Coordinate designation interface
First Claim
1. A surface scanning system for performing designated:
- actions from points identified on a surface comprising;
a surface;
means to identify said surface to a computer having an electronic copy of said surface stored in memory;
means to scan said surface in electronic communication with said computer;
means to identify a specific point on said surface in view of said means to scan said surface;
means to trigger said means to scan said surface, to communicate said specific point identified by said means to identify a specific point, to said computer;
software resident in said computer to compare said specific point identified to specific points on said electronic copy of said surface and thereby identify designated indicia located at said specific point; and
said software upon determining said designated indica, thereafter communicating to said user additional information relating to said designated indica using electronic means for output of said additional information to said user.
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Abstract
The present invention contemplates a novel method and device that combines one of more coordinate scanners which can digitize and communicate to a computer the exact location of the placement of a pointer on any designated surface and perform a variety of preprogrammed responses. More specifically, the invention relates to the methods and apparatuses used to identify specific points of indicia on a surface in front of the scanner. This surface is identified to a computer by identifying indicia such as a bar code or other manner of specifically identifying the surface. The computer will perform preprogrammed designated audio or visual or other electronic responses to identified points on the surface by matching the identified point on the surface with an electronic version of the surface in memory and a preprogrammed task for such a match. The designated surface may be flat or it may consist of a contoured surface in a wide variety of sizes and materials.
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18 Claims
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1. A surface scanning system for performing designated:
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actions from points identified on a surface comprising; a surface; means to identify said surface to a computer having an electronic copy of said surface stored in memory; means to scan said surface in electronic communication with said computer; means to identify a specific point on said surface in view of said means to scan said surface; means to trigger said means to scan said surface, to communicate said specific point identified by said means to identify a specific point, to said computer; software resident in said computer to compare said specific point identified to specific points on said electronic copy of said surface and thereby identify designated indicia located at said specific point; and said software upon determining said designated indica, thereafter communicating to said user additional information relating to said designated indica using electronic means for output of said additional information to said user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18)
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16. A method of surface scanning and providing feedback to a user based on specific points on a surface identified by the user through a scanner viewing said surface comprising:
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placing an electronic copy of said surface in computer memory; placing a means to identify said surface to said computer having said electronic copy of said surface stored in memory, on said surface; having the user employ a means to identify a specific point on said surface wherein said specific point is communicated through said scanner to said computer; employing software resident in said computer to compare said specific point identified to specific points on said electronic copy of said surface and thereby identify designated indicia located at said specific point; and employing said software thereafter to communicate communicating to said user, additional information relating to said designated indica, using an electronic means for output of said additional information to said user.
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