Communication device

• US 20060224598A1
• Filed: 03/29/2005
• Published: 10/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Thielman, Jeffrey, Anthony, Kenneth L.
• Application Number:
  US11/092,066
• Publication Number:
  US 20060224598A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0428 by sensing at the edges of the touch surface the interruption of optical paths, e.g. an illumination plane, parallel to the touch surface which may be virtual sensing beam interruptions in a planar beam grid of an optical touch-screen G06F3/0421

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method transmits data between an object and one or more communication devices on a perimeter of a display surface.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

transmitting data between an object and one or more communication devices on a perimeter of a display surface.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising attaching the display surface that is implemented as a touch screen overlay to a display device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the object comprises a mirror to radially transmit an optical signal generated by a single optical transmitter.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the data is transmitted via optical transmission.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the optical transmission is performed through one or more spectrums of light rays selected from a group comprising visible light and non-visible light rays.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitted data comprises one or more items selected from a group comprising a unique identifier (ID), an application association, one or more object extents, an object mass, an application-associated capability, a sensor location, a transmitter location, a storage capacity, an object orientation, an object name, an object capability, and an object attribute.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitted data is encrypted.

8. An apparatus comprising:

an object capable of data transmission; and

one or more communication devices capable of data transmission and located on a perimeter of a display surface.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein at least one of the one or more communication devices is selected from a group comprising a transmitter and a receiver.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the receiver is selected from a group comprising a charge-coupled device, a complementary metal oxide semiconductor image sensor, an infrared receiver, and an IrDA transceiver.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the one or more communication devices are provided as part of a touch screen overlay.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the object comprises a transmitter to transmit the data to the one or more communication devices.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the object comprises a mirror to radially transmit an optical signal generated by an optical transmitter.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising one or more transmitters that are light-emitting diodes.

15. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein data is transmitted via optical transmission.

16. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the transmission is performed via one or more spectrums of light rays selected from a group comprising ultraviolet light and infrared light rays.

17. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the display surface is substantially horizontal.

18. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the object is selected from a group comprising a computing device, a token, and a game piece.

19. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the display surface is provided by a display device selected from a group comprising a rear projection display device, a liquid crystal display device, a cathode ray tube display device, and a plasma display device.

20. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein transmitted data comprises one or more items selected from a group comprising a unique identifier (ID), an application association, one or more object extents, an object mass, an application-associated capability, a sensor location, a transmitter location, a storage capacity, an object orientation, an object name, an object capability, and an object attribute.

21. A system comprising:

a display surface;

one or more communication devices capable of transmitting data and positioned on a perimeter of the display surface; and

an object capable of transmitting data,

wherein data is transmitted between the object and the one or more communication devices.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the one or more communication devices are provided as part of a touch screen overlay.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein the data is transmitted via optical transmission.

24. A computer-readable medium comprising:

stored instructions to transmit data between an object and one or more communication devices on a perimeter of a display surface.

25. The computer-readable medium of claim 24, further comprising stored instructions to encrypt the data.

26. An apparatus comprising:

means for transmitting data between an object and one or more communication devices,

wherein the one or more communication devices are on a perimeter of a display surface.

27. The apparatus of claim 26, further comprising means for encrypting the data.