INTERACTIVE DOCUMENT READER
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1. A method comprising:
- detecting orientation of a physical document via a document reader; and
projecting information onto said document via said document reader wherein the manner in which the information is projected is based, at least in part, on said detected orientation.
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Abstract
The subject matter disclosed herein relates to systems for providing an interactive document reader.
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25 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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detecting orientation of a physical document via a document reader; and projecting information onto said document via said document reader wherein the manner in which the information is projected is based, at least in part, on said detected orientation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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detecting presence of a physical document via a document reader; and altering an appearance of the document to present information based, at least in part, on said detected presence. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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providing an interactive gaming experience to one or more game participants associated with corresponding physical documents; detecting a presence of the one or more game participants in a gaming area in response to detection of said documents at said gaming area via a document reader; and communicating a path message indicating directions from a current location to one or more subsequent destinations to the one or more game participants via said document reader based, at least in part, on said detected presence. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An interactive document reader, comprising:
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a document sensor indicating presence of a physical document; an orientation sensor indicating orientation of the sensed document; a projector displaying information on the document in a manner that is based, at least in part, on the indications from the document sensor and the orientation sensor. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An apparatus, comprising:
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means for detecting a presence of one or more physical documents; and means for altering an appearance of the document to present a special effect based, at least in part, on said detected presence.
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25. An interactive document, comprising:
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a sheet of media having a first portion information depicted thereon, wherein placement of the first portion of the information has a suitable orientation and arrangement; a device on the sheet of media configured to communicate the orientation of the sheet of media to an external interactive document reader; and a projection surface integrated with the sheet of media, wherein appearance of the sheet of media is alterable to present a second portion of information projected by the external interactive document reader to the projection surface, wherein the second portion of information is projected in alignment with the first portion of information.
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