JPH0713972A - Electronic reading machine with reading time storage function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically display the cumulative reading time of a storage medium at every storage medium which stores sentence data. CONSTITUTION:In an electronic reading machine where the storage media storing sentence data are freely attachable to and detachable from the electronic reading machine mainbody 7, the electronic reading machine mainbody 7 is provided with a reading time storage part 4 capable of storing the reading time of the plural storage media 1 and a display part 6 displaying the cumulative reading time of the storage media 1, which is obtained from reading time and time when sentence data is newly read from the storage media 1. Then, cumulative reading time in a storage circuit is stored in the reading time storage part 4 after the completion of reading sentence data from the storage media 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic reader having a reading time storage function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, it is of interest to a reader to know how long it takes to finish reading a book. Therefore, when reading time, the time is manually measured using an ordinary clock, a stopwatch, or the like. For example, when an ordinary clock is used, the reading start time and the reading end time are remembered, and the reading time is calculated later by this. When reading is interrupted on the way, each reading time for each interruption is measured and totaled to obtain the total reading time.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In the above conventional method,
If you do not have a measuring device such as a clock or stopwatch with the book, you cannot obtain the reading time. Further, it is troublesome because the reading time measurement and the counting work have to be performed manually. Since it is manual, you may forget to measure it and you may not be able to obtain accurate reading time. In addition, calculation errors may occur during the aggregation process.

An object of the present invention is to provide a reading time storage function that can automatically display the cumulative reading time of each storage medium storing text data and can easily grasp the pace of one's own reading. To provide an electronic reading machine.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided an electronic reading machine in which a storage medium storing text data is removable from the main body of the electronic reading machine. A reading time storage unit that can store reading time,
A control circuit for reading the text data from the attached storage medium and reading the reading time of the storage medium from the reading time storage section, and displaying the text based on the text data read by the control circuit and reading the reading data. A display unit that displays the cumulative reading time of the storage medium obtained from the time and the time when the text data is newly read from the storage medium, and the storage unit stores the text data after reading the text data from the storage medium. The object is achieved by providing an electronic reading machine with a reading time storage function, which is characterized in that the cumulative reading time in the circuit is stored in the reading time storage section.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a storage medium storing text data, head data indicating the start position of the text data, and end data indicating the end position of the text data, 2
Is a control circuit for performing various controls such as determination of the storage medium 1 and reading of text data from the storage medium 1, and 3 is a time measuring means for measuring the time during which the text data is read from the storage medium 1 by the control circuit 2. is there. 4 is a non-volatile reading time storage unit for storing the reading time for each storage medium, 5 is a mode change switch, and 6 is a control circuit 2 in the reading mode.
The display unit sequentially displays a sentence based on the sentence data read from the storage medium 1, the time measured by the time measuring means 3, and the total reading time stored in the reading time storage unit 4. The electronic reading machine body 7 is constituted by the above items 2 to 6.

Next, the operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, when the storage medium 1 is attached to the electronic reading machine body 7 and the mode is changed to the reading mode by the mode changeover switch 5, the control circuit 2 discriminates the storage medium 1 and the reading time corresponding thereto is read from the reading time storage unit 4. At the same time as the reading, the timing of the timing means 3 is started, and this time is added to the reading time read from the reading time storage unit 4 and displayed on a part of the display unit 6. At the same time, the control circuit 2 sequentially reads the text data from the storage medium 1, and the display section 6 sequentially displays the text based on the read text data (step).

When all the text data stored in the storage medium 1 is read and the end data indicating the final position is read, the control circuit 2 stops the timing of the timing means 3 and stops the text feeding operation. The reading time stored in the reading time storage section corresponding to the storage medium 1 and the contents of the timekeeping means 3 are cleared (step). When the mode is changed to a mode other than the reading mode by the mode changeover switch 5 in the middle of the sentence feeding operation,
The reading of the text data from the storage medium 1 by the control circuit 2 is stopped and the timing of the timing means 3 is stopped, and the time measured by the timing means 3 is stored in the reading time storage section 4 in correspondence with the storage medium 1. It is added to the stored reading time and stored as a new reading time (step).

Further, when the power-off detection means (not shown) detects that the power is turned off during reading.
Similar to the operation when the mode is changed to a mode other than the reading mode, the control circuit 2 stops the time measurement of the time measurement means 3 and the time measured by the time measurement means 3 corresponds to the storage medium 1 for reading. The reading time stored in the time storage unit 4 is added and stored as a new reading time (step).

The address of the part where the reading of the text data is stopped is registered as a bookmark, and when the mode is switched to the reading mode again, the reading of the text data is started from the part where the bookmark is registered and the reading is continued from the previous continuation. Is what you can start with.

By the above operation, the reading time is automatically measured and totaled.

Although the reading time is cleared when the end data is read from the storage medium 1 in the above embodiment, the reading time is automatically cleared when the top data is read from the storage medium 1. The reading time may be cleared manually at an arbitrary time.

[0014]

According to the present invention, since the electronic reading machine main body has a built-in storage unit capable of storing the reading time of a plurality of storage media, the reading time is automatically measured and tabulated for each storage medium. You can learn the reading time you have taken so far and grasp your own reading pace. Moreover, the time required to read through to the end can be estimated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Storage medium 2 Control circuit 3 Timing means 6 Display 7 Main body of electronic reading machine

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An electronic reading machine in which a storage medium storing text data is detachable from an electronic reading machine body, wherein the electronic reading machine body can store reading time of a plurality of storage media. A storage unit, a control circuit that reads out text data from the mounted storage medium and reads the reading time of this storage medium from the reading time storage unit, and displays a sentence based on the text data read by the control circuit. In addition, it has a display unit for displaying the cumulative reading time of the storage medium obtained from the reading time and the time when the text data is newly read from the storage medium, and reading the text data from the storage medium. An electronic reading machine with a reading time storage function, characterized in that the accumulated reading time in the storage circuit is stored in the reading time storage unit after the end.