KR20120100403A - Method and apparatus for providing memo of electronic book - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided are a method and an apparatus for providing a memo of an e-book. An apparatus for providing a memo of an e-book, a memo input sensing unit for detecting a memo input for the e-book displayed on the screen of the first terminal, and generates a value for the attribute of the detected memo, the value for the attribute A memo storage unit for mapping the screen size of the first terminal, the ID and display ratio of the e-book to a separate storage, and when the e-book is displayed on the second terminal, the memo mapped to the e-book. A memo search unit for searching in the separate storage and a memo display unit for displaying the searched memo on the screen of the second terminal based on the screen size of the second terminal and the display ratio of the e-book displayed on the second terminal; Include.

Description

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MEMO OF ELECTRONIC BOOK}

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a memo of an e-book, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for providing a memo of the same e-book in various terminals.

An electronic book device (electronic book device) is a device for displaying a visually visible copyrighted work stored in digital, mobile phone terminal, PDA, personal computer, etc. may be used as the e-book terminal.

That is, any terminal that can read and display data from a recording medium that is digitally stored in a predetermined form and displayed in a predetermined form can be an e-book terminal.

On the other hand, when using an e-book terminal, if the user wants to take notes on a specific location of the book while viewing the contents displayed on the e-book terminal, a device for storing and displaying it later is required.

Accordingly, Korean Patent Publication No. 2002-2712 (Memo recording apparatus and method of an e-book device) stores the memo content input by the user and the e-book content separately, and separates the memo content file from the memo content file. By further providing a memo index file, a memo input method for reading memo contents through a memo index file is disclosed.

However, when an e-book is displayed on various terminals having different screen sizes and display ratios instead of one terminal, the memo input to the e-book is determined based on the terminal in which the first memo was input, and thus the ratio of the letters and the like. There was a problem that the notes do not look right because it is not correct.

In addition, when the e-book is a tutorial, there was a demand to make another learning material by using the memo input to the tutorial separately, but a technology capable of meeting such a requirement has not been proposed yet.

In order to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, the present invention provides a method and apparatus for managing a memo input to an e-book separately from the e-book, and displaying the memo in various terminals having different screen sizes and display ratios. to provide.

The present invention also provides a method and apparatus that can utilize the memo input to the e-book as a separate material.

The objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects not mentioned can be clearly understood from the following description.

In order to achieve the above object, an apparatus for providing a memo of an e-book according to an aspect of the present invention, detects a memo input for the e-book displayed on the screen of the first terminal, and for the attribute of the detected memo A memo input detector for generating a value, a memo storage unit for mapping the value of the attribute to the screen size of the first terminal, the ID and display ratio of the e-book, and storing the memo input in a separate storage; When a book is displayed, a memo search unit for searching for a memo mapped to the e-book in the separate storage and the searched memo to the screen size of the second terminal and the display ratio of the e-book displayed on the second terminal. And a memo display unit displayed on the screen of the second terminal based on the result.

In one aspect of the present invention, if there are a plurality of memos mapped to the e-book, further comprises a memo combiner for combining the plurality of memos to create an e-book, the memo combiner is a value for the attribute of the memo And combine the plurality of memos based on the contents of the e-book.

In addition, in one aspect of the present invention, the attribute of the memo may include the ID of the detected memo, the trajectory, the thickness of the trajectory, information about the position in the e-book and link information.

In addition, in one aspect of the present invention, when the e-book is a fixed page type, the memo input detecting unit includes a virtual mesh including a plurality of rows and columns of the page on which the memo is input. ) And the location of the memo based on each of the divided mesh areas.

In addition, in one aspect of the present invention, the memo input detecting unit sets at least one virtual reference point in a specific area of the e-book to which the memo is input when the e-book is a non-fixed page type, and the set virtual reference point Based on the location of the memo can be determined.

In order to achieve the above object, a method for providing a memo of an e-book according to an aspect of the present invention comprises the steps of (a) loading the e-book stored in the first storage and display on the screen of the first terminal, (b) the Detecting an input of a memo for the displayed e-book, generating a value for an attribute of the detected memo; and (c) displaying the value of the attribute for the screen size of the first terminal, the ID of the e-book, Mapping to a display ratio and storing the information in a second storage, wherein an attribute of the memo includes ID of the memo, a trajectory, a thickness of the trajectory, information on a location in the e-book, and link information.

In an aspect of the present invention, step (c) may insert an identifier indicating that the memo mapped to the e-book exists in the e-book.

In addition, in one aspect of the invention, (d) loading the e-book stored in the third storage and displaying on the screen of the second terminal, (e) the identifier on the e-book displayed on the screen of the second terminal Retrieving a memo mapped with the e-book from the second repository by checking whether a message exists, and (f) displaying the retrieved memo as a value for the attribute, a screen size of the second terminal, and the second terminal. The method may further include displaying on the screen of the second terminal based on the displayed ratio of the e-book.

In addition, in an aspect of the present invention, step (a) may include performing authentication of a user of the first terminal.

In addition, in an aspect of the present invention, step (e) may include performing authentication of a user of the memo mapped to the e-book.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG.

The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. It is provided to fully inform the owner of the scope of the invention.

According to one of the problem solving means of the method and apparatus for providing a memo of the e-book of the present invention described above, a memo input to the e-book can be displayed without abnormality even in various terminals having different screen sizes and display ratios.

In addition, only the memo input to the e-book can be generated as a separate material, in particular, in the case of a memo input to the learning e-book or a learning video, it is possible to increase the learning effect by generating the corresponding memo as a separate material.

1 is a diagram illustrating a system for providing a memo of an e-book according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an apparatus for providing a memo of an e-book according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a memo of an e-book according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention.

The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

For reference, in the entire specification, when a part is "connected" to another part, it is not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another element in between. Also includes.

Also, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without departing from the other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating a system for providing a memo of an e-book according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The system for providing a memo of an e-book according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first terminal 110, a second terminal 120, and a web server 130.

In describing each component, the first terminal 110 and the second terminal 120 display an e-book such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA) and a portable multimedia player (PMP) on a screen, and the corresponding electronic book. It may include all types of handheld based mobile terminals capable of inputting notes into books.

In addition, the first terminal 110 and the second terminal 120 may include a desktop PC, a tablet PC, a laptop PC and a display device (TV) or a set top box connected to the display device.

In addition, the first terminal 110 and the second terminal 110 may include a touch screen for directly inputting a memo by touching a screen such as a stylus pen or a finger, or keyboard (Korean, English, numbers and special). It may also include a touch pad for inputting a memo indirectly through an interface such as a character keyboard.

Hereinafter, a smart phone will be described as an example of the first terminal 110 and a set top box will be described as an example of the second terminal 120. The e-book displayed on the smart phone 110 and the set-top box 120 is the same e-book. In addition, the smartphone 110 and the set-top box 120 may load an e-book stored in a storage or a separate storage in the display and display the e-book.

If the memo A is input to the e-book A displayed on the smart phone 110, the smart phone 110 transmits the input memo A to the web server 130 providing the web hard service, and then the e-book A A can be stored in a separate repository from the repository.

Subsequently, when the e-book A is displayed on the screen in the set-top box 120 and there is a memo associated with the e-book A, the set-top box 120 connects to the web server 130 to display the memo A related to the e-book A. It can be displayed on the screen by overlapping E-book A.

In this case, the smartphone 110 and the set-top box 120 may display the corresponding memo in consideration of the screen ratio of the smartphone or the set-top box and the ratio of the e-book displayed on the screen when the memo is input.

A detailed description thereof will be described later with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an apparatus for providing a memo of an e-book according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Apparatus 200 for providing a memo of the e-book according to an embodiment of the present invention is a memo input detection unit 210, memo storage unit 220, memo search unit 230, memo display unit 240 and memo combination The unit 250 is included.

For reference, the device 200 illustrated in FIG. 2 may be included in the smart phone 110 which is the first terminal and the set-top box 120 which is the second terminal, to provide memo of an e-book.

When describing each component, the memo input detecting unit 210 detects a memo input for the e-book displayed on the screen of the smartphone 110 and sets a value for the property of the memo including the ID of the input memo. Create

The attributes of the input memo may include ID, trajectory, thickness of the memo, information on the position of the memo in the e-book, and link information.

In more detail, when the user inputs a memo in a text format, the memo input detector 210 does not detect the memo and converts the memo into text, but rather tracks and thicknesses of the memo (text) input by the user. By quantifying the thickness of the text and storing the value thereof, the form of the memo input by the user (such as handwriting and thickness) can be preserved as it is.

In addition, the memo input detecting unit 210 generates information on the position of the memo in the e-book.

For reference, there are two types of e-books: "fixed page" and "non-fixed page".

When the e-book is a fixed page method, the memo input detecting unit 210 divides the corresponding page into which the memo is input into a virtual mesh area including a plurality of rows and columns, and classifies them. The location of the memo on the page can be determined based on each mesh area.

Therefore, in the fixed page method, the number of pages corresponding to the memo (the number of pages) and the position of the memo set based on the virtual mesh area may be included in the 'information on the memo'.

In addition, when the e-book is a non-fixed page method, the memo input detecting unit 210 sets at least one virtual reference point in a specific area of the e-book in which the memo is input, and sets the position of the memo based on the set virtual reference point. I can figure it out.

Accordingly, in the non-fixed page method, the position of the virtual reference point in the e-book and the position of the memo based on the virtual reference point may be included in the 'information about the position of the note'.

In addition, when the input memo includes a link connected to a web site, a document, or a video, the memo input detector 210 may manage corresponding link information as an attribute value.

The current and memo storage unit 220 is a screen size (resolution) of the smart phone 110, the value of the property of each memo generated by the memo input detection unit 210, the ID of the e-book and the e-book smart phone ( It is mapped to the ratio indicated in 110) and stored in a separate storage.

In this case, the memo storage unit 220 may insert an identifier (hereinafter, referred to as a 'note existence existence identifier') indicating that a memo associated with the e-book exists in the corresponding e-book.

That is, the memo storage unit 220 manages the input memo by reflecting the screen size (resolution) of the smart phone 110 and the ratio of the e-book displayed on the smart phone 110, and later, the smart phone 110 and If the screen size (resolution) is different from the set-top box 120 to see the same e-book and memo, the first ratio of the memo input to the smartphone 110 can be maintained as it is.

Here, the separate storage may be a storage such as a memory or a hard disk in the set-top box 120, or may be a storage such as a web hard provided through a web service.

Hereinafter, a case in which the input memo is stored in the web hard will be described.

For reference, the memo storage unit 220 receives the authentication information such as a password from the user who inputs the memo when storing the memo on the web hard, and stores the memo together with the memo in the future. It can also be used only if it is successful.

Meanwhile, when the e-book in which the memo is input on a specific page or a specific position is displayed on the set-top box 120, the memo search unit 230 extracts an ID from the e-book, accesses a predetermined web hard, and extracts the e-book. Retrieves the ID of the memo mapped with the ID of the e-book.

Subsequently, the memo search unit 230 downloads the found memo to the storage in the set-top box 120, and sets a message indicating that there is a memo associated with the memo when the 'memo existence identifier' is inserted into the downloaded e-book. Can be displayed on the screen.

In this case, the memo search unit 230 may receive authentication information for using the memo from the set-top box 120 user and use the memo search unit 230 only when authentication is successful.

Meanwhile, the memo display unit 240 displays the memo searched by the memo search unit 230 in the screen size (resolution) of the set-top box 120, the display ratio of the e-book currently displayed through the set-top box 120, and the properties of the memo. The display is overlapped with the e-book based on the value for.

On the other hand, when the memo combiner 250 is a menu or a button for combining the memo in the smart phone 110 or the set-top box 120 is selected, combines a plurality of memo input by the user as a separate e-book Can be generated.

In this case, the memo combiner 250 extracts a table of contents from the e-book, and combines the memos for each table of contents to generate an e-book.

For example, if a user who is a high school student is studying an e-book related to national history and enters a memo related to a core event in each major paragraph, the memo is a separate examination material that records the contents of the historical core event by itself. It can be valuable, and if you use the memo as a separate e-book, it can be very helpful for the candidates.

2 refers to a hardware component such as software or an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) or ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), and performs predetermined roles .

However, 'components' are not meant to be limited to software or hardware, and each component may be configured to be in an addressable storage medium or may be configured to reproduce one or more processors.

Thus, by way of example, an element may comprise components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components and task components, processes, functions, attributes, procedures, Routines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuitry, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays, and variables.

Components and the functionality provided within those components may be combined into a smaller number of components or further separated into additional components.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a memo of an e-book according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the flowchart of FIG. 2 will be described with reference to the components of the apparatus 200 shown in FIG. 2, and the flowchart of FIG. 3 shows a user inputting a memo while viewing a 'e-book A' on the smartphone 110. And, later, the set-top box 120 is a case of viewing the previously entered notes with the 'e-book A' through the screen.

First, the memo input detecting unit 210 detects a memo input for the e-book A displayed on the screen of the smart phone 110, assigns an ID to the input memo, and values for the trajectory of the memo and the thickness of the trajectory. And information about the location of the memo, etc. (S301).

In this case, the information on the position of the memo may vary depending on whether the e-book A is a fixed page type or a non-fixed page type.

For reference, when the e-book is a fixed page method, the memo input detecting unit 210 divides the corresponding page into which the memo is input into a virtual mesh area including a plurality of rows and columns. In addition, the position of the memo on the corresponding page may be determined based on each divided mesh area, and when the e-book is a non-fixed page method, the memo input detecting unit 210 may virtualize a specific area of the e-book in which the memo is input. At least one reference point may be set, and the position of the memo may be determined based on the set virtual reference point.

In addition, when the input memo includes a link to a web site, a document, or a video, the memo input detector 210 may manage the link information as an attribute value.

After the step S301, the memo storage unit 220 displays the property values of each memo generated by the memo input detection unit 210, the screen size (resolution) of the smart phone 110, the ID of the e-book and the e-book. It is mapped to the ratio shown in 110 and stored in the web storage, which is a separate storage (S302).

In this case, the memo storage unit 220 may insert a 'memo existence identifier' indicating that the memo associated with the e-book A exists in the e-book A.

After the step S302, when the e-book A is displayed on the set-top box 120, the memo search unit 230 maps the ID and the ID of the corresponding e-book after accessing a predetermined web hard to display the memo associated with the e-book A. Search for the ID of the memo (S303).

For reference, the memo search unit 230 notifies a memo when there is a memo based on the 'note existence existence identifier' inserted in the e-book A, and displays a message asking whether to display the memo by overlapping the memo with the e-book A. The screen may be displayed on the set top box 120.

After the step S303, the memo search unit 230 downloads the found memo to the storage in the set-top box 120 (S304).

After step S304, the memo display unit 240 displays the memo downloaded in step S304 on the screen size (resolution) of the set-top box 120, the display ratio of the e-book currently displayed through the set-top box 120, and the attributes of the memo. The display is overlapped with the e-book based on the value of S (S305).

After the step S305, if a menu or button for memo combining is selected by the user, the memo combiner 250 combines a plurality of memos input to the e-book A to generate a separate e-book (S306).

At this time, the memo combiner 250 may extract a table of contents from the e-book A, and combine the memo for each extracted table to generate an e-book.

The foregoing description of the present invention is intended for illustration, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be easily modified in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. will be.

It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive.

For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the above description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

200: e-book note providing device
210: memo input detection unit
220: memo storage unit
230: memo search unit
240: memo display unit
250: memo combiner

Claims (10)

In the device for providing a memo of the e-book,
A memo input detector for detecting a memo input for the e-book displayed on the screen of the first terminal and generating a value for the attribute of the detected memo;
A memo storage unit which maps the value of the attribute to the screen size of the first terminal, the ID of the e-book and the display ratio, and stores the value in the separate storage;
When the e-book is displayed on the second terminal, a memo search unit for searching the memo mapped to the e-book in the separate storage unit;
Memo display unit for displaying the retrieved memo on the screen of the second terminal based on the screen size of the second terminal, the display ratio of the e-book displayed on the second terminal
E-book note providing device comprising a.
The method of claim 1,
When the memo is mapped to the e-book, the memo combiner for combining the plurality of memo to create an e-book
The memo combiner may further include combining the plurality of memos based on a value of a property of the memo and a table of contents of the e-book.
The method of claim 1,
The attribute of the memo comprises an ID of the detected memo, the trajectory, the thickness of the trajectory, information about the position in the e-book and link information providing apparatus.
The method of claim 3, wherein
The memo input detecting unit divides the page into which the memo is input into a virtual mesh area including a plurality of rows and columns when the e-book is a fixed page type. E-book memo providing apparatus for identifying the position of the memo based on each mesh area.
The method of claim 3, wherein
The memo input detecting unit sets at least one virtual reference point in a specific area of the e-book in which the memo is input, and determines the position of the memo based on the set virtual reference point when the e-book is a non-fixed page type. E-book memo providing device.
In the method of providing a memo of the e-book,
(a) loading the e-book stored in the first storage and displaying the same on the screen of the first terminal;
(b) detecting an input of a memo for the displayed e-book, generating a value for an attribute of the detected memo; and
(c) mapping the value of the attribute to a screen size of the first terminal, an ID of the e-book, and a display ratio to store in the second storage;
Including, Wherein the attribute of the memo e-book memo, including the ID, the trajectory, the thickness of the trajectory, information about the location and the link information in the e-book.
The method according to claim 6,
In the step (c), inserting an identifier indicating that there is a memo mapped to the e-book into the e-book, providing e-book memo.
The method of claim 7, wherein
(d) loading the e-book stored in the third storage and displaying the same on the screen of the second terminal;
(e) checking whether the identifier exists in the e-book displayed on the screen of the second terminal, retrieving a memo mapped to the e-book from the second storage; and
(f) displaying the retrieved memo on the screen of the second terminal based on the value for the property, the screen size of the second terminal, and the display ratio of the e-book displayed on the second terminal.
Further comprising, e-book note providing method.
The method according to claim 6,
The step (a) comprises the step of performing authentication for the user of the first terminal, e-book memo providing method.
The method of claim 8,
The step (e) comprises the step of performing authentication for the user of the memo mapped with the e-book, e-book memo providing method.

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