Electronic paper recording apparatus
First Claim
1. An electronic paper recording apparatus comprising an electronic paper and a paper mounting unit on which the electronic paper is mounted detachably, the electronic paper includinga nonvolatile display unit which uses the paper surface as a nonvolatile display screen,an overlap detecting unit which detects whether another electronic paper is overlapped with the surface of the electronic paper,a mounting state notifying unit which notifies the paper mounting unit that the paper has been mounted so as to correspond to a pad surface of a pad structure unit of the paper mounting unit,a paper size storage unit which stores size information on the electronic paper, anda communication unit which transmits and receives a signal to and from the paper mounting unit, andthe paper mounting unit includingthe pad structure unit which acts as a pad placed under the electronic paper when the paper is mounted including the pad surface,a communication unit which transmits and receives a signal to and from the electronic paper,an operation position detecting unit which detects a user operation position with respect to the display screen of the electronic paper mounted on the pad structure unit, a valid paper determining unit which determines an electronic paper of a minimum size mounted so as to correspond to the pad surface with no overlap to be a valid electronic paper on the basis of an overlap detection signal received from the overlap detecting unit of the electronic paper via the communication unit, the mounting state at the pad structure unit notified by the mounting state notifying unit, and the paper size information read from the paper size storage unit via the communication unit, anda display control unit which transmits data corresponding to the user operation position with respect to the display screen of the electronic paper detected by the operation position detecting unit to the electronic paper determined to be valid by the valid paper determining unit via the communication unit and causes the nonvolatile display unit of the electronic paper to display the data.
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Abstract
An electronic paper is mounted on a paper mounting unit on which the electronic paper is mounted detachably. When a user operation is performed on the display screen of the electronic paper, the user operation position with respect to the display screen of the electronic paper is detected by the operation position detecting unit of the paper mounting unit. The data corresponding to the detected user operation position with respect to the display screen of the electronic paper is transmitted to the electronic paper via mutual communication units. The nonvolatile display unit of the electronic paper displays the data. This enables the data corresponding to the user operation on the electronic paper to be displayed on the nonvolatile display unit.
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15 Claims
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1. An electronic paper recording apparatus comprising an electronic paper and a paper mounting unit on which the electronic paper is mounted detachably, the electronic paper including
a nonvolatile display unit which uses the paper surface as a nonvolatile display screen, an overlap detecting unit which detects whether another electronic paper is overlapped with the surface of the electronic paper, a mounting state notifying unit which notifies the paper mounting unit that the paper has been mounted so as to correspond to a pad surface of a pad structure unit of the paper mounting unit, a paper size storage unit which stores size information on the electronic paper, and a communication unit which transmits and receives a signal to and from the paper mounting unit, and the paper mounting unit including the pad structure unit which acts as a pad placed under the electronic paper when the paper is mounted including the pad surface, a communication unit which transmits and receives a signal to and from the electronic paper, an operation position detecting unit which detects a user operation position with respect to the display screen of the electronic paper mounted on the pad structure unit, a valid paper determining unit which determines an electronic paper of a minimum size mounted so as to correspond to the pad surface with no overlap to be a valid electronic paper on the basis of an overlap detection signal received from the overlap detecting unit of the electronic paper via the communication unit, the mounting state at the pad structure unit notified by the mounting state notifying unit, and the paper size information read from the paper size storage unit via the communication unit, and a display control unit which transmits data corresponding to the user operation position with respect to the display screen of the electronic paper detected by the operation position detecting unit to the electronic paper determined to be valid by the valid paper determining unit via the communication unit and causes the nonvolatile display unit of the electronic paper to display the data.
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13. An electronic paper recording apparatus comprising an
electronic paper and a paper mounting unit on which the electronic paper is mounted detachably, the electronic paper including a nonvolatile display unit which uses the paper surface as a nonvolatile display screen, a paper identifier storage unit which stores the identifier of the electronic paper, an overlap detecting unit which detects whether another electronic paper is overlapped with the surface of the electronic paper, a mounting state notifying unit which notifies the paper mounting unit that the paper has been mounted so as to correspond to a pad surface of a pad structure unit of the paper mounting unit, a paper size storage unit which stores size information on the electronic paper, and a communication unit which transmits and receives a signal to and from the paper mounting unit, and the paper mounting unit including the pad structure unit which acts as a pad placed under the electronic paper when the paper is mounted including the pad surface, a communication unit which transmits and receives a signal to and from the electronic paper, an operation position detecting unit which detects a user operation position with respect to the display screen of the electronic paper mounted on the pad structure unit, an external connection unit which connects with a server on an external network, a paper identifier transmitting unit which transmits the identifier of the electronic paper read from the paper identifier storage unit of the electronic paper via the communication unit to the server unit connected by the external connection unit, a user operation position transmitting unit which transmits the user operation position with respect to the display screen of the electronic paper detected by the operation position detecting unit to the server connected by the external connection unit, a valid paper determining unit which determines an electronic paper of a minimum size mounted so as to correspond to the pad surface with no overlap to be a valid electronic paper on the basis of an overlap detection signal received from the overlap detecting unit of the electronic paper via the communication unit, the mounting state at the pad structure unit notified by the mounting state notifying unit, and the paper size information read from the paper size storage unit via the communication unit, and a display control unit which causes the paper identifier transmitting unit to transmit the identifier of the electronic paper to the server unit and which transmits the data received from the server unit to the electronic paper via the communication unit in response to the transmission of the user operation position with respect to the display screen of the electronic paper by the user operation position transmitting unit to the electronic paper determined to be valid by the valid paper determining unit via the communication unit and causes the nonvolatile display unit of the electronic paper to display the data.
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14. An electronic paper recording apparatus comprising an electronic paper and a paper mounting unit on which the electronic paper is mounted detachably,
the electronic paper including a nonvolatile display unit which uses the paper surface as a nonvolatile display screen, an operation position detecting unit which detects a user operation position with respect to the display screen of the nonvolatile display unit, and an overlap detecting unit which detects whether another electronic paper is overlapped with the surface of the electronic paper, a mounting state notifying unit which notifies the paper mounting unit that the paper has been mounted so as to correspond to a pad surface of a pad structure unit of the paper mounting unit, a paper size storage unit which stores size information on the electronic paper, and a communication unit which transmits and receives a signal to and from the paper mounting unit, and the paper mounting unit including the pad structure unit which acts as a pad placed under the electronic paper when the paper is mounted including the pad surface, a valid paper determining unit which determines an electronic paper of a minimum size mounted so as to correspond to the pad surface with no overlap to be a valid electronic paper on the basis of an overlap detection signal received from the overlap detecting unit of the electronic paper via the communication unit, the mounting state at the pad structure unit notified by the mounting state notifying unit, and the paper size information read from the paper size storage unit via the communication unit, a communication unit which transmits and receives a signal to and from the electronic paper, and a display control unit which receives the user operation position with respect to the display screen detected by the operation position detecting unit of the electronic paper mounted on the pad structure unit via the communication unit and transmits data corresponding to the user operation position to the electronic paper via determined to be valid by the valid paper determining unit the communication unit and which causes the nonvolatile display unit of the electronic paper to display the data.
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15. An electronic paper recording apparatus comprising an electronic paper and a paper mounting unit on which the electronic paper is mounted detachably,
the electronic paper including a nonvolatile display unit which uses the paper surface as a nonvolatile display screen, an overlap detecting unit which detects whether another electronic paper is overlapped with the surface of the electronic paper, a mounting state notifying unit which notifies the paper mounting unit that the paper has been mounted so as to correspond to a pad surface of a pad structure unit of the paper mounting unit, a paper size storage unit which stores size information on the electronic paper, and a communication unit which transmits and receives a signal to and from the paper mounting unit, and the paper mounting unit including a binder structure unit which clips the electronic paper for mounting and the pad structure unit which acts as a pad placed under the electronic paper when the paper is mounted including the pad surface, a valid paper determining unit which determines an electronic paper of a minimum size mounted so as to correspond to the pad surface with no overlap to be a valid electronic paper on the basis of an overlap detection signal received from the overlap detecting unit of the electronic paper via the communication unit, the mounting state at the pad structure unit notified by the mounting state notifying unit, and the paper size information read from the paper size storage unit via the communication unit, a communication unit which transmits and receives a signal to and from the electronic paper, an external connection unit which connects with an external portable communication device, and a display control unit which transmits data received from the portable communication device via the external connection unit to the electronic paper determined to be valid by the valid paper determining unit via the communication unit and causes the nonvolatile display unit of the electronic paper to display the data.
Specification
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Current AssigneeCasio Computer Company Limited
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Original AssigneeCasio Computer Company Limited
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InventorsYoshida, Junichi
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Primary Examiner(s)Augustine; Nicholas
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Application NumberUS11/755,867Publication NumberTime in Patent Office1,643 DaysField of Search715/773, 715/776, 715/778, 715/790, 345/84, 345/86, 345/173, 345/104, 345/901, 345/905US Class Current345/173CPC Class CodesG09F 9/372 the positions of the elemen...
