Physical object with memory tags and apparatus for writing and using such objects
First Claim
1. A physical object comprising a base medium with multiple memory tags embedded in it or attached to it, at least one memory tag storing location data concerning a location relationship between one or more of the tags and the object.
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Abstract
A physical object is provided that comprises a base medium, such as a paper sheet, and multiple memory tags embedded in it or attached to it. At least one of the memory tags stores location data concerning a location relationship between the object and one or more of the tags. The location data can comprise, for example, tag-location data giving the location in or on the object of the or each tag concerned, or area-of-responsibility data indicating the area of the object'"'"'s surface for which the or each tag concerned has responsibility in terms of storing related data items such as print data items. Apparatus is provided for writing the location data; apparatus is also provided for subsequently using and displaying the location data particularly for facilitating access to data items stored by the tags.
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41 Claims
- 1. A physical object comprising a base medium with multiple memory tags embedded in it or attached to it, at least one memory tag storing location data concerning a location relationship between one or more of the tags and the object.
- 24. Memory-tag writing apparatus comprising a memory-tag writing device for writing data to a memory tag, and a control processor for collecting and organising location data for writing by the memory-tag writing device to at least one memory tag embedded in or attached to a base medium of an object, the location data concerning a location relationship between the object and one or more memory tags embedded in or attached to said base medium.
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30. Memory-tag reading apparatus comprising:
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a memory-tag reading device for reading location data from memory tags of an object that comprises memory tags embedded in or attached to a base medium, the location data concerning a location relationship between at least one said tag and the object;
a control processor for processing data read from one or more of the memory tags; and
a display device connected to the control processor and arranged to display a graphical representation of the object;
the control processor being arranged to use the location data read by the reading device to cause the displayed graphical representation of the object to depict said location relationship between the said at least one tag and the object. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40)
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38. Apparatus comprising:
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a control processor;
a memory-tag read/write device;
a device positioning arrangement for moving the read/write device to a location commanded by the control processor for reading/writing a memory tag embedded in or attached to a base medium of an object presented to the apparatus;
the control processor being arranged to use tag-location data read in by the read/write device from a memory tag of the object to locate at least one memory tag of the object whereby to facilitate the writing of data items in multiple memory tags of the object.
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41. Apparatus comprising:
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a memory-tag read/write device for reading/writing memory tags embedded in or attached to a base medium of an object presented to the apparatus;
a printing assembly for printing said base medium of the object in correspondence to print data items written, or to be written, by the read/write device to the memory tags of the object; and
a control processor arranged to use tag area-of-responsibility data read in by the read/write device from at least one memory tag of the object to determine in which tag to write each said print data item having regard to where the print data item has been or is to be printed on the object.
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