KR102164835B1 - Method for manufacturing E-book - Google Patents

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for producing an electronic book that a user terminal creates a file with EPUB extension according to EPUB, which is a standard technique of an electronic book (e-book). The method may comprise: a work page selection process that a work page to be included in a file with EPUB extension is selected by a user; an e-book interface selection process that an e-book interface to be expressed in EPUB by each selected work page is selected by the user; and a creation process of a file with EPUB extension that the file with EPUB extension is created based on the work page and e-book interface selected by the user.

Description

How to make an e-book{Method for manufacturing E-book}

The present invention relates to a method for producing an e-book according to the EPUB technical standard as a method for producing an e-book.

EPUB (Electronic Publication) is an open free e-book standard adopted as an official standard by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IPDF) to replace the open E-book standard before September 2007.

EPUB is designed to be reflowable and is automatically optimized to the format and size of the display device and provided to the user.

In the process of creating an e-book content file (XHTML, etc.) such as EPUB, the author first works with a document creation program (eg, HWP, WORD, etc.), and while viewing the work that is the result, other workers can change the EPUB format. Make the HTML fit. Therefore, in Korea, most of the EPUBs are created by distribution companies, not authors or publishers.

However, in EPUB production, the opinion of the author who wrote the work such as design, document, etc. is not reflected, and the EPUB for the work is uniformly produced, so there is an inefficient problem in reading the EPUB.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2011-0072327

The technical problem of the present invention is to provide a means for producing an interactive interactive EPUB that reflects the opinion of the author who wrote the work.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in an e-book production method in which a user terminal generates an EPUB extension file that conforms to EPUB, which is a technical standard for an e-book, a work page in which a work page to be included in the EPUB extension file is selected by a user. Selection process; An e-book interface selection process in which a user selects an e-book interface to be expressed in EPUB for each selected work page; And an EPUB extension file generation process of generating an EPUB extension file based on a work page selected by a user and an e-book interface.

The process of selecting a work page may include a process of displaying a work page list displaying a page list of works stored in a user terminal or a page list of works streamed over a network; And a page selection process in which a user selects a work page to be included in an EPUB extension file from the page list.

The process of selecting an e-book interface may include displaying an e-book interface list, which is a list of registered e-book interfaces; It may include an interface selection process of selecting an e-book interface to be expressed in EPUB from the list of e-book interfaces.

In the e-book interface list display process, icons of each e-book interface are displayed as a list, and when an icon is clicked, a description of the e-book interface assigned to the clicked icon may be displayed.

The e-book interface includes: a link screen interface for displaying a screen linked to content including photos and words; A screen switching interface that changes to another screen when sliding; A still image output interface for outputting a still image for the selected content; A video output interface for outputting a video for the selected content; It may include one or more; a sound output interface for outputting a sound for the selected content.

In the process of generating the EPUB extension file, attribute information of an e-book interface selected by a user for each work page may be allocated to and stored in each work page.

Allocating and storing the attribute information of the e-book interface to each work page is selected by the user for each work page according to the size of the contents in the work page determined by automatic reflowable according to the EPUB technical standard. By applying a weight to the attribute information of the e-book interface, it can be allocated and stored in each work page.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in outputting an EPUB extension file having an EPUB extension, which is a file of an e-book, when a work is produced and output, only pages selected by the user are collected and the EPUB extension file is output. Create interactive and interactive e-books.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, various designs such as a screen associated with a picture, a word, or the like appearing or changing to another screen when sliding is possible in the EPUB extension file, it is possible to produce an e-book suitable for a user's intention.

1 is a diagram showing a directory structure of an EPUB file.
2 is an exemplary diagram of a user terminal producing an e-book by generating an EPUB extension file according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart showing a method for producing an e-book according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a diagram showing a display of a work page list according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram showing a display of an e-book interface list according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is an exemplary picture of a viewer of an EPUB album produced according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the advantages and features of the present invention, and a method of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail together with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but will be implemented in various different forms, and is provided to completely inform the scope of the invention to those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. As such, the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. In addition, when it is determined that related well-known technologies or the like may obscure the subject matter of the present invention in describing the present invention, detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted.

1 is a diagram showing a directory structure of an EPUB file, and FIG. 2 is an exemplary diagram of a user terminal producing an e-book by generating an EPUB extension file according to an embodiment of the present invention.

E-book is an abbreviation of Electronic Book, and it is a new concept book manufactured through electronic user terminals such as computers, unlike existing paper books manufactured using paper as a material. E-books provide contents by making the contents of a book in the form of digital files instead of paper. E-book files used in e-books generally have an EPUB extension.

EPUB (Electronic Publication) is a technology common standard for e-books established by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF). In September 2007, the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), the standard body of the e-book industry, adopted EPUB as an official standard to replace the previously existing open e-book standard. It was established to solve the inconvenience caused by the compatibility problem between different e-book contents and user terminals, and has a feature that automatic space adjustment (reflowable) is possible. Therefore, e-books made with EPUB have the advantage that they are automatically optimized according to the format and size of the display device, but in the case of content with many images, the arrangement of characters and images may be readjusted differently from the intention of the author or editor.

Since it became the world's official standard in September 2007, many e-book companies have adopted this EPUB format to produce e-book content. In North America, most e-book user terminals except Amazon's Kindle support this EPUB, and most domestic e-book makers also support EPUB.

EPUB is produced using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Same as web page. You can understand it as a web page plus copyright protection technology. Therefore, anything that can be expressed in a web page can be expressed in EPUB.

There are EPUB, pdf, and azw formats for e-books, among which the most popular format is EPUB. If there was no e-book standard, e-book makers would have to create content for each format separately, and consumers would have to install software that supports multiple e-book formats in one e-book device.

The specification of EPUB consists of definitions such as OPS (Open Publication Structure), OPF (Open Packaging Format), and OCF (OEBPS Container Format). OPS is the highest level definition of the EPUB publication format, and consists of the definition of the modular configuration specification of the EPUB content and the definition of the style sheet and the limited use of XHTML or XML. OPF conforms to the OCF standard and defines the mechanism for the operation of metadata, reading order, and information search published in OCF, and OCF specifies a general definition of the container technology of EPUB content.

Looking at the physical composition of an EPUB file, EPUB is in the form of a single file with an epub extension, and is a form in which several components (directories and files) are compressed into a single file by a compression mechanism. For reference, referring to FIG. 1, a'mimetype' file, a META-INF directory, and an OEBPS directory are included in the root of an EPUB file.

E-books are largely divided into EPUB2.0 and EPUB3.0.

EPUB2.0-based e-book refers to the e-book in which characters are stamped on a black and white display that we commonly know. As HTML4 and CSS2 are based, video, music, and audio are not supported. Therefore, EPUB2.0-based e-books are close to the paper books we commonly know, and in fact, are the most suitable for the purpose of digital reading of paper books.

On the other hand, EPUB3.0-based e-books have a structure similar to that of a web page, but they can play videos up to HTML5 and css3 and, of course, play music. And event expression is also possible through script. Therefore, EPUB3.0-based e-books refer to e-books that resemble web pages too much. EPUB3.0-based e-books can be played out of text by giving events, making invisible letters appear, and showing new screens by giving links. It's easy to think of it as a web page made in HTML.

Hereinafter, in the present invention, when producing an EPUB-based e-book, it refers to an e-book produced based on EPUB3.0.

In the present invention, in outputting an EPUB extension file having an EPUB extension, which is a file of an e-book, when a work is produced and output on a user terminal, only pages selected by the user are collected and the EPUB extension file is output.

In addition, various designs such as popping up a screen associated with a picture, word, etc., or changing to another screen when sliding is possible in the EPUB extension file, enables various user configurations such as dynamic screen, video, and sound output.

In the following description, a work is a concept including all works that can be published as e-books of EPUB, such as wedding photos, academic materials, educational materials, private documents, and official documents.

In addition, the user terminal refers to a terminal equipped with a computing unit such as a CPU, a storage device that can be stored, and a display unit such as a touch screen panel. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, a desktop PC, a laptop computer, etc. I can. Therefore, the user terminal is provided in various ways according to the operating system such as dos, Windows, Linux, Unix, and Macintosh, and in terms of software, C, C++, Java, It is implemented through various types of languages such as Visual Basic and Visual C, and includes a program module that creates an EPUB extension file.

In addition, storage is referred to herein as a hard disk drive, a solid state drive, a flash memory, a compact flash card, a secure digital card, and a SM card. Smart Media Card), MMC card (Multi-Media Card) or memory stick (Memory Stick) as a module capable of inputting and outputting information, and may be provided inside the device or may be provided in a separate device.

In generating an EPUB extension file that conforms to EPUB, which is a technical standard for e-books, such a user terminal receives a work page selected from the user and expressed in EPUB for each selected work page. The e-book interface to be used is selected by the user. In addition, an EPUB extension file based on the work page selected by the user and the e-book interface is created. Hereinafter, it will be described in detail with FIGS. 3 to 5.

3 is a flowchart showing a method for producing an e-book according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a list of pages of works according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is It is a figure showing a state in which an e-book interface list is displayed according to an embodiment, and FIG. 6 is an exemplary picture of a viewer of an EPUB album produced according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the method for producing an e-book according to the present invention, in which a user terminal generates an EPUB extension file that complies with EPUB, which is a technical standard for e-books, as shown in FIG. 3, a user selects a work page to be included in the EPUB extension file. Based on the received work page selection process (S310), the e-book interface selection process (S320) in which the user selects an e-book interface to be expressed in EPUB for each selected work page, and the work page selected by the user and the e-book interface. An EPUB extension file generation process (S330) of generating an EPUB extension file may be included.

The work page selection process (S310) is a process in which a user selects a work page to be included in the EPUB extension file, and includes a work page list display process (S311) and a page selection process (S312).

The process of displaying a work page list (S311) is a process of displaying a page list of works stored in the terminal or a page list of works streamed over a network. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, a list of pages of works that are candidate groups to be used in the EPUB extension file is displayed.

The page selection process (S312) is a process of selecting a work page from a page list to be included in an EPUB extension file from a user. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the user selects a work page through a selection field provided for each work page.

The e-book interface selection process (S320) is a process in which the user selects an e-book interface to be expressed in EPUB for each work page selected by the user. The e-book interface selection process (S320) may include an e-book interface list display process (S321) and an interface selection process (S322).

The e-book interface list display process (S321) is a process of displaying an e-book interface list, which is a list of registered e-book interfaces. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, icons of each e-book interface are displayed as a list.

Here, the e-book interface refers to a form of output that is output when a page is implemented in an e-book. For example, a linked screen interface that opens a screen associated with content including photos and words, and a screen that changes to another screen when sliding Various types of interfaces, such as an interface, a still image output interface that outputs a still image for the selected content, a video output interface that outputs a video for the selected content, and an audio output interface that outputs sound for the selected content. Interfaces can all be included.

Since the interface content of the corresponding icon cannot be known through the icons of each e-book interface, when the user clicks the icon, the description of the e-book interface assigned to the clicked icon is displayed in the form of a pop-up window. Therefore, in selecting the e-book interface, the user can determine whether to select the e-book interface after reading the description of the e-book interface in the form of a pop-up window.

The interface selection process (S322) is an interface selection process (S322) in which an e-book interface to be expressed in EPUB is selected from the list of e-book interfaces. Similar to the page selection process, as shown in FIG. 5, the user can select the e-book interface through a selection field provided for each e-book interface.

Meanwhile, the EPUB extension file generation process (S330) is a process of generating an EPUB extension file based on a work page selected by a user and an e-book interface.

Here, in the EPUB extension file generation, attribute information of the e-book interface selected by the user for each work page is allocated and stored in each work page.

For example, when a linked screen interface that displays a screen associated with content including photos and words is selected on page A selected by the user, interface property information for displaying the linked screen is allocated to the interface property information of page A. Therefore, when you click the content in page A in the e-book with the EPUB extension file, the linkage screen is displayed.

Likewise, when a screen change interface that changes to another screen when sliding is selected on page B selected by the user is selected, interface property information for changing the screen is assigned to the interface property information of page B. Therefore, when the content in page B is sliding in the e-book with the EPUB extension file, the screen is displayed to be switched.

As a result, by going through the above-described work page selection process (S310), e-book interface selection process (S320), and EPUB extension file generation process (S330), various and useful publication examples are possible as described below.

1. School textbooks and textbooks

For example, if you publish a music textbook or sheet music book in EPUB and view it on a PC, tablet, or smartphone, you can tap or click the desired part to play and listen to each instrument, and add a video function to view the performance scene. . When media education is needed for social studies or history textbooks, the audiovisual room was used at the school or the TV provided in the classroom was used to watch and explain. Also, effective education is possible with the E-BOOK published in EPUB.

2. Album

Various albums (e.g. graduation albums) can be published as EPUB, and if you tap or click on the individual student's face photo, you can make it appear larger on the entire screen or change from a face photo to a full body photo, making it easier to create more interactive albums. It is possible. Of course, you can also put videos, so you can realistically preserve the memories of your school days. For reference, FIG. 6 is a picture showing an interactive EPUB album produced by the method for producing an e-book according to the present invention when viewed with an EPUB viewer. It is possible to produce an interactive EPUB with a video, voice, or sound attached. Is done.

3. Document creation and preservation

For example, when creating and preserving documents in government offices, there are many cases where documents must be preserved together with media (photos, videos), which can also be output to EPUB and saved as e-books or electronic document files.

4. Home appliance user manual

In order to more easily explain the user's manual for home appliances, etc., it can be made as an EPUB with a video or audio language attached.

5. Children's book

Children's children's books can increase the quality of interest and education by adding media-like interactive elements.

6. Menu board

You can make the restaurant's menu board in Epub and order it while viewing the tablet. In general, the name and brief description of the food are provided. On a tablet made with EPUB, tapping the desired food makes the cooking process or ingredients appear like a video spot advertisement, enabling a more sophisticated business that fits the trend of the times.

On the other hand, in the present invention, in allocating and storing the attribute information of the e-book interface to each work page, each work page according to the size of the content in the work page determined by automatic reflowable according to the EPUB technology standard. By applying a weight to the attribute information of the e-book interface selected by the user for, it can be allocated to and stored in each work page.

EPUB was established to solve the inconvenience caused by compatibility issues between different e-book contents and user terminals, and has a feature that it can be automatically reflowable according to the EPUB technology standard. In this case, it is automatically optimized for the format and size of the display device.

Therefore, in the case of an e-book with an EPUB extension file, the size of the content in the page is automatically adjusted, and weight is applied to the attribute information of the e-book interface selected by the user according to the content size.

For example, if the e-book interface selected by the user for a specific page of the work is the sound output interface, and the content size is smaller than the original size after reflowable according to the EPUB technical standard, sound output from the e-book Outputs a sound as a sound smaller than the reference sound. On the other hand, if the e-book interface selected by the user for a specific page of the work is the sound output interface, and the content size is larger than the original size after automatic reflowable according to the EPUB technical standard, the standard for sound output in the e-book Outputs sound as louder than sound.

Therefore, even if the user selects any one e-book interface, various interfaces can be output according to the result of automatic reflowable according to the EPUB technology standard.

The embodiments in the description of the present invention described above are presented by selecting the most preferable examples to aid the understanding of those skilled in the art from among various possible examples, and the technical idea of the present invention is not necessarily limited or limited only by this embodiment. , Various changes and modifications, and other equivalent embodiments are possible within the scope of the technical spirit of the present invention.

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In the e-book production method in which a user terminal generates an EPUB extension file that conforms to EPUB, which is a technical standard for an e-book,
A work page selection process in which a work page to be included in an EPUB extension file is selected by a user;
An e-book interface selection process in which a user selects an e-book interface to be expressed in EPUB for each selected work page;
It consists of an EPUB extension file creation process of generating an EPUB extension file based on the work page selected by the user and the e-book interface,
The process of selecting a work page may include a process of displaying a work page list displaying a page list of works stored in a user terminal or a page list of works streamed over a network; Includes; a page selection process for selecting a work page from the page list to be included in the EPUB extension file by a user,
The process of selecting an e-book interface may include displaying an e-book interface list, which is a list of registered e-book interfaces; Including; an interface selection process of selecting an e-book interface to be expressed in EPUB from the list of e-book interfaces,
In the e-book interface list display process, icons of each e-book interface are displayed as a list, and when an icon is clicked, a description of the e-book interface assigned to the clicked icon is displayed,
The e-book interface includes: a link screen interface for displaying a screen linked to content including photos and words; A screen switching interface that changes to another screen when sliding; A still image output interface for outputting a still image for the selected content; A video output interface for outputting a video for the selected content; Including one or more; a sound output interface for outputting a sound for the selected content,
In the process of generating the EPUB extension file, attribute information of the e-book interface selected by the user for each work page is allocated to each work page and stored,
Allocating and storing the attribute information of the e-book interface to each work page is selected by the user for each work page according to the size of the contents in the work page determined by automatic reflowable according to the EPUB technical standard. A method of creating an e-book in which weight is applied to attribute information of the e-book interface, assigned to each work page, and stored. delete delete delete delete delete delete

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