Method and apparatus for virtual interaction with physical documents
First Claim
1. A movable display comprising:
- means for detecting an absolute position of the movable display relative to a surface of a first document; and
means for correlating the absolute position of the movable display to information stored in a database, and for presenting information on the movable display.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to enhancing a user'"'"'s interaction with a physical document, such as a page of a book, by supplying the user with additional information related to the physical document in a simple, easy to use fashion. Exemplary embodiments provide this additional information as digital content that is displayed as an overlay upon the document. The overlay can be in the form of a flat digital display that can be moved about a surface of the physical document. The absolute position of the movable display is tracked, so that digital content presented on the display is related to a particular position of the display over the document. This capability can be exploited to, for example, provide an-the-fly translation of a particular document, with the translation being provided as the movable display is scanned over the words printed on a document to be translated.
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21 Claims
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1. A movable display comprising:
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means for detecting an absolute position of the movable display relative to a surface of a first document; and
means for correlating the absolute position of the movable display to information stored in a database, and for presenting information on the movable display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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12. Method for displaying information related to a physical document, comprising:
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detecting an absolute position of a movable display relative to a surface of a first document, as the movable display is moved about the surface of the first document;
correlating the absolute position of the movable display to information stored in the database; and
presenting the information on the movable display.
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