Hand-held small document image recorder storage and display apparatus
First Claim
1. An apparatus for recording, storing and displaying images of small documents, the apparatus comprising:
- a hand-held housing;
image sensor means, mounted in the housing, for sensing the image of a document, the image sensor means providing an electrical signal data stream representative of the images of a document;
processor means, mounted in the housing and responsive to the electrical signal data stream from the image sensor means, for storing the electrical signal data stream representing the images of a single document in a memory;
display means, mounted on the housing and responsive to the processor means, for displaying one of the images of the document being sensed by the image sensor means and the image of a document previously stored in the memory;
input means, mounted on the housing and connected to the processor means, for providing input signals to the processor means to initiate the recording of images of a document and the retrieval of images from the memory for display on the display means;
the processor means including means for linking a succession of images each representing the image of a discrete document input to the processor means into a sequential linked list of images in the memory; and
the input means further including;
bidirectional input means, mounted on the housing, for supplying forward and rearward recall signals, when actuated, to the processor means to initiate first and second opposed sequential displays, respectively, on the display means of the images of documents stored in the memory in the order of the linked list of the images.
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Abstract
A hand-held housing contains an image sensor, a processor, a memory, a visual display and input control buttons for recording, storing, displaying and retrieving images from a document, such as a business card. The image sensor generates electrical data signals representative of the image on a document as the housing is moved across the document in a scanning embodiment or the images on a document disposed beneath the housing in a single record embodiment, which signals are stored in the memory by the processor and concurrently displayed on the display. The input control buttons, through the control program executed by the processor, provide for scanning, storage and retrieval of images from memory for display. The processor stores the images in a linked list or lists in the memory and is capable of rearranging, adding or deleting any image associated with a particular document in any list in the memory.
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35 Claims
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1. An apparatus for recording, storing and displaying images of small documents, the apparatus comprising:
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a hand-held housing; image sensor means, mounted in the housing, for sensing the image of a document, the image sensor means providing an electrical signal data stream representative of the images of a document; processor means, mounted in the housing and responsive to the electrical signal data stream from the image sensor means, for storing the electrical signal data stream representing the images of a single document in a memory; display means, mounted on the housing and responsive to the processor means, for displaying one of the images of the document being sensed by the image sensor means and the image of a document previously stored in the memory; input means, mounted on the housing and connected to the processor means, for providing input signals to the processor means to initiate the recording of images of a document and the retrieval of images from the memory for display on the display means; the processor means including means for linking a succession of images each representing the image of a discrete document input to the processor means into a sequential linked list of images in the memory; and the input means further including; bidirectional input means, mounted on the housing, for supplying forward and rearward recall signals, when actuated, to the processor means to initiate first and second opposed sequential displays, respectively, on the display means of the images of documents stored in the memory in the order of the linked list of the images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus for recording, storing and displaying images of small documents, the apparatus comprising:
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a hand-held housing; image sensor means, mounted in the housing, for sensing the image of a document, the image sensor means providing an electrical signal data stream representative of the images of a document, the image sensor means including; photodetector means, mounted in the housing, for detecting images on a document disposed in proximity with the housing; processor means, mounted in the housing and responsive to the electrical signal data stream from the image sensor means, for storing the electrical signal data stream representing the images of a single document in a memory; the memory mounted in the housing and connected to the processor means, the memory storing a control program executed by the processor means and the electrical signal data stream representing images of a plurality of documents; display means, mounted on the housing and responsive to the processor means, for displaying one of the images of the document sensed by the image sensor means and the image of a document previously stored in the memory; input means, mounted on the housing and connected to the processor means, for providing input signals to the processor means to initiate the recording of the image of a document and the retrieval of images from the memory for display on the display means; the processor means including means for linking a succession of images each representing the image of a discrete document input to the processor means into a sequential linked list of images in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An apparatus for storing and displaying images of small documents, the apparatus comprising:
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a hand-held housing; data receiving means, mounted in the housing, for receiving electrical signal data representative of images of a document; processor means, mounted in the housing and responsive to the electrical signal data stream from the data receiving means, for storing the electrical signal data representing the images of a single document in a memory; display means, mounted on the housing and responsive to the processor means, for displaying one of the images of the document sensed by the data receiving means and the image of a document previously stored in the memory; input means, mounted on the housing and connected to the processor means, for providing input signals to the processor means to initiate the storage of images of a document and the retrieval of images from the memory for display on the display means; the processor means including means for linking a succession of images each representing the image of a discrete document input to the processor means into a sequential linked list of images in the memory; and the input means further including; bidirectional input means, mounted on the housing, for supplying forward and rearward recall signals, when actuated, to the processor means to initiate first and second opposed sequential displays, respectively, on the display means of the images of documents stored in the memory in the order of the linked list of the images. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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