DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR MANAGING A PHONE BOOK IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING A CAMERA, ESPECIALLY IN CONNECTION WITH REGISTERING OR MANAGING PERSONAL INFORMATION SUCH AS A TELEPHONE NUMBER IN THE PHONE BOOK BY USING THE CAMERA

摘要

PURPOSE: A device and a method for managing a phone book in a portable terminal having a camera are provided to read character information from a predetermined medium by using a camera, and to register or manage the read character data in a phone book, thereby registering/managing personal information in the phone book. CONSTITUTION: A camera unit(118) photographs a character, and outputs a character image signal. An image processor(117) converts the character image signal into digital image data. A character converter(119) converts the digital image data into character data by using a character recognition program. A controller(111) accords personal information character data with an identical item of a phone book, and stores the accorded data.