Method Of Associating Recorded Audio With Position

• US 20090198360A1
• Filed: 04/14/2009
• Published: 08/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: Silverbrook, Kia, Lapstun, Paul
• Granted Patent: US 7,934,654 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/94
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/166 related to integrated arrangements for adjusting the position of the main body with respect to the supporting surface, e.g. legs for adjusting the tilt angle
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1688 the I/O peripheral being integrated loudspeakers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0321 by optically sensing the absolute position with respect to a regularly patterned surface forming a passive digitiser, e.g. pen optically detecting position indicative tags printed on a paper sheet constructional details of pen-shaped pointing devices G06F3/03545, G06F3/03542, G06F3/037
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A method of enabling recorded audio to be associated with a position on a surface. The surface has coded data printed thereon. The coded data is indicative of a plurality of locations on the surface. The method comprises the steps of: (i) interacting with the surface using a handheld audio player incorporating an optical image sensor for reading the coded data and a microphone for recording audio; (ii) reading the coded data; (iii) initiating recording of audio using the handheld audio player; (iv) determining a position of the handheld audio player using the read coded data; and (v) associating audio data with said position.

Claims

1. A method of enabling recorded audio to be associated with a position on a surface, said surface having coded data printed thereon, said coded data being indicative of a plurality of locations on the surface, said method comprising the steps of:

interacting with the surface using a handheld audio player incorporating an optical image sensor for reading the coded data and a microphone for recording audio;

reading at least some of the coded data;

initiating recording of audio using the handheld audio player;

determining a position of the handheld audio player using the read coded data; and

associating audio data with said position.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a computer system associates said audio data with said position.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said handheld audio player is an optically imaging pen.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said handheld audio player comprises a marking nib.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said interaction is with a zone of said surface, and said method further comprises the step of:

marking said zone using said marking nib during interaction with said zone.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein said marking identifies said recorded audio.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said handheld audio player comprises a display.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

playing back said recorded audio.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein playing back said recorded audio comprises the steps of:

interacting with said surface using said handheld audio player;

reading at least some of the coded data;

determining a position of the handheld audio player using the read coded data;

retrieving audio data associated with said position from said computer system; and

playing the audio data via a speaker.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the interaction is with a zone of the surface, said zone comprising a user-written mark identifying said recorded audio.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the computer system stores in a memory the association between the position and the audio data.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said coded data is further indicative of an identity of the surface.

13. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said coded data is printed as a plurality of tags, each tag identifying the identity of the surface and the location of the tag on the surface.

14. A system for enabling recorded audio to be associated with a position on a surface, said system comprising:

a surface having coded data printed thereon, said coded data being indicative of a plurality of locations on the surface; and

a handheld audio player for interacting with the surface, said audio player comprising;

a microphone for recording audio;

an image sensor for reading at least some of the coded data during interaction with the surface;

a computer system for determining a position of the sensing device using the read coded data and for enabling association of recorded audio data with said position; and

an audio output device for audio playback.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein said audio player further comprises a memory for storing recorded audio data.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein said audio player further comprises a display.

17. An handheld audio player for interacting with a surface and enabling recorded audio to be associated with a position on the surface, said surface having coded data printed thereon, said coded data being indicative of a plurality of locations on the surface, said audio player comprising:

a microphone for recording audio;

an image sensor for reading at least some of the coded data during interaction with the surface;

a computer system for determining a position of the sensing device using the read coded data and for enabling association of recorded audio data with said position; and

an audio output device for audio playback.

18. The audio player of claim 17, wherein said audio player is a pen comprising a marking nib.

19. The audio player of claim 18, further comprising a display.

20. The audio player of claim 18 further comprising a memory for storing recorded audio data.