METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAKING NOTES IN ELECTRONIC BOOK VIA ELECTRONIC BOOK READER

• US 20110157098A1
• Filed: 03/23/2010
• Published: 06/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: LIU, QING-HUA
• Application Number:
  US12/729,421
• Publication Number:
  US 20110157098A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/176
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/0291 for reading, e.g. e-books constructional details of portable computers G06F1/1613
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes

Abstract

An e-book reader includes a touch screen, a touch screen control module connected to the touch screen, and a note module. The note module includes a transparent window unit and a trace recording unit. The trace recording unit is connected to the touch screen control module to record writing traces written on the touch screen. The transparent window unit includes a transparent window disposed on the touch screen. The writing traces are shown in the transparent window by the transparent window unit.

Claims

1. An e-book reader, comprising:

a touch screen;

a touch screen control module connected to the touch screen; and

a note module comprising a transparent window unit and a trace recording unit, the trace recording unit being connected to the touch screen control module to record writing traces written on the touch screen, the transparent window unit comprising a transparent window disposed on the touch screen, wherein the writing traces are shown in the transparent window by the transparent window unit.

2. The e-book reader of claim 1, wherein the note module comprises an edit unit which edits the writing traces shown in the transparent window.

3. The e-book reader of claim 2, wherein the edit unit also changes positions of the writing traces in the transparent window.

4. The e-book reader of claim 2, wherein the edit unit also erases unneeded writing traces.

5. The e-book reader of claim 2, wherein the edit unit also enlarges or reduces the writing traces.

6. The e-book reader of claim 2, wherein the edit unit also changes colors of the writing traces.

7. The e-book reader of claim 1, wherein the note module comprises a note file generating unit, which generates a note file based on the writing traces and the e-book.

8. The e-book reader of claim 7, wherein the note file stores at least one information of colors of the writing traces, scales of the writing traces, and positions of the writing traces in the e-book.

9. A method for making note in an e-book, comprising:

providing an e-book reader comprising a touch screen, and a note module comprising a transparent window unit and a trace recording unit;

opening the e-book by the e-book reader, and displaying the e-book on the touch screen of the e-book reader;

generating a transparent window on the touch screen by the transparent window unit of the note module;

writing traces of notes on the touch screen, and recording the written traces by the trace recording unit of the note module; and

displaying the writing trace in the transparent window.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising generating a note file based on the writing traces and the e-book.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising transmitting the note file to the transparent window unit, and displaying the writing trace in the transparent window based on the note file, by the transparent window unit.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising storing at least one information of colors of the writing traces, scales of the writing traces, and positions of the writing traces in the e-book, in the note file.