Patent ID: 6690954
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A portable telephone, comprising:a for-recognition voice data storing unit for storing voice data for comparison with a received voice signal; a relation-to-dial information storing unit for storing telephone number dial information to be used to perform a call access, said telephone number dial information being associated with corresponding voice data in said for-recognition voice data storing unit; a voice inputting unit for receiving a voice signal; a voice recognizing unit for recognizing the voice signal received in the voice inputting unit by comparing the received voice signal with the stored voice data in the for-recognition voice data storing unit and extracting telephone number dial information corresponding to voice data from the relation-to-dial information storing unit matching said received voice signal; a position detecting unit for detecting a position of the portable telephone relative to a user; and a control unit for performing a call access operation according to position information, which is relative to the user and is detected in the position detecting unit, by using the dial information extracted in the voice recognizing unit to automatically initiate a call access operation when said position information indicates that a user desires to automatically place a call through voice recognition.