Method for producing indicators and processing apparatus and system utilizing the indicators
First Claim
1. An electronic book system comprising:
- an optical device for capturing an image from a selected zone on a surface of a page of a book by a user, wherein the image includes a graphical indicator that has a visually negligible size and is affixed on the surface of the page of the book;
a processing circuitry coupled to the optical device for receiving the image, the processing circuitry retrieving the graphical indicator from the image and acquiring an additional information corresponding to the graphical indicator by processing and/or transforming the graphical indicators;
a speech circuitry retrieving the additional information and acquiring an audio information corresponding to the additional information by processing and/or transforming the additional information; and
a speaker coupled to the speech circuitry for outputting a sound corresponding to the audio information.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a method for producing graphical indicators and interactive systems for utilizing the graphical indicators. On the surface of an object, visually negligible graphical indicators are provided. The graphical indicators and main information, i.e. text or pictures, co-exist on the surface of object. The graphical indicators do not interfere with the main information when the perception of human eyes are concerned. With the graphical indicators, further information other than the main information on the surface of object are carried. In addition to the main information on the surface of object, one is able to obtain additional information through an auxiliary electronic device or trigger an interactive operation.
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1. An electronic book system comprising:
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an optical device for capturing an image from a selected zone on a surface of a page of a book by a user, wherein the image includes a graphical indicator that has a visually negligible size and is affixed on the surface of the page of the book; a processing circuitry coupled to the optical device for receiving the image, the processing circuitry retrieving the graphical indicator from the image and acquiring an additional information corresponding to the graphical indicator by processing and/or transforming the graphical indicators; a speech circuitry retrieving the additional information and acquiring an audio information corresponding to the additional information by processing and/or transforming the additional information; and a speaker coupled to the speech circuitry for outputting a sound corresponding to the audio information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An object bearing an image to be read by an optical device, the object comprising:
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a surface, wherein the image includes a graphical indicator that has a visually negligible size and is affixed on the surface of the object; wherein the graphical indicator comprises a plurality of graphical micro-units arranged in a layout, the layout corresponds to an indicator information, wherein the surface of the object comprises a main information that overlaps and co-exists with the graphical micro-units on the surface of the object, wherein the graphical micro-units are negligible when the user observes the main information and the main information is imperceptible to the optical device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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