Method of storing data in and searching through an electronic phone number data book in a digital mobile phone with character recognition function

摘要

A method of storing data in an electronic phone data book for a digital mobile phone, which includes a key input part, display, touch screen for inputting characters, character code storage for storing character and number codes, character database for storing feature data corresponding to character and number codes, and character recognition device. A method of searching through the electronic phone data book includes setting the mobile phone in a search mode, generating a search mode character code corresponding to touch screen data input, determining whether the search mode character code is registered in said phone book storage and displaying a corresponding phone number if it is.