Document viewing device
First Claim
1. A document display device, comprising:
- a memory and arranged to store a document in the form of a sequence of pages;
a display capable of displaying said document and ranged to provide a user view of pages from said sequence;
at least one user input device capable of receiving user inputs and of generating a signal based on said inputs; and
a processor responsive to said signal and being;
arranged to respond to said signal by changing said user view of said sequence of pages;
arranged to associate at least one reference marker with a page by a predetermined first input to said at least one input device;
arranged such that a page associated with said reference marker can be at least partially displayed by a second predetermined input to the input device;
capable of determining a rate of change of said co-ordinates; and
ranged to introduce a reference marker when a first input having substantially no change in said co-ordinates with respect to time is made to said at least one input device.
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Abstract
A document display device, comprising a memory arranged to store a document in the form of a sequence of pages; a display arranged to provide a user view of pages from the sequence; at least one user input device; a processor responsive to the at least one user input device to change the user view of the sequence of pages wherein the processor is arranged to allow reference markers to be associated with a page by a predetermined first input to the input device and further arranged such that a page associated with the reference marker can be at least partially displayed by a further predetermined input to the input device. Such an arrangement allows one or more pages to marked as a block of pages, and the device allows a user to refer back to the pages at either end of the block.
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Citations
26 Claims
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1. A document display device, comprising:
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a memory and arranged to store a document in the form of a sequence of pages; a display capable of displaying said document and ranged to provide a user view of pages from said sequence; at least one user input device capable of receiving user inputs and of generating a signal based on said inputs; and a processor responsive to said signal and being; arranged to respond to said signal by changing said user view of said sequence of pages; arranged to associate at least one reference marker with a page by a predetermined first input to said at least one input device; arranged such that a page associated with said reference marker can be at least partially displayed by a second predetermined input to the input device; capable of determining a rate of change of said co-ordinates; and ranged to introduce a reference marker when a first input having substantially no change in said co-ordinates with respect to time is made to said at least one input device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of facilitating the retrieval of information comprising;
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providing a user with a device comprising a display capable of displaying a view of at least one page from a sequence of pages and further comprising an input device capable of receiving a user input; allowing a user to introduce a reference marker onto said at least one displayed page by making a first input to said input device that corresponds to a substantially zero rate of change with respect to time of co-ordinates that is generated by said input device, and further arranged so that the page on which the reference marker has been placed can be at least partially displayed when a user makes a second predetermined input to said input device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A document display device, comprising;
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a memory arranged to store a document in the form of a sequence of pages; a display capable of displaying said document and arranged to provide a user view of pages from said sequence; at least one user input device capable of receiving inputs and of generating a signal based on said user inputs containing co-ordinates associated with said user input to said at least one user input device; and processing circuitry arranged to receive said signal and to detect a change in said co-ordinates, said processing circuitry being arranged to respond to said signal to change said user view of said sequence of pages and wherein said processing circuitry is arranged to associate reference markers with a page when a first input having substantially no change in said co-ordinates with respect to time is made to said at least one input device and further arranged such that a page associated with said reference marker can be at least partially displayed by a second predetermined input to the input device.
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21. A document display device, comprising;
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a memory means for storing data, said memory means being arranged to store data in the form of a document comprising a sequence of pages; a display means for displaying said data, said display means being arranged to provide a user view of pages from said sequence; at least one user input means for receiving user inputs and for generating a signal based on said user inputs, said user input means arranged to provide co-ordinates associated with a user input; and a processing means for processing data and arranged to receive said signal and to alter said display, said processing means being; arranged to respond to said signal by changing said user view of said sequence of pages and said processing means; arranged to associate at least one reference marker wit a page by a predetermined first input to said at least one input means; and arranged such tat a page associated with said reference marker can be at least partially displayed by a second predetermined input to the input means; capable of determining a rate of change of said coordinates; and arranged to introduce a reference marker when a first input having substantially no change in said co-ordinates with respect to time is made to said at least one input device.
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22. A document display device, comprising;
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a memory arranged to store a document in the form of a sequence of pages; a display capable of displaying selected pages of said sequence of pages; a first input device capable of detecting movement and position of a user'"'"'s finger over the first input device, wherein when the first input device detects the user moving a finger over the first input device, the display simulates turning of at least one page in a first direction at a rate corresponding to a rate of movement of the finger, and a second input device capable of detecting movement and position of another user'"'"'s finger over the second input device, wherein when the second input device detects the user moving the other finger over the second input device, the display simulates turning of at least one page in a second direction at a rate corresponding to a rate of movement of the other finger, such that when the first input device detects the user statically placing their finger on the first input device, a reference marker is associated with a displayed page that is associated with the first input device, and such that the reference marker is displayed on the displayed page. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A method of viewing a sequence of displayed pages of a document, comprising:
- displaying a first page of the document and a consecutive second page of the document;
sensing movement and position of a user'"'"'s finger over a first input device; and
displaying a reference marker associated with a displayed page that is associated with the first input device when no motion of the user'"'"'s finger is sensed;
sensing movement and position of another finger over a second input device;
detecting the user moving their other finger over the second input device; and
displaying 2 an animation of turning of at least one page over the page associated with the displayed reference marker at a rate corresponding to a rate of movement of the other finger. - View Dependent Claims (26)
- displaying a first page of the document and a consecutive second page of the document;
Specification