E-reader to help users with dyslexia by providing enhancement features including moving sentences within a paragraph away from an edge of a page

• US 10,372,788 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2014
• Issued: 08/06/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Rakuten Kobo Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rakuten Kobo Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Landau, Benjamin
• Primary Examiner(s): Paula, Cesar B
• Assistant Examiner(s): Norris, Benjamin J
• Application Number:
  US14/170,046
• Publication Number:
  US 20150220503A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,013 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/0291 for reading, e.g. e-books constructional details of portable computers G06F1/1613
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 17/00 Teaching reading teaching lip-reading G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 17/003 electrically operated apparatus or devices

Abstract

A computing device provides a dyslexic enhancement mode. The dyslexic enhancement mode includes multiple dyslexic enhancement features that adjust the text content to facilitate ability of the user with dyslexia to read the text content. Additionally, the computing device provides an interface to enable the user to enter input to select and I specify values for individual dyslexic enhancement features. The computing device can configure implementation of the dyslexic enhancement mode based on the input provided by the user.

Claims

1. A computing device comprising:

memory resources to store an e-book and a set of instructions;

one or more processors that access the memory resources to;

display text content from the e-book in a default mode;

receive an input electing to operate the computing device in a dyslexic enhancement mode;

enable the dyslexic enhancement mode, the dyslexic enhancement mode including multiple dyslexic enhancement features that adjust the text content to facilitate an ability of a user with dyslexia to read the text content;

display text content from the e-book in the dyslexic enhancement mode using a default set of dyslexic enhancement features;

provide an interface to enable the user to enter input to select and/or specify values for individual dyslexic enhancement features, wherein the interface includes a setting to not display a beginning of a new sentence within an area of the text content that is located between an outer-most edge boundary of the text content and a half-way point between the outer-most edge boundary and a center of the text content, wherein the new sentence is within a paragraph and is not a first sentence at a beginning of the paragraph;

configure implementation of the dyslexic enhancement mode based on the input provided by the user; and

display text content from the e-book in the dyslexic enhancement mode using values for individual dyslexic enhancement features selected and/or specified by the user.

2. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the interface displays an option to display text on a grey and non-white background.

3. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the interface displays an option to widen spacing between at least one of characters or words.

4. The computing device of claim 3, wherein the option to widen spacing enables the user to select one of multiple possible values to increase spacing as compared to a default setting.

5. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the interface displays an option to enlarge characters of the text content or reduce a number of words that appear in a line of the text content.

6. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the interface displays an option to select a sans serif font type.

7. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the interface displays an option to eliminate or reduce words that appear in all capitalization or italics.

8. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the interface displays an option to display the text content in bold format.

15. The computing device of claim 1, wherein a start of a new sentence is displayed a predetermined distance closer to the center of the page relative to other text displayed on the page, wherein the predetermined distance is 25% of a length of a line of text.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a set of instructions, the set of instructions being executable by one or more processors to perform operations that include:

display a text content from an e-book in a default mode;

receive an input electing to operate in a dyslexic enhancement mode;

enable the dyslexic enhancement mode, the dyslexic enhancement mode including multiple dyslexic enhancement features that adjust the text content to facilitate an ability of a user with dyslexia to read the text content;

display text content from the e-book in the dyslexic enhancement mode using a default set of dyslexic enhancement features;

provide an interface to enable the user to enter input to select and/or specify values for individual dyslexic enhancement features, wherein the interface includes a setting to not display a beginning of a new sentence within an area of the text content that is located between an outer-most edge boundary of the text content and a half-way point between the outer-most edge boundary and a center of the text content, wherein the new sentence is within a paragraph and is not a first sentence at a beginning of the paragraph;

configure implementation of the dyslexic enhancement mode based on the input provided by the user; and

display text content from the e-book in the dyslexic enhancement mode using values for individual dyslexic enhancement features selected and/or specified by the user.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the interface displays an option to display text on a grey and non-white background.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the interface displays an option to widen spacing between at least one of characters or words.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the option to widen spacing enables the user to select one of multiple possible values to increase spacing as compared to a default setting.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the interface displays an option to enlarge characters of the text content or reduce a number of words that appear in a line of the text content.

14. A method for operating a computing device, the method being implemented by one or more processors:

displaying a text content from an e-book in a default mode;

receiving an input electing to operate the computing device in a dyslexic enhancement mode;

enabling the dyslexic enhancement mode, the dyslexic enhancement mode including multiple dyslexic enhancement features that adjust the text content to facilitate an ability of a user with dyslexia to read the text content;

displaying text content from the e-book in the dyslexic enhancement mode using a default set of dyslexic enhancement features;

providing an interface to enable the user to enter input to select and/or specify values for individual dyslexic enhancement features, wherein the interface includes a setting to not display a beginning of a new sentence within an area of the text content that is located between an outer-most edge boundary of the text content and a half-way point between the outer-most edge boundary and a center of the text content, wherein the new sentence is within a paragraph and is not a first sentence at a beginning of the paragraph;

configuring implementation of the dyslexic enhancement mode based on the input provided by the user; and

displaying text content from the e-book in the dyslexic enhancement mode using values for individual dyslexic enhancement features selected and/or specified by the user.