Electronic Document Reader
First Claim
1. A method of displaying a document page with a predetermined size using a display device having edges defining lateral dimensions not substantially larger than said predetermined size and having a central re-writable display portion and a non-re-writable border, said document page comprising a central, foreground portion bearing one or both of text and graphics, a background having a background colour and at least one margin having said background colour, the method comprising:
- inputting page data defining a page for display;
processing said page data to crop margins of said page such that, when displayed on said re-writable display portion, said non-re-writable border gives the appearance of said cropped margins, said processing generating cropped page data; and
outputting said cropped page data for display on said re-writable display portion of said display.
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Abstract
We describe a method of displaying a document page with a predetermined size using a display device having edges defining lateral dimensions not substantially larger than said predetermined size and having a central re-writable display portion and a non-re-writable border, said document page comprising a central, foreground portion bearing one or both of text and graphics, a background having a background colour and at least one margin having said background colour, the method comprising: inputting page data defining a page for display; processing said page data to crop margins of said page such that, when displayed on said re-writable display portion, said non-re-writable border gives the appearance of said cropped margins, said processing generating cropped page data; and outputting said cropped page data for display on said re-writable display portion of said display.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of displaying a document page with a predetermined size using a display device having edges defining lateral dimensions not substantially larger than said predetermined size and having a central re-writable display portion and a non-re-writable border, said document page comprising a central, foreground portion bearing one or both of text and graphics, a background having a background colour and at least one margin having said background colour, the method comprising:
- inputting page data defining a page for display;
processing said page data to crop margins of said page such that, when displayed on said re-writable display portion, said non-re-writable border gives the appearance of said cropped margins, said processing generating cropped page data; and
outputting said cropped page data for display on said re-writable display portion of said display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- inputting page data defining a page for display;
- 10. A method of driving a paper-emulation display, the display having a re-writeable electrophoretic display area bordered by a non-displaying surface coloured to match a background colour of said electrophoretic display area, the method comprising inputting page data defining a page for display, processing said page data to crop margins of said page such that when displayed on said electrophoretic display said non-displaying surface gives the appearance of said cropped margins, said processing generating cropped page data, and outputting said cropped page data for display on said electrophoretic display area of said paper-emulation display.
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15. A method of displaying a document page with a predetermined size at substantially 1:
- 1 scale using a display device having edges defining lateral dimensions not substantially larger than said predetermined size and having a central re-writable display portion and a non-re-writable border, said document page comprising a central, foreground portion bearing one or both of text and graphics, a background having a background colour and at least one margin having said background colour, the method comprising;
inputting page data defining a page for display;
processing said page data to crop margins of said page such that, when displayed on said re-writable display portion, said non-re-writable border gives the appearance of said cropped margins, said processing generating cropped page data; and
outputting said cropped page data for display on said re-writable display portion of said display. - View Dependent Claims (16)
- 1 scale using a display device having edges defining lateral dimensions not substantially larger than said predetermined size and having a central re-writable display portion and a non-re-writable border, said document page comprising a central, foreground portion bearing one or both of text and graphics, a background having a background colour and at least one margin having said background colour, the method comprising;
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17. A method of formatting a document for display on an electronic document reader having a non-rewriteable border adjacent a re-writable display portion, the method comprising:
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inputting page data for a plurality of pages of said document for display on said electronic document reader; processing said page data to determine, for each of said plurality of pages, a margin size of at least one margin of each of said pages; identifying a smallest said margin size from amongst said determined margin sizes; scaling, using said smallest margin size, said page data for display on said re-writable display portion. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An electronic document reader for displaying a document page with a predetermined size, the electronic document reader having edges defining lateral dimensions not substantially larger than said predetermined size and having a central re-writable display portion and a non-re-writable border, said document page comprising a central, foreground portion bearing one or both of text and graphics, a background having a background colour and at least one margin having said background colour;
- and wherein the electronic document reader is configured to input page data defining a page for display;
process said page data to crop margins of said page such that, when displayed on said re-writable display portion, said non-re-writable border gives the appearance of said cropped margins, said processing generating cropped page data; and
output said cropped page data for display on said re-writable display portion of said display.
- and wherein the electronic document reader is configured to input page data defining a page for display;
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25. An electronic document reader having a non-rewriteable border adjacent a re-writable display portion, the electronic document reader further comprising:
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an input to receive page data for a plurality of pages of said document for display on said electronic document reader; non-volatile memory for storing said page data; program memory for storing processor control code for controlling said electronic document reader; a display for displaying a said page of said document; and a processor coupled to said non-volatile memory to said program memory, to said input, and to said display, and wherein said processor control code is configured to control said processor to; process said page data to determine, for each of said plurality of pages, a margin size of at least one margin of each of said pages; identify a smallest said margin size from amongst said determined margin sizes; scale, using said smallest margin size, said page data for display on said re-writable display portion; and provide said scaled page data for displaying on said display. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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