ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM

• US 20120315957A1
• Filed: 06/08/2012
• Published: 12/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: KAMIKUBO, Hiroshi
• Granted Patent: US 9,235,376 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/563
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/42 Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/62 user interface aspects of conference calls
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/74 with voice recognition means voice activated dialling H04M1/271; voice recognition algorithms G10L15/00

Abstract

There is provided an electronic device that can execute a function using characters inputted during a telephone call, and a control method and a control program thereof. An application control unit inputs a character as an input character using an input control unit in a state where a call with a predetermined communication counterpart is continuing using a communication unit. When a predetermined function is selected after the input character is inputted with the input control unit, the application control unit executes a predetermined function in a state where the input character is inputted.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a communication unit;

an input unit for inputting a character; and

a control unit which, when a character is inputted as an input character by the input unit and a predetermined function is selected at a time when a call is being made with a predetermined communication counterpart by the communication unit, executes the predetermined function in a state where the input character is inputted.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the predetermined function is a search function for searching predetermined data, and

the control unit performs a search based on the input character by executing the search function in a state where the character is inputted, and sends a search result to the predetermined communication counterpart by the communication unit.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the control unit controls the communication unit such that the search result is converted into different formats and sent to the predetermined communication counterpart according to the kind of data searched by the search function.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 further comprising an operation unit, wherein the input unit inputs a character as an input character according to an operation of the operation unit.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 further comprising a voice recognition conversion unit for converting contents of talk carried out using the communication unit into characters by performing voice recognition,

wherein the input unit inputs the character converted by the voice recognition conversion unit as an input character.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5 further comprising an extraction unit for extracting a word by performing a morphological analysis of the character converted by the voice recognition conversion unit,

wherein the input unit inputs, as an input character, the word extracted by the extraction unit, among the characters converted by the voice recognition conversion unit.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit,

wherein, when the input character is inputted and the predetermined function is selected such that contents that are based on the selection of the predetermined function are displayed on the display unit at a time when a call is being made with a predetermined communication counterpart by the communication unit, the control unit displays the contents on the display unit included in an electronic device of the predetermined communication counterpart.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the predetermined function is a function selected from a plurality of character inputting functions that can perform processing based on the input character, and

the control unit changes a function included in the plurality of character inputting functions according to the communication counterpart that the communication unit communicates with.

9. A method for controlling an electronic device comprising:

a step of communicating;

a step of inputting a character;

a step of executing a function; and

a step of executing, when a character is inputted as an input character as a result of the step of inputting and a predetermined function is selected at a time when a call is being made with a predetermined communication counterpart as a result of the step of communicating, the predetermined function by the step of executing in a state where the input character is inputted.

10. A non-transitory storage medium that stores a control program causing, executed by an electronic device, the electronic device to execute:

communicating;

inputting a character;

executing a function; and

executing, when a character is inputted as an input character as a result of the inputting and a predetermined function is selected at a time when a call is being made with a predetermined communication counterpart as a result of the communicating, the predetermined function by the executing in a state where the input character is inputted.