JPH0622037B2 - Electronic reading machine with sentence feed speed control function - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of use] The present invention relates to an electronic reading machine with a sentence feed speed control function.

[Prior Art] It is conceivable that an electronic reading machine is configured by storing text data in a storage medium such as an IC card and reading the text data as appropriate to display the text data.

[Problems to be Solved] In the above, it is conceivable that the text data is automatically read from the storage medium and sequentially displayed, so that the text is automatically fed. However, since the text feeding speed is constant in this case. , If you read for a long time, the reader gets tired and gradually becomes unable to keep up with the sentence sending speed. Therefore, it is difficult to continue comfortable reading for a long time.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic reading machine with a sentence feed speed control function, which enables comfortable reading for a long time.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides an electronic reading machine that appropriately reads out text data from a storage medium that stores text data and displays the text data.
Timing is started at the same time as the automatic sending of sentences is started, and a timing circuit that generates an output signal when a predetermined time is timed and the sentence data is read from the storage medium according to the output signal from this timing circuit. A read signal generating circuit that switches and outputs a read signal that specifies the timing, a control circuit that reads text data from the storage medium according to the read signal from the read signal generating circuit, and a read circuit from the storage medium by the control circuit. The above problem is solved by providing a display unit for displaying a sentence based on the issued sentence data.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a storage medium such as an IC card in which text data is stored, 2 is an automatic text feed switch for starting automatic text feed at the same time as switching to the automatic text feed mode, and 3 is an automatic text feed switch. A timing circuit that starts timing when 2 is turned on and generates a timing end signal when a predetermined time is timed
Is a read signal generating circuit which outputs a first read signal when is turned on, and switches to a second read signal and outputs when a time end signal is supplied from the time counting circuit 3.
These read signals specify the read speed of the text data from the storage medium 1, and the second read signal specifies a read speed slower than that of the first read signal. Reference numeral 5 is a control circuit for performing various controls such as reading text data from the storage medium 1 according to the read signal from the read signal generating circuit 4, 6 is an interface device for connecting the storage medium 1 and the control circuit 5, 7 Is a display unit for displaying a sentence based on the sentence data read from the storage medium 1 by the control circuit 5.

Next, the operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the automatic text feed switch 2 is turned on, the control circuit 5 supplies a signal to the time counting circuit 3, whereby the time counting circuit 3 starts time counting. At the same time, the control circuit 5
From the read signal generator circuit 4 to the read signal generating circuit 4, and the read signal generating circuit 4 supplies the first read signal to the control circuit 5. Then, the control circuit 5 sequentially reads the text data from the storage medium 1 at the first read speed designated by the first read signal, and the text is displayed on the display unit 7 (step).

If the timing of the timing circuit 3 does not reach the predetermined time and the mode is not switched, the automatic text sending at the first reading speed is continued (step).

When the timing of the timing circuit 3 reaches a predetermined time, a timing end signal is supplied to the read signal generation circuit 4, which causes the read signal generation circuit 4 to switch from the first read signal to the second read signal. 5 is supplied. As a result, the control circuit 5 sequentially reads the text data from the storage medium 1 at the second reading speed designated by the second reading signal, and the text is displayed on the display unit 7 (step).

If the mode is not switched, the automatic text feeding at the second reading speed is continued (step).

In any of the above-mentioned automatic text feeding, when the mode is switched during the automatic text feeding, that is, when the mode is changed to a mode other than the reading mode, the control circuit 5 stops reading the text data from the storage medium 1 and measures the time. The timing content of the circuit 3 is reset (step).

With the above operation, the text feeding speed is automatically reduced after a predetermined time in the text automatic feeding mode.

In the above-described embodiment, the timing end signal from the timing circuit 3 is output only once, and there are two types of read signals output from the read signal generation circuit 4 accordingly. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Alternatively, the time counting circuit 3 may output the time counting end signal a plurality of times, and the read signal generating circuit 4 may output a read signal corresponding to each output.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the time counting time of the time counting circuit 3 is predetermined, but the time counting circuit 3 is not limited to this, and the reader may arbitrarily set the time counting time.

[Effect] When a human reads a book for a long time, the reading speed gradually decreases due to fatigue. According to the present invention, in the automatic text sending mode, the text sending speed automatically decreases after a predetermined time. Therefore, even if the user is reading for a long time, it is possible to easily follow the sending speed of the sentence, and to read comfortably, which is extremely convenient.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of FIG. 3 ... Timer circuit 4 ... Read-out signal generation circuit 5 ... Control circuit 7 ... Display section

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An electronic reading machine that appropriately reads out text data from a storage medium storing the text data and displays the text data when the automatic feeding of the text is started and the timing is started at a predetermined time. A timing circuit that generates an output signal, a read signal generation circuit that switches and outputs a read signal that specifies a timing for reading the text data from the storage medium according to the output signal from the time circuit, and the read signal generation circuit A control circuit for reading text data from the storage medium in response to a read signal from the storage medium; and a display section for displaying a text based on the text data read from the storage medium by the control circuit. An electronic reading machine with a sentence feed speed control function.