Electromechanical information browsing device
AssigneeE-Book Systems Pte Ltd
InventorsSuan Boon, Seng Beng Ho, Chee Cheng Liang
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Abstract
An electromechanical information browsing device that controls page flipping actions of information displayed as an e-book on a display device. The browsing device includes a controller that provides tactile feedback so as to lessen the user-interface differences between conventional books and e-books. Sensors and control mechanisms in the controller generate a series of electrical signals that are interpreted by the computer that displays the e-book to control various browsing operations, such as flipping pages, controlling a rate of page flipping, jumping to pre-set locations in the e-book, etc.
Claims1
A mechanical browsing module for controlling a display of a set of information to be browsed, comprising:
- a body having a sensor;
- a browsing control device coupled to the sensor and configured to generate a control signal with a first direction component when a force is applied to the sensor in a first direction and a second direction component when the force is applied to the sensor in a second direction;
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- an output port configured to output the control signal to a processor that controls which portion of said set of information is presented on a display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.