JPS59178639A - Electronic book - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To increase a storage capacity and make voice conversion possible and make the electronic book portable by converting information of the book or the like to bit information to record and sotre it on a small-sized and light-weight laser card. CONSTITUTION:Information is inputted and edited by a book information device 1, and bit information from the device 1 is converted to turn-on/off information of a laser light by a write device 3 and is stored on a stripe 4B of light of a laser card 4 as hole information. Information on the card 4 is read by a reader 6 and is converted to an electric signal and is transferred to a television 7, a speaker 8, a printer 9, etc. and is outputted. Consequently, the electronic book is convenient for carrying because the recording medium is the laser card, and information of >=1,000 pages of B4 size can be recorded, and information can be outputted to various devices, and especially, information is converted to voice, and thus, this device is suitable as the electronic book.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an electronic book that records and retains book information.

Conventionally, information such as books has been printed on paper in the form of text, pictures, photographs, etc. Therefore, although the information can be understood by looking at the printed matter, it has the following drawbacks.

First, since information is printed on iL&, and the amount of information printed per unit area of paper is small, the overall size and weight of the printed matter increases, making transportation, storage, etc. difficult.

IL paper deteriorates over time, making it unsuitable for long-term storage of information.

Furthermore, with conventional information printed on paper, it is difficult to convert the information into audio or information for television, posing problems in terms of man-machine interface.

A method of storing book information on an optical disk that solves the above problems and has sufficient storage capacity to store the book information is considered, but the disadvantage of optical disks is that they are fixed to the device and cannot be carried. have.

Another option is to store it on an FD, but this method has a small storage capacity of IMb (about 200 pages in an A4 size).
There is a limit to the number of books that can be stored, and the size is large.
It has drawbacks such as a problem with its appearance.

In order to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, this invention converts book information into bit information and is compact.

It is recorded on a lightweight laser card and stored as an electronic book. The first drawing of this invention will be explained below.

FIG. 1 shows a method of recording book information on a laser card according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a book information input device for inputting and editing book information, 2 is an information transmission pulse, 3 is a device for writing information to a laser card, 4 is a laser card, and a card body 4A and an optical This optical stripe 4B is irradiated with a BVC laser beam to record information on the book as bit information. 5 is a network.

Next, the operation will be explained.

The author of the book inputs information 1 from the book information input device 1.
After editing, the writing device 3 converts the bit information sent from the book information input device 1 into maser light on/off information and stores it in the optical stripe 4B of the laser card 4 as hole information.

Also, information is transferred to the writing device 3 via the network 5.
It may also be received from another terminal 1 artificial satellite, etc. via .

FIG. 2 shows a method for reading out information written to the laser card 4. Reference numeral 6 is a card information reading device, and the read information is converted into an electrical signal and sent to an output device such as Tenbia and a speaker 8. Transfer and output to printer 9 etc.

Therefore, just by applying the laser card 4 to the reading device 6K, it will be displayed directly on t'+ and the text can be read.

As explained above, the electronic book according to the present invention has the following advantages because its recording medium is a laser card.

(111,/-The Card is the same size as a magnetic stripe card and is convenient to carry.

(2) The laser card can record information of 1000A or more with one original stripe and is equivalent to 84th edition.

-(3) The information recorded on the laser card can be referenced by various output devices. In particular, bit information, 1.
,,,, since it is recorded, it is possible to convert the audio to electronic (
4) The appearance is beautiful because the information is recorded on the card.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a device for inputting and editing an electronic book used in the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a device for reading out an electronic book. In the figure, 1 is the book information human power wave, 2 is the transmission pulse, 3 is the writing device, 4 is the laser card, 4A card body, 4B
is the optical stripe, 5 is the network, 6 is the reader,
7 is a television, 8 is a speaker, and 9 is a printer. Figure 1 Bow Figure 2 Mu

Claims (1)

[Claims] This electronic book is characterized in that information such as characters, pictures, photographs, etc. written on the book is converted into bit information and stored in the original stripe of a Nza card with the original stripe pasted on the card body.