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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2006
Gregg E. Zehr, Los Gatos, CA (US);
John E. Johnston, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Jateen P. Parekh, San Francisco, CA (US);
Symon J. Whitehorn, Sausalito, CA (US);
Thomas J. Hobbs, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gregg E. Zehr, Los Gatos, CA (US);
John E. Johnston, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Jateen P. Parekh, San Francisco, CA (US);
Symon J. Whitehorn, Sausalito, CA (US);
Thomas J. Hobbs, San Francisco, CA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Incline Village, NV (US);
Abstract
A page turner is provided for a handheld electronic book reader device. The page turner is configured to detect a human gesture to turn a page in an electronic book that is being displayed by the device. In one implementation, the page turner is configured as a page turning mechanism having at least one tactile member (e.g., ridge, indentation, etc.) and at least one sensor positioned proximate to the tactile member to detect gesture proximity. The tactile member provides tactile feedback as the user passes a finger over the mechanism to simulate a riffle sensation akin to flipping through paper pages in a paperback book. In certain implementations, the eBook reader device has a non-symmetrical shape with a dual display system and QWERTY keyboard.