SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK ASSOCIATED WITH E-BOOK IN MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20130268858A1
• Filed: 04/10/2013
• Published: 10/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Youngri, LEE, Sanghyup, LEE, Shinjun, LEE, Juyoun
• Granted Patent: US 10,114,539 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/716
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A system and method that provides various types of feedback associated with an e-book in a mobile device with an e-book reader function are provided. The method includes displaying a page of an e-book on a touch screen of the mobile device, detecting a touch on the page, detecting a movement of the touch, beginning a page turning operation in response to the movement of the touch, and providing audio feedback based on a history corresponding to the page, according to the page turning operation.

Claims

1. A method for providing feedback associated with pages of an e-book in a mobile device with a touch screen, the method comprising:

displaying pages of the e-book on the touch screen;

detecting a touch on one of the pages;

detecting a movement of the touch;

beginning a page turning operation in response to the movement of the touch; and

providing audio feedback based on a history corresponding to the page, according to the page turning operation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing of the audio feedback comprises at least one of the following:

outputting the history, via Text To Speech (TTS) data;

outputting the history via a voice memo added to the page; and

playing back music corresponding to the page.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the providing of the audio feedback further comprises:

playing back a section of or all of the music corresponding to the page.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing touch feedback and/or visual feedback, in response to the movement of the touch,

5. The method of claim 4, wherein:

the visual feedback comprises;

a location where the touch is made, a movement direction of the touch, and a speed of the touch; and

the method further comprises;

protrudently deforming the page, according to the location where the touch is made, the movement direction of the touch, and the speed of the touch.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing of the audio feedback further comprises:

displaying an audio feedback window corresponding to a type of audio feedback on the page.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the audio feedback window is located in a margin of the page or a location close to an extension line from a direction in which the touch moves.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

providing the audio feedback before the page is turned.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing of the audio feedback further comprises:

turning the page to display a second page; and

providing the audio feedback based on a history corresponding to the second page.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the providing of the audio feedback further comprises:

playing back music associated with the second page;

or

outputting, if an alarm sound is associated with the second page, the alarm sound.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

determining whether the second page is turned in response to the movement of a second touch detected on the second page,

wherein the determination as to whether the second page is turned comprises;

determining that the second page is not turned, if the difference between a time point that the movement of the touch is detected and a time point that the movement of the second touch is detected is less than or equal to a preset period of time.

12. A method for providing feedback associated with pages of an e-book in a mobile device with a touch screen, the method comprising:

displaying pages of the e-book on the touch screen;

playing back music in the mobile device;

receiving a request for storing audio playback information corresponding to music that is being played back while a page is displayed;

storing the audio playback information associated with the page, in response to the storage request; and

playing back the music using the stored audio playback information, if a request is made to re-display the page or turn the re-displayed page.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the playing back of the music further comprises:

displaying, on the page, an audio feedback window corresponding to the music that is being played back.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

determining a time when the audio playback information is output,

wherein the time of the audio playback information is at least one of;

a time music starts to be played back while the page is being displayed;

a time the page is turned while the music is being played back;

a time when the display of the page is stopped while the music is being played back; and

a time when the execution of the e-book is terminated.

15. A method for providing feedback associated with pages of an e-book in a mobile device with a touch screen, the method comprising:

displaying pages of the e-book on the touch screen;

receiving a user'"'"'s input information associated with one of the pages;

storing the user'"'"'s input information associated with the page; and

providing audio feedback based on the user'"'"'s input information, if a request is made to re-display the page or turn the re-displayed page.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the providing of the audio feedback comprises:

converting, if the user'"'"'s input information is text, the text into voice data, and outputting it.

17. A mobile device comprising:

a touch screen for displaying pages of an e-book;

a storage unit for storing a history corresponding to the pages; and

a controller for controlling the touch screen,

wherein the controller detects a movement of a touch on a displayed page, begins a page turning operation in response to the movement of the touch, and provides audio feedback based on a history corresponding to the page in response to the page turning operation.

18. The mobile device of claim 17, wherein the controller performs at least one of:

outputting the history, via Text To Speech (TTS) data;

outputting the history via a voice memo added to the page; and

playing back music corresponding to the page.

19. The mobile device of claim 17, wherein:

the controller provides touch feedback and/or sight feedback, in response to the movement of the touch, and

wherein the sight feedback comprises a location where the touch is made, a movement direction of the touch, and a speed of the touch; and

wherein the page is protrudently deformed, according to the location where the touch is made, the movement direction of the touch, and the speed of the touch.

20. A recordable medium, installed in a mobile device with a touch screen, storing a method for providing a feedback associated with pages of an e-book in the mobile device, the method comprising:

displaying a page of an e-book on the touch screen;

detecting a touch on the page;

detecting a movement of the touch;

starting a page turning operation in response to the movement of the touch; and

providing audio feedback based on a history corresponding to the page, according to the page turning operation.