JP2008083566A - Display device, electronic paper, and output device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display device, an electronic paper, and an output device that can display information of other pages of bound electronic paper by using electronic paper bound in the display device before the electronic paper is added by binding electronic paper where information is displayed in a display device different from a display device wherein the electronic paper is originally bound. <P>SOLUTION: In the display device 1, five sheets of electronic paper 5 are bounded in the order of slave paper 401, slave paper 402, slave paper 403, slave paper 404, and master paper 301. On those sheets of electronic paper 5, the contents of a document A are displayed from a first page to a fifth page in order. When slave paper 411 where a third page of the contents of a document B is displayed by another display device 1 is added, the document B displayed on the added slave paper 411 is displayed even on the electronic paper 5 bound originally in the display device 1. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a display device, electronic paper, and an output device, and more specifically, a display device in which a plurality of electronic papers including the display device are bound, an electronic paper bound to the display device, and an image on the display device. The present invention relates to an output device for outputting.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a display device called an electronic book in which a plurality of electronic papers having display means on both front and back sides are bundled and bound. For example, Patent Document 1 proposes an electronic paper file (display device) in which a plurality of electronic papers are attached to a detachable main body to form a notebook. In this electronic paper file, the display data stored in the first storage means is displayed on the electronic paper. The electronic paper file includes page specifying means for specifying which page of the display data is to be displayed. The display data for the desired page can be displayed on the electronic paper. Moreover, since it is bulky to carry such an entire display device, the electronic paper on which information is displayed may be extracted from the display device, and only the electronic paper may be carried and used.
JP 2002-287690 A

  However, when only electronic paper is carried, even if the user wants to see information on the pages before and after the information displayed on the electronic paper, the user cannot see the display device that was originally bound. There was a problem that it was not possible.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and is bound by binding electronic paper on which information is displayed into a display device different from the display device originally bound. It is an object of the present invention to provide a display device, an electronic paper, and an output device that can display information on other pages of the electronic paper that has been bound to the display device before the addition of the electronic paper by using the electronic paper. To do.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, in the display device according to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of electronic papers having display means for displaying an image, and output of images to the display means of the plurality of electronic papers. A display device comprising an output device for controlling, wherein the electronic paper stores content information that is information capable of displaying information of all pages of the content displayed on the display means An information storage means and an identification information storage means for storing identification information for distinguishing from other electronic paper, and the output device stores the identification information stored in the identification information storage means from the electronic paper. Whether or not the electronic paper provided in the display device is increased based on identification information acquisition means to be acquired and position information that is information indicating the position of the electronic paper An additional electronic unit that identifies the increased electronic paper based on the position information and the identification information as additional electronic paper when the increase determination unit determines that the electronic paper has been increased. When it is determined that the electronic paper has been increased by the paper specifying unit and the increase determination unit, the content information is indicated based on the content information stored in the content information storage unit of the additional electronic paper. And display control means for displaying content images on the display means of the electronic paper provided in the display device.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect of the invention, the electronic paper is detected by the position information detecting means for detecting the position information and the position information detecting means. Transmitting position information transmitted to the output device, the output device including position information receiving means for receiving the position information transmitted from the transmitting means, and the increase determining means It is characterized in that it is determined whether or not the electronic paper has been increased based on the position information received by the position information receiving means.

  Moreover, in the display device of the invention according to claim 3, in addition to the configuration of the invention of claim 1 or 2, the output device is provided in the display device based on the position information and the identification information. Order information creating means for creating order information indicating the order of the electronic paper so as to be identifiable; and order information storage means for storing the order information created by the order information creating means; The content image indicated by the content information is displayed on the display means of the electronic paper provided in the display device based on the order information stored in the order information storage means.

  Further, in the display device of the invention according to claim 4, in addition to the configuration of the invention of claim 3, the display control means displays the page of the content displayed on the display means of the additional electronic paper. As a reference page, based on the order information stored in the order information storage means, images of pages before and after the reference page are displayed in page order on the display means of the electronic paper before and after the additional electronic paper. It is characterized by that.

  In addition to the configuration of the invention according to claim 3 or 4, the display device according to claim 5 includes a binding member that binds a plurality of the electronic papers provided in the display device, and the output device. And an opening / closing detection unit that detects that the binding member is opened and closed, and the sequence information generation unit that generates the sequence information when the opening / closing detection unit detects that the binding member is opened and closed. A post-opening / closing sequence information creation control unit, wherein the additional electronic paper specifying unit detects the sequence information created after the binding member is opened / closed by the post-opening / closing sequence information creation control unit, and the opening / closing of the binding member. The additional electronic paper is specified by comparing the sequence information previously stored in the sequence information storage means.

  Further, in the display device of the invention according to claim 6, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 5, the content information is image data for displaying the content on the display means. It is characterized by being.

  Moreover, in the display device of the invention according to claim 7, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 6, the content information is information indicating a storage location of the content on the network. The output device includes a connection unit that connects to a network, and a content acquisition unit that acquires the content from the storage location indicated by the content information using the connection unit, and the display control unit includes the additional electronic device The content acquisition unit acquires the content from the storage location indicated by the content information stored in the content information storage unit of the paper, and displays the content on the display unit of the electronic paper provided in the display device. It is characterized by that.

  Further, in the display device according to an eighth aspect of the invention, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to any one of the first to seventh aspects, the display control means is configured such that the electronic paper is farther from the additional electronic paper. By reducing the content image, the number of pages of the content displayed on the display unit of the electronic paper is increased, and the content image is displayed on the display unit.

  According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect of the present invention, the electronic paper displays that the electronic paper is the additional electronic paper. And an additional mark output means for outputting the additional mark, and the output device displays the additional mark on the additional mark output means of the electronic paper identified as the additional electronic paper by the additional electronic paper specifying means. An additional mark display control means is provided.

  Moreover, in the display device of the invention according to claim 10, in addition to the configuration of the invention of any one of claims 1 to 9, the output device is provided in the display device based on the position information. Decrease determining means for determining whether or not the electronic paper has been reduced, and when the reduction determination means detects that the electronic paper has been reduced, the reduction is made based on the position information and the identification information. Deleted electronic paper specifying means for specifying electronic paper as deleted electronic paper, and deleted electronic for determining whether or not the electronic paper specified as the deleted electronic paper by the deleted electronic paper specifying means is the additional electronic paper When the deleted electronic paper is determined to be the additional electronic paper by the paper determining means and the deleted electronic paper determining means, the additional electronic paper is added. Previously the display unit content that was displayed of the display device, characterized by comprising a deletion display control means for displaying on the display unit of the electronic paper provided in the current said display device.

  An electronic paper according to an eleventh aspect of the invention is an electronic paper provided in a display device that includes a display unit that displays an image, and an output device that controls output of the image to the display unit. Content information storage means for storing content information, which is information capable of displaying information of all pages of content displayed on the display means, is provided.

  The electronic paper according to a twelfth aspect of the invention is characterized in that, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to the eleventh aspect, the content information is image data for displaying the content on the display means. To do.

  Further, in the electronic paper of the invention according to claim 13, in addition to the configuration of the invention of claim 11 or 12, the content information is information indicating a storage location of the content on the network. And

  In the output device according to the fourteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided content information that includes display means for displaying an image and is capable of displaying information on all pages of the content displayed on the display means; A display device comprising a plurality of electronic papers storing identification information for distinguishing from other electronic papers, and an output device for controlling the output of an image to the display means, the position of the electronic paper being An increase determination means for determining whether or not the electronic paper provided in the display device has been increased based on position information that is information to be displayed, and when it is determined that the electronic paper has been increased by the increase determination means The additional electronic paper specifying means for specifying the electronic paper increased based on the position information and the identification information as additional electronic paper, and the increase determining means. When it is determined that the electronic paper has been increased, the additional electronic paper is specified by the additional electronic paper specifying means, and based on the content information stored in the content information storage means of the additional electronic paper, And a display control means for displaying an image of the content indicated by the content information on the display means of the electronic paper provided in the display device.

  In addition to the configuration of the invention according to claim 14, the output device of the invention according to claim 15 includes position information receiving means for receiving the position information detected and transmitted in the electronic paper, The increase determination means determines whether or not the electronic paper has been increased based on the position information received by the position information reception means.

  According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the fourteenth or fifteenth aspect of the invention, the electronic paper provided in the display device based on the position information and the identification information. Order information creating means for creating order information indicating that the order can be identified; and order information storing means for storing the order information created by the order information creating means, wherein the display control means comprises the order information Based on the order information stored in the storage unit, an image of the content indicated by the content information is displayed on the display unit of the electronic paper provided in the display device.

  In the output device of the invention according to claim 17, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to claim 16, the display control unit displays the page of the content displayed on the display unit of the additional electronic paper. As a reference page, based on the order information created by the order information creation means, images of pages before and after the reference page are displayed on the display means of the electronic paper before and after the additional electronic paper in page order. It is characterized by.

  Further, in the output device of the invention according to claim 18, in addition to the configuration of the invention of claim 16 or 17, the display device includes a binding member that binds a plurality of the electronic papers, and the binding member An opening / closing detecting means for detecting that the opening / closing is opened, and an order information creating means for creating the order information by the order information creating means when the opening / closing detecting means detects that the binding member is opened / closed. Control means, and the additional electronic paper specifying means stores the order information created after opening and closing the binding member by the post-opening and closing order information creation control means, and the order information storage before detecting the opening and closing of the binding member. The additional electronic paper is specified by comparing with the order information stored in the means.

  Further, in the output device according to claim 19, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to any one of claims 14 to 18, the content information is image data for displaying the content on the display means. It is characterized by being.

  In the output device of the invention according to claim 20, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to any of claims 14 to 19, the content information is information indicating a storage location of the content on the network. A connection means for connecting to a network; and a content acquisition means for acquiring the content from the storage location indicated by the content information using the connection means, wherein the display control means is the content information of the additional electronic paper. The content is acquired by the content acquisition unit from the storage location indicated by the content information stored in a storage unit, and is displayed on the display unit of the electronic paper provided in the display device. .

  Further, in the output device of the invention according to claim 21, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to any one of claims 14 to 20, the display control means is configured such that the electronic paper farther from the additional electronic paper By reducing the content image, the number of pages of the content displayed on the display unit of the electronic paper is increased, and the content image is displayed on the display unit.

  In the output device of the invention according to claim 22, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to any one of claims 14 to 21, a display indicating that the electronic paper is the additional electronic paper is displayed on the electronic paper. Additional mark output means for outputting a certain additional mark is provided, and the additional mark is displayed on the additional mark output means of the electronic paper identified as the additional electronic paper by the additional electronic paper specifying means. Control means is provided.

  In addition, in the output device of the invention according to claim 23, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to any of claims 14 to 22, the electronic paper provided in the display device is reduced based on the position information. A reduction determination means for determining whether or not the electronic paper has been reduced by the reduction determination means, and the electronic paper reduced in the position information and the identification information is identified as a deletion electronic paper Deleted electronic paper specifying means, deleted electronic paper determining means for determining whether the electronic paper specified as the deleted electronic paper by the deleted electronic paper specifying means is the additional electronic paper, and the deleted electronic paper When the deleted electronic paper is determined to be the additional electronic paper by the paper determination unit, the display device is configured before the additional electronic paper is added. The serial was displayed on the display unit content, characterized by comprising a deletion display control means for displaying on the display unit of the electronic paper provided in the current said display device.

  In the display device of the invention according to claim 1, the content information storage means of the electronic paper stores content information that is information capable of displaying information of all pages of the content displayed on the display means, The identification information storage means can store identification information for identification from other electronic paper. The identification information acquisition unit of the output device acquires the identification information stored in the identification information storage unit from the electronic paper, and the increase determination unit displays the display device based on the positional information that is information indicating the position of the electronic paper. The additional electronic paper specifying means is increased based on the position information and the identification information when it is determined that the electronic paper is increased by the increase determining means. The electronic paper is specified as additional electronic paper, and the display control means determines that the electronic paper has been increased by the increase determination means, based on the content information stored in the content information storage means of the additional electronic paper, An image of the content indicated by the content information can be displayed on the display means of the electronic paper provided in the display device. Therefore, when it is desired to browse information on other pages of the content displayed on the electronic paper, even if there is no output device that displays the information on the electronic paper, the content can be obtained by connecting to the other output device. You can browse information on other pages.

  In the display device of the invention according to claim 2, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 1, the position information detecting means of the electronic paper detects the position information, and the transmitting means is detected by the position information detecting means. The detected position information can be transmitted to the output device. The position information receiving means of the output device can receive the position information transmitted from the transmitting means. The increase determination means can determine whether or not the electronic paper has been increased based on the position information received by the position information receiving means. Therefore, in the electronic paper, the position where the electronic paper is bound is detected, and the output device collects the detected positional information, thereby grasping the position of the electronic paper being bound and increasing the electronic paper. Can be detected.

  In addition, in the display device of the invention according to claim 3, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 1 or 2, the order information creating means of the output device is provided in the display device based on the position information and the identification information. Order information indicating that the order of the electronic papers can be identified is created, and the order information storage means can store the order information created by the order information creation means. The display control means can display the content image indicated by the content information on the display means of the electronic paper provided in the display device based on the order information stored in the order information storage means.

  Further, in the display device of the invention according to claim 4, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 3, the display control means uses the content page displayed on the display means of the additional electronic paper as a reference page. Based on the order information stored in the order information storage means, the images of the pages before and after the reference page can be displayed in the page order on the display means for the electronic paper before and after the additional electronic paper. Therefore, since the output device can grasp the binding order of the electronic paper, the content can be displayed on the electronic paper in the page order.

  In the display device of the invention according to claim 5, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 3 or 4, the opening / closing detection means of the output device detects that the binding member has been opened and closed, The information creation control means can create the order information by the order information creation means when it is detected by the opening / closing detection means that the binding member has been opened and closed. Then, the additional electronic paper specifying means includes the order information created after opening and closing of the binding member by the post-opening and closing order information creation control means, and the order information stored in the order information storage means before detecting the opening and closing of the binding member. Additional electronic paper can be identified by comparison. Therefore, additional electronic paper can be easily identified.

  In the display device of the invention according to claim 6, in addition to the effect of the invention of any one of claims 1 to 5, the content information can be image data for displaying the content on the display means. . Therefore, the content displayed on the additional electronic paper can be surely displayed on the electronic paper that was originally bound.

  In the display device according to the seventh aspect, in addition to the effect of the invention according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, the content information is information indicating a storage location of the content on the network, and the output device The connection means is connected to the network, and the content acquisition means can acquire the content from the storage location indicated by the content information using the connection means. The display control means acquires the content by the content acquisition means from the storage location indicated by the content information stored in the content information storage means of the additional electronic paper, and displays the content on the electronic paper display means provided in the display device. Can be displayed. Therefore, the amount of information to be stored in the electronic paper can be reduced.

  In the display device according to the eighth aspect of the invention, in addition to the effect of the invention according to any one of the first to seventh aspects, the display control means displays the content image as the electronic paper is farther from the additional electronic paper. By reducing the size, the number of content pages to be displayed on the electronic paper display means can be increased, and the content image can be displayed on the display means. Therefore, a large number of pages can be displayed, and information close to the additional electronic paper can be displayed more easily.

  In the display device according to the ninth aspect of the invention, in addition to the effect of the invention according to any one of the first to eighth aspects, the additional mark output means of the electronic paper indicates that the electronic paper is the additional electronic paper. It is possible to output an additional mark which is a display to show. Then, the additional mark display control means of the output device can cause the additional mark to be displayed on the additional mark output means of the electronic paper identified as the additional electronic paper by the additional electronic paper specifying means. Therefore, the added electronic paper can be easily identified.

  In the display device according to the tenth aspect, in addition to the effect of the invention according to any one of the first to ninth aspects, the reduction determination means of the output device is provided in the display device based on the position information. It is determined whether or not the electronic paper has been reduced, and the deleted electronic paper specifying means detects that the electronic paper has been reduced based on the position information and the identification information when the reduction determination means detects that the electronic paper has been reduced. The deletion electronic paper determination means determines whether or not the electronic paper identified as the deletion electronic paper by the deletion electronic paper identification means is an additional electronic paper, and the deletion display control means If the deleted electronic paper is determined to be additional electronic paper by the deleted electronic paper determination means, the content displayed on the display means of the display device before the additional electronic paper is added. And it can be displayed on the display unit of the electronic paper provided in the current display. Therefore, when the additional electronic paper is extracted, the original content can be displayed.

  In the electronic paper of the invention according to claim 11, the content information storage means may store content information that is information capable of displaying information of all pages of the content displayed on the display means. it can. Therefore, when this electronic paper is connected to another output device, information on other pages of the content displayed on this electronic paper can be displayed on the other electronic paper.

  In the electronic paper according to the twelfth aspect, in addition to the effect of the invention according to the eleventh aspect, the content information can be image data for displaying the content on the display means. Therefore, it is possible to reliably display the content displayed on the additional electronic paper on the electronic paper that was originally bound.

  Further, in the electronic paper according to the thirteenth aspect, in addition to the effects of the eleventh or twelfth aspect, the content information can be information indicating a storage location of the content on the network. Therefore, the amount of information to be stored in the electronic paper can be reduced.

  In the output device of the invention according to claim 14, the increase determination means determines whether or not the electronic paper provided in the display device is increased based on position information that is information indicating the position of the electronic paper, The additional electronic paper specifying means specifies the increased electronic paper based on the position information and the identification information as the additional electronic paper when the increase determining means determines that the electronic paper has been increased, and the display control means When it is determined that the electronic paper has been increased by the determining means, the additional electronic paper is specified by the additional electronic paper specifying means, and the content information is stored based on the content information stored in the content information storage means of the additional electronic paper. The image of the content to be shown can be displayed on the display means of the electronic paper provided in the display device. Therefore, the added electronic paper can be easily identified.

  In the output device according to the fifteenth aspect, in addition to the effects of the fourteenth aspect, the position information receiving means can receive the position information detected and transmitted by the electronic paper. The increase determination means can determine whether or not the electronic paper has been increased based on the position information received by the position information receiving means. Therefore, by collecting the binding positions detected in the electronic paper with the output device, it is possible to grasp the position of the bound electronic paper and detect that the electronic paper has been increased.

  Further, in the output device of the invention according to claim 16, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 14 or 15, the order information creating means is an electronic device provided in the display device based on the position information and the identification information. Order information indicating that the order of the papers can be identified is created, and the order information storage means can store the order information created by the order information creation means. The display control means can display the content image indicated by the content information on the display means of the electronic paper provided in the display device based on the order information stored in the order information storage means. Since the binding order of the electronic paper can be grasped, the content can be displayed on the electronic paper in page order.

  In addition, in the output device of the invention according to claim 17, in addition to the effect of the invention according to claim 16, the display control means uses the content page displayed on the display means of the additional electronic paper as a reference page. Based on the order information created by the order information creating means, the images of the pages before and after the reference page can be displayed on the electronic paper display means before and after the additional electronic paper in the page order. Accordingly, the pages before and after the additional electronic paper can be displayed in the order of the pages on the electronic paper bound to the display device.

  In the output device of the invention according to claim 18, in addition to the effect of the invention according to claim 16 or 17, the open / close detection means detects that the binding member has been opened / closed, and performs post-open / close sequence information creation control. The means can create the order information by the order information creating means when the opening / closing detecting means detects that the binding member has been opened and closed. The additional electronic paper specifying means compares the order information created after opening and closing of the binding member by the post-opening and closing order information creation control means and the order information stored in the order information storage means before detecting the opening and closing of the binding member. By doing so, the additional electronic paper can be specified. Therefore, additional electronic paper can be easily identified.

  In the output device according to the nineteenth aspect, in addition to the effect of the invention according to any one of the fourteenth to eighteenth aspects, the content information can be image data for displaying the content on the display means. . Therefore, the content displayed on the additional electronic paper can be surely displayed on the electronic paper that was originally bound.

Further, in the output device of the invention according to claim 20, in addition to the effect of the invention according to any one of claims 14 to 19, the content information can be information indicating a storage location of the content on the network, The connection means is connected to a network, and the content acquisition means can acquire content from the storage location indicated by the content information using the connection means.
The display control means acquires the content by the content acquisition means from the storage location indicated by the content information stored in the content information storage means of the additional electronic paper, and displays the content on the electronic paper display means provided in the display device. Can be displayed. Information on other pages of content displayed on the additional electronic paper can be displayed without burdening the storage capacity of the electronic paper.

  In addition, in the output device of the invention according to claim 21, in addition to the effect of the invention according to any one of claims 14 to 20, the display control means displays the content image as the electronic paper is farther from the additional electronic paper. By reducing the size, it is possible to increase the number of content pages displayed on the electronic paper display unit and display the content image on the display unit. Therefore, a number of pages can be displayed, and information close to the additional electronic paper can be displayed more easily.

  In the output device of the invention according to claim 22, in addition to the effect of the invention according to any of claims 14 to 21, the additional mark display control means is specified as additional electronic paper by the additional electronic paper specifying means. An additional mark can be displayed on the additional mark output means of the electronic paper. Therefore, the added electronic paper can be easily identified.

  In addition, in the output device of the invention according to claim 23, in addition to the effect of the invention according to any one of claims 14 to 22, the reduction determination means includes an electronic paper provided in the display device based on the position information. The deleted electronic paper specifying means determines whether or not the electronic paper has been reduced by the reduction determining means, and identifies the electronic paper whose position information and identification information have been reduced as the deleted electronic paper. The deleted electronic paper determining means determines whether the electronic paper identified as the deleted electronic paper by the deleted electronic paper specifying means is an additional electronic paper, and the deletion display control means is determined by the deleted electronic paper determining means. If it is determined that the deleted electronic paper is an additional electronic paper, the content displayed on the display unit of the display device before the additional electronic paper is added is displayed as the current display device. It can be displayed on the display unit of the electronic paper provided in the. Therefore, when the additional electronic paper is extracted, the original content can be displayed.

  Hereinafter, a display device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The display device 1 is a binder type including a plurality of electronic papers. First, the physical configuration of the display device 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is an external view schematically showing the external appearance of the display device 1.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the display device 1 includes a substantially rectangular master paper 3 that is an electronic paper having a display unit 36 on one side, and a slave having a display unit 46 (see FIG. 9) having the same shape as the master paper 3. Paper 4 is provided. And the master paper 3 and each slave paper 4 are provided with the four through-holes 61-64, and are bound and bound by the binding member 2 which consists of the four rings 21-24 which penetrate each through-hole. In the present embodiment, a case where there are four slave papers 4 will be described as an example. Hereinafter, the master paper 3 and the slave paper 4 are collectively referred to as electronic paper 5. The master paper 3 functions as an output device, and controls the images displayed on the display units 36 and 46 of the master paper 3 and the slave paper 4.

  Here, with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5, the operation when the slave paper 4 extracted from another display device is inserted into the display device 1, which is a main part of the present invention, will be described. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram 500 showing a state when the slave paper 411 displayed on the display unit 46 by another display device 1 is inserted into the display device 1, and FIG. 3 shows the slave paper 411. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram 501 showing the display state of each electronic paper 5 when is inserted into the display device 1, and FIG. 4 is a state in which the slave paper 411 is extracted from the state of the explanatory diagram 501 shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing 502 which showed the display state of each electronic paper 5, FIG. 5 showed the display state of each electronic paper 5 of the state from which the slave paper 403 was extracted from the state of explanatory drawing 501 shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing 501. FIG. It is assumed that the upper character displayed in the electronic paper of FIGS. 2 to 5 is a file name, and the lower character is the number of pages of the displayed document.

  As shown in an explanatory diagram 500 of FIG. 2, five electronic papers 5 are bound to the display device 1 in the order of a slave paper 401, a slave paper 402, a slave paper 403, a slave paper 404, and a master paper 301. In these electronic papers 5, the content “document A” is displayed from page 1 to page 5 in order. The slave paper 411 on which the third page of the content “Document B” is displayed on the other display device 1 is added thereto. The additional position is between the first slave paper 401 and the second slave paper 402.

  In the display device 1 of the present invention, when the slave paper 411 in which information is displayed on the display unit 46 in the other display device 1 is added in this way, the display device 1 in the explanatory diagram 501 shown in FIG. As described above, the document B displayed on the added slave paper 411 is also displayed on the electronic paper 5 of the display device 1. Hereinafter, the added slave paper is referred to as “additional electronic paper”. As shown in FIG. 3, the display content of the additional electronic paper has not changed, and the slave paper 401 that is one sheet before the additional electronic paper has more than the third page of the document B displayed on the additional electronic paper. The second page of document B one page before is displayed. Then, on the slave paper 402 one sheet after the additional electronic paper, the fourth page of the document B one page after the third page of the document B displayed on the additional electronic paper is displayed. Then, the subsequent pages of the document B, that is, the fifth page, the sixth page, and the seventh page are also displayed on the subsequent slave papers 403 and 404 and the master paper 301.

  Information other than the third page of the document B is stored in the content information storage area 442 (see FIG. 31) of the flash ROM 49 of the additional electronic paper 411.

  Next, a case where the additional electronic paper 411 is extracted from the display device 1 as illustrated in an explanatory diagram 502 of FIG. 4 will be described. In this case, the originally displayed document A is displayed on the slave paper 401, 402, 403, 404 and the master paper 301 that are originally bound to the display device 1. Displayed in order from the first page on the first slave paper 401

  Next, a case where the slave paper 403 originally bound to the display device 1 is extracted from the display device 1 as shown in an explanatory diagram 503 of FIG. 5 will be described. In this case, since the additional electronic paper 411 is still bound to the display device 1, the slave papers 404, 411, 402, 404 and the master paper 301 are left as slave pages 404, The display on the master paper 301 is updated. Therefore, as shown in the explanatory diagram 503 of FIG. 5, the second to sixth pages of the document B are displayed in order.

  Next, the binding member 2 of the electronic paper 5 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 6, and 7. The electronic paper 5 is provided with four through holes including a power supply through hole 61, a grounding through hole 62, a communication through hole 63, and a position detection through hole 64. Hereinafter, these through holes are collectively referred to as a through hole 6. The binding member 2 includes four rings including a power supply ring 21, a grounding ring 22, a communication ring 23, and a position detection ring 24. The power supply ring 21 is inserted into the power supply through hole 61, the ground ring 22 is inserted into the ground through hole 62, and the communication ring 23 is inserted into the communication through hole 63 to detect the position. The position detection ring 24 is inserted into the through hole 64 and the electronic paper 5 is bound. Each ring 21 to 24 is fixed to the master paper 3. A conductive brush (not shown) is installed around each through-hole 6 of the slave paper 4 toward the center of the through-hole so that the brush and each ring are in reliable contact.

  The power supply ring 21 is connected to a battery 54 (see FIG. 9) provided in the master paper 3 and supplies power to the slave paper 4. Here, the power supply ring 21 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing a cross section of the power supply ring 21.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the power supply ring 21 is an openable ring cut at its end portions 1191 and 1192 and has flexibility. Then, the user can release the end portions 1191 and 1192, that is, open the opening / closing portion 119 to bend the ring and attach / detach the electronic paper 5 from the opening / closing portion 119. Here, as shown in FIG. 6, the right end in FIG. 6 of the opening / closing part 119 of the power supply ring 21 is the end 1191, and the left end is the end 1192.

  The inside of the power supply ring 21 is an insulator 113, and the surface of the insulator 113 is covered with a conductor 114. As shown in FIG. 6, the power supply ring 21 is provided with a convex portion 112, and the convex portion 112 is not covered with the conductor 114. Further, the end portions 1191 and 1192 are not covered with the conductor 114, and the conductors do not come into contact with each other when the opening / closing portion 119 is closed. A single conducting wire 116 is embedded in the insulator 113. One end of the conducting wire 116 can be externally connected from the convex portion 112, and the other end is connected to the conductor 114 at a connection point 1162 provided at the end of the conductor 114 on the end portion 1191 side.

  Note that one recess is provided on the end side of the master paper 3 in the power supply through hole 61 of the master paper 3. And the one end of the conducting wire connected to the battery 54 (refer FIG. 9) is connected to the recessed part. The convex portion 112 of the power supply ring 21 is fitted into the concave portion of the master paper 3, and the power supply ring 21 is fixed to the master paper 3. A voltage of 5 V is applied to the conductive wire 116 from the battery 54, and a current flows from the connection point 1162 of the conductive wire 116 to the conductor 114.

  In addition, a conductive brush (not shown) is provided inside the power supply through hole 61 of the slave paper 4 and is in contact with the conductor 114. The power source acquired from the brush is used as a power source for driving the slave paper 4.

  The grounding ring 22 is connected to a 0 V ground 55 (see FIG. 9) provided in the master paper 3 and is used for grounding from the slave paper 4. The communication ring 23 connects an internal communication unit 35 (see FIG. 9) provided in the master paper 3 and an internal communication unit 45 (see FIG. 9) provided in the slave paper 4, and information is transmitted between the electronic papers 5. Used to communicate.

  The position detection ring 24 is used to detect in which order the electronic paper 5 is bound to the binding member 2. Here, a method for detecting the binding order of the electronic paper 5 using the position detection ring 24 and the position detection ring 24 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing a cross section of the position detection ring 24. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a state in which one master paper 3 and four slave papers 4 are bound to the position detection ring 24.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the position detection ring 24 is an openable ring cut at its end portions 1491 and 1492, and has flexibility. Then, the user can release the end portions 1491 and 1492, that is, open the opening / closing portion 149 to bend the ring and attach / detach the electronic paper 5 from the opening / closing portion 149. Here, the right end of the opening / closing portion 149 of the position detection ring 24 shown in FIG. 7 in FIG. 7 is referred to as an end 1491, and the left end is referred to as an end 1492.

  The inside of the position detection ring 24 is an insulator 143, and the surface of the insulator 143 is covered with an electrical resistor 144 such as carbon. As shown in FIG. 7, the position detection ring 24 is provided with convex portions 141 and 142, and the convex portions 141 and 142 are not covered with the electric resistor 144. Further, the end portions 1491 and 1492 are not covered with the electric resistor 144, and the electric resistors do not come into contact with each other when the opening / closing portion 149 is bound.

  Furthermore, a switch 148 that detects opening / closing of the position detection ring 24 is provided at an end 1491 of the opening / closing portion 149. The switch 148 is a pressure-sensitive sensor. When the position detection ring 24 is bound, the switch 148 detects ON, and when the position detection ring 24 is opened, the switch 148 is turned off. The switch 148 is connected to one end of a conductive wire 1481 embedded in the insulator 143 of the position detection ring 24, and the other end of the conductive wire 1481 can be connected to the outside from the convex portion 142.

  Two recesses are provided in the position detection through hole 64 of the master paper 3, and the master paper 3 is fixed to the position detection ring 24. This concave portion is provided at a position facing in parallel with the short direction of the master paper 3. Then, one end of a conducting wire connected to the battery 54 (see FIG. 9) and one end of a conducting wire connected to the open / close detection unit 39 (see FIG. 9) are connected to the concave portion inside the master paper 3 and One end of a conducting wire connected to the ground 55 (see FIG. 9) is connected to the recess.

  The concave portions of the master paper 3 are fitted into the convex portions 141 and 142 of the position detection ring 24, and the position detection ring 24 is fixed to the master paper 3. Accordingly, a voltage of 5 V is applied to the lead 146 from the battery 54, a current flows from the connection point 1462 of the lead 146 to the electric resistor 144, a current flows from the connection point 1472 of the lead 147 to the lead 147, and to the ground 55. . Here, since the end portions 1491 and 1492 are not covered with the electric resistor 144, the end portions 1491 and 1492 are not short-circuited in a state where the opening / closing portion 149 is bound. While the electric power supplied from the battery 54 flows through the electric resistor 144, the voltage decreases due to the resistance of the electric resistor 144, and the voltage decreases from the end portion 1491 of the position detection ring 24 toward the end portion 1492. Go.

  The slave paper 4 is provided with a voltage measuring unit 48 (see FIG. 9), which is a voltmeter. The brush provided in the position detection through hole 64 functions as a terminal of the voltage measurement unit 48 and measures the voltage of the current flowing through the position detection ring 24 inserted in the position detection through hole 64. . The voltage value measured by the voltage measuring unit 48 is A / D converted into a value of 0 to 255 by the position detecting unit 47. In the position detection ring 24, the voltage decreases from the end portion 1491 of the position detection ring 24 toward the end portion 1492, and therefore, the voltage measurement unit 48 measures the position of the slave paper 4 in the position detection ring 24. The applied voltages will have different values. Therefore, the position of the slave paper 4 in the position detection ring 24 can be detected from 0 to 255, and the binding order of the electronic paper 5 can be detected. Hereinafter, the A / D converted value is referred to as an A / D converted value. In the paper order management table (see FIG. 11), which will be described later, this A / D conversion value is used as the “in-ring position” value indicating the position of the electronic paper 5 in the position detection ring 24.

  As shown in FIG. 8, in the present embodiment, the A / D conversion value acquired by the master paper 3 at the position where the convex portions 141 and 142 to which the master paper 3 is fixed is provided is “128”. When the slave paper 4 is present at the end 1491, the voltage value measured by the voltage measurement unit 48 of the slave paper 4 is detected as the A / D conversion value “255” by the position detection unit 47, and FIG. In the case where the slave paper 4 is present on the right side of the end portion 1491, the A / D conversion value is detected as “254”. When the slave paper 4 exists at the end 1492, the A / D conversion value is detected as “0”, and when the slave paper 4 exists on the left side of the end 1492 in FIG. The / D conversion value is detected as “1”. When the slave paper 4 exists on the right side of the master paper 3 in FIG. 8, the A / D conversion value is detected as “129”, and when it exists on the right side, “130” is detected. Further, when the slave paper 4 exists on the left side of the master paper 3, the A / D conversion value is detected as “127”. When the slave paper 4 exists on the left side, it is detected as “126”. If it exists, “125” is detected.

  Next, the electrical configuration of the display device 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 to 13. FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the display device 1. FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram showing the data structure of the RAM 33 of the master paper 3. FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram showing a data structure of a paper order management table 3331 which is an example of a paper order management table stored in the paper order management table storage area 333. FIG. 12 is a configuration diagram showing a data structure of the RAM 43 of the slave paper 4. FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing the data structure of the EEPROM 44 of the slave paper 4, and FIG. 99 is a block diagram showing the data structure of the Flash ROM 49.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the display device 1 includes a master paper 3 and a slave paper 4. Although a plurality of slave papers 4 can be connected, the electrical configuration is the same for any slave paper 4, and therefore, only one slave paper 4 is shown in FIG.

  The master paper 3 includes a CPU 31 that controls the master paper 3 as a whole, a ROM 32 that stores programs, a RAM 33 that temporarily stores data, and an EEPROM 34 that stores a manufacturing number of the master paper 3. The ROM 32, RAM 33, and EEPROM 34 are connected to the CPU 31 via a bus. The serial number stored in the EEPROM 34 is a number unique to each master paper 3 and is identification information of the master paper 3 that can be uniquely identified from other master papers 3.

  A display unit 36 for displaying the display data in a viewable manner; a memory card interface (I / F) 137 for reading the memory card 37 for storing the display data or the location information of the display data; Similarly, the internal communication unit 35 provided with a communication circuit for performing data communication with the slave paper 4 by connecting to the communication ring 23 and the time measuring device 38 for measuring time are connected to the CPU 31 via the bus. It is connected.

  Further, the master paper 3 is provided with a battery 54 for supplying power to the master paper 3 and the slave paper 4 bound to the binding member 2 and a ground 55 for stably operating the display device 1. The battery 54 is connected to the power supply ring 21 for supplying power to the slave paper 4, and the ground 55 is connected to the grounding ring 22 for stabilizing the operation of the slave paper 4. Further, the battery 54 and the ground 55 are connected to the position detection ring 24 in order to pass a current to the position detection ring 24. Further, the master paper 3 is provided with an open / close detection unit 39, which is connected to the convex portion 142 of the position detection ring 24 and connected to the switch 148 of the position detection ring 24 to open / close the position detection ring 24. Detection is performed.

  On the other hand, the slave paper 4 includes a CPU 41 that controls the entire slave paper 4, a ROM 42 that stores programs, a RAM 43 that temporarily stores data, an EEPROM 44 that stores the serial number of the slave paper 4, and content information. A flash ROM 49 is provided. The ROM 42, the RAM 43, the EEPROM 44, and the Flash ROM 49 are connected to the CPU 41 via a bus. The serial number stored in the EEPROM 404 is a number unique to each slave paper 4 and is identification information of the slave paper 4 that can be uniquely identified from other slave papers 4. A display unit 46 for displaying the display data so as to be browsed is also connected to the CPU 41.

  And the internal communication part 45 provided with the communication circuit for connecting to the communication ring 23 and performing data communication between the master paper 3 is similarly connected to CPU401 via the bus | bath. Further, a voltage measuring unit 48 that measures the voltage of the electrical resistor 144 is provided by connecting to the electrical resistor 144 (see FIG. 7) of the position detection ring 24. Then, in order to detect where the slave paper 4 is arranged, it is connected to a voltage measuring unit 48, and a position detecting unit 47 for A / D converting the measured voltage is also connected to the CPU 41 via a bus. Yes. The position detection unit 47 corresponds to the position detection means of the present invention.

  Next, the RAM 33 of the master paper 3 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 10, the RAM 33 has a page data expansion area 331, a memory card access work area 332, a paper order management table storage area 333, a temporary display data storage area 334, an old paper order management table storage area 335, and a connection. Paper number storage area 336, content page number storage area 337, display start page number storage area 338, start paper sequence number storage area 339, rewritten page number storage area 340, transmission destination manufacturing number storage area 341, scanning manufacturing number storage area 342 , Temporary display page number storage area 343, display update flag storage area 344, page number offset storage area 345, additional electronic paper manufacturing number storage area 346, scanning position storage area 347, additional electronic paper sequence number storage area 348, table Such as the storage area 349 are provided paper sequence number. The RAM 33 is provided with other storage areas.

The page data expansion area 331 stores display data to be displayed on the display unit 36, and the memory card access work area 332 is used as a temporary use area when accessing the memory card 37. In the paper order management table storage area 333, a paper order management table describing the order of the electronic paper 5 bound to the display device 1 and which page of content is displayed on the electronic paper 5 (see FIG. 11). ) Is stored, and the old paper order management table storage area 335 stores a table before update when the paper order management table is updated. Then, in the temporary display data storage area 334, when the slave paper 4 is added, the content displayed on the display unit 46 of the added additional electronic paper is electronically bound to the display device 1 originally. Image data to be displayed on the screen 5 is stored.

  The connected paper number storage area 336 stores the number of electronic papers 5 bound to the display device 1, and the content page number storage area 337 reads from the memory card 37 and displays the display units 36 and 46. The total number of pages of the content displayed in is stored. The display start page number storage area 338 stores the first page number displayed on the display units 36 and 46 in the displayed content, and the start paper sequence number storage area 339 stores the display unit 36 of the electronic paper 5. , 46 is updated, a value indicating which paper order number of the electronic paper 5 is designated to be updated is stored, and the rewritten page number storage area 340 stores the display of the electronic paper 5. When updating the display of the parts 36 and 46, a value indicating how many pages of content are to be updated is stored.

  In the transmission destination manufacturing number storage area 341, a manufacturing number indicating the transmission destination slave paper 4 is stored when an image to be displayed on the slave paper 4 is transmitted. Scanning serial number storage area 342 is used when determining whether or not electronic paper 5 has been beaten. The additional electronic paper manufacturing number storage area 346 stores the manufacturing number of the additional electronic paper. The temporary display page number storage area 343, the display update flag storage area 344, the page number offset storage area 345, the additional electronic paper manufacturing number storage area 346, the additional electronic paper sequence number storage area 348, and the display paper sequence number storage area 349 are temporarily stored. This is used in the display page display process (see FIG. 18). The temporary display page number storage area 343 is used to indicate the page number to be displayed, and the display update flag storage area 344 is used to determine whether all pages have been displayed. The page number offset storage area 345 Is used to designate how far the additional electronic paper is to be displayed on the electronic paper 5, and the additional page sequence number storage area 348 indicates the binding position of the additional electronic paper in the display device 1. A sequence number is stored. Further, the RAM 33 is provided with a storage area for a “response waiting timer”. The “response waiting timer” stores a value obtained by adding the time to be measured to the time when the timer is set, that is, the time when the measurement by the timer is completed.

  Next, the display page order management table stored in the paper order management table storage area 333 will be described with reference to FIG. In the page order management table, a paper order number field indicating the order of the bound electronic paper 5, a manufacturing number field that is a manufacturing number of each electronic paper 5, and position information of the electronic paper 5 are values of 0 to 255. An intra-ring position column and a displayed page number column indicating a page of content displayed on the electronic paper 5 are provided. The value stored in the manufacturing number column is a number for identifying the electronic paper 5 stored in the EEPROM 55 of each electronic paper 5.

  In the example shown in FIG. 11, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, four slave papers 4 and one master paper 3 are bound behind the slave paper 4, and one page of content is stored in the first slave paper 4. This is the paper order management table 3331 in which the second page, the third page, the fourth page, and the fifth page are displayed. As shown in FIG. 11, the electronic paper 5 having the paper sequence number “1” has the manufacturing number “S00234”, the position in the ring is “124”, and the displayed page number is “1”. The electronic paper 5 with the number “2” has the manufacturing number “S04058”, the position in the ring is “125”, the displayed page number is “2”, and the paper order number is “3”. The electronic paper 5 with the serial number “S48224”, the ring position “126”, the displayed page number “3”, and the paper sequence number “4” has the serial number “S19509”. Yes, the position in the ring is “127”, the displayed page number is “4”, the electronic paper 5 whose paper sequence number is “5” has the manufacturing number “M00001”, and the position in the ring is “128”. The displayed page number is “5”.

  Next, the RAM 43 of the slave paper 4 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 12, in the RAM 43, a page data expansion area 433 for storing display position data to be displayed on the connection position storage area 431 and the display section 46 for storing position information as a detection result of the position detection section 47. , Other storage areas not shown are provided.

  Next, the EEPROM 44 of the slave paper 4 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 13, the EEPROM 44 has a manufacturing number storage area 441 that stores the manufacturing number of the slave paper 4, and a displayed page number storage area 443 that stores the page number of the content displayed on the display unit 46. Is provided. The production number stored in the production number storage area 441 is a number unique to each slave paper 4 and is identification information of the slave paper 4 that can be uniquely identified from other slave papers 4.

  Next, the FlashROM 49 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 99, the Flash ROM 49 is provided with a content information storage area 442 that stores image information of the entire content displayed on the display unit 46 of the slave paper 4.

  Next, the master paper main process performed by the CPU 31 of the master paper 3 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. FIG. 14 is a flowchart of the master paper main process, FIG. 15 is a flowchart of the paper information collection process performed in the master paper main process, and FIG. 16 is a content information transmission process performed in the master paper main process. FIG. 17 is a flowchart of the data display process performed in the master paper main process. FIG. 18 is a flowchart of the temporary display page display process performed in the master paper main process. FIG. 18 is a flowchart of the temporary display page display process performed in the master paper main process, and is a continuation of the flowchart shown in FIG. 18. 20 is a flowchart of the page update process performed in the master paper main process, FIG. 21 is a flowchart of the top page position scanning process performed in the page update process, and FIG. 22 is a page update process. FIG. 23 is a flowchart of the multi-page position detection process executed in the page update process, and FIG. 24 is the content information executed in the master paper main process. It is a flowchart of an acquisition process.

  The master paper main process shown in FIG. 14 is started when the display device 1 is turned on. Here, commands used between the master paper 3 and the slave paper 4 will be described. There are four types of commands transmitted from the master paper 3 to the slave paper 4 related to the present invention: a “REQID” command, a “REQWRITE” command, a “REQDATA” command, and a “REQCONTENTS” command. There are four types of commands to be transmitted: “SENDID” command, “SENDDONE” command, “SENDDATA” command, and “SENDCONTENTS” command. These commands are exchanged between the master paper 3 and the slave paper 4 via the communication ring 23.

  These commands are transmitted as data in a format of (electronic paper type, destination position, destination serial number, command type, attached data). In “type of electronic paper”, “M” indicating master paper 3 or “S” indicating slave paper 4 is set. In the “destination position”, when the command is transmitted to the slave paper 4, the connection position in the position detection ring 24 of the slave paper 4 is set, and the “destination manufacturing number” is transmitted to the slave paper 4. If the command is a command, the serial number of the slave paper 4 is set. In the “command type”, alphabets indicating commands such as “REQID”, “REQWRITE”, and “REQDATA” are set, and in the “attached data”, data corresponding to each command is set.

  The “REQID” command is a request for transmission of the manufacturing number to the slave paper 4 arranged at the designated scanning position. In the slave paper 4, when the designated scanning position is the same as the value detected by the position detection unit 46, the slave paper 4 is transmitted to the master paper 3 by putting its own manufacturing number on the “SENDID” command. The “REQID” command is transmitted as data in the format of (S, scan position of requested slave paper 4, *, REQID). There is no attached data. The “SENDID” command is transmitted as data in the format (M, *, *, SENDID, serial number). In “manufacturing number”, the manufacturing number of the slave paper 4 that transmits this command is set.

  The “REQWRITE” command is used to transmit image data of a content page to be displayed on the display unit 46 of the slave paper 4. Upon receiving this command, the slave paper 4 sends a “SENDDONE” command to the master paper 3 in order to notify that the image data is to be displayed on the display unit 46. The “REQWRITE” command is transmitted as data in the format of (S, *, serial number of the slave paper 4 of the transmission destination, REQWRITE, expanded data). Then, “development data” of an image to be displayed as attached data is set. The “SENDDONE” command is transmitted to the master paper 3 as data in the format (M, *, *, SENDDONE, NULL). Then, “NULL” indicating that the display has been completed normally is set in the attached data.

  The “REQDATA” command is used to transmit content information to the slave paper 4. In the present embodiment, “content information” is the expanded data of all pages of content. Upon receiving this command, the slave paper 4 stores the content information in the content information storage area 442 of the Flash ROM 49. The “REQDATA” command is transmitted as data in the format (S, *, serial number of the slave paper 4 of the transmission destination, REQDATA, expanded data of all pages). Then, the “SENDDATA” command is transmitted to the master paper 3 as data in the format (M, *, *, SENDDATA, NULL). Then, “NULL” indicating that the display has been completed normally is set in the attached data.

  The “REQCONTENTS” command is used to acquire content information from additional electronic paper. In the slave paper 4 that has received the “REQCONTENTS” command, the content information stored in the content information storage area 442 of the FlashROM 49 and the page number stored in the displayed page number storage area 443 are placed in the “SENDCONTENTS” command. Transmit to master paper 3. The “REQCONTENTS” command is transmitted as data in the format of (S, *, additional electronic paper manufacturing number, REQCONTENTS), and the “SENDCONTENTS” command is in the format of (M, *, *, SENDCONTENTS, content information and page number). Sent as data.

  Now, the master paper main process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, an initial value “1” is stored in “display start page number” provided in the display start page number storage area 338 (S1). This is an instruction to display an image from the first electronic paper 5 (the uppermost electronic paper 5) bound to the display device 1. Then, a paper information collecting process is performed (S2, see FIG. 15). Here, using the position detection ring 24, the manufacturing number of the slave paper 4 that is bound to the display device 1 by the binding member 2 is acquired, the number and order of the electronic paper 5 that is bound are acquired, A paper order management table is created in the paper order management table storage area 333.

  Here, the paper information collection processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, the initial value “0” is stored in the “scanning position” provided in the scanning position storage area 347, and the initial value “1” is stored in the “number of connected papers” provided in the connected paper number storage area 336. The serial number stored in its own EEPROM 34 is stored in the serial number column of the paper order management table, and “128” is stored in the ring position (S31). The scanning position is a variable for scanning the scanning position of the position detection ring 24 from “0” to “255”, and “0” is given as an initial value. As the number of connected papers, “1” is stored by counting own master paper 3.

  Then, the response waiting timer is reset (S32). A value obtained by adding the measurement time to the current time is set in the response waiting timer. Then, a REQID command is transmitted (S33). Here, it is transmitted to the slave paper 4 arranged at the value “0” of the “scan position”. If the slave paper 4 is arranged at the scanning position “0”, a SENDID command including the manufacturing number is returned from the slave paper 4. If the slave paper 4 is not arranged, any slave paper 4 is returned. No response from.

  Therefore, if a SENDID command is received from the slave paper 4, it is assumed that there is a response, and the slave paper 4 is arranged (S34: YES), information related to the slave paper 4 in the page order management table, that is, the SENDID command The placed production number and the value “0” indicated by the “scan position” are stored in the production number column and the ring position column, respectively (S35). Then, “1” is added to the “number of connected papers” provided in the connected paper number storage area 336 (S36). On the other hand, if there is no response from the slave paper 4 (SENDID command received) (S34: NO), the time of the response waiting timer is compared with the current time to determine whether or not the waiting time has elapsed (S40). ). If the time of the response waiting timer is later than the current time and the waiting time has not elapsed (S40: NO), the process returns to S34, and the response from the slave paper 4 is determined (S34). Then, the processes of S34 and S40 are repeated, and when the current time is later than the time of the response waiting timer and the waiting time has passed (S40: YES), the slave paper 4 is arranged at the scanning position. If not, the process proceeds to S37.

  Next, in order to make an inquiry about the next scanning position, “1” is added to “scanning position” to be “1” (S37). Then, it is determined whether or not “scanning position” is above “255” which is the maximum number of scanning positions (S38). Since the scanning position is still “1” and is not above “255” (S38: NO), the process returns to S32, a response waiting timer is newly set (S32), and a REQID command is transmitted (S33). Then, when the processes of S32 to S38 are repeatedly performed and the “scanning position” is higher than “255” (S38: YES), information on all the electronic papers 5 bound to the position detection ring 24 is displayed on the page. This is stored in the order management table, and the “number of connected papers” is also counted. Here, as in the example shown in FIG. 1, the “number of connected papers” is assumed to be “5”. Therefore, the information stored in the page order management table is sorted in ascending order of the values in the ring position column (S39). That is, they are rearranged in ascending order of the ring position values. Then, the paper order determination process ends, and the process returns to the master paper main process.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 14, in the master paper main process, when the paper information collection process is completed (S2), in order from the number indicated by the “display start page number” provided in the display start page number storage area 338. A paper order number is assigned to the paper order number field of the page order management table (S3). In S1, since the “display start page number” is “1”, in the paper order management table, the paper order numbers are “1”, “2”, “3”,.・ It will be assigned. The initial value “1” is stored in the “start paper sequence number” provided in the start paper sequence number storage area 339, and the connected paper is connected to the “number of rewrite pages” provided in the rewrite page number storage area 340. The “number of connected papers” stored in the number storage area 336 is stored (S4). In other words, the display is performed on all the electronic papers 5 from the “first” electronic paper 5.

  Then, content information transmission processing is performed (S5, see FIG. 16). In this content information transmission process, content to be displayed (content stored in the memory card 37 or content displayed on the additional electronic paper) for the slave paper 4 bound to the display device 1 is displayed. The expansion data of all pages is transmitted. This is because when the slave paper 4 is extracted and added to another display device, pages other than the page displayed on the slave paper 4 are displayed on the electronic paper 5 bound to the other display device. It is for making it happen. Hereinafter, the development data of all pages of the content to be displayed transmitted from the master paper 3 to the slave paper 4 will be referred to as “content information”.

  Here, the content information transmission process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. As shown in FIG. 16, first, the initial value “0” is stored in the variable i (S51). The variable i has a storage area in a storage area (not shown) of the RAM 33. Then, “1” is added to the variable i to be “1” (S52). Then, it is determined whether or not the value of the variable i has become larger than the “number of connected papers” stored in the connected paper number storage area 336 (S53). Since the variable i is still “1”, it is not larger than “5” which is the “number of connected papers” (S53: NO), so the manufacturing number of the electronic paper 5 of the i-th paper sequence number is read from the paper sequence management table. And is stored as “transmission destination manufacturing number” in the transmission destination manufacturing number storage area 341 (S54). Then, it is determined whether or not it is the master paper 3 based on the “transmission destination manufacturing number” (S55). If the “destination manufacturing number” starts with “M”, it is the master paper 3 (S55: YES), so there is no need to send a command for transmitting the expanded data of all pages. Therefore, the process returns to S52.

  In the example shown in FIG. 11, the “transmission destination manufacturing number” is “S0234” and starts with “S”, so it is not the master paper 3 but the slave paper 4 (S55: NO). Therefore, it is determined whether there is additional electronic paper (S56). If there is additional electronic paper (S56: YES), since the content displayed on the additional electronic paper is displayed after this, it is necessary to transmit the expanded data of all pages to the slave paper 4 as "content information". However, if there is no additional electronic paper (S56: NO), the content stored in the memory card 37 is displayed. Therefore, the expanded data of all pages of the content stored in the memory card 37 as “content information” is displayed. Sent. Here, since it is the content information transmission process performed in S5 of the main process and is performed when the display device 1 is activated, there is no additional electronic paper. In S56, whether or not there is additional electronic paper is determined based on whether or not the expanded data of all pages of the content displayed on the additional electronic paper is stored in the temporary display data storage area 334. . The expanded data (hereinafter referred to as “temporary display data”) of all pages of the content displayed on the additional electronic paper is stored when the additional electronic paper is detected (S56: YES, S58).

  If there is no additional electronic paper (S56: NO), the REQDATA command is sent with the "destination manufacturing number" as the destination, and the expansion data of all pages of the content stored in the memory card 37 is sent as the attached data ( S57). Then, a response command reception process from the slave paper 4 is performed (S59). When the slave paper 4 receives the REQDATA command, it stores the received attached data in the content information storage area 442 of the Flash ROM 49. Then, the SENDDATA command is transmitted to the master paper 3 (see FIG. 29, S311 to S313). When the master paper 3 receives the SENDDATA command as a response command, the process returns to S52. If a response command cannot be received, error processing is performed. For example, retransmission of the REQDATA command.

  Then, when returning to S52, “1” is added to the variable i to become “2” (S52). Then, when the processes of S52 to S59 are repeatedly performed and the variable i becomes larger than the “number of connected papers” (S53: YES), the content information is transmitted to all the display devices 1 bound to the display device 1. Return to the master paper main process.

  As shown in FIG. 14, in the master paper main process, when the content information transmission process ends (S5), a data display process is performed (S6, see FIG. 17). In this data display, the display from the electronic paper 5 designated by the “starting paper sequence number” to the electronic paper 5 designated by the “number of rewritten pages” is updated. Here, since the data display process is performed when the display device 1 is activated, the “start paper sequence number” is “1” and the “number of rewritten pages” is “number of connected papers (5)” in S4. . Therefore, in the data display process performed here, all the electronic papers 5 are displayed.

  Here, the data display process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. As shown in FIG. 17, first, it is determined whether or not the “number of rewritten pages” is equal to or less than “0” (S71). Since the “number of rewritten pages” is still “5” (S71: NO), it is determined whether data is stored in the temporary display data storage area 334 (S72). Since the data display process performed here is a process performed when the display device 1 is activated, there is no additional electronic paper, and therefore, the temporary electronic data storage area 334 also displays the additional electronic paper. Development data for all pages of content is not stored (S72: NO). Therefore, the “displayed page number” of the “starting paper order number” is read from the paper order management table, and the development data of the page is read out from the memory card 37 and stored in the page data development area 331 (S73). . Here, in the example shown in FIG. 11, the first “displayed page number” is “1”, so that the expanded data of the first page is the page displayed as the data displayed on the first electronic paper 5. It is stored in the data development area 331.

  Then, it is determined whether or not the “manufacturing number” of the “starting paper sequence number” matches the manufacturing number stored in its own EEPROM 34 (S75). If they match (S75: YES), they are displayed on the master paper 3 instead of the slave paper 4, so there is no need to send the REQWRITE command, and the development data in the page data development area 331 is displayed on the display unit 36. (S76). On the other hand, if they do not match (S75: NO), they are displayed on the slave paper 4, so a REQWRITE command is transmitted (S77), and a response reception process is performed (S78). In the example shown in FIG. 11, the first “manufacturing number is“ S00234 ”and does not match its own manufacturing number“ M00001 ”(S75: YES),” therefore, “S00234” as the transmission destination and one page as the attached data A REQWRITE command with the eye expansion data set is transmitted.

  Then, “1” is subtracted from “number of rewritten pages” to be “4” (S79). Then, “1” is added to “start paper sequence number” to be “2” (S80). Then, the value of “start paper sequence number” is compared with “number of connected papers” (S81). If the “start paper sequence number” is not greater than the “number of connected papers” (S81: NO), the process directly returns to S71. If the “starting paper sequence number” is larger than the “number of connected papers” (S81: YES), it is necessary to display the next top electronic paper 5, so “1” is displayed in the “starting paper sequence number”. Stored (S82). Then, the process returns to S71.

  Then, when the processes of S71 to S82 are repeatedly performed and all the electronic papers 5 whose display is to be updated are displayed, and the “number of rewritten pages” is equal to or less than “0” (S71: YES), this process is performed. Ends and returns to the main process. As shown in FIG. 14, the processes from S1 to S6 are performed, and the display process at the time of activation in the display device 1 is completed.

  Then, it is determined whether or not the binding member 2 has been opened and closed (S7). This is performed depending on whether or not the switch 148 provided at the end 1491 of the opening / closing part 149 of the position detection ring 24 is turned off and then the signal turned on is received. If the binding member 2 is not opened or closed (S7: NO), only the display update process (S29, see FIGS. 20 to 23) when the page is turned may be performed.

  Here, the page update processing will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. As shown in FIG. 20, first, the paper order management table stored in the paper order management table storage area 333 is copied to the old paper order management table storage area 335 (S201). Then, a paper information collecting process is performed (S202, see FIG. 15). The paper information collection process is the same as the process performed in S2, and has been described above with reference to FIG. Here, a new paper order management table for the electronic paper 5 bound in the current display device 1 is created.

  Then, the first page position scanning process is performed (S203, see FIG. 21). This first page position scanning process is performed when only the first electronic paper 5 is beaten. The paper order management table at this time is the paper order management table 3332 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 21, first, the first manufacturing number of the old paper order management table is stored in the “scanning manufacturing number” provided in the scanning manufacturing number storage area 342 (S211). That is, the serial number of the electronic paper 5 that was the first sheet last time is acquired. In the example illustrated in FIG. 11, “S00234”. Then, the “paper order number” of the “scan manufacturing number” is read from the paper order management table, and it is determined whether or not it matches the “number of connected papers” (S212). In this case, it is determined whether or not the electronic paper 5 that was the first sheet is the “number of connected papers”, that is, the last one.

  As shown in FIG. 25, in a state where only one sheet is hit, the paper order number of “S00234” is “5” and the number of connected papers is “5”, which coincides (S212: YES). Therefore, the “displayed page number” of the last data in the paper order management table is updated to a value obtained by adding “1” to the “displayed page number” of the previous data (S214). That is, “1” is added to “5” to obtain “6”. Then, “1” is added to “starting paper sequence number” (S215). Here, “1” is added to “1” to obtain “2”. Then, it is determined whether or not the last “displayed page number” in the paper order management table is larger than the “content page number” stored in the content page number storage area 337 (S216).

  If the last “displayed page number” is larger than the “content page number” (S216: YES), there is no page to be displayed on the last electronic paper 5, so “starting paper sequence number” has “number of connected papers”. “1” indicating only the last electronic paper 5 is stored in “number of rewritten pages”, and a code for displaying a screen indicating the end of content is stored in the last “displayed page number” of the paper order management table. (S218). Note that if the last “displayed page number” is not larger than the “content page number” (S216: NO), the page of the stored page number can be displayed as it is. "Number of connected papers" is stored, and "1" indicating only the last electronic paper 5 is stored in "Number of rewritten pages" (S217). Then, the process returns to the page update process.

  On the other hand, if the “paper sequence number” of the “scan manufacturing number” and the “number of connected papers” do not match (S212: NO), the first electronic paper 5 is not just burned. “0” is stored in the “number of pages” (S213), the process is terminated, and the process returns to the page update process.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 20, in the page update process, it is determined whether there is a page turn (S204). If a value greater than “0” is stored in the “number of rewritten pages”, it is determined that there is a page turn (S204: YES). If the paper order management table is in a state like the paper order management table 3332 shown in FIG. 25, “1” is stored in the “number of rewritten pages”, so it is determined that there is a page turn (S204: YES). ), A data display process is performed (S209, FIG. 17). Then, the page update process ends, and the process returns to the main process. If the paper order management table created in S202 is not in the state as shown in FIG. 25, it is not determined that there is a page turn (S204: NO). Therefore, next, a rear end page position scanning process is performed (S205, see FIG. 22).

  This rear end page position scanning process is performed when the last electronic paper 5 is the first sheet. That is, it is a case where the last electronic paper 5 is turned in a direction to return the page. Here, as an example, consider a case where the last electronic paper 5 is returned from the state of the paper order management table 3332 shown in FIG. The paper order management table at this time is the paper order management table 3333 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 22, first, the last manufacturing number of the old paper order management table is stored in the “scanning manufacturing number” provided in the scanning manufacturing number storage area 342 (S231). That is, the serial number of the electronic paper 5 that was last and last is acquired. In the example illustrated in FIG. 11, “S00234”. Then, the “paper order number” of the “scan manufacturing number” is read from the paper order management table, and it is determined whether or not it matches “1” (S232). In this case, it is determined whether or not the electronic paper 5 that was last and last is currently the first sheet.

  As shown in FIG. 26, in a state where the last electronic paper 5 is the first sheet, the paper order number of “S00234” is “1”, which matches “1” (S232: YES). Therefore, the “displayed page number” of the last data in the paper order management table is updated to a value obtained by subtracting “1” from the “displayed page number” of the next data (S234). That is, “1” is subtracted from “2” to be “1”. Then, “1” is subtracted from “starting paper sequence number” (S235). Here, “2” to “1” are added to “2”. Then, it is determined whether or not the last “displayed page number” in the paper order management table is smaller than “1” (S236).

  If the last “displayed page number” is smaller than “1” (S236: YES), since there is no page to be displayed on the last electronic paper 5, “1” is stored in the “starting paper sequence number”. “1” indicating only the first electronic paper 5 is stored in the “number of rewritten pages”, and a code for displaying a screen indicating the start of content is stored in the first “displayed page number” of the paper order management table. “0” is stored in the display start page number (S238). If the last “displayed page number” is not smaller than “1” (S236: NO), the page of the stored page number can be displayed as it is, so that the “starting paper sequence number” is displayed. “1” is stored, and “1” indicating only the last electronic paper 5 is stored in “number of rewritten pages” (S237). Then, the process returns to the page update process.

  On the other hand, if the “paper sequence number” of the “scan manufacturing number” does not match “1” (S232: NO), the last electronic paper 5 is not returned, and therefore “0” is set in the “number of rewritten pages”. Is stored (S233), the process ends, and the process returns to the page update process.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 20, in the page update process, it is determined whether there is a page turn (S206). If a value larger than “0” is stored in the “number of rewritten pages”, it is determined that there is a page turn (S206: YES). If the paper order management table is in a state like the paper order management table 3333 shown in FIG. 26, “1” is stored in the “number of rewritten pages”, so it is determined that there is a page turn (S206: YES). ), A data display process is performed (S209, FIG. 17). Then, the page update process ends, and the process returns to the main process. If the paper order management table created in S202 is not in the state as shown in FIG. 26, it is not determined that there is a page turn (S206: NO). Therefore, next, a multiple page position scanning process is performed (S207, see FIG. 23).

  This multi-page position scanning process is performed when a plurality of electronic papers 5 are turned. That is, it is a case where the last electronic paper 5 is turned in a direction to return the page. Here, as an example, consider a case where two electronic papers 5 are beaten from the state of the paper order management table 3331 shown in FIG. The paper order management table at this time is the paper order management table 3334 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 23, first, the last manufacturing number in the old paper order management table is stored in “scanning manufacturing number” provided in the scanning manufacturing number storage area 342 (S251). That is, the serial number of the electronic paper 5 that was last and last is acquired. In the example shown in FIG. 11, it is “M00001”. Then, the “paper order number” of the “scan manufacturing number” is read from the paper order management table and the old paper order management table, respectively, and it is determined whether or not the values match (S252). This is because the electronic paper 5 is turned up, and it is determined whether or not the position of each electronic paper 5 has changed.

  As shown in FIG. 27, in a state where two sheets of electronic paper 5 are held, the paper order number of “M00001” in the paper order management table is “3”, and “M00001” in the old paper order management table. The paper order number is “5” and does not match (S252: NO). Therefore, the first “displayed page number” in the table is stored in “display start page number” (S254). In the “displayed page number” of the first electronic paper 5, the “displayed page number” of the first “manufacturing number” is read from the old paper order management table, stored as it is, and the paper order. In the second to last “displayed page number” in the management table, values obtained by sequentially adding “1” to the first “displayed page number” are stored (S255). Then, “2” indicating the second and subsequent sheets is stored in the “starting paper sequence number” (S253), and “1” is subtracted from the “number of rewritten pages” (S256). Then, the process returns to the page update process.

  On the other hand, if the values of the “paper order number” of the “scan manufacturing number” read from the paper order management table and the old paper order management table match (S252: YES), the order of the electronic paper 5 is not changed. Since it has not been beaten, “0” is stored in the “number of rewritten pages” (S253), the process ends, and the process returns to the page update process.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 20, in the page update process, it is determined whether or not there is a page turn (S208). If a value greater than “0” is stored in the “number of rewritten pages”, it is determined that there is a page turn (S208: YES). If the paper order management table is in a state like the paper order management table 3334 shown in FIG. 27, since “number of connected papers−1” is stored in “number of rewritten pages”, it is determined that there was a page turn. (S208: YES), data display processing is performed (S209, FIG. 17). Then, the page update process ends, and the process returns to the main process. If the paper order management table created in S202 is not in the state as shown in FIG. 27, it is not determined that there was a page turn (S208: NO). Therefore, the page update process ends as it is, and the process returns to the main process.

  Note that the page display process of S209 in the page update process is the same as the data display process (see FIG. 17) performed in S6. Here, if additional electronic paper has already been inserted, data is stored in the temporary display data storage area 334, and it may be determined in S72 that temporary data is stored (S72: YES). In this case, the development data is read from the temporary display data storage area 334, not from the memory card 37, and stored in the page data development area 331 (S74).

  Next, returning to the main process shown in FIG. 14, the case where it is determined in S7 that the binding member 2 has been opened and closed will be described. If the binding member 2 is opened and closed (S7: YES), the slave paper 4 may be added to the display device 1 or the slave paper 4 may be removed from the display device 1. In the display device 1 of the present invention, if the slave paper 4 is added (S101: YES), the content displayed on the added slave paper 4 (additional electronic paper) is originally bound to the electronic paper 5 bound. (S14, S15). If the slave paper 4 has been extracted from the display device 1 (S11: NO), the display of the remaining electronic paper 5 is updated based on whether or not the extracted slave paper 4 is additional electronic paper. Is performed (S21 to S26).

  First, the paper order management table stored in the paper order management table storage area 333 is copied to the old paper order management table storage area 335 (S8). Then, a paper information collection process is performed (S9, see FIG. 15). The paper information collection process is the same as the process performed in S2, and has been described above with reference to FIG. Here, a new paper order management table for the electronic paper 5 bound in the current display device 1 is created.

  Then, the old paper order management table and the paper order management table are compared, and it is determined whether there is a change in the bound electronic paper 5 depending on whether or not they match (S10). The paper order management table 3335 shown in FIG. 28 is a paper order management table when the slave paper 411 is added between the first and second electronic papers 5 as shown in FIG. In such a case, the paper order management table 3331 shown in FIG. 11 is stored as the old paper order management table, and the paper order management table 3331 and the paper order management table 3335 are compared. Since five data are stored in the old paper order management table 3331 and six data are stored in the paper order management table 3335, it is determined that there has been a change (S10: YES).

  If there is a change (S10: YES), it is determined whether or not the electronic paper 5 has been added (S11). If the number of data in the paper order management table has increased, the electronic paper 5 has been added (S11: YES). In the example of the paper order management table 3335 shown in FIG. 28, since the number of data has increased from “5” to “6”, it is determined that the data has been added. Therefore, a content information acquisition process for acquiring “content information” from the additional electronic paper is performed (S12, see FIG. 24).

  As shown in FIG. 24, first, the paper order management table and the old paper order management table are compared, and the additional electronic paper manufacturing number is stored as the “additional electronic paper manufacturing number” as the manufacturing number not in the old paper order management table. It is stored in the area 346 (S101). In the paper order management table 3335 shown in FIG. 28, the slave paper 4 whose “paper order number” is “2” and whose “manufacturing number” is “S01127” is not in the paper order management table 3331. “S01127” is stored in the additional electronic paper manufacturing number storage area 346 as “additional electronic paper manufacturing number”. Then, a “REQCONTENTS” command is transmitted to the slave paper 4 of “additional electronic paper manufacturing number” (S102). Then, the reception processing of the “SENDCONTENS” command from the slave paper 4 is performed (103). Then, the process returns to the master paper main process. If there is no change between the paper order table and the old paper order table (S10: NO), there is no addition or deletion of the electronic paper 5, and the process directly returns to S7.

  As shown in FIG. 14, in the master paper main process, it is determined whether or not there is content information depending on whether or not the content information and the additional electronic paper page number are set in the received “SENDCONTENS” command. (S13). Therefore, if the content information and the additional electronic paper page number are set (S13: YES), they are stored in the temporary display data storage area 334 of the temporary display data storage area 334 of the RAM 33 (S14). Then, a temporary display page display process is performed (see S15, FIG. 18 and FIG. 19).

  Here, the temporary display page display processing will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 18 and 19. Here, description will be given by taking the explanatory diagram 501 shown in FIG. 3 as an example. First, the “paper order number” of the additional electronic paper manufacturing number is read from the paper order management table and stored in the additional electronic paper order number storage area 348 as “additional electronic paper order number” (S131). Specifically, the paper order number “2” of the production number “S01127” is stored. Then, the initial value “1” is stored in the “page number offset” provided in the page number offset storage area 345 (S132). Then, “0” is stored in the display update flag (S133).

  Next, display processing on the electronic paper 5 bound before the additional electronic paper is performed (S133 to S143). First, a value obtained by subtracting “page number offset” from “added electronic paper sequence number” is stored as “display paper sequence number” in the display paper sequence number storage area 349 (S134). In this example, “2-1 = 1” is stored. Then, it is determined whether or not data having “paper order number” as “paper order number” exists in the paper order management table (S135). Since data having “1” as “paper order number” exists in the paper order management table 3334, it is determined that the data exists (S135: YES). Then, “page number offset” is subtracted from “additional electronic paper page number” stored in temporary display data storage area 334 to “temporary display page number” provided in temporary display page number storage area 343. The value is stored (S136). In the example of the explanatory diagram 501 shown in FIG. 3, since the third page of the content “Document B” is displayed on the additional electronic paper 411, “3” is stored as the “additional electronic paper page number”. Yes. Therefore, the “temporary display page number” is set to “3-1 = 2”. Since the “temporary display page number” is larger than “0” (S137: YES), the temporary display data stored in the temporary display data storage area 334 (the expansion of all pages of the content displayed on the additional electronic paper) is developed. From the data), the development data of the page indicated by “temporary display page number” is stored in the page data development area 331 (S138).

  Then, it is determined whether or not the production number of the “display paper page number” data indicates the master paper 3 (S139). If the serial number starts with “S”, since it is not the master paper 3 but the slave paper 4 (S139: NO), a REQWRITE command is transmitted (S140). If the manufacturing number starts with “M”, it indicates the master paper 3 (S139: YES), and the development data stored in the page data development area 331 is displayed on the display unit 36 (S142). . In the example of the paper order management table 3334 shown in FIG. 28, since the “1” -th production number is “S00234” and not the master paper 3 (S139: NO), “S00234” is set as the transmission destination, and page data expansion is performed. A REQWRITE command in which the decompressed data stored in the area 331 is attached data is transmitted (S140). Then, the reception processing of the SENDWRITE command from the slave paper 4 with the production number “S00234” is performed (S141). Although not shown, at this time, the “temporary display page number” is stored in the displayed page number column of the paper order management table. Then, since the display on the electronic paper 5 is performed, “1” is added to the display flag to be “1” (S143). Then, the process proceeds to S154 shown in FIG.

  In addition, when there is no data having “paper order number” as “paper order number” in the paper order management table (S135: NO), or when “temporary display page number” is not larger than “0” (S137). : NO), since there is no electronic paper 5 to be displayed before the additional electronic paper, the display update flag is not added, and the process proceeds to S154.

  In S154 to S163, display processing on the electronic paper 5 after the additional electronic paper is performed. First, a value obtained by adding “page number offset” to “added electronic paper sequence number” is stored in the display paper sequence number storage area 349 as “display paper sequence number” (S154). Here, “2 + 1 = 3” is stored. Then, it is determined whether or not data having “paper order number” as “paper order number” exists in the paper order management table (S155). Since data having “3” as “paper order number” exists in the paper order management table 3334, it is determined that the data exists (S155: YES). Then, “page number offset” is added to “additional electronic paper page number” stored in temporary display data storage area 334 to “temporary display page number” provided in temporary display page number storage area 343. The value is stored (S156). In the example of the explanatory diagram 501 shown in FIG. 3, since the third page of the content “Document B” is displayed on the additional electronic paper 411, “3” is stored as the “additional electronic paper page number”. Yes. Therefore, “temporary display page number” is set to “3 + 1 = 4”. Since the “temporary display page number” is larger than “0” (S157: YES), the temporary display data stored in the temporary display data storage area 334 (development of all pages of the content displayed on the additional electronic paper) Data), the page development data indicated by the “temporary display page number” is stored in the page data development area 331 (S158).

  Then, it is determined whether or not the production number of the “display paper page number” data indicates the master paper 3 (S159). If the serial number starts with “S”, since it is not the master paper 3 but the slave paper 4 (S159: NO), a REQWRITE command is transmitted (S161). If the production number starts with “M”, it indicates the master paper 3 (S159: YES), and the development data stored in the page data development area 331 is displayed on the display unit 36 (S160). . In the example of the paper order management table 3335 shown in FIG. 28, since the “3” -th serial number is “S04058” and not the master paper 3 (S159: NO), “S04058” is set as the transmission destination, and page data development is performed. A REQWRITE command in which the decompressed data stored in the area 331 is attached data is transmitted (S161). Then, the reception processing of the SENDWRITE command from the slave paper 4 with the production number “S04058” is performed (S162). Although not shown, at this time, the “temporary display page number” is stored in the displayed page number column of the paper order management table. Then, since the display on the electronic paper 5 is performed, “1” is added to the display flag to be “2” (S163). Then, the process proceeds to S164.

  It should be noted that when there is no data having “paper order number” as “paper order number” in the paper order management table (S155: NO), or when “temporary display page number” is not greater than “0” (S157). : NO), since there is no electronic paper 5 to be displayed before the additional electronic paper, the process proceeds to S164 without adding to the display update flag.

  In S164, it is determined whether or not the display update flag is greater than “0”. If the process for display is being performed, the display update flag is set to “1” or “2”, so it is determined that the display update flag is greater than “0” (S164: YES), and “page number offset” is set to “ 1 "is added (S165), and the process returns to S133. Then, “0” is stored in the display flag and reset (S133), and processing for display on the electronic paper 5 bound at a position distant from one additional electronic paper is performed (S133 to S163). ).

  In this way, when the processes of S133 to S163 are repeated and the display on all the electronic papers 5 before and after the additional electronic paper is finished or there are no more pages to be displayed, the display update flag remains “0”. S164 is performed (S164: NO), the temporary display page display process is terminated, and the process returns to the master paper main process.

  In this way, when the additional electronic paper is inserted, it is displayed on the additional electronic paper on the electronic paper 5 that is originally bound to the display device 1 based on the content information stored in the additional electronic paper. The previously displayed content is displayed.

  Next, the case where the electronic paper 5 is not added but extracted (S11: NO) will be described. First, it is determined whether or not the extracted electronic paper is extracted (S21). When the paper order management table is compared with the old paper order management table, and the data of the manufacturing number stored in the additional electronic paper manufacturing number storage area 346 is lost in the paper order management table, the extracted electronic The paper is determined to be paper (S21: YES). Therefore, the content originally displayed on the display device 1 (content stored in the memory card 37) is displayed again. Therefore, “1” is stored in the “starting paper sequence number”, “number of connected papers” is stored in the “number of rewritten pages” (S22), and the contents information and temporary information stored in the temporary display data storage area 334 are stored. The display page number is deleted (S23). Then, the process proceeds to S25.

  Further, the paper order management table is compared with the old paper order management table, and if the paper order management table has the data of the manufacturing number stored in the additional electronic paper manufacturing number storage area 346, the extracted electronic It is determined that it is not paper (S21: NO). Therefore, it is necessary to display the pages that have been vacated by the extracted electronic paper 5. Therefore, the sequence number of the electronic paper 5 bound after the extracted electronic paper 5 is stored in the “starting paper sequence number”, and the electronic paper after the extracted electronic paper 5 is stored in the “number of rewritten pages”. The number 5 is stored (S24). Then, the process proceeds to S25.

  Then, content information transmission processing is performed (S25, FIG. 16), data display processing is performed (S26, FIG. 17), and the process returns to S7. The content information transmission process and the data display process are the same as those performed in S5 and S6, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

  In this manner, when the slave paper 4 is added in the master paper main process, the content displayed on the additional electronic paper is displayed on the electronic paper 5 originally bound on the display device 1. Further, when the slave paper 4 is extracted, if the extracted electronic paper 5 is an additional electronic paper, the content originally displayed on the display device 1 is displayed.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 29, the slave paper main process performed by the slave paper 4 will be described. FIG. 29 is a flowchart of the slave paper main process. As shown in FIG. 29, this process is also started when the power of the display device 1 is turned on, as in the master paper main process. First, the connection position is updated (S301). Specifically, an A / D conversion value indicating at which position of the position detection ring 24 the slave paper 4 is arranged is acquired. The voltage is measured by the voltage measuring unit 48 and A / D converted from the voltage measuring unit 48 by the position detecting unit 47. In the position detection through hole 64 into which the position detection ring 24 is inserted, values of “0” to “255” are obtained. This A / D conversion value is stored in the connection position storage area 431.

  Then, reception processing of a command transmitted from another electronic paper 5 is performed (S302). When a command is received, it is determined whether or not the command is transmitted to itself depending on whether or not its own connection position is set in “destination position” (S303). Specifically, it is determined whether or not the value set in the second item of the transmitted data and the value stored in the connection position storage area 431 are the same value. If the destination position and the connection position are the same and the command is addressed to itself (S303: YES), it is determined whether the “command type” is REQID. If the value set in the fourth item is “REQID” (S304: YES), the master paper 3 has requested transmission of the manufacturing number, so the SENDID command carrying its own manufacturing number is sent to the master paper 3. Need to be sent to. Therefore, data (M, *, *, SENDID, serial number stored in the EEPROM 44) is created and transmitted from the internal communication unit 45 (S305). Then, the process returns to S301. If the “command type” is not REQID (S304: NO), it is not a command to be processed by the slave paper 4, and the process directly returns to S301.

  If the connection position of the user is not set in the “destination position” (S303: NO), it is determined whether the “destination manufacturing number” is the manufacturing number of itself (S306). Specifically, it is determined whether or not the value set in the third item of the transmitted data is the same value as the serial number stored in the EEPROM 44. If the value of the “destination manufacturing number” is not its own manufacturing number (S306: NO), it is not a command addressed to itself, and the process directly returns to S301. On the other hand, if the value of “destination manufacturing number” is its own manufacturing number (S306: YES), it is a command addressed to itself, so the type of command is confirmed (S307, S311, S314), and each command Processing corresponding to is performed.

  If the “command type” is “REQWRITE” (S307: YES), the expansion data set in the “attached data” of the fifth item of the transmitted data is stored in the page data expansion area 432 of the RAM 43. (S308). Then, the development data of the page data development area 432 is displayed on the display unit 46 (S309). Then, a SENDDONE command indicating the command whose display has been completed is transmitted to the master paper 3 (S310). Specifically, data (M, *, *, SENDDONE, NULL) is transmitted from the internal communication unit 45. Then, the process returns to S301.

  If the “command type” is “REQDATA” (S307: NO, S311: YES), the received content information is stored in the content information storage area 442 of the FlashROM 49 (S312). Then, a SENDDATA command indicating the command for which the storage of the content information is completed is transmitted to the master paper 3 (S313). Specifically, data (M, *, *, SENDDATA, NULL) is transmitted from the internal communication unit 45. Then, the process returns to S301.

  If the “command type” is “REQCONTENTS” (S307: NO, S311: NO, S314: YES), the content stored in the content information storage area 442 of the Flash ROM 49 and the number of pages of the content are used as attached data. , A SENDCONTENTS command is transmitted to the master paper 3 (S315). Specifically, the data (M, *, *, SENDCONTENTS, attached data) is transmitted from the internal communication unit 45. Then, the process returns to S301.

  If not “command type” (S307: NO, S311: NO, S314: NO), although not shown, processing corresponding to each command is performed, and the process returns to S301. Other commands are not the main part of the present invention, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

  Then, the connection position is updated again (S301), and command reception processing is performed (S302). When a command addressed to itself is received (S303: YES), processing corresponding to the command is performed (S304, S305, S306 to S315). In this manner, the processes of S301 to S315 are repeatedly performed, so that display on the display unit 46, acquisition of the connection position, storage of content information, provision of content information according to the command instruction from the master paper 3 Is done.

  In this embodiment, the content information storage area 442 of the flash ROM 49 of the slave paper 4 corresponds to “content information storage means”, and the manufacturing number storage area 441 of the EEPROM 44 of the slave paper 4 corresponds to “identification number storage means”. . The “manufacturing number” corresponds to the “identification number”. The CPU 31 of the master paper 3 that performs the processes S33 to S35 of the paper information collection process shown in FIG. 15 corresponds to “identification information acquisition means”, and the master paper 3 that performs the process S11 of the master paper main process shown in FIG. The CPU 31 corresponds to “increase determination means”, the CPU 31 of the master paper 3 that performs the processing of S101 of the content information acquisition process shown in FIG. 24 corresponds to “additional electronic paper specifying means”, and the master paper main process shown in FIG. The CPU 31 that performs the processes of S12 to S15 corresponds to “display control means”.

  The CPU 41 of the slave paper 4 that performs the process of S301 of the slave paper main process shown in FIG. 29 corresponds to the “position information detection process”, and the CPU 41 of the slave paper 4 that performs the process of S305 and the internal communication unit 45 perform “transmission”. It corresponds to “means”. The internal communication unit 35 corresponds to “position information receiving means”. The CPU 41 that performs the paper information collection processing shown in FIG. 15 corresponds to “order information creation means”, and the paper order management table storage area 333 of the RAM 33 of the master paper 3 corresponds to “order information storage means”. The open / close detection unit 39 of the master paper 3 corresponds to the “open / close detection means”, and the CPU 31 that performs the processes S7 to S9 of the master paper main process in FIG. 14 corresponds to the “post-open / close order information creation control means”.

  The display device, the output device, and the electronic paper of the present invention are not limited to the above-described embodiments, and it is needless to say that various changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. In the above embodiment, the expanded data of all pages is used as the “content information”, but this “content information” may be information that can display all pages of the content displayed on the additional electronic paper. What is necessary is not limited to the expansion data of all pages. For example, the original data of the content before generating the expansion data may be used instead of the expansion data to be displayed on the display units 36 and 46. Further, the display device 1 may be provided with means for connecting to a network, and may be information indicating a location where content exists on the network. The information indicating the location where the content exists is, for example, a URL or a network path. The means for connecting to the network at this time corresponds to “connection means”. Then, in the temporary display data storage process (S14) in the master paper main process (FIG. 14), the content stored in the location indicated by the content information is acquired by connecting to another device by the connection means, and the temporary data storage area The content expansion data acquired in 334 is stored. The CPU 31 that performs this process corresponds to a “content acquisition unit”.

  Further, an “additional electronic paper display unit” may be provided in the slave paper 4, and when added to another display device 1, a display indicating that the slave paper 4 is “additional electronic paper” may be performed. . For this purpose, a light emitter such as an LED may be provided on the slave paper 4 so that the slave paper 4 is lit when it is additional electronic paper. Further, a predetermined mark may be displayed at the corner of the display unit 46. In this case, the light emitting body such as an LED and the display unit 46 are “addition mark output means”, and the CPU 31 of the master paper 3 that instructs the “addition mark output means” to output the “addition mark display control means”. .

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, when the electronic paper 5 was added to the display apparatus 1, the page before and behind the additional electronic paper was displayed, but you may display from the 1st page in order. In the above-described embodiment, information for one page of content displayed on the additional electronic paper is displayed on one display unit 36, 46. For example, one display unit 36, 46 displays two pages of information. May be displayed, four pages may be displayed, or information of a plurality of pages may be displayed. In that case, the number of pages to be displayed on the display units 36 and 46 may be increased as the electronic paper 5 is farther from the additional electronic paper, that is, the pages may be reduced and displayed.

  Here, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 30, processing will be described in the case where the number of pages to be displayed on the display units 36 and 46 is increased as the electronic paper 5 is farther from the additional electronic paper. FIG. 30 is a flowchart of a temporary display data storage process according to a modification. This temporary display data storage process is performed instead of the process of S14 in which the content information acquired from the additional electronic paper is stored as temporary display data in the master paper main process.

  As shown in FIG. 30, first, temporary display data is read from the temporary display data storage area 334 (S501). Then, the paper order number of the additional electronic paper is acquired from the paper order management table, and stored in the additional electronic paper order number storage area 348 as “additional electronic paper order number” (S502). Then, the initial value “1” is stored in “page number” (S503). This “page number” has a storage area in the RAM 33.

  Then, the difference between “additional electronic paper sequence number” and “page number” is stored in “paper position” (S504), and “paper position” is divided by the value obtained by dividing “number of content pages” by “2”. It is stored as “determination value” (S505). The “paper position” and the “judgment value” are also provided in the RAM 33 with storage areas. The “determination value” indicates that the smaller the value is, the more the page should be displayed at a position closer to the additional electronic paper. That is, the page is close to the page displayed on the additional electronic paper. Therefore, it is determined whether or not the “determination value” is smaller than “0.2” (S506). If it is smaller (S506: YES), the expanded data of the page with the page number is saved in the temporary display data storage area 334 with the same magnification (S507). Then, “1” is added to the page number (S508). Then, the process returns to S504, and the next page is processed.

  If it is not smaller than “0.2” (S506: NO), it is determined whether the “determination value” is smaller than “0.6” (S509). If it is smaller than “0.6” (S509: YES), the expanded data of the page with the page number is reduced to ½ and stored in the temporary display data storage area 334 (S510). Then, “1” is added to the page number (S511), and the process returns to S504. If it is not smaller than “0.6” (S509: NO), it is determined whether “page number” is larger than “number of content pages” (S512). If the “page number” is not larger than the “content page number” (S512: NO), since there is still a page to be processed, the expanded data of the page with the page number is reduced to ¼ and temporarily stored as display data. It is stored in the area 334 (S513). Then, “1” is added to the page number (S514), and the process returns to S504. If the “page number” is larger than the “content page number” (S512: YES), the process returns to the master paper main process because all the pages have been processed.

  In this way, the processing of S504 to S512 is repeated, the expanded data is stored at the same magnification for the page close to the page displayed on the additional electronic paper, and the reduced data is stored by reducing the page slightly apart by 1/2. More distant pages are stored at 1/4.

  In the above-described embodiment, it has been described that the display of another electronic paper is rewritten as soon as the electronic paper is added and the binder is bound. However, a button for instructing rewriting of another electronic paper is provided, and the button The display of another electronic paper may be rewritten for the first time as instructed by the above operation.

3 is an external view schematically showing the external appearance of the display device 1. FIG. It is explanatory drawing 500 which showed the state at the time of inserting the slave paper 411 in which the display to the display part 46 was performed by the other display apparatus 1 in the display apparatus 1. FIG. FIG. 501 is an explanatory diagram 501 showing a display state of each electronic paper 5 when the slave paper 411 is inserted into the display device 1. FIG. 53 is an explanatory diagram 502 showing a display state of each electronic paper 5 in a state where the slave paper 411 is extracted from the state of the explanatory diagram 501 shown in FIG. 3. FIG. 50 is an explanatory diagram 501 showing a display state of each electronic paper 5 in a state where the slave paper 403 is extracted from the state of the explanatory diagram 501 shown in FIG. 3. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a cross section of a power supply ring 21. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a cross section of a position detection ring 24. FIG. It is a schematic diagram showing a state in which one master paper 3 and four slave papers 4 are bound to the position detection ring 24. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the display device 1. FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a data structure of a RAM 33 of the master paper 3. FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram showing a data structure of a paper order management table 3331 which is an example of a paper order management table stored in a paper order management table storage area 333. FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing a data structure of a RAM 43 of the slave paper 4. FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing a data structure of an EEPROM 44 of the slave paper 4. FIG. It is a flowchart of a master paper main process. It is a flowchart of the paper information collection process implemented by the master paper main process. It is a flowchart of the content information transmission process implemented by a master paper main process. It is a flowchart of the data display process implemented by a master paper main process. It is a flowchart of the page display process for temporary display implemented by a master paper main process. It is a flowchart of the page display process for temporary display implemented by a master paper main process. It is a flowchart of the page update process implemented by a master paper main process. It is a flowchart of the first page position scanning process performed in the page update process. It is a flowchart of the rear end page position scanning process implemented by a page update process. It is a flowchart of the multiple page position detection process implemented by a page update process. It is a flowchart of the content information acquisition process implemented by a master paper main process. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a paper order table 3332. 6 is a schematic diagram of a paper order table 3333. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a paper order table 3334. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a paper order table 3335. FIG. It is a flowchart of a slave paper main process. It is a flowchart of the temporary display data preservation | save process of a modification. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a data structure of a FlashROM 49. FIG.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Display apparatus 2 Binding member 3 Master paper 4 Slave paper 5 Electronic paper 23 Communication ring 24 Position detection ring 30 Communication part 31 CPU
32 ROM
34 EEPROM
35 Internal Communication Unit 36 Display Unit 37 Memory Card 39 Open / Close Detection Unit 41 CPU
43 RAM
44 EEPROM
45 Internal communication unit 46 Display unit 47 Position detection unit 48 Voltage measurement unit 49 FlashROM
148 Switch 331 Page data development area 333 Paper order management table storage area 334 Temporary display data storage area 431 Connection position storage area 441 Serial number storage area 442 Content information storage area

Claims (23)

A display device comprising: a plurality of electronic papers provided with display means for displaying images; and an output device for controlling output of images to the display means of the plurality of electronic papers,
The electronic paper is
Content information storage means for storing content information, which is information capable of displaying information of all pages of content displayed on the display means;
An identification information storage means for storing identification information for identifying other electronic paper,
The output device is
Identification information acquisition means for acquiring the identification information stored in the identification information storage means from the electronic paper;
An increase determination means for determining whether or not the electronic paper provided in the display device has been increased based on position information that is information indicating the position of the electronic paper;
When it is determined that the electronic paper is increased by the increase determination means, additional electronic paper specifying means for specifying the electronic paper increased based on the position information and the identification information as additional electronic paper;
Based on the content information stored in the content information storage unit of the additional electronic paper when the increase determination unit determines that the electronic paper is increased, an image of the content indicated by the content information is obtained. A display device comprising display control means for displaying on the display means of the electronic paper provided in the display device. The electronic paper is
Position information detecting means for detecting the position information;
Transmission means for transmitting the position information detected by the position information detection means to the output device,
The output device is
Position information receiving means for receiving the position information transmitted from the transmitting means,
The display device according to claim 1, wherein the increase determination unit determines whether the electronic paper has been increased based on the position information received by the position information reception unit. The output device is
Order information creating means for creating order information that can identify the order of the electronic paper provided in the display device based on the position information and the identification information;
Order information storage means for storing the order information created by the order information creation means,
The display control means displays an image of the content indicated by the content information on the display means of the electronic paper provided in the display device based on the order information stored in the order information storage means. The display device according to claim 1 or 2.   The display control means uses the content page displayed on the display means of the additional electronic paper as a reference page, based on the order information stored in the order information storage means, before and after the reference page. 4. The display device according to claim 3, wherein the image of the page is displayed in page order on the display unit of the electronic paper before and after the additional electronic paper. 5. A binding member that binds the plurality of electronic papers provided in the display device;
The output device is
Open / close detecting means for detecting that the binding member is opened / closed;
An opening / closing order information creation control means for creating the order information by the order information creating means when the opening / closing detecting means detects that the binding member has been opened and closed;
The additional electronic paper specifying unit is stored in the sequence information storage unit before the opening / closing sequence information creation control unit detects the sequence information created after the binding member is opened / closed and before the binding member is opened / closed. The display device according to claim 3, wherein the additional electronic paper is identified by comparing the order information.   The display device according to claim 1, wherein the content information is image data for displaying the content on the display unit. The content information is information indicating a storage location of the content on the network,
The output device is
A connection means for connecting to the network;
Content acquisition means for acquiring the content from the storage location indicated by the content information using the connection means;
The display control means is provided in the display device by acquiring the content by the content acquisition means from the storage location indicated by the content information stored in the content information storage means of the additional electronic paper. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the display device displays information on a display unit of the electronic paper.   The display control means increases the number of pages of the content to be displayed on the display means of the electronic paper by reducing the content image as the electronic paper is farther from the additional electronic paper, and the display means 8. The display device according to claim 1, wherein an image of the content is displayed on the display. The electronic paper is
An additional mark output means for outputting an additional mark which is a display indicating that the electronic paper is the additional electronic paper;
The output device is
9. The additional mark display control means for displaying the additional mark on the additional mark output means of the electronic paper identified as the additional electronic paper by the additional electronic paper specifying means. The display apparatus in any one. The output device is
Reduction determination means for determining whether or not the electronic paper provided in the display device has been reduced based on the position information;
Deleted electronic paper specifying means for specifying the electronic paper reduced based on the position information and the identification information as deleted electronic paper when it is detected that the electronic paper has been reduced by the reduction determining means;
Deleted electronic paper determination means for determining whether or not the electronic paper identified as the deleted electronic paper by the deleted electronic paper specifying means is the additional electronic paper;
If the deleted electronic paper is determined to be the additional electronic paper by the deleted electronic paper determination unit, the content displayed on the display unit of the display device before the additional electronic paper is added is The display device according to claim 1, further comprising a deletion display control unit that causes the display unit of the electronic paper included in the display device to display the display unit. An electronic paper provided in a display device comprising a display means for displaying an image and comprising an output device for controlling the output of the image to the display means,
An electronic paper comprising content information storage means for storing content information, which is information capable of displaying information on all pages of content displayed on the display means.   12. The electronic paper according to claim 11, wherein the content information is image data for displaying the content on the display means.   The electronic paper according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the content information is information indicating a storage location of the content on the network. A display unit for displaying an image is provided, and content information that is information capable of displaying information of all pages of content displayed on the display unit and identification information for distinguishing from other electronic paper are stored. A display device including a plurality of electronic papers, and an output device for controlling output of an image to the display means,
An increase determination means for determining whether or not the electronic paper provided in the display device has been increased based on position information which is information indicating the position of the electronic paper;
When it is determined that the electronic paper is increased by the increase determination means, additional electronic paper specifying means for specifying the electronic paper increased based on the position information and the identification information as additional electronic paper;
The content stored in the content information storage unit of the additional electronic paper is specified by the additional electronic paper specifying unit when the increase determining unit determines that the electronic paper has been increased. An output device comprising: display control means for displaying an image of content indicated by the content information on the display means of the electronic paper provided in the display device based on the information. Position information receiving means for receiving the position information detected and transmitted in the electronic paper,
The output device according to claim 14, wherein the increase determination unit determines whether or not the electronic paper has been increased based on the position information received by the position information reception unit. Order information creating means for creating order information indicating that the order of the electronic paper provided in the display device can be identified based on the position information and the identification information;
Order information storage means for storing the order information created by the order information creation means,
The display control means displays an image of the content indicated by the content information on the display means of the electronic paper provided in the display device based on the order information stored in the order information storage means. The output device according to claim 14 or 15, wherein   The display control means uses the content page displayed on the display means of the additional electronic paper as a reference page, based on the order information created by the order information creation means, before and after the reference page. 17. The output device according to claim 16, wherein images of pages are displayed on the display unit of the electronic paper before and after the additional electronic paper in page order. The display device includes a binding member that binds a plurality of the electronic papers,
Open / close detecting means for detecting that the binding member is opened / closed;
An opening / closing order information creation control means for creating the order information by the order information creating means when the opening / closing detecting means detects that the binding member is opened and closed;
The additional electronic paper specifying unit is stored in the sequence information storage unit before the opening / closing sequence information creation control unit detects the sequence information created after the binding member is opened / closed and before the binding member is opened / closed. 18. The output device according to claim 16, wherein the additional electronic paper is specified by comparing with the order information.   The output apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the content information is image data for displaying the content on the display unit. The content information is information indicating a storage location of the content on the network,
A connection means for connecting to the network;
Content acquisition means for acquiring the content from the storage location indicated by the content information using the connection means;
The display control means is provided in the display device by acquiring the content by the content acquisition means from the storage location indicated by the content information stored in the content information storage means of the additional electronic paper. 20. The output device according to claim 14, wherein the output device displays on the display means of the electronic paper.   The display control means increases the number of pages of the content to be displayed on the display means of the electronic paper by reducing the content image as the electronic paper is farther from the additional electronic paper, and the display means 21. The output device according to claim 14, wherein an image of the content is displayed on the screen. The electronic paper is provided with additional mark output means for outputting an additional mark which is a display indicating that the electronic paper is the additional electronic paper,
The additional mark display control means for displaying the additional mark on the additional mark output means of the electronic paper identified as the additional electronic paper by the additional electronic paper specifying means. The output device according to any one of the above. Reduction determination means for determining whether or not the electronic paper provided in the display device has been reduced based on the position information;
Deleted electronic paper specifying means for specifying the electronic paper reduced in position information and the identification information as deleted electronic paper when it is detected that the electronic paper is reduced by the reduction determining means;
Deleted electronic paper determination means for determining whether or not the electronic paper identified as the deleted electronic paper by the deleted electronic paper specifying means is the additional electronic paper;
If the deleted electronic paper is determined to be the additional electronic paper by the deleted electronic paper determination unit, the content displayed on the display unit of the display device before the additional electronic paper is added is The output device according to any one of claims 14 to 22, further comprising deletion display control means for displaying on the display means of the electronic paper provided in the display device.

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