CN1175040A - Portable electronic reading apparatus and method for playing magnetic or optic recorded data - Google Patents
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Abstract
A portable electronic read instrument is described designed for the exclusive reproduction of the contents of books stored in an auxiliary memory as character and sound data. The instrument includes a CPU for controlling the read instrument, a drive circuit for retrieving book data from the auxiliary memory, a display for displaying character data from the stored book data, a loudspeaker for reproducing sound data from the stored book data and one or more search keys.
Description
The present invention relates to a kind of special portable formula electronic reading apparatus and method thereof of playing data on magnetic or the optical recording media, more particularly, this electronic reading apparatus is used for specially resetting and is stored in book content in the supplementary storage with character or form of sound.
The general method of obtaining knowledge from books is the direct reading books or listens to from the speech of the magnetic tape reproducing that has book content.Recently can be by notebook computer or individual computing machine read books, deposit the book content in the supplementary storage of flexible plastic disc or read-only optical disc and so in character and sound reproduction by computing machine.
Yet the method for this general read books has its intrinsic various shortcomings.For example, it is very inconvenient travelling and carrying many books readings, and cassette tape recorder also can only be sounded, and obtain the part of wanting on the tape and also have any problem.In addition, carry personal computer for read books and be actually unlikely, even can carry the notebook computer read books, it also is inconvenient only doing like this for read books.
The purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of the playback and be stored in such as flexible plastic disc or read-only optical disc the special portable formula electronic reading apparatus and the method thereof of book content in the supplementary storage with character and form of sound.
According to one aspect of the present invention, playback provided by the invention comprises with the special portable formula electronic reading apparatus that character and form of sound are stored in the book content in the supplementary storage: a central processing unit (CPU), in order to the whole functional of control reading apparatus; A driving circuit is in order to retrieve book data from supplementary storage under described CPU control; A primary memory is in order to store book data; A display is in order to show the character data of choosing from book data; A loudspeaker is in order to the voice data of the described book data of resetting; With a plurality of index buttons, in order to retrieve book data page by page.
According to another aspect of the present invention, playback provided by the invention comprises the following steps: supplementary storage is contained in the driving circuit with the special method that character and form of sound are stored in the book content in the supplementary storage; Select a kind of mode of operation for the playback book data, described mode of operation comprises the pattern of a character display and the pattern of playback character/sound; Choose the start page of books; The book data of retrieval start page from supplementary storage; Deposit book data in primary memory; The character data that on a display, shows book data with character style; And, if the pattern chosen in second step is character/sound reproduction pattern, then by reset the selectively voice data of book data of loudspeaker.
Referring now to accompanying drawing, with way of example content of the present invention is described more specifically.
Fig. 1 is the skeleton view that special portable formula electronics that the playback of one embodiment of the invention is stored in the book content in the supplementary storage in character and form of sound is read instrument.
Fig. 2 is the functional-block diagram of the functional structure of reading apparatus shown in Figure 1.
Fig. 3 A and 3B are the function control flow charts of reading apparatus shown in Figure 1.
Referring to Fig. 1.Shell 10 comprises two parts, promptly for the display 12 of character display image and the loudspeaker 14 that Gong plays sound.Outer jointing holes 16 is in order on the outside acoustical generator that voice data is sent to earphone and so on.Be provided with first socket 18 in addition, for placing read-only optical disc; Second socket 20 is for placing flexible plastic disc.Index button 22 and 24 is to install for choosing the page of intending reading.Mode selecting key 26 is used for selecting the book data replay mode.Replay mode can have three kinds: for example, a character display only plays sound, and character/sound is all reset.Can see hinge 28 among the figure, for two parts that connect shell 10.
Referring now to Fig. 2, illustrates that playback of the present invention is stored in the functional structure of the special portable formula electronic reading apparatus of the book content in the supplementary storage with character and form of sound.CPU210 presses the whole functional of control program control reading apparatus.Primary memory 212 is used for storing the book data of a page that retrieves from supplementary storage.The first supplementary storage driver 214 drives read-only optical disc, and retrieval sends the book data of CPU10 to.The second supplementary storage driver 216 drives flexible plastic disc, and retrieval sends the book data of CPU10 to.Display 218 shows book data with character style under CPU10 control.Loudspeaker 220 is play the corresponding speech of book data, and outer jointing holes 222 sends voice data to the outside acoustical generator of earphone and so on.Key row 224 comprises a plurality of index buttons and a mode selecting key, and the former is in order to a page of the book data selecting to intend to read, and the latter is in order to select the replay mode of book data.
Referring to Fig. 3 A.In step 310, CPU210 detects in first or second socket 18 or 20 whether be inserted with read-only optical disc or flexible plastic disc.In socket 18 or 20, read-only optical disc or flexible plastic disc are driven by the first or second supplementary storage driver 214 or 216 respectively under the control of CPU210.Detect when being inserted with supplementary storage, CPU210 packs supplementary storage in step 312 in the supplementary storage driver.In step 314, CPU210 detects the key input from the mode of operation of key row 224 selection playback book data.Mode of operation comprises the pattern of a character display and the pattern of playback character/sound.Mode of operation is chosen with mode selecting key 26.
Then, CPU210 detects the key input from key row 224 selection book data start page in step 316.Start page uses index button 22 or following index button 24 is chosen.Last index button 22 is used for choosing the page up of the current page or leaf of resetting, and following index button 24 is used for choosing following one page of the current page or leaf of resetting.In step 318, CPU210 retrieves the book data of the selected page from supplementary storage, and the mechanism of this respect is well-known in the art, thereby no longer describes in detail.In step 320, the book data that retrieves deposits in the primary memory 212.
Then referring to Fig. 3 B.CPU210 is presented on the display 218 character data that goes out from primary memory retrieval.The playback mechanism of book data is identical with corresponding mechanism in the general computing machine.Then, whether the replay mode of choosing in the determining step 314 in step 324 is the pattern of a character display.If not then deterministic model is the whole replay modes of character/sound, program enters step 326, to determine whether primary memory 212 has stored voice data with character data.If then in step 328, from primary memory 212, extract voice data, towards loudspeaker 220 or from outer jointing holes 222 outputs.The sound of output is corresponding to the character data that shows in the step 322.The corresponding mechanism of sound playing mechanism and laser disc is the same.In step 330, whether full weight is let slip to determine to deposit in voice data in the primary memory.If full weight is let slip, then in step 332, choose one page down.At last, program turns back to step 318, as shown in Fig. 3 A.Otherwise program changes step 334 over to.Similarly, be the pattern of a character display and when determining that in step 326 voice data does not deposit primary memory in when what in step 324, determine to choose, program also changes step 334 over to, examines regularly in this step whether the key input is arranged.If there is not the key input, program turns back to step 322.
Yet,, in step 336,340 and 344, analyze described key input if in step 322, detected the key input.When determining that in step 336 key is input as the input of index button 22, program just changes step 338 over to, to select page up, turns back to step 318 then, as shown in Fig. 3 A.When determining that in step 340 key is input as the input of following index button 24, program changes step 342 over to choose down one page, and program turns back to step 318, as shown in Fig. 3 A.Otherwise when determining that in step 344 key is input as the end key input, program just finishes.
Like this, portable electronic reading apparatus of the present invention utilizes the supplementary storage of flexible plastic disc or read-only optical disc and so on to store a large amount of characters and voice data, the special data of resetting and being stored make the tourist can carry a large amount of books that are stored in the read-only optical disc more easily.In addition, stochastic retrieval book data page by page, thus the suitable especially instrument that makes things convenient for that improves language skills is provided.
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1. a playback is stored in the special portable formula electronic reading apparatus of the book content in the supplementary storage with character and form of sound, it is characterized in that comprising:
A central processing unit is in order to control the whole functional of described reading apparatus;
A driving circuit is in order to retrieve book data from described supplementary storage under the control of described central processing unit;
A primary memory is in order to store described book data;
A display is in order to show the character data of choosing from described book data;
A loudspeaker is in order to the voice data of the described book data of resetting; With
A plurality of index buttons are in order to retrieve described book data page by page.
2. portable electronic reading apparatus as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described supplementary storage comprises read-only optical disc and flexible plastic disc.
3. portable electronic reading apparatus as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described driving circuit comprises first and second drivers, respectively in order to drive described read-only optical disc and flexible plastic disc.
4. portable electronic reading apparatus as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, it also comprises a jack, in order to send described voice data to outside acoustical generator.
5. be stored in a kind of method of using in the special portable formula electronic reading apparatus of the book content in the supplementary storage in playback with character and form of sound, it is characterized in that, comprise the following steps:
Described supplementary storage is contained in the driving circuit;
Choose a kind of mode of operation for the playback book data, described mode of operation comprises the pattern of a character display and the pattern of playback character/sound;
Choose the start page of books;
The book data of the described start page of retrieval from described supplementary storage;
Deposit described book data in described primary memory;
The character data that on a display, shows described book data with character style; And
If the pattern chosen in second step is character/sound reproduction pattern, then by reset the selectively voice data of described book data of loudspeaker.
6. method as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that the step of described acoustical reproduction sound data also comprises the step that shows described voice data with character style.
7. method as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that, also comprises the step of retrieving described book data with index button page by page.
8. as claim 5 or 7 described methods, it is characterized in that the book data of following one page is to reset after the book data of the page up of resetting fully.
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