KR101363280B1 - Method for directly accessing a page based on digit order sequential touch operations in E-book terminals, and computer-readable recording medium for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a technique for directly accessing an e-book page by inputting a page number based on the number unit in the e-book terminal. More specifically, the present invention provides a UI that allows the user to directly input a page number intuitively based on a touch so as to maximize the advantages of the electronic device while giving the impression of reading a physical book which is an advantage of the e-book terminal. Number-based page direct access technology in the e-book that allows access to the e-book page as it is.

Description

Method for directly accessing a page based on digit order sequential touch operations in E-book terminals, and computer-readable recording in e-book terminals medium for the same}

The present invention relates to a technique of directly accessing an e-book page by inputting a page number based on the number unit in an e-book terminal. More specifically, the present invention provides a UI that allows the user to directly input a page number intuitively based on a touch so as to maximize the advantages of the electronic device while giving the impression of reading a physical book which is an advantage of the e-book terminal. The present invention relates to a direct page access technology through continuous touch manipulation based on a number unit in an e-book, which allows access to an e-book page.

With the development of electronic and material technologies and especially semiconductor technology, various forms of portable devices that can store and play multimedia electronic information such as small and medium-sized portable electronic devices, e-books, electronic dictionaries, netbooks, smart phones, smart pads, etc. Multimedia devices are widely used.

Among these, e-book terminals for providing users with so-called 'e-book contents' which electronically documented various books such as novels, textbooks, learning books, magazines, etc. have been recently attracted attention. The e-book device is a device that can put electronic documented novels, poems, textbooks, reference books, etc. in a mass storage device (eg, flash memory) in the terminal device and check them on the screen when needed. Purchase through or download for free. E-book terminal has a display screen that is generally implemented as a touch screen can be operated by hand, it is also configured to enable memo by pen input.

There are two ways of accessing a page desired by a user in the prior art in an e-book. One is the user to turn one page at a time through touch input, and the other is the user to enter a page number through the menu of e-book software. In the method of turning one by one, there is an advantage that you can go to the page while checking the page with your own eyes, but when the number of pages is very large, such as e-book content such as novels, you need to spend considerable time to access the page correctly. There is a discomfort.

Next, look at how the user directly enters the page number through the menu of the e-book software. In general, when entering a number on a virtual keyboard displayed on the screen, it is not only inconvenient to enter the number, but also tries to correct the wrong number. There is an inconvenience to re-enter. For example, in the case of e-book content having a number unit of ten thousand units, it is inconvenient to re-enter all the numbers corresponding to one, ten, one hundred, one thousand, ten thousand units.

Therefore, there has been a demand for a new type of e-book page access technology that can solve the inconvenience of the prior art.

[Related Technical Literature]

1. Bookmarking method of e-book terminal and its e-book terminal (Patent Application No. 10-2010-0064417)

2. E-book device, system, server and computer readable recording medium for providing e-book recommendation service using underline display function (Patent Application No. 10-2007-0074920)

An object of the present invention is to provide a technique for directly accessing an e-book page by inputting a page number based on the number unit in the e-book. In particular, an object of the present invention is to provide a UI that allows users to directly input a page number intuitively based on a touch so as to maximize the advantages of an electronic device while giving the impression of reading a real book, which is an advantage of an e-book terminal. It is to provide a page-based direct access technology based on the number unit in the e-book terminal that allows access to the e-book page as it is.

The present invention for achieving the above object is a method of directly accessing a specific page of the e-book content through the continuous touch operation based on the number unit for the e-book content consisting of a plurality of pages in the e-book, the e-book content is displayed on the e-book terminal A first step of identifying a touchdown according to a user's manipulation of a preset area on a touch screen of the e-book in a closed state; Providing a page selection area based on a number order on the touch screen; Identifying a touch movement in the page selection area to identify a selection for a specific number unit and a specific number by matching an allocation position for each number unit and a trajectory of the touch movement in the page selection area; A fourth step of changing the access target page number from the first current page number to changing the value for the selected specific number unit to the selected specific number; A fifth step of sequentially changing and setting the access target page number from the current page number to the unit of number through a continuous touch operation by repeating the third and fourth steps until the touch-up is identified on the touch screen; A sixth step of terminating the change setting and specifying an access target page number when identifying the touch-up on the touch screen; And a seventh step of directly accessing the page to the e-book terminal with the access target page number specified above for the e-book content. In this case, the page selection area is preferably displayed on the touch screen in response to a touchdown signal for displaying the current page number on the touch screen.

In the present invention, the page selection area includes a first axis for selecting a number unit and a second axis for selecting a number for each number unit. In this case, the third step may include identifying a selection for a specific number unit corresponding to the touch movement on the first axis in the trajectory of the touch movement; And identifying a selection for a specific number in response to the touch movement on the second axis in the trajectory of the touch movement. The first axis may be set as the horizontal axis and the second axis may be set as the vertical axis.

In addition, the method for directly accessing a page through the continuous touch operation based on the number unit according to the present invention, if the touchdown is identified, a page indicator for displaying a page number of access to the eBook content on the touchscreen where the touchdown is identified. Implementing; And identifying the change setting of the access target page number, displaying the page indicator reflecting the changed access target page number so as to correspond to the touch movement.

According to the present invention, while maximizing the advantages of the electronic device while giving the impression of reading the physical book, which is the advantage of the e-book, it is convenient to move from the e-book content formed of a plurality of pages to the desired page through the quick selection of the page. It provides convenience that can be performed quickly. In other words, by implementing an intuitive page turning function through intuitive selection of each number unit consisting of a set from 0 to 9, the inconvenience of having to check a page in a physical book and find a desired page is eliminated.

1 is a diagram illustrating an external configuration of an e-book terminal in which a direct page access method based on number-based continuous touch manipulation is implemented in an e-book terminal according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of an e-book terminal in which a direct page access method based on number-based continuous touch manipulation is implemented in an e-book terminal according to the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a view for explaining a page display area implemented by touching a user's page display area on a UI screen of a second touch screen forming the e-book terminal of FIG. 1; FIG.
FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining components of the page display area in FIG. 3; FIG.
5 to 7 are diagrams for explaining a UI screen in which a method for directly accessing a page through a continuous touch operation based on a number unit according to the present invention is implemented.
8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of directly accessing a page through a number-based continuous touch operation according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an external configuration of an e-book terminal 100 in which a direct page access method based on number-based continuous touch manipulation is implemented in an e-book terminal according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the e-book terminal 100 includes a first e-book implementation section 110 and a second e-book implementation section 120, and the first e-book implementation section 110 and the e-book terminal 120 may be used. It's a folding structure.

The first touch screen 111 is formed on the upper surface of the first e-book implementation 110, and the second touch screen 122 is also formed on the upper surface of the second ebook implementation 120.

Meanwhile, a page area for receiving a user's area selection signal is set on the second touch screen 122 to implement the page selection area 130 to be described later by the user's touch.

As shown in FIG. 1, in one embodiment, the page display area is shown as being formed on the second touch screen 122, but is only formed on the first touch screen 111 or the first touch. The screen 111 and the second touch screen 122 are formed in both can be modified.

In the present invention, as described above, by using a double-sided display multimedia device using the first touch screen 111 and the second touch screen 122, the first touch screen 111 and the second touch screen 122 UI screen Through this, you can simulate the contents of both sides that appear when you open an actual book. That is, by providing the same effect of viewing the physical book, the user can provide the emotional effect of reading the physical book while reading using the e-book terminal 100.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of an e-book terminal 100 in which a direct page access method based on number-based continuous touch manipulation is implemented in an e-book terminal according to the present invention. FIG. 3 illustrates a page selection area 130 implemented by touching a page display area of a user on a UI screen of a second touch screen 122 forming the e-book terminal 100 of FIG. 1. It is a figure for following. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining components of the page selection area 130 in FIG. 3. 5 to 7 are diagrams for describing a UI screen in which a page direct access method is implemented through a number unit based continuous touch operation on an e-book terminal 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, an internal configuration of the e-book terminal 100 of FIG. 2 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 7. The e-book terminal 100 includes a first touch screen 111, a second touch screen 122, a controller 140, a page selection module 150, and a storage 160.

The controller 140 controls the e-book terminal 100 as a whole, and the first touch screen 111, the second touch screen 122, the storage unit 160, and the page selection module 150 formed in the system memory are interworked. To operate.

The page selection module 150 includes a moving coordinate sensing unit 151, a UI screen implementing unit 152, a number sensing unit 153, and a moving page implementing unit 154.

The moving coordinate-sensing means 151 receives an area selection signal generated by the user's touch input to the page selection area 130 set in the second touch screen 122 from the second touch screen 122.

The page selection area 130 may be formed to be identified by the user on the UI screen on the second touch screen 122 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, or may be transparently identified to be identified by the user's experience. can do.

The UI screen-implementing means 152 implements the number unit-based page selection area 130 on the second touch screen 122 in response to a request from the moving coordinate-sensing means 151 for receiving the area selection signal. A page indicator (hereinafter, referred to as PI) is implemented in the page selection area 130.

As shown in FIG. 4A, the page selection area 130 is formed by dividing a number unit corresponding to 1 to n (n is a natural number of 1 or more) into columns, and 1 to n th unit. A set of numbers from 0 to 9 for each number unit corresponding to is formed by separating the rows.

More specifically, each row of the page selection area 130 is a horizontal area 130a for the number 0, the first row, a horizontal area 130b for the number 1, the second row, and a horizontal area for the number 2, the third row. 130c, the horizontal area 130d for the number 3 as the fourth row, the horizontal area 130e for the number 4 as the fifth row, the horizontal area 130f for the number 5 as the sixth row, and the horizontal area 130f for the number 6 as the sixth row It is divided into a horizontal area 130g, a horizontal area 130h for the number 7 as the eighth row, a horizontal area 130i for the number 8 as the ninth row, and a horizontal area 130j for the number 9 as the tenth row.

In addition, the page selection area 130 sets a horizontal axis for selecting a number unit by a user and an orthogonal axis for selecting a number of page numbers for each number unit. In the present specification, an example in which all number selection screens for all number units are displayed is illustrated. However, in some embodiments, only the number selection column corresponding to the number unit selected on the horizontal axis may be clearly illustrated. In addition, in the present specification, but divided into a vertical axis and a horizontal axis may be implemented in other forms. For example, it may be implemented as a radial axis and a circular axis.

The UI screen-implementing means 152 displays the page indicator PI on the current second touch screen 122 in the form of a balloon help as shown in FIG. 5, and later moves up and down by the user. When the signal is received from the second touch screen 122, the signal may be displayed by changing the number of each designated number unit. The number changed here adds an effect of changing the size or color as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, so that the user can easily identify it. In addition, the UI screen-implementing means 152 extracts the page indicator PI from the e-book content stored in the storage unit 160 as well as the page number using the above-mentioned balloon help as well as the page number. Can be displayed together.

The number-sensing means 153 waits for reception from the second touch screen 122 with respect to the touch-down signal generated by the user's downward touch on the page selection area 130. do. When the number-sensing means 153 receives a touchdown signal from the second touch screen 122, the number-sensing means 153 is selected from among n number units of the number (n is a natural number of 1 or more) according to the user's touch movement on the page page selection area 130. The second touch screen 122 generates a number selection signal (event) generated in response to a user's touch on one number unit selected by the user and a number divided by 0 to 9 on the vertical axis of the selected number unit. From). In this case, the number unit and the number are selected at the same time by one touch instead of a separate operation.

The number-sensing means 153 implements a change in the number of the number unit corresponding to the number selection event received from the second touch screen 122 on the page indicator PI, and the number selection event in the storage unit 160. The number of the number unit corresponding to the current page is reflected and stored temporarily. The number-sensing means 153 is a "left and right movement signal" generated by the second touch screen 122 or the user's touch movement on the vertical axis in response to the user's touch movement on the horizontal axis in the page selection area 130. As a result, it is determined whether the "up and down movement signal" generated by the second touch screen 122 is received from the second touch screen 122.

When the left-right movement signal is received from the second touch screen 122, the number-detecting means 153 is moved in the second state in accordance with the left-right movement signal reflected in the page number currently implemented on the second touch screen 122. The number of the number unit corresponding to the number selection event generated by the touch screen 122 is not changed. When the up-down movement signal is received from the second touch screen 122, the number-sensing means 153 changes the number of the number unit corresponding to the number selection event reflected in the current page temporarily stored in the storage unit 160. To complete.

The mobile page-implementing means 154 receives from the second touch screen 122 a touch-up signal generated in response to a user's upward touch on the page selection area 130. Determine whether or not.

As a result of the determination, when the touch-up signal is received, the mobile page-implementing means 154 reads the e-book content stored in the storage unit 160 to reflect the number of the changed number unit and removes the moved UI screen. 2 is implemented as the touch screen 122, and the first touch screen 111 is controlled so that all pages of the page implemented in the second touch screen 122 is implemented.

The mobile page implementing means 154 releases the page selection area 130 by deleting the display on the UI screen of the page selection area 130 based on the number unit.

On the other hand, if the touch-up signal is not received as a result of the above determination, the mobile page-implementing means 154 notifies the fact to the number-sensing means 153, so as to generate a second number selection event for the same or different number unit. After receiving from the touch screen 122, the process of changing the number unit for the page number is repeatedly performed until the touch-up signal is received.

The above-described page selection process based on the number unit change will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 7. For convenience of explanation, the number unit n is assumed to be 4. The page selection module 150 that receives the generated area selection signal from the second touch screen 122 according to the user's touch input to the page area shown in FIG. It is implemented in the horizontal area 130a for the number 0 which is the first row on the selection area 130 (see Fig. 5).

In this case, it is preferable to display the current page number '4567' on the page indicator PI.

6 and 7, the page selection module 150 has a set of numbers from 0 to 9 in the fourth number unit and one number in a row on an orthogonal axis. After receiving the number selection event for In 7 from the second touch screen 122 (see [FIG. 6A]), in turn, 9 in the third number unit (see [FIG. 6B], 3 in the second number unit ([ 7A], the change from page 4567 to page 7937 is completed.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of directly accessing a page through consecutive touch manipulation based on a number unit in an e-book according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 1 to 8, the page selection module 150 may generate an area selection signal generated according to a user's touch input to a page area set in the second touch screen 122. It receives from the second touch screen 122 (S1).

The page selection module 150 implements the number based page selection area 130 on the second touch screen 122 (S2), and then displays a page indicator at a point touched by the user on the page selection area 130. Indicator: Hereinafter, PI) is implemented (S3).

The page selection module 150 waits for reception from the second touch screen 122 with respect to the touchdown signal generated according to the user's downward touch on the page selection area 130. Accordingly, the page selection module 150 receives the touchdown signal from the second touch screen 122 (S4).

Then, the page selection module 150 starts from 0 on the vertical axis on one number unit by the user among n (n is a natural number of 1 or more) number units according to the user's touch movement on the page selection area 130. A number selection event generated according to a user's touch on any one of the numbers separated by 9 is received from the second touch screen 122 (S5).

After the step S5, the page selection module 150 changes the page number of the number unit corresponding to the number selection event received from the second touch screen 122 in step S5 on the page indicator PI. The storage unit 160 temporarily stores the page number corresponding to the number unit corresponding to the number selection event to the current page (S6).

After step S6, the page selection module 150 receives the left / right and up / down movement signals generated by the second touch screen 122 according to the user's touch movement on the horizontal axis and the vertical axis in the page selection area 130. Receive (S7).

First, when the left and right movement signal is received from the second touch screen 122, the page selection module 150 is moved in accordance with the left and right movement signal reflected in the page number currently implemented on the second touch screen 122 2 The page number of the number unit corresponding to the number selection event generated by the touch screen 122 is not changed. That is, the page selection module 150 is located on the horizontal axis of the number unit corresponding to the number selection event in step S5 in the moved state according to the left and right movement signals, so that the numbers are the same and the user touches the other number units. The control is to block generation of the number selection event by the second touch screen 122 reflecting the change.

Subsequently, the page selection module 150 receives a vertical movement signal generated by the second touch screen 122 from the second touch screen 122 according to the user's touch movement on the vertical axis in the page selection area 130. Determine whether or not. When the vertical movement signal is not received, the page selection module 150 repeatedly determines whether the vertical movement signal is received. On the other hand, when the vertical movement signal is received, the page selection module 150 completes the change of the page number in the number unit corresponding to the number selection event reflected in the current page previously stored in the storage unit 160.

After step S7, the page selection module 150 determines whether the second touch screen 122 receives the touch-up signal generated according to the user's upward touch on the page selection area 130. (S8).

When the touch-up signal is received as a result of the determination in step S8, the page selection module 150 reads the e-book content stored in the storage unit 160, which reflects the page number in the unit of the number that has been changed in step 11. The moved UI screen is implemented as the second touch screen 122, and the first touch screen 111 implements the UI screen in which all pages of the page implemented in the second touch screen 122 are implemented (S9). ).

After the step S9, the page selection module 150 releases the implementation in step S2 by deleting the number-based page selection area 130 on the UI screen (S10).

On the other hand, if the touch-up signal is not received as a result of the determination in step S8, the page selection module 150 returns to step S5 to generate a number selection event for the same or different number unit from the second touch screen 122. Steps S6 to S10 are repeatedly performed until the touch-up signal in step S8 is received.

The present invention can also be embodied in the form of computer readable code on a computer readable recording medium. At this time, the computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording apparatuses in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored.

Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage, and the like, and may be implemented in the form of a carrier wave . The computer-readable recording medium can also be stored and executed by a computer-readable code in a distributed manner on a networked computer system. And functional programs, codes, and code segments for implementing the present invention can be easily deduced by programmers skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs.

As described above, the embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed in the present specification and drawings, and although specific terms have been used, they have been used only in a general sense to easily describe the technical contents of the present invention and to facilitate understanding of the invention. And is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention are possible in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

100: e-book terminal
110: first eBook implementation unit
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Claims (6)

A method of directly accessing a specific page of the e-book content through continuous touch manipulation based on the number unit for the e-book content consisting of a plurality of pages in the e-book terminal,
A first step of identifying a touchdown according to a user's manipulation of a predetermined area on a touch screen of the e-book terminal while the e-book content is displayed on the e-book terminal;
Providing a page selection area based on a number order on the touch screen;
Identifying touch movement in the page selection area to identify a selection for a specific number unit and a specific number by matching an allocation position for each number unit and a trajectory of the touch movement in the page selection area;
A fourth step of changing an access target page number from an initial current page number to a value for the selected specific number unit to the selected specific number;
A fifth step of sequentially changing and setting the access target page number from the current page number by number unit by repeating the third and fourth steps until the touch-up is identified on the touch screen. ;
A sixth step of terminating the change setting and specifying the page number to be accessed when the touch-up is identified on the touch screen;
A seventh step of directly accessing the page with the specified access target page number for the eBook content and displaying the same on the eBook terminal;
Direct page access method through the continuous touch operation based on the number unit in the e-book terminal comprising a.
The method according to claim 1,
The method of claim 1, wherein the preset area is an area where a current page number is displayed on the touch screen.
The method according to claim 1,
The page selection area includes a first axis for selecting a number unit and a second axis for selecting a number for each number unit,
In the third step,
Identifying a selection for the particular number unit corresponding to the touch movement on the first axis in the trajectory of the touch movement;
Identifying a selection for the particular number in response to the touch movement on the second axis in the trajectory of the touch movement;
Direct page access method through the continuous touch operation based on the number unit in the e-book terminal, characterized in that comprises a.
The method according to claim 3,
And the first axis is a horizontal axis and the second axis is a vertical axis.
The method according to claim 3,
If the touchdown is identified, implementing a page indicator for displaying an access target page number for the e-book content at a location where the touchdown is identified on the touchscreen;
If the change setting of the access target page number is identified, displaying the page indicator reflecting the changed set access target page number to correspond to the touch movement;
The direct page access method through the continuous touch operation based on the number unit in the e-book terminal further comprises.
A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing a method of directly accessing a page through a number-based continuous touch operation in an e-book terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

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