Reading aid
First Claim
1. A system for presenting information for reading including:
- display means for displaying the information on a display medium;
processing means to receive the information in an electronically encoded form and process the same for presentation on said display medium;
control means for controlling the presentation of the information on said display medium;
input means for inputting control signals to operate said processing means and said control means and for altering control parameters for said processing means and said control means;
wherein said control means sequentially locates discrete and successive portions of the information at the same position on said display medium the entire portion of each portion being displayed substantally instantaneously at said position for a constant display time; and
wherein said control means includes centring means to centre each said portion laterally within said position.
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Abstract
A system (11) for presenting textual and/or graphical information for reading. The system includes a visual display unit (15) for displaying the textual and/or graphical information within a general layout screen, a microcomputer including processing means (13) to receive the textual and/or graphical information in an electronically encoded form and process the same for presentation on the visual display unit (15). A computer program (19) is provided for controlling the presentation of the textual and/or graphical information on the visual display unit (15) in a prescribed manner. A keyboard and mouse input (17) is included for inputting control signals to operate the processing means (13) and the computer program (19) or for altering control parameters of same. The computer program (19) sequentially locates discrete and successive portions of the textual and/or graphical information at the same position on the layout screen at a prescribed blanking time apart, each portion being displayed at this position for a prescribed display time. The general layout screen is divided into a browser pane (37) for displaying a block of textual and/or graphical information to be presented and a flash pane (39), within which the position for sequentially locating the discrete and successive portions of the textual and/or graphical information is centrally situated.
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71 Claims
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1. A system for presenting information for reading including:
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display means for displaying the information on a display medium; processing means to receive the information in an electronically encoded form and process the same for presentation on said display medium; control means for controlling the presentation of the information on said display medium; input means for inputting control signals to operate said processing means and said control means and for altering control parameters for said processing means and said control means; wherein said control means sequentially locates discrete and successive portions of the information at the same position on said display medium the entire portion of each portion being displayed substantally instantaneously at said position for a constant display time; and wherein said control means includes centring means to centre each said portion laterally within said position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for presenting information for reading including:
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selecting discrete and successive portions of the information; displaying said portions sequentially at the same position of a display medium; displaying the entire portion of each discrete and successive portion substanially instantancously at said position for a constant display time; and centring each said portion laterally within said position. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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67. A program storage device readable by a computer, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the computer, to perform method steps for presenting information for reading, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) selecting discrete and successive portions of information; b) displaying said portions sequentially at the same position of a display medium; c) displaying the entire portion of each said discrete and successive portion substantially instantaneously at said position for a constant display time; and d) centring each said portion laterally within said position. - View Dependent Claims (68, 69, 70, 71)
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Specification