, comprising:

waiting for a dial button to be enabled;

enabling a virtual keyboard and a voice recognition module for receiving a keyboard datum or a voice control datum if the dial button is enabled;

performing the dialing function according to a voice control datum if the voice control datum is received within a predetermined time;

disabling the voice recognition module and performing the dialing function according to a keyboard datum if the keyboard datum is received within the predetermined time; and

disabling the voice recognition module when the predetermined time is over.

20. The dialing method as claimed in claim 19, wherein the step of performing the dialing function according to the voice control datum if the voice control datum is received within the predetermined time further comprises:

acquiring a telephone number corresponding to the voice control datum from a phone book and performing the dialing function.

21. The dialing method as claimed in claim 19, wherein the step of enabling the virtual keyboard and the voice recognition module further comprises displaying a voice control icon.

22. The dialing method as claimed in claim 19, wherein the step of enabling the virtual keyboard and the voice recognition module further comprises playing a reminder sound of voice control dialing function.

23. The dialing method as claimed in claim 19, wherein the mobile phone is without physical keyboard.