Patent ID: 8208618
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for originating a call by using an image, the apparatus comprising: a touch screen for displaying at least one image in an image area; a memory unit for storing the at least one image and a phone number corresponding thereto; and a control unit for performing call origination using the phone number corresponding to a displayed image in an input image area if a touch input is made on the relevant image displayed in the image area, wherein the control unit stores an image display format and a matrix structure according to a number of images to be displayed on the touch screen, which are set by a request from a user for setting an environment for an image dialing mode, in the memory unit, wherein the image display format is any one of a format in which only images are displayed, a format in which images are displayed together with phone numbers, and a format in which images are displayed together with icons representing types of phone numbers.