Bookmark Gesture Recognition
AssigneePeratech Limited
InventorsWook Chang, Sun Kyu Park
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Abstract
Apparatus for displaying an electronic book comprising a touch screen and a processor. The touch screen displays a selected page of an electronic book, and has a touch input device configured to generate signals in response to a touch input. The processor comprises a touch acquisition module that generates touch position information, a gesture recognition module that determines if a touch input is a bookmark gesture in dependence of whether the touch position information is within a bookmark area, and a bookmark processing module that generates a bookmark for the selected page when a bookmark gesture is recognized by the gesture recognition module.
Claims20
Apparatus for displaying an electronic book comprising:
- a touch screen configured to display a selected page of textual information of an electronic book, said touch screen having a touch input device configured to generate signals in response to a touch input on said touch screen;
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- a processor comprising:
- a touch acquisition module configured to obtain touch position information of a touch input from said touch input device;
- a gesture recognition module configured to determine if a touch input is a bookmark gesture in dependence of whether said touch position information is within a bookmark area or not within said bookmark area;
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- a bookmark processing module configured to generate a bookmark for the selected page when a bookmark gesture is recognized by said gesture recognition module.
A bookmark set-up method for an electronic book comprising:
- displaying a page of textual information on a touch screen;
- receiving a touch input on said touch screen;
- generating touch position information in response to receiving said touch input;
- analyzing said touch position information to determine whether said touch input is a bookmark gesture or not a bookmark gesture, and
- when it is determined that said touch input is a bookmark gesture, acknowledging on said touch screen the receipt of said bookmark gesture.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with program instructions executable by a computer that, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to perform a method of:
- displaying a page of textual information on a touch screen;
- receiving a touch input on said touch screen;
- generating touch position information in response to said touch input;
- analyzing said touch position information to determine whether said touch input is a bookmark gesture or not a bookmark gesture, and
- when it is determined that said touch input is a bookmark gesture, acknowledging on said touch screen the receipt of said bookmark gesture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.