公开(公告)号：US5774109A

公开(公告)日：1998-06-30

申请号：US580874

申请日：1995-12-29

申请人： Gregory J. Winksy ,  Morton Edward David ,  James H. Simons

发明人： Gregory J. Winksy ,  Morton Edward David ,  James H. Simons

IPC分类号： G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G06F3/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0485 ,  Y10S345/901 ,  Y10S707/99933 ,  Y10S707/99945 ,  Y10S715/968

摘要： A hand held electronic book machine has a platform with a keyboard and a display for displaying text. The book machine further includes a database mounted to the platform. The database has a first memory portion storing text of a prose work and a second memory portion storing predetermined information relevant to the prose work. The database may be permanently mounted to the platform or, more preferably, removably mounted to the platform for enabling the use of the platform with different databases storing text and ancillary information for different prose works. The book machine also comprises an electronic scrolling mechanism operatively connected to the first memory portion of the database and to the display for scrolling the text on the display. Operator actuated selection componentry is operatively connected to the second memory portion of the database and to the display for permitting operator selection of portions of the predetermined information to be displayed on the display. A delay is operatively connected to the scrolling mechanism and to the operator actuated selection componentry for temporarily interrupting the scrolling, and display, of the text during display of a selected portion of the predetermined information. The predetermined information may include at least one of glossary entries for selected words in the text, summaries of different portions of the text, and resumes of characters in the text.

摘要翻译： 手持电子书机具有带键盘的平台和用于显示文字的显示器。 书机还包括安装到平台的数据库。 数据库具有存储散文作品的第一存储部分和存储与散文作品相关的预定信息的第二存储器部分。 数据库可以被永久地安装到平台上，或者更优选地，可移除地安装到平台，以便能够使用具有不同数据库的平台来存储用于不同散文作品的文本和辅助信息。 书机还包括可操作地连接到数据库的第一存储器部分的电子滚动机构和用于在显示器上滚动文本的显示器。 操作员启动选择组件可操作地连接到数据库的第二存储器部分和显示器，以允许操作者选择要在显示器上显示的预定信息的部分。 延迟可操作地连接到滚动机构和操作者致动的选择组件，用于在预定信息的选定部分的显示期间暂时中断文本的滚动和显示。 预定信息可以包括文本中所选词的词汇表条目中的至少一个，文本的不同部分的摘要以及文本中的字符的resum + E，acu e + EE。

公开(公告)号：US5739451A

公开(公告)日：1998-04-14

申请号：US775015

申请日：1996-12-27

申请人： Gregory J. Winksy ,  Michael Woolf ,  Jules Egyud

发明人： Gregory J. Winksy ,  Michael Woolf ,  Jules Egyud

IPC分类号： G10H1/00 ,  A63H5/00 ,  G04B13/00 ,  G10H7/00

CPC分类号： G10H1/00 ,  G10H2220/141 ,  G10H2240/141

摘要： A hand held electronic music reference machine includes a platform having a keyboard and a display for displaying text. A database removably or permanently mounted to the platform has a first memory portion storing, for each of a multiplicity of songs, selected lyrics and identification information including a title. The database has a second memory portion storing a segment from each of the songs. A user actuated selection component is operatively connected to the first memory portion of the database and to the display for permitting operator selection of a song from a list of song titles shown on the display and inducing display of the lyrics stored in the first memory portion for the selected song. In addition, a user actuated audio production element provided on the platform is operatively coupled to selection component and the database for enabling an audible reproduction of the segment stored in the second memory portion for the selected song. Search filters are provided for enabling a user to determine a song title from bits of ancillary information, including a series of relative note or pitch values, i.e., a melody line which is rising, falling or remaining the same in pitch value.

摘要翻译： 手持电子音乐参考机器包括具有键盘和用于显示文本的显示器的平台。 可移除地或永久地安装到平台的数据库具有第一存储器部分，用于为多个歌曲中的每一个存储所选择的歌词和包括标题的标识信息。 数据库具有存储来自每首歌曲的片段的第二存储器部分。 用户激活的选择组件可操作地连接到数据库的第一存储器部分和显示器，用于允许操作者从显示器上显示的歌曲标题列表中选择歌曲，并且引导存储在第一存储器部分中的歌词的显示 所选歌曲。 此外，在平台上提供的用户致动的音频制作元件可操作地耦合到选择部件和数据库，以便能够对存储在所选择的歌曲的第二存储器部分中的段的可听再现。 搜索过滤器用于使用户能够从辅助信息的位中确定歌曲标题，包括一系列相对音符或音调值，即在音高值上升，下降或保持相同的旋律线。