Device and method for communication
First Claim
1. A product for electronic transmission of handwritten information, comprising:
- at least one writing area for the handwritten information, wherein the writing area comprises a position-coding pattern comprising a plurality of first symbols and wherein an arbitrary position area of a predetermined first size of the position-coding pattern unambiguously defines a position on the product; and
an address area indicating an address to which the handwritten information is to be sent, wherein the address area comprises an address-coding pattern comprising a plurality of second symbols and wherein an arbitrary address portion of a predetermined second size of the address-coding pattern unambiguously defines part of the address.
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Abstract
A product for electronic transmission of handwritten information, a user unit for recording and sending the information, and a computer program for controlling a user unit are disclosed. The product may include at least one writing area for the handwritten information and an address area indicating an address to which the handwritten information is to be sent. A position-coding pattern in the form of a plurality of symbols may be reproduced in the writing area, an arbitrary position area of a predetermined size of the position-coding pattern unambiguously defining a position on the product. The address area may include an address-coding pattern with a plurality of symbols, an arbitrary address portion of a predetermined size of the address-coding pattern unambiguously defining part of the address.
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Citations
39 Claims
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1. A product for electronic transmission of handwritten information, comprising:
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at least one writing area for the handwritten information, wherein the writing area comprises a position-coding pattern comprising a plurality of first symbols and wherein an arbitrary position area of a predetermined first size of the position-coding pattern unambiguously defines a position on the product; and
an address area indicating an address to which the handwritten information is to be sent, wherein the address area comprises an address-coding pattern comprising a plurality of second symbols and wherein an arbitrary address portion of a predetermined second size of the address-coding pattern unambiguously defines part of the address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus for electronically transmitting handwritten information written on a surface having a handwritten information area having a position-coding pattern imprinted thereon and an address area having an address-coding pattern imprinted thereon, comprising:
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a reading head adapted to optically record images from the surface;
a memory;
means for converting a recorded image to at least one position and storing the position in the memory based on the position-coding pattern contained in the recorded image which codes at least one position;
means for converting another recorded image to at least one character and storing the character in the memory based on an the address-coding pattern contained in the recorded image which codes at least one character;
means for transmitting at least part of positions stored in the memory to an address associated with the characters stored in the memory; and
means for converting recorded images of the address-coding pattern to a set of sequence portions, converting the set of sequence portions to a set of sequence values, and converting the sequence values to characters based on information stored in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method for entering handwritten information written on a surface having a handwritten information area having a position-coding pattern imprinted thereon and an address area having a address-coding pattern imprinted thereon, and transmitting the handwritten information, the method comprising:
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reading an input signal corresponding to a recorded image from the handwritten information area;
converting the recorded image from the handwritten information area to at least one position and storing the position based on the position-coding pattern corresponding to the recorded image to thereby record the handwriting;
reading an input signal corresponding to a recorded image from the address area;
decoding the address-coding pattern in the recorded image from the address area to at least one character and storing the character based on the address-coding pattern corresponding to the recorded image;
transmitting stored positions to an address corresponding to characters stored in the memory; and
converting part of the stored characters to writing position information that defines a writing area, and transmitting only positions contained in the writing area to the address. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. An apparatus for electronically transmitting handwritten information written on a surface having a handwritten information area having a position-coding pattern imprinted thereon and an address area having an address-coding pattern imprinted thereon, comprising:
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a reading head adapted to optically record images from the surface;
a memory;
means for converting a recorded image to at least one position and storing the position in the memory based on the position-coding pattern contained in the recorded image which codes at least one position;
means for converting another recorded image to at least one character and storing the character in the memory based on an the address-coding pattern contained in the recorded image which codes at least one character;
means for transmitting at least part of positions stored in the memory to an address associated with the characters stored in the memory; and
wherein the address to which the handwritten information is to be transmitted is predetermined.
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39. An apparatus for electronically transmitting handwritten information written on a surface having a handwritten information area having a position-coding pattern imprinted thereon and an address area having an address-coding pattern imprinted thereon, comprising:
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a reading head adapted to optically record images from the surface;
a memory;
means for converting a recorded image to at least one position and storing the position in the memory based on the position-coding pattern contained in the recorded image which codes at least one position;
means for converting another recorded image to at least one character and storing the character in the memory based on an the address-coding pattern contained in the recorded image which codes at least one character;
means for transmitting at least part of positions stored in the memory to an address associated with the characters stored in the memory; and
wherein the position-coding pattern codes each position with the plurality of first symbols, and wherein each of the plurality of first symbols contributes to the coding of a plurality of positions.
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