JPH02168345A - Electronic book reader provided with reading-through time informing function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily know reading-through time by generating an output signal to show time required to read out all sentence data not yet read out, and informing the reading-through time based on this output signal. CONSTITUTION:This device is provided with a control circuit 2 to read out the sentence data from a storage medium by a fixed quantity per unit time, a display part 4 to perform display based on the sentence data read out by the control circuit 2, a reading-through time output circuit 5 to generate the output signal to show the time required to read out all storage data not yet read out from the storage medium, and an informing means 6 to inform the reading-through time based on the output signal from this output circuit 5. Thus, since the correct reading-through time is informed automatically, no trouble occurs in a reading plan.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an electronic reading machine with a reading time notification function.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, when reading a book, in order to find out how long it takes to finish reading it, one would measure the time it takes to read a certain number of pages, and then calculate the reading time based on this time. be.

[Question B to be solved] In the conventional method described above, it is necessary to calculate the reading time by oneself, which is time consuming and difficult. Also, reading plans often go awry due to calculation errors.

An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic reading machine with a one-shot time notification function that allows one to easily know the one-shot time.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides a control circuit that reads text data in a fixed amount per unit time from a storage medium storing text data;
a display section that displays based on the text data read out by the control circuit; and a readout section that generates an output signal representing the time required for the control circuit to read out all the text data that has not been read out from the storage medium. The above problem is solved by providing a time output circuit and a notification means for notifying the one-shot time based on the output signal from the one-shot time output circuit.

[Example] Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a storage medium such as an IC card that stores text data, 2 is a control circuit that reads a fixed amount of text data from the storage medium 1 per unit time, and 3 is a connection between the storage medium 1 and the control circuit 2. 4 is a display unit for displaying characters based on text data read from the storage medium 1 by the control circuit 2; 5 is a display unit for displaying text data read from the storage medium 1 by the control circuit 2; A one-shot time output circuit calculates the time required to read out all the text data that does not exist, that is, one-shot time. 6 is a notification means for notifying the one-shot time according to an output signal from the one-shot time output circuit 5. It is of the ceremony.

Next, the operation will be explained along the flowchart of FIG. When the power source (not shown) is turned on and the mode changeover switch (not shown) is used to switch to the automatic text feed mode, the control circuit 2 reads the address of the final text data and the latest bookmark registration location (not shown) from the storage medium 1. , the address of the beginning position) is read out, and based on these addresses, the reading time output circuit 5 calculates the amount of text data that has not been read out from the storage medium 1, and this amount of text data is stored in the control circuit 2. It is divided by the amount of text data read per unit time from the medium 1 to calculate the one-shot time, and a signal representing this one-shot time is output. Based on this signal, the one-shot time is displayed in the notification means 6 (step 2).

Next, automatic text feeding is started, the control circuit 2 sequentially reads the text data from the storage medium 1, the one-shot time output circuit 5 sequentially calculates the one-shot time by the same operation as above, and the one-shot time is displayed on the notification means 6. Go (step ■).

If the power is turned off before the last text data in the storage medium 1 is read out, automatic text feeding is stopped and the address of the last text data read is registered as a bookmark by the control circuit 2 (the next reading is The bookmark will start from the registered address.) and the operation will end (step ■
).

By the above-described operation, the text is automatically advanced in the automatic text advance mode, and the reading time is displayed sequentially.

In the above embodiment, the notification means 6 is of a display type, but it is not limited to this, and the notification may be made by voice by operating a manual switch or the like. Also,
The notification means 6 and the display section 4 are integrated into one, and the display section 4
The one-shot time may be displayed on a part of the screen.

Further, in the above embodiment, the one-shot time output circuit 5 calculates the one-shot time every time the text data is read from the storage medium 1, and the calculation result is notified. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The one-shot time calculated by the one-shot time output circuit 5 before automatic text feeding may be set in a down counter, the time measurement may be started at the same time as the automatic text feeding starts, and the content thereof may be notified.

〔effect〕

According to the present invention, since the accurate reading time is automatically notified in the automatic text feed mode, the troublesomeness of calculating the reading time as in the past is eliminated, and problems with the reading plan due to calculation errors are also eliminated. .

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 12 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of FIG. 2...Control circuit 4...Display section 5...Reading time output circuit 6...Notification means Fig.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A control circuit that reads a fixed amount of text data per unit time from a storage medium storing text data; a display unit that displays based on the text data read by the control circuit; a read-through time output circuit that generates an output signal representing the time required for the control circuit to read out all text data that has not been read from the storage medium; An electronic reading machine with a one-shot time notification function, characterized by comprising a notification means for notification.