Patent Application
20120212502
1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to electronic book readers, and particularly to, an electronic book reader with one-handed convenience and an electronic book displaying method.
2. Description of Related Art
An electronic book (e-book) is mainly a digital media equivalent of a conventional printed book. E-books are usually read on personal computers or smart phones, or on dedicated hardware devices known as e-book readers. The e-book reader displays the e-book file like a book. Users must often hold the e-book reader with two hands when using the e-books, which is inconvenient.
Therefore, there is room for improvement within the art.
Many aspects of the embodiments can be better understood with reference to the following drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the embodiments. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
The disclosure is illustrated by way of example and not by way of limitation in the figures of the accompanying drawings in which like references indicate similar elements. It should be noted that references to “an” or “one” embodiment in this disclosure are not necessarily to the same embodiment, and such references mean at least one.
In general, the word “module,” as used herein, refers to logic embodied in hardware or firmware, or to a collection of software instructions, written in a programming language, such as, Java, C, or assembly. One or more software instructions in the modules may be embedded in firmware, such as in an EPROM. The modules described herein may be implemented as either software and/or hardware modules and may be stored in any type of non-transitory computer-readable medium or other storage device. Some non-limiting examples of non-transitory computer-readable media include CDs, DVDs, BLU-RAY, flash memory, and hard disk drives.
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The display 11 is used for displaying e-books. The side panel 12 is used for recording the physical contact(s) made by human fingers moving across the panel (sliding signal) and sending the sliding signal to the recognition module 14. The recognition module 14 is used for recognizing the sliding signal and sending a recognition result to the control module 13. For example, when the side panel 12 records contact along a leftward direction, the e-book is turned to a back page, and when the side panel 12 records contact along a rightward direction, the recognition result is that the e-book is turned to a front page. If the thumb of the user slides upwards, along or parallel to the wales 121, towards the top of the page, the recognition result is that the e-book is turned through a number of pages. The control module 13 is used for controlling the e-book reader 10 to display the page(s) according to the recognition result. The indicator module 15 is mounted inside of the side panel 12 and is visible to the user. The indicator module 15 is used for indicating different recognition results by displaying different colors. For example, the recognition result may turn to a front page, and the indicator module 15 displays a yellow light.
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In step S401, after the e-book is opened, the side panel 12 receives a finger sliding signal when a user slides his finger on the side panel 12.
In step S402, the recognition module 14 sends a recognition result to the control module 13 according to the finger sliding signal.
In step S403, the control module 13 controls the e-book to go to the page according to the recognition result.
The side panel 12 is disposed between the display 11 and the back panel 16. Thus, users can hold the e-book reader 10 with just one hand.
Although numerous characteristics and advantages of the embodiments have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the embodiments, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in the matters of shape, size, and the arrangement of parts within the principles of the present disclosure to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
Depending on the embodiment, certain of the steps of a method(s) described may be removed, others may be added, and the sequence of steps may be altered. The description and the claims drawn for a method may include some indication in reference to certain steps. However, the indication used is only to be viewed for identification purposes and not as a suggestion as to an order for the steps.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100105542 | Feb 2011 | TW | national |
