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COMPUTER BASED AIDS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING AND HEALTH

  • US 20100194976A1
  • Filed: 03/08/2010
  • Published: 08/05/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. Apparatus for entering data into a computer, comprising:

  • a base item providing general identify information;

    an object with additional information, which object is removably attached to said base item by a user;

    a housing, having an opening for insertion by the user of said base item with the additional information thereon;

    a TV camera within said housing for imaging the general identify information provided by said base item and also for imaging the additional information of the removable object, when said base item is placed into said opening in said housing;

    a storage means for storing a database concerning at least a portion of the general identify information of said base item and the additional information of said object;

    a comparing means for comparing the identity information imaged by said TV camera of said base item with identity information of said base item in said database to determine an identity of said base item, andentry means to enter data into a computer, based on the identify information of said comparison, corresponding to at least a portion of the additional information of said object.

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