ELECTRONIC BOOK READING APPARATUS

• US 20060279533A1
• Filed: 05/03/2006
• Published: 12/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Hsieh, Kuan-Hong
• Application Number:
  US11/308,778
• Publication Number:
  US 20060279533A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/0283 for data storage and retrieval

Abstract

An electronic book reading apparatus mainly includes a user interface, an operation controlling unit, and a display unit. The user interface allows a user to flip an appropriate number of pages of a displayed electronic book. The user interface includes a plurality of sensing units for generating sensing signals in response to the user'"'"'s flipping operations. The operation controlling unit is used for determining a direction of the flipping operations and generating a direction signal according to the sensing signals. The display unit receives the direction signal, flips the appropriate number of pages of the electronic book in a corresponding direction according to the received direction signal, and displays the resulting page of the electronic book.

Claims

1. An electronic book reading apparatus comprising:

a user interface allowing a user to flip an appropriate number of pages of a displayed electronic book, the user interface comprising a plurality of sensing units for generating sensing signals in response to the user'"'"'s flipping operations;

an operation controlling unit for determining a direction of the flipping operations and generating a direction signal according to the sensing signals; and

a display unit for receiving the direction signal, flipping the appropriate number of pages of the displayed electronic book in a corresponding direction according to the received direction signal, and displaying the resulting page of the electronic book after flipping.

2. The electronic book reading apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a storing unit for storing the electronic book.

3. The electronic book reading apparatus according to claim 2, wherein each of the sensing units is designated a coordinate for identification.

4. The electronic book reading apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the operation controlling unit determines the direction of the flipping operations according to the coordinates of the sensing units which generate the sensing signals.