indicator of text continuity

A continuous, textual technology, applied in the fields of instrumentation, computing, electrical and digital data processing, etc., can solve the problem of not assisting users in conversion, etc.

CN102906733BActive Publication Date: 2016-08-17比蓝阅读器公司
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CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
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Publication Date
2016-08-17

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Abstract

Methods, systems and apparatus for graphically indicating textual continuity, comprising a computer program encoded on a computer storage medium. A method includes: receiving text comprising a first line of text, a second line of text following the first line of text, a third line of text following the second line of text; and selecting the first, second, and third lines of text A unique line start and line end for each of the The method further includes formatting the text, including setting a corresponding first property value for the first appearance property, such that, with respect to the first appearance property, the text has continuity of visual appearance from the end of the first line to the beginning of the second line, and causing no continuity of visual appearance from the end of the first line to the beginning of the first line or to the beginning of the third line with respect to the first appearance attribute; and presenting the formatted text on the output device.
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technical field

[0001] This specification relates to displaying content on a content presentation device. Background technique

[0002] User equipment such as desktop and laptop computers, cell phones, and electronic book readers use displays to present content, such as text, to the user. Devices with larger displays, such as desktop computers, typically display many lines of text spanning a long horizontal distance. When reading the text, the user must, for example, track with his or her eyes a long distance from the end of one text line to the beginning of the next text line. As a result, the user may make mistakes when he or she switches between rows. That is, upon reaching the end of row N, the user may erroneously continue to read rows other than row N+1 (for example, N or N+2) since it is difficult to accurately identify the proper row (row N+1). Such conversion errors cost the user time and distract him or her attention. For example, some users will focus on ident...

Examples

Embodiment 1

[0106]Embodiment 1 is directed to a system for formatting text for display on an output device to assist a user in reading from the end of a line of text to the beginning of the immediately following line of text, the system comprising one or more A computer, the operations comprising: receiving text to be displayed on an output device as a continuous line of text, wherein the continuous line of text comprises a first line of text, a second line of text following the first line of text, a second line of text following the second The third text line of the text line; select the unique first line start and first line end of the first text line, the second text line's unique second line start and second line end, and the third text line's unique The third line begins and the third line ends, where each start and each end is part of the corresponding line of text; formatting the text, including setting the corresponding first attribute value for the first appearance attribute, such...

Embodiment 2

[0107] Embodiment 2 relates to the system of Embodiment 1, wherein receiving text includes receiving text represented as pixels in the image, and wherein formatting the text includes setting a first attribute value for a first appearance attribute of at least some of the pixels in the image .

Embodiment 3

[0108] Embodiment 3 relates to the system of embodiment 2, wherein the first appearance attribute is one of color or background.