Method and system for searching information using processing sensor
First Claim
1. A method of enabling users to search stored information, the method including the steps of:
- providing a user with a search request form including information relating to a search request, the search request form having disposed therein or thereon coded data indicative of an identity of the search request form and of at least one reference point of the search request form, the search request form further including at least one search field within which the user can input a handwritten search request;
receiving in a computer system, indicating data from a sensing device, operated by the user, regarding the identity of the search request form and at least one of a position and a movement of the sensing device within the at least one search field relative to the search request form;
identifying, in the computer system and from the indicating data, the handwritten search request; and
performing the search of the stored information by utilising handwriting recognition of the handwritten search request or by utilising digital ink stroke matching of the handwritten search request;
wherein the sensing device comprises;
(a) an image sensor adapted to capture images of at least some of the coded data when the sensing device is placed in an operative position relative to the search request form; and
(b) a processor adapted to;
(i) identify at least some of the coded data from one or more of the captured images;
(ii) determine an orientation, within the captured images, of at least some of the coded data;
(iii) decode at least some of the coded data; and
(iv) generate the indicating data using at least some of the decoded coded data.
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Abstract
A method and system for enabling searching of stored information, the system including: a search request form including information relating to a search request, the search request form including coded data indicative of an identify of the search request form and of at least one reference point of the search request form; and a computer system for receiving indicating data from a sensing device for identifying at least one parameter relating to the search request, the indicating data being indicative of the identify of the search request form and a position of the sensing device relative to the search request form, the sensing device sensing the indicating data using at least some of the coded data. The sensing device includes an image sensor adapted to capture images of at least some of the coded data and a processor.
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32 Claims
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1. A method of enabling users to search stored information, the method including the steps of:
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providing a user with a search request form including information relating to a search request, the search request form having disposed therein or thereon coded data indicative of an identity of the search request form and of at least one reference point of the search request form, the search request form further including at least one search field within which the user can input a handwritten search request;
receiving in a computer system, indicating data from a sensing device, operated by the user, regarding the identity of the search request form and at least one of a position and a movement of the sensing device within the at least one search field relative to the search request form;
identifying, in the computer system and from the indicating data, the handwritten search request; and
performing the search of the stored information by utilising handwriting recognition of the handwritten search request or by utilising digital ink stroke matching of the handwritten search request;
wherein the sensing device comprises;
(a) an image sensor adapted to capture images of at least some of the coded data when the sensing device is placed in an operative position relative to the search request form; and
(b) a processor adapted to;
(i) identify at least some of the coded data from one or more of the captured images;
(ii) determine an orientation, within the captured images, of at least some of the coded data;
(iii) decode at least some of the coded data; and
(iv) generate the indicating data using at least some of the decoded coded data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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3. A method of enabling searching of stored information, the method including the steps of:
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providing a user with a search request form including information relating to a search request, the search request form having disposed therein or thereon coded data indicative of at least one parameter of the search request, the search request form further including at least one search field within which the user can input a handwritten search request;
receiving, in a computer system, data from a sensing device regarding the at least one parameter and regarding at least one of a movement and a position of the sensing device within the at least one search field relative to the search request form;
interpreting, in the computer system, at least one of the movement and the position of the sensing device as it relates to the at least one parameter and the handwritten search request; and
,performing the search of the stored information by utilising the handwritten search request and the at least one parameter;
wherein the sensing device comprises;
(a) an image sensor adapted to capture images of at least some of the coded data when the sensing device is placed in an operative position relative to the search request form; and
(b) a processor adapted to;
(i) identify at least some of the coded data from one or more of the captured images;
(ii) determine an orientation, within the captured images, of at least some of the coded data;
(iii) decode at least some of the coded data;
(iv) generate the data regarding the at least one parameter using at least some of the decoded coded data; and
(v) generate the data regarding at least one of the movement and position of the sensing device relative to the search field using at least some of the decoded coded data.
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4. A method of enabling searching of stored information, the method including the steps of:
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providing a user with a search request form having disposed therein or thereon coded data indicative of an identity of the search request form, the search request form further including at least one search field within which the user can input a handwritten search request;
receiving, in a computer system, data from a sensing device regarding an identity of the user and regarding the identity of the search request form;
identifying, in the computer system and from the data regarding the identity of the user and the identity of the search request form, a handwritten search request; and
performing the search of the stored information by utilising handwriting recognition of the handwritten search request or by utilising digital ink stroke matching of the handwritten search request;
wherein the sensing device is adapted to contain the data regarding the identity of the user and comprises;
(a) an image sensor adapted to capture images of at least some of the coded data when the sensing device is placed in an operative position relative to the search request form; and
(b) a processor adapted to;
(i) identify at least some of the coded data from one or more of the captured images;
(ii) determine an orientation, within the captured images, of at least some of the coded data;
(iii) decode at least some of the coded data; and
(iv) generate the data regarding the identity of the search request form using at least some of the decoded coded data.
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20. A system for enabling searching of stored information, the system including
a search request form including information relating to a search request, the search request form having disposed therein or thereon coded data indicative of an identity of the search request form and of at least one reference point of the search request form, the search request form further including at least one search field within which the user can input a handwritten search request; - and
a computer system for receiving indicating data from a sensing device for identifying the handwritten search request, the indicating data being indicative of the identity of the search request form and at least one of a position and a movement of the sensing device within the at least one search field relative to the search request form, the computer system effecting the search of the stored information by utilising handwriting recognition of the handwritten search request or by utilising digital ink stroke matching of the handwritten search request;
the sensing device comprising;
(a) an image sensor adapted to capture images of at least some of the coded data when the sensing device is placed in an operative position relative to the search request form; and
(b) a processor adapted to;
(i) identify at least some of the coded data from one or more of the captured images;
(ii) determine an orientation, within the captured images, of at least some of the coded data;
(iii) decode at least some of the coded data; and
(iv) generate the indicating data using at least some of the decoded coded data. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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21. A system for enabling searching of stored information, the system including:
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a search request form including information relating to a search request, the search request form having disposed therein or thereon coded data indicative of at least one parameter of the search request, the search request form further including at least one search field within which the user can input a handwritten search request; and
a computer system for receiving data from a sensing device regarding the at least one parameter and regarding at least one of a movement and a position of the sensing device within the at least one search field relative to the search request form, and for interpreting at least one of the movement and the position of the sensing device as it relates to the at least one parameter and the handwritten search request, the computer system effecting the search of the stored information by utilising the handwritten search request and the at least one parameter;
the sensing device comprising;
(a) an image sensor adapted to capture images of at least some of the coded data when the sensing device is placed in an operative position relative to the search request form; and
(b) a processor adapted to;
(i) identify at least some of the coded data from one or more of the captured images;
(ii) determine an orientation, within the captured images, of at least some of the coded data;
(iii) decode at least some of the coded data;
(iv) generate the data regarding the at least one parameter using at least some of the decoded coded data; and
(v) generate the data regarding at least one of the movement and position of die sensing device relative to the search field using at least some of the decoded coded data.
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22. A system for enabling searching of stored information, the system including
a search request form having disposed therein or thereon coded data indicative of an identity of the search request form, the search request form further including at least one search field within which the user can input a handwritten search request; - and
a computer system for receiving from a sensing device data regarding an identity of the user and the identity of the search request form, and for identifying, from the received data, a handwritten search request, the sensing device adapted to contain the data regarding the identity of the user, and the computer system effecting the search of the stored information by utilising handwriting recognition of the handwritten search request or by utilising digital ink stroke matching of the handwritten search request;
the sensing device comprising;
(a) an image sensor adapted to capture images of at least some of the coded data when the sensing device is placed in an operative position relative to the search request form; and
(b) a processor adapted to;
(i) identify at least some of the coded data from one or more of the captured images;
(ii) determine an orientation, within the captured images, of at least some of the coded data;
(iii) decode at least some of the coded data; and
(iv) generate the data regarding the identity of the search request form using at least some of the decoded coded data. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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