Sticker including a first and second region

• US 20100181375A1
• Filed: 03/29/2010
• Published: 07/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: Silverbrook, Kia, Lapstun, Paul, Hollins, Michael, Walmsley, Simon Robert
• Granted Patent: US 7,894,629 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00326 with a data reading, recognizing or recording apparatus, e.g. with a bar-code apparatus arrangements for the associated working of recording or reproducing apparatus with related apparatus G11B31/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32133 on the same paper sheet, e.g. a facsimile page header
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0039 Connection via a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3226 of identification information or the like, e.g. ID code, index, title, part of an image, reduced-size image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3253 Position information, e.g. geographical position at time of capture, GPS data

Abstract

A method of associating an electronic object with a sticker placed on a surface is disclosed. The sticker has first and second regions. The first region has disposed thereon coded data encoding an identity of the sticker. The second region exposes a position on the surface. The position on the surface has disposed thereon coded data which encodes an identity of the surface and data identifying the position on the surface. A sensing device senses the coded data on the first region and, through the second region, the coded data on the surface, and then generates indicating data from the sensed coded data. The indicating data is indicative of the identity of the sticker, the identity of the surface and the position on the surface exposed by the second region. The method receives the indicating data from the sensing device, and identifies, using the indicating data, the identity of the sticker, the identity of the surface and the position on the surface exposed by the second region. The electronic object is also identified. Finally, the electronic object is associated with the identity of the sticker, the identity of the surface, and the position on the surface exposed by the second region.

Claims

1. A method of associating an electronic object with a sticker placed on a surface, the method including the steps of:

receiving indicating data from a sensing device placed on first and second regions respectively of the sticker, the first region having disposed thereon first coded data encoding an identity of the sticker and the second region exposing a position on the surface, the position on the surface having disposed thereon second coded data encoding an identity of the surface and data identifying the position on the surface, the sensing device being responsive to sensing the first coded data and, through the second region, the second coded data, and generating the indicating data from the first and second coded data, the indicating data being indicative of the identity of the sticker, the identity of the surface and the position on the surface exposed by the second region;

identifying, using the indicating data, the identity of the sticker, the identity of the surface and the position on the surface exposed by the second region;

identifying the electronic object; and

associating the electronic object with the identity of the sticker, the identity of the surface, and the position on the surface exposed by the second region.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second region is transparent in at least part of the infrared spectrum and opaque in at least part of the visible spectrum.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second region includes graphics.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the electronic object is stored in an object repository, and the electronic object is identified by accessing the object repository.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the method further includes the step of:

deleting, from the object repository, the electronic object after the associating step.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein electronic objects stored in the object repository are ordered according to when respective objects were stored in the object repository, the method further including the steps of:

determining, using the order of the electronic object in the object repository, the electronic object which has been most recently stored in the object repository;

wherein the associating step associates the most recently stored object with the identity of the sticker, the identity of the surface, and the position on the surface exposed by the second region.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the method further includes the step of:

deleting, from the object repository, the most recently stored object after the association step.