Method for Generating Voice Signal in E-Books and an E-Book Reader

• US 20110153331A1
• Filed: 05/13/2010
• Published: 06/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: HUANG, Liang, DONG, Yuan-Hua, TSAI, Shih-Kuang
• Application Number:
  US12/779,880
• Publication Number:
  US 20110153331A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/270
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for generating voice signal in electronic books (E-books). The method includes the steps of: receiving a voice signal in response to a triggering signal for placing a bookmark; and displaying a functional icon of the bookmark corresponding to the voice signal in a region of the E-book. The present invention also provides a E-book reader, including: a display unit, a receiver unit, and a processing unit, wherein the receiver unit receivers a voice signal in response to a triggering signal for placing a bookmark, and the processing unit is used to display a functional icon of the bookmark corresponding to the voice signal in a region of the E-book.

Claims

1. A method for generating a voice signal in an electronic book (E-book), the method applicable to an E-book reader for displaying the E-book, and comprising the steps of:

receiving a voice signal in response to a triggering signal for placing a bookmark; and

displaying a functional icon of the bookmark corresponding to the voice signal in a region of the E-book.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

after the step of displaying the functional icon in the region of the E-book, playing the voice signal when the functional icon is selected.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

after the step of displaying the functional icon in the region of the E-book, presenting information corresponding to the voice signal when the functional icon is selected, wherein the information comprises information about time when the voice signal is recorded, a user who generates or causes the recording of the voice signal, or an importance level of the voice signal.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving a second voice signal in response to a triggering signal after the functional icon is displayed in the region.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising displaying a second functional icon corresponding to the second voice signal in a region of the E-book.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the second functional icon corresponds to the voice signal and the second voice signal.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the second functional icon encompasses the functional icon.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the voice signal is received when a button on the E-book is pressed.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the step of receiving the voice signal comprises recording the voice signal when the button is pressed once again.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the E-book is displayed on a touch screen of the E-book reader and the region of the E-book is clicked, the triggering signal is generated.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of receiving the voice signal comprises encoding and storing the voice signal.

12. An electronic book (E-book) reader, comprising:

a display unit for displaying an E-book;

a receiving unit for receiving a voice signal in response to a triggering signal for placing a bookmark; and

a processing unit for displaying a functional icon of the bookmark corresponding to the voice signal in a region of the E-book.

13. The E-book reader according to claim 12, further comprising:

a player for playing the voice signal when the functional icon is selected.

14. The E-book reader according to claim 12, further comprising:

a presentation unit for presenting information corresponding to the voice signal when the functional icon is selected, wherein the information comprises information about time when the voice signal is recorded, a user who generates or causes the recording of the voice signal, or an importance level of the voice signal.

15. The E-book reader according to claim 12, wherein the receiving unit is used to receive a second voice signal in response to a triggering signal after the functional icon is displayed in the region.

16. The E-book reader according to claim 15, wherein the display unit is used to display a second functional icon corresponding to the second voice signal in a region of the E-book.

17. The E-book reader according to claim 16, wherein the second functional icon corresponds to the voice signal and the second voice signal.

18. The E-book reader according to claim 16, wherein the second functional icon encompasses the functional icon.

19. The E-book reader according to claim 12, wherein when the E-book is displayed on a touch screen of the display unit and the region of the E-book is clicked, the triggering signal is generated.

20. The E-book reader according to claim 12, further comprising a recording unit for recording the voice signal.