公开(公告)号：US09658746B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-23

申请号：US13946538

申请日：2013-07-19

申请人： Nook Digital, LLC

发明人： Harold E. Cohn ,  Luis D. Mosquera ,  Matthew Pallakoff

IPC分类号： G06F3/048 ,  G06F3/0483 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/0488

CPC分类号： G06F3/0483 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/04883

摘要： Techniques are disclosed for providing accessible reading modes in electronic computing devices. The user can transition between a manual reading mode and an automatic reading mode using a transition gesture. The manual reading mode may allow the user to navigate through content, share content with others, aurally sample and select content, adjust the reading rate, font, volume, or configure other reading and/or device settings. The automatic reading mode facilitates an electronic device reading automatically and continuously from a predetermined point with a selected voice font, volume, and rate, and only responds to a limited number of command gestures that may include scrolling to the next or previous sentence, paragraph, page, chapter, section or other content boundary. For each reading mode, earcons may guide the selection and/or navigation techniques, indicate content boundaries, confirm user actions or selections, or to otherwise provide an intuitive and accessible user experience.

公开(公告)号：US09613599B2

公开(公告)日：2017-04-04

申请号：US14671974

申请日：2015-03-27

申请人： Nook Digital, LLC

发明人： Charles F. Neugebauer

IPC分类号： G09G5/00 ,  G09G5/397 ,  G02F1/167 ,  G06F3/14 ,  G09G3/34

CPC分类号： G09G5/397 ,  G02F1/167 ,  G06F3/1415 ,  G09G3/2014 ,  G09G3/344 ,  G09G2320/041 ,  G09G2340/16 ,  G09G2380/14

摘要： Techniques for updating an electrophoretic display or other integrating display are provided. A first image data representing the current optical state of the display is combined with a second image data representing the desired next optical state of the display along with a third data representing the charge history of the display to form a compact intermediate representation of the electrical drive signals required to transition the display. Such compact intermediate representations can be provided for each pixel of the display and stored in flash memory. Once determined, these representations of the drive signals can be rapidly replayed from flash memory and further processed to drive the display and affect the desired optical transition from current image to next image while correcting for DC imbalances.

公开(公告)号：US09575948B2

公开(公告)日：2017-02-21

申请号：US14046564

申请日：2013-10-04

申请人： NOOK DIGITAL, LLC

发明人： Charles Neugebauer ,  Matthew Pallakoff ,  Luis D. Mosquera

IPC分类号： G06F17/21 ,  G06F17/24 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/0483

CPC分类号： G06F17/241 ,  G06F3/0483 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F17/242 ,  G06F2200/1614

摘要： Techniques are disclosed for providing a fixed format viewing mode in electronic computing devices. The fixed format viewing mode may be engaged upon receiving virtual ink annotations at the touch screen of the electronic device. The annotations may be input using an active stylus. Upon receiving virtual ink annotations, the current page of digital content may be converted into a fixed format page wherein the formatting characteristics are held constant and the annotations remain in the same location with respect to the underlying digital content. Formatting characteristics for other pages of the digital content may be altered, however the fixed format page maintains the same format as when the annotations were added. The user may hide and/or edit virtual ink annotations, and when the annotations are hidden the content of the fixed format page may flow normally and match the formatting characteristics of the rest of the digital content.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于在电子计算设备中提供固定格式观看模式的技术。 在电子设备的触摸屏上接收虚拟墨水注释时，可以参与固定格式观看模式。 注释可以使用活动的触笔输入。 在接收到虚拟墨水注释时，数字内容的当前页面可以被转换成固定格式页面，其中格式化特征被保持不变，并且注释保持在相对于底层数字内容的相同位置。 数字内容的其他页面的格式化特征可以被改变，然而固定格式页面保持与添加注释时相同的格式。 用户可以隐藏和/或编辑虚拟墨水注释，并且当注释被隐藏时，固定格式页面的内容可能正常流动，并与数字内容的其余部分的格式化特征相匹配。

公开(公告)号：US20160141910A1

公开(公告)日：2016-05-19

申请号：US15002578

申请日：2016-01-21

申请人： Nook Digital, LLC

发明人： David Christopher Klawon ,  William Alan Saperstein ,  Jason Cinge Wong

IPC分类号： H02J7/02 ,  H02J7/00

CPC分类号： H02J50/10 ,  G06F1/1632 ,  H02J7/0042 ,  H02J7/0044 ,  H02J7/0055 ,  H02J7/025 ,  H02J7/35 ,  H02J2007/0096 ,  Y02E10/566

摘要： Techniques are disclosed for aiding in charging an electronic device using a charging case. The charging case includes a conductive contact and may connect to a conductive contact of the electronic device while still allowing user access to the main connector port of the electronic device. The charging case includes a power module that may receive power from an external power source. The power module may include an inductive coupling coil, photovoltaic cells, or a power cable port. Circuitry within the charging case may control and transmit power from the power module to the electronic device through the conductive contacts. The charging case may include a battery. The charging case may also include a data module for receiving data from an external data source, and the case circuitry may process and transmit data from the data module to the electronic device through the conductive contacts.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于帮助使用充电箱对电子设备充电的技术。 充电箱包括导电触点，并且可以连接到电子设备的导电触点，同时仍然允许用户访问电子设备的主连接器端口。 充电箱包括可以从外部电源接收电力的电源模块。 功率模块可以包括感应耦合线圈，光伏电池或电力电缆端口。 充电箱内的电路可以通过导电触点控制电力模块和电子设备的电力传输。 充电箱可以包括电池。 充电箱还可以包括用于从外部数据源接收数据的数据模块，并且外壳电路可以通过导电触点将数据从数据模块处理和发送到电子设备。

公开(公告)号：US09316889B2

公开(公告)日：2016-04-19

申请号：US13961356

申请日：2013-08-07

申请人： Nook Digital, LLC

发明人： Philip G. Baker

IPC分类号： G03B21/20 ,  G03B21/14 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H04N5/74

CPC分类号： H04N9/3185 ,  F21V33/0052 ,  G03B21/14 ,  G03B21/142 ,  G06F1/1641 ,  G06F1/1645 ,  G06F3/0483 ,  G06F3/04886 ,  H04N5/74

摘要： Techniques are disclosed for purchasing, accessing, and/or providing electronic content by a projection based eReader. In accordance with one embodiment invention, a projector system is provided that is configured to engage a lighting socket and can be controlled by, for example, a remote control and/or imaged user input actions. Power to the system can be received through the socket based interface. The techniques can also be used in non-socketed configurations. The system is capable of creating large images suitable for reading large publications, such as newspapers or magazines, but can generally be used for any type of content including small print. In some embodiments, the system projects an image onto a lightweight, rigid screen that can be held by an individual that is situated in the area near the projection system.

摘要翻译： 公开了通过基于投影的电子阅读器购买，访问和/或提供电子内容的技术。 根据一个实施例，提供了一种投影仪系统，其被配置为接合照明插座并且可以通过例如遥控器和/或成像的用户输入动作进行控制。 系统的电源可以通过基于插座的接口接收。 这些技术也可以用于非套接字配置。 该系统能够创建适合阅读大型出版物（如报纸或杂志）的大型图像，但通常可用于任何类型的内容，包括小型打印。 在一些实施例中，系统将图像投影到轻量级刚性屏幕上，该屏幕可由位于投影系统附近区域中的个体保持。

公开(公告)号：US09261961B2

公开(公告)日：2016-02-16

申请号：US13912976

申请日：2013-06-07

申请人： Nook Digital, LLC

发明人： Ian C. Smith

IPC分类号： G06F3/045 ,  G09G3/36 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0487 ,  G09B21/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/016 ,  G06F3/0487 ,  G06F2203/04809 ,  G09B21/003 ,  G09B21/007

摘要： A screen protector is provided with tactile aids for vision-impaired users. The screen protector can be placed on the display screen of a computing device to enhance the out-of-box experience for vision-impaired users and/or guide the user during subsequent use of the device. For example, the screen protector can be configured to be tactilely-informative about how to activate accessibility features of the device and/or how to proceed with initial set-up and configuration of the device. The screen protector may include, for example, braille instructions for activating the accessibility mode and/or a raised or embossed tactile aid that identifies the location of a UI control feature that can be engaged to initiate the accessibility mode or other desired function. Once the user has engaged the accessibility mode, the user may receive verbal instructions and cues going forward so as to allow the user to successfully use the device.

摘要翻译： 屏幕保护器为视力受损的用户提供触觉辅助装置。 屏幕保护器可以放置在计算设备的显示屏上，以增强视力受损用户的开箱体验，和/或在后续使用设备时引导用户。 例如，屏幕保护器可以被配置为触觉地关于如何激活设备的可访问性特征和/或如何继续初始设置和配置设备。 屏幕保护器可以包括例如用于激活可访问性模式的盲文指令和/或识别可以被接合以启动可访问性模式或其他期望功能的UI控制特征的位置的凸起或浮雕触觉辅助。 一旦用户已经进入可访问性模式，用户可以接收前进的口头指令和提示，以便允许用户成功地使用该设备。

公开(公告)号：US09208185B2

公开(公告)日：2015-12-08

申请号：US14161108

申请日：2014-01-22

申请人： Nook Digital, LLC

发明人： Aditya Vailaya ,  Jiang Wu ,  Manish Rathi

IPC分类号： G06F17/30 ,  G06F7/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30106 ,  G06F17/30011 ,  G06F17/30321 ,  G06F17/30424 ,  G06F17/30675

摘要： A method for processing a search query according to one embodiment includes receiving a search query containing terms; combining at least some consecutive terms in the search query to create biwords; looking up at least some of the terms and biwords in a search index for identifying sections of documents containing the at least some of the terms and/or biwords; generating a content score for each of the identified sections based at least in part on a number of the terms and biwords found in the sections of each document, wherein the biwords are given a higher priority than matched terms, wherein the priority affects the content score; and selecting and outputting an indicator of at least one of the sections, or portion thereof, based at least in part on the content score.

摘要翻译： 根据一个实施例的用于处理搜索查询的方法包括：接收包含术语的搜索查询; 将搜索查询中的至少一些连续术语组合以创建双词; 在搜索索引中查找至少一些术语和双字，以识别包含至少一些术语和/或双词的文档的部分; 至少部分地基于在每个文档的部分中发现的术语和双字的数量来生成每个所识别的部分的内容分数，其中所述双词被给予比匹配的项更高的优先级，其中优先级影响内容分数 ; 以及至少部分地基于所述内容分数来选择和输出所述部分或其部分中的至少一个的指示符。

公开(公告)号：US09104295B2

公开(公告)日：2015-08-11

申请号：US13273145

申请日：2011-10-13

申请人： Matt Pallakoff ,  Jeff Tycz ,  Jennifer Ng ,  Josh Feldman

发明人： Matt Pallakoff ,  Jeff Tycz ,  Jennifer Ng ,  Josh Feldman

IPC分类号： G06F17/22 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/0483

CPC分类号： G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/0483

摘要： A system and method provides a user interface on an electronic device with a listing of the most recently used or viewed items that is organized by the category of item. A menu containing the most recently read items is separated into separate categories such as books and periodicals. The menu displays the most recently opened item in each of the categories. In this manner, one category will not dominate over the other categories on the menu.

摘要翻译： 系统和方法在电子设备上提供由项目类别组织的最近使用或查看的项目的列表的用户界面。 包含最近读取的项目的菜单被分成单独的类别，例如书籍和期刊。 菜单显示每个类别中最近打开的项目。 以这种方式，一个类别不会超过菜单上的其他类别。

公开(公告)号：US11663983B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-30

申请号：US17157382

申请日：2021-01-25

申请人： Nook Digital, LLC

发明人： David J. Williams ,  Chen-Je Huang

IPC分类号： G09G3/34

CPC分类号： G09G3/3406 ,  G09G3/344

摘要： Techniques are disclosed for lighting displays such as those associated with electrophoretic display (EPD) devices such as e-readers or any other display technologies or applications. In an embodiment, an EPD device is provided with a number of internal LEDs or other suitable light source generally disposed along at least a portion of the display perimeter. The light can be activated in situations where the available ambient light is inadequate for viewing the display. Light from the light source is distributed across the display, and in some embodiments, can be adjusted to provide a desired degree of brightness. The light can be turned on or off via an existing single press-button or otherwise tactile, physical user interface that serves multiple functions. This user interface can be readily found and engaged by the user without the benefit of sight.

公开(公告)号：US11073964B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-27

申请号：US15882524

申请日：2018-01-29

申请人： NOOK DIGITAL, LLC

发明人： Philip G. Baker ,  Dominic G. Fried-Booth

IPC分类号： G06Q30/00 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F15/02 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/0483

摘要： Techniques are disclosed for purchasing, accessing, consuming, and/or providing electronic content using an electronic bookshelf (eBookshelf) system. The eBookshelf system can be used by accessing a touchscreen-based user interface and/or local hardware controls and/or a remote control. A user's personal library of eBooks and/or any other electronic content can be displayed and/or aurally presented. In addition, the vast content of commercial retailers can also be displayed for browsing and purchase/rental. If the user identifies a content selection on the eBookshelf system that he/she wishes to consume, it can be readily transferred from the system to a personal content consuming device. Multiple eBookshelf systems can be attached to one another to extend the length and/or height of the eBookshelf. Accessing the eBookshelf system by a user ID allows multiple users to enjoy a personally customized version of the system.