KR20130131820A

KR20130131820A - Technology to navigate ebook contents at high speed in the ebook

Info

Publication number: KR20130131820A
Application number: KR1020120055678A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 윤희선; 신정훈
Original assignee: 리아컴즈 주식회사
Priority date: 2012-05-24
Filing date: 2012-05-24
Publication date: 2013-12-04

Abstract

A method for navigating a book to read among books in an e-book shelf displays the first book to the last book at the bottom of the e-book shelf. When a touch is on any book among the books, a thumbnail image and the position number of the selected book are displayed to find a book to read. By extending the function, when a user wants to navigate a page to read in a certain book, the page to read can be navigated.

Description

Technology to navigate eBook contents at high speed in the eBook}

This technology allows you to easily find and check the contents of an e-book in an e-published e-book, to quickly find the contents of the desired page, or to provide indexing and previewing functions. E-books can be quickly flipped through for verification and navigation, but books made with e-books do not have the ability to quickly grasp or navigate content, such as paper-printed books, or are very limited in their ability to rapidly spread the effectiveness of e-books. There are more than 10 million e-books published worldwide, and up to 40% of future paper publications are published with e-books, but they are cheaper and more convenient than paper publications. However, it is very difficult to scan the entire contents in advance, such as paper publications, or to find out whether there is something in the e-book that you want to purchase. In particular, Apple's iBOOKs are expected to produce and produce students' textbooks and reference books as electronic publications, but there is no easy way to identify and find the content of a hundreds of pages per book. In order to solve these difficulties, we have developed a technology to search the contents of e-books as well as e-books at high speed to provide an environment in which electronic publications can spread quickly and effectively read books.

It is a technology that searches the contents of a book at high speed in an e-book published in an electronic publication. In a paper book, you can grasp the status and contents of the contents while passing it at high speed to scan the contents of the book. There is no way to identify them.

In the case of the currently provided e-book, the effect of turning a paper book by adding a gorgeous effect to the page turning part is provided, but there is no method for searching the contents of the book at high speed.

In order to find the page or section you want, you need to check the contents of the entire book only by checking the contents by turning from page one to page one. However, it is not often the case that you read the first to last pages of a book. Therefore, the function of quickly finding the contents of the book and checking the contents should be provided.

Conventional technology is a technology that moves from the table of contents provided in some books to the corresponding table of contents, even in some e-books.

If you have more than 50 e-books on your smart device, it is not easy to know what kind of book you have.

High speed movement and confirmation of the desired page using the table of contents in the e-book

Technology for quickly checking the contents of a book and moving it to the desired position by flipping through the book as in a paper book in an e-book

A technology that allows you to specifically check the table of contents / joint car / page and contents in the process of searching at high speed.

According to the present invention for achieving the above object, grasp the number of e-books; And reading the information of the e-book and selecting a desired book by touch.

In the controlling step, the list of thumbnails of the e-book may be controlled by a touch event input from the touch screen.

The controlling step controls a list of e-books that can select a short or long touch from the touch screen as the event occurs.

In the controlling step, another e-book may be selected as an input of the touch screen.

The control step may move to another page by input of a touch screen.

On the other hand, according to the present invention, the electronic device, a touch screen for grasping the event through the touch screen input by the user; And a controller configured to control an operation based on the event input through the touch screen.

As described above, the present invention provides a method of selecting and reading a desired e-book at a high speed through a UI and a touch screen. You can also move quickly to a specific page in the selected e-book.

1 is a screen representation of a mobile technology using the existing technology
2 is a screen for moving page to the existing table of contents selection
3 is a screen for quickly browsing a list of books
4 is a screen to touch and hold the table of contents
5 is a screen that moves to the page by pressing and holding the table of contents
6 is a screen providing a menu for navigating a page of the table of contents in detail by briefly pressing the table of contents.
7 is a screen providing a function of quickly browsing the tram book pages and checking contents.
8 is a flowchart of a function of searching a list of e-books at high speed;
9 is a flow chart of the fast navigation and page navigation to the desired page in the table of contents of the book
FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a function of searching a desired page of an e-book at high speed and checking the contents of the book.

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

1. Search for the types of books on your smart device

As shown in FIG. 3, the cover / page number / last read date / reading page of the first book of the book loaded on the smart device is displayed in the center of the smart device, and the number of books as thumbnails under the smart device and Mark the location of the book. The number of thumbnails shows the total number of books and shows the numbers in the order of the books currently displayed on the center screen so that you can check the number of books you are currently viewing. The total number is displayed at the end so you know how many books you have. To find the book you want at high speed, you can quickly move to the total number of books with your finger and the information of the book will be displayed in the center so that you can recognize what the book is. The large icons are handled slowly to allow precise search. To read the found book, simply select the book and provide the environment for reading the selected book. Pressing the Previous button always takes you back to the screen where you can find new books.

2. Fast navigation of book content in e-books

As shown in Figure 6, selecting the table of contents allows you to go to the first page of the content to view the content. The navigation method of moving to a desired page in the table of contents may be provided in a general e-book, but in the present invention, when a table of contents is selected, the contents of the page corresponding to the table of contents appear as thumbnails below the book, which is not simply moved. Provides the ability to navigate to the desired page in the table of contents. If you want to move directly to the table of contents, press and hold the key to move.

300: touch screen
310: communication unit
320: control unit
330: audio / vibration output unit
340: memory

Claims

How to Browse Your Own Books in a List of eBooks

The method of claim 1,
The title of the book and the number of pages are displayed at the top of the screen, the cover of the book is displayed at the center of the screen, and the number of books in the bottom of the screen and the screen for browsing the list of books at high speed are provided. Way.

In selecting the table of contents of an e-book,
A short press gives you the ability to quickly navigate to the page in the table of contents at the bottom of the book, and a long press moves you to the first page of the table of contents.

The method of claim 3,
How to provide additional features by short and long press in the table of contents of an ebook

If you select an e-book to read,
How to see and navigate the contents of a book's pages at high speed

6. The method of claim 5,
The top of the screen shows the title of the book, the date it was last read, and the page number. The bottom half of the screen provides a quick way to navigate through the pages of the book.