JPH06119403A - Blowsing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the blowsing device which can skip and display pages by providing a control part for extracting the page having the page number of a value provided by mapping an increase function to rotating speed from a rotating speed sensor. CONSTITUTION:A rotating speed sensor 1 sends the rotating speed to a control part 2. The control part 2 calculates the page to be next displayed based on the sent rotating speed, and the relevant page is extracted from an information storage part 3 and displayed at a display part 4. Since the page number mapping the increase function to the rotating speed is calculated by the control part 2, the user can skip and display the pages corresponding to the speed for rotating the rotating speed sensor 1, and labor can be saved. When a rotating angle sensor is provided in place of the rotating speed sensor 1, the rotating angle sensor detects a rotating angle based on the operation of the user, and the control part 2 extracts the page having the page number of the value provided by mapping the increase function to the rotating angle from the information storage part 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a browsing apparatus which senses browsing information provided by a user, and reads out and displays information from an information storage section based on the browsing information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional browsing device is shown in FIG.
Like 0, the rotation sensor 31, the control part 32, the information storage part 33, and the display part 34 were provided (Japanese Patent Application No. 1-5).
1103). In this browsing device,
If the rotation speed sent from the rotation sensor 31 is positive, the control unit 32 retrieves the page one page after the currently displayed page from the information storage unit 33 and displays it on the display unit 34. If the rotation speed sent from is negative,
The control unit 32 retrieves the page immediately before the currently displayed page from the information storage unit 33 and displays it on the display unit 34.

[0003]

However, in the above conventional configuration, the next page that can be displayed on the screen is only one page before or after the currently displayed page. If the page number of the page to be displayed and the page number of the currently displayed page are far from each other, all the pages between them must be displayed one by one. Therefore, the user has the problem that the operation of the rotation sensor 31 must be repeated until the intended page is displayed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a browsing device capable of skipping a page and displaying it.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information storage section for storing paged information, a rotational speed sensor for detecting a rotational speed based on a user's operation, and the rotational speed. A control unit for taking out a page having a page number of a value obtained by mapping an increasing function to the rotation speed from the sensor from the information storage unit, and a display unit for displaying the information taken out by the control unit are provided. It is characterized by that.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, an information storage unit for storing paged information, a rotation angle sensor for detecting a rotation angle based on a user's operation, and a rotation angle from the rotation angle sensor. And a display unit for displaying the information retrieved by the control unit, and a control unit for retrieving a page having a page number having a value obtained by mapping the increasing function.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, an information storage section for storing information including a document number and a page, a first rotation sensor for detecting browsing information based on a user's operation, and a user's operation. A second rotation sensor for detecting browsing information based on the document, and a document having a document number having a value obtained by mapping an increasing function to the browsing information from the first rotation sensor and extracting the document from the information storage unit. A controller and a page controller that retrieves a page having a page number of a value obtained by mapping an increasing function to the browsing information from the second rotation sensor from the document retrieved by the document controller; And a display unit for displaying the information retrieved by the page control unit.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the invention, the information storage section stores the paged information. The rotation speed sensor detects a rotation speed based on a user's operation. The control unit retrieves from the information storage unit a page having a page number having a value obtained by mapping the increasing function to the rotation speed from the rotation speed sensor. The display unit displays the information retrieved by the control unit.

In the invention of claim 2, the information storage section is
Stores paged information. The rotation angle sensor is
The rotation angle based on the user's operation is detected. The control unit
A page having a page number having a value obtained by mapping the increasing function to the rotation angle from the rotation angle sensor is retrieved from the information storage unit. The display unit displays the information retrieved by the control unit.

In the invention of claim 3, the information storage unit is
It stores the document number and paged information. First
The rotation sensor detects the browsing information based on the user's operation. The second rotation sensor detects browsing information based on a user operation. The document control unit is the first
The document having the document number of the value obtained by mapping the increasing function to the browsing information from the rotation sensor of is retrieved from the information storage unit. The page control unit takes out a page having a page number having a value obtained by mapping the increasing function to the browsing information from the second rotation sensor, from the document taken out by the document control unit. The display unit displays the information retrieved by the page control unit.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. (Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a browsing device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The browsing device includes a rotation speed sensor 1, a control unit 2, an information storage unit 3, and a display unit 4. I have it. The rotation speed sensor 1 sends the rotation speed to the control unit 2. The control unit 2 obtains a page to be displayed next based on the sent rotation speed, retrieves the corresponding page from the information storage unit 3, and causes the display unit 4 to display the page.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of the browsing device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, in which the rotation speed sensor 1 is installed on the side surface of the device body and the display unit 4 is installed on the back surface. Next, the operation of the above browsing device will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the rotation speed sensor 1 is rotated by the operation of the user, the rotation speed v (radian / second) is sent from the rotation speed sensor 1 to the control unit 2 every unit time. When the rotation speed sensor 1 is rotated in the forward direction, v
> 0 and v <0 when rotated in the opposite direction. As a result, the control unit 2 calculates the following equation 1 based on the rotation speed v from the rotation speed sensor 1 to obtain the page number n to be displayed (step S1).

[0013]

[Equation 1]

Note that n is a value obtained by mapping an increasing function on v. However, if the page number currently displayed is p, then if v = 0, then n = p. In order to realize the increasing function most easily, in this embodiment, the proportional constant k is used and set as in the above mathematical expression 1. Next, it is determined whether or not the page indicated by the page number n exists in the information storage unit 3 (step S2), and if it exists, the page indicated by the page number n is taken out from the information storage unit 3 and displayed on the display unit 4. Is displayed (step S3). If the page indicated by the page number n does not exist in the information storage unit 3 in step S2,
Obtain the page number of the existing page (step S
4). That is, when v is positive, the maximum page number is n, and when v is negative, 1 is n. And step S3
To the information storage unit 3 for the page indicated by page number n.
It is taken out from and displayed on the display unit 4.

As described above, since the control unit 2 obtains the page number in which the increasing function is mapped to the rotation speed, the user can skip and display the page depending on the speed at which the rotation speed sensor 1 is rotated. It can be reduced. (Embodiment 2) FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a browsing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. This browsing device includes a control unit 2, an information storage unit 3, a display unit 4, and a rotation angle sensor 6. I have it. The rotation angle sensor 6 sends the rotation angle to the control unit 2. The control unit 2 obtains a page to be displayed next based on the sent rotation angle, takes out the corresponding page from the information storage unit 3, and causes the display unit 4 to display the page.

FIG. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram of a browsing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention, in which a rotation angle sensor 6 is installed on the side surface of the device body and a display section 4 is installed on the back surface. Next, the operation of the browsing device will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the rotation angle sensor 6 is rotated by a user's operation, the rotation angle sensor 6 sets the rotation angle r (radian) from the start of rotation to the end of rotation to the control unit 2 when the rotation is completed. send. When the rotation angle sensor 6 is rotated in the forward direction, r> 0,
When rotated in the opposite direction, r <0. As a result, the control unit 2 obtains the page number n to be displayed by performing the following mathematical expression 2 based on the rotation angle r from the rotation angle sensor 6 (step S11).

[0017]

[Equation 2]

Note that n is a value obtained by mapping an increasing function on r. However, if the currently displayed page number is p, then if r = 0, then n = p. In order to realize the increasing function most easily, in this embodiment, the proportional constant k is used and set as in the above-mentioned mathematical expression 2. Next, it is determined whether or not the page indicated by the page number n exists in the information storage unit 3 (step S12). If it exists, the page indicated by the page number n is taken out from the information storage unit 3 and displayed on the display unit 4. Is displayed (step S13). If it is determined in step S12 that the page indicated by the page number n does not exist in the information storage unit 3, the page number of the existing page is obtained (step S14). That is, when r is positive, the maximum page number is n, and when r is negative, 1 is n. Then, in step S13, the page indicated by the page number n is retrieved from the information storage unit 3 and displayed on the display unit 4.

As described above, the control unit 2 obtains the page number in which the increasing function is mapped to the rotation angle, so that the user can skip and display the page according to the rotation angle of the rotation angle sensor 6, and thus the user can display the page. Can be displayed by skipping many pages by rotating the rotation angle sensor 6 a lot like an actual page turning. (Embodiment 3) FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a browsing device according to a third embodiment of the present invention. This browsing device includes an information storage unit 3, a display unit 4, a first rotation sensor 8 and a second rotation sensor 8. A rotation sensor 9, a document control unit 10, and a page control unit 11 are provided. The first rotation sensor 8 sends a rotation signal to the document control unit 10. Second rotation sensor 9
Sends a rotation signal to the page controller 11. The document control unit 10 obtains the document to be displayed next based on the sent rotation signal, retrieves the page of the relevant document from the information storage unit 3, and displays it on the display unit 4. Page control unit 11
Determines the page to be displayed next based on the sent rotation signal, retrieves the corresponding page from the information storage unit 3 and displays it on the display unit 4.

FIG. 8 is a schematic configuration diagram of a browsing device according to a third embodiment of the present invention, in which a first rotation sensor 8 and a second rotation sensor 9 are arranged on a side surface of a device body and a display portion is provided on a back surface. 4 are installed. Next, the operation of the above browsing device will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the first rotation sensor 8 is rotated by the user's operation, the first rotation sensor 8 sends a rotation signal x (rotation speed or rotation angle) to the document control unit 10. Therefore, the first rotation sensor 8 may be either a rotation speed sensor or a rotation angle sensor. When the first rotation sensor 8 is rotated in the forward direction, x> 0, and when it is rotated in the reverse direction, x <0. As a result, the document control unit 1
0 is the following mathematical formula 3 based on the rotation signal x sent as an input.
Is calculated to obtain the document number n to be displayed.

[0021]

[Equation 3]

Note that n is a value obtained by mapping an increasing function on x. However, if the document number currently displayed is d,
If x = 0, then n = d. In order to implement the increasing function in the simplest way, in the present embodiment, the proportional constant k is used to calculate
It is set like. Next, in the information storage unit 3, the document number n
It is determined whether or not the document indicated by is present (step S
22) If present, the page having the page number 1 of the document indicated by the document number n is taken out from the information storage unit 3 and displayed on the display unit 4 (step S23). Step S
If it is determined in 22 that the document indicated by the document number n does not exist in the information storage unit 3, the document number of the existing document is obtained (step S24). That is, when x is positive, the maximum document number is n, and when x is negative, 1 is n.
Then, the process proceeds to step S23 to take out the page having the page number 1 of the document indicated by the document number n from the information storage unit 3 and display it on the display unit 4. On the other hand, when the second rotation sensor 9 is rotated by the user's operation, the page control unit 11 performs the same operation as in FIG. 3 or 6, and the desired page is displayed on the display unit 4.

As described above, since the document control unit 10 and the page control unit 11 obtain the document number and the page number in which the increasing function is mapped to the rotation speed or the rotation angle, the information stored in the hierarchical structure of the document and the page. Can be displayed with the same feeling as turning pages. In each of the above embodiments, a linear function is used when mapping the increasing function to the rotation information, but any other function may be used as long as it is an increasing function.

In the third embodiment, the document control unit 10 is configured to take out the page having the page number 1 of the document indicated by the document number n from the information storage unit 3 and display it on the display unit 4. , This page number is not always 1
However, if there is a page with the currently displayed page number, that page may be displayed.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, an information storage unit for storing paged information, a rotation speed sensor for detecting a rotation speed based on a user's operation, and a rotation speed sensor. Since the control unit that retrieves the page having the page number of the value obtained by mapping the increasing function to the rotation speed from the container from the information storage unit and the display unit that displays the information retrieved by the control unit, Pages can be skipped and displayed due to a small number of user movements.

Further, an information storage unit for storing the paged information, a rotation angle sensor for detecting a rotation angle based on a user's operation, and an increasing function are mapped to the rotation angle from the rotation angle sensor. If a control unit that retrieves a page having a page number of a value obtained from the information storage unit and a display unit that displays the information retrieved by the control unit are provided, the user can use the rotation angle sensor as browsing information. Since the rotation angle is given, many pages can be skipped and displayed by rotating a lot like a page turning of an actual paper.

Further, an information storage unit for storing information having a document number and a page, a first rotation sensor for detecting browsing information based on a user's operation, and browsing information based on a user's operation. A second rotation sensor for detecting; a document control section for extracting a document having a document number having a value obtained by mapping an increasing function to the browsing information from the first rotation sensor from the information storage section; A page control unit that retrieves a page having a page number of a value obtained by mapping an increasing function to the browsing information from the rotation sensor of the document, and a page control unit that retrieves from the document retrieved by the document control unit, and information retrieved by the page control unit. If a display unit for displaying is provided, the user can display the information stored in the hierarchical structure of documents and pages in the same manner as turning a page. That.

That is, according to the present invention, the page can be skipped and displayed based on the browsing information from the rotation sensor, so that the user can turn the page with a feeling of handling a normal paper book or document. . Further, it can be easily miniaturized, and when it is miniaturized, a feeling of operation better than that of a trackball can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a browsing device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a browsing device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a control unit.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a browsing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram of a browsing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the control unit.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a browsing device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic configuration diagram of a browsing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the control unit.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a conventional browsing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 rotation speed sensor 2 control section 3 information storage section 4 display section 6 rotation angle sensor 8 first rotation sensor 9 second rotation sensor 10 document control section 11 page control section

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Shinji Inoue 1006 Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (72) Yuuki Nakamura, 1006 Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An information storage unit for storing paged information, a rotation speed sensor for detecting a rotation speed based on a user's operation, and an increasing function mapped to the rotation speed from the rotation speed sensor. A browsing device comprising: a control unit that retrieves from the information storage unit a page having a page number of a value obtained by the above; and a display unit that displays the information retrieved by the control unit. 2. An information storage unit for storing paged information, a rotation angle sensor for detecting a rotation angle based on a user's operation, and an increasing function mapped to the rotation angle from the rotation angle sensor. A browsing device comprising: a control unit that retrieves from the information storage unit a page having a page number of a value obtained by the above; and a display unit that displays the information retrieved by the control unit. 3. An information storage unit for storing information including a document number and a page, and a first unit for detecting browsing information based on a user's operation.
Second rotation sensor and second to detect browsing information based on user's operation
A rotation sensor, a document controller that retrieves a document having a document number having a value obtained by mapping an increasing function to the browsing information from the first rotation sensor, from the information storage unit, and the second rotation sensor. The page with the page number of the value obtained by mapping the increasing function to the browsing information from the sensor,
A browsing device comprising: a page control unit for taking out the document taken out by the document control unit; and a display unit for displaying the information taken out by the page control unit.