Electronic Book With Configurable Display Panels

• US 20120032981A1
• Filed: 08/04/2010
• Published: 02/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tina Hackwell
• Original Assignee: Tina Hackwell
• Inventors: Hackwell, Samuel C.
• Application Number:
  US12/850,261
• Publication Number:
  US 20120032981A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/650
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/0291 for reading, e.g. e-books constructional details of portable computers G06F1/1613
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1446 display composed of modules, e.g. video walls
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0492 Change of orientation of the displayed image, e.g. upside-down, mirrored
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/14 Electronic books and readers

Abstract

An electronic book capable of being configured of multiple display panels. Display panels having two-sided hinging capabilities—right and left sides of housing, wherein a user can add multiple display panels and hinge them together in various configurations. The display panels can be of various sizes and shapes, and are foldable upon each other when hinged together and being able to be rotated from 0° to 360°. Both images within the displays and the display panels themselves can be viewed and configured in a portrait orientation, or a landscape orientation, or an “Alarm Clock” orientation. Images can be rotated clockwise or counterclockwise depending upon signal input. Images can be also be “stretched” across multiple display panels. The electronic book is capable but not limited to the storing and presenting of electronic media such as, ebooks, ejournals, enewspapers, emagazines, video, and sound. Electronic book display panels can communicate over a network.

Claims

1. Electronic book panels comprising:

a housing;

a touch screen display supported in a housing;

the housing have hinge capabilities on both right and left sides (two-sided);

a digital processor within the housing which controls the presentation of images on displays and the sound and other features and other auxiliary components;

a computer-reader storage medium accessible to the processor;

electronic media files, which include but not limited to, books, magazines, journals, newspapers, video, sound (MP3, etc), text, and images, which are stored on the medium for presentation of the media within the displays that can be viewed in a 0°

degrees portrait mode, or a 90°

degrees landscape mode, or a 180°

degrees “

alarm clock”

mode (one or more images rotated perpendicular or opposed to one another);

the processor receiving a display orientation mode change signal on one or more display panels, this signal triggered either manually by a physical touch of a finger gesture by the user, or by voice command (see 8), or by touching an electronically generated graphical icon on the touch screen or by changing orientation automatically by the means of physical rotation either clockwise or counterclockwise of the display panel and thereby causing the accelerometer to rotate the image automatically.

2. The electronic book panels of claim 1, wherein the housing of display panel has hinging capabilities on both right and left sides (two-sided) which allows for multiple electronic book display panels to be assembled and joined together in various configurations. Also, the display panels themselves can be various in size and shape and thickness.

3. The electronic book panels of claim 1, wherein the hinging of display panels provides for folding and full rotational freedom of panels, from 0°

degrees to a full 360°

degrees rotation when two or more display panels are hinged together.

4. The electronic book panels of claim 1, wherein the two-sided hinging of display panels provides for multiple display panels to be hinged, 2, 3, 4, 5 or more panels can be hinged together.

5. The electronic book panels of claim 1, wherein the hinging of panels provide for multiple configurations and folding abilities. Display panels need not be hinged together to communicate wirelessly with adjacent or adjoining display panels or in a network.

6. The electronic book display panels of claim 1, wherein in response to display signal mode change the processor presents an image orientation of 0°

degrees, 90°

degrees, or 180°

degrees within the display.

7. The electronic book display panels of claim 1, wherein the accelerometer within the housing and providing input signal to the processor which rotates image automatically to an orientation of 0°

, 90°

degrees, or 180°

degrees within the display.

8. The electronic book display panels of claim 1, wherein the rotation of the image with the display can be made by a person'"'"'s voice commands via a signal through a connected mic which signals the processor to rotate image.

9. The electronic book display panels of claim 1, comprising of at least on position signal receiver supported within the housing and communicates with processor and can be synchronized and connected wirelessly to other adjoined electronic book panels whether hinged together or not.

10. The electronic book display panels of claim 1, comprising multiple auxiliary components such as;

GPS, Mic, camera, speakers, headphone jacks/ports, charging and power ports, and solar collecting and charging capabilities.

11. Method comprising:

providing an electronic book display panel with opposed two or more display panels hinged together on a foldable housing;

presenting an image format on each page in portrait (0°

degrees) mode layout or landscape (90°

degrees) mode layout or “

Alarm Clock”

(180°

degrees) mode layout;

upon receipt of mode change signal, presenting on display of choice an image in any mode the user selects by electronic input—

whether by touch or sound—

or physical rotation of display panel wherein the accelerometer signals processor to rotate the image either clockwise or counterclockwise.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the mode change signal is generated by a person rotating the electronic book panel 90°

degrees or 180°

degrees.

13. The method of claim 11, comprising, upon receipt of the mode change signal, whether through touch screen gestures or software generated graphical icons on display, rotates the image of display panel 90°

degrees or 180°

degrees.