Kit for recording or transmitting information of a note in freehand
First Claim
1. A kit for recording a note in freehand, comprising:
- a unit for relaying information of a note in freehand created on a notesheet, including a pad having a surface on which the notesheet can be positioned, the pad including a housing, and, secured to the housing, a position sensor detecting the position of a writing tip of a writing instrument when the notesheet is located on the surface and the writing instrument is used to create a note in freehand and a written command element on the notesheet, and providing information of the note in freehand and the written command element, a signal converter which receives the information of the note in freehand and the written command element from the position sensor and converts the information to a signal of information of the note in freehand, and the written command element, and a transmitter which receives the signal from the signal converter and transmits the signal to a remote location; and
a computer readable medium having stored thereon a program which, when executed by a processor of a user computer at the remote location is capable of;
(i) communicating with a receiver which receives the signal which is transmitted;
(ii) recognizing the written command element in the signal;
(iii) comparing the written command element from the signal with a number of different network command elements in a table of network command elements with each network command element having a different network address associated therewith, and accessing a selected network address in the table associated with a selected network command element in the table that corresponds most closely with the written command element; and
(iv) transmitting a packet from the user computer to a recipient computer, the recipient computer having the selected network address, and the packet including information of the note created in freehand on the notesheet to enable the recipient computer to display a curve substantially corresponding to what the note in freehand created on the notesheet looks like in freehand.
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Abstract
The invention provides a kit for recording a note in free-hand. The kit includes a plurality of notesheets and a unit for relaying information of a note in free-hand created in one of the notesheets. The unit includes a pad having a surface on which a notesheet of the plurality of notesheets can be positioned. The pad includes a housing, and secured to the housing, a positioned sensor, a signal converter, and a transmitter. The positioned sensor takes the position of a writing instrument when the notesheet is located on the surface and the writing instrument is used to create a note in freehand on the notesheet, and provides information of the note in freehand. The signal converter receives the information of the note in freehand from the position sensor and converts the information to a signal of information of the note in freehand. The transmitter receives the signal from the signal converter and transmits the signal to a remote location.
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15 Claims
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1. A kit for recording a note in freehand, comprising:
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a unit for relaying information of a note in freehand created on a notesheet, including a pad having a surface on which the notesheet can be positioned, the pad including a housing, and, secured to the housing, a position sensor detecting the position of a writing tip of a writing instrument when the notesheet is located on the surface and the writing instrument is used to create a note in freehand and a written command element on the notesheet, and providing information of the note in freehand and the written command element, a signal converter which receives the information of the note in freehand and the written command element from the position sensor and converts the information to a signal of information of the note in freehand, and the written command element, and a transmitter which receives the signal from the signal converter and transmits the signal to a remote location; and
a computer readable medium having stored thereon a program which, when executed by a processor of a user computer at the remote location is capable of;
(i) communicating with a receiver which receives the signal which is transmitted;
(ii) recognizing the written command element in the signal;
(iii) comparing the written command element from the signal with a number of different network command elements in a table of network command elements with each network command element having a different network address associated therewith, and accessing a selected network address in the table associated with a selected network command element in the table that corresponds most closely with the written command element; and
(iv) transmitting a packet from the user computer to a recipient computer, the recipient computer having the selected network address, and the packet including information of the note created in freehand on the notesheet to enable the recipient computer to display a curve substantially corresponding to what the note in freehand created on the notesheet looks like in freehand. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
a plurality of notesheets.
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3. A kit according to claim 2 further comprising:
a container, the unit, computer readable medium and plurality of notesheets being held by the container.
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4. A kit according to claim 2 wherein the notesheets each include a writing sheet and ink printed on the writing sheet, the ink leaving space for writing the note in freehand, defining a command area to write the written command element and indicating next to the area to write the written command element that the written command element relates to a network address, the program recognizing that the written command element is written in the command area to write the written command element.
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5. A kit according to claim 2 wherein a form displayed by the program on a screen of the user computer is customizable to change the location of the command area to allow for a different notesheet having a command area at a different location to be used.
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6. A kit according to claim 1 wherein at least some of the notesheets each include a writing sheet and ink printed on the writing sheet, the ink being laid out so that a plurality of command areas are defined thereby.
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7. A kit according to claim 6 wherein the ink is laid out to define a command function at each command area, each command function indicating a different function to be performed by a computer at the remote location.
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8. A kit according to claim 7 wherein at least one command function indicates that the computer should perform the function selected from the group consisting of:
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(i) storing an electronic representation of the note in freehand in an electronic address book;
(ii) storing an electronic representation of the note in freehand in an electronic calendar; and
(iii) storing an electronic representation of the note in freehand in an electronic “
To-Do”
database.
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9. A kit according to claim 1 wherein the pad defines a selected area where the notesheet should be located and each sheet has dimensions substantially corresponding to dimensions of the selected area.
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10. A kit according to claim 1 wherein the housing defines a receptacle having internal dimensions which allow for holding a stack of the notesheets, the housing defining an opening through which notesheets can be removed from the stack.
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11. A kit according to claim 1 wherein the position sensor is a graphics tablet, an upper surface of the graphics tablet defining at least part of the surface of the pad.
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12. A kit according to claim 1 wherein the signal is transmitted while the note in freehand is being created.
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13. A kit according to claim 1 wherein the information includes information selected from the group consisting of:
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(i) an amount of pressure applied at each point of the note in freehand; and
(ii) time of creation of each point of the note in freehand.
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14. A kit according to claim 1 wherein the program determines a characteristic of an element of the note in freehand and, depending on the characteristic, controls the computer by performing at least one function selected from the group consisting of:
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(i) storing an electronic representation of the note in freehand in an electronic address book;
(ii) storing an electronic representation of the note in freehand in an electronic calendar;
(iii) storing an electronics representation of the note in freehand in an electronic “
To-Do”
database; and
(iv) displaying a curve of the note in freehand on a display of the user computer.
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15. A kit according to claim 1 wherein the packet includes information selected from the group consisting of:
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(i) a time varying position of the writing instrument;
(ii) a time varying amount of speed of creation of the note in freehand; and
(iii) a time varying amount of pressure when creating the note in freehand.
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Specification