Patent ID: 8856677
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: G06F,G09G,H03M,H04M

Abstract:
1. An electronic text viewing apparatus comprising: a viewing request acceptance unit configured to accept a viewing request to a viewing application and determines which one of a plurality of viewing applications is requested, said viewing applications respectively outputting viewing data to be displayed in a viewable manner; a display unit configured to display said viewing data outputted by said viewing application corresponding to the accepted viewing request; a viewing data requesting unit configured to issue a request for acquirement of said viewing data to said viewing application corresponding to the accepted viewing request, acquires said viewing data to be viewed from said viewing application, and causes said display unit to display the acquired viewing data; a setting data storage unit configured to store setting data for use to convert said viewing data into a fast reading viewer data by performing a display format conversion, a display speed control, and a scroll control on the text of said viewing data acquired; a fast reading request acceptance unit configured to make said display unit display said viewing data outputted by said viewing application and a fast reading button for receiving a fast reading request for said viewing data outputted from said viewing application and displayed, and accepts said fast reading request by an operation of said fast reading button; and a fast reading viewer control unit configured, when said fast reading request is accepted, to extract said text from said viewing data acquired by said viewing data requesting unit, to perform the display format conversion for the extracted text by referring to and using said setting data stored to create the fast reading viewer data, to display speed or scrolling of said fast reading viewer data being controlled according to said setting data, and to display said fast reading viewer data and a return button for making said display unit switch a display from said fast reading viewer data to said viewing data corresponding to the viewing data outputted from the viewing application which has been converted into the fast reading viewer data and displayed before converting, wherein: