Electromechanical information browsing device
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1. A mechanical browsing module for controlling a display of a set of information to be browsed, comprising:
- a body having a sensor;
a browsing control device coupled to the sensor and configured to generate a control signal with a first direction component when a force is applied to the sensor in a first direction and a second direction component when the force is applied to the sensor in a second direction; and
an output port configured to output the control signal to a processor that controls which portion of said set of information is presented on a display, whereinsaid browsing control device comprising a plurality of springs, said plurality of springs configured to provide at least one of a force feedback and a frictional feedback as a reaction to said force, wherein,the browsing control device is configured to have at least two resistance regions, andthe browsing control device includes a resistance mechanism configured to provide a first discrete amount of resistance when said force is at or below a first threshold and provide a second discrete amount of resistance to said force when said force is above said first threshold.
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Abstract
An electromechanical information browsing device that controls page flipping actions of information displayed as an e-book on a display device. The browsing device includes a controller that provides tactile feedback so as to lessen the user-interface differences between conventional books and e-books. Sensors and control mechanisms in the controller generate a series of electrical signals that are interpreted by the computer that displays the e-book to control various browsing operations, such as flipping pages, controlling a rate of page flipping, jumping to pre-set locations in the e-book, etc.
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1. A mechanical browsing module for controlling a display of a set of information to be browsed, comprising:
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a body having a sensor; a browsing control device coupled to the sensor and configured to generate a control signal with a first direction component when a force is applied to the sensor in a first direction and a second direction component when the force is applied to the sensor in a second direction; and an output port configured to output the control signal to a processor that controls which portion of said set of information is presented on a display, wherein said browsing control device comprising a plurality of springs, said plurality of springs configured to provide at least one of a force feedback and a frictional feedback as a reaction to said force, wherein, the browsing control device is configured to have at least two resistance regions, and the browsing control device includes a resistance mechanism configured to provide a first discrete amount of resistance when said force is at or below a first threshold and provide a second discrete amount of resistance to said force when said force is above said first threshold. - 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, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A mechanical browsing module for controlling a display of a set of information to be browsed, comprising:
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a body having a sensor surface; a browsing control device coupled to the sensor surface and configured to generate a first control signal when a force of a first predetermined magnitude is applied in a predetermined direction to said sensor surface and configured to generate a second control signal when said force is applied at a second predetermined magnitude is applied in said predetermined direction to the sensor surface, wherein said browsing control device includes a resistance mechanism configured to provide a first discrete amount of resistance when said force is at or below a first threshold and provide a second discrete amount of resistance to said force when said force is above said first threshold. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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