Patent ID: 6568939
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
A system for presenting textual and/or graphical information for reading including:display means for displaying the textual and/or graphical information on a display medium; processing means to receive the textual and/or graphical information in an electronically encoded form and process the same for presentation on said display medium; control means for controlling the presentation of the textual and/or graphical information on said display medium; input means for inputting control signals to operate said processing means and said control means or for altering control parameters for said processing means and said control means; said control means being adapted to sequentially locate discrete and successive portions of said textual and/or graphical information at the same position on said display medium, the entire portion of each discrete and successive portion being displayed substantially instantaneously at said position for a prescribed display time; said control means including application means to define the general layout of said display medium for the presentation of the textual and/or graphical information and the visual control attributes of the system; and wherein said control means further includes paning means to arrange said general layout into one or more panes in which the textual and/or graphical information is presented.