Electronic paper system, image processing apparatus for electronic paper system storage medium storing image processing program, and image writing method using image processing apparatus
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1. An electronic paper system comprising:
- electronic paper having a display unit that can display and retain an image in a no-power state;
image generation means for generating a displaying image by combining a scale-down image of at least a part of a document and an image of at least part of related information of the document; and
write means for writing the generated displaying image into the display unit of the electronic paper so that the display unit displays and retains the generated displaying image.
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An electronic paper system includes: electronic paper having a display unit that can display and retain an image in a no-power state; image generation means for generating a displaying image by combining a scale-down image of at least a part of a document and an image of at least part of related information of the document; and write means for writing the generated displaying image into the display unit of the electronic paper so that the display unit displays and retains the generated displaying image.
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16 Claims
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1. An electronic paper system comprising:
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electronic paper having a display unit that can display and retain an image in a no-power state;
image generation means for generating a displaying image by combining a scale-down image of at least a part of a document and an image of at least part of related information of the document; and
write means for writing the generated displaying image into the display unit of the electronic paper so that the display unit displays and retains the generated displaying image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An information processing apparatus for an electronic paper system having a write device which writes an image into a display unit of electronic paper so that the display unit of the electronic paper displays and retains the image in a no-power state, the apparatus comprising:
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image generation means for generating a displaying image by combining a scale-down image of at least a part of a document and an image of at least part of related information image of the document; and
output means for outputting the generated displaying image to the write device so that the displaying image is written into the display unit of the electronic paper by the write device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A storage medium readable by a computer, the storage medium storing an image processing program of instructions executable by the computer to perform a function for generating a displaying image that is to be written into a display unit of electronic paper by a write unit and that is to be displayed on and retained in the display unit of the electronic paper in a no-power state, the function comprising the steps of:
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obtaining a document scale-down image of at least a part of a document and a related information image of at least part of related information of the document; and
combining the document scale-down image and the related information image to generate the displaying image.
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16. An image writing method of causing a display unit of electronic paper to display and retain an image in a no-power state using an information processing apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
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generating a displaying image by combining a scale-down image of at least a part of a document and an image of at least part of related information of the document using image generation means of the image processing apparatus; and
writing the generated displaying image into the display unit of the electronic paper using a write device annexed to the information processing apparatus under a control of the information processing apparatus.
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