System and method for providing feedback associated with e-book in mobile device

• US 10,114,539 B2
• Filed: 04/10/2013
• Issued: 10/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Youngri, Lee, Sanghyup, Lee, Shinjun, Lee, Juyoun
• Primary Examiner(s): Sarma, Abhishek
• Application Number:
  US13/860,024
• Publication Number:
  US 20130268858A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,029 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-174, 345659, 345419, 345473, 345426, 345619, 715255, 715273, 715776
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A system and method that provides various types of feedback associated with an e-book in a mobile device with an e-book reader function are provided. The method includes displaying a page of an e-book on a touch screen of the mobile device, detecting a touch on the page, detecting a movement of the touch, beginning a page turning operation in response to the movement of the touch, and providing audio feedback based on a history corresponding to the page, according to the page turning operation.

Claims

1. A method for providing feedback associated with pages of an e-book in a mobile device with a touch screen, the method comprising:

displaying a first page of the e-book on the touch screen;

detecting a first touch on the first page;

detecting a movement of the first touch; and

providing visual feedback corresponding to properties set for a second page of the e-book and outputting audio feedback associated with the second page in response to displaying a portion of the second page according to the movement of the first touch.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the outputting of the audio feedback comprises at least one of the following:

outputting the history, via Text To Speech (TTS) data;

outputting the history via a voice memo added to the second page; and

playing back music corresponding to the second page,

wherein the playing back of the music comprises playing back a section of or all of the music corresponding to the second page.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the properties set for the second page of the e-book comprise at least one of a thickness, a weight, and a material of the second page.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing touch feedback, in response to the movement of the first touch.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

identifying a location of the first touch, a direction of the movement, and a speed of the movement; and

differently deforming each page of the e-book according to the location of the first touch, the direction of the movement, and the speed of the movement.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the outputting of the audio feedback further comprises:

displaying an audio feedback window corresponding to a type of audio feedback on the second page.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the audio feedback window is located in a margin of the second page or a location close to an extension line from a direction in which the first touch moves.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

determining if a distance of the movement exceeds a threshold.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

when the distance of the movement exceeds a threshold, determining that the movement corresponds to a page turning operation; and

in response to the determining of the page turning operation, removing the first page using an animation based on the movement and completely displaying the second page.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

when music is associated with the second page and the second page is completely displayed, outputting the music; and

when an alarm sound is associated with the second page and the second page is completely displayed, outputting the alarm sound.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

detecting a second touch on the second page;

determining a time difference between when the first touch is detected and when the second touch is detected; and

when the time difference is less than or equal to a preset period of time, determining that the second page is turned.

12. A method for providing feedback associated with pages of an e-book in a mobile device with a touch screen, the method comprising:

displaying a first page of the e-book on the touch screen;

while displaying the first page, outputting music from the mobile device;

while outputting the music, receiving a request for storing information indicating the music that is being played back while the first page is displayed;

storing the information associated with the first page, in response to the storage request; and

in response to a command to display the first page while a second page is being displayed, outputting the music and providing visual feedback corresponding to properties set for the first page.

13. The method of claim 12,

wherein the outputting of the music further comprises displaying, on the first page, an audio feedback window corresponding to the music that is being played back, and

wherein the properties set for the first page comprise at least one of thickness, weight, and material of the first page.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

determining a time when the music is output,

wherein the time includes at least one of;

a time music starts to be played back while the page is being displayed;

a time the page is turned while the music is being played back;

a time when the display of the page is stopped while the music is being played back; and

a time when the execution of the e-book is terminated.

15. A method for providing feedback associated with pages of an e-book in a mobile device with a touch screen, the method comprising:

displaying a first page of the e-book on the touch screen;

when the first page is displayed, receiving information based on user input;

storing the information to be associated with the first page;

displaying a second page; and

in response to a page turning command to display the first page while the second page is being displayed, providing visual feedback and outputting audio feedback based on the information.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the providing of the visual feedback and the outputting of the audio feedback comprises:

when the information comprises text, converting the text into voice data and outputting the voice data, and

when the information comprises properties set for the first page, providing the visual feedback corresponding to the properties.

17. A mobile device comprising:

a touch screen for displaying a first page of an e-book;

a storage unit for storing a history corresponding to at least one page of the e-book; and

a controller configured to;

detect a movement of a first touch on the displayed first page, and

provide visual feedback corresponding to properties set for a second page of the e-book and output audio feedback associated with the second page in response to displaying a portion of the second page according to the movement of the first touch.

18. The mobile device of claim 17, wherein the controller is further configured to perform at least one of:

outputting the history, via Text To Speech (TTS) data;

outputting the history via a voice memo added to the second page; and

playing back music corresponding to the second page,

wherein the properties set for the second page of the e-book comprise at least one of a thickness, a weight, and a material of the second page.

19. The mobile device of claim 17, wherein the controller is further configured to:

detect a location where the touch is made, a movement direction of the touch, and a speed of the touch, and

deform the first page according to the location where the touch is made, the movement direction of the touch, and the speed of the touch.

20. A non-transitory recordable medium, installed in a mobile device with a touch screen, storing a method for providing a feedback associated with pages of an e-book in the mobile device, the method comprising:

displaying a first page of an e-book on the touch screen;

detecting a first touch on the first page;

detecting a movement of the first touch; and

providing visual feedback corresponding to properties set for a second page of the e-book and outputting audio feedback associated with the second page in response to displaying a portion of the second page according to the movement of the first touch.