User programmable smart card interface system for an image album
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1. A virtual image album system comprising:
- a card comprising a memory device and a substrate having indicia formed thereon which is representative of image data accessible via said card, said memory device storing mapping data that defines, in relation to each indicium, a bounding box delineating a mapped position of said indicium on the substrate, said mapping data being further arranged to associate said mapped position of said indicium on said substrate with corresponding function data stored in said memory device and identifying at least one function to be performed; and
a reader for said card, said reader comprising a touch sensitive membrane arranged to overlay an inserted said card and through which said indicia are visible, said reader being adapted to process touch coordinates in response to a user selection of said indicium and to output specific function data associated with the selected indicium if the touch coordinates correspond to the bounding box associated with the selected indicium, the at least one function includes a function to reference specific image data.
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Abstract
A virtual image album system is disclosed, the system comprising: a card (10) comprising a substrate (12) having a memory device (19) associated therewith, and indicia (24) formed on the substrate, the indicia (24) being representative of image data, and function data stored within the memory device (19) and associated with the indicia (24); and a reader (1) for the card (10), the reader (1) comprising a touch sensitive membrane (8) arranged to overlay said card (10) and through which the indicia (24) are visible, the reader (1) being adapted to output the specific function data associated with a user selected one of said indicia (24), thereby to reference the specific image data.
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1. A virtual image album system comprising:
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a card comprising a memory device and a substrate having indicia formed thereon which is representative of image data accessible via said card, said memory device storing mapping data that defines, in relation to each indicium, a bounding box delineating a mapped position of said indicium on the substrate, said mapping data being further arranged to associate said mapped position of said indicium on said substrate with corresponding function data stored in said memory device and identifying at least one function to be performed; and
a reader for said card, said reader comprising a touch sensitive membrane arranged to overlay an inserted said card and through which said indicia are visible, said reader being adapted to process touch coordinates in response to a user selection of said indicium and to output specific function data associated with the selected indicium if the touch coordinates correspond to the bounding box associated with the selected indicium, the at least one function includes a function to reference specific image data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A control template for a virtual image album system, said template comprising:
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an electronic card formed of a substrate and a memory device, which is readable by a card reader into which said electronic card is inserted, the card reader having a touch-sensitive membrane;
a plurality of indicia being representative of image data, said indicia being disposed on the substrate; and
function data and mapping data associated with the indicia stored within said memory device wherein;
the mapping data defines, in relation to each indicium, a bounding box delineating a mapped position of said indicium on the substrate; and
the function data identifying at least one function to be perfored including a function to reference specific image data, the function data is output if touch coordinates resulting from a user selection of indicium using the touch sensitive membrane overlying said template correspond to the bounding box associated with the selected indicium. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A reader device for a control template interface card, said device comprising:
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a connector to connect to said interface card formed of a substrate, said substrate having disposed thereon a plurality of indicia being representative of image data the interface card having a memory device storing mapping data that defines, in relation to each indicium, a bounding box delineating a mapped position of said indicium on the substrate the mapping data being further arranged to associate said mapped position of said indicium on said substrate with corresponding function data stored in said memory device, the function data identifying at least one function to be performed including a function to reference specific image data;
a substantially transparent touch sensitive membrane arranged to overlay an inserted said interface card, and a processor for processing touch coordinates in response to a user selection of a said indicium, and if the touch coordinates correspond to the bounding box associated with the selected indicium outputting the function data associated with the selected indicium to an external device to reference the specific image data. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A service providing device for a virtual image album system, said device comprising:
a processor for (a) storing digital images in at least one image store and (b) storing function data and mapping data to access said at least one image store into a memory device in a control card having indicia on a surface of the card, the indicia being representative of the stored images, the mapping data defining, in relation to each indicium, a bounding box delineating a mapped position of said indicium on the substrate, the mapping data being further arranged to associate said mapped position of said indicium on said substrate with corresponding function data stored in said memory device, the function data identifying at least one function to be performed including a function to reference image data. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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