Virtual Page Turn and Page Flip via a Touch Sensitive Curved, Stepped, or Angled Surface Side Edge(s) of an Electronic Reading Device
First Claim
1. An electronic reading device, comprising:
- a touch screen;
a touch surface area or region adjacent or contiguous along the side of the touch screen;
a logic system coupled operatively to the touch surface area(s) or region(s);
a data holding subsystem with instructions executable by the logic system recognizing a virtual page turn or virtual page flip gesture command directed to the side of the virtual page corresponding to the side edge of the electronic reading device, whether the right side edge or the left side edge or both side edges of the device;
a virtual page turn or virtual page flip program in which pages slowly or rapidly turn or flip is dependant upon the location of the user'"'"'s finger contact location (or gesture motion) on the touch surface;
whereupon removal of the user'"'"'s finger contact from touch surface, virtual page turning or virtual page flipping discontinues.
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Abstract
An improved and more intuitive method of interacting and controlling the speed of a virtual page turn or virtual page flip, wherein a touch surface is a curved, stepped, or angled side edge surface of an electronic reading device. The rate or speed of virtual pages turned or flipped is determined by the physical location and gesture movement or direction of user'"'"'s finger(s) on the curved, stepped, or angled touch surface. Typically, the common method of interacting and controlling the turning or flipping of virtual pages occurs on the flat front or top of the display touch screen surface, whereas this invention provides a more intuitive method of turning or flipping of virtual pages of electronic books which more naturally mimics that of turning or flipping through traditional paperback or hard-bound non-electronic book pages.
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13 Claims
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1. An electronic reading device, comprising:
- a touch screen;
a touch surface area or region adjacent or contiguous along the side of the touch screen;
a logic system coupled operatively to the touch surface area(s) or region(s);
a data holding subsystem with instructions executable by the logic system recognizing a virtual page turn or virtual page flip gesture command directed to the side of the virtual page corresponding to the side edge of the electronic reading device, whether the right side edge or the left side edge or both side edges of the device;
a virtual page turn or virtual page flip program in which pages slowly or rapidly turn or flip is dependant upon the location of the user'"'"'s finger contact location (or gesture motion) on the touch surface;
whereupon removal of the user'"'"'s finger contact from touch surface, virtual page turning or virtual page flipping discontinues. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
- a touch screen;
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12. The types of electronic reading devices wherein the curved, stepped, or angled touch surface side edge(s) can be incorporated include, but are not limited to;
- electronic books (ebooks), electronic tablets, all-in-one computers and their respective touch screens, laptop computers, personal data assistants, cellular or mobile communication devices, and other electronic devices capable of displaying electronic books or similar type files.
- View Dependent Claims (3)
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13. Electronic book files are defined as, but not limited to the following files;
- electronic books—
fiction and non-fiction, textbooks, magazines, journals, brochures, booklets, sheets, charts, maps, monthly planners, pamphlets, documents (paginated or otherwise), photos, images, letters, manuscripts, and which contain their respective text, graphics, images, videos, and audio embedded within any of the sheet-like or page-like documents.
- electronic books—
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