Synchronizing the playing and displaying of digital content
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0653204
(2012-10-16)
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등록번호 |
US-8676585
(2014-03-18)
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발명자
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- Nguyen, Laurent Ah Minh
- Rachabathuni, Sailesh
- Fleming, Dennis Paul
- Chu, Robert Wai-Chi
- Gayles, Edward J.
- Berbessou, David
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출원인 / 주소 |
- Amazon Technologies, Inc.
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
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0 인용 특허 :
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초록
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The techniques disclosed herein allow a user to synchronize the playing and displaying of digital content on an electronic device. The device may render a first portion of digital content so it may be displayed. The device may also play a segment of the digital content as audio using text to speech
The techniques disclosed herein allow a user to synchronize the playing and displaying of digital content on an electronic device. The device may render a first portion of digital content so it may be displayed. The device may also play a segment of the digital content as audio using text to speech software. The device may also render a second portion of digital content for display depending on whether the position of the last word read is greater than the last position in the first portion of digital content.
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1. An electronic device that is configured to synchronize the playing and displaying of digital content, the electronic device comprising: a processor;memory in electronic communication with the processor;instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable to: render a first portion
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An electronic device that is configured to synchronize the playing and displaying of digital content, the electronic device comprising: a processor;memory in electronic communication with the processor;instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable to: render a first portion of the digital content for display on the electronic device;insert a plurality of markings into a copy of the digital content provided to a text-to-speech engine at a corresponding plurality of locations within the digital content;play speech audio corresponding to a portion of the digital content, the speech audio produced using the text-to-speech engine, the text-to-speech engine configured to convert the digital content to the speech audio;compare a first marking corresponding to the portion of the speech audio being played with a second marking corresponding to a location in the first portion of the digital content or a location in a second portion of the digital content; andresponsive to determining, based on the compare of the first marking with the second marking, that the first marking corresponds to either an end of the first portion of the digital content or a beginning of a second portion of the digital content, render the second portion of the digital content for display on the electronic device. 2. An electronic device as recited in claim 1, wherein the digital content is void of page delineations. 3. An electronic device as recited in claim 1, further comprising instructions executable to wait a period of time before rendering the second portion of the digital content based on a configurable delay value that is associated with a number of images that are included in the first portion of the digital content. 4. An electronic device as recited in claim 1, further comprising instructions executable to: receive input to change a display property of the digital content;identify, based on the plurality of markings and the change in the display property, a third portion of the digital content that corresponds to the current progress of the speech audio, andsatisfies the change in the display property; andrender the third portion of the digital content based on the display property. 5. An electronic device as recited in claim 4, wherein the display property comprises a font size. 6. An electronic device as recited in claim 4, wherein the display property comprises a margin size. 7. An electronic device as recited in claim 4, wherein the display property comprises a page orientation. 8. An electronic device as recited in claim 1, wherein the electronic device comprises an electronic book (eBook) reader, and wherein the digital content comprises an eBook. 9. A method for visually displaying and audibly playing digital content comprising: rendering a first portion of the digital content for display on an electronic device;inserting markings into the digital content at corresponding positions within the digital content;synthesizing text in the first portion of the digital content into audio;playing the audio;comparing a first marking corresponding to a portion of speech audio being played with a second marking corresponding to a location in the first portion of the digital content or a location in a second portion of the digital content; andresponsive to determining, based on the comparing of the first marking with the second marking, that a progress of the playing of the audio has reached a particular position that corresponds either to an end of the first portion of the digital content or a beginning of the second portion of the digital content, rendering the second portion of the digital content for display. 10. A method as recited in claim 9, wherein the digital content is void of page delineations. 11. A method as recited in claim 9, further comprising waiting a period of time before rendering the second portion of the digital content based on a configurable delay value that is associated with a number of images that are included in the first portion of the digital content. 12. A method as recited in claim 9, further comprising: receiving input to change a display property of the digital content;identifying a third portion of the digital content that fits a display screen of the electronic device upon changing the display property and that corresponds to a current portion of the audio that is being played; andrendering the third portion of the digital content based on the display property that is changed. 13. A method as recited in claim 12, wherein the display property comprises a font size. 14. A method as recited in claim 12, wherein the display property comprises a margin size. 15. A method as recited in claim 12, wherein the display property comprises a page orientation. 16. A method as recited in claim 9, wherein the electronic device comprises an electronic book (eBook) reader, and wherein the digital content comprises an eBook. 17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions executable by a processor for: rendering a first portion of digital content for display on an electronic device;inserting markings into the digital content at corresponding positions within the digital content;synthesizing text of the digital content into audio data;playing the audio data;comparing a first marking corresponding to a location in the first portion of the digital content with a second marking corresponding to an end of the first portion of the digital content or a beginning of a second portion of the digital content; andresponsive to determining, based on the comparing of the first marking with the second marking, that a progress of playing the audio data corresponds to either the end of the first portion of the digital content or the beginning of the second portion of the digital content, rendering the second portion of the digital content for display. 18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in claim 17, wherein the playing the audio data includes synthesizing text in the first portion of the digital content and the second portion of the digital content into audio data. 19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in claim 17, wherein the corresponding positions separate a predetermined number of text words of the digital content. 20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the markings are not rendered for display.
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