Electronic document reproduction apparatus and reproducing method thereof

• US 8,593,408 B2
• Filed: 09/22/2008
• Issued: 11/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Ryu, Seung-Kyoon, Hwang, Jung-Wook
• Primary Examiner(s): Wang, Quan-Zhen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ghafari, Sepideh
• Application Number:
  US12/235,260
• Publication Number:
  US 20090237367A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,891 Days
• Field of Search: 345/173, 715/776, 715/863, 715/864
• US Class Current: 345/173
• 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 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electronic document reproduction apparatus supporting a preview function upon outputting an electronic book, and a reproducing method thereof. The electronic document reproduction apparatus includes: an input/output unit for outputting contents of an electronic document and receiving a user'"'"'s instruction from a user; a storage unit for storing data of the electronic document; and a controller for searching for an output position of a corresponding electronic document according to the users instruction input through the input/output unit, and displaying the corresponding electronic document, wherein the controller receives a preview execution instruction through the input/output unit and provides a preview function for a corresponding position to the electronic document, and the controller receives a page selection instruction and sets a corresponding page as an output position.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a single display unit having a length that is different from a width of the single display unit, and including a touch screen and configured to display at least one current page on the single display unit,

wherein the single display unit is configured to enable the at least one current page to be output transversely as well as longitudinally with respect to the single display unit,

wherein the at least one current page is displayed on the single display unit in a single-page output mode when the at least one current page is output longitudinally with respect to the single display unit, and

wherein the at least one current page is displayed on the single display unit in a double-page output mode when the at least one current page is output transversely with respect to the single display unit;

an input unit configured to receive a drag touch input from a user applying physical contact along the touch screen; and

a controller configured to cooperate with the single display unit and the input unit to;

detect, via the input unit, the drag touch input received from the user;

display, on the single display unit, information pertaining to a preview page associated with the drag touch input; and

replace the at least one current page with one or more new pages including the preview page,

wherein the at least one current page is a single current page in the single-page output mode, and the single current page is replaced with the preview page on the single display unit, and

wherein the at least one current page is at least one of first and second current pages in the double-page output mode, and the first and second current pages are replaced with the new pages including the preview page on the single display unit.

2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a graphical object is displayed on the single display unit, and the displayed information pertaining to the preview page associated with the drag touch input includes a page number.

3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the graphical object is displayed in the form of an image of book edges or an image of a page edge, and the received drag touch input is made to or near the displayed image of book edges or the displayed image of page edge.

4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the preview page and the current page replaced b preview page are non-consecutively numbered pages.

5. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein in the double-page output mode, one of the new pages is displayed at a left hand side of the single display unit, and the other of the new pages is displayed at a right hand side of the single display unit at the same time.

6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein information displayed on the single display unit is changed according to a progress of the drag touch input.

21. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the displayed information pertaining to the preview page associated with the drag touch input varies according to a movement of the drag touch input.

7. An electronic device comprising:

a single display unit having a length that is different from a width of the single display unit, and including a touch screen; and

a controller connected to the single display unit and configured to;

display, on the touch screen, one or more predetermined pages containing viewable contents,

receive a touch-and-drag input applied to the touch screen, and

according to the touch-and-drag input, flip the one or more predetermined pages to at least one new page so that the at least one new page is displayed on the touch screen,

wherein the single display unit is configured to enable the one or more predetermined pages to be output transversely as well as longitudinally with respect to the single display unit,

wherein a single new page replaces the one predetermined page in a single-page output mode when the displayed the one predetermined page is output longitudinally with respect to the single display unit, and

wherein a plurality of new pages replace the predetermined pages in a double-page output mode when the predetermined pages are output transversely with respect to the single display unit.

8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the at least one new page and the one or more predetermined pages replaced by the at least one new page are non-consecutively numbered pages.

9. The electronic device as claimed in claim 7, wherein an image is displayed on the touch screen with the one or more predetermined pages,

wherein when the touch-and-drag input is applied to the displayed image, the controller is configured to display information pertaining to a page associated with the touch-and-drag input, and

wherein the displayed information pertaining to the page associated with the touch-and-drag input includes a page number.

10. The electronic device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the touch-and-drag input includes a touch release.

11. The electronic device as claimed in claim 7, wherein one of the new pages is displayed at a left hand side of the single display unit, and the other of the new pages is displayed at a right hand side of the single display unit at the same time.

22. The electronic device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the displayed information pertaining to the page associated with the touch-and-drag input varies according to a movement of the touch-and-drag input.

12. A method for controlling an electronic device including a single display unit, an input unit and a controller, the single display unit having a length that is different from a width of the single display unit, the method comprising:

displaying at least one current page on the single display unit, wherein the single display unit is configured to enable the at least one current page to be output transversely as well as longitudinally with respect to the single display unit,

the displaying step including displaying the at least one current page on the single display unit in a single-page output mode when the at least one current page is output longitudinally with respect to the single display unit, and displaying the at least one current page on the first region of the single display unit in a double-page output mode when the at least one current page is output transversely with respect to the single display unit;

receiving, via the input unit, a drag touch input to the single display unit;

displaying, on the single display unit, information pertaining to a preview page associated with the drag touch input; and

replacing the at least one current page with one or more new pages including the preview page,

wherein the at least one current page is a single current page in the single-page output mode, and the single current page is replaced with the preview page on the single display unit; and

wherein the at least one current page is at least one of first and second current pages in the double-page output mode, and the first and second current pages are replaced with the new pages including the preview page.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein a graphical object is displayed on the single display unit, and

the displayed information pertaining to the preview page associated with the drag touch input includes a page number.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the graphical object is displayed in the form of an image of book edges or an image of page edge, and the drag touch input is made to or near the displayed image of book edges or the displayed image of page edge.

15. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the preview page and the current page replaced by the preview page are non-consecutively numbered pages.

23. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the displayed information pertaining to the preview page associated with the drag touch input varies according to a movement of the drag touch input.

16. A method for controlling an electronic device including a controller and a single display unit having a touch screen, the single display unit having a length that is different from a width of the single display unit, the method comprising:

displaying, on the touch screen, one or more predetermined pages containing viewable contents;

receiving a touch-and-drag applied to the touch screen; and

according to the touch-and-drag input, flipping, by the controller, the one or more predetermined pages to at least one new page so that the at least one new page is displayed on the touch screen,

wherein the single display unit is configured to enable the one or more predetermined pages to be output transversely as well as longitudinally with respect to the single display unit,

wherein a single new page replaces the one predetermined page displayed on the touch screen in a single-page output mode when the displayed one predetermined page is output longitudinally with respect to the single display unit, and

wherein a plurality of new pages replace the predetermined pages in a double-page output mode when the predetermined pages are output transversely with respect to the single display unit.

17. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the at least one new page and the one or more predetermined pages replaced by the at least one new page are non-consecutively numbered pages.

18. The method as claimed in claim 16,

wherein an image is displayed on the touch screen with the one or more predetermined pages,

wherein when the touch-and-drag input is applied to the displayed image, the controller is configured to display information pertaining to a page associated with the touch-and-drag input, and

wherein the information pertaining to the page associated with the touch-and-drag input includes a page number.

19. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the touch-and-drag input includes a touch release.

20. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein one of the new pages is displayed at a left hand side of the single display unit, and the other of the new pages is displayed at a right hand side of the single display unit at the same time.

24. The method as claimed in claim 18, wherein the displayed information pertaining to the page associated with the touch-and-drag input varies according to a movement of the touch-and-drag input.