System for Conferring Interactivity on Previously Printed Graphic Images Containing URI Text

• US 20090033988A1
• Filed: 07/24/2008
• Published: 02/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: Silverbrook, Kia, Lapstun, Paul
• Application Number:
  US12/178,633
• Publication Number:
  US 20090033988A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.150
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/1318 using electro-optical elements or layers, e.g. electroluminescent sensing
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 27/14623 Optical shielding
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 27/14678 Contact-type imagers

Abstract

A system for conferring interactivity on a pre-printed image containing a URI text string, the image having been scanned and had a position-coding pattern printed thereon, the position-coding pattern identifying a plurality of absolute positions and an impression identity for the image, the system comprises a computer system configured for: (i) receiving association data indicating an association between the impression identity, the plurality of absolute positions and a scanned image; (ii) performing Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on the scanned image to convert text images into computer text; (iii) identifying a URI text string in the computer text; (iv) generating an input description for the scanned image, the input description describing a URI corresponding to the URI text string and a zone of the URI text string in the scanned image; and (v) storing a page description comprising the input description and the scanned image, the page description being indexed with the impression identity, wherein the page description is retrievable so as to confer interactivity on the image.

Claims

1. A system for conferring interactivity on a pre-printed image containing a URI text string, said image having been scanned and had a position-coding pattern printed thereon, said position-coding pattern identifying a plurality of absolute positions and an impression identity for the image, said system comprises a computer system configured for:

(i) receiving association data indicating an association between the impression identity, the plurality of absolute positions and a scanned image;

(ii) performing Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on the scanned image to convert text images into computer text;

(iii) identifying a URI text string in the computer text;

(iv) generating an input description for said scanned image, said input description describing a URI corresponding to the URI text string and a zone of the URI text string in the scanned image; and

(v) storing a page description comprising said input description and said scanned image, said page description being indexed with said impression identity, wherein said page description is retrievable so as to confer interactivity on the image.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a scanner for scanning the pre-printed image.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein said scanner comprises a printhead for printing the position-coding pattern.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein said scanner comprises a processor for generating the 25 association data.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising an optically imaging sensing device configured for:

interacting with the pre-printed image;

reading at least part of the position-coding pattern;

generating interaction data identifying the impression identity and a position of the sensing device; and

communicating the interaction data to the computer system.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said computer system is further configured for:

(vi) receiving interaction data from an optically imaging sensing device interacting with the URI text string contained in the pre-printed image, said interaction data identifying the impression identity and a position of the sensing device;

(vii) retrieving the page description using the impression identity; and

(viii) identifying the URI using the position of the sensing device and the retrieved page description.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein said computer system is further configured for:

retrieving a resource corresponding to the identified URI; and

sending the resource to a user'"'"'s display device.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein said computer system is further configured for:

sending the URI to a web browser running on a user'"'"'s display device.

9. A system for conferring interactivity on a pre-printed image containing a URI text string, said image having been scanned and had a position-coding pattern printed thereon, said position-coding pattern identifying a plurality of absolute positions and an impression identity for the image, said system comprises a computer system configured for:

(i) receiving association data indicating an association between the impression identity, the plurality of absolute positions and a scanned image;

(ii) receiving interaction data from an optically imaging sensing device interacting with the URI text string contained in the pre-printed image, said interaction data identifying the impression identity and a position of the sensing device;

(iii) performing Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on at least a portion of the scanned image to convert text images into computer text;

(iv) identifying a URI text string in the computer text; and

(v) identifying the URI from the URI text string.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the portion of the scanned image is a word, sentence or paragraph containing the position of the sensing device.