Electronic display device

• US 20080088617A1
• Filed: 10/15/2007
• Published: 04/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Izumida, Masamichi
• Application Number:
  US11/907,610
• Publication Number:
  US 20080088617A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/418
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

An electronic display device includes a page data acquisition section which acquires page data including display data and text data, a display data buffer, a write processing section which writes the display data into the display data buffer, a display processing section which displays an image on a display section, and a sound generation section which generates text read-out sound. The display processing section switches display processing between a page batch display process for displaying an image of a given page on the display section and a page split display process for displaying an image of a lower portion of a given page in an upper area of the display section and displaying an image of an upper portion of a subsequent page in a lower area of the display section, based on page break determination information included in the text data and the progress of the text read-out process.

Claims

1. An electronic display device having a function of reading out text corresponding to an image displayed on a display section, the electronic display device comprising:

a page data acquisition section which acquires page data including display data and text data;

a display data buffer capable of holding the display data of at least two pages included in the page data;

a write processing section which performs processing for writing the display data into the display data buffer;

a display processing section which performs processing for displaying the image on the display section based on the display data written into the display data buffer, and

a sound generation section which generates read-out sound of text corresponding to the image displayed on the display section based on the text data included in the page data;

the display processing section switching display processing between a page batch display process and a page split display process based on page break determination information included in the text data, the page batch display process displaying an image of a given page on the display section, and the page split display process displaying an image of a lower portion of a given page in an upper area of the display section and displaying an image of an upper portion of a subsequent page in a lower area of the display section.

2. The electronic display device as defined in claim 1,

wherein the display data buffer includes at least two single-page display data buffers, each of which holds the display data for displaying an image of one page.

3. The electronic display device as defined in claim 2,

wherein the write processing section performs processing for writing the display data for displaying an image of one page into each of the single-page display data buffers.

4. The electronic display device as defined in claim 1,

wherein the write processing section performs processing for writing the display data of a new page into the display data buffer in an area in which the display data of a page with the lowest number included in the display data of at least two pages is written.

5. The electronic display device as defined in claim 4,

wherein the write processing section performs processing for writing the display data of the new page when the display processing section switches display processing from the page batch display process to the page split display process.

6. The electronic display device as defined in claim 4,

wherein the write processing section performs processing for writing the display data of the new page when the display processing section switches display processing from the page split display process to the page batch display process.

7. The electronic display device as defined in claim 2,

wherein the display data buffer includes three single-page display data buffers.

8. The electronic display device as defined in claim 5,

wherein the display data buffer includes three single-page display data buffers.

9. The electronic display device as defined in claim 6,

wherein the display data buffer includes three single-page display data buffers.

10. The electronic display device as defined in claim 1, further comprising:

a text display processing section which displays text corresponding to the sound generated by the sound generation section on the display section.

11. The electronic display device as defined in claim 1, further comprising:

a display page designation information generation section which generates display page designation information which specifies a display page to be displayed on the display section based on a user'"'"'s voice;

wherein the display processing section changes the display page based on the display page designation information.

12. The electronic display device as defined in claim 1,

wherein the display processing section switches display processing between the page batch display process and the page split display process at a timing at which the sound generation section reads out text at a page break.

13. The electronic display device as defined in claim 2,

wherein the display processing section switches display processing between the page batch display process and the page split display process at a timing at which the sound generation section reads out text at a page break.

14. The electronic display device as defined in claim 3,

wherein the display processing section switches display processing between the page batch display process and the page split display process at a timing at which the sound generation section reads out text at a page break.

15. The electronic display device as defined in claim 4,

wherein the display processing section switches display processing between the page batch display process and the page split display process at a timing at which the sound generation section reads out text at a page break.

16. The electronic display device as defined in claim 5,

wherein the display processing section switches display processing between the page batch display process and the page split display process at a timing at which the sound generation section reads out text at a page break.

17. The electronic display device as defined in claim 6,

wherein the display processing section switches display processing between the page batch display process and the page split display process at a timing at which the sound generation section reads out text at a page break.

18. The electronic display device as defined in claim 7,

wherein the display processing section switches display processing between the page batch display process and the page split display process at a timing at which the sound generation section reads out text at a page break.

19. The electronic display device as defined in claim 8.

wherein the display processing section switches display processing between the page batch display process and the page split display process at a timing at which the sound generation section reads out text at a page break.

20. The electronic display device as defined in claim 9,

wherein the display processing section switches display processing between the page batch display process and the page split display process at a timing at which the sound generation section reads out text at a page break.