SYLLABARY-BASED AUDIO-DICTIONARY FUNCTIONALITY FOR DIGITAL READING CONTENT

• US 20160139763A1
• Filed: 11/18/2014
• Published: 05/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Rakuten Kobo Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rakuten Kobo Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Phelan-Tran, Chelsea, Landau, Benjamin
• Application Number:
  US14/546,469
• Publication Number:
  US 20160139763A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/0291 for reading, e.g. e-books constructional details of portable computers G06F1/1613
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/332 Query formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• 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

A computing device includes a housing and a display assembly having a screen and a set of touch sensors. The housing at least partially circumvents the screen so that the screen is viewable. A processor is provided within the housing to display content pertaining to an e-book on the screen of the display assembly. The processor further detects a first user interaction with the set of touch sensors and interprets the first user interaction as a first user input corresponding with a selection of a first portion of an underlying word in the displayed content. The processor then displays syllabary content for at least the first portion of the underlying word.

Claims

1. A computing device comprising:

a display assembly including a screen;

a housing that at least partially circumvents the screen so that the screen is viewable;

a set of touch sensors provided with the display assembly; and

a processor provided within the housing, the processor operating to;

display content pertaining to an e-book on the screen of the display assembly;

detect a first user interaction with the set of touch sensors;

interpret the first user interaction as a first user input corresponding with a selection of a first portion of an underlying word in the displayed content; and

display syllabary content for at least the first portion of the underlying word.

2. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the first portion of the underlying word comprises a string of one or more characters or symbols.

3. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the first portion coincides with one or more syllables of the underlying word.

4. The computing device of claim 3, wherein the processor is to further:

play back audio content including a pronunciation of the one or more syllables of the underlying word.

5. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the processor is to further:

search a dictionary using the underlying word as a search term; and

determine a syllabary representation of the underlying word based on a result of the search.

6. The computing device of claim 5, wherein the dictionary is a syllable-based audio dictionary.

7. The computing device of claim 5, wherein the processor is to further:

parse the syllabary content for the first portion of the underlying word from the syllabary representation of the underlying word.

8. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the processor is to further:

detect a second user interaction with the set of touch sensors;

interpret the second user interaction as a second user input corresponding with a selection of a second portion of the underlying word that is different than the first portion; and

display syllabary content for the second portion of the underlying word with the syllabary content for the first portion.

9. The computing device of claim 8, wherein the first portion coincides with a first syllable of the underlying word, and wherein the second portion coincides with a second syllable of the underlying word.

10. The computing device of claim 9, wherein the processor is to further:

play back audio content including a pronunciation of the first syllable and the second syllable, wherein the first and second syllables are pronounced in the order in which they appear in the underlying word.

11. A method for operating a computing device, the method being implemented by one or more processors and comprising:

displaying content pertaining to an e-book on a screen of a display assembly of the computing device;

detecting a first user interaction with a set of touch sensors provided with the display assembly;

interpreting the first user interaction as a first user input corresponding with a selection of a first portion of an underlying word in the displayed content;

displaying syllabary content for at least the first portion of the underlying word.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first portion coincides with one or more syllables of the underlying word.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

playing back audio content including a pronunciation of the one or more syllables of the underlying word.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

searching a dictionary using the underlying word as a search term; and

determining a syllabary representation of the underlying word based on a result of the search.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the dictionary is a syllable-based audio dictionary.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

parsing the syllabary content for the first portion of the underlying word from the syllabary representation of the underlying word.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

detecting a second user interaction with the set of touch sensors;

interpreting the second user interaction as a second user input corresponding with a selection of a second portion of the underlying word that is different than the first portion; and

displaying syllabary content for the second portion of the underlying word with the syllbary content for the first portion.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the first portion coincides with a first syllable of the underlying word, and wherein the second portion coincides with a second syllable of the underlying word.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

playing back audio content including a pronunciation of the first syllable and the second syllable, wherein the first and second syllables are pronounced in the order in which they appear in the underlying word.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores instructions, that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations that include:

displaying content pertaining to an e-book on a screen of a display assembly of the computing device;

detecting a first user interaction with a set of touch sensors provided with the display assembly;

interpreting the first user interaction as a first user input corresponding with a selection of a first portion of an underlying word in the displayed content;

displaying syllabary content for at least the first portion of the underlying word.