Apparatus and method for turning e-book pages in portable terminal

An apparatus comprising:

• an e-book viewer for executing an e-book function, the e-book viewer configured to, when a touch event is detected in a right UI active area of the e-book, control a display unit to display a right lateral side of the e-book and receive an inclination value from a 3-axis sensor representing an inclination of the e-book viewer to determine whether an inclination value greater than or equal to a threshold is detected in a left direction, and upon detection of the inclination value greater than or equal to the threshold in the left direction, control the display unit to display a next page to a screen on a single-page basis at a speed in proportion to the inclination value detected in the process of detecting the inclination greater than or equal to the threshold in the left direction;
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• the display unit for displaying a corresponding page of the e-book to the screen under the control of the e-book viewer.

An apparatus comprising:

• an e-book viewer for executing an e-book function and thereafter determining whether a touch event is detected in a right UI active area of the e-book and a rightward drag action and subsequent release is detected, for receiving an inclination value from a 3-axis sensor representing an inclination of the e-book viewer when the rightward drag and release is detected, for determining whether an inclination value greater than or equal to a threshold is detected in a left direction, and upon detection of the inclination value greater than or equal to the threshold in the left direction, for controlling a display unit to display a next page corresponding to a page number increased by an extent of the drag;
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• the display unit for displaying a corresponding page of the e-book to a screen under the control of the e-book viewer.

An apparatus comprising:

• an e-book viewer for executing an e-book function, for receiving an acceleration value from an acceleration sensor, determining whether the acceleration value greater than or equal to a threshold is detected in a right lateral side, and upon detection of the acceleration value greater than or equal to the threshold in the right lateral side, controlling a display unit to display a next page to a screen;
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• the display unit for displaying a corresponding page of the e-book under the control of the e-book viewer.