Patent Application
20070291020
MBOOK is a device which consists of 2 parts:
MBOOK main purpose is to display texts and rough drawings.
The device is based on the electro-magnetic property of metals.
The device includes a housing with one see through side made of durable transparent material and motherboard mounted inside. The motherboard includes the layout and has mounted parts which are mounted rigidly on it and make up the display. The display could consist of one single part or a set of individually coupled elements: electromagnet and permanent magnet (bid) magnetically isolated.
Each element has controlled terminals from the text processor. The electromagnets control orientation (position/arrangements) of permanent magnets (bids) in the display in order to create visualization (image). A person is able to visualize an image of a book page.
The display includes plurality of the elements, making up a mathematical 2 dimensional matrix for the text processor to parse the data. Each bid is a permanent magnet painted black and white.
The display changes when direct current generates a magnetic field which depends on the currents' direction. The permanent magnet (bid) in that field is forced to position itself in accord with magnetic fields.
The display is a matrix. It consists of bids (the size about 1 mm or less (lesser brings better legibility/contrast) with permanent magnets inside. It sits on top of the motherboard.
The text processor reads the digital data from a file of any text format (or native to this device format) from a USB drive (or similar device), interprets the data to an electric signal (direct current plus or minus); as a result bids turn in a certain way creating an image out of black and white sides. The text processor breaks the display up to rows and columns virtually.
Depending on a font size, the text processor calculates the amount of characters to be displayed and a number of pages in a file accordingly. Knowing a number of pages a user can navigate through the file-book.
The text processor has 3 navigation buttons: next, previous and goto # page. The text processor is able to memorize specified pages. The text processor calculates required number of characters to be transferred onto the display device as a page of a book. A possible number of characters depends on display size and a chosen font size. For example font 1 can take 20 bids (5×4 matrix) and font 2 take 30 bids (6×5 matrix).
Change of direct current + or − forces bids to turn accordingly, displaying either white or black sides, creating visualization. When an image appears it can be displayed indefinitely: the bids are fixed in a permanent position to secure the image. By pressing next, previous or goto button the processor translates a requested page to the display device and fixes it there to be visualized.
MBOOK requires minimal amount of energy to be used in order to maintain its operation.
A user of a MBOOK device inserts a removable drive into the device and is able to read and view the content of the file. The device through its recognition system (text processor) reads the digital format file and transfers it onto the display to be viewed/read by the user. MBOOK is a portable device. The closest device which performs similar task is a portable computer with a monitor.
The main distinction of the MBOOK from a portable computer w/monitor, which is able to display digital files, is low power (energy) consumption. The device doesn't require uninterrupted source of energy to be supplied to the device. Once a page is formed it can stay on without additional energy for infinite time. MBOOK doesn't require additional software and as result is easier in using.
