Document Processing System

• US 20120117464A1
• Filed: 01/13/2012
• Published: 05/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Koshimizu, Minoru, Hayashi, Naoki, Hotta, Hiroyuki, Hirose, Yoshitsugu
• Application Number:
  US13/350,400
• Publication Number:
  US 20120117464A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/255
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1652 the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1654 the display being detachable, e.g. for remote use
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• 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 2200/1636 Sensing arrangement for detection of a tap gesture on the housing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer

Abstract

A document display device for displaying a document on a screen on the basis of document information, includes: a sensor for detecting an action made on the document display device; a document information storing means for holding the document information of documents to be displayed on the screen; and a correspondence information processing means for storing information of an action detected by the sensor in a state that a document is displayed on the screen in such a manner that it is correlated with document information of the document being displayed on the screen.

Claims

1. A document processing system having a document display unit for continuing to display a document image, a sensor device for detecting an action made on the document display unit, and a server for managing document information, wherein:

the sensor device includes;

a sensor for detecting an action made on the document display unit that continues to display a document image; and

a communication means for transmitting information of the action detected by the sensor to the server; and

the server includes;

a document information storing means for holding the document information;

a correspondence information processing means for storing action information received from the sensor device in such a manner that it is correlated with document information of a document image continuing to be displayed on the document display unit; and

a communication means for receiving the action information from the sensor device.

2. A document processing system having a document display unit for continuing to display a document image, a sensor device for detecting an action made on the document display unit, and a server for managing document information, characterized in:

the sensor device includes;

a sensor for detecting an action made on the document display unit that continues to display a document image; and

a communication means for transmitting information of the action detected by the sensor to the server; and

the server includes;

a document information storing means for holding the document information;

a correspondence information processing means for holding action information that are correlated with respective piece of document information;

a communication means for receiving the action information from the sensor device; and

a retrieving means for retrieving document information corresponding to information of an action detected by the sensor device from the document information storing means by referring to the correspondence information processing means.

3. A document processing system having a document display device for displaying a document image on a screen on the basis of document information and a server for managing document information, wherein:

the document display device includes;

the screen for displaying a document image received from the server;

a sensor for detecting an action made on the document display device in a state that the document image is displayed on the screen; and

a communication means for receiving the document image from the server and for transmitting information of the action detected by the sensor to the server; and

the server includes;

a document information storing means for holding the document information;

an image generating means for generating a document image on the basis of document information;

a correspondence information processing means for storing action information received from the document display device in such a manner that it is correlated with document information of a document image being displayed on the screen of the document display device; and

a communication means for receiving the action information from the document display device and for transmitting the document image to the document display device.

7. The document processing system according to claim 3, wherein:

the document display device further comprises user information input means through which to input user identification information;

the communication means transmits the input user identification information to the server; and

the correspondence information processing means stores the received user identification information and the action information in such a manner that they are correlated with the document information.

9. The document processing system according to claim 3, wherein:

the document display device further comprises location information input means through which to input information of a location where the document display device exists;

the communication means transmits the input location information to the server; and

the correspondence information processing means stores the received location information and the action information in such a manner that they are correlated with the document information.

11. The document processing system according to claim 3, wherein

the document display device is a flexible, thin electronic paper having a display section for continuing to display a document image in a state that it is not supplied with electric power.

4. A document processing system having a document display device for displaying a document image on a screen on the basis of document information and a server for managing the document information, wherein:

the document display device includes;

the screen for displaying a document image received from the server;

a sensor for detecting an action made on the document display device; and

a communication means for receiving the document image from the server and for transmitting information of the action detected by the sensor to the server; and

the server comprises;

a document information storing means for holding the document information;

an image generating means for generating a document image on the basis of document information;

a correspondence information processing means for holding action information that are correlated with respective the document information;

a retrieving means for retrieving document information corresponding to action information received from the document display device from the document information storing means by referring to the correspondence information processing means;

an image generating means for generating a document image on the basis of the retrieved document information; and

a communication means for receiving the action information from the document display device and for transmitting the generated document image to the document display device.

8. The document processing system according to claim 4, wherein:

the document display device further comprises user information input means through which to input user identification information;

the communication means transmits the input user identification information to the server;

the correspondence information processing means holds the received user identification information and the action information in such a manner that they are correlated with respective document information; and

the retrieving means retrieves document information corresponding to received action information and user identification information from the document information storing means by referring to the correspondence information processing means.

10. The document processing system according to claim 4, wherein:

the document display device further comprises location information input means through which to input information of a location where the document display device exists;

the communication means transmits the input location information to the server;

the correspondence information processing means holds received location information and the action information in such a manner that they are correlated with respective document information; and

the retrieving means retrieves document information corresponding to received action information and location information from the document information storing means by referring to the correspondence information processing means.

5. A document processing system having a document display device for displaying a document image on a screen on the basis of document information and a server for managing document information, wherein:

the document display device comprises;

a sensor for detecting an action made on the document display device;

a document information storing means for holding the document information of documents to be displayed on the screen; and

a communication means for transmitting, to the server, information of the action detected by the sensor in a state that a document image is displayed on the screen and identification information of the document information; and

the server comprises;

a document information storing means for holding the document information;

a correspondence information processing means for storing action information received from the document display device in such a manner that it is correlated with document information of a document image being displayed on the screen of the document display device; and

a communication means for receiving the action information and the document identification information from the document display device.

6. A document processing system having a document display device for displaying a document image on a screen on the basis of document information and a server for managing document information, wherein:

the document display device comprises;

a display processing means for displaying a document image on the screen on the basis of document information received from the server;

a sensor for detecting an action made on the document display device; and

a communication means for receiving the document image from the server and for transmitting information of the action detected by the sensor to the server; and

the server comprises;

a document information storing means for holding the document information;

a correspondence information processing means for holding action information that are correlated with respective the document information;

a retrieving means for retrieving document information corresponding to action information received from the document display device from the document information storing means by referring to the correspondence information processing means; and

a communication means for receiving the action information from the document display device and for transmitting the retrieved document information to the document display device.

12. A document processing method executed by a document display device for displaying a document image on a screen on the basis of document information and a server for managing the document information, comprising:

the document display device'"'"'s displaying a document image received from the server, detecting an action made on the document display device itself in a state that the document image is displayed on the screen, and transmitting information of the detected action to the server; and

the server'"'"'s storing the action information received from the document display device in such a manner that it is correlated with document information of the document image being displayed on the screen of the document display device.

13. A document processing method executed by a document display device for displaying a document image on a screen on the basis of document information and a server for managing the document information, comprising:

the document display device'"'"'s detecting an action made on the document display device itself and transmitting information of the detected action to the server;

the server'"'"'s retrieving document information corresponding to the action information received from the document display device by referring to correspondence information that correlates action information with respective the document information, generating a document image on the basis of the retrieved document information, and transmitting the generated document image to the document display device; and

the document display device'"'"'s displaying the document image received from the server on the screen.

14. A document processing method executed by a document display device for displaying a document image on a screen on the basis of document information and a server for managing the document information, comprising:

the document display device'"'"'s detecting an action made on the document display device itself in a state that a document image is displayed on the screen on the basis of document information, and transmitting information of the detected action and identification information of the document information to the server; and

the server'"'"'s storing the action information received from the document display device in such a manner that it is correlated with the document information of the document image being displayed on the screen of the document display device.

15. A document processing method executed by a document display device for displaying a document image on a screen on the basis of document information and a server for managing the document information, comprising:

the document display device'"'"'s detecting an action made on the document display device itself and transmitting information of the detected action to the server;

the server'"'"'s retrieving document information corresponding to the action information received from the document display device by referring to correspondence information that correlates action information with respective the document information, and transmitting the retrieved document information to the document display device; and

the document display device'"'"'s displaying a document image on the screen on the basis of the document information received from the server.