GB2456512A - Apparatus for changing display content based on a detected change in curvature of the display surface - Google Patents

Apparatus for changing display content based on a detected change in curvature of the display surface Download PDF

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GB2456512A
GB2456512A GB0800646A GB0800646A GB2456512A GB 2456512 A GB2456512 A GB 2456512A GB 0800646 A GB0800646 A GB 0800646A GB 0800646 A GB0800646 A GB 0800646A GB 2456512 A GB2456512 A GB 2456512A
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Abstract

A display apparatus 100 comprises: a display surface 102, having at least a first flexible region 104 preferably disposed on the periphery of the display surface 102; one or more first sensors 106 for sensing a first change in curvature of the first region 104; and a display controller 110 operable to change information displayed on the display surface 102 from a first page content to a second page content in response to the first change in curvature. One or more second sensors may also be provided for sensing a change in curvature of a second flexible region of the display surface 102, whereby the display controller 110 changes the information displayed from the second to the first page content. The display apparatus 100 may be a flexible e-paper device such as an electrophoretic display, and the sensors 106 may detect changes in resistance or capacitance. The orientation of the page content may be changed based on signals received by the display controller 110 from an orientation sensor.

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Description
Background
5 Books and other paper methods for storing and displaying information content on pages have existed for a long time. A reader can navigate through information content in a book by turning through the pages. A reader of a book will turn pages forwards and backwards to move forwards and backwards through the information content. Newspapers, magazines, periodicals and other publications have a similar 10 structure. Thus, a book structure for information content is very familiar to the majority of people.
Recently there has been a growth in the use of e-books. An e-book comprises digital content displayed on a display device. Since said digital content will not 15 usually fit on the display of the display device in its entirety, a means for navigating through the digital content is required.
Summary of invention
The present invention is directed to a display apparatus, a computer program product, and a method of navigating between pages in an electronic display apparatus as defined in the independent claims. Further embodiments of the invention are described in the dependent claims.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a display apparatus. The display apparatus comprises a display surface. At least a first region of the display surface is flexible. The display apparatus further comprises one or more first sensors for sensing a first change in curvature of the first region. The display apparatus further comprises a display controller. The display controller is operable to change information displayed on the display surface from first page content to second page content in response to the first change in curvature.
Brief description of the drawings
In the following preferred embodiments of the invention will be described in greater detail by way of example only making reference to the drawings in which:
Figure 1 shows a block diagram of a display apparatus,
Figure 2 shows an action of changing the curvature of a display surface,
Figure 3 shows an action of changing the curvature of a display surface,
Figure 4 shows a flow diagram illustrating steps performed in a method of updating content on a display surface.
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Detailed description
Fig. 1 shows a block diagram of a display apparatus 100. Display apparatus 100 comprises display surface 102, sensor 106, storage 108 and display controller 110.
5 Display surface 102 displays information content and is controlled by display controller 110. A region 104 of display surface 102 is flexible. In order to make region 104 of display surface 102 flexible, display surface 102 may be a sheet of electronic paper. Electronic paper is flexible, and is able to display information such as text and pictures. Further, the display surface 102 may be a non-emissive display 10 surface and further may be operable to continue to display information content even when no electronic signal is supplied. Sensor 106 detects a change in curvature of region 104 of display surface 102. Sensor 102 may be located on the display surface, behind the display surface, inside the display surface, or may be part of the display surface. A change in curvature may occur for example, when a user of the 15 display bends the bottom right hand corner of display surface 102 upwards in a motion similar to that used when turning the pages of a book.
Storage 108 stores content data. The content data may be for example the text and illustrations in a book. Storage 108 may be removable storage such as a memory 20 card. In such a case, the content for display on display apparatus 100 could be changed by changing the memory card. Alternatively, storage 108 may be fixed memory. This may be volatile memory such as random access memory, or nonvolatile memory such as flash memory, or a hard disked drive. In the case that storage 108 is fixed memory, the information content for display on display 25 apparatus 100 may be updated by connecting to a computer either wirelessly or via a wired connection, or by directly connecting the display apparatus 100 to an Information content provider. The connection to an information content provider may be through a wired connection or through a wireless connection.
30 In the embodiment shown in fig.1, display apparatus 100 comprises storage 108. In an alternative embodiment, display apparatus 100 may be a discrete device which is linked to a remote device comprising storage. In such an embodiment, the display
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device may not include storage, beyond that required for the bitmap images displayed, with the pages for display being retrieved from the remote device via an interface. The bitmap image for a page may be stored in a frame buffer. A frame buffer is a memory buffer containing a bitmap representation of the image to be S displayed. The information stored in a frame buffer corresponds to a value or a number of values for each pixel on the display. The interface may be a wired or wireless interface. Examples of such a set up are a Windows 'SlideShow* ancillary display and a 'thin client* architecture. The display surface may be a bi-stable display and therefore have no requirement for a frame buffer. Pages for display 10 could be retrieved from the remote device on demand.
Display controller 110 executes computer program product 112. Computer program product 112 can be thought of as a display control program, which controls how the information content stored in storage 108 is displayed on display surface 102. 15 Computer program product 112 may comprise computer executable instructions for determining the content of individual pages from the information stored in storage 108. For example, storage 108 may contain textual data, and computer program product 112 may comprise instructions on a method for dividing the textual data into pages. The process may include using either stored display settings such as a font, 20 font size and line spacing, or a user selected set of display settings. Display controller 110 and computer program product 112 are further operable to change the page data displayed on display surface 102 in response to an output signal from sensor 106. Thus, in response to a user manipulation of region 104 of display surface 102, the information displayed on display surface 102 is updated to another 25 page. Possible user manipulations of region 104 are explained below in reference to figs. 2 and 3.
Display surface 102 may be a flexible 'e-paper* display. For example, display surface 102 may be an electrophoretic display. An electrophoretic display is a non-30 emissive device based on the influencing of charged particles suspended in a suspension fluid. The suspension fluid is, for example, a liquid or a gas. Electrophoretic displays are based on light absorbing and/or reflecting
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electrophoretic particles moving under the influence of an electric field between electrodes placed on opposite substrates or at spatially separated portions on a substrate at one side of a microcapsule. The charged electrophoretic particles usually are black and white particles or colored particles.
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Another type of e-paper display which may be used to implement display surface 102 is Gyricon. Gyricon is based on a sheet of flexible plastic containing a layer of plastic beads, each encapsulated in a pocket of oil, and thus able to rotate within the plastic sheet. Each hemisphere of one of the beads has a different color and a 10 different electrical charge. When an electric field is applied, the beads rotate creating a two-colored pattern. Thus, voltages can be applied to cause the display surface to display images such as text and pictures. The images persist until a new voltage pattern is applied.
IS Fig. 2 shows a manipulation of display surface 102. In fig. 2, the bottom right hand comer of display surface 102 is moved from position 204 points in the direction shown by arrow 206. Thus, display surface 102 is manipulated in a similar manner to that in which the page of a book would be manipulated to turn the page. The manipulation shown in fig. 2 by arrow 206 which changes the curvature of display 20 surface 102 may be detected by sensor 106. Sensor 106 may be a resistive or capacitive sensor mounted on display surface 102. The sensor may be a stress sensor on the area of the corner of display surface 102. There may be a sensor located on the front side and/or the back side of display surface 102. In the event that a manipulation causing a change in curvature of display surface 102 as shown 25 in fig. 2 occurs, a sensor on the front side of display surface 102 located in the right hand comer would be compressed and a sensor located on the back side of display surface 102 would be stretched. Alternatively, a sensor may be mounted on the back side of the display surface 102 only, this would be advantageous if such sensors were not transparent.
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Fig. 3 shows a further method of causing a change in curvature of display surface 102. As shown in fig. 3, the bottom right hand comer of display surface 102 is
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moved towards the center of the display surface 102, from position 302 in direction 304. This movement causes a bulge shown by 306 in display surface 102 to occur. The sensors on display surface 102 may be able to distinguish between the manipulations shown in fig. 2 and the manipulations shown in fig. 3. Further, the 5 sensors may be operable to distinguish a further manipulation being similar to that shown in fig. 2 where the corner of the display surface is moved downwards rather than upwards.
Manipulations may be acted on any part of the display surface available for bending. 10 Further examples of possible manipulations include causing the display to bend by lifting, lowering, or sliding inwards an edge of the display.
Further, it is noted that the display surface may not be rectangular; other shapes and arrangements for the display surface are possible. A device may comprise a IS number of display surfaces.
Display controller 110, and computer program product 112 are operable to receive signals from sensor 106, and additionally any other sensors located on display surface 102 and in response to such signals to update the information displayed on 20 display surface 102.
Fig. 4 shows a method 400 for updating the page displayed on display 102. In step 402 a signal is received from a sensor or a number of sensors. In step 403, the signals received in step 402 is analyzed to interpret a deformation causing the 25 signals. In step 404, the page displayed on display surface 102 is updated.
Within any region of the display surface which is flexible, there may be multiple sensors. The step 403 may comprise interpreting the signals from the sensors as a set. Thus, the direction, location, and size of a deformation of the display surface 30 can be determined. Possible deformations are a bend or fold in the display, or a 'ripple' in the display. The size, location, orientation, and other attributes of the deformation can be interpreted in step 403.
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In step 403, the deformation of the display surface may be interpreted and matched to a pattern or model, depending on the deformation, an action may be performed. The actions may include moving one page forward or backwards through the 5 content, in response to a deformation of a certain size and moving a number of pages forwards or backwards for a larger deformation. A deformation which is held for a length of time may cause pages to be continually updated by moving forwards or backwards through the content. The speed that the pages are updated may depend on the size of the deformation, with, for example a small deformation 10 causing the pages to be changed at a slow rate and a larger deformation causing the pages to be updated at a faster rate.
In addition to allowing a user to browse through content, the display apparatus may also be operable to allow a user to mark a point or a page by manipulating the 15 display surface. For example, a user may be able to mark a page by causing a tight fold to a part of the display surface. This would allow an intuitive method of marking a place in a book as it similar to the action performed when marking a page in a book by creating a 'dog ear1 by folding the corner of a page to mark a place in the book.
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Display surface 102 may contain a number of sensors. For example there may be a sensor located on the bottom left hand comer and the bottom right hand corner. In such a case, depending on which sensor a signal was received from the page displayed on display surface 102 correspond to either moving forwards, or 25 backwards a page from the content stored in storage 108. Alternatively, different types of manipulation of a position on a page may cause different movements between pages. For example, an upward movement of the bottom right hand comer of a page such as that shown in fig. 2 may move one page forwards through the content whereas a downward movement may move one page backward through the 30 content. Sensor 106 and additional sensors located on display 102 may be operable to sense the size of the manipulation of a comer of display surface 102. In such a case, a small manipulation of region 104 results in a movement to a following page,
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and a large movement or large displacement and therefore large change in curvature of region 104 may result in moving forwards through a number of pages.
Display apparatus 100 may further comprise a tilt sensor which is operable to 5 determine the orientation of the display apparatus and display surface 102. Display controller 110 and computer program product 112 executed thereon may update information displayed on display surface 102 depending upon the orientation of the display surface. Thus, text displayed on display surface could be rotated as a result of a rotation of the display surface.
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Display apparatus 100 may be physically realized in a number of different embodiments. For example in one embodiment display controller 110 may be integrated into flexible display surface 102. Such an embodiment would provide a device being integrated into display surface 102. In a further embodiment, the 15 circuitry corresponding to display controller 110 may be housed in a casing. The casing may be attached to display surface 102 in a number of different ways. For example, a casing may be attached to the back of display surface 102 in a central position. Such an embodiment would allow all four corners and all 4 edges of display surface 102 to be manipulated by a user. Alternatively, the housing may be 20 attached to display surface 102 along one side of display surface 102 in such an embodiment, the display surface 102 could be moved by a user in a similar manner to that in which a page of a book is moved by a reader, with the edge of the display surface attached to the casing acting as the spine of the book. A further display surface may be attached in a position to imitate the facing page in a book. In such 25 an embodiment, the unattached 3 sides and 2 corners of each surface would be available for manipulation by the user.
Embodiments of the present invention are particularly advantageous as they provide a means for displaying content information to a user which can be navigated by the 30 user in a manner similar to that a reader would navigate pages in a book. Therefore, embodiments of the present invention provide an intuitive method of navigating through digital content.
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  1. Claims
    1. A display apparatus comprising,
    5 a display surface, at least a first region of said display surface being flexi ble;
    one or more first sensors for sensing a first change in curvature of said first region;
    a display controller operable to change information displayed on said dis-
    10 play surface from a first page content to a second page content in re sponse to said first change in curvature.
    2. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein said display surface is disposed in a plane and said first change in curvature of said first region is caused by said
    IS first region of said display surface being moved out of said plane.
    3. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein said first region is on the periphery of said display surface.
    20 4. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein said display surface is substantially rectangular and said first region comprises a comer of said display surface.
    5. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein said first change in curvature is caused by a force urging a region of said display surface to move towards the
    25 centre of said display surface while remaining within the plane of said display surface.
    6. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein said first change in curvature is caused by a force urging a region of said display surface to move up, out of the
    30 plane of said display surface.
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    7. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein a second region of said display surface is flexible, the display apparatus further comprising one or more second sensors for sensing a second change in curvature of said second region, said display controller being further operable to change said information displayed
    5 on said display surface from said second page content to said first page content in response to said second change in curvature.
    8. The display apparatus of claim 1, said one or more first sensors being further operable to detect a second change in curvature of said first region, said sec-
    10 ond change in curvature being caused by a force urging said first region of said display surface to move down, below the plane of said display surface.
    9. The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising storage for content data comprising said first page content and said second page content.
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    10. The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an interface for requesting and receiving content data comprising said first page content and said second page content from a remote device.
    20 11. The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an orientation sensor for determining an orientation of said display apparatus, wherein said display controller is further operable to change the orientation of said information displayed on said display surface depending on said orientation of said display apparatus.
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    12. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more first sensors are further operable to determine a measure of said first change in curvature, the content data further comprises third page content, and said display controller is further operable to change information displayed on said display surface from
    30 said first page content to said third page content if said measure of said first change in curvature is greater than a threshold.
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    13. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein said one or more first sensors are operable to measure a change in resistance or capacitance caused by said first change in curvature.
    5 14. The display apparatus of claim 1, said first sensor and said display controller being integrated with said display surface.
    15. A computer program product, comprising computer executable instructions which when executed cause a processor to perform a method of changing
    10 pages displayed on a flexible display surface of a display apparatus, the method comprising:
    receiving a first signal from at least a first sensor, said first signal being indicative of first change in curvature of a first region of said flexible display surface;
    IS updating a page displayed on said flexible display in response to said first change in curvature.
    16. The computer program product of claim 15, the method further comprising:
    20 interpreting said first change in curvature,
    wherein the step of updating a page displayed on said display is based on the interpretation of said first change in curvature.
    17. The computer program product of claim 16, the method further comprising
    25 storing a page marker based on the first change in curvature.
    18. A method of navigating between pages of content in an electronic display apparatus, the electronic display apparatus comprising a flexible display surface, the method comprising:
    30 causing a change in curvature of a region of the flexible display surface.
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    19. The method of claim 18, said change in curvature being caused by raising or lowering an area of the display surface.
    20. The method of claim 18, said change in curvature being caused by urging a 5 region of the display surface towards the centre of said display surface,
    wherein said region remains in the same plane as the display surface.
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