Writing apparatus, electronic paper system, and computer readable medium

1. A writing apparatus comprising:

a detecting unit that detects that an electronic paper, in which an image is displayed and held in a no-power state and which the image is rewritten, is at a predetermined writing position;

a reading unit that reads content identifying information from a storage disposed in the electronic paper at the writing position;

a writing unit that writes and displays an image on the electronic paper at the writing position;

a display that displays page numbers of a content including a plurality of pages;

a first controlling unit that controls the display to sequentially switchingly display page numbers of a content corresponding to the content identifying information that is read from the storage of the electronic paper by the reading unit;

a second controlling unit that controls the page number switching of the first controlling unit in accordance with a change of an existing state of the electronic paper at the writing position; and

a third controlling unit that controls the writing unit to write and display a page image associated with the page number that is displayed by the display, on the electronic paper at the writing position in response to a writing instruction.

2. The writing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein

the second controlling unit controls the first controlling unit to perform the page number switching in a state where the electronic paper is at the writing position, and, in response to detection of separation of the electronic paper from the writing position, stops the page number switching of the first controlling unit, and controls the display to display a page number at this timing, and,

while redetection that, in a state where the second controlling unit controls the display to display the page number in a stopping manner, the electronic paper is at the writing position is used as the writing instruction, the third controlling unit controls the writing unit to write and display a page image of the page number on the electronic paper.

3. The writing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein,

each time when, after the electronic paper is once separated from the writing position, it is redetected that the electronic paper is at the writing position, the second controlling unit controls the first controlling unit to perform the page number switching.

4. The writing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein,

in response to detection that the electronic paper is at the writing position, the first controlling unit controls the writing unit to write and display an index image on the electronic paper, the index image indicating a plurality of pages of content corresponding to the content identifying information read from the electronic paper, and controls the display to sequentially switchingly display page numbers of the pages.

5. The writing apparatus as claimed in claim 4 ,

wherein

each content has a configuration in which a plurality of pages are partitioned into a plurality of groups according to indexes, and

the apparatus further comprises:

a fourth controlling unit that controls the display to display that there is a group subsequent to a group in which the write displaying of the index image and the switching display of page numbers by the first controlling unit are performed, controls, in response to the writing instruction in a state where the display is performed, the writing unit to write and display an index image of the subsequent group on the electronic paper, and controls the display to sequentially switchingly display page numbers of pages of the subsequent group.

6. The writing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein

the first controlling unit controls the display to cyclically display page numbers of the content.

7. The writing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein

the content previously includes an index image indicating a plurality of pages.

8. The writing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a producing unit that produces thumbnail images of pages of the content to produce an index image.

9. An electronic paper system comprising:

a writing apparatus according to claim 1 ; and

a content storage that stores content to be provided to the writing apparatus.

10. An electronic paper system comprising:

a writing apparatus according to claim 1 ; and

an electronic paper in which an image written by the writing apparatus is displayed and held in a no-power state, and the image is rewritten by the writing apparatus.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for selecting a page included in content, and for writing and displaying the page on an electronic paper, the process comprising:

detecting that the electronic paper, in which an image is displayed and held in a no-power state and the image is rewritten, is at a predetermined writing position;

reading content identifying information from a storage disposed in the electronic paper at the writing position;

writing and displaying an image on the electronic paper at the writing position;

displaying page numbers of content including a plurality of pages;

controlling the display to sequentially switchingly display page numbers of content corresponding to the content identifying information that is read from the storage of the electronic paper by the reading unit;

controlling the page number switching of the first controlling unit in accordance with a change of an existing state of the electronic paper at the writing position; and

controlling the writing unit to write and display a page image associated with the page number that is displayed by the display, on the electronic paper at the writing position in response to a writing instruction.