Mobile communications terminal and method therefor

A mobile communication terminal comprising:

• a computer useable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing a computer to control a mobile communication terminal, while the terminal is in an image recording mode during which a camera view of a camera is displayed on a display unit, the computer readable code means in the mobile communication terminal comprising:
• computer readable program code means for causing a computer to display a guiding pattern configured such that it facilitates for a user to adjust the camera view;
• computer readable program code means for causing a computer to record an image;
• computer readable program code means for causing a computer to extract a sub-image comprising an array of picture elements from the recorded image, said sub-image being at a position within the recorded image that corresponds with the guiding pattern being displayed;
• computer readable program code means for causing a computer to perform an optical character recognition process on the extracted sub-image, yielding a sequence of symbols;
• computer readable program code means for causing a computer to display the recognized sequence of symbols;
• computer readable program code means for causing a computer to receive a signal indicating that the recognized sequence is to be interpreted as a telephone number;
• and
• computer readable program code means for causing a computer to initiate a control application, an input to which is the telephone number.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer useable medium having computer readable code means embodied therein for causing a computer to control a mobile communication terminal, while the terminal is in an image recording mode during which a camera view of a camera is displayed on a display unit, the computer readable code means in the computer program product comprising:
• computer readable program code means for causing a computer to display a guiding pattern configured such that it facilitates for a user to adjust the camera view;
• computer readable program code means for causing a computer to record an image;
• computer readable program code means for causing a computer to extract a sub-image comprising an array of picture elements from the recorded image, said sub-image being at a position within the recorded image that corresponds with the guiding pattern being displayed;
• computer readable program code means for causing a computer to perform an optical character recognition process on the extracted sub-image, yielding a sequence of symbols;
• computer readable program code means for causing a computer to display the recognized sequence of symbols;
• computer readable program code means for causing a computer to receive a signal indicating that the recognized sequence is to be interpreted as a telephone number;
• and
• computer readable program code means for causing a computer to initiate a control application, an input to which is the telephone number.