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Electronic display device, electronic display method, electronic display program, and recording medium

  • US 8,656,299 B2
  • Filed: 07/25/2005
  • Issued: 02/18/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An electronic display device comprising:

  • a processor;

    a plurality of display screens arranged as a book and configured to open in a two-page spread;

    a memory unit for storing content to be displayed on the plurality of display screens;

    a reading unit in communication with the processor for reading the content from the memory unit;

    an opening-direction recognizing unit in communication with the processor for recognizing a first opening direction of the content on the plurality of display screens and a second opening direction of the content on the plurality of display screens,wherein the first opening direction of the content (i) indicates that a direction for turning the plurality of display screens is from right to left and (ii) is for horizontally reading the content from each of the display screens, starting from a left side and continuing across to a right side, and the second opening direction of the content (i) indicates that the direction for turning the plurality of display screens is from left to right and (ii) is for (a) vertically reading the content from each of the display screens, starting from an uppermost portion of the right side and continuing down to a bottommost portion of the right side or (b) horizontally reading the content from each of the display screens, starting from the right side and continuing across to the left side; and

    a display control unit in communication with the processor for arranging in and displaying the content based on the first opening direction of the content and the second opening direction of the content,wherein the plurality of display screens includes a first display screen to an nth display screen,wherein the display control unit arranges and displays the content in an ascending order of the plurality of display screens starting at the first display screen and continuing to the nth display screen, wherein the content is arranged and displayed in the ascending order of the plurality of display screens starting at the first display screen for both the first opening direction of the content and the second opening direction of the content,wherein the display control unit respectively reverses a top and a bottom of the displayed content in the first opening direction of the content from a top and a bottom of the displayed content in the second opening direction of the content, wherein, when the content is displayed in the first opening direction of the content to be read starting from the left side and continuing, across to the right side, the top and the bottom of the displayed content is reverse from the top and the bottom of the displayed content when the content is displayed in the second opening direction of the content to be read starting from the right side and continuing across to the left side or to be read starting from the uppermost portion of the right side and continuing down to the bottommost portion of the right side,wherein the content includes attribute information indicating an opening direction and a genre of the content, andwherein the opening-direction recognizing unit determines the opening direction of the content based on the opening direction and the genre indicated by the attribute information included in the content.

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