ELECTRONIC BOOK READER AND DISPLAYING METHOD

• US 20120212502A1
• Filed: 08/30/2011
• Published: 08/23/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: LIN, TAY-YANG, CHEN, CHIN-FENG, LIU, SHU-MING, SHIH, CHI-TSE, HOU, NI-CHUN, HSU, HSIN-CHIH, DU, CHENG-HSIU
• Application Number:
  US13/220,789
• Publication Number:
  US 20120212502A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/593
• 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 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An electronic book reader includes a display, a back panel, and a touch panel. The display displays an electronic book. The touch panel is connected between the display and the back panel. An obtuse angle is defined between the display and a touch panel. The touch panel receives finger sliding signals from a user for controlling the display of the electronic book.

Claims

1. An electronic book reader, comprising:

a display displaying an electronic book;

a back panel substantially parallel to the display; and

a touch panel connected between the display and the back panel, wherein an obtuse angle is defined between the display and a touch panel, and the touch panel is adapted to receive a plurality of finger sliding signals from a user for controlling the electronic book.

2. The electronic book reader of claim 1, wherein the touch panel comprises a plurality of wales.

3. The electronic book reader of claim 1, wherein the obtuse angle is about 135 degrees.

4. The electronic book reader of claim 1, further comprising a connecting portion connected between the back panel and the display, the connecting portion and the touch panel disposed on opposite sides of the display.

5. The electronic book reader of claim 4, wherein a cross section of the connecting portion is arc-shaped.

6. The electronic book reader of claim 1, wherein the display is a touch screen.

7. The electronic book reader of claim 1, further comprising a recognition module and a control module, wherein the recognition module receives a finger sliding signal of the plurality of finger sliding signals and sends a recognition result of a plurality of recognition results to the control module according to the finger sliding signal, and the control module controls the electronic book to display a page of the electronic book according to the recognition result.

8. The electronic book reader of claim 7, further comprising an indicator module mounted inside the touch panel, the indicator module adapted to display different colors according to the recognition results.

9. An electronic book displaying method comprising:

providing an electronic book reader comprising a display, a back panel substantially parallel to the display, a touch panel connected between the display and the back panel, an obtuse angle being defined between the display and the touch panel, the touch panel adapted to receiving a plurality of finger sliding signals from a user;

a recognition module adapted to received a finger sliding signal of the plurality of finger sliding signals and sending a recognition result of a plurality of recognition results; and

a control module receiving the one recognition result;

displaying an electronic book via the display;

receiving the finger sliding signal from the touch panel by the user;

recognizing, via the recognition module, the finger sliding signal and sending the recognition result corresponding to the finger sliding signal to the control module; and

controlling the electronic book to display a page according to the recognition result by the control module.

10. The electronic book displaying method of claim 9, further comprising displaying a colored light corresponding to the recognition result.

11. The electronic book displaying method of claim 9, further comprising displaying a different colored light for a different corresponding recognition result.

12. An electronic book displaying method comprising:

providing a display and a touch panel connected to the display, the touch panel adapted to receiving a plurality of finger sliding signals from a user;

receiving a finger sliding signal of the plurality of finger sliding signals from the touch panel by the user;

displaying a page of an electronic book according to the finger sliding signal.

13. The electronic book displaying method of claim 12, further comprising displaying a colored light corresponding to the finger sliding signal.

14. The electronic book displaying method of claim 12, further comprising displaying a different colored light for a different corresponding finger sliding signal.

15. The electronic book displaying method of claim 12, wherein when a finger sliding signal of the plurality of finger sliding signals received is a sliding direction on the touch panel from right to left by the user, a page following the current displayed page is displayed.

16. The electronic book displaying method of claim 12, wherein when a finger sliding signal of the plurality of finger sliding signals received is a sliding direction on the touch panel from left to right by the user, a page preceding the current displayed page is displayed.

17. The electronic book displaying method of claim 16, further comprising displaying a yellow light for a rightward finger sliding signal.

18. The electronic book displaying method of claim 12, wherein when a finger sliding signal of the plurality of finger sliding signals is a sliding direction on the touch panel from down to up by the user or along the direction of the wales, a plurality of pages is turned through.