METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING E-BOOK

• US 20150007092A1
• Filed: 06/27/2014
• Published: 01/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Jongyong
• Application Number:
  US14/318,398
• Publication Number:
  US 20150007092A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/776
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method for displaying an e-book in an electronic device includes displaying the e-book on a screen, and when a page flipping event is detected on a page of the e-book, flipping the page with additional information displayed on a lateral side of the flipping page. An electronic device for displaying an e-book includes a screen configured to display the e-book, and a controller configured to detect a page flipping event on a page of the e-book, and control the screen to display the page being flipped, wherein additional information is displayed on a lateral side of the page while being flipped. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method for displaying an e-book in an electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying the e-book on a screen; and

when a page flipping event is detected on a page of the e-book, flipping the page with additional information displayed on a lateral side of the flipping page.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the page flipping event happens by at least one of user'"'"'s inputs including a touch-and-drag, a blow on the electronic device, and a tilting of the electronic device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the page comprises front and back sides, top and bottom sides, and the lateral side in a three-dimensional form.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the selected page includes:

determining a thickness of the page, the thickness being adequate to display the additional information; and

displaying the page with the determined thickness while being flipped.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the thickness of the page is determined based on a font size of letters to be displayed.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the additional information comprises at least one of an advertisement, a summary on the page, information on the e-book, and index information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the additional information comprises a title of the e-book.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the additional information comprises a title of a chapter that the page belongs to.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the additional information comprises a number of the page being flipped.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the page includes:

selecting a texture of the page in a three-dimensional form; and

displaying the page having the selected texture.

11. An electronic device for displaying an e-book, the device comprising:

a screen configured to display the e-book; and

a controller configured to;

detect a page flipping event on a page of the e-book; and

control the screen to display the page being flipped, wherein additional information is displayed on a lateral side of the page while being flipped.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the page flipping event happens by at least one of a user'"'"'s inputs including a touch-and-drag, a blow on the electronic device, and a tilting of the electronic device.

13. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the page comprises at least one of a top side, a bottom side and the lateral side in a three-dimensional form.

14. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine a thickness of the flipping page, the thickness being adequate to display the additional information; and

display the page with the determined thickness while being flipped.

15. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the thickness of the page is determined based on a font size of letters to be displayed.

16. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the additional information comprises at least one of an advertisement, summary on the page, information on the e-book, and index information.

17. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the additional information comprises a title of the e-book.

18. The device of claim 11, wherein the additional information comprises a title of a chapter that the page belongs to.

19. The device of claim 11, wherein the additional information comprises a number of the page being flipped.

20. The device of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to:

select a texture of the page the three-dimensional form, and

control the display unit to display the page having the selected texture.