Patent ID: 6441811
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: G06F,G09G

Abstract:
An electronic book display control device comprising: a central processing unit for controlling the whole device; an image data storage portion for storing therein contents of a book as image data; an image data control portion for receiving the image data and performing required control; a display preparation image data storage portion for storing image data of a page being displayed and image data of a page to be displayed next; a display portion for displaying thereon information concerning the image data of the contents of the book and information concerning operation of the electronic book; a display control portion for controlling the display portion; a display image data storage portion for storing data to be displayed on the display portion; and an input portion for inputting user's command for operating the electronic book, wherein it is further provided with a page-turning data storage portion for storing data displayed on the display portion at a specified time for a page-turning period, a column information storage table for storing column information of the page-turning data and a display changeover control portion including an address producing portion for producing an address of the display preparation image data storage portion from the column information and a memory selecting portion for selecting a memory for storing image data of the page being displayed or a memory for storing image data of the page to be displayed next.